5/01/2015

4/01/2015; 09:30:

It's a new year; a 'new year ' post on the 1st was very called for , but, I was too busy celebrating and travelling back to Indore.
Starting from around Christmas, I missed a little and a lot on campus, while I was away. Here, I'm going to take the liberty and borrow the Christmas Celebration report written by one of the juniors:
The denizens of Planet-i soaked in Christmas cheer on Wednesday by celebrating a Christmas eve night full of music and enjoyment.
The celebrations started with a Christmas play organized by the IPM drama club. The play showed how the witch Practikaal kidnaped Santa Claus and how a brave group of friends along with the snowman Olaf rescued him. The play brought out the message of the supremacy of joy and goodwill over evil, leaving the audience mesmerized by its beautiful rhyming dialogue and the skill of the performers.
This was followed by the screening of the film 'Nightmare at Christmas' which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The celebrations reached the peak as midnight approached. The IPM community gathered on the library lawns to celebrate the joyous occasion together. A bonfire added warmth to the occasion as everyone enjoyed the festive air. The Music Club organized a Carol Singing event and everyone sang heartily and melodiously to add to the glory of the occasion. When midnight approached, a delicious cake was cut and enjoyed by all to commemorate the occasion. Later as the music played on everyone danced late into the beautiful night.
Thus the festival of joy became all the more special as everyone everyone celebrated in harmony together making it an altogether festive occasion.

After the Christmas Celebration (the essence of which has been beautifully captured by Utsav), a lot of the junior batch made their way to attend Mood Indigo at IIT-Bombay, where they understandably had a gala time. One thing I found most fascinating (apart from the fact that their title sponsor was a chocolate brand!) was the use of RFID's for each person.

On the night of 27th December, all the lights of and around the Academic Block were turned off for the night. This was to facilitate the latest fascination of Photon- the IPM Photography SIG- Star Trails- the 'trail' left by a star, as captured by multiple long exposure photographs super-imposed one over the other. The final result was spectacular. Perhaps, I'll get permission and upload one of the picture; of course, they are available on the Official IPM FaceBook page.

A party was held on campus to usher in the New Year. Despite unexpected showers, the party went on! And, happily!
I was back on campus on the morning of the 2nd- post which there was a lot of catching up on the gossip and the winter.

The Batch boys have moved to the new hostel, aka SR-17, which is close to the Sports Complex; the shortest way from there to the Acad Block is via the 'Great Wall of IIM' stairs- which is at least a hundred stairs! The girls shall be moved there once all the construction work is over i.e. when all 4 hostels are painted and furnished. Classes have been in full swing since the 4th.