Me and The Class of 2007, IMNU

A whole era kind of like draws to a close... (she feels like writing this post the 'I' way... ya ya go ahead.. heave a sigh of relief!! :D)

Well... Just got over with the last term's end term examination... and MBA is over! The song on her pod.. 'Roobaroo... Dil Chahta Hai.'

"aye saala
abhi abhi huaa yakeen
ki aag hai mujh mein kahi
hui subaah main chal gaya
suraj ko main nigal gaya
roobaroo roshni

jo gumshuda-sa khwaab tha
voh mil gaya
voh khil gaya
woh loha tha pighal gaya
kichhaa kichhaa machal gaya
sitaar mein badal gaya
roobaroo roshni

dhuaan chhataa khula gagan mera
nayi dagar naya safar mera
jo ban sake tu hamsafar mera
nazar mila zara

aandhiyon se jaghad rahi hai lau meri
ab mashaalon si bhad rahi hai lau meri
naamo nishaan
rahe na rahe
ye kaaravaan
rahe na rahe
ujaale main pi gaya
roshan hua ji gaya
kyon sehte rahe
roobaroo roshni

dhuaan chhataa khula gagan mera
nayi dagar naya safar mera
jo ban sake tu hamsafar mera
nazar mila zara
roobaroo roshni aye saala!"

The lyrics are here coz the words actually hold significance today... :-)

This blog started while I have been in Nirma... loving every bit of being here and loving every bit of writing my days... This post will have quite a few references to previous posts... don't be lazy.. click away!!! :)

I remember that day in the basketball field before registration day... It was just that then it was, 'a basketball court'! Today it is a mass of memories.. (yes of that day too.. :)) Sitting in a circle... trying hard to break the ice with each other... trying to figure out the kind of people we'll be spending our days with... nervous anticipation?! Today.. shouts, screams, sounds of the basketball and CT! That's like an automatic association! When any dyNIMite thinks of basketball.. CT is an automatic, the man, the champ! Of course.. follows like this vivid image of the whole team in red 'sports shorts!!!' I clearly recall that match with the IIM guys... sabki 'fati padi thi' looking at the size of their players and the girls instead of cheering the home team were swooning over the guys!! :D And then, hamara apna CT - mid match takes control of the ball... and starts barking out startegy and order... everybody stands glued to their spots before they realize again, 'hey! ye kya tha??!!!' Lots of matches and injuries have happened on that court... It's a court I've often looked onto from the ledge of her balcony at night and am still kinda mesmerized... (jabse we've been caged it's kinda safe to sit on the ledge and the world keeps thinkin she's tryin to commit suicide! Chillax re!! N try it.. it's an amazing place to be.. elevated and removed from the world!) Here's the caged reference: Jailbirds (CT - u've been like this pillar I have off loaded on whenever... u've always found the time to listen... and your 'bol na...' has always made it easy.. Thanx buddy!)

My next thought is of NCL.. Nirma Champions League! She won a silver medal and a bronze medal! Haan kaafi log behosh hoke gir gaye the when she won the silver for the 100 m flat race!! Motee jeet gayi race!!! :D NCL was where we all bonded... The dirt, the chants, the spirit, the games.... all exhilirating! NCL brings to mind Anant... An awsum buddy! Everybody should have a friend like this vishalkaya praani! Jhonny to the boys and scary to the girls! :D He's actually 'anant.. - no end!' Apni dhun me chale hain... for the luv of food! I think that's how we bonded...! Apart from the fact that for the first few days our roll numbers demanded we sit together and I would invariably sleep through EVERY damn lecture!!! The expression on his face: 'Kuch to sharam kar le yaar!!!!' Her reaction, 'Ab neend aa rahi hai to kya karoon???' :D We've always been there for each other when either of us has wanted to talk and he totally luvs the back massages he gets from yours truly...! It was kinda cute when he told me about Pavan... yes, the woman of his dreams... :-) And since that day they've been this totally cute couple! Kudos to 'em... N Pavan's title of 'Mrs Golden Boot' had Anant properly blushing! :D (I'll get kicked for writing all this!!!) talking of titles, yours truly got called, 'Iron Lady!' Yeah yeah.. go ahead, smirk all you want!!

