A Journey To Remember........

It started with a bang its ending with a blast. Today at the last day of NITIE when its all over, the masti , the parties, the bakar, the night outs, the booze, after effects of booze(trust me there can be a separate article for this), the sessions at pond, the lines at mess , the nescafe maggi at 3’O clock in night along with placements and so called studies (in the sequential order) , i was thinking how i have changed and grown in the last 2 years. Still remember the first day here, quite nervous, full of doubts, nobody to know, and the feeling of intense home sickness. It took time but the things turned out better from worse and eventually better to great. There was this whole new gamut of people with different thoughts and background. Things happened quickly and they were usually over before anybody of us was prepared or it. The first exams, the summer placement season, the next two module, and before any of us could realize an year was over. Another mind boggling experience was waiting at Coke. To be precise can be summed up in two lines. Lot of presentations and plenty of thums up and coke. The internship ended and we were back at college. This time the feeling was different. We were glad to be back at our second home. And then began the tours and trips from trekking to beaches to pubs to birthday parties leading to all possible kind of restaurants and all kind of drinks. The next two modules were like meant for doing whatever you haven’t done yet in your life. Days and days nothing to do, classes meant for bunking and exams for creative writing. Hundreds of proxies short attendances in almost every subject and the legendary locking of proff outside the door. And it all happened in my MBA. Those were good times infact great times but next was the time we all dreaded, the final placement season. Preparations started on the part of placement committee by pitching for companies and on the part of us by discussing all possible kind of philosophies of life and what is actually needed for being happy. And as the time approached the tension kept on building. But the fascinating fact about life is what you keep on thinking and building for years take minutes to be over. One day i wake up and find myself placed. It was over and it was hard to believe. I always knew i will get placed but with such smoothness was a surprise. In a matter of 3 days the whole batch was placed. Those sessions of philosophies were now looking like waste of time that could have been utilized for few more hang outs and parties. And now when that feeling of excitement has subsided, a new feeling has taken me over. The feeling of nostalgia for the end of this golden period of life. Its strange the place you never knew 2 years before is now the place you never want to leave but every good thing ends and so does NITIE. I will miss to be in the most beautiful campus of India (literally), the most beautiful people i met and the most beautiful life i have lived out here.
I still remember a line from one of my friend “There are institutes, there are good institutes, there are great institutes ....and then there is NITIE”