My under grad college just ended. So it is customary that i write
something. Well, people across all streams are posting photos, hundreds
of them, of the last college days. These photos are something that will
make you cry, definitely. when you see them after 40 years maybe or
earlier than that. That will happen when you see your kids doing the
same thing in their colleges, or maybe in a moment of grief when you are
sad and miss some old friend or maybe when someone dies. Yes, people
will die. Well, my point not being this but what is it that will make
you cry, or at least miss these days? Lets enjoy somethings that
happened over the last 4 years.
For the sake of chronology, let us start with the 1st year. What usually goes into your head before going into new class, you are obviously tensed, because being humans you are not accustomed to change. You wish you would find new friends, but they obviously can't replace your old friends who were the best. You wish to find professors, old crags, highly noble and intelligent. That's how college is supposed to be, is it not? Well what you get are other tensed people like you, eager to ask questions that irritate you like "what was you rank?" "Where do u put up?" And some are not so happy to come to this place would say "This college sucks!" "Isse acha to mera school hi tha" and blah blah. End of the 4th year the same people would say "I love this college so much!! I would miss it so much!!". You never know what happens. You start making friends, but then you are rooted out of the place and put into some other place by a wonder called second counseling. "This college sucks!" "Where do u put up?" "Phone number dio yaar apna" happens all over again. Instead of highly noble professors you get teachers who are willing to hit you on your head with humongous text books until you crack. Some of them are good too, infact superb, not taking anything away Tanuja maam. But, irony of the situation, you are so cracked by the end of 12th class, you can't crack more. So, you start to enjoy or i may say heal. You begin your college life.
Friends the most important part of this note and college life begin to emerge slowly. Mostly, you start your gang with the people with you sit on the first days itself. Sometimes, you find amazing people, sometimes you are not so lucky and are stuck! Yes, you are stuck and long to join another group that is more happening. Well, I remember that people I got along with a few guys before my 2nd counseling, Ankit and Prakhar. 15 days were enough to become friends but, now they are my distant friends, on the fringes because we got pulled away! There were 2 more girls, snickering and giggling behind you seat, more on them later. Then I entered my final destination after 2nd counseling, considering myself lucky to go into my dream branch..1...2....3...CSE!! Yay! Things happened very fast here, there were tutorials, assignments exams, exams and exams. Next semester there are more exams, MAN WHERE HAVE I LANDED!
Between exams, you get to know your to-be-friends. In case of to-be-friends, if someone says to you that "first impression is the last impression", smack him/her in the face with an iron rod. First impression is generally wrong, and there is no last impression because it keeps on changing. People you hate become closest of friends and closest of friends become people you hate. This flip flop happens on an average 5-6 times in males and 20-25 times in females. Well, things do normalize when you enter your 2nd year (HAHAHA! No way!).
With my 2nd year, entered the season of b'days and emerged facebook. The workload became a little less and you start caring even more less. This leaves you with a room for enjoyment. And man, we enjoyed. B'day after b'day, parties after parties, malls after malls, cakes after cakes, you celebrate, enjoy madly, crack weird jokes, do weirder things, this was freedom guys! Freedom you longed for. Archit, kushagra, rahul, chirag, ankit, nitin, divya, neeha, ankita, srishti and megha! HURRAH! Of course, pics were clicked and uploaded of facebook. Then you were tagged, in awesomest of poses. DP bhai DP! People would like these DPs and comment on them. Some of them would say, "Yar ye pic delete karde", "Awsm pic!" etc. Talking of facebook, some people became friends on facebook only, not in class, because more often then not they would be sitting in one corner of the class in a closely knitted group that would churn out toppers. Enter Rekha and Radhika. Enter knowing each other. Enter changing of impressions (again maybe).
4th semester is when things really start to flourish. You are now in full blown strong groups (which are about to break), you develop your own identity and style like Rahul's full blown PJs, Ankit's mannerisms, Chirag's questions etc, you really start to think that you are doing engineering mainly because subjects you like are introduced and not freaking maths (I hate maths)! You realize that you have to work out and reduce fat. :P. Now your friends are good friends and there is more masti and more enjoyment. However, sometimes the result strikes and it strikes you hard. Some of us, of one particular gender reach peak of dirty watching girls. ;) Enter bitching. Enter fashion parades. Enter Mrinal. Mrinal, you have been the most consistent character in this show, anyone disagree? Enter spinning phone in your right hand. Enter spinning keys in your left hand. Enter trendsetting!
