The Diwali Celebration @ IIIT

This year also like the past 4 years i was not able to visit my home for diwali celebration due to many illogical reasons which were supported by just my insanity and nothing else. Never mind, hope so in upcoming year down the lines once my academic career is finished i will be able to visit my place during one of these big Festivals during the year. 

So this year the diwali celebration happened to be here in the IIIT campus , due to the dullness factor involved during the past few days before diwali i was forced to believe that this diwali is going to suck big time like the ones i used to have in Kanpur until the last year, but as the day progressed after finishing one of my assignment due on diwali ( can you believe assignment deadline on diwali, its insane !!! ) i came to know people here in the campus are not so dull towards the festival and as the natural light of sun started leaving the campus environment the students from their respective dungeons n caves ( or Hostels.. what ever you want to call ) came out in air and started putting lights across the campus and with in no time it was nothing less than an awesome sight seen in the campus with all those twinkling lights on the roads and various buildings.

 At last good to know that people in this part of country ( as in IIIT ) do believe in spending time in activities other than Research , phew... 1 hour struggling with the lights and the campus was ready to start with the Diwali Pooja ( ~Prayer ) followed by the most awaited part of the festival , The crackers which were surprisingly sponsored by the institute, i would like to make a point here that the institute is lacking funds for research but it is still able to fund a large bundle to cracker lot for the students , nothing to say that's how it is in India and especially in Research institutes.

 Anyways after a short break for an awful dinner , which was supposed to be diwali special but happened to be nothing better than any other meal. After the dinner the sound blasts and lights forced me to be in the main field which was crowded like never before with IIIT students of-course , but none of them were looking like one as they were not talking about Academic activities as it is always. It was diwali and they knew it very well and thus the cracking of fire started with a blast and went for another 2-2.30 hours.

 As for me like the past 3 years i kept my hands off from the fire not because i am afraid or something but its just the way i suppose there are better ways to waste money than to burn them and enjoy the blast , smoke and light. The members of the IIIT Photography club were also active during all this happening and hence i got some of the photographs of the celebration. 

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/aaaa24020/DiwaliCelebrationIIIT?authkey=3RWCl2vYB6Q 

(login using your google account to view the pictures if it is required , and don't tell me you don't have a google account !!! ) 

So in the end the day ended well with the submission of the pending assignment and some wonderful memories of my very first festival celebration at IIIT and one of the very few days when i felt good about the people here and more over about my-self. 

Happy Diwali and Best Wishes to all the Readers.

 PS : This is my second blog entry here and i couldn't find any thing better than describing an holy festival celebration, but that does not means that posts following this one will be as boring as this one. So keep on looking for new entries in the blog and keep posting comments.