Oasis inaug

A tad bit disappointing,I must admit.As my first Oasis I had expected better.It were not the performances that were the let down.No,rather they were “scintillating”,the theme of this Oasis.They always are.But the long waits which we had to endure between two performances to see a few glimpses of the show through the tops of a hundred heads….it made me wonder whether it was worth it .Especially after a sleepless night.:P (refer last post).

The chief guest for the inaug was Mani Shankar,noted film maker and advertiser(director of  the movie “16 December”).His speech was pretty nostalgic and he described BITS in an amusing way.Starting in a reverse way,

“S” he claimed was Stamina.Stamina which you build during the exams,on seeing your abysmally low marks and in general being kicked about by profs….

“T” was not Technology but rather technique.BITS teaches you how to have the technique to solve problems,and the realization that the solution is often in the problem itself…

“I” was not intelligence as the audience expected,but intution.BITS gave an intuition to all Bitsians,an intuition that will permeate all our life.Every decision that we make will be ultimately based on this developed intuition…

“B” acccording to him was literally….umm…uhh…Balls!Seriously,he said that in front of a jam packed auditorium.But he explained it very well.He said that BITS gives you the courage to face life,it gives you the balls to carve out a new path and defy norms…

All in all it was an inspiring speech,but being an advertiser after all,he didn’t forget his bottomline.During an especially long wait between two performances,he grabbed his opportunity to promote two of his movies-rudraksh(everyone knew it was a big flop) and his forthcoming film-Mukhbir.

Today evening there are these music competetions-Tarang and Fusion.Don’t know whether I will be there or in my room,sleeping.

Update:I was sleeping.