Chapter 5 - F.R.I.E.N.D.S

First dayof class, I woke up early in d morning, all excited....got myself neatly dressed up in formals..ooh..infact u can't call it formals..It can be called as 'comedy formals'; no tie still d collar button locked up..no belt,no watch n d best feature, walk wid ur head down :P ..but wat ever jus before getting out of d room, once more I made sure that I look d in d best way possible in dat comedy dress.Now d worst part is I don knw anybdy who belong to my class.Vinu n Joks belonged to section G...which left me alone in section F..I didn knw whom to ask were d class was.Ny way I knew I hav to look for a room no.239.It was a Engg drawing lecture.First time finding d room in such a big college is gonna take sm time..more over I haven really aligned myself to the local Hindi.So I got out of hostel a bit early.I started walking all alone.It was awkward as der wer no one I knew.I looked for sm guys walking alone like me to catch for a company.But didn find anyone on my long 2km walk frm hostel 6 to Insti..All of dem already got company !! As I entered d insti..I asked sm ppl for direction n I follwed them...As I was passing d examination dept. I noticed a guy roaming here n ther n again n again looking at the routine
displayed der...So i told myself..this could me my first prey..So I appoached him politely n asked, Are u looking for room no.239 with all anxiety.Well, he responded quickly.'Yes'..Nw I was very relieved ..I got a company..Even if i get late I hav sm1 to enter late with.Nw we started searching d room together; inbetween I didn forget to make friends with him.Well I introduce to u my first non-mallu friend at BIT.He is named "Rocky Kumar Das'.An awesome fun loving guy..Now a colleuge of mine @ TCS.

Finally we found out the room.I took a curious first look from outside the room.Don really remember who all got inside that first picture I took with my eyes.But then I felt a like a force is preventing me from entering inside first.So the bottomline is that I wanted Rocky to enter first and divert the attention to him wen I enter.We looked each other before entering,gave a look of confirmation n I gave him an additional look directing him to go inside first.He smiled back and entered without hesitation.I entered behind him as if to hide from sm of them.Was I shy or nervous ??I really don kw.All I knew was the looks from almost 40 completely strange ppl sitting inside looking curiously at me made me sm what uncomfortable.Moreover I m new to this place...totally new people..n ofcourse..NEW LANGUAGE..Infact when I just looked at the guys sitting there while walking through the aisle,they were staring at me with utter curiosity as if to say "now,who's this hero !!" .We sat sm place at the back left corner.From then onwards started my tendency to always sit behind during lectures.Still,even in TCS I m a back bencher !!

After sm time a lecturer entered the room.He was accompanied by sm of his collegues.The main lecturer who addressed us looked as a man in his early 40's.He gave a brief introduction abt the college (all those Gr8 Gr8 BIT n blah blah...for filling us with virtual pride) and then he came on to the subject,Engg drawing.When he started explaining about the subject sm ppl started asking a lot of doubts..n the highlight was a girl in blue salwar..She sat first in my row.She kept on asking doubts..n me here..absolutely no doubt at all.Even if there is sm doubt Iwould jus swallow it(A very bad habit indeed).Well,being the first day of the class,whatever things u do become the key to trigger your first impression on others.Me till nw..all silent..my impression on others should be still blank except for the appearance (that may have already created my impression as 'stupid').So she was the among the first ones to leave an impression on me..n I guess everyelse too..A girl very sincere abt her studies and who's gonna give other lazy guys like me a tough time.But later on she turned out one among us lazy people :P .A really cool girl n her nickname 'Pulsar' signifies the height of coolness !!! Well her real name would be Tripti Shukla...A great lab partner n one among the few friends among girls I had in BIT...n definitely the best sports woman I hav met !!


After the class that day while I was walking back to hostel I noticed this guy walking infront of me.I had noted him while in the class itself.Becoz he had one thing that kept him unique from the rest of the class.His dress !! He didn wear formals..yeah..he was nt the only guy in casuals..but then others had 'Mild Casuals' whereas this guy wore a Red T shirt n faded jeans n sports shoes n all..totally freaky stuff..I was amazed...So brave..Must be sm big shot !! So back to the current scene....He was nw walking infront of me n was accompanied by sm friends.When we were abt to reach hostel..I saw sm seniors coming towards us..Oops..I started smelling sm trouble..n I m sure he too smelled that frm a distance..Well no options there is no way to take diversion n the seniors were watching him closely..I slowed down my pace to see wats gonna happen..As expected seniors stopped him n askd him,'Which batch u belong to??"..His answers were not audible to me..I kept walking slowly nt looking at the scene..Coz infront of seniors we juniors r supposed to look at the third button :P :P.So I kept walking n I passed beside him..By the time I came parallel to him the seniors started shouting at him..Ufff..I started feeling the heat of wat is called 'ragging'..It was really terrifying for me then..I don knw how he felt then..All I know is frm the nxt day I saw him in formals.I was a little late in becoming friends wid him..But wen I did it was strong one....Rohan Jain..dats his name..We call him 'Chinka'...The handsome cool,intelligent .etc etc. guy from Guwahati.The founder of 'C' Group !!


