1

Candid 2010

Annual Hall Magazine

LaLa Lajpat Rai HaLL of Residence

indian institute of tecHnoLogy

KHaRagpuR

Journal Secretary and Editor

Achman Jindal

Cover Design

Vaibhav

2

3

contents

A word from Hall President 5

SSM speaks 6

Hall Council 2009-10 7

Hall Secretaries 2009-10 9

English Section

On Beauty and Writing -Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty 13

Your Friendship -Achman Jindal 16

The Flow of Life -Tejas Khire 17

Sleep- Like None Other -Amit Sharma 19

The Saint Inside -Siddhant Nagelia 21

Story of Jatin -Buddharatn Ratawal 23

The Backslide -Vinay Sisodia 25

Green Technology and Us -Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi 27

Idiot Box GC -Sourav Das 30

The Beautiful after life -Buddharatn Ratawal 32

Laughhellipbut only if you may -Amit Sharma 35

हद अनभाग

तम -धीरज वमार 41

मरा जीवन -मनीष सघवी 44

अधर हसरत -वभव 45

বাংলা ভাগ

িকছ িত -ময়নাক মল 49

Yellow Pages 51

LLR 2010 Batch

4

5

a woRd fRom HaLL pResident As I recall the past 3 years at LLR Hall a magnificent collage of emotions appears in my mind The journey started on the last day of our first year when 95 of us entered LLR for the lsquoTea Partyrsquo From being a terrified guy shouting his intro countless times to taking up the responsibility of being the Happa it has been an amazing transformation The bond of attachment with the hall has become so strong that the bad times are as memorable as the good ones The disappointment of missing the Athletics GC by 003 seconds during 2nd yr and the euphoria after winning it in third year both are equally unforgettable memories There have been Shocks and Surprises Frustration and Cheerfulness Defeats as well as Victories The journey has been marvelous The crazy things done during OP tiring night-outs during Illu going to TSC at 6 am in the shivering January winter for hockey practice winning my first medal in Kgp the numerous Tempo Shouts and finally winning the Tech GChellipall these are memories that I will cherish throughout my lifetime

Coming to my tenure as the Hall President the experience has been a memorable and rewarding one Last yearrsquos outgoing batch left huge voids of talent in the Hall But thanks to the wonderful 2nd yr batch who were full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that we could fill those voids to a great extent Silver in both Illumination and Rangoli was a huge achievement which set the tempo for the whole year

A lot of hard work was put in to improve our performances in all 3 GCs The results started showing up with LLR seeing a commendable uplift in Dramatics A Medal for each play we put up speaks a lot about the efforts Footer Gold was deservingly retained I hope the silver and bronze medals in Sports will be converted into Gold next year It was raining Golds for us in the Tech GC which ultimately resulted in LLR lifting a GC after almost a decade I salute each and everyone who worked tirelessly to convert this dream into reality Itrsquos indeed a proud moment for all the Lajpatians Shaun once quoted ldquoItrsquos been a fight to change thingsrdquo I hope the change is here to stay and urge the junior batches to maintain the tempo and groom the incoming 2nd yr batch properly

Once again an awesome batch is passing out this year and we all will definitely miss them a lot Feeling a bit nostalgic it seems life here wonrsquot be the same without so many great friends I wish great success for all of them in their future pursuits Finally as I sign off I thank all my HCMs for working hard throughout the year and not letting me down A special thank to Dadi Khabya Yousuf Baba Peda Pissu Vadde Madhu GD and all my wing-mates for guiding and supporting me whenever I needed them My best wishes to the new Hall Council Keep up the tempo and achieve greater heights next year

YO LLR

Rajat Agrawal

(Hall President)

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

2

3

contents

A word from Hall President 5

SSM speaks 6

Hall Council 2009-10 7

Hall Secretaries 2009-10 9

English Section

On Beauty and Writing -Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty 13

Your Friendship -Achman Jindal 16

The Flow of Life -Tejas Khire 17

Sleep- Like None Other -Amit Sharma 19

The Saint Inside -Siddhant Nagelia 21

Story of Jatin -Buddharatn Ratawal 23

The Backslide -Vinay Sisodia 25

Green Technology and Us -Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi 27

Idiot Box GC -Sourav Das 30

The Beautiful after life -Buddharatn Ratawal 32

Laughhellipbut only if you may -Amit Sharma 35

हद अनभाग

तम -धीरज वमार 41

मरा जीवन -मनीष सघवी 44

अधर हसरत -वभव 45

বাংলা ভাগ

িকছ িত -ময়নাক মল 49

Yellow Pages 51

LLR 2010 Batch

4

5

a woRd fRom HaLL pResident As I recall the past 3 years at LLR Hall a magnificent collage of emotions appears in my mind The journey started on the last day of our first year when 95 of us entered LLR for the lsquoTea Partyrsquo From being a terrified guy shouting his intro countless times to taking up the responsibility of being the Happa it has been an amazing transformation The bond of attachment with the hall has become so strong that the bad times are as memorable as the good ones The disappointment of missing the Athletics GC by 003 seconds during 2nd yr and the euphoria after winning it in third year both are equally unforgettable memories There have been Shocks and Surprises Frustration and Cheerfulness Defeats as well as Victories The journey has been marvelous The crazy things done during OP tiring night-outs during Illu going to TSC at 6 am in the shivering January winter for hockey practice winning my first medal in Kgp the numerous Tempo Shouts and finally winning the Tech GChellipall these are memories that I will cherish throughout my lifetime

Coming to my tenure as the Hall President the experience has been a memorable and rewarding one Last yearrsquos outgoing batch left huge voids of talent in the Hall But thanks to the wonderful 2nd yr batch who were full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that we could fill those voids to a great extent Silver in both Illumination and Rangoli was a huge achievement which set the tempo for the whole year

A lot of hard work was put in to improve our performances in all 3 GCs The results started showing up with LLR seeing a commendable uplift in Dramatics A Medal for each play we put up speaks a lot about the efforts Footer Gold was deservingly retained I hope the silver and bronze medals in Sports will be converted into Gold next year It was raining Golds for us in the Tech GC which ultimately resulted in LLR lifting a GC after almost a decade I salute each and everyone who worked tirelessly to convert this dream into reality Itrsquos indeed a proud moment for all the Lajpatians Shaun once quoted ldquoItrsquos been a fight to change thingsrdquo I hope the change is here to stay and urge the junior batches to maintain the tempo and groom the incoming 2nd yr batch properly

Once again an awesome batch is passing out this year and we all will definitely miss them a lot Feeling a bit nostalgic it seems life here wonrsquot be the same without so many great friends I wish great success for all of them in their future pursuits Finally as I sign off I thank all my HCMs for working hard throughout the year and not letting me down A special thank to Dadi Khabya Yousuf Baba Peda Pissu Vadde Madhu GD and all my wing-mates for guiding and supporting me whenever I needed them My best wishes to the new Hall Council Keep up the tempo and achieve greater heights next year

YO LLR

Rajat Agrawal

(Hall President)

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

3

contents

A word from Hall President 5

SSM speaks 6

Hall Council 2009-10 7

Hall Secretaries 2009-10 9

English Section

On Beauty and Writing -Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty 13

Your Friendship -Achman Jindal 16

The Flow of Life -Tejas Khire 17

Sleep- Like None Other -Amit Sharma 19

The Saint Inside -Siddhant Nagelia 21

Story of Jatin -Buddharatn Ratawal 23

The Backslide -Vinay Sisodia 25

Green Technology and Us -Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi 27

Idiot Box GC -Sourav Das 30

The Beautiful after life -Buddharatn Ratawal 32

Laughhellipbut only if you may -Amit Sharma 35

हद अनभाग

तम -धीरज वमार 41

मरा जीवन -मनीष सघवी 44

अधर हसरत -वभव 45

বাংলা ভাগ

িকছ িত -ময়নাক মল 49

Yellow Pages 51

LLR 2010 Batch

4

5

a woRd fRom HaLL pResident As I recall the past 3 years at LLR Hall a magnificent collage of emotions appears in my mind The journey started on the last day of our first year when 95 of us entered LLR for the lsquoTea Partyrsquo From being a terrified guy shouting his intro countless times to taking up the responsibility of being the Happa it has been an amazing transformation The bond of attachment with the hall has become so strong that the bad times are as memorable as the good ones The disappointment of missing the Athletics GC by 003 seconds during 2nd yr and the euphoria after winning it in third year both are equally unforgettable memories There have been Shocks and Surprises Frustration and Cheerfulness Defeats as well as Victories The journey has been marvelous The crazy things done during OP tiring night-outs during Illu going to TSC at 6 am in the shivering January winter for hockey practice winning my first medal in Kgp the numerous Tempo Shouts and finally winning the Tech GChellipall these are memories that I will cherish throughout my lifetime

