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A Roving worries about work. There’d be no airs about that all this will be compensated for by my

it. While I proudly accept that a ‘University
seniors’ treat at Nescafe. Thus, I’m at peace.
News’ badge on Engifest does give one a
Reporter’s kick, but do we miss out on the real fun?
Is live reporting more fun than roistering?

Fest I imagine the feeling of being amidst
a crowd. Swaying to the music. With
only the celebration on the mind. Now
compare it to setting focal lengths
Concerns and apertures to capture the perfectly
clicked shot while jotting responses on
a pad. Which one would you forego?

n the life of students, WhatsApp groups Nonetheless, the thought of wearing that
are as important as water is for fish. I ‘Media Co-ordinator’ card on my neck
Iwonder why brands cough up all their that guarantees access anywhere is worth
money on advertisements when they could the trouble. Do not misunderstand my
just spam WhatsApp groups. It was in a FoMO (Fear of Missing Out) for complaint.
WhatsApp group only that I saw ‘DTU The work ethics of my team are deeply
TIMES RECRUITING’. My eyes sparkled. rooted in my system. Although we do miss
Here was my chance to be something. And dancing like crazy on rare occasions, we
I was ecstatic to be selected. But it made me have our jamboree to make up for that. I
wonder if my fest experience would have been have been told that DTU Times’ members
different if I were just another college student. enjoy more than other students. Maybe
that’s just our seniors giving us hope. And
I would probably enjoy the fest without any that’s how I console myself, and I know
-Pratyush Thakur, 1st year, COE
-Shashank Shekhar Jha, 1st year, ECE

One More Last Fest,

Through the eyes of the CC Room

nother four years have passed by, be bigger and better.
the memories fresh in mind like it I have felt the warmth of their bond as outside world. I have heard the whispers of
Awere only yesterday. It was around relations that were torn apart and also the
they ensconced in my sofa, cozied up to
the end of their first year, when I first heard my cushions and the playfulness of their loudness of their bonding and presence. I
of “Engifest” and saw your present 4th have seen the fire that raged in their heart,
hearts as the same were flung around. I
years running around with their phones and the flames they lit in the soul of the
was there when their hearts sunk as deep
along with an exotic vocabulary to support as my sofa springs when deals didn’t work team.
their impatience. And since then, I’ve seen
out, and through all the pizza parties and I have seen your present 4th years strive
everything that intertwined their lives and elation when the deals did. I have seen for excellence and now, I have to see them
Engifest.
them bring in new members into this little leave. I have to spend each passing day
I’ve seen them frustrated in the first two family and I’ve seen thoughts transform knowing that they are my guests only for a
years when things did not work out so into ideas to plans that metamorphosed few more days. I know I will face this again
well. I’ve seen the hurling of my chairs into reality. next year as the time for the council to leave
complemented with immediate apologies. For almost four years, they have shown me will arrive.
I’ve seen them crying and laughing But what can I do? I am merely a room, a
their darkest nights and their moments
together when they realized that they had place filled with memories. A place that has
of bliss. Their secrets enveloped in my
done a brilliant job last year. Just like I’ve four walls as I shielded them from the become a permanent home for temporary
seen them motivating their successors to people.

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