just before pongal comes the usual news at sastra ....... only one day declared as holiday and no open permission for students visiting their homes.. was a bit dejected on hearing the news.
when my friends kamal n gokul came to know about this , they were like machi why not celebrate pongal here???and tried to change my mood. it was another two days for pongal n we sat there breaking our heads wondering what to do.. we wanted something different to be done. then this idea of kite flying suddenly struck us n then we were like why not include rangoli also specially for girls.
we had only 48 hours to plan n organise the complete thing. so we approached our senior manoj anna, one who can help us out anytime n in any situation.
so we planned n set up our tasks and divided our works amongst us. called upon a few first years n second years to do some volunteering work. major task to get permission from the management. designed this poster n went to get the permission.
just kept our fingers crossed n finally we got the permission for the same. we were on cloud nine, jumping with joy. now started the main task. had to set up the arena , plan everything for the next day like framing the rules n regulations ,inviting jury etc. the materials etc. had to be brought from tanjore. first aid was also to be taken care of. registrations were on n all of us had hectic schedules of classes to be managed along with this work. we kept our fingers crossed hoping that atleast some 200 people turn up for the evnt.
finally the D day arrived n at first there was a small crowd. few kites went up n then a huge rush.
my god i could not believe the situation. total of some 200 kites were sold out within half an hour. n loads of girls tuned up for the rangoli in the traditional sarees.
around 120 teams for kite flying including both girls n boys and around 35 teams for rangoli turned up. so around 1000 people made it to the event. the event was a mega hit.
few snaps ....
in the due course learnt a lot about team work, helping each other out , time management , how to approach different kind of people , what hard work meant n best part enjoyed like hell.
we made a profit after spending a good amount on prizes n also rewarding the volunteers.
so my first salary lol.. got mom n dad gifts from it also to my best friend :-)
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