Me, Myself and Nishi - IV

I was lost in my thought, I came to senses by the screeching noise created by sudden application of brakes. To save the immature driver of a scooty. I realized we had reached the hostel which was 2 min drive from college, I would have preferred a walk though, which would have refreshed my innumerous such walks!
As we entered the gates, Nishi with Sonali [Sonali is a typical Maharashtrian girl. Mom and Dad’s girl, she will never go against her parents wish, typically a girl next door but when it comes to putting her point she is adamant she will convince you that she is right even if she was Wrong! That’s how strong her convincing skills are.. ]and Shirin[Dad’s Girl, She thinks she is the only capable female who can play heroine role in every movie paired opposite any actor! U watch a film with her and u see her next day dreaming herself to be in place of the heroine holding hands in hand with the hero singing in the woods.. that’s how dreamy she is. And she believes these crap movies to be a real worl.. Nishi and Sonali are tired telling her Grow Up] also entered. They were whispers, giggling and laughter in air. There was a security room at the gate. All three of them tried escaping the guard, but he noticed them and shouted at them, You are late you need to add late mark in the register! The trio tried convincing.. “Bhaiyya traffic itna tha 1 ghanta pehle nikle the hum par late ho hi gaya… pehli baar late huye hai plzz bhaiya jane do.. “ Right then their warden comes and stands behind them Bhaiyya had no choice and even the trio marked their late attendance saying sorry to the warden they moved ahead. I could hear them saying how many late marks are left? Still a half month to go.. Next time if we get late surely our parents will get the letter for non–compliance of rules said Nishi in a tensed voice.”Don’t worry we will go to a nearby hotel next Sunday” said shirin in a whisper and all started giggling again. Nishi hit Shirn on her head and ran away signaling her catch me if you can Shirin also started running trying to chase her. Sonali kept walking in a slow space may be because she was tired. I kept watching their movements till they disappeared from my vision.
I also started moving ahead trying to chase them, but the security guard shouted again but this time it was for me! Madam where are you going inside? You cannot go inside like this? Please sign in the Guest Register. I was amused to see the guard he showed signs of old age now, 2 min before he was so young shouting at Nishi and her friends. He was head of security now. I asked him, bhiayya pehchana? He nodded happily I told him meri behan ke admission ke liye aaye hai, Madam hai kya? He was more than happy to see me and help us. He called the matron and told us to go inside. Things have changed so much just some time back I needed no one’s permission to enter My hostel but today I need permission! We now moved inside the hostel campus the 4th hostel was completely built up. It was under construction. I showed each change that I noticed to my cousin in great excitement. The steps, ya .. I thought to myself. These were the steps where we would sit after our dinner and get our self relaxed from the college, lectures, submissions all tensions. All time chit chat, all nonsense bakwas… which was so meaning full that time. The time I spent here is incomparable to the comfort I give myself in the Ac cabin. The chit chat is no where there, and friends? There are no friends left now only colleagues. Every time I have to keep warning myself that I may hurt someone. I was walking and someone came and dashed against me, I looked around it was Nishi, Shirin had caught her and was trying to hurt her, but Nishi was quick enough to get hold of her hands! Now Shirin was helpless. She kept saying leave my hands, once I will show you how hard I can hit you! To this Nishi responded Show me your strength, Get yourself out of my hold if you can.. and after a lot of struggle though Shirin could not set herself free.. She was about to cry now trying to control (maybe she realized Nishi was tough to crack..) By then Sonali also came there, Nishi and Sonali signaled each other realizing Shirin’s situation, Nishi set her free and ran away sure enough that Shirin will run behind again trying to catch her. I saw their rooms light going on and came to know they reached their room. I went upstairs, I was standing in front of Room No 201. There were loud voices coming out I guess they were still fighting. Then Shirin came out of the room. She ran downstairs. Now Sonali groaned at Nishi. Why did you do that? You know she is not strong enough to face you said Sonali. Then she must just agree that, I didn’t ask anything else. I only wanted her to accept that but she was not ready. Don’t worry I will take care of this, said Nishi and went down stairs to console Shirin. After a thousand sorry Shirin agreed to come to the room. On the stairs Nishi said to her but you know what Shirin I’m stronger than you.. Ya I know said Shirin. Both started laughing and went inside the room. After telling how hard it was to convince Shirin to Sonali and how in the end Nishi proved her point. Sonali looked at Shirin and Shirin could not escape that smile. The air in the room was again filled with laughter.
I had a look at the room on a wall opposite to the window there were three beautiful houses, written on the wall was “Facta Non Verba” which means speak less and work more. Which I didn’t felt was being followed. Lined in one corner were three cupboards. The room was clean. Other than bed there were three study tables and three book shelves, one of which was converted into a small temple where all Gods were kept it had a essences stick burning which filled with aroma, apart from their laughter. Happy with their Sunday They all went to sleep.