Coming to my tenure as the Hall President the experience has been a memorable and rewarding one Last yearrsquos outgoing batch left huge voids of talent in the Hall But thanks to the wonderful 2nd yr batch who were full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that we could fill those voids to a great extent Silver in both Illumination and Rangoli was a huge achievement which set the tempo for the whole year

A lot of hard work was put in to improve our performances in all 3 GCs The results started showing up with LLR seeing a commendable uplift in Dramatics A Medal for each play we put up speaks a lot about the efforts Footer Gold was deservingly retained I hope the silver and bronze medals in Sports will be converted into Gold next year It was raining Golds for us in the Tech GC which ultimately resulted in LLR lifting a GC after almost a decade I salute each and everyone who worked tirelessly to convert this dream into reality Itrsquos indeed a proud moment for all the Lajpatians Shaun once quoted ldquoItrsquos been a fight to change thingsrdquo I hope the change is here to stay and urge the junior batches to maintain the tempo and groom the incoming 2nd yr batch properly

Once again an awesome batch is passing out this year and we all will definitely miss them a lot Feeling a bit nostalgic it seems life here wonrsquot be the same without so many great friends I wish great success for all of them in their future pursuits Finally as I sign off I thank all my HCMs for working hard throughout the year and not letting me down A special thank to Dadi Khabya Yousuf Baba Peda Pissu Vadde Madhu GD and all my wing-mates for guiding and supporting me whenever I needed them My best wishes to the new Hall Council Keep up the tempo and achieve greater heights next year

YO LLR

Rajat Agrawal

(Hall President)

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

4

5

a woRd fRom HaLL pResident As I recall the past 3 years at LLR Hall a magnificent collage of emotions appears in my mind The journey started on the last day of our first year when 95 of us entered LLR for the lsquoTea Partyrsquo From being a terrified guy shouting his intro countless times to taking up the responsibility of being the Happa it has been an amazing transformation The bond of attachment with the hall has become so strong that the bad times are as memorable as the good ones The disappointment of missing the Athletics GC by 003 seconds during 2nd yr and the euphoria after winning it in third year both are equally unforgettable memories There have been Shocks and Surprises Frustration and Cheerfulness Defeats as well as Victories The journey has been marvelous The crazy things done during OP tiring night-outs during Illu going to TSC at 6 am in the shivering January winter for hockey practice winning my first medal in Kgp the numerous Tempo Shouts and finally winning the Tech GChellipall these are memories that I will cherish throughout my lifetime

Coming to my tenure as the Hall President the experience has been a memorable and rewarding one Last yearrsquos outgoing batch left huge voids of talent in the Hall But thanks to the wonderful 2nd yr batch who were full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that we could fill those voids to a great extent Silver in both Illumination and Rangoli was a huge achievement which set the tempo for the whole year

A lot of hard work was put in to improve our performances in all 3 GCs The results started showing up with LLR seeing a commendable uplift in Dramatics A Medal for each play we put up speaks a lot about the efforts Footer Gold was deservingly retained I hope the silver and bronze medals in Sports will be converted into Gold next year It was raining Golds for us in the Tech GC which ultimately resulted in LLR lifting a GC after almost a decade I salute each and everyone who worked tirelessly to convert this dream into reality Itrsquos indeed a proud moment for all the Lajpatians Shaun once quoted ldquoItrsquos been a fight to change thingsrdquo I hope the change is here to stay and urge the junior batches to maintain the tempo and groom the incoming 2nd yr batch properly

Once again an awesome batch is passing out this year and we all will definitely miss them a lot Feeling a bit nostalgic it seems life here wonrsquot be the same without so many great friends I wish great success for all of them in their future pursuits Finally as I sign off I thank all my HCMs for working hard throughout the year and not letting me down A special thank to Dadi Khabya Yousuf Baba Peda Pissu Vadde Madhu GD and all my wing-mates for guiding and supporting me whenever I needed them My best wishes to the new Hall Council Keep up the tempo and achieve greater heights next year

YO LLR

Rajat Agrawal

(Hall President)

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

5

a woRd fRom HaLL pResident As I recall the past 3 years at LLR Hall a magnificent collage of emotions appears in my mind The journey started on the last day of our first year when 95 of us entered LLR for the lsquoTea Partyrsquo From being a terrified guy shouting his intro countless times to taking up the responsibility of being the Happa it has been an amazing transformation The bond of attachment with the hall has become so strong that the bad times are as memorable as the good ones The disappointment of missing the Athletics GC by 003 seconds during 2nd yr and the euphoria after winning it in third year both are equally unforgettable memories There have been Shocks and Surprises Frustration and Cheerfulness Defeats as well as Victories The journey has been marvelous The crazy things done during OP tiring night-outs during Illu going to TSC at 6 am in the shivering January winter for hockey practice winning my first medal in Kgp the numerous Tempo Shouts and finally winning the Tech GChellipall these are memories that I will cherish throughout my lifetime

Coming to my tenure as the Hall President the experience has been a memorable and rewarding one Last yearrsquos outgoing batch left huge voids of talent in the Hall But thanks to the wonderful 2nd yr batch who were full of enthusiasm and eagerness to learn that we could fill those voids to a great extent Silver in both Illumination and Rangoli was a huge achievement which set the tempo for the whole year

A lot of hard work was put in to improve our performances in all 3 GCs The results started showing up with LLR seeing a commendable uplift in Dramatics A Medal for each play we put up speaks a lot about the efforts Footer Gold was deservingly retained I hope the silver and bronze medals in Sports will be converted into Gold next year It was raining Golds for us in the Tech GC which ultimately resulted in LLR lifting a GC after almost a decade I salute each and everyone who worked tirelessly to convert this dream into reality Itrsquos indeed a proud moment for all the Lajpatians Shaun once quoted ldquoItrsquos been a fight to change thingsrdquo I hope the change is here to stay and urge the junior batches to maintain the tempo and groom the incoming 2nd yr batch properly

Once again an awesome batch is passing out this year and we all will definitely miss them a lot Feeling a bit nostalgic it seems life here wonrsquot be the same without so many great friends I wish great success for all of them in their future pursuits Finally as I sign off I thank all my HCMs for working hard throughout the year and not letting me down A special thank to Dadi Khabya Yousuf Baba Peda Pissu Vadde Madhu GD and all my wing-mates for guiding and supporting me whenever I needed them My best wishes to the new Hall Council Keep up the tempo and achieve greater heights next year

YO LLR

Rajat Agrawal

(Hall President)

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

6

ssm speaKs With the chapters of my book at LLR Hall coming to a close I now sit and look back at the path that I started walking three years back and I find that this ride has been nothing short of a fairytale story Among all these I find that this year by far has been the finest year of my stay at this hall One can easily summarize this year at LLR by two quotations ldquoWell begun is half donerdquo and ldquoHard work always pays offrdquo Though it is very difficult to condense all the ups and downs of this year into a few lines still I would try my best not to disappoint

The year started on a positive note Illumination and rangoli returned after one year delay We thought it would be difficult to fill the enormous funda void But the response we got was unimaginable Banging silver in illumination and rangoli was an important achievement as it enhanced the enthusiasm of each and everyone

This same tempo was reflected in the enormous efforts put in during the General Championships Performances in events such as dramatics football tennis and many more have proved that we have the potential and caliber to win everything But unarguably the biggest achievement of the hall this year has been the performance in the Technology General Championship The moment each and everyone craved finally arrived with LLR winning the Tech GC It gave everyone immeasurable pride and proved that we no longer are the underdogs I am thankful to each and everyone who has made this dream into a reality The performance of LLR hall in the gymkhana election is also commendable for winning the post of GSec Sports

With this the year comes to an end and we find ourselves on similar crossroads These same crossroads fill our hearts with joy and sorrow at the same time Joy because of the unprecedented success LLR has gotten this year Sorrow because we are leaving the company of great friends with whom we have spent the most precious years of our lives with

