A mirror!

It was about 9:30 pm 28th march 2006..

I was walking with a close friend of mine to the OAT to see the last PAF(performing arts festival) of the year. Primary aim was to see if the PAF would make putches here and there so that we would win a second prize in the competition. Even as I stood outside the gates at around 9:45 pm I am sure I was not expecting to see the best production ever. Not that I doubted the talents of the teams involved. It was just a plain competitive spirit. A not so good one at that. Wanting to see the other fail so that I win. Anyways.. I realised in around 15 mins into the PAF that "dejavu" was gonna be an event. A landmark which will stay and raise those inevitable questions of aim, motive and desirability at each and every competition held here.

In one of my previous blogs I had written about the unending search for beauty that actually drives people unknowingly. Anshul Singhal, the story conceptualisation brain behind the PAF, surely had a very clear drive. A passion which I had always seen in him. When Kasturi(last year's 4-8-12 PAF) failed, I had seen those clouds of dissatisfaction shrouding him. That beautiful image that he wanted to see was shattered. But tonite as the crowd began applauding at the end of the PAF seeing which he started crying, I knew for sure that there was one satisfied man in the crowd. A man who dreamed, who thought different, who worked differently and who touched each and every person differently. Leaving a typical Singhal signature on each and every bit of the satisfied crowd.

I was rejoiced. I had never seen a more beautiful PAF all thru my stay in IIT. The simplicity in the complex method Singhal used to depict each and every aspect in his dream production was like a wave of thoughts each reaching you, touching you and perfectly synchronising with and making way for the next wave. Today was definately a dream come true for me. I had seen a PAF that I definately would rate above many movies I have seen in the recent past.

A very daring PAF some might say, but I will stand by my statement that it was a very wisely chosen topic touching the right nerve of the viewers. The general IITian would definately have got sweeped by the topic's sensitivity and its association with each and every one of them. It was story for them by one amongst them. It was a perfect entertainer and a perfect eye opener. If it still shone no light on you, u might as well go get urself admitted into a mental hospital.

In short I wouldnt mind calling this PAF a mirror. Each person who looked into it saw himself standing there, smiling in the broad daylight and the pleasant moonlight while crying about the red-light side that was to be the hidden side of each person.

Each person has his own share of problems, be that the teacher or the student. Each person must see his image and the image of his neighbour and try helping them. The PAF seriously helped me. I hope it does touch you. Take care. Bye..