Tuesday, May 29, 2007

IIT Mania

He was there ....although in confinement but one that he njyed n wanted to be there forever....He cud see this world wid his closed eyes ..............A world full of land...., information ..ppl.....everything.........He cud feel the greatness of india coz he was here only ......some where in this sparsely populated urban area.... his sixth sense was helping him out............ yah there it was ..in a posh locality......this hospital..named...aarrrggghhh...wats in the name...........He could smell the various flavours of medicines ,equipments ....... the whole aura of room no 233 in this hospital.......In a minutes time he cud actually see everything...but alas .....He wanted to be there forever...................njying free spa n warmth in the confinement wid all the comfort he cud get anywhere.....

Yes he wanted to remain in his mother's womb ...always ......forever.............coz for almost 9 months he had been hearing this.......from his parents ...relatives ....all sane n insane ppl around........he cud feel the pressure .....n was not upto it............





IIT IIT IIT IIT ......................

my son will gt thru an IIT..for sure...

He'll make us proud......

he'll earn in dollars.....

He will make our dream come true.....

man........i dont want to get born........I m fine dad mom...plz ....i dont want IIT.............plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........I dont want to be a maniac.................Let me live..........

India is a gr8 country.........wid one billion of population...

n a lot of students (lot means lot)........so r these student divided by gud average n bad.........is it??

just a minute ...their is a standard to determine how gud they r.......
and one such standard is ..............getting thru an IIT...

So what is an IIT...

IIT's are the premier educational institutions of India imparting technical and management education toa mere 4000 students from the country each yr........ mind it they are gud...........but hv only 4000 seats for which 5 lakhs student fite ....that makes it 143 per seat...man ...isnt it tough.............n this no .is increasin day by day...

Actually these r instituitions which make life hell for ppls rite wen they r born (not their fault)...making them a part of the gruelling process of getting thru them..whereby slogging for hrs n hrs..n making them maniacs...a process fuelled by parents, relatives n society... who feel proud to be an iitians parent ...rathers than a son's or daughters parent.....(hey their...i m not against IIt...i m against the system...)

So if ur r an IITian ppl will luk upon u "oh wat a man".......n tell thier children ..."life mein kuch kar ke dikhao IIT mein jao..."..Man .. .....is doing something in life is equivalent to getting thru an IIT...........

So did anybody asked me if i was a rebel n didn't tried for it...........Well i m the same person born in an average family.......wid just one ambition embibed in me from my childhood ...to get thru an IIT ......


My quest wid IIT started from class 11th .................when i was involved in a lot of tuitions...(thus helping this business to fuel a others do)
wake up in the morning at 5:30 ..get ready and go 15 kms away to attend chemistry's tuition.....cm bk 10 kms to school....then cm bk in the afternoon...hv ur lunch for a min or 2 ......went 12 kms for maths then 10 kms for physics n finally 5 kms bk to my home......exhausted fully exhausted..........."damn............i m sleeping....."



Some where i wanted to be free out of this IIT stuff........but alas.....i cud see the perks that wud get thru being an IITian..

-Lifelong tag wid u of being an IITian..

-Parents forever proud for u being an IITian(whether u do smthin after that or not :)

-relatives ,teachers .....all like u very much suddenly...

-marriage proposals.......(these gals u knw run after IITians ...khud kuch bhi ho...par bf must be an IITian...)

-" accha u r an iitan..wow.." common reaction....
(can somebody tell me if IITians luk diff from others...)

ps- exceptions r always their.....

-Right to brag everywhere that i m from IIt ( as if other ppl r not human beings....)

-specific mention in Matrimonials..(IIT se btech earning in 7 digits )

-feeling gud wen top national dailies write that IITians are changing our country (as if 1 billion population -is useless)...

so these issues made me to fite for iit...eventually i cleared my screening n faltered in mains...although i got 126 rank in aieee but alas tht was not an achievement coz i was not thru IIT......(society norms).......


suddenly ppl's attitude changed...This guy is average.......he cudnt get thru IIT.......ppl became apprehensive of ur potential...........n start lukin towards u as if u r from diff planet.......

aaahhhhhhhh



This IIT bug cm bk to haunt me again ..............

