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Vertigo Embrace The Ebullience Students’ union AIIMS 2011 AIIMS INFEST-2011 The contemporary version of the ancient art called RANGOLI. This year, the Fine Arts team decided to portray the fearless spirit of autumn... Embracing the ebullience...
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The contemporary version of the ancient art called

RANGOLI. This year, the Fine Arts team decided to

portray the fearless spirit of autumn...

Embracing the ebullience...

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co-ordinating team’s photo and rest of the collage...

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Vertigo

My first infest.................. ...........................................................1

The Infest inaugural..........................................................2

Photo gallery ............................................................................3

Lets’ heap up our palettes ..............................................5

El- Arte ...................................................... .................................6

Sports activities at Infest................................................8

Lit Fiesta......................................................................................9

Gaga Fashion............................................................................12

Dancing to the colours of human life..............................13

A day to cherish .......................................................................15

Student-Faculty meet.......................................................17

Captures from the Infest : Photo collage on magazine cover

and inside...!!!

As you will go through the pages of this mini-magazine, I hope that you

enjoy the flavour of our Infest. It is the very first of its kind and

accomplishing this work would have been impossible without the efforts of

my multitalented team. I am highly grateful to them for their efforts and

hope that you’ll appreciate it as well. We always had our sponsors and

publication partner Elsevier for our support and I hope that it enhances

further as our future editions come

As you go through its pages, I hope that it brings back the memories of those

hectic four days full of fervour and ardour. And if a smile, giggle or laugh

flashes upon your face, our efforts will be duly paid... Best Wishes.

Komal Parmar

With best compliments

from....

Dr R C Deka

Director, AIIMS

Dr Rani Kumar

Dean, AIIMS

John George

President SU-AIIMS

Siju G Chako

Vice president SU-AIIMS

Himanshu Kanwat

General secretary SU-AIIMS

Harshit Garg

Finance secretary SU-AIIMS

Sanwar Mal Khokhar

Gymkhana secretary SU-AIIMS

Jeewendra Dulal

Socio-cultural secretary SU-AIIMS

Tejas Suri

Literary secretary SU-AIIMS

Komal Parmar

Magazine editor SU-AIIMS

Mohd. Akmal

Boys’ hostel secretary SU-AIIMS

Arushi Chaudhary

Girls’ hostel secretary SU-AIIMS

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The Ed-Board

Tejas Suri

Harshit

Garg

Kartik Gupta

Lakshmy Vijayan

Ritesh Goel

Arshi

Singh

CAMCORDERS ......................

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Ankush Modi Nadheer KM Soumya Sagar

Amenda

Komal

Parmar

Amenda

Ann Davis

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VERTIGO – EMBRACE THE EBULLIENCE AIIMS Infest-2011

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My First Infest In a time of a much desired break, "Vertigo" was

everything I asked for. „Vertigo- embrace the

ebullience‟ was as rocking as the name sounds.

I tried my hands on everything which i earlier thought

was not my portfolio. Fashion show, twisted film, treasure

hunt and all the literary events were a big hit. Though I

felt a little dizzy after donating blood, but the very feeling of saving a life motivated me

along with my friends. Actually we were the first ones to inaugurate the “beds”. I was

especially excited as Tejas had handed over the responsibility of preparing general trivia

quiz to me. Well aware of his standards, i really had my honour and respect at stake.

But i managed to pull off a pretty good job.

Infest is a great time to find out hidden talents and passions. People like Samagra and

Lokesh found out theirs at the cacophonics... Quite a hilarious and ‘nerve wracking’

performance.... Treasure hunt stuck the brains out of me.. It appeared as if I was Robert

Langdon in search of a „lofty quest‟... Sports events allowed me to realise that there are

much better chess players than me (sigh)... The interaction with faculty and especially

with Dr. Bir Singh and Dr. Paul helped to realize that there is more to AIIMS and life

than just „MBBS‟.

Waking up at 10 for fashion show at 10.15 with no practice and just walking the ramp

with face paint will always ‘haunt’ me. Bombardment of tomatoes and eggs in twisted

film will always be etched in my memory. JAM is always fun, and when it is conducted

by Venky, there is an extra tint of glimmer and humour attached to it. Distributing

toffees and condoms (for a very big social cause) was very well appreciated by audience

and participants alike... Infest-2011 was a great time to loosen up a bit and explore

hidden talents. Though i was not convinced with the title name of infest initially, the

final day rain dance with an awesome DJ proved that I was wrong and I finally

experienced „vertigo‟...

