Sab Ganda hai par Dhandha hai yeh........ BITOTSAV'04

Shakespeare said “life is a drama and man is an actor.” I would not have agreed to him if I were his contemporary but had to agree with his words of wisdom when I myself became a part of this bigger than life drama. In a life span of about 70 years most people could not make a memory that could be tagged as the memory of a lifetime, but by the grace of God and incessant support of my peer group I created lots of them in a short span of just about a week. Dates as they say are suitable only to be written in history text and epitaph, but I remember all of them because it was nothing less than a history that we created while studying in BIT. This year’s BITOTSAV was going to be very different from the one we had last year. The biggest difference being that this time we had a lot to loose but the last one we had nothing. Our prestige was at stake if we were unable to capture the first position this time. More so because we were against a very tough competition from our opponents. All texts begins with an introduction of characters involved so not challenging the tradition I would also introduce the characters and then dive into the main course. But sadly enough if an adequate description of each of the characters is given then probably this blog and the next will fall short of length so an introduction of the groups should suffice for the purpose of the present text.

Tier-1(Our respected and beloved seniors (no pun intended)- who were equally involved in this battle of nerves as we were)

IAON(It about official nothing)- the 2k.5 team that was crowned to glory in the previous season. I could not recall all the names but the purpose of sharing the experience would fall flat if I don’t mention few of them- Uttu, DJ, Ujjwal, Dibyarth, Ravi, Tony, Sabjee, Daddu, Maroo, Piyush, Neha, Tikli to name a few.

DON- the runners up of the last BITOTSAV and the bunch of most respectable seniors of BIT.

BHAK- the most innovative team formed by H4 that inherited the legacy of frontrunners of BITOTSAV like COW, No.1,etc.

Tier-2(We and our batch mates who were in the middle of a battle field ready to go on a war)

JMPPDJ(Jagah Milne par pass diya jayega)- our team that was ready to do anything to win this battle. Though the team officially consited of 7 formal(Ratty, Vishnu, Utsav, Kola, Pankaj, Gauri and Bunty) and 3 informal(Amit, Bhatti, Rachit) members but other members of the Bakar family were the real heros for the pains they took in organizing things and making a consolidated plan for the final battle. It would be unfair on my part if I don’t mention 3 notable heroes for their organizational skills- Biyani(the fund and the team manager), bokaro and seth (the procurements head). And of course the BAKRIS of the BAKAR group were the biggest support to fall back on.

BABA(Back Again to Bang Again)- undoubtedly the conglomerate of the most talented people of our batch. They were the biggest wall between victory and us. The big names like geetu, shireesh, ujjwal, hembrum were really a matter of concern for us.

Mamu- the notorious lobby 6 which was our greatest foe during all the 4 years of our college. They were not as talented as BABAs but had a bigger jack. The UNESCO events were their stronghold with biggies like Mukherjee and sudip leading the team.

Tier-3

Our torchbearers- Shibu, Shahji, Ashish Alok, Ajit, Shubham, Shobit.

Tier 1 and tier 2 had 1-1 correspondance considering that each one in tier1 directly or indirectly supported one in tier2.

Enough of stage setting for the events to follow. Now its time to delve into the real action. ZIP…… ZAP….. ZOOM…..

