4 Idiots ! .....Our Beginning...."Part III"

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Life @ Shankara after Day 1 ~

Post dinner @ Geethanjali, we walked towards Mylapore tank bus stop. By 9.15 P.M, we reached there .While Ashwin & Swaroop was discoursing with me, Madhav was busy talking to his parents …After sometimes, we saw 29C (The bus in which I had to board to reach Kilpauk) coming from Mandaveli towards Mylai Tank. Once it reached the stop, I was shocked to see the crowd in the Bus coz back home @ Palakkad, by 9.30 people would have slept & the buses at that time would be mostly empty!!...

I skipped the bus & waited for the next. After 5 minutes, another one arrived & it was neither an exception. As it was already 9.40, I boarded the bus amidst heavy crowd. The Journey from Mylai to KMC was an unforgettable one. In the morning, I had drafted the names of all the stops from Mylapore to KMC in my mobile, as I had to travel alone @ Night...15 minutes had passed & I was literally hanging inside the bus. Clueless about where the bus had reached, I requested the conductor to inform when the bus reached KMC…..

Suddenly I hit an aged woman as the Bus stopped abruptly in the middle of the road …The female stared @ me & started to yell as if I was trying to eve-tease her!…I was shocked…The scene was as if a handsome young guy was trying to molest a beautiful lady!!.. But this was a middle-aged aunty who looked pathetic in shape!!.. Ridiculous!!!.... After traveling for a week, I understood that it was an usual stuff in every Bus! In fact, I also found, that only the old ladies bothered to make a big fuss while the young chicks kept silent whenever a guy happened to hit them by mistake!! I wonder how ironically the Tamil Industry has been portraying such scenes in the movies…Lol ….Finally by 10.15; I reached home safely & successfully!!! I hit the bed after narrating the day’s events to Sharan & aunty …..

Good morning Chennai!!!! Oops, it was 8.30 AM & I was still in the bed trying to get up…After refreshing myself I called up Maddy …He briefed me about what they did the previous night & also said ,that Ashwin was trying to Crack the Maths problems that was given to us as a homework !... In our whole group, Ashwin was a big time Nerd who was always worried about something or the other!! …The morning session was spent in shopping & checking mails …From 11.30 to 12.00, I had a power nap in order to curb the sleep during class hours. By 12.45, I left home after lunch.......

“Man, there are no Babes in the class” … As I started this conversation with Swaroop, Ashwin interrupted & asked me to shut up & study! Class was about to commence in another 15 minutes & not many had reached the Institute...

We four were totally different from one another... Madhav rarely spoke about anything while Ashwin always had something to be concerned about ….. Both of them preferred listening to us most of the time...The only exception was me & Swaroop !.. We were movie Buffs & always discussed about Movies, Softwares & Music... While, he takes his stride in praising Yuvan Shankar Raja, I always contradicted him being an avid Illayaraja freak! However, it was always fun being together... Never before in our whole life, we had so much fun on one end & worries on another… not even during our 11th & 12th …The Best thing about us was that we never differentiated each other...Such was our friendship!!

The very purpose of coming early to the class was to catch a comfortable seat under the fan & settle down either in the ultimate or penultimate bench! By 2.15, our classes commenced & we had a new faculty for Mercantile Laws!.. Thank god, he was an exception to all the faculties who taught yesterday…His class was lively & interactive except for the fact that we did not know even a single stuff in M.L to interact!!........

By 4.00, the King of Accounts, Mr.NJN (Abbreviated for safety reasons...Lol) took over the dais & started his story about the way he struggled & cleared C.A examinations with all India Rank!! Even though it was a thought provoking speech, we have heard such stories N times from our Fathers, Uncles and Grand-Fathers & Great Grand fathers!!......

Jokes apart ,he was truly an inspiration for all the students @ Shankara...By, 6.30 another new Economics professor turned up to teach the Micro Economics theory …Suddenly it reminded me of our great professor in 12th, Mr.Srinivasan who made us laugh & shout all the time except teach Economics !..The last 2 hours was spent in studying statistics..

Prior preparations made us slightly comfortable being in the class on Day 2 (I am not talking about our syllabi though, I mean the way to sit & listen to hours long lectures)!!.

Few days had passed & we were totally bereft about our preparations. It hadn’t moved even a single step. The same routine followed for all four of us... Get-up , have breakfast , chit chat , have lunch , go to class , have dinner , reach home , have fun for a while & finally hit the bed...Nothing happened to change... Infact, i was much more pampered @ aunt's place. Sometimes i went for outings @ late night with Sharan & Aunt...Fun was unlimited...

But back @ the Institute, did we get accustomed, neither to the place nor with the people around the Institute ……