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There was Sharav, there was LIT-Soc... and then there was the "FETE"

It was 10 o’clock in the night and I was sitting outside the Sharav stall, unable to think or move. Sitting casually in jeans and an oversized tee shirt, covered in mud and plaster of Paris and aluminum races and wood dust and what not. I badly needed a bath and some fresh clothes. Tough day it had been. Its ‘days’ I guess. Been literally living in the hostel quadrangle and working for 2 days in and out. It was the “FETE”. The hyped up event where every hostel pulls all their abilities together and pull off a game stall built from scratch and put it up in sangam. Of course all of it is for the lit-soc points. This being the last event also decides the lit soc winner. Stamina and strength are two different words I guess. Strength I have. Stamina wears out soon. By the time the stall was being put up I had lost it all. My senior got me out of the stall, made me sit down, handed a digi cam and said click whatever I feel like. A freshie kinda saved my life when she got me a juice. But stil