…To be continued…

Me, Myself and Nishi -III

We started towards the parking lot after I came out I turned back to the college building and saw the golden words of my life I read them aloud to myself : “Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women” and the whole background changed, The environment around me changed I was standing on COEP ground, where number of parents were lined up in queue for getting admission with their children in engineering. There I saw Nishi’s mom sitting with her brother, but I could not see Nishi and her Dad may be they had gone inside the building to take admissions. Right then I saw Nishi coming out of the building. She was full with tears. Her eyes were red, seemed she was not happy, everyone gathered round her, Nishi was just crying. Then after some time she said she has got a seat in Cummins College in ENTC. She wanted to get admission in COEP which was a bit tough. But Nishi hardly knew at that time that this college is going to give her the best memorable years in her life.

As I moved ahead towards the parking lot I saw the open space in front of the architecture college where I saw Nishi performing her civil lab practical on the Field adjusting the tripod to measure height of the landscape. She was being guided as to how to operate the instrument be her lab guide and was surrounded by a whole batch of girls curious to know what is going on!! After the experiment Nishi was proudly explaining everyone how clumsy the instrument is and it is hard to adjust it to perfect setting. In short she was busy boasting about Her first Field Experience.

Going ahead I came across a mini factory like structure there was carpentry, blacksmithy, Big machines like late and all were kept and workers working on shaping metals, wood, plastic yes it was “The workshop”. There was Nishi smelling her newly received apron, and then impatiently trying it on herself. In a blink I saw them at a different location now Nishi and Vaishnavi were there. They wanted a box to be designed for their third year project. They had asked the workmen there to make a box for them but he said they need to give them dimensions of the box, Nishi opened her hands and signed to him this much! But he said he need it in drawing, already they were late for the lecture hurriedly Vaishnavi took out pen and paper and started drawing a cube. With some mumbling, they both were cursing him what’s his problem? Can’t he just prepare and give us a box? And so on.. but as they started designing they came to know the box should be able to fit their circuit PCB, so they took measurement of their PCB and then accordingly decided the dimensions of the box, then they realized the box should have a opening for power, a switch and a display that will display the time, some open space for all the wires … and most important the box should have one side which could be opened and closed.. for repairs and modifications in their circuit hushhh… they said finally when it was done. More than satisfied about their work, they believed they have designed a master piece. The satisfaction that I saw on their face I don’t see it anywhere within MYSELF.When they went with their proud design to the workmen he said it needs to approved from the lecturer, for the box to be prepared at workshop.. Ohhhh nooo now they both rushed to Prof. Palan to get his approval. After getting the approval they were back in the workshop, happy now that finally they will have a nice cute box for their project which will be colored in red, no black no.. grey will look better..they kept on arguing and finally reached on common conclusion “Navy Blue”. I started laughing hearing their arguments, my cousin asked me what happened? Umm haa @@@ #$$% hmm what #$@? Before I realized she said lets go to the canteen I’m hungry and tired after doing all that tedious process. We all went to the canteen and had a Vadapav, it still had the same taste that it had before 4 years. After getting bombarded from the lecturers a vadapav with hot cup of chai was more delicious than a Pizza Party that MYSELF have today. There my cousin met some other would be class mates of hers!! Now our next mission was to look for hostel for my cousin. Obviously our first preference was the college hostel. So we all started from parking lot to hostel…

…To be continued.
Keep watching this space to know what fun Nishi did in her hostel life…

Me, Myself and Nishi - II

After winning prize more expectations were set now.. the next day to be celebrated was SerialDay Everyone had to dress as a serial character that was going to be fun. Vaishnavi had dressed as Tulsi from Kyuki saas.. since Nishi was not interested in wearing a sari no one forced her this time and she was happy for that. But fate had something else stored for her at the time of stage performance the class came up with a theme where they needed a hero and there were only heroines there! So again they turned to Nishi and she could not deny their request again Nishi dressed in a jeans and a long kurta to become Mihir!