It was a Friday night (23.01.04) that discussions about a possible team composition, a catchy name and an easy to draw logo rented the air of the MECCA of BAKAR group (H7/46)-Rachit’s Room. Every1 was shouting at the top of their voices and each something from 15 odd people sitting in the room contributed to a huge nothing. Lot many names sprang up but none catchy enough to suit our aura. Names like Kyunki main jhooth nahi bolta. Param(Phir Aaya Rondne AAM), AMUL(Add Maska to Ur Life) were all lacking a universal appeal and immediately turned down by every1. Then came the words of wisdom direct from the horses mouth(Bhatti). He started in his usual manner of starting a BAKAR to find a solution to this problem. He started suggesting all the slogans that appeared on the back panel of a neighborhood truck. Finally he said something and everything in the room came to a stand still. No sooner did he utter the lines “ Jagah Milne Par Pass Diya Jayega” than there was a deadly silence brooding in the room. Every1 liked the punch line. It was great and could provide enough publicity material. Then the Einstein of the group (Noorie) came up with his brilliant idea about the logo. The suggestion was probably the best he had given during the 4 years of his stay in BIT. He suggested that we take up the Rediff-Bol logo as the logo to represent the name. The decision was accepted after approval from our Creative head (Mr. FAS- Pankaj Mahli). Then came the biggest hurdle- the idea or the main publicity theme we would like to bank on. As the saying goes good start is half the well done, it din took much time to finalize on the publicity theme. I came up with a brilliant idea of converting the front side of the canteen to resemble a truck. The idea was immediately taken by all. The next step was to get the approval of our respected female friends. We could not have waited till morning to narrate the idea to the ladies. Immediately 5110 sprang up out of no where from Seth’s pocket. He narrated the idea to the girls. Twisha and Bajaj seemed impressed but Anubha, Nani and Ratto were still in doubt whether or not the idea would click. Still as always they approved our plans and assured of all the support from their side. Final step was to get the nod of our mentors. Though H1 was as far as the moon if any of us were asked to get a book from there but the distance reduced to a stone throw neighborhood on account of the adrenalin production that each one of us had. Around 10 of us started on the trail at those vee hours of night to discuss the plans with .5. We headed straight for insti lobby. All of them as we guessed were still not in any mood to sleep. They thought that it was just one of the regular visits that we give but as soon as we disclosed our plan it got instant approval from all of them. So as the field was set for some real action the next step was to bring our plans to action. Who other than Biyani could have been the torch bearer for the show owing to his transparent accounts keeping and never give up attitude. Next morning Seth and Bum went to the canteen on a secret mission to get the exact measurement of the canteen. Bum and his innovative ways have always been valued in the Bakar family. He got a spool of thread from IC to take the measurement. Both of them got the measurements with great accuracy using the thread.

Monday(26.01.04)- The country was celebrating the anniversary of enforcement on Indian Constitution and we were planning to write another chapter in the history of BIT. Biyani and I took the initiative of getting the things ready for phase 1 of the plan. Our execution of plan started with a small by lane called Rangrez Gali in the congested areas of Upper Bazaar. Though it was very big cloth market but none of the shops were open due to the National Holiday. We could locate 1 at the corner of the street. It was open for stock taking. But the big persuading skills that Biyani had I had no doubt that we would accomplish our shopping mission to day. The length we wanted was bigger than even the length of saree used by Draupdi in a Mahabharata Dramas. If I can correctly recollect the size was approximately 50’X8’. It was going to be the biggest banner in the history of BIT. Even the biggest spool of red cloth that the shop keeper had was falling short of our requirement. He finally managed to get another spool and using the combination of the 2 we got our required quantity. The hurdle was to get the 2 pieces of clothes stitch together. With whole of Ranchi engaged in the festive mood it was difficult to get a tailor who can fulfill our requirement. Finally we got hold of one near Hanuman Mandir. Never knew that Calcutta will have a greater importance in my life other than writing it for my address. The tailor who came to our rescue was named Calcutta tailor. It took around 2 hours of pastering by Biyani that the man finally agreed to stitch the cloth as per our requirement. The day ended by handing over the cloth to SS Painter to get our job done at the earliest. Back in the hostel evry1 was busy planning out for phase 2 of publicity. For Phase1 we relied on our Mega banner with smaller support from few posters from girl’s hostel. Rachit and Bunty were busy collecting information about the core members like their phone numbers and Room Numbers. Ultimately the core were the only people who were of concern to us. Ratty came up with a brilliant idea of creating a logo and messaging it to all the core members. Kola and Panky took the onus of creating one with all their innovation on the 3310 cell and sending it to all the core members.

