This is the story of how I crumbled.
In our college, there were all together 100 golden rules needed to be followed during the ragging period(R.P.)
1. Wear formals with nothing in the shirt pocket.
2. Usage of shortforms were not allowed.
3. Bakery, Internet centres, Juice point etc.(except Library which did'nt make any difference) were all outlawed.
4.Every minute details of the fellow juniors has to be nailed down in the mind.
5.Wish the seniors every time you see them.
6.NEVER wish them at admin and departments.(Gosh, I wont forget this 1 ever)
7.
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100.
Rule 7 to rule 100 were formulated and crushed while molesting us at the spot only(like at the cafetaria, shrinu point, 7th block terrace etc. etc.).
Meena Misfortune
2 weeks after I joined..
Around 9 p.m. in the night,I saw Rajesh Kumar Meena (kicking butt since 1985, this guy has got more hair on his chest than the Sloth bears of south-east asia) returning dejected, eyes red with his palm over his bloated cheeks.I asked, what happened and he went straight into his room unresponsed.
Next Morning.
Me: what happened last night?
Meena(with a glaring gaze): picnic in paradise.you missed it.
Me: okay fine.Tell me
Meena: Buddy, I was called abruptly by 1 of our seniors while I went to draw out money from the ATM. He asked me to close my eyes.I did.I just thought that these morons will clap in front of my face aspiring to scare me and I will act accordingly pretending that I was terror-striken.
And Then..
(lights, camera, action)
Chaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkk
(Cut,lights off,packup)
Meena: (almost sobbing)man, It took time for me to regain senses.Yaar, it really hurts when you are not at all prepared for this.Then they simply went away.I just don't know what blunder I did coz of which I was banged.(reason still unknown)
Guys, I froze. I knew someday, somewhere, sometime I will face the same agony.On that day, I decided that I wont allow anyone to slap me.If they do, I will THRASH them with my punch, I will SLAM their heads against the door, I will BATTER their chins down, and leave them lifelong CRIPPLE.
A month later..
Mousumi melodrama
Around 5 p.m. evening, we were waiting for the seniors outside the LH(ladies hostel) in the garden.Evening session were meant to enhance our interaction with the only girl of our clique, Mousumi(A.I.R. of the college...BBC sucks..try her).Seniors finally arrived and after few customary QnA round,came the real thing.
1 of the senior: Mousumi, you tend to avoid wishing us in the college.
mousumi: no sir,its impossible.
senior:Tell me, why you avoid us wishing.
An ideal reply would have been...sir,sorry if felt so.I will be more careful and attentive so that next time you don't feel that way
AND what our beloved Maria Curie replied.
1.Sir,probably you were preoccupied somewhere else when I wished.
2.Perhaps, you were in admin or department where you have prohibited us to wish.
3.Possibility is also there that when you have seen me but I hav'nt noticed you.
4.May be I was talking to some other seniors thats why I ignored you.
5.Chances are also there that I have been engrossed with my work so gravely that I just did'nt take care of you people.
Mousumi's philosophy gave us 2 lessons:
Lesson 1: Never give up unless you find someone else to blame.
Lesson 2: This 2nd lesson we learned in the night from 11 o'clock to around 3:30 a.m. at 7th block terrace.
What happened in the ming-boggling night learning class..well, in the next post
17 comments:
itna detail mein tujhe sab yaad bhi hai.. btw u forgot one of the golden rules.. Left pocket mein rumal, right pocket mein chabi.. ;) ...
good post
not fair..maine pehle ideal reply hi diya tha..wo to kisiko yaad hi nahi :(
ragging a kinda fun ..
my juniors are coming tomorrow to the colege ..
their first day .. i ll do the same wid them ... hehehe
sahi hain yaar.. tune humare raging waale din yaad dila diye.. serioulsy we can say those were our best of days in coll.. specially seniors ki kaatne main.. being nostalgic.. btw nice post yaar.. as always big fan of ur post..
when is ur next post vineet??????? Eager to know more abt ur ragging experience....
i n t e r e s t i n g . . . . .
seems like you're starting to have a fan following...
;)
wow... i remember how v got ragged by our seniors and how we carried the tradition forward... fun stuff now whn u think abt it (altho,like all of ya, i used to bitch abt it all the time!)
I agree with ya... if you can't face a bunch of seniors - forget facing the whole world...
its like losing ur virginity... weird whn it happens but amazing every time after that! :P
ha ha ha.. very funny, dude! Got a bit nostalgic. A really nice post indeed. Loved it! Keep writing!
(would appreciate it if you go through my other posts and comment on them).
http://unalloyedwritingpleasure.blogspot.com/
Especially this one:
http://unalloyedwritingpleasure.blogspot.com/2009/08/iron-lady-vs-plastic-man.html
Lol..The college life is a gift man..And yeah ragging is a must(and it should not cross the limit too)..Good narration and simple english are the best aspects of ur post...Mice one
Oh my god its hard enough to secure aplace in college and settling in with out having to endure ragging from seniors too.I ma so glad we dont have this in UK.
you must be aware of the situation right now...nowadays its like juniors ragging the seniors with a supreme court letter in hand.... btw that was a pretty nice account.....waiting for the next post........
you can read my experience here:
http://prienciepiea.blogspot.com/2008/08/happy-memory.html
hey
it is just to tell you that my blog id now changed
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@mousumi..u cany deny u screwed us!!
nice mate!!!very nice pc of writing.keep it up.
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Haha... I am mesmerized by this lady. Yeah, ragging is one part of engineering I also would remember. You know, I was kind of down and your blog, as usual, made me smile.
:)
Thanks for one more greet post. Keep up the good work.
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