My 'Bhel Puri': A Myriad of Flavours

People look at your battle scars, whether they laugh at them or make fun of them, these remain yours; you have to be proud of them and live to the fullest — that's what Sabha has taught me.

As a fresher, it’s completely natural to feel that you are eccentric, or that you are following a mundane routine in College without any sense of belongingness. You may even feel that you’ve reached the lowest point right at the beginning of your journey, this is where we all start. My journey with Sabha and College commenced the same way. In my time with Sabha, there have been good, sad, pathetic and blissful moments.

I suffered from what I call ‘Motivational Deficiency Disorder’ (I don’t know if that's a thing but you know what I mean). I considered leaving this place in the very first week of College. While I was contemplating this during my class in the Main Building, I heard the unexpected sound of a group of people performing the publicity rally for Sabha. It was so astounding that I felt like jumping out of the window and joining them. ‘Maybe this is what I am looking for’, my inner self said.

Sabha, and especially Aadibhav, came as a blessing for me and others like me. The orientation, people, activities—everything felt perfect and I never looked back. I was the paavam (innocent one)—and the exasperating one—in the beginning. These people shaped me so well that Sabha became my family. I heard people say during their farewell that Sabha is a family to them. but I always discredited this until my farewell arrived.

The people make Sabha special and needless to say, so do the opportunities it brings being a prominent theatre society. It has the calibre to ascend to greater heights, not just in terms of theatre but as a team, and I genuinely believe it will. Everything—be it the practice sessions, workshops, after-parties, random jamming sessions, productions and creative sessions— felt like a dream sequence from a movie where you are the protagonist and you win in the end, even at your lowest.

Nothing is permanent in Sabha, we have experienced both applause and unsophisticated booing from judges or the audience at different competitions.But these have taught us to move on and manage life with a healthy dose of good humour. It is often said, ‘sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s shit’, but in Sabha it’s always worth it. The loop of rising, falling, getting up and rising again but not giving up,is something people undergo and that makes it all worth it.

It’s sad that we couldn't complete our journey with Sabha. Having said that, ‘Mauka mile to apne safar mein hamare sapne bhi jee lena’. (If given the opportunity, live our dreams in the course of your journey.)

Love,

Morris

B. Sc. Programme with CS

Batch of 2021

Vice President ‘21