November'2003
Hitherto the Campus Buzz segment in the Careergraph of The The Telegraph was tiringly used to this just too frequently repeated caption "Anurag Singal writes from Don Bosco Liluah" heading those event reports which were published here and gave people on this side of the river Ganga a glimpse of almost anything and everything that nhad been occurring in DBL..since 1999 ...inter school fests, visits to old age homes, debates , animation camps , sport meets !!!!!!!
Now this same Anurag was in St Xavier's and would surely be upto some mischief .So one fine Wednesday morning , 4 lac copies of The Telegraph were published containing a tiny column in the Campuz Buzz
It read
Anurag Singal writes from St Xavier's College
Early Morning Rituals
At 4 o'clock in the morning ,as the world sleeps Xaverians awake to light and freedom .
We get ready to rush off to 30,Park Street to meet the intimidating 6 o'clock deadline.
Our teachers drill into our grey cells the intricacies of accounting standards and standard auditing practices .
A few troubled souls yawningly call our college an unofficial boys school
we implore them to wait for 9:40 when the actual college begins and ...we the school kids can enjoy the vibrancy all around
Saturday is the D-Day for us..it's the 100 minutes-100 marks weekly test
The intellectuals are busy proving their fundas right ..the rest simply pray to safely overcome the disaster!!
The critics announced that I had taken a dictionary and just jotted down out all the bombastic words I could find!!!!
The article was pure delight for my friends and everyone who loved me...my school teachers ... Later I was overjoyed when I came to know through my juniors that my English teachers in Don Bosco had cited this article as an example of how Boscoiites were bestowed with this innate ability to say so much in so little words ...an ability which I definitely owe to them totally ...
My gr8 friend Yogesh took notice of it and kept wondering for 6 months who this Anurag Singal in his college was, till we finally met each other and said that he enjoyed reading it!!
For me it was an addiction which manifested itself once again and heralded a publishing spree which for the next three years continued to update all college-goers with the latest in our B .Com Dept !!!! Finally I wrapped it up with my event report on our Valedictory function in February 2006 ....no more "Anurag Singal writes from St Xavier's College " for me subsequent to this!!!!!!!!
Tagged under: St Xavier's .the saga that never ceases to excite!
St Xavier's .the saga that never ceases to excite!
Yes St Xavier's College...the B Com(H) Dept........
St Xavier's ...a name which means different things to different people..
For some..it's the word you somehow (consciously /unconsciously) manage to utter in your conversation with that cute looking girl you've just met ...believe me ..the word brings that extra sparkle in her eye and you are enthralled...those early morning rituals didn't go down the drain!!!
Almost everyone in the first year creates an email id that encompasses this buzzword Xaviers .......coolabhi_xaverian ,sunil.sxc,mez_xaverian_cooldude
And everyone capitalises on the opportunity to arrange some Xavotsav passes, succumbing to those "Plz mere liye itna to kar sakte ho naa...sirf do(2) pass manage karo naa "No guesses for who is at the receiving end of this glamour!!!
Equally enthralling are those moments when your father ,mother or any relative for that matter ,proudly announces to your distant "mama ke bhaiya ki mousi ke bete ka door ka rishtedaar..." that their son is in St Xavier's
Our VP in college would "proudly"( yes I am using this phrase just too often... there is no better word than 'pride'to describe Xavier's aptly) assure us that the tag would not only help you fetch a dream job but also an additional 2 lacs of dowry... and so those demanding classes and weekly tests shouldn't be termed demanding by the students
For me Xavier's was an amalgamation of all the above ..
Yes I have deliberately asked girls the name of their college so that I in turn could utter mine ,
I still maintain an e-mail id anurag_xaviers@yahoo.co.in ,much to the chagrin of those envious non-Xaverians around ,
I have arranged/ at least tried to arrange Xavotsav passes for......,
My father,mother,nanaji,naniji,cousins ...everyone use this magic-word to create a strong impression for me ... But the dowry part still needs to be verified ...
I'll surely get back with an answer on this after 7-8 years
BUT BUT BUT
Xavier's for me is much beyond this
I still remember those ISC exams (class 12 Boards which I had taken in the Science stream)where each day was either Xavier's positive or Xavier's negative..I mean an awful Physics practical where I failed to beat those unexciting experiments brought tears ... a superb Hindi exam meant "Don't lose hope is the moral of the story...Maybe Lady Luck will smile "
I had 435 marks(87%) in my kitty to fight for Xavier's (Best of 5 ...including English)...will I meet the cut-off???
Finally Form No 7264 did appear in the first list of selected candidates posted on www.sxccal.edu... You know ,I asked my friend & the cyber cafe owner to check again whether it was actually a reality or a mere figment of my imagination , an outcome of my desperation to be there .....
