The golden era has come to an end. 2010 June 2nd, 3:20 pm - the final journey homewards from IITB. Many of my friends had already left and the campus was wearing a deserted look. It was one of those moments which I had dreaded long ago, but I had kept convincing myself that this moment would never come, so much so that it was a little too much to handle when the moment did arrive. I was fortunate enough that almost all my friends who were still left in the campus had come to see me off. It is a moment that will be ingrained in my memory forever.
IITB - a place that truly made me, helped me realize myself, helped me make the person I am now. I have never known how much this place meant to me, but now when I sit at home typing this post, I realize that I have left a part of me there forever, a part which will always want me to come back to that campus again and again. Now that I have all the time in this world to sit back and just think about everything that happened to me in the last 2 years, I am overwhelmed at the many "firsts" that I did and experienced, after coming here :-
The foremost "first" is that it was the first time ever that I got the taste of hostel life. The experience was mind blowing - I made friends for life, total independence, lessons on how to survive bad food and last but not the least the hostel competitions. It was a truly alien world to me, but to which I became a part of very quickly.
I started blogging after coming to IITB - I have never told this to anyone before, but I actually got the inspiration to blog after reading my classmate, Devshree's first post in her blog. Though initially my idea of blog was of a digital database of all my experiences in IITB, as time progressed, I decided to change my blog goals a bit. I decided to write all the major experiences in an actual real world diary, but I was also pretty sure that I didn't want to miss out on those small small experiences that I had during my 2 years here and that is what I wanted my blog to reflect. I am sure many many years down the line I will read my own posts once again and hopefully recollect all those golden moments.
Continuing with the list of firsts, it was in IITB that I did my first ever solo performance. The occasion was the freshers' party, a few days into my IITB "career". Fortunately I didn't mess it up. But I more than made up for it by trying to be a hero once again, went solo again for the annual onam celebrations of mallus, but this time made a big fool of myself in front of the audience (another first). Needless to say that was and will be my last solo performance ever.
It was in IITB that I acted in a movie for the first time ever - a role of Circuit, with Adil donning the role of Munnabhai. Though the 5 minute film, was made as an entry for PG Cult fest 2009 and got a 2nd prize, everytime I see that film I laugh at how stupid I look in that film. Speaking of movies, it was also the first time I was part of the team that directed a movie, which made as an entry for PG Cult fest 2010, and it won a third place. As the part of movie spoof team for PG Cult 2010, for the first time ever, I acted in a live skit in front of a live audience. For first time in my life I won medals for some sports events - bronze for badminton and gold for football, both as part of PG Sports 2010. It was the first time ever that I had assumed a major role of responsibility, that of being department placement nominee, and I think I, along with Raka, have done an ok job. At the last count 83 out of 85 students had got placed. I really hope the ones who are yet to get placed gets placed soon.
But the most integral part of my campus life involves my friends, all different from one another, each special in their own ways, and yet all of them contributing in their own ways to make me what I am. I think I was able to learn atleast something, irrespective of however big or small it is, from each and every one of my friends :- Raka, Adil, Saurab taught me what it means to work-hard-party-harder, Shubs, Riju and Chotu showed me what is meant by dedication to one's work, a lesson on how to face problems without tension from Anna, true definition of the word geek from Borol and Kashyap, how to be an inspirational leader from Ajitav, a lesson on sharing from Sheiku, time management lessons from Ambu and Akshat, how-to-increase-your-friends-circle lesson from Maate, a lesson on never-giveup attitude from Sandeep Mukherjee (I still remember those stressful placement days when, after each rejection by a company, you looked forward to the next company with no less enthu as the previous company you faced. I salute your courage dude. Anyone else would have long givenup on the cause) ...the list can go on and on and on. Not all experiences had an happy ending, but nevertheless they are as memorable as others.
Now, when I look back at my 2 years in this wonderful campus, I can see that IITB has given me much more than I had ever hoped for. It will always be a defining period in my life. I wish all my friends, who are about to enter the corporate world, all the very best and hope that this flame of friendship will last forever. These truly were the best days of my life. (A special thanks to our junior batch for making this wonderful farewell video).
1 comment:
karayendatto .. u wil ve a good corporate life ahead :) ... al the best maga
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