Cerebral to musical, students of St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College sure know how to have a blast! The occasion was Nexus, a two-day fest held last month in association with The Telegraph-YOU and t2. 

On Day 1, seven teams from five city colleges — Scottish Church College, Syamaprasad College, Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, Asutosh College and the hosts — competed in a quiz. After five intense rounds, Asutosh College came out as clear winners. 

Antakshari was a fun affair as always, with 10 teams taking part. The home team won the event. Next, city-based band OCB (Out of Control Bengalis) performed a mash-up of songs like Brown rang, Didi by Khaled, Paisa paisa and Kangna tera ni and got the crowd on its feet. The day ended with Dance Dynamix, a competition that was won by Team Syamaprasad, and a DJ performance.

Day 2 packed in drama competition, debate, solo singing and dance. The hosts won both the debate and solo singing while Syamaprasad College won solo dance. For the fashion parade, students of St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Scottish Church College and Sivanath Sastri College walked the ramp. The hosts won the event. 

Nexus called it curtains with Bangla rock band Fossils. They started slow with Alo and moved on to Aaro ekbar and Bishakto manush, while the crowd sang along, headbanged and screamed for more. 

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Fossils was amazing, as usual. They played songs like Baari esho, Hajaar bichhana and Resolutions from their album F4 as well as some old tracks. I was quite surprised to hear Resolutions because they don’t play it that much at live shows. Aaro ekbar is also a favourite because we can headbang to it.
—  Kunal Sarkar, IT professional and member of Fossils Force, the official Fossils fan club

I really enjoyed the Fossils performance as I like their energy on stage. I had a lot of fun with my friends dancing to their songs, especially Ekla ghor and Hasnuhana. I like these songs because they have beautiful lyrics. 
— Sayantani Goon, Syamaprasad College