Kartik Gupta

2nd Semester

Kartik and Amber enjoying

their time at INFEST...

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The Infest Inaugural

Infest is the emblem of the festive spirit of AIIMS. A vivid representation of our talents,

skills, strength, creativity, team-work, showmanship and very importantly congeniality.

This year our Chief Guest was our Dean Dr. Rani Kumar. Though it was to be Dr Deka, Director AIIMS, but he couldn’t join us due to some urgent appointment. Our Guest of Honour was Dr. Rakesh Yadav, Sub-Dean and along with him we had other dignitaries like Dr. D K Sharma, Medical Superintendent; Dr. Bir

Singh, Secretary AIIMSONIANS and Mr V. P. Gupta, Registrar.

The programme witnessed a welcome address by the students’ union president and thereafter series of sort speeches delivered by the Chief Co-ordinator Himanshu Kanwat and the eminent guests. The entire show was anchored by me and the beautiful Isha from the second semester. The winding up words were the vote of thanks from Harshit Garg which elated the evening

(hilariously by the way...!!!).

Along with the gala events forecasted ahead, this day brought another reason for us to smile. After so much of wait, we had the

release of the 12th Edition of HYBRID HUES. The magazine editor Ms. Shweta Shubhdarshini presented the very first copies to the chief guest and hence the hall was filled up with appreciation

and applauds.

The function was glittered by the funky jazz_tango_hip-hop mixdown performed by the young AIIMSONIANS from 2nd, 4th & 6th sem and seriously speaking, no club would have been able to handle them at that time. In the end, we all watched a thoughtful work by Mr. Abhay Kumar, a magnificent short film about life and its meaning. It certainly left us spellbound. Actually it was the most

happening and eventful Infest inaugural that I’ve seen yet.

Though I have attended only one Infest in my life (pretty unfortunately) but I’ve been there for all the inauguration days (pretty fortunately). My bonding with the event started in 2009 when I did the stage conduction for the day. I was taken aback to see the startlingly low number of people in audience side. The seniors taught me, “yeh aisa hi hota hai har saal”. And trust me it is really heartbreaking to see that aisa hi hota jaa raha hai har saal. Even though the number of people has increased per batch but the size of Infest audience has not. I hope that the people may realise that it

is not all about long and boring speeches and turn up in good numbers to shine up the Audi.

After all it is all about our INFEST; our celebration and our spirit to celebrate.

Komal Parmar

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The humble President welcoming all the

dignitaries...

The Chief Co-ordinator presenting the

prologue...

Here comes the HYBRID HUES-2010...!!!

The editor presenting the first copy to the Dean and thereafter expressing her khushi ke aansu

Dr. Bir Singh jovial as ever with his

evergreen message of khao-piyo aish

karo...

Sub Dean Dr. Rakesh Yadav appreciating

the zest of the students.

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Dr. Rani Kumar sharing her words of

wisdom.

Harshit Garg delivering the vote of

thanks.

The people conducting and the ones enjoying the events at the infest

inaugural. Given below are the snapshots from the infest dance.

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Lets heap up our palettes

with hues of blue, green and scarlet,

Coz it’s time to shade and scrape

to say what the words could not.

Lets carve out the models

of castles and dancing damsels,

out of this mess of mud and muck

And make the world stop and gape.

Swirl of stipples and shallow strokes,

And excuberence of lurid polytones

Fail to paint this day's joy;no wonder

this one is for hearts,not for the canvas...

