27/02/2015

27/02/2015; 15:00:

It’s been a crazy few days. All we’ve talked about, all we’ve thought about, all we’ve done is Ranbhomi!
It was the night of 25th, when we had an everyone’s –invited meeting right outside the cricket stadium- the excitement in the air was palpable. It was soon going to be the 26th and contingents would start coming in, from as early as 6 a.m. on Thursday! Instructions were given out, ideas were shared, contacts were shared- contact this guy for all transportation requirements, contact that other guy for all logistics, get in touch with her for all informals requirements; important details were shared with everyone- this guy is at the cash counter, these 6 will man the registration desk in shifts, there will be a minimum of 10 people at the Help Desk/Hospitality Desk at any given point of time; people volunteered to go pick up contingents. Most of all, it was hard to believe that after over two months of planning and so many months of waiting, the fest was right here!

Our first set of participants was on campus at around 6 a.m., on the 26th. We got to work, putting up posters in the Central Lawn, adding final touches to the stuff needed for the informal events and generally milling around wherever there was activity. Cricket matches were in full swing, on the newly constructed cricket ground by 8a.m.
We then managed to grab something to eat at around 6 p.m. By 7 p.m., we were gathered in NC-2 (F-101), to make phone calls, just like the previous evening. We must’ve made at least 2000 phone calls, to different people, mainly to let them know about the EDM night that is happening on the 1st. VH1 Supersonic featuring Lost Stories and the Progressive Brothers shall take over the IIM-Indore campus, this Sunday, 7 p.m. onwards! Later in the evening, a few informals took off, including Gully Cricket, Football skills and Twister. A few of the food stalls were already set-up and doing brisk business. Soon, it was mainly our students and the contingent from Amity University- playing Kabbadi, challenging each other to arm wrestling and pulling hard at Tug-of-War. We wrapped up a little after mid-night.

Early this morning, Volleyball matches took off. Cricket and football have been in full swing! We a picked up a contingent from the railway station, close to midday- they’re from Mumbai and are here mainly to enjoy the informal games- Pithoo, Kabbadi and KhoKho!
Table Tennis and Chess are in progress at the Sports Complex and the home team’s cricket match should be starting soon – I’ll be off!