It has happened before and it’s happening again. It’s the time of the year when a new semester shall dawn again and everyone shall be talking only about one thing in IIT Madras. SAARANG. Whether asking questions about it, or boasting about it, or coming to terms with coordinating it. It engulfs our lives like a tide. It’s the time of the year where excited murmurs are shouted and the twisted trail of thoughts settle at the obvious.

Yet again, talent is busy pampering its hues, while wardrobes are draped in new colours. The stage is set for young Shakespeares to break a leg. What is a good word that isn’t written down with creativity and chained into other words ebbing poetry. Colours splash across at Saarang and the town is painted red, or blue or pink or any other colour one might like. Music and lyric will find there way across performances as love finds its way in song and dance. Food, frolic and fun ring in the air. And many a fun game is played over and over again.

After watching the talents soar through the day, one usually expects the hectic activity to slowly come to rest as dusk creeps in. But, it is not so with Saarang; its spirit remains palpable in the air and peaks again at the power packed Open Air Theatre.  The night comes alive with the audience moving to the groovy beats of the voices that enthralled India; rocking performances by world famous artists and much more. When you think it’s over, it begins. Every next day begins with a fresh memory of the night before and with more to offer along.

It’s not the words, not the events, not the pro-shows but Saarang in itself that makes it an experience. To love life is to live a Saarang.