But no one has the power to stop time And now is the time to pass on the candles to the next generation who would step into the shoes of the passing outs and take responsibilities These responsibilities they should carry with the same dedication and conviction as done by the people before them I would like to wish them all the best for the coming year In the end I would like to pass on to you the same quote I received in my first year at IIT ldquoIt is the friendship and hall that shapes the life of every Kgpianrdquo

YO LLR

Regards

Mohammad Navaid Khan

(SSM)

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

7

HaLL counciL 2009-2010

Hall President Second Senate Member

Rajat Agrawal Mohammad Navaid Khan

G Sec Technology G Sec Sports amp Games G Sec Social amp Cultural

Gaurav Agarwal Kaustubh Shrivastava Subhadeep Paul

G Sec Library G Sec Maintenance G Sec Mess

Manaal Faruqui Gourav Prakash Ahirwar Mahendra Shukla

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

8

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

9

HaLL secRetaRies 2009-2010

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

10

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

11

English Section

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

12

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

13

on Beauty and wRiting

Wearing the autobiographical coat with a dash of the pedagogical cologne is the easiest way to aspire for a readership Or as one might say ndash dropping all euphemism - fake ones way as a writer Be that as it may even with the guilt of such blatant pretensions it might not be entirely out of place to succumb to these temptations when there is a sliver of a chance that a sentence here or a fragment there will trigger better ideas or set of somebody on nobler paths Thus with a generous dose of self-apology I write

The KGPian ldquoseniorrdquo is expected to disseminate - at the beck and call of future seniors (read present juniors) - gems from his treasure-house of ldquofundae accumulated over from those times when he was at the calling side (ie since his once-future-senior days) Yours truly is no exception to this eternal tradition Combine that with a certain ability to shoot of bombastic combinations of letters and impressively veiled clicheacutes capped off by the official sanction of a certain examination and you have somebody who readily becomes the go-to-guy for writing bhaat in the Queens language that is

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

14

It is exactly in the capacity of that guy that I dared to put pen to paper (actually finger to keyboard) to dash out whatever follows

I have written more bhaat than I had expected to when I first came to this place Thanks to the turn of events just alluded to I have also ended up reading quite a bit of bhaat written by peers and juniors alike Some of those have been outstanding pieces - genuinely unputdownable The rest are the pieces which didnt feel so right These pieces I classify into three categories First there are those written by guys who do not know the language well Second there are those written by guys who know the language and grammar well but due to either a conscious attempt to shun all shine or a deadened ability to translate imagination into words end up writing without even a hint of a spark Third there are those written by guys who know the language well have an above-average vocabulary (thanks to aspirations for that certain sanction-giving examination) and know a thing or two more but ending up writing in a very ugly and incongruous way This article is essentially meant for this third category of bhaat

The guys who are involved in this category mostly belong to the second category until they hear the bugle of ldquohigher callings The mad scramble of word-lists ensue followed by the immediate gratifications of an improved arsenal of synonyms This new-found power usually has a heady feeling That along with the pressing needs to prepare oneself for a strong performance in matters of composition results in something funny - undesirable nonetheless And the funny thing is incongruity Before elucidating this let me try to use an analogy

The act of fleshing out our ideas and imagination using words is a lot like womens make-up coiffure and wardrobe There are those who are gifted with a beauty that hardly need any artificial assistance Indeed in most of these cases undue attention in front of the dressing-mirror only prove to be conspiracies against natural endowments Then there are the not-so-naturally endowed ones Artificial props mindlessly applied in these cases only end up blatantly betraying natures follies A less flamboyant presentation might not after all be a total fizzle especially where pulchritude is at a disadvantage

So it is in large measure even in writing The primary strength of a piece comes from the writers ideas and the sophistication of his thinking structure Just like a ladys beauty The secondary strength is of the embellishments used by the writer Just like her artificial enhancements of beauty A skilled writer knows exactly when to use what If you do not have a convincing idea whether to use a big word or not always use the simpler word Yes even in ldquothat examination Arbitrarily sprinkling big words

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

15

just for the sake of replacing words with some synonyms you have picked up from those word-lists present the picture of a man who has suddenly risen to riches and has a compulsive need to aunt his wealth Or to continue with the analogy like a woman who is trying to hide natures follies under the sad pretences of fashion The lesson is The use of a big word should not feel like a forceful substitution Those big words are there because they convey a particular meaning and they are mostly apt in very specific contexts Using them with scant regard for the ow of the meaning not only causes mental friction in the readers but also exposes the writer to derision Most alarmingly it smacks of intellectual immaturity

What if any is the practical use of learning those big words then To a true lover of words that is a vulgar question The straightforward answer however is to be able to use them But in order to use them refine your thoughts first Enhance the maturity with which you present your thoughts Develop a style - that you can call your own Be honest to your thoughts your natural style will follow That is the beauty of your writing Dont conspire against it by using what you dont need to Maybe one day you will suddenly find that a big word has surreptitiously sidled its way into your writing

That will be the true embellishment of your natural beauty

-Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

16

youR fRiendsHip

Today I feel your friendship is world to me

You are the one whom my eyes want to see

Your virtues have compelled me to make you my friend

Not just for a day but till my life comes to an end

I hope you understand my feelings for you

Which flow from my heart so true

It says you are my friend forever forever

From you I will part never never

I am sending roses your way

Thoughts of you make my day

When morning passes and under the noon

My heart wishes to see you soon

When darkness fills the night

Rays of your smile bring the light

When I think of you you seem so great

Memories of our friendship will never fade

-Achman Jindal

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

17

tHe fLow of Life

What life is like Is it just the multiplication of days with months or the sum of year after years Do we live because we have a life or we assume a life in order to live Is life like a log of wood floating on water and getting displaced here and there without its own wish or is life like waves of wild oceans making its own decisions and ruling the kingdom Is our life like the sun illuminating others or is it like the moon getting light from somewhere and then reflecting it elsewhere What precisely life can be

I think the most apt comparison of life that can be made will be that with the flowing water Life is essentially like a flow of water originating from somewhere and then covering many places and finally terminating somewhere else totally different from origin Just as everyone is delighted to watch the source of any river in the snow clad

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

18

mountain so is everyone happy at the birth of a new child From there the journey begins the route unexplored and destination unknown A river crosses multiple terrains in its course yet it flows continuously without any halt Some terrains are soft some are hard some are deep while some quite shallow some are very long consistent while some are too short Exactly this is the way the life of a person proceeds Sometimes the life brings out the best of it to us all happiness and no sorrows while sometimes the reverse Some phases in life are too long and extremely monotonic while some are too short and jiffy Some incidents create a deep impact on us while some are too aught too be in our memory These terrains always change after certain interval but whenever we are in those terrains we forget the whole other lot and become one with it Just as the water takes the colour of soil and later changes it so do we leave our shades frequently Many visitors and fellow travellers stop by the river side and enjoy the cool water of river for quenching their thirst Some enjoy the water some thank the God for it while some make it more dirty and unclean So is the course of our life some people meet us in midway of our life and for that time they become the part and parcel of our lives Some thank us for our gratefulness some themselves cast the shadow of their kindness onto us while still some others blame us abhor us and harm us But still life goes on steadily constantly with same vigour and as if nothing happened yesterday Whenever in motion we always want to have a break and wish if our life wasnrsquot so pace However as soon as we stop we get bored and realize the drawback of our abeyance Similarly water is clean and useful only when in motion and as soon as it stops moving it gets stagnated with dirt and all Again a resemblance River has many characteristics but its unique characteristic is its banks Whatever may happen river is always followed and surrounded by its banks Till the end when river meets the ocean never ever the banks betray the river In our life this role is played by our relatives by our parents and by our rightly called better half Whatever may happen they always support us help us advice us and make our life enjoyable memorable and more than that liveable Even if the whole world casts us away we will have these companions of us always with us So benevolent of them

Thus the story of boatman riding the river ends here with multiple ideas about the river ahead A curious and anxious path ahead but always with a smile of alacrity on the face

