There will be heartbreak and fireworks.
There will be flashes of inspiration that suddenly whip you up into a whirlwind. You will ride a high wave, and almost believe it will never crash on the shore. You will learn to persist. You'll persevere against all odds, and battle it out for the idea that has gripped your imagination.
There will be lasers slicing the darkness, the whites of over six thousand pairs of eyes glinting as the beams dance around. There will be all your friends and acquaintances jumping with joy and fisting the air, hooting and hugging. There will be mustard stains on your newly purchased Imagineer tshirt as you try to solve the day's puzzles and problem statements standing at the food stalls with a neglected burger in your hand. There will be hollering, there will be noise, there will be spirited sportsmanship, there will be bursts of genius, there will be gigantic blunders that make everyone cry with laughter, and there will be engineering.
For five days in October, every day will be a Sunday. A Sunday with airplanes flying through the air, some never taking off, and some trying hard to.
Robots will perform feats previously only seen on NatGeo, Junk will become someone's ladder to glory, and there will be overjoyed victors running around yelling, "DUDE, I'm rich, I'm rich!!"
There will be the learning of new lessons, new tricks, and new ways to look at something you've been looking at all your life.
You will learn there are no boundaries to your mind. That there are no limits to an idea. That a mind, when stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. And that engineering is a bit like taking the reins from God, and letting your imagination go wild.
There will be uncontained fun, and picture-clicking, and fond memories. There will be enough reason to look forward to it next year.
Welcome to Shaastra 2010!
Everything you can imagine is real.
