NITIE - I Will Miss
You
- by Gulbahar Grover *
I always wonder why the hell I
miss NITIE whenever I am away from its chaotic, 24/7 hectic environment... even
for a single day. Why do I miss the guys who never leave the chance of throwing
potshots even during my presentations? Why do I miss the place, which shattered
my dream of beauty-filled, singles heaven B-schools, where I cannot sleep even
for 4 hours (do not tell it to my Mom...)? There are many more WHYs...
With a three-years work-exp in
steel melting shop of Bokaro (SAIL), any sane person would fall in love with the
place surrounded by three beautiful lakes, eye catching greenery (sometimes
panthers also visit us...
) and rooms with
attached baths... (my B-schools friends do not believe it) and some beautiful
gals, all Engineers though...
)
On the first day itself, it was
clear that life is not going to be easy here... I slept at 4 am after coming
from 38 hours journey and a tiring day... what the hell!!! Then selections for 8
committees, forums started... no committee found me eligible for them...
(But my batch mates
compensated it by electing me in other committees), prepare for "DENOVO"
night... my BESTEST night (all other nights are BEST)... surprisingly people
that night found that I can "ACT"...
). Our classes are so
boring (how can fundas from supply chain gurus be interesting for an
Instrumentation guy)... worst thing is profs take for granted that you know the
basics... then there are quizzes, class tests, presentations, reports and not to
forget "Mandi"... Oh God! SAIL was better.
"Kabhi bhi kahin bhi kuchh bhi ho
sakta hai..." is the funda here. It may so happen that you are being bumped and
debited in mess account and you are begging to tell the reason "at least". You
can chill here like anything; people will take care of your b'days, interests,
hobbies, assignments, presentations, sometimes attendance too...
but... still you will
never be free of reports, ppts, photocopies, printouts, projects, etc... still
you will sleep at 5 am and miss your meals for reaching in the class on time and
others will eat your Maggi from your plate while you are starving...
B'day nights are best nights
here... B'day boy is like "bali ka bakra"... anyone can do anything with him...
). B'day boy will get
cake for everything (smear it on face, hair, clothes, etc.) but "to eat".
I was just shocked when our CR
sent message of term exams schedule... I am still shocked that a whole one year
has passed, and just after 6 months, I will not be able to give "Jadoo ki Jhappi"
to most of my batch mates even if I tried... and then I will miss NITIE even
more...
