Wednesday 7 March 2012

Kyunki, Pagalpanti bhi zaruri hai....! ;)


 Just as sat to update my blog with another post, as usual, I was clueless and lost. Should I write on this? Or should I write on that? Or maybe this? Or wait, this seems better.... hmph! Yes, indeed I am lost! Lost in my world, trying to to give a peek-a-boo into my world through these short posts. ( Yes, these ARE short... comparatively atleast!)

So just as I wrestle with the topics and discard them with the speed of light, I get a call. No, its not from God, I am no Chetan Bhagat! :P  Its from my best friend, Veni. I tell her I am looking for a topic to write on in a dolorious voice, and she replies instantly in her usual bubbly voice, 'Hey why dont you write about our visit to the Xaviers College?' So here it is, my visit to one of the oldest and most glorious colleges of Mumbai - Xaviers College!






Disclaimer- To all you Xavierites, I am neither glorifying your college nor am I in love with your college, though agreed your college doesnt need glorifcation, the least from me, and well yes, you could call my feelings for your college as infatuation! :P

It was a lazy day in my college, lectures were cancelled, hardly any crowd to hang out with, just a few of us, with those few deciding to go back home obidiently. We (read as, me and Veni) too generally behave like those boring obidient students and catch a train and head back straight home or end up in a library or Oxford bookstore surfing books and flipping pages. But that day was different! We were in a mood for some excitement and fun! And generally, whenever we are in such a mood, we end up doing all the retarted stuffs without even a second thought! So we left our college and and started walking towards Xaviers! Yes, agreed its a 'lil long walk, but heyy walking 15 mins in the early morning wont do any harm. So we walk and walk and walk, and discovered its a 'lil more than 15 mins, almost half an hour! :P

Visiting the college was Veni's idea because she still hadnt seen the college campus yet. So le me be the guide, and le her be the tourist! I called up my school friend who studies there, she came out to recieve us like honorable guests. Little did we know, that we, honourable guests, would be stopped by the watchman for our IDs! How I wish I was 'Holly' and get an entry into the no-entry areas acting like I was the princess of Finland! :P  But no, the watchman, with his long handlebar moustache didnt seem mercyful at all, rather asked us too many questions on our presence. But somehow, we escaped it under the pretence of having some office work and managed to sneak in.





The college welcomed us with the old renaissance building and gothic architecture. The huge open space and the long stretched corridors made us feel like we happened to be in one of the colleges in a bollywood movie! To all those who dreamt of college just as shown in the bolly movies, this one would be a dream come true for you all! Yes, I truely felt like walking in a college from a bolly movie. It may seem utterly stupid and naive, but yes, I did expect to bump into a handsome cute guy, with the books and papers flying all around us, and we both go on our knees to pick up the shattered sheets of papers and books with our eyes fixed at each other and voila, we fall in love! :P But nothing of this sort happened. Rather I met many hippie guys with long hair falling over their shoulders, heavy bags on their back, a guitar or a trumpet falling on their waist, well... I guess I should leave this topic here itself. Moving on.. the canteen pulled us with its vibrant environment and we were lost there for a few seconds, digesting the panorama of the canteen and the foyer. Yes, we both were standing there for a few seconds with our mouth wide open, gasping for breathe, then we proceeded. What made us gasp? The crowd. The culture. The feel. The college!





If this wasnt enough for you, well... stay hungry, and visit the college once! There was more to what we did that day, but writing it here will earn us the tag of retards, so allow me to skip those parts! ;)

Before I cheat with my own definition of err... a short post, I will end it here. We left the college in an hour debating with ourselves as to why we should stay in our college and not change to Xaviers for our next academic year! :P  The only thing kept us back was their autonomy. Hell, I can survive in my own college for the next one year, but study for weekly tests which will be assessed during our finals and boards?? ummm... well... We love our college too! :D


10 comments:

  1. ah the sobriquet pagalpanti seems to do all the justice to the snippet of yours. How come you can stealthily sneak into anyone premises ?? lol Any way the cornucopia of your feelings can be felt after reading it.. haha keep posting Happy Holi and wish u happy intrnl womens day *Respect*

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  2. thanks roop!
    wish u all the same! :D

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  3. I never got inside the campus but m sure by the way you sounded, that it definitely is amazing! heard a lot abt it!

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    1. yes rite!
      it is one of the places u simple MUST visit!
      try visitin it once if u ever get a chance, nahi to i just gave u another way to visit it! ;)

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  4. I got acquainted with this college back in the 90's, during the era of Kuch Kuch Hota hai. :D

    And and first picture se mujhe Jane Tu Ya Jane Na bhi yaad aa gayi. God, this college is so over used in Bollywood. :P

    P.S: Hi.. :-)

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  5. I cudnt agree more! its just over-used by bollywwood!
    but I dont blame dem either! this colg has such an ambience thanx to its gothic architecture , ppl r bound to fall in love..or atleast feel infatuated it its premises! ;)

    PPS: Helloooo!! :D :D

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  6. This is eerily coincidental. I've used a building in one of my stories (for the book) that looks just like this. I mean, I pictured it just like how it shows here. Man...

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    1. hahahahaa...why am I not surprised ! :D
      'eerie coincidences' and 'you' simply go hand in hand... :P
      and dont tell me, u r an author ?? O.o

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