To Be Continued……………

Jamshedpur Trip 1 - The most exciting day of my life

This trip changed the prespective I had about "DAY". Prior to this trip it was just another celestial events which had no greater importance than rising and setting of sun. But after this trip I was more respectful towards the events of the day. It has 24 hrs. , 1440 mins. or 86400 secs..Not involving myself into much of mathematics about it but i really earned this respect for the day after i realized that how big a time day was. You can change the world(if not the world atleast yourself and your relationship with others in the world around you) during this short span. Dates are suited no where else other than history texts in the writing.(this may be considered as an excuse for my inability to remember the date of this particular event but still it is as fresh in my memory as the event occured just few days back). The event took place in around late January 2003. The victory of BITOTSAV, reminiscence of Anil episode, the great divide between the group over Rukka Dam trip with girls, new laurel in the crown of 0.5 batch to have visited Jampot were some of the factors that forced the sudden occurance of this trip. The most exciting thing about the trip has been the economics involved. what if we were not as lucky as Raj kapoor who went arnd the world in 8 dollars but all the measures were taken so that the individual budget cud not cross Rs 200.Now enough of foundation laying work i have done to start with the real thing.
DAY 1: 10:30 PM - Room No. 46 (Rachit's Room) Hostel 7This was the open house debate that was aimed at resolving all the differences that crept up in the family due to recent chain of events. The best way to save the group was to adopt "stitch in time saves nine approach". So the meeting was convened with the first satatement coming straight from the man who was the center of all controversy, one and only Seth. SETH- My fellow friends, during the last few days I along with others have observed that there has been some misunderstanding growing amongst all of us. Our unity has been our strength. So the agenda of the meeting is to resolve all the differences that has crept in the group. All are free to express their concern and no one is going to take any offence against any allegation made against him.
The word came out of seth's mouth and the atmosphere was charged with the array of complaints not against any body in particular but against the school of thought about the pro bending tendency of few towards the girls. There was confusion all over, similar to the ones that usally adorn such meetings. every1 had there own reason of going against the others. But the best part was that all were making the best use of God's gift - ears. all were listening to complains and and valid explanation about theit nature. some even promised to change the way the things have been going on in the recnt days. the biggest issue that came up was the Rukka dam controversy. It as the trip the was planned to be a get together for all of us. But most of the ppl(including myself) didn't join the trip on the allegation that they were not consulted b4 making the plan. as the evnt turned out after the trip. the grp was literally divided into two(extremists and moderates). the extremists consisted of Seth, Bum, Raaty, Bunty. all the others were primarily moderates. Vatty was the first to device a nomenclature for the two grps the extremists were termed as Dam party and the others as BH**** party. both the party made their stands clear over their view and a consensus was reached upon that both the grps shud modify themselves so as to suit the others. after the haughty discussion came the preventive discussion. The math behind such differences and the future course of action so as to avoid such controversy in future. while discussing various reasons were cited over the estranging relationship. one of the major being lack of any BAKAR element after our grand success at BITOTSAV. so news ideas started pouring in about the possible BAKAR mission that can be under taken to repair the damage. we jumped frm 1 conclusion to other and the most exciting of them was - THE JAMSHEDPUR TRIP. at arnd 11:30 we decided wat may fall we will go to jamshedpur tonight. to add to the zeal of making MISSION IMPOSSIBLE to MISSION IS POSSIBLE came out DIVYASTRA from Ratty. he said- The trip is final and those who back out i declare UNDY BUNDY(like all other secret mantras this is also one not to be diclosed) for them.every1 agreed. now came the mother of all troubles we pooled in all the money. but the sum was still not enough to take us to Jampot. the amount totaled to arnd Rs. 900 for 13 persons. At 12:00 midnight the carvan starts moving out of the hostel to the gate the first hurdle being the security at the gate. It was not much of a trouble as we were expecting the guards were fast asleep and we had no trouble in coming out from between the grills in the gate. all assembled in front of munna's pan shop. in the name of posseion we just had Bokaro's blus school bag that guarded a cell phone charger, a bed sheet, a toilet soap, a bottle of water, and bokaro's favourite brown comb.all were not dressed very heavily but still gud enough to protect them frm cold inside a room.the 2 km walk to the approach was not that pain taking because we were accustomed to such walk on our way back frm madhuban. but still the chilling waves that we experinenced near the plains (b4 DAV vidyamandir) gave us enough clues that we were still not well equiped to bear the cold. at the approach we were hopeful enough that we will get the lift but lady luck was not smiling at us that night. we tried our luck on each and every passing truck but none stopped thinking that we might be the gang of highway robbers trying to pluder them. few ppl took the initiative of stopping the trucks while most of us (including myself) were enjoying the warmth of a nearby bon fire. finally bhatti suggested that we are not going to get any success until the truck stops. so the best way