Way Of The Winners

The University of Calcutta (CU) Centenary Auditorium at the Asutosh Siksha Prangan (College Street) swayed to the foot-tapping beats of the upcoming Bangla band 4WD on March 2 2006, on the occasion of the prize distribution ceremony for the annual sports and cultural competition organised by the Calcutta University Students’ Union (Day). As the winners went ga-ga over the glittering medals specially manufactured on the occasion of the post-centenary golden jubilee celebration of the University, the excitement mercury kept rising inside the unfortunately sparsely attended cultural extravaganza. Those lucky few attending the programme were treated to an onstage student’s performance of popular movie songs with other students gyrating among the rows of seats in the dimly lit auditorium.