Sand Castles

It's all Riviera-Riviera. well, just two days to go for the Riviera, starting 30th Jan and 28th was looking all colored in Riviera, though I could not go to collect my Riviera T-shirt and tickets for the Shankar Mahadevan and Bandish and the from-where-are-they-coming Junkyard Groove. The dances are going all the day it seems and I can see boys and girls working hard to get their steps in right in rhythm throughout the evening, in the open shade. (God only knows what that term means. I don't know how an open thing can be a shade simultaneously but they call it so)

Today the most interesting thing on the show was the 'Sand Castle Sculptures' preliminary rounds in which people made beautiful designs of sand. It was near the ladies' hostel in front of the library. The game was probably scheduled at 5 because when I reached there people were ready to start with their piles of sand and it was sometime after 5:30.

Although the event was good, the organisers failed to realize that by the time the event will be over, the sun would be no more there over us and people there would need lights. The light available, when I reached again after 7, was too less and people were using cellphones' lights to keep their work going.

But unaffected from light problem, there were some beautiful designs to be seen. the first on I saw was a simple football field design. (Hope it's that only, as I would not be able to differentiate even if it was for hockey)

There were different type of designs. Some of them simple, but beautifully carved, almost perfect. Some were complicated designs, but not that accurate. Some were complicated, and still very accurate. Though the lack of light there posed problems for spectators also, it was altogether a great experience that reminded me of beaches and the sea.

It was nice to see that people were interested in the event irrespective of the troubles with light etc. and there were still some clicking pictures.

In short, though the event was not as good as it could be conducted, the organisers of the event should be appreciated for the innovative idea and a new start. Hope it gets only better in the future.