-Lakshmy Vijayan

4th semester

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Neha Sachdeva Arushi Chaudhary Neethu Mutheriyil

As always the infest happens to be a colourful time on our calendars. It is the occasion when once in a year, almost everyone around tries his or hand with the paintbrush. Some talents are discovered here every year and for some people, it is a the discovery of themselves. The chores begin with the task of making the Infest Rangoli and the celebration just goes on... Here’s a look at the Fine-Arts activities this time:

1st: Vishakha Singh (6th sem)

2nd: Fawaz (4th sem)

Rahul Krishnan (4th sem)

Keshwan PS (4th sem)

Afzal (2nd sem)

3rd: Varsha Matthews (6th sem) and Aishwarya (intern)

Innovative entry: Sahil Kumar (6th sem) and Samagra (2nd sem)

1st: Jyoti, Kamini, Ajmeera (2nd sem)

2nd: Fawaz (4th sem) and Lokesh (2nd sem)

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SKETCHING: Vishakha Singh (6th

sem)

PAINTING: Samagra Aggrawal

(2nd sem)

1st: Deepak Kumar (2nd sem)

2nd: Aishwarya (intern)

3rd: Alkananda (6th sem)

The fine arts events have been of our prime interest from all the times and

this year, we had its conduction under our charge. Must say that it instilled

us with a sense of proud and responsibility. Though some hurdles did come

our way, but by and for all was well. We really enjoyed working with our

helping companions and wish that the spirit remains the same through the

ages... Good luck friends.

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“Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside

the fire. If the traveler has vintaged well, he need trouble to wander no longer; the ruby moments glow in his glass at will.”

SPORTS ACTIVITIES AT INFEST-2011

This year we saw a plethora of brilliant players. Though the entire time was suffering from the never ending cricket fever

But we managed to have ample participation of talented players for all of the other events as well. This year the result of

various sports events conducted in INFEST are as follows:

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BADMINTON - K. Abhilash (4th sem)

TABLE TENNIS - Utpal Patel (2nd

sem)

Ambily Jose (6th sem)

LAWN TENNIS - K. Abhilash (4th sem)

CHESS - Abhijeet Beniwal (2nd

sem)

FOOTBALL – Postinterns

Vinny fred Vincent

Nikhil Gupta

Abhishek Behera

Danishw ar Meena

Rajesh Kumar

Hansraj

Vivek J (Intern)

VOLLYBALL – Postinterns

Vinny fred Vincent

Abhishek Behera

Danishw ar Meena

Rajesh Kumar

Hansraj

Vivek J (Intern)

Sanwarmal Khokhar

Gymkhana Secretary

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Exhilarating for some, heartrending for

others but enlightening and intellectually

satisfying for all, the

literary division of

Vertigo was filled

with action,

excitement,

tension and some

intense brain

racking. The

electrifying nature of

the competition

proved beyond

doubt the inherent

talent and latent

prowess of the AIIMS undergraduates when it

comes to the battle

of wits.

With a mouth-

watering General

Quiz lined up on

the first day, the

attendance was

heart-warming. Kartik set the ball rolling with

a very well crafted quiz, which provided an

evening of sharp entertainment. All our fears

of the questions being too difficult were

washed away and after a well fought final,

Ojha and Venky triumphed edging past

Savinay and Haneesh.

After such a thrilling beginning, we were left

asking for more. We didn’t have to wait for

too long as the Dumb Charades made by

Kartik and Amenda was a real treat. It’s really

amazing how these guys stepped up and

delivered wonderful events in their first Infest

itself. The mood

was set and even

after Ojha and

Savinay won, we

kept on playing till

3 in the night.

If the first day

was awesome, we

had to wait till day

two to be

awestruck. In what

must be the more

controversial and yet the most exciting event

of the fest, Wamique produced a wonderful

India Quiz. His quirky

nature

definitely won

him a lot of

fans that night

evidenced by

the passionate response he generated. His

arduous questions and stern officiating

ensured the success of what threatened to

turn into a Lok Sabha adjournment rather

than a test of brainpower. The presence of

the dashing damsels in the scene was also a

welcome respite. As expected the post interns

came, saw and conquered: hats off to Venky,

Dr D and Harkirat.

A dinner break was warranted after the

drenching tension. But the night was still

young, as we had a session of

Relishing the science quiz...

Lit-fiesta at Infest-2011...!!!

His arduous questions and stern officiating ensured

the success of what threatened to turn into a Lok Sabha

adjournment rather than a test of brainpower.

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Hieroglyphics yet to play out. One of the

literary events with greater mass appeal, it

was slightly disappointing to see a low

turnout. But the contest was no less stiff as

the newbie” V for Vendetta” (Khushaal,

Vrishketan) gave a real run for the money to

the experienced “Wamique Keema”. The

latter were much benefitted by the artful

sketches of Deva. Ketan and Savinay were

spot-on when it came to guessing and

deservingly walked

away with the prize.

