Those were the best days of my life.....

We all remember our college days. Usually those are the best days of everyone's life. Life was so unpredictable there. Bunking classes, proxies, collecting photo copies of notes a day before exams, night outs, copying in exams ....and the list goes on. We all miss these things. There is so much to tell about your college days and none of us has forgotten even a single day. Many of us have already begun to write about those golden days, and they are covering every little detail in a very nice way. Hats off to you guys :).

A picture is worth thousand words.... so i will try to cover those four years through pictures...

The first few days in college, we all were dressed in white shirts with third button red, black plated pants, without belts, white socks, and white PT shoes. We all looked funny. We had to bow down everytime we saw a senior in order to give him respect. It was known a "ninety". We had to keep our eyes down while talking to the seniors.
And yeah, this was not ragging. It was PDP (personality development program). Some of us enjoyed it, some of us cursed it, but looking at it now, we all know it laid the foundation of an ever lasting relationship with our seniors who guided and helped us whenever we needed.

No matter how soon we wanted to get rid of that Naini Jail, and what hangama we had done in admin office when we heard that we had to stay one more year in naini, we all still miss those days as the best days of all four year's hostel life. No restrictions, no one to watch us, no one to tell what to do and what not to do. We were there all by ourselves. The most interesting part was, if we miss the bus in the morning, we had to go to college (NSC in first year) by auto and it used to take an hour. So much pain just to sleep in the claases. So most of the times we opted to stay in the hostel. How that one year passed, we had no idea. There was nothing to do in naini, it was a deserted area, we cursed it for one year, but at the time of leaving we realized this is what had brought all of us this close. We would'nt have been this close, had we got all the facilities right from the first year. We all would have been busy playing games, surfing net etc.

Then came our freshers party. Our seniors had organized a grand party. Look at our innocent faces, :) just out of the school, having the first party in college. We really enjoyed this party a lot. Some of us showed their talents also. That time only we came to know some of us have some talents also :). Seniors gave us their names (It may sound funny, but by that time we really didnt know even the names of seniors), their phone numbers, room number and said that we can come to them for any help. And yes, they did help us a lot.

Ohh my gosch!!!! The semester exams. 80% students like me didnt even know the syllabus one day before the exam. Rest 19% did know the syllabus and had arranged for the notes. (ohh sorry, photocopy of the notes). Only 1%, may be less, had their own notes. We used to run from one room to another just to find out if someone knows what to read and from where. Then the great Jagga always proved to be a saviour. He used to take classes of whatever he had read. Thanks a lot jagga, we all are here only because of you.

This was the day when i started drinking. We had asked our senior ( he is more like a friend) Rajan Sir, to give us treat for his placement. He told us, treat means drinking. So either we had to drink or no treat at all. So we opted for drinking :). And yeah it was great fun. I dont exactly remember what i drank that night, most probably it was just beer. How i continued after that, all of you know :).

And there we were after drinking and full tally. On the roof of CC1, i donno what we were doing at 2-3 A.M. As far as i can remember we were dancing for some time. Then we kept lying there for a long time, singing songs, cracking jokes, laughing loudly and may be planning for future. All i can recall now is that it was 4 in the morning when we were heading back to hostel. It was a total fun. Thanks a lot for that day Rajan Sir.

So we too gave a legendary farewell party to our seniors. Ohh my god, that was hell of a party. We had arranged a dance group also, u remember that guys?? Good, if you dont. So we had many events also, apart from that dance grp, but i remember only one, the paper dance. We asked our seniors to dance with any gal of their and then our batch. I dont remember exactly ( I had begun to drink), please correct me if i m wrong. We all danced like no one was watching :).

Then it was time when we all were preparing for place- ments. We used to wake up all night studying. That was the only time in four years when were actually reading. And, if you wake up all night, then you need something to keep you awake. Thats where the contribution of daddu comes in. We used to go to his stall at 4 A.M. Getting samosa-chola, bun-butter, and chai at that time was all you needed. We used to go there almost everyday in spite of the cold in winters, but it was worth it. We discussed anything and everything, from movies to sports to international issues etc while going there and coming back from there.

