Even on Sundays, the main campus of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) at Kalamassery is a boisterous and spirited place where students, fitness freaks, sports enthusiasts, and morning walkers of all age groups spend time under the massive canopy of trees.
But, the character of the campus changed overnight. This Sunday, people talked in hushed tones as they gathered at different spots near the open air stage where a tragic stampede claimed the lives of four persons, including three Cusat students, on Saturday evening during a tech festival.
The enormity of the tragedy was evident in the way the students gathered in front of the open air stage on Sunday morning. They had no words to express their sorrow as they waited for the bodies to arrive.