I got thru IIT kgp for mba this yr................without any sort of hard work ...............(my current interest is in band ...guitar....music.......)

n then this bandwagon of ppl started again .. Ironically this time m not interested in joining it........Why ..leave it for sm other time..........but ppl........."beta ek baar fir soch lo ... aaise mauke baar baar nahi milte"-parents

"anu....plz chale jao plz plz plz plz "- sonu

"think abt it man "-friends...

"tujhe aana padega ...nahi to I hate u"- liz......

"aahhhh plz leave me i dont wanna go "..-....me ...

yah liz hates me coz i m not joining it.....unbeleivable but my joining an IIt will decide if she hates me or not :):):):)(kidding)

Liz here needs a spcl mention ....she also got thru IIT kgp and has actually restored the sanity to join it unlike me...... asks me why i m not joining...why ???


may b i m over wid this IIT thing or may b higher ambitions..but truth of the matter is ....I dont feel like................yah


I just wanted to gt thru once to tell ppl hey IIT is'nt everything.......dont make it a standard...IIT is not the end of the world... n if u do so...I still fulfill the standard............

Personally to my dear friends who were apprehensive.......wen i said i'll not go even if get thru..n retorted bk saying that first get thru .....n then brag....well thnks.....u for giving me an imp lesson........

n yah i fulfilled my words.....:):):):)

so ppl follow ur dreams........




finally as it is said...i 'll end this wid the following words of wisdom:


"Proud to be an IITian"




cheers....

4 comments:

fightamonkey said...

A sincere effort by a brilliant "Could have been an IITIAN" to portray what it takes for we people for not being into an IIT. The article screams about the sincere effort that was put in to get into those highly concealed gates just to be a rebellion of sort. Great work man!!
keep it up!

Unknown said...

Hmmm .. I had to say this to u finally...
Great skills swthrt...n tht too wonderfully written..
U deserve smthng more than IIT..
But tell me did I really say so many plz to u????
Imagine ..the proud for a kid saying .."Yeah both my mom n dad r IITians..!!!"
;)..kidding ...
Jokes apart..
Continue putting in ur sincere efforts..since now thr s anthr milestone waiting for u...
Remember... I m wlking just besides u ..(obviously to push u continuously towards your destination.. IIM nt music.. )
Luv ya..I m proud of u..

Liz said...

hi yaar!
gr8 writeup...
u hav a gr8 sense of humour....
some lines really cracked me up... :D

waise,all dat crusade against society's demand for you to be an IITian was not needed... ;)

wat IIT's are to engineering... IIM's are to MBA...

and even if the first time you didnt give in to the system and took admission in a good engineering college without trying for IIT entrance exams again...
this time you did...

you are giving up IIT becoz the system this time asks you to be in IIM's ;)
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Some where i wanted to be free out of this IIT stuff........but alas.....i cud see the perks that wud get thru being an IITian..

(AND I CUD SEE THAT THE PERKS OF BEING AN IIMian were even better...far far better)

-Lifelong tag wid u of being an IITian..

BE AN IIMian, YOU'LL BE KNOWN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME...


-Parents forever proud for u being an IITian(whether u do smthin after that or not :)

THEY CAN NEVER STOP SMILING AFTER YOU GET THROUGH IIM ;)


-relatives ,teachers .....all like u very much suddenly...

NOW..ALL ARE GOING TO LOOOVVVVEEE YOU... CRAZY...


-marriage proposals.......(these gals u knw run after IITians ...khud kuch bhi ho...par bf must be an IITian...)

AUR AGAR WOH IIMian TOH GAZAB HO GAYA!! ;)


-" accha u r an iitan..wow.." common reaction....
(can somebody tell me if IITians luk diff from others...)

NOW.. ITS GOING TO BE WOWOWOW! SUPER WOW!

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doncha worry dude! there is nothing wrong in giving in to the system... coz its we ourselves who make this..
and even i know.. you deserve much much more than an IIT... nothing less than IIM-A or ISB for you....and you can do it too!

while at your studies... let this creative part of you (blogging,guitar,plays etc.) alive too...

keep rocking!!

Khurp said...

Dear Ajmani,

i read ur blog about IIT mania and guess what this is the story of every individual who dropped after school and strived hard for these three words IIT....

its like somebody wrote the feelings which have been crushed by me sometime long back....


great to read ur other bolgs....Ur grown up MAN....

u have learnt to FLY....u dont become mature by ur age..but by ur thinking and may be u reached that stage...(lest not in college i wud say...)...

the world beckons u my dear friend....FLY HIGH....