The 3rd year makes you realize that half of your engineering is done but your better half is still missing. Half of your friendships change. Suddenly you have an orgy of changing impressions. 3rd year also marks as the year of planning and plotting, the year of FNORD! Much and much happened. The old alliances were broken, new alliances were formed because it was war! This year was also the toughest on the study front. This year started with Linux training for some and Java training for others. This was the time when we actually had fun studying. And when you get teachers like Rohan sir and Vachan sir, then its ultimate fun. This phase marked the beginning of my organizing career, all thanks to Rima, nidhi and karishma (snickering gals!!). IRIS came into being. It was something that was going to blow the minds away! Instead our first event ended up blowing our pockets away! But, i must say what fun it was. Running here and there in search of music system. Working with that god forsaken HOD. Working as a team. Oh i am going to cry! But why would I cry, this shit ate up my mind more than a dozen times after this. It was good shit. After this it kinda fizzled out only to return back with FNORD 2011 and it returned with a bang. The amount of scheming and plotting witnessed during this period was comparable to the sopranos or the rome. We lost the presentation! We won the FNORD! And we were fighting like kids. Hi vriti! I know chirag would love to hear this and not you but AWAAZ NEECHE! :D The most frustrated people in this period were Tanuja maam and Garima maam. They almost wanted to blow our skulls with shotguns but hats off to your patience maam. After lot of scheming and marauding things were set into motion. Pre-FNORD was the most beautiful phase of my life (read Radhika). Will write a separate note on this sometime :P
Here I met some wonderful people from other branches. FNORD Tech team! AHOY!
Man how can I forget about CWG 2010! Most wonderful event you could have ever experienced. Correct fellow volunteers? Man I am crying now, i am really crying now.
Next part was the part from which i was absent from the scene. Nothing much was happening as i went through MBA coaching and trauma. Well, you feel what u r meant to do and you can't succeed in it. Not a wee bit, then you get mad and sad, it wears off. You return to normal just in time. Just in time to enjoy the big full stop. The end.
The end included many things. The conclusion of IRIS events under our watch in our college. The major project. The no study time. The writing of messages on shirts. The clicking of crores of pics. The partying. The Farewell. The ladayiyan. The misunderstandings. The handshakes. The goodbyes.
I got to say something about you guys. Chirag, you have the purest of hearts, never corrupt it, never shield it. Bohot log change ho jate hain, tu mat hoio. Last 3 years me tune jitna call kia hai, mujhe usse triple calls kario next 3 years me. Job me logo ko ache se pareshaan kario, and questions poochte rhio. Because Einstein has said "never stop asking questions.
Ankit dude, now how would I describe our friendship, its difficult, in a good sense obviously. I love the verbal volleys that we throw at each other. I hope I don't have to miss these. To party is to you, to stay at home is also to be you. I would love if you have an "explore India" trip. Realities of life are very complicated and you know it. Be positive. Don't stop bitching!
Rahul bhai just ride the world on the right current. Don't stop being happy and dont stop your jokes. Life is full of disappointments, but life is equally full of opportunities. This is something that I have learnt from you. You have a great mind. Keep manifesting. Nitin be confident and kill it! Can't have a nicer guy around than you.
Rima I have realized that the more extravagant that you seem to be, the more simple you are. Simple at heart. You are very strong both by mind and by heart. There is obviously the speeding factor that you need to look out for. Aajkal speeding ke chalan bohot katt rhe hain and the penalty is very high! If you can understand what I mean to say. Always invest in the right person, not simply right according to the need, but according to the consequences. Karishma, you will always know that what is the right thing for you, its just that you need to find it. Don't let the ghost of past haunt you in the future. Be flamboyant as you have always been. Nidhi, follow your heart and tell your heart to follow something. You are very nice, stay nice. What does a drunk person with no worries do? It sits quietly! ;) So no worries, just enjoy!
Samit, I know everyone has written on your shirt that you are so smart and intelligent. I hope that you are not frustrated by these because all of it is true. My observation about the world, care about the world and it cares about you. Vriti, tu to mast hai bhai! :D One question, when you are going to say something, how many simultaneous thoughts are running in your mind? You qualify for living in multiple universes! Only a highly developed mind can do that. Well, enough of BS, the most important quality is your clear conscience and immaculateness. Preserve these things.
Divya, the smiling assassin! God bless you! Reunion par sabne apne bachon ke sath ana to hai hi! :D Anurag dude now you are senior to us. Keep in touch. Kushagra, dude had one of the most amazing time with you in all these 4 years. You are fun! Abhimanyu, man amazing orating skills, I hope to find you hosting Oscars sometime in the future. Life is a joke, fart it away! Live life king size! Preeti Stay innocent and become cunning! Deepti The most dedicated person, you can do with some hefty enjoyment. Let loose and enjoy, life is too short, live it. But don't loose the dedication that you show.
