Tuesday, 14 February 2012

IIT Roorkee: The people around


One of the best things about being here in IIT Roorkee (or for that matter, in any good institution) is the people who are around you. You come across all sorts of brilliant (and sometimes twisted) minds who create an impact on you. Everybody is better than you at something or the other and you are amazed by how quickly people become good in something they had no clue about before coming to college, except, of course, in the matter of interacting with the female population. But we can be allowed a few quirks i guess.

Initially arriving you get humbled by the amount of stuff people already know, even amazed. You might have an NTSE scholar living in front and a 95% CBSE scorer living right beside you. People know all kinds of stuff from sports to software programs and music instruments that you didn’t even know existed (ba dum tsss). You gape. And then the bonds start forming. The bakar sessions start and you realise how people have a lot in common with you. You start sharing stories and drawing analogies. The amazement transforms to respect and friendships. More of such coochie coo in other articles though, for now we are focusing on more inspiring things.



Monday, 6 February 2012

IIT Roorkee: My experiences, sans academics


2244. “THE” number!! That’s what I call it. The number that altered my life. The number that transported me from the astounding, storming city of Bangalore, where I was residing happily, to a small town named Roorkee. The number, which snatched me away from my terrific life in the city, from my dear parents, from my lovely friends, and a couple of thousand more things (well, some private of course), to the gloomy hostel life. Sad huh?

Those were my thoughts in the beginning ... which have changed with time. Six months down the line, I am here alright. In Roorkee. Telling you all this! Why so? Because of that number! 2244. The number that changed my life. But only for good.