So the day finally came, when we all were placed in some or the other company. To celebrate this, we could not think of any other place than "Glassy". Glassy in civil lines was the only classy place. That had become the private bar of B2K4. We played the songs we liked, we danced ..... glassy guys had begun to know us from our faces. We were their regular customers. We had countless parties there. Glassy adds a very valuable contribution to the classy b2k4 days. Is'nt it guys???

Hey guys, you remember that "paani ki tanki" in our hostel roof. That was one of our "drinking places". Sneaking to the roof through broken window, wow. If you needed privacy while drinking, you go there and turn your cell phones off. Because you cant stop others to come into your room, in CC or whatever. This was the place. I miss that "paani ki tanki" too, dont you?

Rock On dudes!!!!!!! Head banging was all we needed. When I was in school, i had never heard Rock. That must have been the case with most of you guys also. But by last year of our college, we all were very well known head bangers... sounds cool hmmm. Metallica, Led Jeppling, Linkin Park....... they are were in our heart and soul. Music is something which binds us all together. And, we all loved it.

A post about or college days can not be complete without this party. Cisco had offered jobs to 14 guys of our batch. It was huge. So there had to be grand party. Where??? What could be the best place for such a great occasion?? Yeah... it was the great pandey's home. I couldnt believe the arrangement he had at his home. Countless beers, Whisky, Scotch, Vodka....everything was there. The best part, we were getting 'garma-garam' pakodas for snacks. That night was one of the gretest nights of four years. Many of us started drinking that day only :).
Thanks Pandey.....

We cant forget that Naini Bridge. That was one of the best places in Allahabad. We could walk there for hours. There was a famous "Chaat -wala" in the start of the bridge. But nothing beats the beauty of Naini Bridge in the night. Standing there on the bridge, cool breeze touching your face softly, looking into the flowing water of Yamuna, you felt like going into nothingness. We have done some of the craziest things there, but drinking beer on naini bridge in one of or nightouts and then watching a movie sitting there was the best one.

Hey, we B2K4, were awesomely awesome at one thing. Saying anything straight from the heart. There was this event in Effervescence known as "Street Play" (nukkad natak), where students were the judges, we could say anything and no one was there to stop us. It gave us the opportunity to speak our heart out. Summarizing all issues, all kands, mimicking professors etc in a 5-7 min play and that too in a way which would entertain everyone was'nt that easy, but we were creative enought to be best at it. First prize in 'nukkad naatak' for three years in a row, how does it sound bro.... Hats off B2K4. :)

We completed our B.Tech that day. It was our last exam of B.Tech. We all were too happy. Finally, we had done it :). We were ready to march into a new world. It was a very different feeling. Many of us, like me, who thought at that time B.Tech. was enough, had theoretically given the last exam of their life(A lot has changed since then, and now i feel post grad is a must). No more one night fights before exams, no more tension n all that. But today after completing one year in professional life, i can say that one day fight was far more exciting and fun than this predictable life we are living now.

Thats what i earned in those most important four years of my life, friends for life. They were always there for me and they still are, it does'nt matter if the physical distances have changed from some hostel rooms to cities or even countries, we all are still close. Close enough to get everything done the same way as we did in hostel, close enough to celebrate together, close enough to share everything together. I wish we could have a reunion ASAP.

Everything comes to an end, so did it. It was my last day in the college. I had spent all night in CC1 and was going back to hostel at 6 in the morning. I still didnt want to leave CC, but i had to pack my stuff to go back home. Going home is always a pleasure, but i dint want to. IIITA had become a home, and my friends were my family. But i had to go, there was no other choice. If i had a choice, yeah i would wanna be there. Those were the best days of my life....

Miss you guys a lot. Miss you B2K4...Miss you IIITA, thats where i belong.
-Myself, B2004051.