"Mummy mera Xavier's mein ho gaya " Tears came in my eyes as I scrambled to get hold of a PCO and phone up everyone who mattered..that was a historic moment in my life..... The news came as a shock for those critics who had not excepted this stream changer ( I mean Science to Commerce) to manage this ......"Where will you take admission ..Umesh Chandra or Bhawanipore???" ...they had been asking with a smirk since the last three months and I managed to have the last laugh!!!
True that Xavier's per-se would be an eyewash...there would be no achievement if I would just manage to be a passout from St Xavier's ...800 people would do that each year .( including the quota category ) and so my three years should equip me with a strong naswer if asked what I managed to achieve there....something really exciting!!!!
My next blog deals with the same...do read it
St Xavier's ...a name which means different things to different people..
For some..it's the word you somehow (consciously /unconsciously) manage to utter in your conversation with that cute looking girl you've just met ...believe me ..the word brings that extra sparkle in her eye and you are enthralled...those early morning rituals didn't go down the drain!!!
Almost everyone in the first year creates an email id that encompasses this buzzword Xaviers .......coolabhi_xaverian ,sunil.sxc,mez_xaverian_cooldude
And everyone capitalises on the opportunity to arrange some Xavotsav passes, succumbing to those "Plz mere liye itna to kar sakte ho naa...sirf do(2) pass manage karo naa "No guesses for who is at the receiving end of this glamour!!!
Equally enthralling are those moments when your father ,mother or any relative for that matter ,proudly announces to your distant "mama ke bhaiya ki mousi ke bete ka door ka rishtedaar..." that their son is in St Xavier's
Our VP in college would "proudly"( yes I am using this phrase just too often... there is no better word than 'pride'to describe Xavier's aptly) assure us that the tag would not only help you fetch a dream job but also an additional 2 lacs of dowry... and so those demanding classes and weekly tests shouldn't be termed demanding by the students
For me Xavier's was an amalgamation of all the above ..
Yes I have deliberately asked girls the name of their college so that I in turn could utter mine ,
I still maintain an e-mail id anurag_xaviers@yahoo.co.in ,much to the chagrin of those envious non-Xaverians around ,
I have arranged/ at least tried to arrange Xavotsav passes for......,
My father,mother,nanaji,naniji,cousins ...everyone use this magic-word to create a strong impression for me ... But the dowry part still needs to be verified ...
I'll surely get back with an answer on this after 7-8 years
BUT BUT BUT
Xavier's for me is much beyond this
I still remember those ISC exams (class 12 Boards which I had taken in the Science stream)where each day was either Xavier's positive or Xavier's negative..I mean an awful Physics practical where I failed to beat those unexciting experiments brought tears ... a superb Hindi exam meant "Don't lose hope is the moral of the story...Maybe Lady Luck will smile "
I had 435 marks(87%) in my kitty to fight for Xavier's (Best of 5 ...including English)...will I meet the cut-off???
Finally Form No 7264 did appear in the first list of selected candidates posted on www.sxccal.edu... You know ,I asked my friend & the cyber cafe owner to check again whether it was actually a reality or a mere figment of my imagination , an outcome of my desperation to be there .....
"Mummy mera Xavier's mein ho gaya " Tears came in my eyes as I scrambled to get hold of a PCO and phone up everyone who mattered..that was a historic moment in my life..... The news came as a shock for those critics who had not excepted this stream changer ( I mean Science to Commerce) to manage this ......"Where will you take admission ..Umesh Chandra or Bhawanipore???" ...they had been asking with a smirk since the last three months and I managed to have the last laugh!!!
True that Xavier's per-se would be an eyewash...there would be no achievement if I would just manage to be a passout from St Xavier's ...800 people would do that each year .( including the quota category ) and so my three years should equip me with a strong naswer if asked what I managed to achieve there....something really exciting!!!!
My next blog deals with the same...do read it
Tagged under: People I'd like to meet...Places I'd like to visit
People I'd like to meet, places I'd like to visit
Strange as it may sound... .people are more prone to believing in the effect those stars and planets millions of light years away cast on you... but I think otherwise....'beg to differ' in the conventional parlance....for me my life, my beliefs and the sum total of my achievements have been subject to this "People Effect"....the rub-off effect of the people I've been lucky enough to meet in my life....the values they've instilled into me and the vision they've imparted to me.Equally profound has been the impact places around have cast on me........not just Vaastu or Feng-Shui... but more above the magic and the mystery ......I call it the "Place Effect"
I like passionate people ..people who are passionate about food, about cars , about music ...about life itself.....People who have the ability to stare at Failure in the eye and assert "Look you may have got the better of me for the time being.. but...but..but .. I wish you better luck next time!!!...." Come what may, the innate self confidence and the desire to rise above the Tom-Dick and Harry... makes them surge ahead and surprise not just the world but themselves!!!!!