to stop the truck was to go to some nearby petrol pump were the trucks will stop and we will come out with a innovative story to convince the driver.we went to the petrol pump. as expected a truck stopped to change its tyre. Ratty the best story maker made a story thatwas convincing enough for the driver and he agreed to give us a lift to jamshedpur. but the problem was he was not willing to allow every1 to sit in the front instead he said that all of us can sit in the luggage carrying part. as usual biyani and myself were the first to cite our poor health condition to sit in the back. so both of us were accomodated in the front. biyani a lazy person of degree 1 arranged for a not so decent bed for himself covering himself up with the truck walas blanket. i was sitting at one small seat still comforatble than all the others except biyani.we thought that we were finally in gud luck after an hour of hardwork. but as the saying goes "if spring comes can autumn be far behind".we were hardly 30 km out of ranchi at a place called Namkum when the truck suddenly came to a stop. the driver and the khalasi inspected the truck and declared that the truck was out of fuel. he said he had no money to buy any diesel so finally biyani(our accountant) offered him Rs. 150 to buy some diesel from some near by station. the khalasi went off with a canister. my self and biyani were enjoying the warmth of the drivers cabin but we were feeling some vibrations even though the truck's engine was stopped. we went back to see the reason for vibration. the reason was something that none of us expected. all the ppl in the back were shivering with cold. fast asleep they were trying to adjust themselves in the smallest of the portion of the bedsheet that was covering them. we waited there for arnd 2 hrs. when finally our patience gave up. now we thought it was useless to wait any more for the khalasi's return and we shud look for some alterantive to get to out destination. so the search began for another lift. finally a sardarji stopped thinking to help his fellow truck mate. we narrated the same made up story to him. he agreed to give us a lift to the nearby viallge were we can possibly get some vehicle at the break of the day. we reached the village and had some tea there. rachit even went to use the toilet there. it was dirty to the power of infinity still the storm that was gathering momentum inside him forced him to keep his sense of hygine and sanitation aside and use it to relieve him of the pressure. finally we got a small matador thatw as ready to take us to our destination. we boarded it. but as the bus wala started taking passengers on the way it was the experince of a life time. we had strange fellow passengers. some were human straight from the coal mines speaking in some strange language which was a mix of bihari and bengali and others were goats. yes "GOATS". the goats were travelling along with us. still we were happy that we will atleast reach our destination.finally were reached jampot at arnd 8:00 am. the first hunt of the day was to locate some "sulabh Sauchalaya". because thatw as the only place we all needed most urgently at the momemt.finally we got 1. it was clean we did our morning actvities. now destination 2 was going to be a saloon were we can give ourselves some human appearence. the hectic journey has left us one shade darker then we actually were. seth and kola got the complexion of ratty. ratty and bhatti were charred to my complexion. pankaj and me resembled bokaro. and bokaro was no lesser than any west indian cricketer. we finally got hold of a street which had many saloons and all were economical too. in the mean time we took out some money from the nearby ATM so that we can enjoy for the rest of the day. when the person in the saloon washed our face and wiped it with a piece of cotton we came across a new variety of cotton - "BLACK COTTON". finally the man in the saloon had to ask us whether we have been in some coal mine the previous night. still all of us got some relief that atleast we got a new improved look and can roam about without appearing alien to the passer by.now came the search for food. the agenda was to locate a place which was good enough and above all economical enogh. finally we got hold of one in sakchi. it was really one of the cheapest place i have ever dine in. and for the price on the menu it really served heaven. at the lunch we however decided that we are going to return in comfort. so the decision was taken that we wud hire a sumo tht can take us back to BIT. the onus was given to seth to arrange for 1 one making the best possible deal. most of us were broken into small grps but thanks to the cell phones were getting together again. the day went on and in the evening we went for the most expensive proposition of the day. this was the only royal thing our finance would allow said the accountant biyani. CAFE COFEE DAY. all were given a modest budget of Rs. 40 and we had to limit our budget to that. we did some bird watching over the coffee and took some rest on the cosy sofa of CCD. it was arnd 5 in the evening that seth said that he had arranged for the sumo and it was going to cost just Rs. 1000. thinking of the previous night every1 agreed. so that left us with some money for the dinner the only thing that we cud afford for the day were some veg, paneer and chicken roll at a street side world renound roll wala. every1 had two rolls but my appetite din allow me to have more than 1. finally it was time to return to our den. the sumo was on time. the return trip was mostly quiet except for some songs in chorus, some absuses from vatty and some pj's frm pankaj. it was exactly at 12:00 midnight tht we returned to the hostel. so thatw as the end of seemingly the longest and the most enjoyable day of all our lives. we decided that we will undertake such trips in the future again. Jamshedpur 2 did happen in the 8th sem but it was not that exciting as the first one. because as the saying goes "expedtion and s** gives unprecedented excitement when maiden".

