The Golden Period

When the question of careers arises, one usually becomes a child lost in the proverbial sweet shop, which might not be true for a student in India, who generally considers Engg. /Medical as his best option. I followed the same bunch of people and joined NIT Hamirpur, to pursue a B-Tech Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, in August 2004.
Wholeheartedly I agree to the fact that the college time is the best time of life. And the most important too, as it covers the adolescence of an individual who metamorphoses, from a child, into an adult having a developed acumen. One learns to maintain a balance between his duties and his priorities. The usual priorities of a budding engineer remain boozing, playing computer games, spending time with friends, maybe some special one at times… But at the first call of duty, the warriors get ready to leave everything aside and complete their work. There won’t be a single instance when we would not have completed our assigments on time. Please don’t ponder on the means we employed for the same.
The best period during whole engineering is the first year. Our classes used to end around 4:30 during the first year, and while going back to our respective rooms, we had to pass the second year block. Sophomores used to block our way and sometimes made us answer some really foolish questions. But that too was fun as we were learning professionalism, when we had entered a professional college. Looking at the ‘third button’, we used to follow in a line and reach our rooms, where we used to be the kings, until some senior thought of coming towards us. But finally those seniors proved to be friends who provided us with books and guided us all along.
Ankush and Larzoo turned up to be my first roommates. First time I met Ankush, he reminded me of the person who used to be in my batch during crash course for preparation of competitive exams. Though, that guy was his younger brother, I confused him with Ankush. The main reason of my curiosity was the incidents of quarrels related with him. So, the first thought of having him as my roommate made me shiver. Eventually I found Ankush to be a completely different person. A real friend…
One of the most beautiful phases used to be one month before the cultural festival. I still remember being tortured by some seniors, during my first year, just because I was in dance club and my dance partner was considered one of the most beautiful ladies in first year. And the only problem was that she was tall enough and none other matched her profile. So most of the times, I was made to dance with her. That was the experience of the Dance Club. During 2nd year I joined PR Club, which was even more fun. And ofcourse, there was much to learn from the same. And there were acquaintances, which eventually turned into friendship.
I gained a lot of friends at college, which would be my worthiest treasure. And yeah finally I received my degree today by post. So finally I am Er. Rishabh Bansal… Cheers everyone!