Saarang has a new attraction this year – blog “marketing”. Do not ask me what it means.
The saarang blog is written by a certain number of guys ( can be anywhere between one and two) and can be found here http://saarangtalk.sulekha.com/ . Atleast one of the guys writing in there had not paid enough attention to the english language when at school or had english teachers who were very bad or negligent or both.

A few samples from the “marketing” blog of saarang. ( unedited, largely)

“…Some of the work being done now are -….”

“Aiyoo…
The earlier post’s first paragraph was unfortunately chopped off… I will write it hear..”

“Manogna (if you think his name is wierd, wait till you hear his girfriend’s name) started the meet by welcoming everyone. Dean students Prof. Idichandy, whom we all love a lot, started by…..”

“Most importantly, the amount of people entering OAT (pro-shows) will be less this year, so that crowd control, if necessary, will be simple. So, for you, that means, get your tickets fast!”

“You here this first here..”

“Things are apparantly not…”

And more…..

A cool Saarang extension is available for Mozilla firefox as also a very good looking Saarang theme

and the saarang website looks real cool too, though “club saarang” still seems to be a few weeks away.

Saarang, the culfest of IIT Madras, probably the biggest college festival in India
Led Zeppelica, almost a replica of Led Zeppelin is scheduled to play on the 29th of Jan. They appear more excited than anyone here about their visit.

For people busy or lazy or both to read from their webpage, here is what they have to say about their performance here…

“We are happy to announce that we have been selected to headline at the Open Air Theater at Saarang 2006, Chennai, India this January 29th. The performance committee reviewed hundreds of potential candidates, especially the many Led Zeppelin tribute bands listed worldwide. We are extremely honored to perform at this prestigious event. The concert is slated to be videotaped and aired on national television. Look for clips of the show to be posted here in the near future. Thanks to all of our fans for the fantastic support they have shown us.”

Hoping these imitators along with the good ole Parikrama can upset the tradition of the Saarang rock shows dissapointing badly.