The third day was

perhaps the most

awaited with the

prospective Sports

and Science

quizzes and the

pinnacle of the literary

events, the Password.

The sports quiz clashed with the very popular

Treasure Hunt, but still managed to extract

the aficionados. The event turned out to be a

rather one sided affair though, as an inspired

Ojha led his team to a convincing victory

accompanied by a couple of terrific answers

from Savinay.

The Science quiz was refreshingly

sprightly, conducted by the inimitable Soumya

Sagar. There were moments where we

suspected that we were sitting in a ballistics

conference, but the questions on weaponry

aside the event was well received. Especially,

the round on funny questions from Science

left our funny bones tickled. The seniors again

ended on top and not without good reason, as

they proved that they still know more of

practical science than us younglings fresh

from the doses of PCMB.

Everything up till now was just a prelude for

the real Test Match of literary fests, the king

of all events, the password. A test of

abstract thinking, judgement, knowledge, guts

and most of all endurance, this six hour

marathon lasted till well past five in the

morning. Frustrations were high among the

participants, the event moderator was pitiless

and the competition was literally cutthroat. V

for Vendetta ran

into an early lead of

over a hundred

points, with the

help of a few gutsy

guesses from

Khushaal and

Vrishketan. But

little did they know

that this event,

much like a

Quidditch match,

can turn around in a

matter of hours. Recharged with a pizza break

just in the nick of time (i.e. before Slice of Italy

closed for the night!), “Wamique Keema”

(Savinay, Ketan) and “The Womb Raiders”

(Wamique, Ojha, Venky) left behind the

courageous first timers from the fourth sem

and became embroiled in their own stormy

skirmish for supremacy. In the end, Wamique

Keema just proved too good on the night (er,

morning?) and we went to our beds still

dripping in adrenaline.

The stage was now set for the grand finale,

the terrorizing JAM conducted by the

intimidating JAM moderator, Venky. Even a

sizable and ruthless crowd could not deter a

record participation and for the first time in

recent history we needed an elimination

round. Venky, who was officiating what is

likely to be his last JAM in the institute was

witty and his topics were tongue-in-cheek and

Recharged with a pizza break just in the nick

of time, “Wamique Keema” and “The

Womb Raiders” left behind the

courageous first timers from the fourth sem

and became embroiled in their own stormy

skirmish for supremacy.

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laugh-out-loud. Two hours of discussion on topics ranging from

Rajnikanth to body proportions ensued and the audiences were

engaged and enthralled. It was a fitting end to a superb series of

events and I enjoyed in particular for good reason!

So, looking back at those four days, I feel immense gratitude for

everyone who took out time from the busy schedules to make the

events. Also, it felt great that the regulars all participated regularly

and new members joined our lively fraternity. The fachchas and

fourth semmers showed a big heart (à la Shadid Afridi) in showing

up and though

they were

unable to win,

all I can say to

them is that

the future is

theirs. I hope

they will chip

in even more

enthusiasticall

y in Pulse and

the years to

come. I also

do hope that we see more members of the fairer sex at the

literary events: it’s not all about quizzing!

The best part however was the reincarnation of a literary flavour

to the campus, as evidenced by the tremendous success of

Wamique’s new Facebook group, The AIIMS Quizzers aka The

Womb Raiders. I hope that the wave keeps going strong in the

months to come.

Tejas Suri

Literary Secretary

JAM prelims...!!!

Two things are infinite:

The universe and human

stupidity. And I’m not

sure about the

universe...

-Albert Einstein

You live only once, but if

you do it right, once is

enough...

-Mae West

When any fit of

gloominess or

perversion of mind, lays

hold upon you... make it

rule not to publish it by

complaints.

- Samuel Johnson

You can overcome

anything if you don’t

bellyache...

-Bernard M Baruch

Be the change you wish

to see in the world...

-Mahatma Gandhi

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Gaga fashion baby...!!!

The high society. COOL>>>>

Walk the walk baby

Rash riders--- Ang Pradarshan---

Groovy

They lined up their theme to spell

success...

Can you spot some white

spots...!!!

HAUNTING

Winning team- 4th semester

BLAZING 4th

SEMMER

Ethnic Touch...

The Greek God looks...