With the ability to laugh all the way to success, they have this infectious and equally enviable ability to whistle while at work...why not...after all they are giving their 100% .what more can you desire???????
They are not necessarily workaholics but then the hunger......the quest for excellence never lets them rest at peace !!! Constantly at loggerheads with the clock ......."Why does it have to tick away so fast enough and leave me with so less time to work ???????"...they are often found complaining !!
The are ones who script their rags -to- riches stories.... The Sabeer Bhatias and the Dhirubhai Ambanis of the world.... The entrepreneurial spirit doesn't come easy..."If you can watch the things you gave your life to broken ...and stoop and build them up with worn out tools..." That requires guts Man and they do have it in adequate measure !!!
They are the Michelangelos and the Walt Disneys ...who on being told that they have no talent for their work go on to become legends in their own right..
They are like my Sanju Bhaiya who on being denied admission to even Umesh Chandra College in Calcutta after his higher secondary exams went on become an alumnus on IIT-Kharagpur...
A starting capital of rupees 2 only often generates Return on Investment(ROIs) enough to establish industrial empires.... quite to the bafflement of finance managers ...
There are places which inspire too... from that 10ft by 8 ft glass chamber resplendent with light from those tiny neon lights.....with the colourful orchard in the background ,birds chirping away melodious tunes and that 14 inch LCD armed with Internet Explorer infront of your pupils to capure all the attention... you don't feel the heat of working 24*7 .......Did anyone say "Work is play ?"
I like those lofty chambers ...the erstwhile World Trade Centres and the Leaning Towers of the Pisas... challenging the supremacy of the skies and forcing it to acknowledge their presence!!!!
Equally inspiring is that Tata Centre on 43A , Jawaharlal Nehru Road that bugs me continously to attain standards to be worthy enough to have a chamber for myself in it........
Those dozens of tiny virgin islands where in the company of nature's serenity...........you are not alone but in solitude.... Even the tsunamis would be welcome amidst that tranquility!!!!!
These are the places I'd like to visit and memories of whom I'd like to capture in the camera of my heart ..............these are the people with whom I'd like to exhange glances, shake hands and wish "Happy Birthday" from the core of my heart!!!!!
I like passionate people ..people who are passionate about food, about cars , about music ...about life itself.....People who have the ability to stare at Failure in the eye and assert "Look you may have got the better of me for the time being.. but...but..but .. I wish you better luck next time!!!...." Come what may, the innate self confidence and the desire to rise above the Tom-Dick and Harry... makes them surge ahead and surprise not just the world but themselves!!!!!
With the ability to laugh all the way to success, they have this infectious and equally enviable ability to whistle while at work...why not...after all they are giving their 100% .what more can you desire???????
They are not necessarily workaholics but then the hunger......the quest for excellence never lets them rest at peace !!! Constantly at loggerheads with the clock ......."Why does it have to tick away so fast enough and leave me with so less time to work ???????"...they are often found complaining !!
The are ones who script their rags -to- riches stories.... The Sabeer Bhatias and the Dhirubhai Ambanis of the world.... The entrepreneurial spirit doesn't come easy..."If you can watch the things you gave your life to broken ...and stoop and build them up with worn out tools..." That requires guts Man and they do have it in adequate measure !!!
They are the Michelangelos and the Walt Disneys ...who on being told that they have no talent for their work go on to become legends in their own right..
They are like my Sanju Bhaiya who on being denied admission to even Umesh Chandra College in Calcutta after his higher secondary exams went on become an alumnus on IIT-Kharagpur...
A starting capital of rupees 2 only often generates Return on Investment(ROIs) enough to establish industrial empires.... quite to the bafflement of finance managers ...
There are places which inspire too... from that 10ft by 8 ft glass chamber resplendent with light from those tiny neon lights.....with the colourful orchard in the background ,birds chirping away melodious tunes and that 14 inch LCD armed with Internet Explorer infront of your pupils to capure all the attention... you don't feel the heat of working 24*7 .......Did anyone say "Work is play ?"
I like those lofty chambers ...the erstwhile World Trade Centres and the Leaning Towers of the Pisas... challenging the supremacy of the skies and forcing it to acknowledge their presence!!!!
Equally inspiring is that Tata Centre on 43A , Jawaharlal Nehru Road that bugs me continously to attain standards to be worthy enough to have a chamber for myself in it........
Those dozens of tiny virgin islands where in the company of nature's serenity...........you are not alone but in solitude.... Even the tsunamis would be welcome amidst that tranquility!!!!!
These are the places I'd like to visit and memories of whom I'd like to capture in the camera of my heart ..............these are the people with whom I'd like to exhange glances, shake hands and wish "Happy Birthday" from the core of my heart!!!!!
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