I was lucky enough to be a part of BAKAR family of BIT 2k1. it was my most memorable association of life. the grp made me a social animal in the true sense of the term. the description about BAKAR grp wud be incomplete without the mention of it's members. if i was to describe each one of them in minutest deatil then probably i wud be the biggest blogger of all times. so just a small introduction of each of them will suffice for a time.

the ideas expressed in the blog are solely my own and is not meant to hurt any1's feeling. so bhai log even if u don like any thing about it please don't feel offended.

Alok Gupta aka Kola:
he is the cutest and the most daunting guy i have ever met. ranchi may not have taught him anything else in life but surely he did a P hd in dealing with the ricshwalla 's of ranchi. the most memorable moment that i remember i share with him was the one when we were returning from a late night movie show(kola, biyani & myself). we made a self commitment that wht may happen we are going to return back without spending any penny. we tried our luck on most of the cars passing by but none stopped assuming us to be some Highway gang of robbers. suddenly a car slowed we thought that we were in luck. but from inside came out a big gun. i was out of my senses not getting any clue wht to do, biyani was running here and there in search of some shelter. and this idiot was laughing like ravana at the scene of our FATI HALAT.

Ambikesh Prasad aka utsav aka baby :
I shall admit he is a bombshell of talent. singing, dancing, academics, literature and wht not he is good at everything. But every coin has two sides and so does he... he is a bit too lazy.... i remember the night b4 core night when he was there in the room when every1 was busy doing something or the other he was just bothered giving finishing touches to a small poster until he got a big JHAD from ujjwal bhaiya(our team manager).. he rose up finally to paint few
things and then finally went off to doze in abt 30 mins :).

Anand Biyani aka biyani:
wht to say abt him... if i write something that hurts his ego then probably this will be my last blog. a man who believes that words are enough to win any battle. he tortures you with his word to point of AD NAUSEUM(using it so that if biyani ever reads this does not understands it). but above all pakka HISAB walla guy who will not allow even a penny being wasted whether it's his money or the money of the common pool. a very caring guy but the cares seems to be more generous when u r from the opposite sex :) . the event that has been most memorable with him has been(better let the few who know about the ghadi wala episode write this for me).........

