Yesterday,that is Nov 8,was a day that brought joy to millions of indians across every nook and corner of the country.And why not?It was Diwali..The festival of lights,the festival of joy..I am pretty sure everyone would have had the time of their lives yesterday..But sadly god had written a different script for the hundred odd final year students of NIT,Trichy..And the script surely did an excellent job of adding salt to their fresh wounds...
The final year is supposed to be fun in engineering colleges all over India..With everyone placed,people generally take it easy in the final year,make it a point to enjoy the life to the fullest before again plunging in that world of high expectations,hectic life etc..And more than the students the college faculty know more about this because they have seen this trend for decades now..And that's why they generally tend to be very lenient about most of the final year issues..be it attendance,grades,marks,passing students,reducing classes and assignments..u just name it,they do everything in our favour in return for the three years of sincerity that we show to them..They look like god-send angels ..But ,and here is the big question what can one do when someone's luck is so rotten as ours,who unlike other previous batches have been made guinea pig right from the first year,have been targetted by the teachers coz of being "the fundoo AIEEE batch"..We all people had just one consolation all the way through ..Probably the fun in final year will compensate for all the previous injustices..That is what we thought!!But,naa..this is our batch..And this is their last chance..They won't leave us before giving us one last punch..And that was it!!
So how is our final year different from our seniors? The amount of classes we had in this semester was much-much more than any senior batches could have thought of in their wildest dreams..The assignments dished out to us are much tougher..The teachers still want to screw us in lab exams..And they are very strict about the attendance,more than ever..Unlike the previous batches where teachers used to help students with less attendance,the current set wants to punish the students for every goddamn reason they can find on earth..They have banned netlab during the nights,which used to be the key hours for final years coz the rest of the day is fully occupied by the remaining years..Give us a break,teachers..Now the million dollar question is how are the above arguments related to my topic in first place?
Actually our classes got over on Nov.2 and our final exams start on 22nd...so what would any college student do in such a case??Rush to his home..More so because this is the festive season..So why didn't you go,shishir?Coz i have a borderline attendance in one subject and that teacher still plans to take 3-4 classes,missing which my attendance will really go for a "toss" and boy these people make u beg badly and embarrass badly in such situations..I din't want to go through that pain..Shishir,why don't you take the risk,like few of your friends who too were in the same situation?Good question..I did go and approach this teacher once regarding attendance stating that sir i should be given attendance for the classes that i missed due to placement and what he said next confirmed one thing to me-these teachers never went to college and hence they can never understand our mentality.."You have to decide whether your placement is more important to you or my class..You should understand one thing..You can work in a company only if you have a b.tech degree,for a b.tech degree you have to pass all subjects,for passing you should have proper attendance..So you should think about your current before thinking about future..."..There was nothing more to say or listen..Because of this i thought i will stay along with few of my friends and we will enjoy among us..But god can be evil somedays and boy i got the proof yesterday!!
So here it goes..It started at the dinner yesterday..Diwali is associated with mouth-watering dishes and sweets..So we were expecting something decent by NITT standards..And the next thing we knew that we had been offered the famous DOG RICE on the eve of Diwali..We were determined to somehow eat enough to fill our stomach and then retire in our rooms..But there was another twist to the tale..To start with,the food was DOG RICE and to our surprise it was the worst we had in four years with an excessive "meerchaa.." topping..Boy i was sweating!!After battling for forty-five minutes we gave up..The thought of going out came to my mind,but then it struck that on the eve of diwali every goddammn eating place is closed here..Disappointed at the way we were in "The festival of joy" , i went to my room..Thought that India's win will neutralise the pain of DIWALI SPECIAL DOG RICE..But TEAM INDIA or as i once famously called them in gururaj sir's class in first year "The team of chokers and jokers",proved them right why they are a bunch of suckers!!I am pretty sure Indian players can write a best-seller named "101 ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of certain victory!!".."Screw the Indian team..i will watch a movie and then go to sleep and forget about this forgettable diwali.."..I should stress on a point here that two other factors were irritating me all the while..First one was my cold and the second one was that i was missing my family so much because i knew that this was probably the last opportunity for the next one year to ever meet them together..Nor only i had been deprived a chance to meet them,i was starving and disgusted..And then came the perfect icing on the cake!!On the eve of "The Festival of Lights" , it went pitch dark at 1 in the night..We were helpless ,we could have done nothing..Tried gossipping for a couple of hours ..Tried my level best to sleep but the flies who were feasting on us had some other masterplan for us..Submitted myself to the flies and kept on thinking about those glorious days when we spent the "diwali" back at home with our families..Coz i know they will never ever come back..Sad that the last diwali which i could have possibly spent with my family had to end on such a disappointing note.."Last"..ya once into the corporate sector life is uncertain!!Miss you all!!
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