Passion, dream, aim, obsession, achievement, hard work, enthu..! Everything redefined in TECHFEST 2013! I will call it an EPIC era in my life! No words, literally! I was glad I could make it in the team.. but today after all of it has finished and I am back to my normal life (non-Tf life), I feel that Techfest taught me so so much. Feeling the sense of achievement: of having organised Asia’s largest Science and Technology festival! (Yes!! It is!!), shaping it to what we wanted! Giving our complete time, heart and mind to create something awesome, (irrespective of the public opinion) in a span of nine months! Feeling the level of power we had gotten. The already-built-brand of Techfest was in our hands to be shaped and taken to higher levels! Show ALL, not just insti, Mumbai or India; across the globe! Pioneering each activity for a three-day festival attended by tonnes of people and known to lot many more!!

The faint smile of having done it to the best we could still on my face.. even when I am writing. And the chills of missing it, realisation of the fact that it wont come again  - growing!

It was insanely awesome! Frankly, great respect to those people who sat down with I-dont-know-what motivation and organised this fest for the first time! The heights it has reached today are extreme! The ideologies, the fundea, the motivation.. great respect! And it really feels grateful that I got a chance of experiencing it!

ONE dream, ONE goal, ONE aim – an incredible Tf’13! And numerous ways to achieve it! Each one defined by us and decided by us to be followed. Infinite brainstorming, discussions, night outs, meetings, researching; anything to everything! Just for that one goal! All I remember in my past one year is JUST Techfest!

Last pages of all lecture copies filled with – to-do-lists and ideas; room and laptop filled sticky notes with tonnes of work; room wall started filling with posters, each time instilling loads of confidence and passion; Gmail inbox regularly popping notification of no more space; each time I closed my eyes for a nap – the phone in my window (kept in window for network!)would ring for some or the other work! (Trust me, EACH time!!). Infinite tension, pressure.. yet the passion of achieving it. It was insane! It was like a desperation.. a FEEL.. building up each moment as it was approaching! Gave my best, my fullest that I could give! Tried everything, did everything that all of us wanted to do!!

DREAM ON !!

ONE song man! Just a song! Not even patented!! A song written and sung by someone else.. yet fills in with tonnes and tonnes of emotions! And now, memories too!

DREAM ON!!

The way it starts! Sounds stupid, but literally.. the way it starts! Its like, your ears get exceptionally attentive! Goose bumps fill in each time! (Even today!). And loads of emotions come rushing! Filling you with energy, happiness and enthusiasm! (As a matter of fact, my phone ring tone is the same song. Truly, each time it rings – my ears do get exceptionally attentive! so much because of the song!!).

Closing my eyes and listening to the song first brings the Day 3 – OAT moment in front of my eyes! Seriously! THE feel! Seeing everyone involved in the organisation, my team.. glad and satisfied! Looking at each other with the giant smile, a tiny tear drop and the gentle nod, conveying that Dood! WE DID IT ! Sleepless nights, endless meetings and discussions, infinite exertion and all; yet managed to have successfully done what was dreamed!! Its like the song fills a common emotion in all of us (my team) – the feeling for Techfest! 

Dream ON !!

Team Tf'2013!

In addition to all this, meeting 22 random, new, different people; staying with them (almost all the time) for complete nine months; sharing the common goal, the common feeling; finally ending up being incredibly close to each one of them! It was like, sharing the epic era of my life with these 22 people added to its awesomeness! And this bunch of crazy guys became my closest buddies! Remembering all the Techfest time – with the team – fills with the deepest of gratitude (to be lucky to have experienced it!). Spending amazing time with all of them. Meetings, treats, lukkha, discussions.. bonding with them exceptionally, in so short time! I wish to be around these people all my life and wish to be always there with/for them!

Hats off to this organisation – Techfest! which gave me so much that I could keep writing the whole night!! (I was supposed to sleep way back, but Aerosmith suddenly started in my playlist!! #true-story!). It gave me amazing experience, learning, memories; most importantly – awesome friends!! The time wont come again but memories and learning will help me grow! I seriously feel confident, strong and positive about anything that life wants to show me!! Thanks Techfest!! #too-much-senti !!

Good night! Dreaming ON!