End of First Year: Looking back

As the third trimester draws to an exciting yet much awaited end, its time to look back at our roller coaster ride at IIFT. It was on the 2nd of July last year that we reached the clandestine sectors in Salt Lake in pursuit of our dreams. As fate would have it, a bunch of 9 individuals got together at a hostel (it looked more like a concentration camp) with hardly any room to manoeuvre. The PDPs ensured that the there was going to be no respite. It was probably the toughest month here and it geared us up for the journey ahead.

The first trimester saw us shifting to a Jannat at GC 100 ; a dream house and I got a special roomie; who would have thought in his wildest dreams that this gold medallist (self proclaimed :)) was going to take up the reins of this batch. I have had the chance to observe him more closely than anyone in this batch and all I can say on a public forum is that uses his core competencies to his best :) . A very cute sardar indeed . Tussi great ho paaji :)

The next senior most guy, Jwala aka Rahul took some of his most critical decisions staying with us. When we were searching hard for live projects, he ensured that we get a chance to organise a marriage ceremony, all on our own.The fact that we enjoy so much is because people like him are working hard to find us good placements.
I only pray that iska ek sapna poora ho jaaye…. isko CAT mai ek IIM se call aa jaaye :)

Its getting too boring and formal. Life mai kuch maza chahiye bhai. Here comes Pradeep Biltoria aka Praddy bhai :) . The life line of GC. Life would be a dead rubber without this guy. The Gen Sec of our batch, he is the one who adds the flavour to this group. Aajkal radha bazaar ke chakkar laga rahe hain :) Of course the credit for organising an awesome farewell party goes to him. Praddy bhai, gen sec to theek hai lekin apni dance classes parallel honi chahiye. Kuch log inhe pyaar se Roll No 12 kehte hain.

Chalo thodi padhaayi kar li jaaye ab. The boys topper Mohit Malik.Now what an irony. Bhagwaan ne opposite poles ko roommates bana diya :). My proximity to him in roll numbers ensured that mujhe exams mai zyada pachtaana nahi padta :) Also a trusted partner in paper writing. He believes in water conservation and utilises it only when it becomes a necessity ( I cannot be more explicit plz … ) And finally hez thought that padhai ke saath saath kuch aur kiya jaaye and hez handling a team assisting the placement committee.

Mota mota, newspaper padho aur paranthe khao. My co-coordinator of the Blash Club is a true marwari. Iska to trader banna banta hai bhai. He had spent days and nights studying current affairs with one objective: to teach Priyanka Jain. The most eloquent user of words which cannot be quoted here, he is one sweet guy you would love to be with.

Enough of engineers; lets get some variety now. Here comes an economist from Hindu college. When he had arrived here, he appeared calm and quiet. But he has inherited a lot of qualities from his roomie jignesh. An ardent fan of Cheap Songs. Aajkal Corporate relations committee ki team sambhal rahe hai aur kaafi khush khush rehte hain :)

Apne Consulting coordinator to halke halke mai hai. There was once a time when me and Ankur proudly discussed sensex, and dow jones and Nikkei and much more. Not any more though :). Hez more worried about exporters in moradabad than his losses in the sensex. I have had the pleasure of making several bplans with him and jwala :)

And about me, all I can say is I am blessed; blessed to have friends like these; friends for a lifetime. The aspirations with which I had entered the echelons of IIFT look more closer to being fulfilled. We have spent the finest moments of our life together and I hope this bonding lives longer than our lives.

Waiting to join you guyz after Summers for another year of masti

Yaaron dosti badi hi haseen hai…yeh na ho to kya phir bolo zindagi hai…….