In between one day when I was called for ragging I was asked to tell the names of 5 girls of my class.I could only manage 4 then.So I was asked to be ready wid the names the nxt day.Nt a 'mission impossible'.But during the first days of class it was a bit difficult coz there was no attendence sheet then n we were supposed to write the names on a sheet of paper n pass on.Otherwise the task would hav been easy.When names are written itz a tough task..I mean u don knw which name belongs to which gal...But that day luck was in my court.I sat first in the second row..Jus behind gals in first row..n fortunately the list came the gals way..So as soon as I got the list I read the last name...It read 'Shivee Chauhan'.'Shivee !!'.It was for the first time I came across such a name.Ny ways her 'name' did help me during ragging :P :P.Then I didn know that the name belongs to a genius.She ended up topping our batch with a cgpa of abt 2 points above me :P :P Hopefully she's nw njoying her life in Gsachs @ NY !!


Now let me shift the scene to my first workshop session.First time wen I entered the workshop it was entirely different feeling.Seeing all the machines I was nt sure wat feeling I had...First day the workshop in charge explained the different shops inside workshop..Welding,carpentry n all..I took aback on hearing all these..Even ECE engineers are supposed to do all these !! To be really frank I didn hav any interest in any of these..Now I started getting that feeling clear..it was not anthing exciting..it was simply a anxiety as how much I was interested in all these or rather how bad am I going to perform in here...we were divided into groups...n we were supposed to start the work frm nxt week....After the class as I started walking outside all alone as I couldn find Rocky my only friend till then..Then I saw one of my workshop groupmates walking jus infront of me..He too was walking alone..So 'He's my second prey' I thought in my mind..So wen these thoughts thoughts were going inside my mind,he turned back...I took aback..'Can he read minds ??'...But he smiled at me n he slowed down his pace as if he was waiting for me..Understanding the implication I started walking fast to catch in pace with him..Soon I was with him..He smiled at me once again...It was enuf for me who was desperately searching for friends to spring into action..If I m to describe him physically, I would say all lean with weird long hair..But then I didn have any idea that he's gonna be one of my best friends...He's a part of 70% fun I had in lectures n labs..Without him labs n hostel n the whole ECE life would have been a different story..N I passed many exams becoz of the lectures he gave on the day before exams..He's the best teacher I had in BIT I guess.(oohh.. there is one more gr8 teacher..whom I'll introduce later) There is lot more to write abt him..Enuf for nw I guess..More things will come up in future blogs...Let me introduce to you,"Mr.Ghanshyam Dasgupta"...or rather 'Sexy Ghanshi'..


That evening Jockey came to me n told me that two more mallus have arrived ..AAwwww..interesting !!.Well the question then was, were they gonna stay back,,becoz they hav come in form-2 with no branch..So the chances of going back on not getting the desired branch was pretty high..ny ways Comp.scI seat was vacant which is one of the highly demanded
branches...n then remaining branch was Biotech..Probability of sm1 taking Biotech branch in BIT from Kerala which more than 2000kms away frm Ranchi..I would say..0.001

When I came to Jockey's room that evening..I saw sm extra lugguage there...AAwww..Joks got a new roomie !! I waited in the room for Joks..He was back soon..All curious,I asked
'Who's luggagage is this ??'.."He replied,"My new roomie,Nidhal!!'....
"Who d hell is he ??" I asked
"A new mallu,who joined today.He got the Comp.Sci seat",was his reply
I said,'Ohh lucky you !!'Finally you too got a mallu roomie !!.
His facial expression changed soon with a question,"what !!'...'did u meet him ???...He's a single-piece Avatar..Keeps on talking ..blah blah blah....So irritating..Ufff...."
Then I repeated "Lucky you',this time in a sarcastic tone.

At that time our Avatar was out wid his dad for sm shopping.He was back after sm time.I was still der in Joks room..Wid Vinu.btw he had already met Vinu.So as he entered the room the only unfamiliar face was mine...Soo Joks took the initiative to introduce me..Immediately our Avatar sprang into action..Gave me a strong shake hand as if I m d new guy there...Joks smiled frm behind...Moreover at times he was shouting at his dad !! Strange !! N each time Joks would give me a pathetic look...as if y did he come to BIT !! I would give him a look back as to console him.."Dude,It's your fate..accept it..der's no choice !!" ..But whole impression abt him changed in two days..He turned out be a very funny n daring guy...Actually he only gave 'The Mallu Phylum' it's real life..A four year college life without him would hav been really different n 'Dull'...We call him 'Appukuttan' (Why ?? only the four of us will understand)!! N our friendship continues...We share room @ TCS also :) :)

So der is one more mallu left to meet.Vinu told me he got his room with sm north indian guy as he has made our mallu count odd-5!! As there was no comp or anything else for time pass..the only thing we had to do was gossipping...n sharing wid each other the infinite knowledge each of us possessed.Well during the knowledge sharing session dat day..at abt 8..smbdy knocked n the door..Me n Joks wer der in my room..Vinu was outside then..I opened the door expecting Vinu..Well,When I opened Vinu was der but was accompanied with another guy and his father....So it's obvious he's d fifth one in the BIT 2K6 MALLY PHYLUM ..introducing...Yo..Yo...Rohit Raghavan !! He looked strong n stout but smthing was awkward with his face.I observed him 4 closely starting from hair..Ohh..yeah..I got it..His hair looked awkward...But didn know wats really wrong with it then(But nw I knw..it's d lack of hair :P)...Vinu introduced him to us..Gave him a firm shake hand...So that closes the boys Phylum frm Kerala..The 5 of us all united from there till nw..