Memories!!!

Straight to business!
Scariest Moment 1: Being part of the 30 odd people who were denied to write the RM paper. Later we were told by Vaishali that the papers wouldn’t be corrected, reason being there was complete chaos in the class after the qts paper was disturbed and I guess she was justified in doing what she did. Later the papers were corrected on tendering an apology and I got 6/15, for which Prantosh Sir’s comment was “structured pfaff”.
Scariest Moment 2: Shivram Apte Sir’s batchmeet after he had caught virtually the entire batch copying an assignment. Those 15-20 mins in the assembly hall felt like a couple of hours and my feet were actually shivering all this while. The highlight was when he banged his foot on the wooden platform.
Laugh Riot Lecture: Almost all of Shivram Sir’s lectures would qualify for this. However the most special one was the GD/PI session and his comments/views about HR. Also Phatak Sir’s lectures, his evaluation problems, his taunts about our intellect and Vikas Sikka’s Railway Phatak…simply Hilarious!
Longest Lecture: The 6 hr marathon session by Prantosh Sir for MM towards the end of Sem 1. There have been lectures of longer duration than this, but the fact that we were taking down notes throughout the lecture made it really exhausting. Even Prantosh couldn’t hold peoples’ interest for those many hours.
Shortest Lecture: All of Narawane Sir’s lectures, but the shortest amongst them was this particular lecture when Sir marked the attendance in the attendance coordinators room and the class was over. People who were even a couple of mins late didn’t realize what had happened. This day later became known as Aditya G’s Black Monday!
Most Awaited Moment: The “Somvit Maji Introduction” during Sem 1. Div B people looked forward to this as if some Oscars were being announced. At times, faculty was persuaded to ask for introductions. Apparently Mr. Gutlimaar had some degree from IIT and he was a Boogie Woogie Winner. Booo!!!
The Best Dance: Actually, there are a couple of them. Aditya G’s “Pappu Can’t Dance Saala” where he broke his foot. Post this incident he just refused to lift his foot while dancing avoiding any risk whatsoever. The other one is Somvit maji being made to dance to the song “ Choli ke piche kya hai”. It was simply hilarious and showed what lengths people could go to in order to avoid Todi’s and Channu’s kicks on the backside. He surely would have given Madhuri Dixit a run for her money.
Unadulterated Joy: It has to be SymbiOlympics! Don’t know why, but it was such a lot of fun, sitting till 4 in the morning, yelling and supporting HRD and booing IB and IT. The fact that HRD won, was the icing on the cake.
The Payback Moment: Channu being hit for 22 runs in an over in the final after not having conceded a single boundary in the run-up to the finals. 30 mins later I was hit by a rocket kick straight in the face. Both incidents were payback for the previous night’s gossiping session. Aditya G went scot-free.
Moment of Pride: When the ERM report was finally uploaded on the website. Lot of effort went into it. Aditya G’s and Shrijit’s constant following up made it happen. Another one is my 1st waterpolo goal.
Moment of Amazement: When the owner of Saundarya sent a Volvo bus to pick up and drop some 20-25 of us to the hotel. We all knew Div B was special, but didn’t know that people at Saundarya also knew it. More surprising was Thomas George’s excel sheet, with V-loopup and H-lookup to calculate the expenses for the previous night.
Subbu Moments: Actually this topic warrants another post, but nevertheless will list out the most fascinating ones. The most amazing one has to be Subbu wanting Sanjay Gandhi as the Chief Guest for Neev, then Subbu meeting Indra Nooyi of Coke, Subbu receiving a call from Mr. Birla to meet at the Marriot, Subbu asking us to carry ENO for the Director’s walk (what he meant was Glucon D), Subbu escorting Rajnikanth Patel in a green Shirt and wearing Chappals, Subbu's Basel III norms, Subbu convincing Harsh Mariwala that we don’t need placements and his innumerable batchmeets.
Saddest Moment: Joglekar Sir receiving the news about his mother’s death while in the middle of the lecture. He was the sweetest Prof we had. Very considerate of Anoop to offer condolences on behalf of the div in his next lecture.
Most Disgusting Moment: Sem 3 elective selection batchmeet, when Waknis Sir was told in no uncertain words that people hadn’t taken some elective in Sem 2 because he was teaching it. I appreciate honestly and speaking one’s mind, but not at the expense of respecting your elders and teachers. Another one was being made to pay for a lost/stolen computer mouse. Though the amount was a trivial Rs. 3, paying for it meant accepting the fact that we had stolen it.
The Funniest moment: Our OR presentation on Integration. Rohit Jain started by saying “today we will enlighten you about Integration”, Aditya G, who doesn’t know what integral xdx is, said something about “triple integral of a curve” (Newton must have turned in his grave) and when Phatak Sir stopped the presentation, Rohit Jain came with another beauty “ Sir aage suno toh, aage Princess Diana ka accident hai”. All this while I couldn’t control my laughter and was on my knees laughing and hiding behind the podium.
The Architectural Masterpiece: “GuptaSthali” created by Aashay and A2K.
The Worst Beating: Mundhada being beaten up after Sem 1 results. Also I was kicked by all the Div B girls on my birthday and almost all missed their aim and kicked me on my back!
Most Embarrassing Moment: Being asked out for the Fresher’s Date. All thanks to the Power Puff girls from Delhi.
Act of Gluttony: Many many many…..Standout one was finishing an entire brick of Vanilla Ice Cream on Fresher’s Night.
Most Wonderful Period: Has to be the 3 days during Neev ’07 (sorry Sneha and Aashay). Great games, fantastic informals, rocking rock show and the icing on the cake Augustus. Sad that Neev’08 didn’t live up to the hype. Money doesn’t guarantee success.
Lecture that brought tears: Prantosh Sir’s lecture on life cycle stages. It made me miss my Family like anything.
Most Intellectually Stimulating Lecture: Without doubt, Anant Gupta Sir’s class on “Dell’s Working Capital Management”. In this particular lecture, most uncharacteristically, he didn’t not comment about our lack of knowledge, that we copy assignments from seniors’, blah blah. All the subjects in Sem3 cumulatively will not be able to stand up against this particular lecture.

This is the last post about HRD and life and people at HRD. Nostalgia over, time to move on!