-Tejas Khire

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

19

sLeep- LiKe none otHeR

Since the start of civilization sleep has been condemned by philosophers and wise men alike They portray it as the vice of the lazy an act procrastinating fulfillment of duties Who hasnrsquot heard this refrain-ldquoJo sowat hai wo khowat hairdquo Even poets have not spared poor sleep Many use it as a metaphor for ignorance and inaction The famous woods poem by Robert Frost goes even further equating sleep with death Here I quote the last line

ldquoAnd miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleeprdquo

Sadly the truth is far from it To me all this is nothing but a vested campaign by the wise men of the world to malign the wonderful act of sleeping for reasons I am still struggling to find Scientists have tried to control the damage by recommending an 8-hour sleep for everyone but it isnrsquot enough For my money everyone should sleep around 10 hours daily By far it is the most enjoyable thing you can do Yes sleep can be relaxing it helps you recharge your batteries But thatrsquos not the point When I say sleep I am referring to the actual act of sleeping There is much more to it than meets the eye more so since most of sleeping is done with eyes closed

Let me describe my experiences when I sleep Sleep by its own nature prohibits

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

20

recording or any systematic study Hence I cannot present a general picture which would apply to all However I have sufficient reason to believe that the experience cannot be unique to me and that everybody must be feeling the same when they sleep

ldquoI sleep I lose myself I lose the world To myself I feel free Free from every memory free from worry I feel as if Irsquom everything there is I feel there cannot be a better way to exist Free to wander about free to float free to fly Free I look down I see the sky I see the fire I feel the colors I wander Frantically Aimlessly The void enchants me The end betrays me Irsquom just one of the many Therersquos so much more I try to explorehellip I am entangledhellipI keep wanderinghellipkeep sleepingrdquo

Is there a better way to spend your time Work gives us nothing else but tension and more work And why do we work after all Isnrsquot it to get a good life Can any of our lives in the real world match to the one I just described Really itrsquos a feeling of pure ecstasy To be frank I donrsquot really understand why dope sells why canrsquot these people just doze off and enjoy

On a more serious note sleep gives a chance for the inner self to express itself As much as it allows us to lose reality it allows us to meet our real self Shrewdness may allow us to mask ourselves from the rest of the world but sleep cruelly lays us bare And therein lies its power Yogis meditate smart people sleep

If you have read this far try this exercise Reserve an off-day for sleep Put all the alarms away Make sure you are not too tired or else you will miss the fun And then sleep Sleep as much as you can Let yourself free I assure you that you wonrsquot be disappointed

And for all the wise men I have just this to say

ldquoAll the Robert Frosts take a bow

I have miles to sleep before I gordquo

-Amit Sharma

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

21

tHe saint inside

All of us are saint and devil All of us have good and bad

The only one who can solve this peril Is You in which your heart is clad

Who is thy Master Give it a thought The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

The Saint is always there for you Trying to show the righteous way

But the path he shows looks glum and blue So you ignore the path and decide to sway

The Devil in there is always lurking

Looking for a chance To slip you down the path so pleasing

Stabbing you then in a glance

The aisles diverge from one spot But different directions it makes you trot

The Devil leads you unto the path of Fallacy

Which looks all blissful happy and green But the real picture you still havent seen

For the fruits are sour and you shalt repent

22

The blunder you made in easing the ascent

The path of Truth the Saint will show Where seeds of joy u shall sow

Patience is what you mostly need For time it takes for the truth to lead

But when the Tree bears it fruits Thou shall savour the taste of Joy

Realising the evil you could easily destroy

The one to decide is you The alluring path of the Devil u take

Or the rugged path of the Saint The only one who can solve this peril

Is You in which your heart is clad Who is thy Master Give it a thought

The Saint or the Devil Who makes the shot

- Siddhant Nagelia

23

stoRy of jatin Four rejections by four different girls in four different fashions were not enough for Jatin to stop him in his endeavor Any sane person would have accepted his fate and stopped by now but he persevered Rendered desperate by lack of girls in his college he developed an urge to hit upon every possible and feasible ldquotargetrdquo The very sight of a couple expressing love to each other would simultaneously make him queasy and fill him with new energy thereby strengthening his desire Although he developed his fanatic furore over girls only after entering college but his flirty attitude was innate He had his first crush on his class I teacher after he confused her tender kisses with something else Only after she was married did he realize that it was his chubby cheeks and not his virile and handsome features that lured her

All his previous 4 encounters are equally interesting and ldquothrillingrdquo

Encounter 1

His first love story began in class XI As most of the guys would agree with me this is the age when the ldquoperfect bodyrdquo of a girl is reason enough for a boy to ldquolove her by heartrdquo Jatin too was bewitched by the beauty of such a Girl-With-Perfect-Body (GWPB) After like 500 rehearsals in front of the mirror he gathered enough courage to propose to the GWPB Unversed with the evil prowess of the GWPB he fell victim to her sorcery Later he discovered that he was not the only one who was buying her expensive gifts but there were like 11 other hapless and innocent victims accompanying him

Encounter 2

Imbued with the freshness of first year he decided to give his love life one more shot After identifying a decent target he contrived the blue print for the mission Everything was going smoothly until he told her about his first encounter

Guys never ever tell any girl about your past relationships at nascent stage especially if it involves a GWPB

Needless to say he came back home that day with prints of five slender feminine fingers on his left cheek

23

stoRy of jatin Four rejections by four different girls in four different fashions were not enough for Jatin to stop him in his endeavor Any sane person would have accepted his fate and stopped by now but he persevered Rendered desperate by lack of girls in his college he developed an urge to hit upon every possible and feasible ldquotargetrdquo The very sight of a couple expressing love to each other would simultaneously make him queasy and fill him with new energy thereby strengthening his desire Although he developed his fanatic furore over girls only after entering college but his flirty attitude was innate He had his first crush on his class I teacher after he confused her tender kisses with something else Only after she was married did he realize that it was his chubby cheeks and not his virile and handsome features that lured her

All his previous 4 encounters are equally interesting and ldquothrillingrdquo

Encounter 1

His first love story began in class XI As most of the guys would agree with me this is the age when the ldquoperfect bodyrdquo of a girl is reason enough for a boy to ldquolove her by heartrdquo Jatin too was bewitched by the beauty of such a Girl-With-Perfect-Body (GWPB) After like 500 rehearsals in front of the mirror he gathered enough courage to propose to the GWPB Unversed with the evil prowess of the GWPB he fell victim to her sorcery Later he discovered that he was not the only one who was buying her expensive gifts but there were like 11 other hapless and innocent victims accompanying him

Encounter 2

Imbued with the freshness of first year he decided to give his love life one more shot After identifying a decent target he contrived the blue print for the mission Everything was going smoothly until he told her about his first encounter

Guys never ever tell any girl about your past relationships at nascent stage especially if it involves a GWPB

Needless to say he came back home that day with prints of five slender feminine fingers on his left cheek

24

Encounter 3

In general a story is followed by a moral but in my story it is the other way round

Moral of the following story Never ever try to encash the brand image of your college in matters related to girls Try to make girls think like ldquoHe is smart He must be from IITrdquo rather than ldquoHe is from IIT He must be smartrdquo

Unaffected by the previous 2 debacles Jatin continued enthusiastically towards the search of his ldquosoul-materdquo Luckily he soon found himself on a date with yet another girl Under the influence of geeky genes he suddenly started talking about physics with an intention of impressing girl by showing away his knowledge of Newtonrsquos laws

Guys never ever discuss academics with your date for 2 simple reasons First it is stupid And second girls for no apparent reason find it offending when someone talks anything scholarly with them Again needless to say that girl never showed him her face again

Encounter 4

Exasperated by three failed love stories Jatin now decided for a straight forward approach After only 2 meetings with a girl he proposed to her by verbalizing all his emotions and ldquoplatonicrdquo love in 3 simple words ldquoI love yourdquo

Guys before I tell you about the girlrsquos reply I want you to know it and understand it very thoroughly that never ever try on an extrovert girl who happens to be a student of psychology

The girl blatantly replied to his proposal ldquothanks for showing interest in my body but I most certainly have no desire of sleeping with yourdquo

