"Ek din yeh sab kuch ni rehna. Sab apne apne raste nikal jayenge! Duniya de jhamele, naukri dhoondho, paise kamaao, ghar basaao, te life de ishaaron pe nachte jaao. College de gate de is tarah hum lyf ko nachaate hain, te dooji tarah lyf humko nachaati hai." - DJ, from RDB.
Very true! Almost ek year hone waala hai..I'd moved on a long time back. I'd left all those sentiyaape boht der pehle..that sentiyaapa was taken over by sadness of life, of living alone, of having no work but still earning a lot of money, and pata nai kya kya. Sometimes i wonder, "Why am i alive? For whom?"
Kal main college ko leke fir se senti ho gaya. There are still some people left, not great in numbers now, jinse duur hone ka mann ni karta. Kal use bye kehte time i realized ki mujhse abhi bhi bye ni bola jaata.
Aadmi ka basic character kabhi change ni hota. Main shayad nai badla..kahin kho gaya hoon bas.
College mein 1st Dec happens to be a date which is meant for exams only (for the college authorities). For the students, it can be anything..right from the padhai, keedebaazi, masti, day scholars and hostelers ka milaap to night-outs, night canteen, maggi, tea, paraanthe aur pata ni kya kya..!
I can still remember that day, 1st of December, 2007. We were in the 5th semester. Now for a mechanchi of PEC, Chandigarh, 5th semester does mean really a horrifying semester. It was one semester, where we met a junk of ghatiya se ghatiya teachers of the department, all in one place. It was one semester, which probably had affected the CGPA of almost every student very badly. Boht saari padhai and utne hi kam marks. Anyways, on 1st, we had the exam of Machine Drawing, the subject, which we studied..no not studied, the subject, which we read the least! In fact, I and Raina, one day calculated that we read this subject hardly for 35 hours in the whole semester, including the duration of exam! The reason of all this was, we used to have a Data Book for this subject. So basically, we were just left with knowing the procedure of how to solve a question. And it was not that much difficult task, once one had done it. Because, after that, the thing, which we were left with was, go to that particular person, and ask him to let us know how to do the questions! But that day, nobody had done this task. Result, the coming of almost all the day scholars to the hostel..for combined study! With all the hostelers residing on a same floor, that night, there were more than 40 mechanchies staying on the 1st floor of the B-block of Himalaya Hostel..! And itne logon mein padhai ka toh pata ni..but masti honi hai boht saari, many of us were very sure.
And then the time came..jaise hi 12 baje, it was Gitta’s birthday! There were many of us, who had boht saari khundak with Gitta! So, everybody came to give him bumps..bechara gitta..maara gaya.. And then the most memorable act. I don’t know who he proposed it, but whoever he was, mast idea tha! All the day scholars were given bumps by each one of us who was present over there..
It was Rahul’s bday also! So I, Hakeem, Pankul and BeeTee had gone to Kurukshetra Hostel in the time when this action was goin on here. Rahul ke bhi bumps pade. Unfortunately, us din mujhe bhi bumps pade the..chappal bhi..coz that day only, I had got the confirmation of training 6th sem waali..with a lucrative sa stipend, which actually was the reason of all those bumps. Anyways, it was simply mast! :)
Abhi abhi mere dil mein ek khayaal aaya ki aaj maine for the first time in my life ek presentation di. That presentation which, to some extent, would decide for how many companies I would clear the eligibility criteria for getting myself placed. Also, after this presentation yeh bhi final ho gaya ki 3rd year khatam ho chuka hai and I’ve entered into the final year. Soon, there will be placements going on and people would be competing for jobs and finally getting jobs. Placements! Probably, it was the only word about which I was worried when I entered this college. I wish August end hote hote naukri lag jaaye.. Anyways, Cheers!! The life is looking to be back on the road! :)
P.S.: As always, I have already lost two pens after coming to the college after the holidays. It has been a regular practice for the past three years. The legacy continues.
Finally, the college! The final year! Known persons! Similar activities! :) :) :)
Finally it was the day jiska main kaafi time se wait kar raha tha..main aa gaya college! The first day of the final year was a one which I would never forget. Chandigarh aane se pehle, leaving the three days when I was here, there was hardly a person jiska thopda maine pehle dekh rakha tha, unfortunately, it was of Mr. Rajesh Kanda, jo college ke Mechanical Dept. mein Senior Lecturer hai..jo meri jaali si evaluation karne aata tha. A lot happened yesterday. FR mein ‘Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na’ mast movie..kaafi time baad koi movie dekhi..McD mein dinner..raat mein Aroma mein coffee. I had forgotten the name of Aroma when I was there in Alwar. Many times I tried to recall this name when I was there, but it took a lot of time every time. I had a coffee there at 1 AM. Already there was a lot of fun done during the whole day. And yeah, ultimately, mess khul gayi. Because of taking the meals almost thrice a day outside has made me bankrupt for many times in the past 7 days. Although most of the times, the place was Corbu House, the mess of CCA. Sincere thanks to luck this time and a thanks to EDC.
