The End

Finally! No more lectures, labs and file-work...I'm breathing easy for, maybe, the first time in the past couple of years...didn't imagine that life after college could be this tranquil...last night i set a new sleeping record for myself...14 hours flat! Woke up this morning with my head dizzy and disoriented due to sleep overdose...been trying to get my bearings for the last couple of hours...Ahh....nothing's worth watching on the idiot box, internet connection was knocked down by the squall the day before so no surfing either, haven't got any new paperbacks to read and the newspaper didn't have enough juice to keep me at it even for an hour(i.e. actually the pics on the supplement 'Calcutta times' somewhat managed to get me hooked on). sprawling on my bed, gazing at the ceiling, i had slipped into retrospection mode..............
''What did i gain in these 4 years and more importantly what did i lose?''
Out of a multitude of questions i asked myself, this son of a gun question tormented me a lot...dunno why, but i just cudn't come up with an answer despite musing over it for a while...perhaps it will take some time for this feeling of liberation from the plodding of college to sink in, following which i'll be able to debrief myself.
But one thing's for sure...i have unlearned a lot of what i had learned prior to PESU, Zhibpur...for the good or the bad, i think am now reasonably 'world-ready'(whatever that means...).
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    "U2" :::::::::::  I ( and countless others) Owe You Some Much.....Thank U for being there for me.....U guys  really are lifesavers!



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Winds of change????

With the women's resevervation bill having made it through the Rajya Sabha and now awaiting green signal from the Lok Sabha, Indian women seems to have woken up from the grogginess of being denied what they justly deserve. The clearly evident "winds of change" have been blowing over our campus for the past couple of weeks. Something really heartening caught my eyes, a few days back.

The bending lining the avenue leading to the first lobby of the administrative building, which doubles up as an open air hang out where students  have chats/discussions over beverages all the while perched on the bending assimilating a 360 Degree situational awareness. This used to be a strictly male bastion for decades, a "bird-watching" vantage point to be precise. Well, I came across a dozen juniors lodged at the bending killing time/bunking classes/observing...I did a quick headcount and the stats were quite familiar. 8 guys & 4 gals...that would be 33.33% of the fairer sex of the sample taken. Isn't this figure close to what political honchos are trying to peddle in the Lok Sabha...33% reservation...Whether it's coincidental or mindfully done, the fact that girls of BESU having taken to the bending is a positive trend regardless of the percentage involved. So, Viva La Femme!!! Go f**k urself, Mulayam!!

Mayawati admiring Mayawati...

Mayawati a.k.a Behenji looking up to the icon of woman power in India and maybe across the globe. And why not? After all she seems have it all i.e the looks, the moolah, the men, the tashan, the attitude, the monochromatic salwars, the hair-do, the spot light, the elephant..................

Take a bow, BEHENJI!

Your persona makes even Sonia look timid, Indira Nooyi incompetent, Kiran Bedi juvenile, Katrina gauche, Rakhi Sawant sober & Mallika well-dressed(the pun implied is intentional) 

**********I often wonder about the other possible implications or say alterations of this bill??
Maybe, instead of a single(two  in some cases) ladies seat in the buses, there can a 33% reservation applicable. Perhaps a 1/3rd of the total no. of bogies in a local train will be assigned "ladies special". Who knows Shankar- Ehsaan- Loy may surprise us by casting off somebody from themselves and inducting a woman in the trio.************************************************************
(Hey!! I know what "Mahila Arakshan" bill  states, that it doesn't hint at any of the things I mentioned above...still, this post explores new possibilities and extensions for the proposed bill above and over the reservation meant for elected representative bodies only. This gibber should be taken with a pinch of salt)

Everything is “fare” in love and war

How do you tell the relationship status between a hetero-couple travelling on a bus together?? Think , think…must have wondered at some point in time.
After much observation, consideration and subsequent deliberation, I can now identify with certain degree of accuracy as to what's cooking between the two i.e. their chemistry.
Here’s how…the omen lies in them paying fares…so watch out for the obvious signs.
#1. Dutch Treat: going dutch with bus fares is synonymous with “just acquaintance” variant of couples or the best of pals in some cases.
#2. Both of them reluctant to cough up fares: hmmn, misers!! Love doesn’t patronize misers! So minus the love angle…probably covert competitors/rivals who are trying to go one up…you know the types!
#3. Either one overtly eager to pay the fares: well, that's simple! One of them striving to earn some brownie points…not too late, pal!! the target ain’t tagged and bagged, yet!
#4. Both of them sticking out to pay for the other: Mutual affection there.maybe be stemming out of previous instances of benevolence but indicative of budding affection nevertheless… call it courtesy, chivalry or whatever.
#5. One of them pays while the other looks on: If the non-paying party appears condescending of the other, then
:-( forget it yaar ! They have reached a mutual understanding in accordance with their future financial designs.
otherwise
:-) cool it yaar ! its his/her turn to pay…typical amongst daily commuters who travel together or colleagues.
#6. “left my money bag at home!”: you wouldn’t wanna get up, close and personal with these types…think preponed good riddance!
and finally…
#7 Either one of them smirks/chuckles on successfully coaxing the other to pay up: well the latter happens to be head over heels in love whereas the former is a cheap douche bag/leech.

(The views expressed in this post are completely personal in nature even though universal in appeal)