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So there we were, tapes all over our bodies and papers in our hands, all waiting for the whistle. The runners were in line for each section and all the other section people assembled behind cheering us up. The anxiety built up, so did the section tempo shouts... "Section A ka tempo high hai..."
There were drum beatings, slogans, synchronized claps and what not, each section cheering its runners. 3... 2... 1... the whistle went and all four front runners (including me for Section A) darted off amidst huge cheers.

Wow... After a long time, I was running so fast... I was put as the first runner basically because of my speed, and it paid dividends as I was the first one to reach inside and grab the place we had planned according to our strategy. Others followed soon and then there was frenetic activity with people shouting for tapes, climbing on tables, and what not. Finally, after half an hour, we all came out to be received by our section in style. It was raining outside and the entire section was standing and cheering for us... This is called bonding and that's what T-Nites are all about.

So that ended the pub-run. We got decent spaces, and though we could have done better, it was a good show. We also put up a huge piece of cloth (sheet) at the entrance of the mess that hung from the roof to the ground. It contained a huge DNA shape with the dorm names of all the section people mentioned on it. It looked so majestic.

Then came the first mess night. Before I go ahead, let me tell you that for all the four days, we spent most of our time in the classrooms preparing... we go to the dorm only to sleep. So we all reached in time for our slot at the mess in a huge group shouting new and innovative tempo shouts. There are also marks for tempo shouts and the junta enthusiasm. Our time came, we entered shouting slogans, all of us surrounded the small stage and the events started. There were mostly dances and all the remaining people stood besides clapping, shouting, dancing, etc... We have some of the best dancers in our class and that really helped us throughout the four days of the T-Nites. Our performance was indeed a hit and the tuchchas liked it, I guess. We all came back to the class, celebrated among ourselves for giving a great performance, and then went about preparing for the next night.

After that, we completed our studies for the next day's classes, because classes go on as usual. Its upto you to find time to study despite the crazily hectic T-Nites. I finally slept at 7.00 am and got up again at 8.00 for the classes.

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* Contributed by -
Vinamra Srivastava (Campus Associate),
PGP - 1,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.