Time Of Your Life !!

If I could compare my college life to a F1 Grand Prix, then at this very point of time I would hear a radio message from my team quarters, shouting “It’s the Final Lap mate!!”, and for some reason unknown, unlike the driver sitting in that cockpit I would not want to see the chequered flag, even though I know there’s that Big Champagne awaiting me on the other side.

Before you tread any further, let me issue a formal caveat. Contrary to how it started, this post in no way is a customary adieu to my would be alma mater (I am sure you’ll get plenty of those in near future from my fellow bloggers, but certainly not me) or a tushery encompassing the things I will miss once I leave the gates of my college, It’s nothing but a recap of my college life in the shortest way possible.

YEAR 1: BRAHMACHARYA (Celibate)

“BRAHMACHARYA means student, the duty of a student is to study. On initiation into Brahmacharya the disciple is brought near the Guru for receiving the initiation of mantras.”

Knowledge was what brought me here and what I was here for; but little did I know I’ll take back everything from this place but the prowess of a real engineer. I was shoved up this horrendous place (read college) in the beginning, and just like any other freshman I did not like it one bit.

The priorities were of a different sort:  attaining knowledge, talking to mom at least thrice a day, locking the closets to make sure that your roomie does not use your deodorant, getting up early and experiencing that sense of exhilaration when you are the first one to slide your bucket under the hot water tap as the entire corridor sleeps. Initially I felt like a fish out of the water, but slowly i started getting the hang of it and in a jiffy the once perfect graveyard changed into a utopic land. And gradually I started finding my feet in this strange little world; call it by choice or by plain circumstances which was soon going to turn into my second home.

                                        

The stage is called Brahmacharya for another reason too; my life was devoid of a certain quintessential element (that’s what I thought then), but there was a twist in the tale.

Remarks:
Present CGPA: 8.55  (*Knowledge -  check ✔)

YEAR 2: GRIHASTAASHRAMA

“GRIHASTA means House-holder, after the 'Gurukula Vasa' the student graduates himself into the mundane world, taking a mate to assist him in his performance of Dharmic duties.”

                                    

Ahem ahem, sorry if the buildup line to this chronicle was a little flashy because the story isn’t. Don’t blame me if you find me running through this tale :P, already *jittery*. 

If you are satisfied with a decent CGPA, and all your roommates are already taken by the opposite sex then there is not even an iota of a doubt that your mind will crave for that something , the most beautiful creation of the almighty, a Girl (in case you have such desires then it’ll be better off trading them for suicidal tendencies, after all experience speaks). Somehow I got in the groove, pressed the accelerator and yes pulled it off, the rub of the green went my way momentarily and the Unobtainium was acquired (SLOW CLAPPING) and I capped of the second year of my college life on a high.

Remarks: Present CGPA: 7.95 ( *Enticing the opposite sex- check ✔) 

YEAR 3: VANAPRASTA ASHRAMA ( THE ANCHORITE)

“VANAPRASTA is the third stage, it comes when business, family, secular life like the beauties and hopes of youth have exhausted themselves and need to be left behind. The person retires usually from worldly attachments to lead a life of contemplation and meditation alone”

                         

Nothing is really built to last forever, and it is indeed true, the disaster was waiting to happen, and the legend has it that the apocalypse struck. (Fatalities -1). 
‘GRIHASTAASHRAMA –K.O.’

All the worldly pleasures were gone and I went forward in my pursuit of knowledge, you have to learn to crawl before you learn to walk and this was the learning phase, even more so as I had a semester devoted to industrial training (headfake) and also because I found out the elixir of life – FACEBOOK. It was realization of the ultimate TRUTH, the world of internet is definitely the gateways to NIRVANA. Piddling away time on the sacred space helped me rediscover myself and I knew I was on the right track. I think people like Raghu Ram should be charged for blasphemy, poking fun at the holy grail of modern life.

Remarks: Present CGPA: 8.08 ( *Attainment of Truth, read FB – check ✔)

YEAR 4 :SANNYASA ASHRAMA ( THE RENOUNCED)

“SANNYASI is the fourth stage This is the last 'Ashrama' The wish of the Sannyasi is just to be a 'persona non grata'- one who exists almost without giving any thought to his being, and he exists alone.”

                             

It is quite true what philosophy tell us:  Life must be understood backwards, but at the same time we should not forget the other principle: that it must be lived forwards. This last year is not over yet, but seemingly it is deviating towards the above said, renunciation is what it promises in the end, you shall be on your own when the curtains are pulled down one more time. This is the ugly truth and we can't hide from the fact that a few more months and we will be exposed to face the hardships of life all on our own. We have a little time and so many things to do, but that only spices up the experience. So grab your check lists, add some more things and more importantly start acting, the bubble is about to burst.

Remarks:
Present CGPA state: Happy ( *Have time of your life –check ✔)

(*Meet people who end up as "Friends for Life"- check ✔ )
(*Walk in the gates a denuded boy, but walk out with an envious Beard-  check ✔ )
(*Get so stoned on your inaugural day of intoxication (which later became the terminal day too) that you end up shattering your front two teeth- check ✔ )
                And the icing on the cake is if you top it up with 2 jobs. :D

P.S. All of you still wondering what that ‘Big champagne’ is… KEEP WONDERING!!! :D


Song Request for all the people who've been part of this amazing ride: Time of your life (Greenday)