GECOFEST 2006
Ha, GECOFEST 2006 was once again a gala event for GCE. It unfailingly stirs up a lot of activity, spurs creative moments and ends in heart throbbing cultural competitions - heart throbbing, literally, since the regally yellow and maroon curtain goes up to some thumping music.

I along with Prof Parveen Kumar Issar and Mr. Sankar judged the Western Choreography event. Since cinema songs were prohibited, there was music only. Boy, was it fantastic. I never knew Mukhil had it in him to dance so well. But, the outright winners in my opinion were the second years under Saravanan. The boy has real talent in choreography. There was unison in the execution of the dance and some fantastic steps. The general aesthetics of the dance scored outright some brownie points for it. Of course, the other two judges had their preferences and when the scores were totalled, the final year students won the first prize. It was good, but the aesthetics,mmm.. not as good as that of the second years.

The next one was on Adapt Themes. The second years had us in splits with their bit on "NO SMOKING". The joke is that it was judged by, among others, a professor known for his chronic smoking habit.

Left the hall after that, as there was a powercut. Went around admiring the exhibits of clay modelling and other sculptures. There were some spectacular pieces.
It's wonderful how young people have the creative juices flowing in them...I vaguely remember that at one time, I was creative too. I liked drawing and writing. Well, perhaps, that is the way life moves on.

Will miss the final year CSE students who took up BEC with the department of English. They are sweet kids, full of unpretentious friendliness.