Ab class aur neend tak pahunch hi gaye hain to the other guy who used to sit beside her was Anubhav...'apne Chachaa!' The quietest, decentest guy types feeling you'd get when you r around him... well lets just say, some people take time to flower! He used to hate playin tic-tac-toe with me 'coz even a terrible player like me would win from him! Dada aur meri conversations k beech me kaafi fas type k jaate the chachaa... Dada!!! Ah! The first thing that comes to mind is, 'Hungry India! Poor India!' And the next one is 'this conversation' (click the link) that I had with him one day... He's been this amazing person I've just rambled up to and we've had some of the most amazing converastions from life to girls to guys to relationships to jus conjusring up visions of food! I will always remeber that totally on the spur of moment kinda trip till Gota to buy oranges and grapes.. kyn? Kynki dhoop me baith k khaane the!! :D Vo alag baat hai ki as Dada saw the cricket team comin his only reaction was, 'arrey chhupa lo yaar! ye log sab kuch kha jayega!' :DD Dada you still owe me a chocolate!! :) n whenever life gives me the chance I will most certainly ramble up to you and eat your head!!

Dada se yaad aata hai 78 mm... 78mm k teen log - Baba and Bhasin and Barwala (all B's)! Bhasin calls Baba n me 'nark (bole to hell) k farishtey!' N Baba calls him 'biiiiiii......tch!' Bhasin saab hain hamare wounded soldier... stylebhai true n complete, curly hair, thin frame, gora chitta dilli da munda! :D Bechare ne mujhse bahut maar khaayi hai! But he's a sweetheart all the same... hamesha dhamkaata hai 'ek din na maar dunga tujhe' Mera reaction, 'maar le!' Janaab ka khauf, 'arrey nahi yaar.. !' :D

Baba - Friend, philosopher, guide! He's the one person who can figure out the abstractedness of my head... Try calling him sweet and all hell shall break loose upon you... But I somehow manage to get away with it! (not everytime though! :D) Hidimbaa is what I was named for my 'rakshasi hansi' and Motee to khair main hoon hi! The walks on this campus that I've taken with him sometimes in complete silence, sometimes talking his head off and bugging him completely I will always cherish! And then again, the love of food applies here too! :D Here are some earlier ramblings... click here and then here!

Barwala! Talk of couch potatoes and he's Mr Potatohead!! I will not say more excpet for pointing out that I have no idea how he got the inclination to get dressed in formals on our last formal Monday... but the slippers say it all! :D

Baba n Barwala se yaad aata hai MITE and the Rock idols concert we attended (karo is link ko click!)! MITE aur uski daadhi, MITE and his kine, MITE and his folded jeans, MITE and his ajeeb si but bahut hi sweet si chaal and MITE and me forever goin, 'I totally luv the shirt ur wearin' everyday!!!!! :D All i will say about this guy is, 'He' got a heart of gold!' and that's a rare find! :) (whoppee! lucky me!)

Then of course there's the rest of 78mm... Jagrit, Rao, Rathore and Uncle! Jagrit (or Mundu as I call him) was sadly caught one day by yours truly walking with a sweet lil girl holding her frilly, lavender colored umbrella! I haven't let him live it down since then!! Rathore - ek hi shabd: "Charsi!" :D Aur fir hamare pyare Uncle! a 30 year old guy... (haan uncle bhi ladkibaazi karte hain) philosophy aur accents k alava koi kaam na hai inhe!! Struggler as he likes to call himself... But will always remain Uncle to me! :)

Ab yahan se hamari kahani jaati hai TP ki aur n TP queen ka naam na aaye aisa ho nahi sakta! She's just started readin this blog and I love her for lovin it!! :))) We've had our highs and lows and we've bonded slowly over time... All parties she's worn my clothes! (n i've loved every bit of givin em to her! ) and i've been the earring supplier for both her n Nity! This angel positively glows in the presence of her 'Knight in shining armour' and is fun to be with! (The rest of our memories are girls hostel classified!! :D) Nity aka Neetika - 'fairy Godma!' aur koi naam ho hi nahi sakta! saari duniya ka bokh apne kandhe pe liye ghoomti hai... We bonded properly properly when madam had her fracture... I can never forget balancing her and makin her walk a lile everyday.. sitiing down together for chai n gappe! :-) The bond we share.. when I think about it... I can only smile coz seriously my heart lights up! I can walk up to her any time any moment and we can talk of anythin! She blames me for her mutapa... technically Ma ki galti hai! the nariyal k laddoo and the cakes!!! Check this out!!

The three of us had this most amazing time in Abu... yup just 3 girls!!! (The details are here) Girl bonding!! :) Neetika is getting engaged on the 25th of this month... (yes to that one guy who she can't even dream of livin without and who keeps thinking she'll run away!!) :D Congrats darling!! And as I write this the sun shines brightly on me... Even the skies are happy!