The show started with Vaishnavi opening the door and introducing each one of the characters’..Nishi didn’t knew anything about these serials so how could she act like them but she was told she only needs to follow the instructions rest will be taken care. So for Mihir’s role she only needed to stroll on the stage talking on a mobile and to look damn busy, that was simple.. Nishi performed it well but the next part was to play hero from Kasuti zindagi ki where the hero and heroine pose for a “Titanic Pose” and a red chunari falls and covers them.. and some more 2-3 serial hero acting she had to do. She was the only hero and every time the heroines would change as the serial changed. They didn’t get a prize for this but it was fun! I came back to my senses by a irritating, strange but familiar sound..

As my cousins admission was done the printer started printing receipt.. the sound created by it was very familiar to me, it reminded me how we use to be in queue for taking the printouts for our computer lab assignments. Every time there would be some or the other problem with the printer when Nishi’s turn came, sometime the paper would get jam sometime the ink would get over some time the paper and sometime the printer would just deny to start. After such varied experiences with printers she could have easily got job in printer repairs? My cousin took the receipt in her hand and was overjoyed. Now we had to book hostel for her. As we started towards the exit I could not resist to notice the bench kept their, It was the most memorable day of Nishi’s college life and this bench had been her only support at that difficult moment, It was the BE 1st sem result day!

Nishi was sitting on this bench very tensed about what will happen in the next 1 hour. Everyone was in classroom 1 to get their results but Nishi could not gather courage to get in the class, she felt that was a unlucky classroom.. her last 2 results were bad which she received in that classroom.. when u are tensed all these superstitions start playing their role. She also carried her favorite Ganesh idol with her for her moral support. Each moment brought more and more tension, what number is going on in the class room. Since this was BE 1st sem result she did not want it to be bad though she knew her papers could have been better if she would have concentrated more on studies rather than her BE project. For the 150 marks of project she had sacrificed 600 marks of other subjects. The project was very interesting they were making a ”Robot “and this was not a simple robot, He was going to have a brain to remember his path, off course Nishi and her friends were going to provide him the brain! DRDO had sponsored this project and even they didn’t have idea how their requirement will fertilize. Excited about doing something innovative, the EEPROM IC the microcontrollers the remote control…all these fascinated her and she missed her lectures to give more time in making her project a success. She could not study, As remaining time went in completing her journals. Only time she gave for studies was in PL. She was sitting there looking at the syllabus for the first time, not knowing from where to start. Nishi started crying harder now, she was praying to GOD :”plz give me a chance to change this one sem of my life I will change my priorities, I promise I will study hard..” thought of her parents reaction started coming how will they handle this it’s my final year result and again she started crying.

Vaishnavi came there with her result she started consoling her, asked her not to take tension she had a first class. That made Nishi more nervous as Vaishnavi could clear all subjects and even managed to get a first class. It will be all treated as her fault now, Vaishnavi had also given same amount of time as Nishi for the project, she had also missed all her lectures. She was worried what all she has go through now, how many ATKTs ohh GOD help her!

By the time now the results came out from the classroom to the office. All her friends asked nishi to take the result now from the office. Nishi was scared she was not able to stand, and walk up to the office to collect her result. With her friends support she went to office, Vaishnavi was with her she took the result without looking at the result she handed it to Vaishnavi and signed the received copy in register. After that she just enquired to Vaishnavi All clear? How many ATKT’s? Vaishnavi just nodded. What did that mean she was in a shock; she told Nishi she had all clear with Distinction. Nishi only heard All clear. She was so happy she thanked GOD. Then took her mark sheet from Vaishnavi, she again told Nishi u have distinction, Nishi again got puzzled she looked at the name on mark sheet it was hers she checked the total, calculated her % yes she had a distinction. Her joy knew no bound may be GOD listened to her prayer. Everyone was happy now as everyone had a all clear!

…To be continued.