ALAK FRESHIE 2K
“YOU’RE IN IIT NOW”, THEY SAID, “GOTTA STUDY YOUR ASS OFF” THEY
SAID. EXPECTING THE PINNACLE OF NERDINESS IN THE COUNTRY, I STEPPED INTO ALAKANANDA,
TILL NOW THE NAME OF A FEEDER GLACIER SOON TO BE MY HOME SWEET HOME.
“PUT INTRO DA”, THE SEEMINGLY INNOCENT LOOKING PHRASE GETS MORPHED
INTO A MANTRA WHICH IS MORE SANCTIFIED TO THE SENIORS THAN BREATHING. NOT
SATISFIED WITH KNOWING THE INNER CANAL SECRETS OF MY OWN… AHEM… LIFE THEY WANT
TO KNOW MORE. WELL I DON’T MIND …BUT SOME OF THE GUYS WHO ACTUALLY VIEWED ALL
THE GIRLS AND WOMEN THEY SEE ABOUT THEM AS TEMPLES OF PROCREATION AND NOT
SOMETHING “THAT TURNS THEM ON”, SUFFERED TREMENDOUS DESTRUCTIVE IN THEIR BRAIN
WAVES.
EVENING TIME. THE “MAGGOOS, NERDS AND GEEKS” OF IIT ARE APPARENTLY
MORE INTERESTED IN EXCELLING AT SUNDRY SPORTS AND FREAKING OUT. FROM MAGGOOS TO
DUDES… NOW THAT’S A PARADIGM SHIFT. SOMEONE PUTS ME FUNDAS ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT
AND NOT WASTING YOUR TIME LIKE A HORSE WEARING BLINDERS GOING IN ONLY ONE
DIRECTION. AN IMPORTANT LESSON I LEARNT HERE… IF YOU ARE NOT LIVING ON THE EDGE
YOU ARE TAKING UP TOO MUCH SPACE.
MY EDUCATION CONTINUES… THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IS ASTOUNDING.
BUT ONE WORD STANDS OUT. THE WORD THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND PULSES OF
RECOGNITION. THE WORD THAT CAN BE MORPHED TO ENCOMPASS ENDLESS MEANINGS FROM
“ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?” TO “WHAT IN BLAZES DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?” AND EVEN “I AM
GULT…” YES YOU GUESSED IT, THE COSMICALLY MANIFESTED TELUGU UTTERANCE………
“ENTRAA…” [ALSO PRONOUNCED AS YENDRA OR EANDRA]. YAAH YOU HAVE THE
TAMIL “PODA” BUT TAMIL NADU DOES NOT HAVE RAMAIAH INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURER OF
SOON TO BE IITians WHICH SO GENEROUSLY SUPPLIES IITM WITH MANY OF IT’S
PRODUCTS, ENOUGH TO MAKE ENTRA OUTNUMBER PODA.
MONDAY MORNING – 6:00 AM
“TOOO SEEEX YAAAEEIGHT, YAA ASSTEEDEEE CAAAL”, THE VOICE OF
THOUSAND ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING IN THE BACKWATERS OF KERALA SOUNDS LIKE A
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY AS COMPARED TO THE BLARING, EAR SHATTERING [DREAM SHATTERING
AS WELL… 6 IN THE MORNING…UGH], CACOPHONY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PASS OFF AS A
MESSAGE. PA SYSTEM THOUGH DESIGNED SO THAT PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO SHOUT MAINLY
FINDS ITSELF AMPLIFYING CONCORDE LEVEL DECIBELS TO SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH- LEVEL
DECIBELS.
I CAN GO ON ABOUT STUFF UNFORTUNATELY MY ROOM IS UNDER ATTACK. THE
DASTARDLY RHESUS DON’T CARE A DAMN WHETHER YOU ARE HURLING THE CHOICEST
EXPLETIVES YOU OVER LEARNT IN THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE OR THE POETIC
ONES THAT ARE THE SPIRIT THE HOCKEY MATCHES AT SANGAM. THEY WON’T LEAVE THE
ROOM UNTIL THEY LEFT YOUR ROOM AS IF HURRICANE HILDA HAD DROPPED IN FOR A CUPPA
TEA, SHOWING THEIR RED BUFFS AS THEY CALMLY WALK AWAY. I THINK ALAK IS THE
PLACE WHERE MY NEW EDUCATION HAS STARTED. I LEARNT TO LEARN AND I LEARNT TO
LIVE.
--SATCHO#267C