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It was the month of October 2021, when               and gradually people started to show interest
        the situation  healed up, and  the college            in participation.

        management finally  decided  to reopen                   A week passed by and we were behind

        the college  for students. We entered the             ECE by a massive 300 points. But that didn’t
        college as second years, it was a brand-new           stop us from participating. At the end of

        experience. For some times the participation          the week, to our surprise, we surpassed the

        was as usual and since then the participation         Department of ECE by 139 points, where we

        was drastically reduced, since all others were        were standing at 1069 points and they were

        getting busy with their subject stuff. But there      at 930. Now that the tables have turned, the
        was still participation. And it was the month         view of all the departments about Chemical

        of April when the posters of Curioso 2022             department change, the ECE guys accepted

        were put up in the group. I felt nostalgic, but       us as a true rival  and our positive  rivalry
        hadn't the slightest idea on how they would           continued till the final minute of the prelims

        conduct the events.  I hadn’t even  read the          of  the events, where every  one of  us were

        entire poster before I  went into the world           giving  our last resort attempt to boost our

        of imagination. Once I snapped back from              points even by a sliver amount of points. The
        imagination, it stated  that events  will be          three weeks, one hell of an experience. I was

        conducted in the chemical seminar hall. So,           overjoyed and so were my mates from my

        I gathered all my confidence.                         department.  As the final week is going  to

          Me  and  Devipriya,  one of  my  classmates,        begin next week, I’m expecting this positive

        went into the seminar hall, and it was the first      rivalry to continue and I hope that everyone

        time we were seeing the mentors in person.            would  have gained  at  least some useful
        They were so good,  and we participated               attributes from this event. I guess this article

        in a few events. We were the first ones to            will be coming up once all the events end.

        participate in the events it seemed. And after        So, for those who are reading it, don’t hold
        doing a few events we left for class. The next        back on what you’re aiming for. You may not

        day, the points table came up and we were             realize that  the path  to  success  sometimes

        in the second position, next to our untouched         requires very little effort than you think.

        rivals the Second year ECE department. The

        mentors told, that the chemical department
        hasn't even been in the top  five for years,

        and this was the first time. Too inspired by

        that word, me and others tried to improve
        the participation of the chemical department,



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