~~~COLLEGE DAYS~~~(Part 2)... First Day In Class :)

A plump girl who looked more like a boy with her short hair, in a red shirt and a 3-4th capri enters the class. She is nervous as well as excited on seeing so many new faces. She was shy and hardly talked, just looked at the others and smiled meekly.
You guessed it right! It was me "ANUJA SHARMA" !!

We were given the time table for the first semester and surprisingly, we had classes till 3 p.m. on the very first day! "This is going to be tough!"-I thought to myself.

First lecture: enter a boy in the classroom. We thought he was probably a senior. But then he went and stood near the teacher's desk and introduced himself- " Am Gaurav Saxena, and am going to take your Java classes".. "God!!! Such a smart teacher!!", I could hear some girls whisper. Little did we know then that this young teacher is going to be our mentor, guide and a good friend in the coming 3 years. Gaurav Sir commenced with the lecture.............. AND THEN.... SHOOK THE WORLD, as a pack of seniors enter the classroom and request him to let them spend some time with us. We knew their naughty intentions and kept our fingers crossed. Gaurav Sir was acquiescent to their request and left the classroom. That was it! I remember how over-enthusiastic and united these people were when they entered the room. Nishi, Siddhi, keshavi stood out for me amongst the girls and amongst the guys I think Angad, Lakshay and a few others. They didn't leave even one of us! Amongst those extra-ragged was Saumit, our brother from Bihar. What flabbergasted me was the fact that Saumit gave it all with equal enthusiasm.

I remember Nishant Gulati being questioned-"Who would you choose from these two girls?", as they pointed towards me and Swasti. Swasti, a real beauty!, with those dazzling brown eyes and that extra cut which could blow away any mind! God would have taken a long time to paint her :).. Needless to say, he chose her. And I could sense Nishant Gulati blushing after he'd made the choice ;)

Now, they called me to the teacher's desk. "Tell us your hobbies"-they ordered. I started-"Singing, dancing, swimming......".......... "SWIMMING?????"-Shot out someone. "Chalo swimming karke dikhao..". I lay down with my stomach on the desk and showed them how to swim without water... "Ok now propose this guy"-they said pointing towards Rabi Poddar, another senior.I started- "Aap mujhe bohot achhe lagte ho, mujhe aapke gaal bohot achhe lagte hain,baal bohot achhe lagte hain.Will you marry me?"... That was probably the last time that senior had looked at me, never in 3 years after that he looked in my direction.. he he :D


We dreaded it, but finally we loved it. Thanks to all those seniors. So happy, excited and full of energy they all seemed to be! They injected in us a part of that energy and directly or indirectly shouted out to us-" WELCOME TO HANSRAJ COLLEGE, THE LAND OF FUN AND FROLIC!!!! :):):)

~~~COLLEGE DAYS~~~( Part 1)

It's the June of 2006. The auditorium of Hansraj College, Delhi University is packed with fachchas, semi-pakkas and fully-pakkas.. As I put my first foot inside, a sense of excitement engulfs me.. "this is going to be exciting!!"-somebody shouts inside me.


After the orientation at the auditorium I meet some of my new friends. I really can't recall the others, but Meenakshi was on of them. This girl manages to grab your attention at the very first sight-sleek, stylish, flamboyant, curly hair-very fair :). So together we head towards the canteen. My first impression of DU colleges was that they are known to be full of notorious seniors-who will not miss a chance to rag or gag on a junior. So although my teeth managed to crunch that piece of food in the canteen, my eyeballs rolled from one corner to the other to look for something unusual. And then, as if our worst fears came true, we started to sense some ragging going on(It couldn't have been loud, since there were cameras put all over the college). Poor little things, we managed to make an escape then. But little did we know, that there was lots to come and that there was no escape key on this keyboard!!

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Coming up soon.. Part 2-First day in the class. Read on :) :).... In the meanwhile help me by adding your own experiences and views... maybe this is how we can relive that incredible past again :)