The never ending yatra of Kashi-Yatra, the annual fest of IT-BHU, brought mixed bag of emotions, albeit can be argued that KY-08 was far more successful than KY-07.
KY-08 kicked off on 24th Jan with a rough start but caught up pace in the subsequent days with more junta thronging to Swatantra Bhavan.
First day was poised to start off with a bang as it was the day of rocks. The rock pros.(Hobos & The Works) really managed well and got the junta to head bang.
Second day was one of my favourite nights and I hope the same for the rest of the junta as it was the DJ night. Everybody danced their heart out for nearly two hours. For some it was shear joy and ecstasy while for others it was a good way to chill out and shed their frustration. In the end DJ made everybody euphoric because one could swing every limb of his/her body to the tunes of the music in any fashion he/she desired.
Third day was the day of laughter as one could relax his mind happily sitting at one place. It was the day of Kavi-Sammelan when all the kavis unleashed their repertoire of humour and jokes one after the other non stop for 2 ½ hours. Unlike the laughter challenge show where it is only laughter, here it was laughter served to the audience blended with philosophy of life. Six kavis with six different genres showcased the amount of humour that can be generated by subtle usage of words. While everybody was superb, Dr. Surendra Sharma proved what a vintage player can do. It was a wonderful experience and junta really had a blast.
On 28th, the last day of KY, everybody was waiting for Shibani Kashyap. Even after facing some initial hiccups, the team worked together and pulled it over in the end. The Shibani sang to beats of IT-BHU and made up the last day of the Kashi-Yatra. The day ended with a long night with DJ.
Apart from these events there were many events like dances, informals, toolika, plays etc. While the dances and plays were entertaining, informals kept the bored crowd busy. I don’t have much idea about photographs and paintings but from the feedback it was obvious that it was enticing for the esoteric people. The toolika featured prize winning photographs at National and International level, and paintings by FOVA (Faculty of Visual Arts) students, but the IT Student’s gave none the less.
Overall KY -08 ended well and the four nights of complete entertainment marked the melting potpourri of talents. Being in fourth year and my last KY, I will really miss this grand festival which is engraved indelibly in my heart.
[By Amaresh Pradhan (Metallurgy 2008) and Sai Santosh (Chemical 2008)]
 Shibani Kashyap |  Rock Night |
 Kavi Sammelan |