DU had always been my dream, my aim in life, the one place I wanted to see myself go… and luckily, to my delight I achieved it!! Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Vivek Vihar. Well, I am a co-ed school pass out and when I made it to DU I went to a… WOMEN’S COLLEGE????? Oh well, so be it. I always wanted to pursue biomedical sciences and I made it... ‘aur baaki sab baaton se ki farak painda hai’?? Like every kid I also falsely believed that college is relaxed and laid back fun, a smooth sail on the sea of laughter and masti, how VERY mistaken I was. Wallet full of money, fancy clothes on my back, big shopping sprees in my fantasy and a scooty as a mode of transportation i.e. complete independent mobility…. Life cannot be any better right?? First day, orientation, girls all around dressed gorgeously and looking fabulous in their casual wear. The second and the third years were strutting in the corridors and amongst them the hesitant and self conscious first years could be easily spotted and I was one of them, Tulika Banerjee, course BMS. I will never forget that day because that day I made a lot of friends who would be my confidantes for days to come. We were shy and formal with each other and probably one day we would look back and laugh of how stupid we acted that day.
Day two… OH MAN!! Break neck studies awaited us. After four months of ultimate ‘vellapanti’ even writing two pages were ‘haath ki aisi taisi’!!! Oh! And a nerve wreaking news, we had to draw our blood from our own fingers and ‘dhak dhak.. dhak dhak’ went the hearts of people who were nauseous even by sight of it….umm…only me....SIGHHHhhhhhh, tragic... but still... Teacher pe impression jamaana tha.. So everybody gave the brainiest of answers which would have made Einstein proud if he was around. It didn’t take us more than a nanosecond to realize that bunks will not be an option for us… WAAH ZINDAGI!! Then there came the mighty seniors and each and every of my batch mate had a slightly scared expression glued on their face, but it turned out to be of no use, no ragging of any sort happened, in fact they helped us with understanding the subjects more. They were ‘fultoo fundoo’!!!!
Teachers and seniors were excellent, and studies harsh, friends were sweet and burden massive. All in all we were harried but satisfied that we are in good hands and the future is bright. I think the foremost attraction in the college keeping aside the ‘smarties’ is the college canteen. AHEM!!! Well, one can’t really say the food is the focal attraction but the precious moments of ‘chillax’ time with your friends, the racket you make with the ‘habshi’ style attack of at least 10 girls on a plate of ‘meggi’. PRICELESS!! It’s an escape from the stress, a sweet retreat.
The CR elections were priceless!!! The contestants, all of them were my good friends and so this was so much more fun for me!! I was the official organizer… yes guys… this means that whenever I stood up I got a wild applause!! The contestants had to stand up and tell us why they deserve this post and another good friend of mine was the undercover camera-woman, basically we wanted to keep their videos so that we could laugh later to our heart’s content. I know…WICKED!!! Of course a very non-deserving person made it… actually nobody deserves to be slaughtered like that. And we got our pretty little scapegoat!!
I love all my college friends already; they themselves must be missing their school friends so much but are accepting new friends with open arms. Having said that, I would like to say that one thing is always there, the memories of the time spend in school, the indulgence called ‘dosti’, the loud echoing noise in the corridors “yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy dostiiiiiiii… hum nahiiiii todengeeeeeeeee”… now, even the sight of the school bus leaves a big smile on my face. One week has passed and I have realized one thing for sure…college is not about how much money you carry but how you carry yourself, not what type of clothes you wear but how you wear your attitude, it’s about finding ways to get to home when my scooty breaks down, it’s about getting lost somewhere and not panicking, it’s not about full-on freedom but understanding out duties and it’s surely not about imposing yourself but experimenting with yourself, finding the real ‘you’, making new friends and being brave and having the courage to draw even your own blood (having said that, you should know, I DID IT!!!). DU is life guys, a lucky chance for a lucky few, live it and LOVE IT!!!!!
KNOW YOUR FRINED FROM DU
Tulika Banerjee is a student of Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women. She is very passionate about everything she does... she loves to write, sing, dance, paint, speak so on and so forth!! Her friends love her because she loves them A LOT! She generally takes charge of stuff and sees that they are done properly. She is affectionate, strong and a voracious reader. Life is fun for her and exploring it is her job. She hopes that she can grow up well and achieve all her goals.