Man I can keep writing about the whole class and even college, I wont tire of it, but I don't know if people want to read a 200 page book or not. I am not writing about some people I really want to, for obvious reasons. No hard feelings guys. So, I will write about the most important person at last, but definitely not the least, Radhika. Lot of people here don't know that you hated me at the beginning for not telling you the viva questions! But, how things change. How is it like when someone steals your thoughts and put them in front of you like mere statements? How is it that someone has mostly same opinions as you do? You realize that you have an imposter of you roaming around with a bunch of people, speaking a little less. In purely scientific terms, frequencies match. Can't imagine how college would have been without you. Its amazing guys when there someone to actually solve your dilemmas, to support you in every decision, to have a partner that is your alter ego.
Ah, conclusion. I was thinking that how can someone describe such a hefty thing in one paragraph. College life is most significant then any other part of your life, in more ways than you can imagine. I just can't stop writing. I really don't think I will have the time or the memories to write something like this in the future. We are all going to move on to our real lives now. Real life is synonymous with tensions and all kinds of shit. There will be happiness but can there be a happiness of this magnitude. We crib about all the failures all the time but, we fail to see the happiness surrounding sadness in tiny specks. When you gather these tiny specks you will see that happiness outweighs sadness by a huge margin. The source of this happiness are you guys. For one shot of pain each day, you guys inject me with 100 shots of happiness. I will miss you, is an understatement. I really hope that I don't have to miss you. But, where will be the happiness when you will be sitting in your cubicle from 10 to 8 and doing the most boring work any office can give you. You would feel that writing assignments and practicals was such fun. You will attend lavish b'day parties where you would have to behave like professionals, where would be the fun of the college b'day parties, surely you won't make faces like Rahul does now then. You won't get time to bitch about other people on facebook, you might even not open your facebook account for days, because it won't matter. Only thing that will matter is money. You eat, drink, sleep money and you will loose happiness equal amounts. Weren't these days precious, were they not precious than money ever can be. A single smile that spreads across my face when Ankit says something funny is more precious then many diamonds. A single frown that is actually a smile that crosses Chirag's face when Vriti says wrong hindi is definitely more precious than most things they will do in their future. The excited shake of the head that Rima gives when she likes some idea, the bike action Ankit did when I bought my new bike, Radhika's face when I snatch her clutcher and run away, it is only human that I shed some tears looking back at those days, looking back at all the pics that are being posted right now. Don't any of you sign off, stay logged in my life.
For the sake of chronology, let us start with the 1st year. What usually goes into your head before going into new class, you are obviously tensed, because being humans you are not accustomed to change. You wish you would find new friends, but they obviously can't replace your old friends who were the best. You wish to find professors, old crags, highly noble and intelligent. That's how college is supposed to be, is it not? Well what you get are other tensed people like you, eager to ask questions that irritate you like "what was you rank?" "Where do u put up?" And some are not so happy to come to this place would say "This college sucks!" "Isse acha to mera school hi tha" and blah blah. End of the 4th year the same people would say "I love this college so much!! I would miss it so much!!". You never know what happens. You start making friends, but then you are rooted out of the place and put into some other place by a wonder called second counseling. "This college sucks!" "Where do u put up?" "Phone number dio yaar apna" happens all over again. Instead of highly noble professors you get teachers who are willing to hit you on your head with humongous text books until you crack. Some of them are good too, infact superb, not taking anything away Tanuja maam. But, irony of the situation, you are so cracked by the end of 12th class, you can't crack more. So, you start to enjoy or i may say heal. You begin your college life.
Friends the most important part of this note and college life begin to emerge slowly. Mostly, you start your gang with the people with you sit on the first days itself. Sometimes, you find amazing people, sometimes you are not so lucky and are stuck! Yes, you are stuck and long to join another group that is more happening. Well, I remember that people I got along with a few guys before my 2nd counseling, Ankit and Prakhar. 15 days were enough to become friends but, now they are my distant friends, on the fringes because we got pulled away! There were 2 more girls, snickering and giggling behind you seat, more on them later. Then I entered my final destination after 2nd counseling, considering myself lucky to go into my dream branch..1...2....3...CSE!! Yay! Things happened very fast here, there were tutorials, assignments exams, exams and exams. Next semester there are more exams, MAN WHERE HAVE I LANDED!