-Buddharatn Ratawal

25

tHe BacKsLide

She might have been a blonde and she must have been beautiful She and her consort had chosen this place to celebrate their heydays of youth when the climactic point of all dreams you cherish since the teenage becomes tangible They had been lured by the glittering neon lights and dappled plush plexus But they were not conversant with the dark by-lanes whence the murky eyes of the place stared They were just supposed

to tread the lightened paths but they were scuffed into the dark alleys

Place Bangalore sometime in the mid 90s

It was the usual vernal brimming of the tourists the time when Bangalore was a balanced meacutelange of sumptuous streets and verdant environs The footfalls from abroad were on a rise it was a high time for swindlers and those eyes furtively glanced

the backdrop

Afternoon time the glare of noon was closing in on cerise mildness Traffic was buzzing on the MG Road On a lane at a point people had thronged around something Shoveling and jostling the crowd it was hard to manage to reach the front

and it was hard to make out anything from the hubbub

There was that lady- withered eyes wizened face and in terrible fluster Her hair was

ruffled clothes ragged unaware of her presence petrified by the milieu and lost

The throng was dispersing gradually It was the man in uniform hurtling the crowd away There she was- she turned back she grunted difficultly her throat was visibly dry her eyes deeply searching someone she tried to stay in her senses but then she stumbled on her knees She removed her eyes from the horrid sight looked upward and then came a shriek- one that lost itself in the cacophony of the city but it resounded somewhere with a mark Her eyes so keen to figure out someone out of

the dull shades had run dry

The man took her away Then arrived the grapevine

The prowling eyes had finally pounced on the prey Her husband had been abducted He was heaved in quickly while she managed to haul herself out of the van And there

she was left bereft vulnerably exposed to the dirty streets of a beautiful city

25

tHe BacKsLide

She might have been a blonde and she must have been beautiful She and her consort had chosen this place to celebrate their heydays of youth when the climactic point of all dreams you cherish since the teenage becomes tangible They had been lured by the glittering neon lights and dappled plush plexus But they were not conversant with the dark by-lanes whence the murky eyes of the place stared They were just supposed

to tread the lightened paths but they were scuffed into the dark alleys

Place Bangalore sometime in the mid 90s

It was the usual vernal brimming of the tourists the time when Bangalore was a balanced meacutelange of sumptuous streets and verdant environs The footfalls from abroad were on a rise it was a high time for swindlers and those eyes furtively glanced

the backdrop

Afternoon time the glare of noon was closing in on cerise mildness Traffic was buzzing on the MG Road On a lane at a point people had thronged around something Shoveling and jostling the crowd it was hard to manage to reach the front

and it was hard to make out anything from the hubbub

There was that lady- withered eyes wizened face and in terrible fluster Her hair was

ruffled clothes ragged unaware of her presence petrified by the milieu and lost

The throng was dispersing gradually It was the man in uniform hurtling the crowd away There she was- she turned back she grunted difficultly her throat was visibly dry her eyes deeply searching someone she tried to stay in her senses but then she stumbled on her knees She removed her eyes from the horrid sight looked upward and then came a shriek- one that lost itself in the cacophony of the city but it resounded somewhere with a mark Her eyes so keen to figure out someone out of

the dull shades had run dry

The man took her away Then arrived the grapevine

The prowling eyes had finally pounced on the prey Her husband had been abducted He was heaved in quickly while she managed to haul herself out of the van And there

she was left bereft vulnerably exposed to the dirty streets of a beautiful city

26

It was as if she had suddenly unravelled the true lineaments of the city and removed the veneer of leniency People chose this place to pass and make some memorable moments here with an idyllic scenery in their eyes when they would be on the moon all their plans and aspirations put in and the depraved debased cognomen of the miasmal society would pick out one fiddle with his fate and show them the stark

reality of the dystopia which reigned here

A Week Later

She was caught in an impasse All she could do was wait and watch But the play was soon over and with a drastic end On the outskirts his body was found He was strangled and filched They had left no scope for ransom

A month later

They were caught But she was gone The whole city had known her story but none had listened to her jeremiads It wasnt sure if she had come to know of this She had now lost the local media limelight so the matter was becoming impervious But still

somehow it was heard that she had dabbled into the matter and left

Its been more than 10 years now But the images are still vivid Not the exactitude of her lineaments but her gestures Her face has been hazed by the timeline but not her

frantic gesticulations and her shriek

Her demure mien is still expressive And remains unparalled The city still beckons And remains unfazed

-Vinay Sisodia

27

gReen tecHnoLogy and us

In this age of increasing environmental concerns sustainability is not a catchword any longer Sustainability is a value which means we care for our environment and our people feel responsible for the development of our economy The very coining of the term ldquogreen technologyrdquo underlines its importance in the current age We as humans have realised the benefits of going green We have discovered that the current state of despair is a direct consequence of our negligence of Nature as a definitive entity Our communion with Nature is the only link to sustaining ourselves on this life-bearing planet The current trend of emerging green technologies is a welcome change There are very many reasons why it should be taken up Many issues that have spawned now need to be dealt with These include our behaviour to our own habitat Green Technology encompasses a multitude of goals which humanity needs to achieve in order to inhabit this planet for centuries to come Acceptance of green technology is a foot forward in humanityrsquos goal for sustainability The idea of environmental sustainability suggests using up natural capital at a rate such that it can be replenished at a higher or equal rate This would enable the natural resources to be available indefinitely into the future without getting damaged or depleted It would meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Adapting green technologies would decouple economic growth from environmental degradation and prevent irreversible long term damage to ecosystems and human health Use of green technologies inspires a new design paradigm It is time to rethink the way we live work design build and consume To think we are doing our part by driving a hybrid car and recycling our paper is a plagued illusion Our conception of doing more with less to make change happen is not viable We have to fundamentally change the way we design our products industries and cities Our current recycling methods are inefficient and perpetuate the age-long cradle-to-grave manufacturing model Transforming the industry to function in a cradle-to-cradle design is the need of the hour It means that the industry must protect and enrich ecosystems naturersquos

biological metabolism while also maintaining safe productive technical metabolism

28

for the high-quality use and circulation of organic and synthetic materials Green technologies aid in making such systems efficient and waste-free Pollution prevention is yet another issue green technologies tackle Traditional approaches to prevention relied mostly on regulatory measures They used management techniques to control wastes at the end-of-the-pipe However the technology is not fail-safe Source Reduction is the highest goal in solid waste management hierarchy The model suggests decreasing the amount of materials or energy used during the manufacturing or distribution of products and packages The importance of source reduction lies in the fact that it assists in conserving raw materials and energy sources reduces release to air water and sand cuts back on what has to be thrown away thereby keeping solid waste disposal down Green technologies help change our patterns of production and consumption for the better Green technologies spur on innovation that defines our transition from the good to the better We have developed numerous technologies that have been demonstrated to damage health and environment It is time to develop alternatives to them to bring something new to the current domain Green technologies are instrumental in achieving these needs of humanity The novelty that green technologies bring along create forums of economic development These developments centre about technologies and products that benefit our environment speeding up their implementation and creating new careers that truly protect our planet In other words green technologies assist the human race in its goal towards increased viability However there are a few downsides to this upsurge in green technologies Economical investigations on the positive and normative consequences of green markets which are based on technologies with joint production of a private good and an environmental public good show that under reasonable conditions green markets can have detrimental effects on environmental quality and social welfare Many governments nongovernmental organizations and industries promote green markets as ways to encourage private giving to environmental causes In a sufficiently large economy where giving is not motivated by unconditional altruism introducing or improving a green technology will increase the level of giving but crowd out private voluntary donations

As a society with bountiful natural resources and enormous wealth we have gotten out-of-touch with the impact of our everyday choices and habits It is those minute decisions of change in the way of living that can help us develop our community and enhance the liveability of the Earth The human race has attained unparalleled dominance over Earth and other fellow beings dwelling on Earth but it is a fact to think upon as to why were homo sapiens chosen for the job and are we really standing up to the choice-makerrsquos expectations Are we here to use the world for our benefits and perish when it can no more yield to our interests These questions tend to rake in

29

the inner conscience of humanity It is time for humans to take up the responsibility give reverence to the choice that made them so render testimony of their knowledge show superiority in action and not in power The habitat does not belong to humans alone but however they have to take the lead to change what now seems inevitable The future is there but still not defined Definition will be given by the present The past present and future are not mutually exclusive History is there to teach and tell us what is correct and what is wrong Our choices will now mould the world in the shape it would take in the future Our decisions will decide the fate of the time to come The choices and decisions are not secondary but truly primary which decide our very existence on this planet Our concept of technology needs to incorporate the essence of sustainability and ecology The analysis of the radius of influence of a technology must now encompass Nature fellow creatures and the Earth as a whole As the adage goes cleanliness is next to Godliness We humans are here to go for the right alternative evolving and adapting technologies that are cleaner and friendlier to the ecosystem The time is ripe for the birth of another revolution a revolution that shall make us more responsible Let us fight it out the way we have done in all stages of evolution We are capable and therefore we will be able to conquer these upcoming problems which test our race on the rails of time Let us be a more mature race now for the future if it exists would depend on us We would be answerable to the posterity if it exists

