In Memory of College Years

It is often said that school years are supposedly the best years of a person’s life. That is the time that most people would look back towards and say it was the time when simplicity and naiveté could be felt, smelt & touched.

   What immediately follows is a time which is a transitional phase, a time where the remaining raw parts of the pot are finally moulded into what forms the ultimate shape of life. College is a time where the sprouting buds enter their final blossoming stage, a stage where they reach a new level, which exposes them to much more than they could have ever anticipated. For us, the students of Symbiosis International University, it was exactly what we expected- the unexpected.

Coming to college and living through these four years was a challenge which we accepted with our idealistic spirits intact and fully boosted morales. We were ready to conquer the world and we were ready to do so fast. Our paths were very well defined in our minds, and all lead to the ultimate goal of achieving it all and seeing our dreams come true. Little did we know about the new friend we were going to come across- reality. These four years have probably given us a unique taste of life, something which is motley of so much- bliss, shock, breakdowns, backstabbing, abuses, surprises, rewards, friendships, rumours, love, heartbreaks and everything that could ever go chaotic. This experience has been a criss cross of the law of attraction and Murphy’s law, making it one in a gazillion. We all have gone through it together, yet everyone’s version is different and highly unique. Words cannot even begin to sum up what all has happened in this time gone by. Since fashion communication has enhanced my organizational skills so much, making lists comes naturally to me which is how i want to conclude my experience. So here are the top 20 experiences/events which I went through, things which had never happened before and things which I certainly did not expect.

1.     Indulged in unorthodox behaviour within authoritative premises

2.     Been physically charged at by an auto guy

3.     Had a case filed against my name

4.     Heard the most insane rumour

5.     Misbehaved intentionally with college authority

6.     Been called a ‘frog/rabbit/mouse/lion/lizard’ ( generally thought it’d be a b!#(@)

7.     Shouted out  loud and called someone a s*@# in a crowd

8.     Been heartbroken and almost beaten down

9.     Discovered my ugliest, strongest, craziest side

10.  Lost 6 phones

11.  Lived with boys (new for a girl with a convent background)

12.  Cleaned someone else’s puke

13.  Had a crush on someone repulsive at present

14.  Had a deep conversation with a roadside hippie

15.  Been asked to the cop station because of my title

16.  Danced in the middle of traffic

17.  Spent private hours at the pot trying to physically apply the word ‘stationary’

18.  Been addressed as ‘drunk/weirdo/hippie/servant/s*&%/egocentric/retard/thief/deranged’

19.  Attempted to go to the gym ( successfully for 5 days)

20.  Met the most insane set of people I’ve ever known

The New Resolution

So yet another year has been commenced and ushered in, bringing with itself, hopes, dreams, aspirations, expectations, doubts and beliefs. 2014 was a stable year according to my understanding, a fast one which involved hard work and little bit of laying back and kicking it my style.
The new year defined by many by virtue of varied resolutions acquires a demanding identity, each time it is round the corner, coming across as a time for setting of a new rule. This whole resolution concept definitely adds to a mixed PR for the New Year, being perceived by some as a golden opportunity for self improvement, and perceived as a useless/illogical/ thoughtless and glib idea by the remaining.

The end of last year was a little dramatic for me ( never forget it's my over dramatised life full of unique characters and sudden occurrences ). My heart almost skipped a beat, and thought probably the time to fall for a cause is here, but unfortunately, my blurry hints and highly unresponsive responses have continued to carry forward the awkward-what is happening- we need to talk- vibe ahead. Vague and unclear, is what the whole frame looks like right now, with my highly flawed and futile attempts to save my little romantic side from drowning in the desperate sea of surrender.

I have met a lot of new people in the last one year, some interesting, some depressing, some non bearable and some totally worth living my life with. Every single person out of these has felt at liberty to provide a clear opinion about the betterment of my life either through a blunt statement like
" You need to get a boyfriend" or "You need to get out more" or "You need to take less stress ", or by means of suggestive and subtle idea being imposed gently upon me like " One must take control of life after graduation" or "Sometimes an Indian girl needs to just introspect" .  It's interesting to observe how others naturally become a part of your life, without you realising when it happened and if you allowed it to. I guess that's how life works once you are busy, in a melting pot of generations and ideologies. Almost all people today feel qualified to effortlessly pass a judgement on others or a suggestion aimed at betterment in their view.

I realised that maybe I was indeed the only one putting myself in various shoes for the comfort of others at every other opportunity I got, while the others were set to live their entire life in their safe, comfortable, stubborn pair. Individuality, self belief, confidence and a hint of selfishness was needed to make this a perfect dish, an edible one at least. Hence, this year, I decided to change my view, to change the 'resolution' of the image being projected as my life in the universe. My vision and image would both be of high resolution now, making it clearer and easier to comprehend. Out of all the things i heard, a few stuck with me to translate into lifelong teachings. Hopefully these will greatly enhance my chances of success and lead to the ultimate conquering of all things evil and impure. In case that doesn't happen, they will all be bloody brilliant stories to tell and definitely blog worthy posts to share ;)