A few days ago, we celebrated the 50th Spring Fest of IIT KGP.
I would like to narrate an interesting happening that took place on the second day of the fest. We had this performance by K.K. at the Tagore Open Air Theatre (TOAT) from 7 to 10 in the evening. P2 and VK were serious about attending it and left for it from 6.20 itself. Myself and RK stayed back to play a game of table-tennis and decided to leave at 7.20 . Frankly, we didn't envisage a very large turn-out and expected to get-in without hassles. However, when we reached the main building(MB) gate at 7.40 (we were late as always), to my sheer astonishment, the gates were closed, but more importantly, the queue which started from the MB gate went on till Tikka and may be even farther. Shocking. I called P2 only to find out that they were still standing on the later part of the longish queue. By a rough guess, I can say that there must have been around 300 guys who were still hanging in that queue in the hope of getting in. I mean its weird. Half the show was already over and the security personnel were telling that TOAT was house-full and there was no chance that anybody could have been let in. And yet all these guyz were there with blind hopes of getting in and enjoying K.K. . Period.
It was 8.20 . I was getting exhausted. I went on to P2 and we decided to go back to the hall and do something useful rather than wasting time standing in a queue which hadn't moved a single inch in the past 2 hours. I saw back only to see that it went on farther than my ocular range. I was hopeless about getting in.Period.
I was forced to hang on there for about ten more minutes by these guyz. Then, suddenly the gate went open and everyone around was running hither and thither. I had no clue what was going around me. It was as if a group of mad elephants had gone berserk and people were running around to save their lives. We were confused whether to run along with the crowd or to get out of that mess. I thought for a moment. I had been hanging on there for more than an hour just to get in, and now that the I got the oppurtunity I was looking for, how come I leave that place without getting a glimpse of KK. Period.
We were inside the MB campus but to our sheer dismay, all the gates to the TOAT were closed.
The crowd inside was going berserk with the songs of KK. It was a big temptation; one we couldnt resist. I wanted to get in by whatever hellish way I could get in. Guess what our only option was... The only way in was to jump the 10 foot high massive old and cracked walls of the TOAT. The security guard smelt our intentions and was dissuading us from doing what we were going to do anyway. Period.
We all had successfully gotten into the TOAT. And enjoying to the tunes of KK.
I promised I would blog regarding the incident.
I wrote it.