Between exams, you get to know your to-be-friends. In case of to-be-friends, if someone says to you that "first impression is the last impression", smack him/her in the face with an iron rod. First impression is generally wrong, and there is no last impression because it keeps on changing. People you hate become closest of friends and closest of friends become people you hate. This flip flop happens on an average 5-6 times in males and 20-25 times in females. Well, things do normalize when you enter your 2nd year (HAHAHA! No way!).
With my 2nd year, entered the season of b'days and emerged facebook. The workload became a little less and you start caring even more less. This leaves you with a room for enjoyment. And man, we enjoyed. B'day after b'day, parties after parties, malls after malls, cakes after cakes, you celebrate, enjoy madly, crack weird jokes, do weirder things, this was freedom guys! Freedom you longed for. Archit, kushagra, rahul, chirag, ankit, nitin, divya, neeha, ankita, srishti and megha! HURRAH! Of course, pics were clicked and uploaded of facebook. Then you were tagged, in awesomest of poses. DP bhai DP! People would like these DPs and comment on them. Some of them would say, "Yar ye pic delete karde", "Awsm pic!" etc. Talking of facebook, some people became friends on facebook only, not in class, because more often then not they would be sitting in one corner of the class in a closely knitted group that would churn out toppers. Enter Rekha and Radhika. Enter knowing each other. Enter changing of impressions (again maybe).
4th semester is when things really start to flourish. You are now in full blown strong groups (which are about to break), you develop your own identity and style like Rahul's full blown PJs, Ankit's mannerisms, Chirag's questions etc, you really start to think that you are doing engineering mainly because subjects you like are introduced and not freaking maths (I hate maths)! You realize that you have to work out and reduce fat. :P. Now your friends are good friends and there is more masti and more enjoyment. However, sometimes the result strikes and it strikes you hard. Some of us, of one particular gender reach peak of dirty watching girls. ;) Enter bitching. Enter fashion parades. Enter Mrinal. Mrinal, you have been the most consistent character in this show, anyone disagree? Enter spinning phone in your right hand. Enter spinning keys in your left hand. Enter trendsetting!
The 3rd year makes you realize that half of your engineering is done but your better half is still missing. Half of your friendships change. Suddenly you have an orgy of changing impressions. 3rd year also marks as the year of planning and plotting, the year of FNORD! Much and much happened. The old alliances were broken, new alliances were formed because it was war! This year was also the toughest on the study front. This year started with Linux training for some and Java training for others. This was the time when we actually had fun studying. And when you get teachers like Rohan sir and Vachan sir, then its ultimate fun. This phase marked the beginning of my organizing career, all thanks to Rima, nidhi and karishma (snickering gals!!). IRIS came into being. It was something that was going to blow the minds away! Instead our first event ended up blowing our pockets away! But, i must say what fun it was. Running here and there in search of music system. Working with that god forsaken HOD. Working as a team. Oh i am going to cry! But why would I cry, this shit ate up my mind more than a dozen times after this. It was good shit. After this it kinda fizzled out only to return back with FNORD 2011 and it returned with a bang. The amount of scheming and plotting witnessed during this period was comparable to the sopranos or the rome. We lost the presentation! We won the FNORD! And we were fighting like kids. Hi vriti! I know chirag would love to hear this and not you but AWAAZ NEECHE! :D The most frustrated people in this period were Tanuja maam and Garima maam. They almost wanted to blow our skulls with shotguns but hats off to your patience maam. After lot of scheming and marauding things were set into motion. Pre-FNORD was the most beautiful phase of my life (read Radhika). Will write a separate note on this sometime :P
Here I met some wonderful people from other branches. FNORD Tech team! AHOY!
Man how can I forget about CWG 2010! Most wonderful event you could have ever experienced. Correct fellow volunteers? Man I am crying now, i am really crying now.
Next part was the part from which i was absent from the scene. Nothing much was happening as i went through MBA coaching and trauma. Well, you feel what u r meant to do and you can't succeed in it. Not a wee bit, then you get mad and sad, it wears off. You return to normal just in time. Just in time to enjoy the big full stop. The end.
The end included many things. The conclusion of IRIS events under our watch in our college. The major project. The no study time. The writing of messages on shirts. The clicking of crores of pics. The partying. The Farewell. The ladayiyan. The misunderstandings. The handshakes. The goodbyes.
I got to say something about you guys. Chirag, you have the purest of hearts, never corrupt it, never shield it. Bohot log change ho jate hain, tu mat hoio. Last 3 years me tune jitna call kia hai, mujhe usse triple calls kario next 3 years me. Job me logo ko ache se pareshaan kario, and questions poochte rhio. Because Einstein has said "never stop asking questions.