Anubha Priya aka jungli:
the lifeline of the grp and the most energetic girl i have ever seen. talk of bakar and she wud say YEH DIL MAANGE MORE..... the most memorable thing i can remeber abt her was the way she used to dominate ever1 while tutoring us the dance steps for dance night. she was the kind of dada in the girls hostel. believe it or not she did all her dadagiri to get more members for rotaract.but a word of caution... she has a mood that sways with very gr8 amplitude. u never know when she will stop talking to you and for wht reason.

Aviral and Pratibha aka bhatti and moti:no use dedicating two different descriptions to them. they shared everything in common whether interests, likings or friends. they are the most extrovert persons i have ever met. they become very gud fren of any1 in no time. the best thing about them is that both of them are very rational thinkers. they were the kind of sarpanch of the grp. if there is a problem the solution must be with them. one memorable incident abt bhatti has been his unexpected reaction(furious) when the anil episode broke out.

Divya aka divu:
the cute little sis of the group. though by birth she was only kola's sis. but bit gave her more brothers then she cud probably think of. she has been eagerly waiting for the rakhi all the year round so that she can buy the rakhis in whole sale for her bunch of brothers. it has been a year since i passed but still a rakhi always awiats me at the post office at the right time.

Ipshita aka ippu:
miss FAS was the kind of girl u can never ever forget. she too is very fast in making friends. she was immensely popular among other groups as well primarily b'cas of her sweet nature.

Mayank Malik aka malik:
the brad pitt of the grp. his beauty wud have charmed even the princes of some state and his contacts wud have frightened even the deans. he was nominated and was the most probable candidate for MUNNA MOBILE. the one episode i still remeber with him was the first semester episode when he drenched my bed and when i was after him for a revenge it was kind of ULTA CHOR KOTWAL KO DANTE.

Mayank seth aka seth aka kisna:
the krishna kanhaiya of the grp. given a single chance to flirt with the girls and i bet he is not going to miss it. :) . but he was truely a darling of all primarily because of his ever helping nature. he was ready to help you and give u immense confidence even at the deadiliest hour of night. had he been not in the grp i shud have got a D grade in the CCA paper.

Neha Srivastava aka neha:
if i was to believe that all good things comes in small packages then she surely shud have been the best example. she was little sweet heart of the grp. whether talk of bakar or studies she was always the fore runner.

Nehanjali Bajaj aka bajaj:
she has been the most enthusiastic member of the gang. she is one of those people who can take any joke in good spirit. she was a big movie buff. waise bajaj... i wanted to tell u onething sometimes we used to cheat in bollywood and give movies that never existed.

Pankaj Mahli aka mahli:
this fas presi has always been a popular man. he is really an artist par excellance. the best thing about him was his Emmotional Quotient (EQ) always exceeded his Intelligent quotient(IQ) so is liye thoda sa senti dose and ur work is done :). had he been not there i would not have passed in most of the vivas and written exams. the most meorable moment with him had been the time when he called me to annonce the new team of fas during the farewell party i really felt honoured by his gesture.

Priyanka Priyadarshini aka PP:
she has been the person who never wants to loose any contact she has ever made. check the grp mail and u have invariably one or two mails frm her. her maxim in life has always been HAAPY GO LUCKY. i have never seen a time when she is in any tension. the picture i can imagine abt her has been tht of the popcorn wla BITOTSAV wher she plays the witch in fash p.

Rachit Kumar aka n____:
he wud tear me in pieces for writing his censored name(though partially) but with the fun every1 gets after reading this i can really afford to lose one life. he has been Mr Shy guy of the grp. he never had the courage to express his feelings to any1. but i shud admit that he was really a literary genius with the vocab he had he wud have ceratainly cleared GMAT with a high score. a truely futuristic man had he been the finance minister of india there wud not have been any chances of india going bankrupt. even if he says he has no money u bet he has atleast 1000 in the reserve. gud for every1 b'cos he always helped any1 in the need.his somnambulism needs no mention as every1 in the grp knows well abt it.

