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Thomso (festival)
Thomso is the annual cultural fest of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Established in 1982, the festival is held over a span of three days at the end of October and the beginning of November. The 2018 edition consisted of over 150+ events and hosted 9000+ guest students from 200 colleges across India, in addition to more than 12,000 students from the hosting institution. History The festival is named after its founder, Sir James Thomason, lieutenant governor 1843–53, the founder of the Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1853, which later became the University of Roorkee in 1948, and, IIT Roorkee in 2001. File:VogueThomso02.jpg, Vogue Fashion show File:VogueThomso01.jpg, Vogue fashion show at Thomso File:XhilerationThomso01.jpg, Benea Reach at ''Wargasm'', Thomso 2009. File:ThahakeThomso01.jpg, Stand-up comedian Sunil Pal at ''Thahake'', Hasya Kavi sammelan A ''Kavi Sammelan'' (Devanagari:कवि सम्मेलन, Nastaliq: کوی سمملان, ''Ka ...
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Cultural Festival (India)
In India, a cultural festival, cultfest, culfest or college fest is an annual cultural event at a college or university organised by the student community, involving participants from other colleges as well.
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Professional performing artists are also typically invited, and a number of competitions are held for students. Fests are usually funded through sponsors, although some colleges have begun exploring the idea of .


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IIT Roorkee
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT- Roorkee or IIT-R) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India. It was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in 1847 during Company rule in India, East India Company rule in India by James Thomason, the Lieutenant governor, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces in which Roorkee was located; its purpose was to train officers and surveyors employed in the construction of the Ganges Canal. In 1854, after the completion of the canal and Thomason's death, it was renamed the Thomason College of Civil Engineering by Proby Cautley, the designer and Corporate promoter, projector of the canal. It was renamed University of Roorkee in 1949, and again renamed IIT Roorkee in 2001. The institution has 22 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with an emphasis on scientific and tech ...
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Daniel Garbade
Daniel Garbade (born 1957) is a Spanish painter, illustrator, art director, property master and publisher. Born in Switzerland from Swiss-Cuban origins, Garbade is the grand-nephew of Adrien Lachenal, great-grandchild of Cuban sculptor Fernando Heydrich, grandson of Theodore Garbade and cousin of sculptor Juan Esnard Heydrich. Garbade lived in Spain from 1983 to 2011, then taking residence in his hometown Zürich, to exhibit at the Peyer Fine Art Gallery in Zürich. In 2016 he returned to Spain, living in Mascaraque, Castilla–La Mancha and gained the Spanish Citizenship in 2023. Work Garbade is one of Spanish expressionists, who turned to Pop art during the ''Movida madrileña''. His stroke is personal and minimalistic. Writer Alvaro Pombo described Garbade's work by coining the term "garbatear". Garbade's portraits are melancholy yet humorous and aim to show mankind at its core. Nobel Prize winner José Saramago once said, "Garbade shows us humanity where it unfolds" H ...
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Kavi Sammelan
A ''Kavi Sammelan'' (Devanagari:कवि सम्मेलन, Nastaliq: کوی سمملان, ''Kavī Sammelan'') is a traditional gathering of poets in the Hindi Belt region of northern India, where poets recite their poetry before each other and an audience, often followed by a discussion on literary topics. These gatherings are typically public events, although they can also occur in more intimate settings. Among the different forms of Kavi Sammelan, ''Hasya Kavi Sammelan'' (dedicated to humor and satire) has gained immense popularity. History Evolution The first significant Kavi Sammelan was held in 1920, marking the beginning of an era where poets and literary figures would congregate to showcase their poetry. Over the years, these events grew in scale, attracting large audiences and garnering significant cultural attention. Initially, Kavi Sammelans were an essential part of the social and intellectual fabric of India, providing a platform for poets to showcase their wo ...
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Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal (born 2 May 1975) is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films. In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, ''Bhavnao Ko Samjho'', which featured 51 stand-up comedians including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sudesh lehri and many more. Early life Sunil Pal was born in 1975 into a middle class Marathi speaking family in Maharashtra. His father was an employee for the Indian Railways. He studied in Janata Vidyalaya city branch school, Balharshah. He came to Mumbai in 1995 when his father got transferred. He joined the Junior College. There he used to mimic his professors and famous actors. After college, he struggled for three years. Career Early career During one of his interviews, Pal said "I was working at a tea stall in Santacruz as waiter. Those days I'd sleep on the footpath and I used to use the telephones of a nearby shop to keep in touch wi ...
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Benea Reach
Benea Reach was a Norwegian progressive metal band based in Oslo. The band was nominated for a Spellemannsprisen Award in the metal category, and at one time included noted guitarist Christer Espevoll of progressive metal band Extol. History Benea Reach was formed on 22 March 2003 by drummer Marco Storm and vocalist Ilkka Volume of Selfmindead fame. They were joined by Morten (bass guitar), Tor Magne Glidje, Tor (guitar), Erik (guitar), and Anders (digital audio). This original incarnation of the band only lasted for a year and disbanded. During this time a live demo EP had been recorded. In 2004 the pair gathered four new members, most notably Christer Espevoll, formerly of Extol. The band recorded a demo of the song "Pandemonium", which was distributed among different record labels. After receiving good responses the band signed a deal with Tabu Recordings and released their first full-length ''Monument Bineothan'' which got the band nominated in the 35th Annual Spellemannspr ...
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The Pioneer (India)
''The Pioneer'' is an English-language daily newspaper in India. It is published from multiple locations in India, including Delhi. It is the second-oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation after ''The Times of India''. In 2010, ''The Pioneer'' launched its Hindi version in Lucknow. Author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), in his early 20s, worked at the newspaper office in Allahabad as an assistant editor from November 1887 to March 1889; much of his poetry was published in the paper. Sir Winston Churchill was at one point the paper's war correspondent. In July 1933, ''The Pioneer'' was sold to a syndicate and moved from Allahabad to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, at which time the ''Pioneer Mail and India Weekly News'' ceased publication. The newspaper remained a primarily Lucknow-based paper until 1990, when it was purchased by the Thapar Group, under L. M. Thapar, who made it a national newspaper, published from Delhi, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Bhopal, Chan ...
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University Of Roorkee
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT- Roorkee or IIT-R) is a technical university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is the oldest engineering institution in India. It was founded as the College of Civil Engineering in 1847 during East India Company rule in India by James Thomason, the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces in which Roorkee was located; its purpose was to train officers and surveyors employed in the construction of the Ganges Canal. In 1854, after the completion of the canal and Thomason's death, it was renamed the Thomason College of Civil Engineering by Proby Cautley, the designer and projector of the canal. It was renamed University of Roorkee in 1949, and again renamed IIT Roorkee in 2001. The institution has 22 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management programs with an emphasis on scientific and technological education and research. IIT Roorkee is ranked as one o ...
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