Ankit dude, now how would I describe our friendship, its difficult, in a good sense obviously. I love the verbal volleys that we throw at each other. I hope I don't have to miss these. To party is to you, to stay at home is also to be you. I would love if you have an "explore India" trip. Realities of life are very complicated and you know it. Be positive. Don't stop bitching!
Rahul bhai just ride the world on the right current. Don't stop being happy and dont stop your jokes. Life is full of disappointments, but life is equally full of opportunities. This is something that I have learnt from you. You have a great mind. Keep manifesting. Nitin be confident and kill it! Can't have a nicer guy around than you.
Rima I have realized that the more extravagant that you seem to be, the more simple you are. Simple at heart. You are very strong both by mind and by heart. There is obviously the speeding factor that you need to look out for. Aajkal speeding ke chalan bohot katt rhe hain and the penalty is very high! If you can understand what I mean to say. Always invest in the right person, not simply right according to the need, but according to the consequences. Karishma, you will always know that what is the right thing for you, its just that you need to find it. Don't let the ghost of past haunt you in the future. Be flamboyant as you have always been. Nidhi, follow your heart and tell your heart to follow something. You are very nice, stay nice. What does a drunk person with no worries do? It sits quietly! ;) So no worries, just enjoy!
Samit, I know everyone has written on your shirt that you are so smart and intelligent. I hope that you are not frustrated by these because all of it is true. My observation about the world, care about the world and it cares about you. Vriti, tu to mast hai bhai! :D One question, when you are going to say something, how many simultaneous thoughts are running in your mind? You qualify for living in multiple universes! Only a highly developed mind can do that. Well, enough of BS, the most important quality is your clear conscience and immaculateness. Preserve these things.
Divya, the smiling assassin! God bless you! Reunion par sabne apne bachon ke sath ana to hai hi! :D Anurag dude now you are senior to us. Keep in touch. Kushagra, dude had one of the most amazing time with you in all these 4 years. You are fun! Abhimanyu, man amazing orating skills, I hope to find you hosting Oscars sometime in the future. Life is a joke, fart it away! Live life king size! Preeti Stay innocent and become cunning! Deepti The most dedicated person, you can do with some hefty enjoyment. Let loose and enjoy, life is too short, live it. But don't loose the dedication that you show.
Man I can keep writing about the whole class and even college, I wont tire of it, but I don't know if people want to read a 200 page book or not. I am not writing about some people I really want to, for obvious reasons. No hard feelings guys. So, I will write about the most important person at last, but definitely not the least, Radhika. Lot of people here don't know that you hated me at the beginning for not telling you the viva questions! But, how things change. How is it like when someone steals your thoughts and put them in front of you like mere statements? How is it that someone has mostly same opinions as you do? You realize that you have an imposter of you roaming around with a bunch of people, speaking a little less. In purely scientific terms, frequencies match. Can't imagine how college would have been without you. Its amazing guys when there someone to actually solve your dilemmas, to support you in every decision, to have a partner that is your alter ego.
Ah, conclusion. I was thinking that how can someone describe such a hefty thing in one paragraph. College life is most significant then any other part of your life, in more ways than you can imagine. I just can't stop writing. I really don't think I will have the time or the memories to write something like this in the future. We are all going to move on to our real lives now. Real life is synonymous with tensions and all kinds of shit. There will be happiness but can there be a happiness of this magnitude. We crib about all the failures all the time but, we fail to see the happiness surrounding sadness in tiny specks. When you gather these tiny specks you will see that happiness outweighs sadness by a huge margin. The source of this happiness are you guys. For one shot of pain each day, you guys inject me with 100 shots of happiness. I will miss you, is an understatement. I really hope that I don't have to miss you. But, where will be the happiness when you will be sitting in your cubicle from 10 to 8 and doing the most boring work any office can give you. You would feel that writing assignments and practicals was such fun. You will attend lavish b'day parties where you would have to behave like professionals, where would be the fun of the college b'day parties, surely you won't make faces like Rahul does now then. You won't get time to bitch about other people on facebook, you might even not open your facebook account for days, because it won't matter. Only thing that will matter is money. You eat, drink, sleep money and you will loose happiness equal amounts. Weren't these days precious, were they not precious than money ever can be. A single smile that spreads across my face when Ankit says something funny is more precious then many diamonds. A single frown that is actually a smile that crosses Chirag's face when Vriti says wrong hindi is definitely more precious than most things they will do in their future. The excited shake of the head that Rima gives when she likes some idea, the bike action Ankit did when I bought my new bike, Radhika's face when I snatch her clutcher and run away, it is only human that I shed some tears looking back at those days, looking back at all the pics that are being posted right now. Don't any of you sign off, stay logged in my life.
