My stay at IITB has come to an end. I am now moving to Delhi. Have decided to appear for the UPSC engineering services exam from Delhi. This place has taught me a lot of things. The places do not have emotions they say. It's the bonding created by one's thought process that gives attachment to places. I was hooked to this place in my long stay of 3261 days. I made new friends, i saw joys of success, i have seen the despair of repeated failures. I have seen the demographic change of IIT.
I was enjoying one of my last chai out there in hostel canteen on the penultimate day of leaving. I saw an auto rickshaw chug along the Hostel gate. A boy got down with his father who came for JEE counseling. He had the shine in his eyes. The dreams to make it. His friend came to receive him and gave a hug, welcomed him and they trotted inside Hostel. I remembered 'myself' who had arrived with a similar shine in his eyes years ago. I might have failed to make full use of iit, but I have learnt something more. It's about the spirit to fight. It has nothing to do with winning or losing or getting job in top MNC. It's about participating. It's about standing tall in failures. It's about keeping the cool in successes. It's about enjoying the journey more than arriving at the destination. It's about life and the proper way of living.
I failed in making it this time. But I succeeded in learning the right lessons. I thank God for failing me. The failure, I believe, is teaching me more than what the success might have taught. These failures brought me very close to my family and helped me in identifying who are real friends. Now I have the courage to pick up the twigs from the shattered dreams and build, step by step, brick by brick, the lost dream. I am doing it right now. One day, I might shine in the glory, or I may go down unnoticed into the oblivion. Nevertheless, I will have one satisfaction. I stood by my dreams and I fought till my last breath in what I believed was right. It's that courage to face the life that I have learnt at IIT Bombay.
May the coming generations of IIT students succeed in their aspirations. With wishes and a heavy heart, I am leaving Mumbai in the afternoon of 4th July 2010. Alone, a loser, with no results to show but like a fighter who looks forward to his next fight.
Thank you to all Friends (Specially to Yahoo, Mayank and Sattu) and Foes !
Following lines r for those 3 special ppl i met here and lost somewhere (Chotu, Vinu, Murgi )
लम्हे ये सुनहरे कल साथ हो ना हो ,
कल में आज जैसी बात हो ना हो ,
यादों के हसीं लम्हे दिल में रहेंगे ,
तमाम उम्र चाहे मुलाक़ात हो ना हो ||
Goodbye Mumbai !!
-- Mann
I was enjoying one of my last chai out there in hostel canteen on the penultimate day of leaving. I saw an auto rickshaw chug along the Hostel gate. A boy got down with his father who came for JEE counseling. He had the shine in his eyes. The dreams to make it. His friend came to receive him and gave a hug, welcomed him and they trotted inside Hostel. I remembered 'myself' who had arrived with a similar shine in his eyes years ago. I might have failed to make full use of iit, but I have learnt something more. It's about the spirit to fight. It has nothing to do with winning or losing or getting job in top MNC. It's about participating. It's about standing tall in failures. It's about keeping the cool in successes. It's about enjoying the journey more than arriving at the destination. It's about life and the proper way of living.
I failed in making it this time. But I succeeded in learning the right lessons. I thank God for failing me. The failure, I believe, is teaching me more than what the success might have taught. These failures brought me very close to my family and helped me in identifying who are real friends. Now I have the courage to pick up the twigs from the shattered dreams and build, step by step, brick by brick, the lost dream. I am doing it right now. One day, I might shine in the glory, or I may go down unnoticed into the oblivion. Nevertheless, I will have one satisfaction. I stood by my dreams and I fought till my last breath in what I believed was right. It's that courage to face the life that I have learnt at IIT Bombay.
May the coming generations of IIT students succeed in their aspirations. With wishes and a heavy heart, I am leaving Mumbai in the afternoon of 4th July 2010. Alone, a loser, with no results to show but like a fighter who looks forward to his next fight.
Thank you to all Friends (Specially to Yahoo, Mayank and Sattu) and Foes !
Following lines r for those 3 special ppl i met here and lost somewhere (Chotu, Vinu, Murgi )
लम्हे ये सुनहरे कल साथ हो ना हो ,
कल में आज जैसी बात हो ना हो ,
यादों के हसीं लम्हे दिल में रहेंगे ,
तमाम उम्र चाहे मुलाक़ात हो ना हो ||
Goodbye Mumbai !!
-- Mann