IITK

"Jaya, is there something you are not involved in?"

IIML

"Jaya, you are never to be seen around except in classes!!"

IITK

"Ask Jaya - She reads all the mails on coming on all the lists all@iitk, students@iitk"

IIML

"Jaya, you didn't sign the list put up on the mess notice-board for veg or non-veg - kabhie-kabhie ye mails bhee padh liya karo!"

IITK

"Jaya Jha and Acads - GRIN"

IIML

"So, topper..."

IITK

Election time - "Whom have you nominated Jaya?"

IIML

Election time - "Jaya, whom are you voting for?" (Me: "Umm... who all are standing?")

IITK

"Jaya, can you tell me..." (Me - scolding the person: "Why do you not read notice-boards?")

IIML

"Jaya you did not come to see your XYZ paper. They had put up the notice." (Me: "When have I last seen the notice-board?")

IITK

A Meeting - "Jaya! Let others speak"

IIML

Batch Meeting (or something like that) - Jaya Jha sleeping...

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I can't tell you what kind of an experience it is to have been on the both sides of the line. At one point of time in life you feel so much a part of the system, at the other point of time you are exactly the opposite. You are living like those whom you had never understood before. Yes, I had never understood how can people say no to an activity without even exploring the various aspects of it. Now, I am doing it myself. I did not regret that time. I do not regret this time either. (People who have seen me at IITK would have problems believing how I live here. Those who have seen me at IIML can never imagine how I lived at IITK! I wonder what those think who have seen me at both the places :D)

Why this change? I do think I have some explanations. But those might not be very objective at this point of time. In future, when I am in a position to look back and compare with less bias, I should be able to come up with some reasons. For now, all I can say is - it's a good experience to have lived both kinds of lives myself.

Categories: IITK, IIML