Celesta

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Human follies, prejudices, friendship, love, misunderstandings, and bitterness were the aspects upon

which our choreography storyline was developed; based none other

than our actual relationships with one another. We had arguments on

every single issue, from the story, the hero/heroine, the costumes, the

music, the dance steps, and last (but unfortunately among the most

important!), finance. It may be safe to say that it was these fights and

the reaching of common consensus that enabled us to filter out only the

best of ideas, and make our choreo up to the mark.

Akhil Monga and Harshita Bamnawat performing an amazing waltz

The foremost task was relegation of the responsibility. After much ado,

we decided that Meghal was to be the choreo secy. We ought to be

congratulated for the choice, for she so gracefully swam against a high

tide to achieve the grace in others’ dances. Each man/woman thought

himself to be the most talented of the lot. Many seemed to think that

the rest of us had all the time in the world to wait for their highnesses to

come to practice, that too with the mood to dance. Those twenty odd

days were gruesome for all of us, for we had to put up with some of the

worst aspects of each others’ personalities, which inevitably sprout out

when work is to be completed within deadline. Naturally, tempers were

lost more than once...!!! Some of the NIGHTMARES and DAILY DOSE OF

STRESS in all that fiasco)

Dancing to the Colours of Human Life...

Love triangles are not rare in the world. Such is the story of Cameron, Lydia, and Sara.

Cameron is a handsome lad, the object of affection of two of his college mates... Lydia, the beautiful, popular albeit manipulative girl of every boy’s dreams, and Sara, relatively plain faced but sweet hearted, who can alas only throw longing

glances at Cameron and Lydia as they display their tenderness for one another. Tragedy befalls the couple however in the form of an accident that steals Cameron’s eyesight. The double faced Lydia, finding this handicap unacceptable, deserts him. It is in

these moments of darkness that Sara comforts Cameron, and the latter clears Lydia from his thoughts to make space for Sara in his heart. Thus the two live happily ever after in true love.

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- The boys don’t seem to be practicing at all and they aren’t submitting their

music. Plus they edit the music every other day. What’s happening?

- We’ll lose the choreo solely due to the pathetic waltz, the song for

which was decided only a few days before the event, that too

suggested by a concerned senior. (which incidentally ended up rather

magnificently)

- We haven’t touched our books for over a month. We’re going to fail!

- Saboo and Gary and Afzal and Niki are doing the couple dance better

than Monga and Harshita due to lack of practice by the main couple.

- Cricket matches in between meant absolutely no productive work

that whole evening (and night and the next morning as well, if it was

a win for India), for such was the sudden tenacity of all for the game.

- Crazy rumours that choreo will be cancelled due to political reasons,

and all our time and energy will be for naught.

- Even crazier rumours that our very steps would be performed by some

fun loving seniors before us.

And the list goes on. However, the positive side was that we broke through many

prejudices, bonding closely with some whose very guts we had earlier hated. And not to forget, it

was super fun dancing till we dropped every day and night. (Who would have guessed that we would

one day lose sleep trying to imitate reality dance shows?) The best part however (all the girls would

agree) was the weight lost in the process. Watching the practice for the couple dance was an

excellent past time for the otherwise jobless. And the Saadi Gali practice was hilarious because our

aim was to make it as masala-full as possible.

Sunday morning saw our fiasco on the fashion ramp, where we made complete fools of ourselves.

That morning, we were still uncoordinated and ill prepared for choreo. But we were tired of

mediocrity by then, and we slogged away the entire afternoon, sweating it through 3 run throughs.

Finally we were all fully prepared for the battle on stage.

The grand finale went beautifully, as surmised from the boisterous cheers of the audience. There was a minor snag of sound in between which was easily solved after giving a 5 to 6 second panic attack to those on the stage at the moment. Isha (Lydia) did her scene of rejecting her blind lover (Cameron/Monga) remarkably. Monga’s blindfold dance was the most appreciated. The boys’ dance had contagious energy (at least to us biased viewers from the side of the stage!), and the hoots told us how great the

other dances were. Oh and yes, Harshita and Monga waltzed with such chemistry that one could almost believe they were indeed the couple destined to live happily ever after in our story. Yes, our choreo was all about human feelings, including the feelings of comradeship and exhilaration upon our victory, satisfaction and relief that it was finally over, and dread about the danceless days of monotonous studies to come.

