TSG Elections

19.03.2010: The date for Technology Students' Gymkhana elections, a very famous event at IIT-Kgp. The odd number of people who get elected for its various coveted posts are the demi-gods of the campus for the next one year. One of my very close friends who happens to be my class mate is contesting for a post, so kinda excited for him. Hope he wins.
Anyways a lot has happened ever since my last post. I joined Indian Institute of Technology, the Mecca of education, to pursue my post-graduation degree. An LL.B. degree with Honours in Intellectual Property Law, the name of the degree does sound quite hefty. It fulfills my long desired wish of becoming a lawyer, better late than never. The questions that pop out:
why "law" after "engineering"?
why strive to become a "liar" when the world anyways is teeming with them? Why leave the opportunity of joining the best IT company to study again for thre-years?
Why?
Why?
WHY?
My answer to all your questions:
MY WISH!!
Whatever...
Life in IIT had been fun till now; there cannot be a single moment of the day when one can say that he/she is bored. There's so much of activities all around. Classes run for almost eight hours a day, there's a project submission or a moot court or a presentation every other day. One can play any sport one can think of (if one has time after the hectic schedule of classes). The intra-net (read: DC++) has a plethora of materials to keep you occupied... movies, tv series, e-books, softwares, games, music...you name it and you have it on DC++!! As one of our professors once asked, "Is it true, that DC++ can provide for things ranging from the Bhagwat Gita to pronography?" Our unanimous answer, "Yes, Sir!" Still, if you are left with time in the twenty-four hours of the day, the campus spans over an area of 2100 acres, one can always go for a "short" walk.
Nevertheless, classes started off from July, I loved the different genre of subjects that I have to study here post my engineering days. The pressure was a bit difficult to cope up with in the beginning but things settled down fine.
The month of September proved to be tough, Ma fell seriously ill: got diagnosed with rheumatic fever. I didn't really enjoy that phase of my life; watching Ma bedridden is the last thing I would want to see in my life. Nonetheless, life moved on, spent a quiet pujo with Ma and finally she moved off to Assam with Dad.
Month of November brought with it the end-semester exams, which went fairly well. I went off to New Delhi in December to do my winter internship in an NGO called Action India, will write more about my stay in Delhi later. It was a pleasant experience, I met "him" after almost seven months, so kinda enjoyed my stay thoroughly.
So that's how my 1st semester came to an end.