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My First Day In IIT Madras
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It was raining quiet hard that day . Me and my dad were staying at a guest house about 10 km from IITM . I looked out at the gloomy monsoon sky and thought , that’s great just the perfect beginning , as we left the guest house the rain just got heavier . We fought and , with almost as much ease as fighting with a bull , got the fare reduced by 10 bucks with autowala. After struggling with dirty roads, and massive crowds we finally entered the IIT campus . As we entered the gates , a strange kind of apprehension started to fog my head . How would I spend the next 4 years of my life in a place were I knew nobody? Would I make any friends at all ? even weird thoughts like being told that there had been a mistake and that I had been called because of some computer error and that I didn’t belong here started fogging my mind . Inside the campus after making a couple of stops to ask for directions finally we arrived at the place where all the new students had to report . As I had thought , it turned out to be nothing but a drab formality where a few professors put the usual talk about how great IIT is..blah blah
After having lunch in a canteen , My dad who had spent the afternoon buying some general goods took me to my new hostel ,finally I came to the room which was supposed to be mine . IT was small but good enough for me . We spent the entire evening setting up the room . The same night my dad left for Hyderabad . So now I was all on my own . .We had some kind of a role call where all the fresher were called to the common room of the hostel and we were introduced to the important members of student committee of the hostel as well as the institute . That was the first time when I first saw Sameer and Vishal. Sameer was another fresher though it was a different thing that he didn’t look like one . he was tall and looked strongly built . he also had a handsome face , basically the type which girls dig for . he was also very talkative . like me he was also a complete stranger to the place but he had already acquainted himself with all the other freshies and nearly half the seniors . vishal was more like me . he was shorter than Sameer(everybody else was ) but had a sturdy body . but his complexion was darker than me . he didn’t talk to anybody but sat quietly in 1 corner . I got up from my seat and took up a chair near Vishal but he didn’t even notice me . “so do you know anybody in the campus?” I asked just for the sake of starting a conversation . he shook his head and then again turned head towards the guy who was now addressing us . that was very polite , I thought as I looked towards Sameer who was blabbering away with another guy . suddenly vishal turned to me and said in a very low voice “where are you from ?“.”I am from Delhi “ I replied as we shook hands . “what was your name again?” he asked .”oh i didn’t tell you , its “Kranthi” I replied smiling and he replied in kind . After the roll call , both of us went to the mess together .there we talked about a lot of things . he was from Bombay and was in the same branch as me . as we walked back we were finally able to open up to each other . gosh , it is so good to have someone to talk to in a completely new place . and completely opposite to my analysis he turned out to be quiet a fun guy who was also nervous and excited like me only that he didn’t show it on his face . “so , classes from tomorrow what do you think ?”
I asked him . “you are talking about class tomorrow? what about ragging?” he replied in an amused tone .”ragging ? but that doesn’t happen in IIT. does it?” I added looking at the sarcastic smile on his face . now I had one more thing to think about . great . as we entered our hostel two seniors standing near the notice board motioned us to come to them . “you two come to room number 310 after 10 ok? “one of them whispered into my ear as the other kept an eye on the security guard . We both went to his room as his was nearer . “what ? you look like didn’t expect it.” He said as he emptied his pockets and placed his wallet and identity card in a drawer . “I just hope it doesn’t hurt much” I replied as I looked out of the window towards the gloomy sky .at 10 sharp , we went to 310 and knocked gently on the door . “its open” somebody yelled from inside . when we went in the first thing that hit me was the reeking odor of alcohol, obviously all of them were drunk . I noticed that the light had been dimmed to enhance the effect of terror and it was turning out to be very effective as I found my shirt drenched in sweat . “Close the door, asshole” a senior sitting on the floor barked at me ,As my eyes got accustomed to the darkness I found that Sameer was also present in the room . I had heard him bragging that he had contacts with the seniors and that no one would even dare to touch him . “ why are you guys so scared we won’t do anything serious” he added with a nasty grin on his face . It was 4 in the morning when all 3 of us came out from that room . The scene felt like those from one of the Hollywood war movies where the survivors , the heroes walk out of the battlefield in slow motion . ? We were warned that whatever happened inside the room was to stay within that room and we liked to keep it that way .
“its no use sleeping now we’ll miss all the morning classes so its better we stay awake and go straight to the class” said Sameer in an exhausted tone . He was the one who took most of the heat from the seniors because the of way he had behaved during the roll calls . Infact I secretly felt lucky that he was there to distract attention from me and Vishal . We went to Vishal’s room again and had idle talk till it was breakfast time . Sameer , I found out after talking to him , hailed from Patna . The first thing that hit me about him that whatever notions you have about this guy , you can’t help but like him once you talk to him . while having breakfast we talked about what classes we would have in the morning and whether there would be any solid studies or just introduction classes . During our entire conversation Sameer talked a lot but vishal remained silent and reserved . As we had thought nothing was taught to us but the professors came and talked about what we would be taught in the entire semester .
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