A message to the posterity would be a big hello If they exist it is a testimony of the duty that has been done The world would then be in their reins and it is time for them to learn from the past Documented history shall speak out to them of the titanic hurdle that the human race has been able to conquer To learn from history is to make use of ages of experience to do what is better It is not the question of right and wrong It is the choice of the good the better and the worse The fuzziness of the better shall remain for eternity but it is for the race to decide The choice is inevitable The choice is necessary The choice affects all The choice belongs to them The choice is all they can make

-Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi

30

idiot Box gc This is Sourav Das reporting from IIT Kharagpur on behalf of Kal Tak Reality shows are now no more the property of large network television channels The bearer of crap the pride of idiot box has taken its first step towards commoditization and this wonderful social revolution is being spearheaded by none other than the Special Secretary of TSG IIT KGP - the mother of all premier educational institutions in India

Bad Times Now managed to get an exclusive with this visionary and genius Chaggiswami Naidu As a special secretary of gymkhana Mr Naidu is of the opinion that Kharagpur is far behind times with regard to its mode of student personality development and seeks to bridge the gap by introducing revolutionary new events in Inter-hall general championship

Thirty years ago personality development meant additional facets to your personality - besides academic acumen The post liberalization economy set new social standards and the meaning of personality and acumen has taken a radical shift Diverse skills now no more form an important component of a well developed personality Being in touch with the latest developments in fashion and youth activities forms an important part of a well developed personality for youth form a strong consumer segment and if as engineers and business leaders we have to produce products that cater to them then we must be in tune with their thoughts but that can be possible only if we can understand what they go through and live similar livesAnd especially in this aspect our brethren in Delhi and Bombay are ahead and companies think they are somehow better off than us costing us important jobs and hence this change recommended by me not only is about setting contemporary social standards in KGP but also about generating employment he said as he introduced the concept of the new GC KGP shall now have an idiot box GC The first of its kind in any IIT it will help KGP reclaim its position among all IITs as the most diverse and innovative IIT in terms of students activities Naidu introduced the concept to the students forum which gave it a unanimous approval in the hopes that idiot box based activities would rekindle the hall tempo of yore

I think this would be a wonderful new chapter in KGP history said a Soc-cult GC expert Since these are vote based events it will give impetus to student activism on the campussomething that earlier was called into play only during the entertaining days of Gymkhana elections

31

Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

32

tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

27

gReen tecHnoLogy and us

In this age of increasing environmental concerns sustainability is not a catchword any longer Sustainability is a value which means we care for our environment and our people feel responsible for the development of our economy The very coining of the term ldquogreen technologyrdquo underlines its importance in the current age We as humans have realised the benefits of going green We have discovered that the current state of despair is a direct consequence of our negligence of Nature as a definitive entity Our communion with Nature is the only link to sustaining ourselves on this life-bearing planet The current trend of emerging green technologies is a welcome change There are very many reasons why it should be taken up Many issues that have spawned now need to be dealt with These include our behaviour to our own habitat Green Technology encompasses a multitude of goals which humanity needs to achieve in order to inhabit this planet for centuries to come Acceptance of green technology is a foot forward in humanityrsquos goal for sustainability The idea of environmental sustainability suggests using up natural capital at a rate such that it can be replenished at a higher or equal rate This would enable the natural resources to be available indefinitely into the future without getting damaged or depleted It would meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Adapting green technologies would decouple economic growth from environmental degradation and prevent irreversible long term damage to ecosystems and human health Use of green technologies inspires a new design paradigm It is time to rethink the way we live work design build and consume To think we are doing our part by driving a hybrid car and recycling our paper is a plagued illusion Our conception of doing more with less to make change happen is not viable We have to fundamentally change the way we design our products industries and cities Our current recycling methods are inefficient and perpetuate the age-long cradle-to-grave manufacturing model Transforming the industry to function in a cradle-to-cradle design is the need of the hour It means that the industry must protect and enrich ecosystems naturersquos

biological metabolism while also maintaining safe productive technical metabolism

28

for the high-quality use and circulation of organic and synthetic materials Green technologies aid in making such systems efficient and waste-free Pollution prevention is yet another issue green technologies tackle Traditional approaches to prevention relied mostly on regulatory measures They used management techniques to control wastes at the end-of-the-pipe However the technology is not fail-safe Source Reduction is the highest goal in solid waste management hierarchy The model suggests decreasing the amount of materials or energy used during the manufacturing or distribution of products and packages The importance of source reduction lies in the fact that it assists in conserving raw materials and energy sources reduces release to air water and sand cuts back on what has to be thrown away thereby keeping solid waste disposal down Green technologies help change our patterns of production and consumption for the better Green technologies spur on innovation that defines our transition from the good to the better We have developed numerous technologies that have been demonstrated to damage health and environment It is time to develop alternatives to them to bring something new to the current domain Green technologies are instrumental in achieving these needs of humanity The novelty that green technologies bring along create forums of economic development These developments centre about technologies and products that benefit our environment speeding up their implementation and creating new careers that truly protect our planet In other words green technologies assist the human race in its goal towards increased viability However there are a few downsides to this upsurge in green technologies Economical investigations on the positive and normative consequences of green markets which are based on technologies with joint production of a private good and an environmental public good show that under reasonable conditions green markets can have detrimental effects on environmental quality and social welfare Many governments nongovernmental organizations and industries promote green markets as ways to encourage private giving to environmental causes In a sufficiently large economy where giving is not motivated by unconditional altruism introducing or improving a green technology will increase the level of giving but crowd out private voluntary donations

As a society with bountiful natural resources and enormous wealth we have gotten out-of-touch with the impact of our everyday choices and habits It is those minute decisions of change in the way of living that can help us develop our community and enhance the liveability of the Earth The human race has attained unparalleled dominance over Earth and other fellow beings dwelling on Earth but it is a fact to think upon as to why were homo sapiens chosen for the job and are we really standing up to the choice-makerrsquos expectations Are we here to use the world for our benefits and perish when it can no more yield to our interests These questions tend to rake in

29

the inner conscience of humanity It is time for humans to take up the responsibility give reverence to the choice that made them so render testimony of their knowledge show superiority in action and not in power The habitat does not belong to humans alone but however they have to take the lead to change what now seems inevitable The future is there but still not defined Definition will be given by the present The past present and future are not mutually exclusive History is there to teach and tell us what is correct and what is wrong Our choices will now mould the world in the shape it would take in the future Our decisions will decide the fate of the time to come The choices and decisions are not secondary but truly primary which decide our very existence on this planet Our concept of technology needs to incorporate the essence of sustainability and ecology The analysis of the radius of influence of a technology must now encompass Nature fellow creatures and the Earth as a whole As the adage goes cleanliness is next to Godliness We humans are here to go for the right alternative evolving and adapting technologies that are cleaner and friendlier to the ecosystem The time is ripe for the birth of another revolution a revolution that shall make us more responsible Let us fight it out the way we have done in all stages of evolution We are capable and therefore we will be able to conquer these upcoming problems which test our race on the rails of time Let us be a more mature race now for the future if it exists would depend on us We would be answerable to the posterity if it exists

A message to the posterity would be a big hello If they exist it is a testimony of the duty that has been done The world would then be in their reins and it is time for them to learn from the past Documented history shall speak out to them of the titanic hurdle that the human race has been able to conquer To learn from history is to make use of ages of experience to do what is better It is not the question of right and wrong It is the choice of the good the better and the worse The fuzziness of the better shall remain for eternity but it is for the race to decide The choice is inevitable The choice is necessary The choice affects all The choice belongs to them The choice is all they can make

-Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi

30

idiot Box gc This is Sourav Das reporting from IIT Kharagpur on behalf of Kal Tak Reality shows are now no more the property of large network television channels The bearer of crap the pride of idiot box has taken its first step towards commoditization and this wonderful social revolution is being spearheaded by none other than the Special Secretary of TSG IIT KGP - the mother of all premier educational institutions in India