Nity (Neetika), Mannu (Manvika), Paanchat (Ruchi), Cherry (Jyotika), Ma (Sneha) and Ani (Meee!)! The padhai ki toli! We would start our song of books and padhai a week before the exams and the whole hostel was first shushed by us, 'dheere bolo! we r studyn ya!' and then rocked by our combined laughter over some pathetic joke!! :D That's us!! Mar mar k kuch karke padhai kar hi lete the.... masti khori bhi itni ki u can't even imagine! Cherry the hitler had the job of colecting us all together and making us study and yours truly holds the record of teaching them a chapter from sales and distribution in 4 n half minutes flat!! :D Khaana, peena, ladna, marna, hasna padhan! We've dun it all!!! (eventually we let up studyin a week before and started jus a day before and then a night before! and then it grew more and more difficult 'coz of the perpetual gales of laughter! (Here's on of the best days I had with Paanchat and Nity!)

Ruchi - She's the one who's been carried around by me (against her wishes) maximum number of times!! Kabhi gol gol ghumaya bhi hai! The others who have been victims are Pavan, Smriti, DDT, Bipasha and Cherry! Movie buff and and always there to listen... and to hug inspite of the fear of getting crushed in my bear hug! :) Princess Sensitivus! Luv ya stupid... keep smilin hamesha (its a very cute smile)!!!

Pavan Smriti and DDT - or Charlies Angels!! :) They stay diagonal to my room... and have all been beaten up or glared at for saying sorry and thank you! My fondest memory of them is the lizardventure! (yes click again!) And of course... they are part of my foodie message list! Now ur wonderin what that is?? All the people who come down when yours truly comes back from home with a cake to pakka and the other goodies that Mommy dearest packs in!!

Mommy se yaad aayi mujhe meri nirma ki Mommyyyyy!! Shekhar Ruparelia! :D (I know i will get kicked for this... i just know it) But he's serisouly got this comforting motherly aura about him and whenever I come from home and go to the Mess... my only cry is 'Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy' and he is somehow always around to hear it!!! :D You what comes to mind when Shekhar comes to mind?? Now you'll say Shekhar! Ha ha very funny!! Bournvita Quiz Contests title track - 'Books books booka, ba ba loba la, books books books.... the questions come, they chase each other, its the one place where my search can end....' :) Inspite of his frame he managed to strangle me.... n the pic is proof enuff! Buddy... you are the kind of friedn I know I can call up at 3 in the morning even after work starts and you will listen to me... :) N as usual all i've got to say is this... >---------:)---------< href="http://naughtyspark.blogspot.com/2007/03/mini-n-ani.html"> [yes tht's a whole post dedicated to her] and then here) has always troubled him and teased him with words like, 'meri roomie ne mujhe chocolate di... abhi hum chocolate sticks kha rahe hain... nariyal k ladoo... barfi.... etc etc!' and his cries have always been, 'seekh kuch shekhar! seekh!!!' :DD

Well yahan se hum chalte hain to Debbie.... he's the one person who had it in him give me a true opinion of my painting!! I love his sarcasm and hate him for it!! :D The comment is here...

Ab boys hostel ka safar - the first mention will obviously be Baap! Neeraj aka Baap! Inka jeevan - Gameso devaya namah!! :D Fooooodie!!!!! (yeah yeah yeah - bol lo ab, 'kitna khaati hai!!!') Awwsum buddy and another creature with a goldened heart! (call me lucky if u will) Major movie buff... I can never ever forget the image of him, Dhaval and paanchat on his antiquated scooter, bina headlight ka - going to RWorld andhere me!!!!! :DDD Toatlly sweeeet!

Next up: Dalal! Baap ka ex-roomie!! (oops.. forgot to tell ya about Baap's sleepiness.... khelna, khana aur sona hai iski lifecycle.. kabhi kabhi galti se aankhen malta malta class bhi pahunch jaata hai! :D) Aaaj kal naya naam - Ganja! Kaafi sehensheel hai! Mujhe jhel leta hai!!! His long nails can rival any girls! Inka title hona chahiye, 'Dedicated Boyfriend' He's so sweetly in luv.. it's amazing!

Luv se yaad aate hain hamare Bade Bhaiya! Inki ada hi narali hai! Typical metrosexual male... a atyle and class all his own.. calls me Chhoti and I totally luv it! :) Luv se kyn yaad aaye? His long conversations with his Princess are known to all! IT champ as many call him - he's another gem of a person!!

