Remember Remember the 18th of September!


For exactly 3 months after it all started, as the clock ticked 4.30pm & I submitted the at-LAST Communication Skills answer sheet in the examination hall a.k.a Baddy Court, the Module-1 (or statistically speaking 16.67% of my stay) in NITIE came to an end.

To say that these last 3 months will register in my Mind-Map as an exciting part of my life, will be a grave under-statement. For the events in this module have revolved in the 100% confidence interval of being ‘completely outrageous’ to ‘absolutely laugh-o-mania’. And so I decided to reward the best of them all with a well-deserved Oscar!



So, here go the nominations:

10th - “The greatest journeys are the ones that take you back home” – The ‘blessing in disguise’ swine flue time at home sweet home!

Himanshu (with that super-desperate look on his face) : Plzzzzzzz let us board the flight mam – its very important!!!

Flight official: Sorry! Only 10 minutes left for the flight takeoff now… Your too late…

Himanshu: Can it be rescheduled mam??

Flight official: Ya it can be… Go to the flight counter NOW!

And so the 3 shocked souls (Me, Himanshu & Anant) make a desperate run for the flight counter… Well it turned out to be a lucky day or maybe the start of lucky things for all of us… The flight got rescheduled :-)! We all went to our cherished homes. Initially for just 4-5 days, but the swine scare extended it to 10-11 days in the end! To get such a loooong break while studying in a MBA college & that too in the First Module is (in just word): SUPER-KOOOOOOOL

9th – Mid-term tests@NITIE... You don’t know a thing… And then the Group task begins :D

Not once, Not twice but thrice!! ‘Theory of Cooperativity’ was in full application at Syndicate-1 and to maximum effect. The Gang of Guruji, Chandu & BF ensured that the NPL (Non Performing Liability) cleared these tests with a HUGE smile on his face! Thanks guys for all the help… Rest assured, it will be payback time in Mod-2!!

8th – ‘14th-18th September, 2009’ OR ‘At My Wits End’ Week :-(

50 minutes remaining in the Marketing exam… And I felt like being the main protagonist of the movies – Dev D/Requiem for a Dream/Trainspotting! For my head started spinning, hear-beat started racing & eyes were dizzying… Well, it had to happen sooner than later – The workoload was just mind-crushing… Complete night-outs followed by 6 hours exams daily without breakfast/lunch/dinner and surviving only on tea, black-tea, biscuits took its toll. It culminated with me having to take Glucon-D bottoms up shots for the last exam :P Undoubtedly, one of the toughest times ever in my life!

7th – “Learning on the street, Nobody can beat”

MANDI’09 was indeed a life-time experience… To know more, please read my previous post guys – ‘Dial M for Mandi (2009)’!

6th – THE Gunda Movie ;)

‘Munni meri behen munni, munni meri behen munni, tu toh mar gyee? Lambu ne tujhe lamba kar diya? Maachis ki tili ko khamba kar diya?’

I had the honour of watching this cult movie in this mod & it triggered such a laughter attack that Nishant became Munni with his CRACKLING laughter. A MUST WATCH – This one will be treasured for a life-time!

5th – 7 or 8 Tequila shots!!!

Its tough to believe that around 2 years back, the use and application of the word ‘Booz’ (in every possible form) had an instant repelling effect on me. For on that Tunga night, I practically surprised myself. It was the first party at NITIE enlightened by kariaoke and the rocking atmosphere. And then it started… For someone from the opposite sex started gulping one T-shot after another & the blenders prided me just could not stand it… as far as I can remember, I was Tequalised-7/8 in the end & she won with a Tequalised factor of 8. Damn that!! But this had set the booz flowing for rest of the NITIEism :D

4th – THE GROOVE’09

The first 3 days will always have a special place in my NITIE story. For it started everything with a stunning IMPACT. For more details: do read my earlier post: ‘CHAOS THEORY – Begins & How!!!’

*Bronze Medalist* – “Escape is only the beginning” (Prison Break – Season-1)

A very good friend had advised me sometime back: If you want to know what is meant by getting addicted? Watch – PB! And he was RIGHT!!

