Yes, the inevitable evening has arrived. Evening of the most cherished phase of our life - COLLEGE LIFE. Imagine you and your friends, sitting on a wall and seeing the sun setting down. A blanket of darkness and chill covers you. Much like the end of a heart-warming show. A very terrified thought crosses your mind - What will happen tomorrow morning? Where will I be? Why 'this' can't be continued eternally long? And your heart shrinks - this is what closely feels like in the last-ever week of the 4 years of your cant-be-described-in-words college life.
I am no exception to it. Though I am not leaving this year but I am still feeling the same and that's because my friends are graduating. They will leave. So will a part of mine with them. Over a span of these 4 years, I've had the luxury of company of some awesome people who have affected me in one way or another. And in my timeline, they deserve end credits.
CLASSMATES -
- Varinder Singh Grewal, Kiranjot Singh Deol and Akash Garg - A day will surely come when both of you will leave the game after half-time and score shall read 6-0 with Real Madrid at my disposal and Akash 22 ji, Ajmer is your home too now. Be it classes, assignments, CTs, labs or endsems - these guys never gave a rat's ass to anything. Deol, being a prodigal coder, got placed in Facebook, Vinda in Adobe and Miss in Paypal.
- Ayush Rawat, Saurabh Pratap Singh, Chirag Agarwal, Kapil Agarwal, Sahitya Agarwal and Prashant Chaudhary - I can sum up my whole 2nd year with these people. Always high on energy.
- Yashpal Singh and Nishant Kumar - These two require special mention. Palu and Drag were always there after what happened in 3rd year. Yashpal, I mean it when I said I'll light up whole of the Udaipur for you and Nishant, aaj raat main free hun. :D
- Ravi Nagar, Ishan Tyagi and Ravi Bhanu - If you have an awesome starting, you enjoy the journey thoroughly. These 3 along with Vijay were all I had back in my freshman year. Guys, I apologize for not continuing with the same pace but I still share those brotherly feelings. Nagar, I was writing this blog when you were going through job interviews and I am finishing it with the news of your placement. Happy days all over again. Congrats!!
- Abhishek Ranjan (GOD), Kamlesh Kumar Mahawar and Ravi Kumar - I seriously dont know why Ranjan sees me as a versatile person. A supportive friend indeed. And I dont know what to say about Bobo. A simple guy with a pure Rajasthani heart. Are Netaji, Pranam - a true leader and a very humble person.
- Jahnavi Singhal and Kumar Ankit - You cannot find a humble person teaming up with a self-righteous one. Former one is a conventional believer whereas latter one is a rational logic appraiser. Part of the only group which I didn't leave. You guys are just great.
- Sonul Saxena - One of the finest persons I've ever met. A true gem of a person, dear friend, sincere student, sober personality, musician with a terrific voice, avid traveller... - are you still looking for more adjectives? Apart from my music group, she's the only person who can identify as well as appreciate acoustic bass. Captain, karke dikhaenge....han bhai han...:D
MUSIC GROUP -
- Kushagra Sharma - The one who didn't want to be a bassist just because being one wasn't cool. He started with being a hardcore Green Day supporter and ended up as a good critic of Porcupine Tree. He hates being scolded in front of juniors. Kushagra, I have attended Porcupine Tree live and have met Steven Wilson in person. 1 me - you 0.
- Hardik Shah - Unarguably the best guitarist/musician in college. A great admirer of progressive genre and a fine teacher of music theory. We started with For Whom The Bell Tolls and ended on Tom Sawyer with 2 OCs on our list.
- Vivek Singh Grewal - You meet the low frequency God now. Deeply interested in classic rock but always talk in probabilistic terms - han, main dekhta hun..kuch karte hain..ho jayega..bas 5 min me aata hun..
- Harshit Pareek - He's my brother and a fine tabla player. He represents the Indian Music Club of the college and have a great passion for fusion genre. One of the few who genuinely don't believe in the segregation of music into Indian and Western. ;)
- Aditya Prasad - You just cant match this person's intellect. A true versatile person - CGPA >8.5, even got 9 once, doesn't do STUFF and a classic rock guitarist. You are a real inspiration to budding musicians.
And I just can't leave mentioning Akshit Jain - My buddy since class 4 and continuing with me till the college. Be it school classes, lunch breaks, Kota, 13th, college - he was there with me for every single minute. My brother from another mother.
I apologize to all those whose names I haven't mentioned here but you all too made this journey a joyous one.
I hope you've had the TIME OF YOUR LIFE.