Inke bina ye post adhoora hai (haan haan I know it's quite long already!) :D RDX as they call him... Kaaaal as he is better known! Sweet in his own wierd ways! Doston ka dost! (n now guess why im smilin) and dushmano ki to khair nahi!!! :))) Somehow yahan se mujhe Kota yaad aata hai! (Raj will kill me for this... n now Kota for this! :D) Like I was saying to Kota just today... he needs this babe of a wife who'll keep him straight all his life!! (umm... pun not intended! gayi main aaj to!!) You got it - that's Kota n me!! Bahut taang kheenchi hai maine iski!! :D

Aur fir Vaidi! He used to hate us callling him by that name but eventually got used to it! :) He's like the Grandpa variety.. caring and lecturing!! :D Isko mujhse bhi kaafi lectures pade hain!! aur maar bhi!!!!!!!!!! :D He's happily in luv... God bless em both! We've had sum fun times together! Nity me n him! The Euphoria concert, upper crust, the wild kinetic rides! All of it! I can never forget... Vaidi on his bike n Nity n me on the kine.. suddenly Nity looks at the watch n says abhi to 10 hi baja hai!!! Fir kya tha... yours truly suddenly changed course at Thaltej chaukdi. 1 road goes staright on to college and 1 turns in to the city - guess which one we took??!! :D

N how can I ever forget Sexy Sam!! (lots of GH classified stuff on him!) :D But now sexy sam with a paunch that sticks out under his t-shrts!!! Sexy nonethless as some would say! :D

Mai apne bete ko kaise bhool sakti hoon??? Kaandu! Mera adopted beta! TCS ka interview.. ghabraya hus ek bachcha aur ek naari neeli sari me bachche ko saantvana deti hui! Thus started the mother-son relationship! I've taken his case for the innumerable sutas he smokes every living day... ! :))

Placements! Aaah! The days of our lives!! the days that made us, broke us, brought us together!!! (Click here - Placements beyond! ab kar bhi lo click!) These are those days that are so clearly pasted in all our minds!!!! Cheers to the Class of 2007!

Coming back to the girls hostel - the Girls dance parties are quite a hit! And Damini rocks!! From that first image of a snooty 3 pointer... she's now a dear friend! Extremes me masti - bole to Damini! That one session of Dumb charades and taboo (at which Bipasha rocks!! :D I still remember the day you did my tarot lady... n yes.. most of it has come true!) is quite a memory too! (Click here for a brief account! :D) Hamari benches! Many a moment has been happily spent sitting there gappoing... doin assignments et al!

Assignments bring to mind the lectures - it took me a whole term to learn not to sleep in class! I still plonk off a lot of times though! (sheepish grin!) :D PK Yadav and Aneesha Gulati and the look of the year contest! I was nodding my head, pretending that mujhe to sab samajh aa raha hai! Reality: She was fast asleep and had no idea of what's goin out! the prof had that figured out and that's why she was looking at him with a zombified expression that said, 'me??? you talkin to me??!!' The whole class roared!!! :D

Class, batch, Black Day!!! A fight for our freedom of speech! 'They' were trying to ban cellphones on campus!!!!! :) We fought, stood by each other and won! (the thought kinda still brings goosebumps!) Point to ponder: Is it a coincidence that our sweatshirts are black too???

The pups on campus, the dogs too! Someone asked her, 'ye kutte girls hostel k saamne hi kyn rehte hain?' Somewone answered o n their own, 'haam vaise... yahan khana milta hai! pyar milta hai! vahan to laat hi padegi!' Many a girl has crossed the doorstep of the girls hostel only to go back in to wash her hands... Those darlings are way too cute to avoid pamperin em! :) (and ya.. i still dream of a drak grey apso called "Corny" with the pinkest of paws! My roomie's promised to gift him to me!!! :))) )

Some of her other moments that this blog has captured:
Bliss!
Just us! (a totally unforgettable moment!)
My Bithday! :)

and then more memories of new year clebrations, bonfires and holi! (Brilliant rollercoaster ride!) Can't capture the moments of making maggi... ubalaoin doodh and forgetting all about it only to be screamin aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa till it falls! Of sittin on the stairs and sharing our lives.... of the long long nights which lasted till twilight! Of Nike and his camera and the many beautiful images... of the IP wars and of the tapri mixture and chai! Of the cry of food at somewhere around 10 in the night when the mess closes only to find ourselves at Rajhasthan! Of the midnight feats, of the mathri and achaar! Of... of... of... EVERYTHING!!!!

Myriad memories of the many moments with a batch of 123! (who came to inhabit the vast green lanes and grey buldings of the Institute of Management, nirma University through a CAT that had 123 questions!) (Credit: Ananat for remembering)

These are the lives that really touched her in these two years... that's not to say others did'nt! She was just kinda more close to them! She's loved every moment she's spent with everyone!! Serious!! :)) (ya I know it's rare!) And this all she has to say, 'Don't be afraid to dream for out of these fragile things come Miracles!' :)

Well, here's to the survival guide we all call an MBA! Cheers people! You all rock! You've made a difference to me in your own special ways... Thanx guys! (Don't hit me na please!)

"Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test
and don't ask why.
It's not a question
but a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life."
- Green Day!