Bad Times Now managed to get an exclusive with this visionary and genius Chaggiswami Naidu As a special secretary of gymkhana Mr Naidu is of the opinion that Kharagpur is far behind times with regard to its mode of student personality development and seeks to bridge the gap by introducing revolutionary new events in Inter-hall general championship

Thirty years ago personality development meant additional facets to your personality - besides academic acumen The post liberalization economy set new social standards and the meaning of personality and acumen has taken a radical shift Diverse skills now no more form an important component of a well developed personality Being in touch with the latest developments in fashion and youth activities forms an important part of a well developed personality for youth form a strong consumer segment and if as engineers and business leaders we have to produce products that cater to them then we must be in tune with their thoughts but that can be possible only if we can understand what they go through and live similar livesAnd especially in this aspect our brethren in Delhi and Bombay are ahead and companies think they are somehow better off than us costing us important jobs and hence this change recommended by me not only is about setting contemporary social standards in KGP but also about generating employment he said as he introduced the concept of the new GC KGP shall now have an idiot box GC The first of its kind in any IIT it will help KGP reclaim its position among all IITs as the most diverse and innovative IIT in terms of students activities Naidu introduced the concept to the students forum which gave it a unanimous approval in the hopes that idiot box based activities would rekindle the hall tempo of yore

I think this would be a wonderful new chapter in KGP history said a Soc-cult GC expert Since these are vote based events it will give impetus to student activism on the campussomething that earlier was called into play only during the entertaining days of Gymkhana elections

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Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

32

tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

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they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

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39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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for the high-quality use and circulation of organic and synthetic materials Green technologies aid in making such systems efficient and waste-free Pollution prevention is yet another issue green technologies tackle Traditional approaches to prevention relied mostly on regulatory measures They used management techniques to control wastes at the end-of-the-pipe However the technology is not fail-safe Source Reduction is the highest goal in solid waste management hierarchy The model suggests decreasing the amount of materials or energy used during the manufacturing or distribution of products and packages The importance of source reduction lies in the fact that it assists in conserving raw materials and energy sources reduces release to air water and sand cuts back on what has to be thrown away thereby keeping solid waste disposal down Green technologies help change our patterns of production and consumption for the better Green technologies spur on innovation that defines our transition from the good to the better We have developed numerous technologies that have been demonstrated to damage health and environment It is time to develop alternatives to them to bring something new to the current domain Green technologies are instrumental in achieving these needs of humanity The novelty that green technologies bring along create forums of economic development These developments centre about technologies and products that benefit our environment speeding up their implementation and creating new careers that truly protect our planet In other words green technologies assist the human race in its goal towards increased viability However there are a few downsides to this upsurge in green technologies Economical investigations on the positive and normative consequences of green markets which are based on technologies with joint production of a private good and an environmental public good show that under reasonable conditions green markets can have detrimental effects on environmental quality and social welfare Many governments nongovernmental organizations and industries promote green markets as ways to encourage private giving to environmental causes In a sufficiently large economy where giving is not motivated by unconditional altruism introducing or improving a green technology will increase the level of giving but crowd out private voluntary donations

As a society with bountiful natural resources and enormous wealth we have gotten out-of-touch with the impact of our everyday choices and habits It is those minute decisions of change in the way of living that can help us develop our community and enhance the liveability of the Earth The human race has attained unparalleled dominance over Earth and other fellow beings dwelling on Earth but it is a fact to think upon as to why were homo sapiens chosen for the job and are we really standing up to the choice-makerrsquos expectations Are we here to use the world for our benefits and perish when it can no more yield to our interests These questions tend to rake in

29

the inner conscience of humanity It is time for humans to take up the responsibility give reverence to the choice that made them so render testimony of their knowledge show superiority in action and not in power The habitat does not belong to humans alone but however they have to take the lead to change what now seems inevitable The future is there but still not defined Definition will be given by the present The past present and future are not mutually exclusive History is there to teach and tell us what is correct and what is wrong Our choices will now mould the world in the shape it would take in the future Our decisions will decide the fate of the time to come The choices and decisions are not secondary but truly primary which decide our very existence on this planet Our concept of technology needs to incorporate the essence of sustainability and ecology The analysis of the radius of influence of a technology must now encompass Nature fellow creatures and the Earth as a whole As the adage goes cleanliness is next to Godliness We humans are here to go for the right alternative evolving and adapting technologies that are cleaner and friendlier to the ecosystem The time is ripe for the birth of another revolution a revolution that shall make us more responsible Let us fight it out the way we have done in all stages of evolution We are capable and therefore we will be able to conquer these upcoming problems which test our race on the rails of time Let us be a more mature race now for the future if it exists would depend on us We would be answerable to the posterity if it exists

A message to the posterity would be a big hello If they exist it is a testimony of the duty that has been done The world would then be in their reins and it is time for them to learn from the past Documented history shall speak out to them of the titanic hurdle that the human race has been able to conquer To learn from history is to make use of ages of experience to do what is better It is not the question of right and wrong It is the choice of the good the better and the worse The fuzziness of the better shall remain for eternity but it is for the race to decide The choice is inevitable The choice is necessary The choice affects all The choice belongs to them The choice is all they can make

-Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi

30

idiot Box gc This is Sourav Das reporting from IIT Kharagpur on behalf of Kal Tak Reality shows are now no more the property of large network television channels The bearer of crap the pride of idiot box has taken its first step towards commoditization and this wonderful social revolution is being spearheaded by none other than the Special Secretary of TSG IIT KGP - the mother of all premier educational institutions in India

Bad Times Now managed to get an exclusive with this visionary and genius Chaggiswami Naidu As a special secretary of gymkhana Mr Naidu is of the opinion that Kharagpur is far behind times with regard to its mode of student personality development and seeks to bridge the gap by introducing revolutionary new events in Inter-hall general championship

Thirty years ago personality development meant additional facets to your personality - besides academic acumen The post liberalization economy set new social standards and the meaning of personality and acumen has taken a radical shift Diverse skills now no more form an important component of a well developed personality Being in touch with the latest developments in fashion and youth activities forms an important part of a well developed personality for youth form a strong consumer segment and if as engineers and business leaders we have to produce products that cater to them then we must be in tune with their thoughts but that can be possible only if we can understand what they go through and live similar livesAnd especially in this aspect our brethren in Delhi and Bombay are ahead and companies think they are somehow better off than us costing us important jobs and hence this change recommended by me not only is about setting contemporary social standards in KGP but also about generating employment he said as he introduced the concept of the new GC KGP shall now have an idiot box GC The first of its kind in any IIT it will help KGP reclaim its position among all IITs as the most diverse and innovative IIT in terms of students activities Naidu introduced the concept to the students forum which gave it a unanimous approval in the hopes that idiot box based activities would rekindle the hall tempo of yore

I think this would be a wonderful new chapter in KGP history said a Soc-cult GC expert Since these are vote based events it will give impetus to student activism on the campussomething that earlier was called into play only during the entertaining days of Gymkhana elections

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Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

32

tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

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they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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the inner conscience of humanity It is time for humans to take up the responsibility give reverence to the choice that made them so render testimony of their knowledge show superiority in action and not in power The habitat does not belong to humans alone but however they have to take the lead to change what now seems inevitable The future is there but still not defined Definition will be given by the present The past present and future are not mutually exclusive History is there to teach and tell us what is correct and what is wrong Our choices will now mould the world in the shape it would take in the future Our decisions will decide the fate of the time to come The choices and decisions are not secondary but truly primary which decide our very existence on this planet Our concept of technology needs to incorporate the essence of sustainability and ecology The analysis of the radius of influence of a technology must now encompass Nature fellow creatures and the Earth as a whole As the adage goes cleanliness is next to Godliness We humans are here to go for the right alternative evolving and adapting technologies that are cleaner and friendlier to the ecosystem The time is ripe for the birth of another revolution a revolution that shall make us more responsible Let us fight it out the way we have done in all stages of evolution We are capable and therefore we will be able to conquer these upcoming problems which test our race on the rails of time Let us be a more mature race now for the future if it exists would depend on us We would be answerable to the posterity if it exists

