I some times wonder when they(read my age old friends) ask me " what is illumination?" What is illumination? A passion to some people, an art to many,a responsibility to a few,and yes a knot to all;or may be like a lightening of candles over the cake piece baked over some 30 to 40 long nights; or may be like an element of the long drawn metaphor that establishes IIT Kharagpur as the eldest brother of the family. And the list of imagery that comes in my mind continues and I am yet to respond. Illumination for some people is like a statement of status,where victory lies in either side. You take out some hour out of your schedule and cry out loud from the tabled roof height, is n't it enough! Meet new people ,shake new hands,talk to new people,read their act ,their response in the tight corner,their multiple ways of dereliction of duty,is n't it enough! Its not an element of interest, rather an element of duty .A duty that is required to forward the culture,an...