Over the next few days, I will be opening my mind on my journey of Btech. Unlike the schooldays, where I lived and ruled like a king; my four years of Btech have been a period of learning and toiling. Most of the instances, I kept a low profile. Infact the struggle had started way before the commencement of Btech, right from the days of 12th boards, and the fact that friends kept leaving one after one. And then I stepped into my college life, it was an all new beginning in life. I remember my mom telling me: ‘Beta its a new morld thid, very different from your school. Its college, its UP, beware of the people, live a simple life, keep a simple profile. Dont get aggressive and don’t get into altercations’. Somehow the words got 100% absorbed.
13th August 2007 : the day when a new chapter in life opened. The first few days of the college were great. I put my best efforts to make a good friend circle, one like RSKZ. But as each day passed, my attempts kept disappointing me. I was losing grounds even in my studies. It was just a reflection of my state that I got a suppli in my 1st semester exams. Slowly Btech became a struggle I was under the impression that surviving in itself a big thing here. By the midway 2nd year, the struggle saw its ugliest low. Nothing seemed to work well for me, and then things start going bad, it feels as if people around you are changing. Same happened with me and I started feeling isolated. Friend group slowly shrunk to just Gaurav, Mohit n me in gang.
3rd year started a bit better. I started the session trying to think positive and stay happy. Lot worked out my way and atleast I didn’t felt the isolation in my life- Mayank, Gaurav and me became the gang. Sadly Mohit got a year back.
Moser Baer played a big role in my life esp as a ‘shift gear’ of my life. A new life sprung out and I felt like the same happy as I was during my best schooldays. That happy factor followed me into my college life as well. Though there were some bothering in my personal, but college never contributed to any of those headaches. The 4th year of college was all about enjoying the moments. The gang was again confined to gaurav, mayank Srikant and me. The concept of making a EEE T-shirt made us work as a group. There were lots of struggle and at a point we almost cancelled the plan. But somehow we kept moving ahead. The rolling out of T-shirts in feb 2011 were a great achievement. Few days later, on a placid Valentine’s Day, when I was least expecting it; I got placed in Tech Mahindra. Later, an unexpected Gate exam turned to be an achievement of sorts, and in the end, a simple farewell party for which we had expected an initial estimation of 20-25 poeple, break all our expectations and doubled in count to have 49 classmates! That was infact a big achievement!
It gotta be one of the proudest moments of my life. Even though I've tried my level best to unite the class, I was not really getting the support from the others. But finally after four years of endless efforts, i was able to unite this group of divided identities- and say: 'EEE United'
