Dear Diary#4 Antardhwani,2015, Day 2

The Annual Fest of the University of Delhi was held from 20-22 February, in the North Campus premises. The theme of this year was 'Meeting the challenges of India'. As being busy on Friday and Sunday, I was able to attend it only at Day 2,i.e Saturday. But to be honest, as this was my first Antardhwani, the experience was over the charts. And I promised myself to visit all the 3 days the next year.

I,along with my friend, reached the 'Rugby Sevens' by 1 O'clock. The fest was at its full hustle. Stalls were set, and so were the volunteers. Just at the entrance was the stall of the 'Department of English', and had a marvelous poster of Shakespeare's head over Arnold's body. The stall, like the other departments' stall, was there to introduce the visitor about the courses offered by them, and also the advantages. Do you know that the ranking of department of English of DU is among the top 100, in world, as per the QS world university rankings? Well you do now.

After this, we visited other departments' stall too. All had worked really hard to make the stall look attractive and appealing. The Psychology department has prepared a 3-D pyramid, explaining the causes, which effects the human psyche , categorizing them personal, social, national, and international. It really forces you to introspect. 

After the departments' stalls, we moved on to the individual college's stall. As we were in the last, Zakir hussain college's came first, and so on and so forth, we reached our college's. The old familiar Cyril was there, with his team's innovative idea,'Fountanium- a hybrid of Fountain and Aquarium'. Basically it was a fountain like structure. And amidst the center pool was a cluster of live tiny fishes, e.g guppies and goldfishes. The idea was to keep the fishes in a natural habitat kind of environment by creating continuous ripples by the fountain. This idea was really initiative and appreciable. 

We moved to the other colleges' stall, but suddenly, an announcement made us look sideways. The central ground was prepared to be the imitation of Kargil war battleground, an act by the NCC cadets. The show was true heart-taking. The precision and the music and the ambiance of war it created was truly admirable. The cadets dresses as soldiers, with guns and grenades defeated the opposite side's soldiers, and captured the base, at the end of which teh tricolor was hoisted, and everyone watching the show was truly feeling patriotic. 

We then made a brief visit to the college's stall, occasionally looking at one or too, whatever took our eye. Soon we were at the other side of grounds, at the multi-purpose hall, where the performances were being continuously held, one after the another. We were right in time to enjoy ourselves a little of local dance styles of Maharashtra's Kuchi-Pudi, Lavani,Koli(fisherman) and Marathi. Also the powerful dance of Punjab was just on the track, and I can literally guarantee that everyone's feet was stepping during it. 

After a heart-full of day, we enjoyed some food, and after relaxing for about half hour in park, we were en route to home. This experience truly awakened our 'Voice Within', the literal meaning of Antardhwani. We will surely visit it next year too, and will cherish the memory we made today for lifetime. And I can't literally end it without a quote. So here it is.

'Life is a journey with problems to solve,lessons to learn, but most of all, experiences to enjoy'- Ritu Ghatourey