The avant-garde events have single handedly made JINKS a very special occasion for the fun-seeking youth of India. Take for example, in Thirkan also known as (a.k.a.) Choreography, eleven gladiators were pitted against each other.

Avers Mamta Singh team leader XISS and former Miss Jinks and winner of the first prize of Thirkan, "You can't but feel elated after this type of competition. And the themes were as varied as human genes. Right from, "Say no to drugs" to "Fusion of the oriental and western" to "Freedom at midnight" to the hedonist's mantra "Goli maar bheje main (Kallu mama - Satya)".

And if this was a treat to the eyes, the brain had its share of treats. Dwandwa, a.k.a., Debate - sophistry at its height was pitted against wits and concrete logic, ably supported by eloquence, voice modulation and intonation. Thanks you sirs Antony - the orator. We are separated by two millenniums.

A very thin line separates insanity and ingenuity. And you will believe this more if you have been in Boggle a.k.a. Quiz. The audience were startled by the questions. They laughed and frowned at the question, but could rarely answer those. Adds Terry O'Brien the quiz master, "The quiz conducted here is one of the best in this region. May be only equaled by East Zone Quiz Competition held at BIT - Sindri". One of the finalist of Boggle Gyan Prakash and Rajiv Kumar had reached the semifinals in the India Quiz by Siddarth Basu.

They say, and quite rightly, Invention needs 50% imagination and 50% knowledge. And the basic traits - imagination and creativity are put through acid test in Rangoli, Collage and Painting.

And they, with a brush and canvas, challenged the creativity of God. Global warming, ecology, pollution - the buzz words of the day. Sound pollution . The machine that cause it and engineers always love the sound. So during Swar, a.k.a., Solo Singing the future engineers got stuck to their seats.
And believe us, it was not the frequency or the wavelength that interested them but it was the mesmerizing effect that they talked about.

Dr. Jekyll alias Mr. Hyde claimed to be the best known split personality. We don't agree. Not after watching Abhinay, a.k.a., One Act Play. How can a person behave as an infatuated, shattered lover now, and then in the next moment he jovially accepts accolades?
How can a person behave like a psychosist now and then in the next moment he enjoys cigarettes and attention offered by his buddies?
They must be split personalities.
They say they are perfectly normal. That means that they were acting. We don't believe.

Think different. And many of them thought different. During the Swar the salmons asked, "What about those who can't sing but want to sing?". During Dwandwa the Devil-may-cares cried out, "We gave a damn to your logic and sophistry. And don't try us out in garrulity." We thought we should do something.
Cacophony was conceived for the salmons, Pot-pourri for the Devil may-cares and scores of other events like Jamming , Beg-Borrow and Steal , Treasure Hunt , Think Aloud etc. etc. etc. and all these were clubbed together to form the Informals But it was not for all . It was only for the crazy cranks, devil-may-cares , salmons and megalomaniacs.

Feathers they are , quite colorful , of the crown of jinks . But the Kohinoor of JINKS undoubtedly , is Paridhan a.k.a. Fashion show.

The atlas of the tangible world , the would be engineers , proved that they were a connoisseurs of the abstract world too. The rags rose to the occasion to convey messages more loudly than voice . The rags showed us the ‘evolution of the civilization’, it impersonified ‘spiritualism‘ , showed us ‘unity in diversity‘ , it gave us a glimpse of ‘doomsday‘ . Adds Abhijeet Sahay - directer of NIFFT team ,1st prize winner of Paridhan“. The urge to do something good during Jinks made me think of this theme (spiritualism).I couldn’t believe myself that I could have ...”.

We had nothing to loose, but, chains. And we,guided by the music of the devil -The Rock, shed all inhibitions and set ourselves free. We broke the rules and waved along with the guitar strains , screamed along with the beats, and swayed along with the rhythm.

And believe us , we enjoyed it.