Ratandeep singh aka sardar:
mr singh has been the most reverred member of the family. he held the kind of importance in the grp as sonia has in the congress. this rotaract presi always had innovative ideas and arranged enogh resources so as to make any rotaract event a gala event. again sounding bit cautious... but he is also mr MOODY... u can well predict the weather of ranchi but predicting his mood cud be the most diffcult task in the world.

Ritika Prakash aka ratto:
she had huge fan following and probably her fans out numbered the people we had in our 2k1 batch :) .she is the only person i have ever met who knows more about movie than me. she is a very trust worthy person and a person u can always bank on in time of need. her robotic movement always seemed to suggest that she wud have been a ramp walker in her previous incarnations.

Sahil sachdeva aka noorie:
the most studious and the most inti banda of the family. he had only one problem his loyalty to sukku. he never missed any lecture and always adorned the first row of the class. the most memorable moment with him has been the time when he drank to his heart's content and then doomed every1 with his divine knowledge. :)

Satyam shivam aka baba:
the wiz kid of the grp. he had mini robotics lab in his room which became the pilgrimage of most of the juniors during tech fest. he was quitest guy in the grp. had he been not there i wud not have written this mail from an IBM terminal :) . he was the guy who helped me with all the C questions during the IBM placements.

Saumya Rai aka nani:
she has been the only doctorni in our grp. not only was she frm pharmacy but was also advocating ppl do this do that. but believe me she had been very encouraging in any endeavour u undertake.

Suvradeep saha aka bunty:
the zakin hussain of the grp who had no troble with him except for his hindi. he had a sense of humour that can make any1 laugh. he can make more face of expression than even present in the biggest smiley collection one cud ever see. he was best known for his pangas with bokara. whether it was abt stealing all-out liquid or waking him up for dettol soap.

Saurav aka bokaro:
he has been one person ho best suits the song NAAM GUM JAYEGA. very few ppl knew him by his true name. he has been the best man to shop for u. u ask him to get anything for u and i bet he will get it for u no matter which part of the world its sold. the secret is still a topic of reasearch that all the Mythological Magazines(letters to pent*****) we had disappeared once it went to his room(black hole).....

Shivam aka bum:
3 years room partner+ 30 lost clothes+ 300 lost pens+ 3000 figths = bum. that was the kind of guy he was. this JA BHULA DIYE guy was the most feared of the lot. u need not wonder if one fine day u get to read the news that this guy went to his honeymoon and lost his wife there. this was the same incident that happened to me. when he came to pune to meet me. we roamed to all the possible spots and at the end when he stopped at the fueling station to get some petrol. he paid the person there, started the bike and went away. he forgot that i was with him on the bike. i called his name but in vain and then suddenly when he comes across a big pothole on the road he turns back and remebers that i was also there with him. But believe me he is a real gem at heart.

Tejinder Kaur sablok aka ritu:
the masterni of the grp. she was most feared of the lot for her incessant scolding. i remember the best of them all hen when biyani was given a good lesson for his deeds on stage at the chidiya chidiya performance of the dance nite. yet this sardarni is a pure gold at heart. i remember she was the only partner when myself and noorie decided to visist the temples during the puri trip.

Twisha Anand aka amma:
she had only one maxim in life- LIFE IS LIKE AN ICE CREAM ENJOY IT B4 IT MELTS. she is a talented dancer a versatile singer and a good poet as well. alas i cud not give her my slam book so till date i miss a poem tht she wud have written in my slam book like she did for others. to admit the fact she had been my first crush. :)

Vatasalya Narain aka tata:
if we indulged in 100 fights during our BIT days he wud have been behind 98 of them. he was famaous for his burps and believe me, not a single meal passed when u get to miss his burp. but he was definitely the most jugadu of the lot. he was not afraid of anything in bit except for 1 thing......... BOKARO. but believe me he cud go to any extent to help his frens.

And finally Vishnu Chokhani aka maroo:
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