College life makes a man out of a boy. It teaches you every possible lesson in life. Sometimes, you feel cheated and hate the place and sometimes you wish to stay there all your life. This blog is dedicated to all my seniors who influenced and changed my life for better.
My tribute to my seniors:
Chetan Mehra: If someone asks me to name a person who really influenced me and changed my life then it’d be one and only Chetan sir. Being a stupid that I was, he was the one who always tolerated my mistakes. He never ragged any junior. He was always calm and jovial. He always respected the difference of opinion( Very rare quality). Whenever we sat together,out banter used to turn into such a philosophical and deciphered talk that his peers and my peers(if they are around) would always get bored and left us in our world.
The most defining moment for me (which has an indelible impression on my mind) was in second year when he participated in an event just to make me participate. I didn’t want to participate in that event due to my fear of speaking on stage in public but he persisted that I should go. Just to avoid his persistence, I told I’ll go if you go. And bang, he went there next, spoke hell better than lots of participants and came back with his eyes rolling.What next? I had to go.I went to stage, my leg shivered, my voice fluttered and I uttered a truckload of garbage. It was a debacle but that attempt made me do something for this. Failure teaches you more than success. I was different person after that.
My legs still shiver, and my voice still flutter and butterflies still make a chaos in my stomach, but now I know how to overcome them. Thank you sir.
Himanshu Garg: People love to hate him. I never liked few of his thoughts( I don’t like those, still) and being a junior I take pride that I openly criticized him for that( and he hated that and probably still do :) ). But for me his goodness, intellect and his spirit outweigh his frailties. He never had very high regards for me, in fact he was dismissive of me in most part of first three years. But from third year onwards, (And I have no idea, how) we started talking a lot about a lot of things. We’ll delve into philosophy, history, politics and what not. I shared a different kind of bond with him. Perhaps he was my first friend in seniors(Others were seniors only). He didn't quite get what he deserve but I reckon he'll someday. Today, I wish and pray that he achieve what he’s capable of. From Himanshu sir, I learnt multiple facets of life. Thank you sir.
Ankit Srivastava: You won’t find anyone else so entertaining and happy-go-lucky. He has his unique charm and he's one of the coolest head on his shoulders. His outer appearance is so foxy that when you hear him speaking seriously on serious/non-serious topics (That happens very rarely, though) You won’t believe he is the same person. He's this zeal to do something substantial and whenever he did something, he moved to next. I learnt my pursuit to do something good from him. And I can bet all my money that he’ll achieve something big. I haven’t achieved anything substantial yet, but I have the spark ignited by his character that will go on in the pursuit. Thank you, Sir.
Kavindra Joshi: I have never spoken to or interacted with him.In fact,I don't think he still has any idea who I could be. He was in final year when I joined KNIT but he gave me something which changed me forever. Quizzing. And with that came the hunger to know, know everything. I participated my first quiz organized by him and it was my first quiz in life. I qualified the screening round, finished second last out of eight team and lost into oblivion after the event. But that moment on stage with top quizzers from my college gave me the confidence that I can belong here. From there on, it was only an upward journey. I also decided to organize a quiz , Just like Kavindra, sir. In fact I did that but poor participation and apathy for quizzing marred my enthusiasm.
After that my first quizzing attempt, I tried many more, won a few but I’ll always remember and cherish my first outing and Kavindra sir. Thank you sir.
Gaurav Singh(EE): A very fine man. A true gentleman, which is a rarity in engineering colleges. Poetic and romantic. Something to do with his great gazal singing capabilities. He was the man everyone paid respect. Calm and composed. You’ll never see him without simple and affectionate smile. I had (and I still have) a crush ( is there any bigger word for that?) for *****a Mishra, A fine lady two years senior to me in college. In fact, I was mad for her.( Well, I still remember her face fresh like daisy.. coming in the class during sessionals. and I still yearn to see her :) ) . I din’t tell this secret anyone except my close friends and they laughed like hell. In my face, huh.
But Gaurav Singh sir, he was compassionate, understanding and great when I told him that. I still remember my foul mood( well, it was more than a foul mood but I don’t want to spill any more beans) and Gaurav sir consoling me . I never got a chance to thank Gaurave sir and this blog is my way to say my heartfelt thanks to him. Thank you, sir.
Sheel Mishra: If you want to see a modern Chanakya, you need to see Sheel sir. I still admire his finesse in difficult situations, his knack of politics and his smooth talking. Apart from all these qualities, he was literary giant too. His poems were a delight to read and his prowess in hindi and hindi literature was something really special. He taught me lessons which no one could have given.They were lessons in life for life. Thank you, sir.
PS : There are lots of seniors who were great not just for me but for everyone. I just penned down whatever I could remember . I might update it if my memory serves me some other jewel from past.
