NUJS Nite 2009

It was like magic. Little golden lights glittered on the shrubbery, a stage had materialised out of thin air and we wondered at how so much sitting space had been created, interspersed with angeethis that were warmly welcomed by all on the cold 3rd January night. The NUJS Nite, a post New Year get-together between the faculty and students, a modest affair started by the Mess Com in 2008 had turned into a full blown gala this year. Abhisaar led us through the programme smoothly with a little assistance from Kaushik Krishnan. Kaushik, alone, was as good as a Saif-Shahrukh compering pair at a Filmfare award ceremony with his ever witty expressions and inane descriptions.

Shameek Sir, better known as PinkyDa, was brilliant with his imitations of past and present luminaries of NUJS and, for once, we had a teacher having a go at a student, when PinkyDa recollected snippets of his conversation with a fourth year notorious for his PJs. The stage was set on fire when we had the ‘Powerpuff Girls’, Rukmini ma’am and Ruchira ma’am show us the right moves in a display of diplomacy and dancing, both setting their subject of sociology aside for the while. A second round of imitations, this time of the teachers and students by Arnab Roy, left the entire audience in splits. From the mannerisms to the style of speaking, he got it right, time and time again! The teachers good naturedly joined in the laughter at their expense.

A high point of the program was having the teachers tackle some tongue in cheek questions from the students, and the panache with which the teachers gave their replies made the entire exercise all the more interesting. One such Q & A round that had everyone doubling over in laughter was the one posed to the duo of Mr. Pritam Baruah and Mr. Shamnaad Basheer by Abhisaar. Even Dr. Poddar tackled his specific questions with finesse showing us exactly why this good natured soul is the representative of NUJS in CLAT. Special mention must be made of the background music (provided by SidSin and Saurabh Mehta among others) that greeted every new entrant on stage. Anirban Sir was welcomed with the theme song of Sarkar, Pritam and Shamnaad Sirs with Mai Khiladi tu Anadi, and to top it all our Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr. Prof. M.P. Singh came up on stage with the song Singh is King playing in the background! The programme ended with Rohan Sahai mesmerising the audience with three beautiful pieces that he played on a piano forte. He was encored and even given a standing ovation for his enthralling performance.

It was, all in all, an enchanting evening, with good music, dances and lots of laughter. At the start of the evening Ashish, the SJA President better known as Bappa, had recited a few lines penned by him, “Tu ugta hai main doobta hoon, par ravi toh hum dono hi hain / tu padhta hai, main likhta hoon, par kavi toh hum dono hi hain…” thus putting into words what events like NUJS Nite showcase that though there may be differences between the teachers and the students but sharing this campus gives us much to share, to remember and to laugh over.