I tasted the Addicto during my homely stay… the 40 minutes of the first episode were superb… but the ending 5 minutes shook me inside out!!! It was 3.30am then… I had to watch 4 episodes that night & slept at 6am… & the rest is HISTORY!! Back to hostel – And the sleepless & PB-full nights began… it was almost as if the (2-8)am slot was booked for PB! A deserving 9/10 on IMdB – the season had me hooked like nothing before! No TV series have had that effect on me before :-)

“Preparation can only take you thus far, after that you need a few leaps of faith…………”

As Mod-2 is about to begin now, can Season-2 be far behind..!! Ask AIR-WIND-RAJ-ANNA :P

**Silver Medalist** - The 6th Floor GANG!!!

He started as a Brave-Fart, moved on to become a Bhasadi & is now a unique mixture of Bakar (50%), that 32-teeth SMILE (20%), the supremely-organized roomie (10%) and a would-be batch topper (9%)… The rest 1% of this chemically laughing-stock mixture consists of infinite elements…………………….

He started with the Munni Act, then moved on to even bigger LAUGHING Acts such as roaring at the top of his voice (which may put his sound-blaster lappy to shame :P), falling off the bed while laughing & then gave that ultimate BOOZ-ALL-OUT act on that C-party night which will be remembered forever!! This Munji Ki Kunni, atleast for me, is the DRIVING force of our GANG……………………………….

He started with an all-sleepy-lecturey-image, then differentiated himself with some stellar on-stage comparing in Mandi & Denovo, & also delivered that PERFECT Sleepy extempore with all the nuances of this classical art! But then this was just one side of our very own Chandu. His other side as a PB initiator for me, the CS champ, a mind full of ideas, the head-banging-rocking party soul and what not…… Chandu bhai is just too good!!

This ‘C for’ guy deserves a special mention…. The only one who can contest with Munni for that elusive title of the biggest C :P For me, he is the JOKER in the pack… the icey-koooooool of them all, the guy with that amazing smile & all the bhasadi ideas up his sleeve……………

He started as a LOVE GURU, & then became the GURU of everything he laid his hands upon… A magnificent brain, he is the only one in the GANG who is more than capable of cracking the SAD-O-GHOSH code & balancing the Sundry debtors shit :P

He started as a buffety Doon bloke for me, moved on to become a 7th wonder, and is now our very own DADDU. The most stable & level-headed dude around, he is almost unflappable when it comes to setting those ghastly confidence intervals……………….

And then there is NPL, armed with that one-and-only Sui & a thing for everything that was considered traditionally BAD but modernity otherwise – the opposite sex, the boooooz & good-for-nothing guy :P

These are the 622,621,619 & 612 Gangers!

And they are the ones that make NPL’s life in NITIE a laughing riot, a freaking great experience and an absolutely fundoooooooo joy-ride!!! THANKS GUYS – Love you all :-)

***GOLD-MEDALIST***

So the time has arrived, after all those superb nominations, this has to be something extremely special to make the CUT – To become the KING OF GOOD TIMES…….

And the OSCAR goes to – “Blood, Booz & Baddy Night - The Free Fall” :) ;) :P :D

How many of us have wanted to enact the Dev D’s falling act of Pardesi??? Or wanted to know how does it feel to get KNOCKED OUT??? And to do it all in front of an audience ranging in hundreds!!! For me, it happened on that night…. The freshers party night!!!

8 shots of BP + 4 shots of Vodka can be a fatal combination… Add to that some high-octane music and dirty dancing… And one is destined to hit those dizzying HEIGHTS… So when Godmother decided to take my hand and into our own friends group, it happened: I moved a leg on that slippery all-boozy floor and the next second I was down on the floor with a BANG (to know the exact sound you can contact Saini), with my spectacles gone for a toss & I just BLACKED-OUT!! When I finally stood up with all the supreme efforts of the Saini-Mohan duo, someone just burst – ‘He is bleeding’. Yes this was BLOOD, & it was REAL.

The B-Cube combination had worked to perfection! The rest of that unforgettable night was spent in that ALL-OUT mode & I awoke a supremely satisfied soul the next day! For that ‘Free Fall Act’ will go down in my memory book as one of those – ’10 Things to Do before you Die’ :-)

THE END

P.S. They say that MOD-2 is much more enjoyable than MOD-1. Roger that :P