Now when I see freshers in the Hostel Lawns, Wind-T, Reading Room, places I rarely visit now a days but used to when I was fresher 4 year back, reminds me my 1st year. At that time I could have never imagined the world for me will change so much that I would chuckle thinking about my past.
Before unfolding the pages of my life in IIT, I thank my seniors, friends and juniors for making my life worth a live in campus and how can i forget professors who tried a lot to ruin it and succeeded to some limits. I had few seniors close to my heart who always inspired me to look forward in life and gave me funddas not only to survive in IIT but to live the life with fun and success. I should say my friends were best part of my life, now when I am about to pass out in few months, can say with my experience only friends are what you make here who will always be there with you in rest of your life. I generally dont believe in God, but if he exists I would like to thank him for the people I met here and the way they affected my life. Also I should thank him for sending me in NILGIRI HOSTEL otherwise this life was never possible.
I should admit when I came here I was hell of a human. As usual my first friend circle was the people who had rooms in my wing, I would not be able to forget B-Short wing in my whole life for the times i spend there not even in my 1st year but in my 3rd too, but I think its early for that discussion. So right from the first day I was irritating and that's why, i think, in those days I was the topic of fun when we sat around in a group with my friends. Those jokes made upon me, I used to frustrate over them but now I cant understand why but when I remember them now they seem funny to me. Though had very good friends in my wing but I never understood the meaning of friends in whole year. That's why I call it a wastage of 365 days and a quarter.
As of now I haven't done anything substantial in whole year, not my acads, nor my skill improved, but I understood one thing that i had to work hard in my field of interest, MINI BAJA, as you would know further and have to learn to make friends and relations. This brings my 2nd year which I praises most for excelling in my life. I first needed to change my friend circle as I was uncomfortable wit all the fun made of me. I shifted with new friends and tried to interact with them as maturely as I could. This changed my image in hostel as all was fine with my attitude despite of some minor mistakes. With all this building in my attitude I was much involved in MINI BAJA which I mentioned once before. This event, manufacturing of a all-terrain vehicle with my team and representing insti team in Indore, changed my life drastically. I think only because of this I could develop my leadership and management qualities.
EErrr...!!! I made a mistake by not introducing Samrat sir in the beginning, I know he would kill me for this, I met him at the end of 1st year through Gaurav sir, another senior I respect a lot, during the elections. He has supported me always. During my second year he was the one to inspire me along with Talli sir ( Uday sir) to whatever I am today. He helped me to go throug all the difficulties faced by me in BAHA and in hostel. The year went so monotonous working all time in insti with all the stuff I mentioned. Samrat sir had a dream to make me House Secy, and so did I. He helped me to be Maintenance Secy of Nilgiri Hostel by the end of this year, and so my journey began, I now realize that was just a start.
With my new responsibility as Maintenance Secy and Braking coordinator in BAJA I had forgot my academics, which I now realize that I should have paid some attention to it. By the way the hostel thing was going fine, I had regained my old friends and further I learned to expand my relationships which helped me to have a large number of people knowing me in hostel. With my all efforts I worked for the hostel and brought trophies. Warden, I should mention, was very happy for me all the time, I never came to know why but I really liked it. The efforts of 3rd year again resulted in me becoming House Secy at the end, with the efforts of Bhasin sir and Samrat sir off-course. Getting this post now doesn't matter me a lot but the thing that matters is the relations I thought I had made proved me false. About relations whatever I learned till today was fake, it was good I realized it that day and now I can say that I have understood the relationship properly and I can claim that from now on I am reacting mature in life.
In these four years of my life I have made many friends, some for academics purposes, some for political purposes and few I dont know how they came close and I love them the most. I would never forget my Hostel, my wing, my seniors and my friends.