Amenda Ann Davis

2nd Semester

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A Day to cherish—A Musical Extravaganza

Algos literally translates to pain; suffering…Why u ask me?? well being a med student (most)

probably u know the better of it…but then let’s leave its interpretation to your imagination for

now…’coz like everything else it’s also got a story to it but let’s face it who am I to comment on

that…waise for further reference of its etymology feel free to contact Dr Saurabh Singhal (yes

your friendly neighbour!!) . Its earlier avatar was TABS-The AIIMS Band and then Agnes for a

short while. Skyroof and Trace Elements were the earlier versions in the rocky days of yore

that is still cherished amongst many here.

Algos (as in the name) debuted last year under the able aegis of Dr Saurabh Singhal and Dr

Kishore Kumar. This time with them not around Cijin (P

Jose) more than rose to the challenge and proved

himself worthy of the mantle that he wore. He took

the lead in guitars (plus exhibited his versatility in his

synthesizer prowess as well). Accompanying him on the

guitars was Jewen (Dulal) (our very own So-cult secy)

who despite his quiet, gentle and cool demeanour

prefers to speak through his guitar and with that he

can surely blow you off your feet. Finding a drummer

was a tough ask but then Cijin (with his organizational

skills here) found just the drummer the band needed

in Ashish (Sharma) Bsc and as everyone present on the occasion knew he sure did a hell of a job!!

Ttsering Ppenjore, a very talented lad on the bass was a total delight for everyone. People just

loved to see him play and simply couldn’t resist asking for more of him... (U get what I mean

right??;))

10th April 2011,3.30 pm JLN Auditorium(our Audi yaar!) (Well it started well past that but still

pretty soon according to AIIMS standard time):

The curtains rose and off went the opening number with the instruments giving a befitting start

to the show!!!The audience were in for a treat and they knew it. Jatin (Agarwal)(yes the dude

you can’t help but notice..he can make a good emcee u see)started off and belted out one

chartbusting song after another-the likes of ‘Smoke on the Water’, ‘Carnival of Rust’, ‘Sultans of

Swing’, ‘Nothing else matters’…The crowd was in a frenzy!!! His last number -‘Emptiness’ was a

total sold out. People all singing, enjoying it plus a Hindi senti song at that, people just jived in on

it!!!That just set the stage on fire-which apparently became difficult for me to handle

subsequently-probably the reason I messed up with ‘Complicated’ though it isn’t a complicated

song at that. I came back on track but not exactly the way I wanted it to be. Waise I can’ t blow

my trumpet here (how could u even think!!It’s a sin!!)So I would just say that hailing from a land

where every other person has Ma Saraswati residing in their voice it was difficult for me to

follow my dreams. And from being a bathroom singer (yeah am not ashamed of it!!) and singing

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for just the 4 walls around to singing on stage in front of a whole bunch of real people -friends,

well wishers-yeah it was just the dream I had dreamt long time back. And trust me it was a real

treat to see people out in the audience singing along with you and Wamique’ s (yes our very own!)

sing-along with my ‘Animal Instinct’ gave the real boost and joy that you relish when on the mike.

Next came the Nightingale-Sristi (Saha) and enthralled the audience with her melodious voice

and uber-cool attitude with the blockbuster hit-‘Iktara’. Being a popular number that it is, you

could see the entire hall swaying along with the melody of the song. People were singing it out

loud. It was a momentous moment for all. Her voice, her charm-uff!!!! Baap re baap too much to

handle…. And how can a band performance in AIIMS (or for that matter probably anywhere else) come to

an end without ‘Sutta’ (a burning hot favourite) with Jatin & co. jiving the audience.

As the curtains downed on yet another performance by The Algos the audience sure went back

home with a feel good feeling about it all I bet!!!

Alkananda Behera

6th sem

Mesmerising the audience: Jatin and Srishti

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The blind folded hero...

In the second picture, standing L-R: Himanshu Kanwat, Sanwarmal Khokhar, Dr Bir Singh, Dr Rani Kumar, Dr R C Deka,

Harshit Garg, Dr Y K Gupta

student-faculty meet

“Good days are to be gathered like grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside the fire. If the traveler has vintaged well, he need trouble to wander no longer; the ruby

moments glow in his glass at will.”

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Drenching themselves in the never-ending spirits of

celebration

the rain dance party...!!!

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