.:ROBOTIX 2007:.

My message to the team .....

“If I need a cause for celebration
Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind
I rely on my imagination
And I dream of an imaginary time.”

That imaginary time has become real …
When everything's been said and done....
When words run out ... and so does your ability to invent new ones to suit the moment
To honor it ... to savor it
What do you say ... it’s not the first time that I have been in this situation

That night u guys asked for one line ... well keeda never speaks a single line ... and again well as i said I just write my blog

So, what do I say about such an astonishing fest and such a great group of people ... well for one ... it was more than about just a fest ... more than about 546 teams and 1500 participants ....more than about 2 odd lakhs spent on it ... more than 4 dog tiring days and nights ... much much more than that.

It was about self belief ... it was about a dream ... a dream come true in much bigger proportions ... it was about the look ... look on the faces and the look in the yes ... look on the faces , the first two days ... the look of feeling and triumph on a HUGGGGE turnout ... juxtaposed with a feeling of eeriness questioning if we are prepared for it ... and then the look on the faces giving way to the look in the eyes on the last 2 days because the face is too tired to emote ... eyes filled with hunger and sleeplessness , and enjoying every moment of it ... it was about everything and nothing at the same time.

It was about every millisecond of time that Apurv could sleep ... about every missing bottle of water ... about people running with markers and paper pads ... about writing 1800 certificates ... about power failures in the middle of the events ... about pregnant robots ... about sulking individuals ....drooping shoulders ... misdirected venting of frustration … late night Pjs ... no sugar no milk tea cups that even made PB snap ... about providing more than required information ... about smelly socks ... about weird Hindi announcements ... about "1,2,3 start tad tad tad taliyan" ... about sneaked pizzas ... neend mein sote logo ka insomnia ... about hiding secret arena ... about sassy trying to make sense of 3 rupee ka resistor ...about Choubey's voice or rather the lack of it ... about the adrak that tried to cure it ... about Aamir looking for jhaadoo at weird times…about TD’s smile ... about every packet of samosa and alu chop that never seemed to end like kuber ka khajana ... about a 7'x5' ka painting that didn’t have a location to be put up ... about weirdly capped ASIMOs Honda would shiver to look at …about Sabya trying to make sense of my choicest fonts and color combos ... about jumping the boundary at Prembazar gate ... running our of registration forms ... last minute rule changes ... about realistic and unrealistic "worst case" estimations ... about that one moment of satisfaction that is worth all the pain in the world.

Yes, there is satisfaction; there is a whirlwind of emotions in the end. It is a high ... a high of an entirely different kind ... a high that nothing tangible in the world can provide. There is nothing more intoxicating than success. And WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. In spite of all our imperfections, we have achieved, what to many seemed impossible. But this is not the end. The journey continues.

For some it was their first taste of ROBOTIX, and I am absolutely sure their palates would be itching for more. Fore some, sadly, it was their last. When all numbers and figures and statistics have faded away, our success can only be measured by their happiness. I wish, we have given them a reason to smile.

We are all enjoying the state of languor in which we find ourselves now. But this hangover has to be broken. To strive for more, to strive for even larger success ... Not just in numbers, but in a pursuit towards the shimmering deceiving land called perfection. We have to raise ourselves higher for a brighter tomorrow. A tomorrow of which we as a team will be proud of – a tomorrow of which people like Reddy, Golu and Choubey will be proud of. This is our moment in the sun. Here's wishing that this sun will shine much brighter for years to come. Cheers to us.