For 4 long (then, now they seem so short) years, we crib about the one place we would miss for our entire lifetimes.
Back then we cursed everybody, every person that happened to be associated with the institute, to the point that even the thought of attending lectures would evoke strong emotions about the lecturers. Well, we had our reasons then.
The very idea of getting up at 8 AM for an early lecture would elicit the most creative abuses of all. The very thought of nearing exams would send most people into a frenzy to collect notes, rushing to the libraries for issuing books. Interestingly, the same books had been collecting dust throughout the semester but now are all issued! Pure magic!!
The canteen which would serve cockroaches in your "samosas", the hostel mess which really was in a mess!
The room where you spent so much time playing AOE, Counter-strike, etc. even during (especially during) final year end-sems. The same room which was a hole back then but now seems to be so much more secure and cozy.
The long walks after dinner. The hot tea in freezing winter nights. The PJs you just got sick of. The endless leg-pulling that made you tear you hair off. The friends you spent time with. The 'addas' where you used to hang out most often. The missed calls during lectures. .... and the list would just go on.
Just an year later and most people would want all of that back. Yes, there would be exceptions and I feel sorry for them.
There are things that we might regret doing and there will be some that we regret not doing. I personally believe that in our entire lifetimes the most stupid acts of all would have been committed in this time period and it is infact the only time we could have gotten away with them.
Given a chance, would I want to go back and do all of that stuff, maybe in a better way. I guess not, but I would want to remember it all and feel nostalgic once in a while....
Back then we cursed everybody, every person that happened to be associated with the institute, to the point that even the thought of attending lectures would evoke strong emotions about the lecturers. Well, we had our reasons then.
The very idea of getting up at 8 AM for an early lecture would elicit the most creative abuses of all. The very thought of nearing exams would send most people into a frenzy to collect notes, rushing to the libraries for issuing books. Interestingly, the same books had been collecting dust throughout the semester but now are all issued! Pure magic!!
The canteen which would serve cockroaches in your "samosas", the hostel mess which really was in a mess!
The room where you spent so much time playing AOE, Counter-strike, etc. even during (especially during) final year end-sems. The same room which was a hole back then but now seems to be so much more secure and cozy.
The long walks after dinner. The hot tea in freezing winter nights. The PJs you just got sick of. The endless leg-pulling that made you tear you hair off. The friends you spent time with. The 'addas' where you used to hang out most often. The missed calls during lectures. .... and the list would just go on.
Just an year later and most people would want all of that back. Yes, there would be exceptions and I feel sorry for them.
There are things that we might regret doing and there will be some that we regret not doing. I personally believe that in our entire lifetimes the most stupid acts of all would have been committed in this time period and it is infact the only time we could have gotten away with them.
Given a chance, would I want to go back and do all of that stuff, maybe in a better way. I guess not, but I would want to remember it all and feel nostalgic once in a while....
