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We had decided to put holograms as well as serial nos. on each ticket that classified them into different type. This work was not outsourced to a vendor for some reasons. And hence, few days before the sale started, the entire Admin Team with help from some
other teams of fachchas would sit in the night and get the tickets ready. Oh boy, what nights they were. We all would sit in the common area in the dorm with the TV on, and chat with each other along with the work. And then we would pester the tuchchas and actually threaten to stop work till they got us something to eat from CT . All in all, those were tiring, sleepless but fun nights.

But the tiring nights didn't end there. We had to put fliers in The Times of India as part of the publicity plan. The work was outsourced to the appropriate guys but we still had to be there to ensure that it was executed properly. And hence, there I was, sometimes with a couple of team-mates, at times alone, from 3:00 in the night to 5:00 in the morning, at the news-paper distribution hub in Ahmedabad, ensuring that those guys properly put all the Chaos fliers in the news-papers. Oh man! What an experience that was ! I witnessed the entire process of what happens when the news-papers arrive at 3:00 am and are distributed to various vendors. It happened at one of the main roads in Ahmedabad. The footpaths would be full of paperwahlas putting various fliers in the papers, separating the papers for different localities and finally trudging them along on cycles and scooters. There would be so much of commotion in the wee hours of the morning. It was fascinating to see the kind of intense work that goes behind the scenes to ensure that we get our morning news-papers right when we get up from sleep!

Then we would take turns and sit at the tickets-counter on campus. We were selling tickets through CCD and Dominoes outlets. So four of the CCDs were under my charge. Hence, I had to visit them to put our banners, etc., and then visit them frequently to collect the tickets sale money. The entire preparation for the event was tiring but fun. It was very different from the work I did for Confluence. This involved more out-of-campus trips and interactions with vendors.

Chaos started on the eve of 25th January with a classical music function followed by a Sweedish band that played fusion stuff. It was really awesome and perhaps the best performance of Chaos. What followed in the next four days was pure masti with stars like Junoon, Remo and Silk Route gracing the evenings and events / workshops / contests ranging from photography to pot-making to self-grooming during the day-time.

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* Contributed by -
Vinamra Srivastava (Campus Associate),
PGP - 2,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.