Rangoli - Celebration of Colours

Let me be frank. I have been a little biased at times. I have only written about Illumination. However, Rangoli, which takes place concurrently is as important.

In Rangoli, various halls use colour powder on their common room floors to depict majestic scenes - usually related to mythology. The way myriad colours come together to form an awe-inspiring whole is really something unique to Kgp. Needless to say, it too requires a lot of hard work, perseverence, and team effort apart from dexterity with drawing, painting, and colours. When you work for 8 hours at a stretch and that too without the fan (for fear of colours blowing away), you tend to get the idea of the scale.

I will let these pictures speak for themselves:

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  This one depicts the erstwhile Hijli detention camp where IIT Kharagpur has risen from the ashes of martyrs
  


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I am sure those who feel IITians are only capable of solving 7th degree simultaneous quadratic equations will be forced to rethink.