Freshers at the College

Come September and we see a new batch of freshers in college.The college gets a new hue,freshers bring a whiff of fresh air to the college.Rest of the college is also excited about the news.But Hey!There is a caveat!This is the ragging season,these days even a phatic enquiry by a senior makes national news.Better safe than sorry ,stay away!Ask any one of freshers what is that he/she is looking forward to or is excited or scared about in the new college .It's ragging ,they would repartee.It has become such a bugboo that the freshers move in groups of not less than five .Noticeboards across the college,classrooms and canteens flash notices about the punishments if found 'ragging'and newspaper articles featuring the plight of students who got ragged by their seniors.But has anyone stopped over to think if all the seniors the villians that they are projected to be?Is every senior that keen about scaring the living lights out off his juniors?The media has cast such an image in the minds of the fresh admissions that as they think about the seniors an image of a blood sucking vampire might come in first.There are a few myths regarding ragging that got to be busted .The cases that the news channels report are only a few isolated ones,these are the kind of people who donot deserve to study in a civilized society.You may pick up a couple of cases at maximum.Rest of the seniors are not so keen about doing such things nor does any sane individual derive any pleasure out of such acts of babarism.Students planning to get a new admission look at these and lose their nights sleep thinking that they might be next.The second thing is ,it is a suggestion rather,donot do things that you don't like,never;so that the issue ends there and then.So what is the whole fuss about ragging,it is actually a misnomer,what they mean by ragging is an interaction,small meetings or simply schmoozing with the seniors at the canteen or somewhere else.What good will it do to you or your seniors you might ask.It's just like talking to your elder brother or a cousin.Why?because you are new to the place it's like asking a new acquaintance about his place and whereabouts that further gels into a relationship of a lifetime.Furthermore if the course you are into is a professional course.It is not going to be like your school,it's college, you will not find everything you want in the books,there are other resourses including the online ones.Finding all these all alone is not all that easy.Added to that is the fact that it is not all about the curriculum,there are half a million other factors aswell,professors might not always tell you all these.It is your seniors who will tell you which way to head and what is the right way of doing things.Five to six years down the road may be you come back to your alma mater may be you won't ;may be you meet the members of faculty may be you don't but at the end of the day the people who will be there all along will be your seniors at the college,they will help you with your projects,at your work place , in all walks of life .What I am saying is purely out of personal experience.Thanks to the exquisite coverage by certain sections of media,we donot even have an interaction session that we previosly had.The chummy relationship we had with our seniors ,we don't have it with our juniors.For us the relation has been anything but amicable.They sure are missing something so are we , it's a give and take.We cannot match their energy levels,alacrity,passion and ideas.Whatever it is,wherever we might be heading ,we would like to wish the freshers all the very best.May they excel in whatever they do.Just a reminder,any sort of help no matter how silly it might sound,don't hesitate to meet your seniors and discuss.No matter what the college or people around you might say we are always there.

Fun Days of Final year of College

I was looking out of the bus during my daily trip to the college,lucky to get a seat in the regularly jam packed bus,when I overheard a conversation of a couple of girls discussing their 'future' plans.Then I realised something that we knew all along but kept ignoring,we are in the Final Year of our graduation.
It seems like just yesterday when it was my first day of the college and suddenly all the things from the past came storming in,time really flies.But wait,am in the final year and that means there is just one more year,a few more months and we will be out of College.
While many of my friends must have been celebrating,for me the feeling grows pathetic by the day.How often do we miss out on the few small things in life that bring a smile on ourface?Yeah,pretty often!We have been leading such a mechanical life that it is rare when we find sometime to sit back and relax and things are going to get worse once you start working.
College is the place where we forget all pains and feel comfortable.So what is so cool about the college you might ask,starting from morning when there is a wild orgy just to get a toehold in the local bus to the college! or your Professor asking you to get out of the class for coming late withouteven looking at you! is that cool? or those assignments for which you have to go looking for the person who completes it so that you can Xerox it down!
What is it that makes it that interesting?I will say Everything,you are going to miss every single thing.The rush hour,those nightouts before exams ,those ubiquotious Xerox sheets,even what the professor you hate says daily and you seldom heed.Not to forget the gabfests at the canteen,the place that has as interesting history as the college itself!among a million other things.It is these small things that make life at the college interesting.
So folks ! Remember ! may be you have a job may be you don't,may be you will work abroad may be you don't.Even when you reach the highest echelons of your life,no matter how far you go,you will always miss your alma mater.So enjoy everyday of your college life!You will definitely cherish these days.Might not be completely fair or square but by now you deserve to bend a few rules.
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I was looking out of the bus during my daily trip to the college,lucky to get a seat in the regularly jam packed bus,when I overheard a conversation of a couple of girls discussing their 'future' plans.Then I realised something that we knew all along but kept ignoring,we are in the Final Year of our graduation.
It seems like just yesterday when it was my first day of the college and suddenly all the things from the past came storming in,time really flies.But wait,am in the final year and that means there is just one more year,a few more months and we will be out of College.
While many of my friends must have been celebrating,for me the feeling grows pathetic by the day.How often do we miss out on the few small things in life that bring a smile on ourface?Yeah,pretty often!We have been leading such a mechanical life that it is rare when we find sometime to sit back and relax and things are going to get worse once you start working.
College is the place where we forget all pains and feel comfortable.So what is so cool about the college you might ask,starting from morning when there is a wild orgy just to get a toehold in the local bus to the college! or your Professor asking you to get out of the class for coming late withouteven looking at you! is that cool? or those assignments for which you have to go looking for the person who completes it so that you can Xerox it down!
What is it that makes it that interesting?I will say Everything,you are going to miss every single thing.The rush hour,those nightouts before exams ,those ubiquotious Xerox sheets,even what the professor you hate says daily and you seldom heed.Not to forget the gabfests at the canteen,the place that has as interesting history as the college itself!among a million other things.It is these small things that make life at the college interesting.
So folks ! Remember ! may be you have a job may be you don't,may be you will work abroad may be you don't.Even when you reach the highest echelons of your life,no matter how far you go,you will always miss your alma mater.So enjoy everyday of your college life!You will definitely cherish these days.Might not be completely fair or square but by now you deserve to bend a few rules.
Read The Original Article in THE HINDU