A message to the posterity would be a big hello If they exist it is a testimony of the duty that has been done The world would then be in their reins and it is time for them to learn from the past Documented history shall speak out to them of the titanic hurdle that the human race has been able to conquer To learn from history is to make use of ages of experience to do what is better It is not the question of right and wrong It is the choice of the good the better and the worse The fuzziness of the better shall remain for eternity but it is for the race to decide The choice is inevitable The choice is necessary The choice affects all The choice belongs to them The choice is all they can make

-Piyush Paritosh Panigrahi

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idiot Box gc This is Sourav Das reporting from IIT Kharagpur on behalf of Kal Tak Reality shows are now no more the property of large network television channels The bearer of crap the pride of idiot box has taken its first step towards commoditization and this wonderful social revolution is being spearheaded by none other than the Special Secretary of TSG IIT KGP - the mother of all premier educational institutions in India

Bad Times Now managed to get an exclusive with this visionary and genius Chaggiswami Naidu As a special secretary of gymkhana Mr Naidu is of the opinion that Kharagpur is far behind times with regard to its mode of student personality development and seeks to bridge the gap by introducing revolutionary new events in Inter-hall general championship

Thirty years ago personality development meant additional facets to your personality - besides academic acumen The post liberalization economy set new social standards and the meaning of personality and acumen has taken a radical shift Diverse skills now no more form an important component of a well developed personality Being in touch with the latest developments in fashion and youth activities forms an important part of a well developed personality for youth form a strong consumer segment and if as engineers and business leaders we have to produce products that cater to them then we must be in tune with their thoughts but that can be possible only if we can understand what they go through and live similar livesAnd especially in this aspect our brethren in Delhi and Bombay are ahead and companies think they are somehow better off than us costing us important jobs and hence this change recommended by me not only is about setting contemporary social standards in KGP but also about generating employment he said as he introduced the concept of the new GC KGP shall now have an idiot box GC The first of its kind in any IIT it will help KGP reclaim its position among all IITs as the most diverse and innovative IIT in terms of students activities Naidu introduced the concept to the students forum which gave it a unanimous approval in the hopes that idiot box based activities would rekindle the hall tempo of yore

I think this would be a wonderful new chapter in KGP history said a Soc-cult GC expert Since these are vote based events it will give impetus to student activism on the campussomething that earlier was called into play only during the entertaining days of Gymkhana elections

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Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

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tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

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LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

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they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

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how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

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हद अनभाग

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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বাংলা ভাগ

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

30

idiot Box gc This is Sourav Das reporting from IIT Kharagpur on behalf of Kal Tak Reality shows are now no more the property of large network television channels The bearer of crap the pride of idiot box has taken its first step towards commoditization and this wonderful social revolution is being spearheaded by none other than the Special Secretary of TSG IIT KGP - the mother of all premier educational institutions in India

Bad Times Now managed to get an exclusive with this visionary and genius Chaggiswami Naidu As a special secretary of gymkhana Mr Naidu is of the opinion that Kharagpur is far behind times with regard to its mode of student personality development and seeks to bridge the gap by introducing revolutionary new events in Inter-hall general championship

Thirty years ago personality development meant additional facets to your personality - besides academic acumen The post liberalization economy set new social standards and the meaning of personality and acumen has taken a radical shift Diverse skills now no more form an important component of a well developed personality Being in touch with the latest developments in fashion and youth activities forms an important part of a well developed personality for youth form a strong consumer segment and if as engineers and business leaders we have to produce products that cater to them then we must be in tune with their thoughts but that can be possible only if we can understand what they go through and live similar livesAnd especially in this aspect our brethren in Delhi and Bombay are ahead and companies think they are somehow better off than us costing us important jobs and hence this change recommended by me not only is about setting contemporary social standards in KGP but also about generating employment he said as he introduced the concept of the new GC KGP shall now have an idiot box GC The first of its kind in any IIT it will help KGP reclaim its position among all IITs as the most diverse and innovative IIT in terms of students activities Naidu introduced the concept to the students forum which gave it a unanimous approval in the hopes that idiot box based activities would rekindle the hall tempo of yore

I think this would be a wonderful new chapter in KGP history said a Soc-cult GC expert Since these are vote based events it will give impetus to student activism on the campussomething that earlier was called into play only during the entertaining days of Gymkhana elections

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Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

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tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

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they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

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how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

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हद अनभाग

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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বাংলা ভাগ

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49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

31

Yessecondly proving capability through acquisition of skills is an archaic method current social standards prefer heaping rewards on people for their sheer virtue of existence( India is the biggest market you see) So too in the extra acads scenario if morons are being given best jobs and comforts then even KGPians can and should turn morons and I think the initiative taken by Naidu is one wonderful step in that direction concurred Panjeshwar Pujari another veteran of the Gymkhana

According to the resolution which has been adopted unanimously Gymkhana shall now have two new general secretaries to oversee the successful conduct and inclusion of new events in the idiot box GCinitially plans were made to just start it as a subcommittee under the soc-cult committee but looking at the innovative crap being spewed forth by the day by the idiot box and the interest being taken by the student populace the grand old men of Gymkhana spotted the possibility of expanding the GC till it became the largest GC realizing max participation and hence have created a separate committee having powers equal to the soc-cult sports and Tech committee

The general championship shall kick off with events Technology Big Brother and Tech splitsvilla These events though inspired by the real shows big brother and splitsvilla shall have a slightly changed format especially since the format of splitsvilla would have bombed in KGPWhile being true to the procedures tech splitsvilla would have a bunch of kids two from each hall fighting for the love of two females from SN IG RLB It may be noteworthy that some members of the forum objected to the use of the word female and asked that the term non male be used instead However these requests were brushed aside by the special secretary

Some female members of the forum also mooted the idea of a Technology [V] Get gorgeous However the logistical difficulties involved in finding the requisite quality of participants forced the idea on to a back burner Some other members of the forum notably HPs were seen proposing an idiot box fest under the new GSecs However the forum finally decided to wait for a while till the idiot box GC settled down before starting the new fest

The correspondent is of the opinion that the initiation of new GC would lead to greater interest among the students for extra acads especially events modelled on the basis of audience vote would increase student participation in the gymkhana activities The unbridled support to the hall mates to win the hand of a female in tech splitsvilla would also forge a new sense of brotherhood that has sadly been absent lately in KGP All in all exciting times are ahead for students and gymkhana in KGP as they embrace the path of contemporary personality development and entertainment

-Sourav Das

32

tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

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After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

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asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

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LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

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they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

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how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

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हद अनभाग

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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বাংলা ভাগ

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

32

tHe BeautifuL afteR-Life

Resurrecting a dead body Sounded like a perfect and sure adventure Some of my freaky scientist friends invited me over this audacious errand Fond of leading a swashbuckling life I acquiesced

One of my friends Dr Nayar procured an unclaimed dead body from a government hospital to carry out some biological experiments Mr Nayar in spite of being a doctor was an ardent follower of necromancy He had been reading these eerie books on voodoo and sorcery for the past few years Once he claimed to have mastered the art of black magic but nobody believed him and declared him a pariah Practicing necromancy in this era of science and technology is considered tantamount to being paranoiac But this time there seemed to be a strange certitude and charisma in his voice that tantalized us in believing him

So all of us gathered at Dr Nayarrsquos clinic that night to witness the most venturesome deed in the history of mankind The very thought of it gave me goose bumps The clinic was somber and shrouded with an unusual silence that frightened the rest of us Ironically that room was a place meant for saving lives The dead body daubed with some strange chemical that smelled like rotten onion was lying naked on a stretcher It was a male body aged around 35 with dark complexion and heavy built Dr Nayar was sitting near the bloated head of the dead body with a series of weird colored chemicals packed in oddly shaped glass bottles lined up in front of him The idea of providing us with the lifetime opportunity of witnessing this historical event impregnated him with a condescending feeling The rest of us sat there in a row like an obedient kid listening to a fairy tale

Dr Nayar started the experiment by cutting a gentle slot into a vein of dead bodyrsquos hand and pouring an azure chemical through it while continuously chanting verses in some strange language This continued for the next 30 minutes until he had emptied 10 bottles of chemicals He had the amazing ability of keeping the same countenance under all kinds of situation Excess intelligence made him stoic The continuous chanting by Dr Nayar was soporific and made us dream about the beautiful bed

As was vaguely expected by all of us (except Dr Nayar of course) nothing happened We lost all our hopes and cursed Dr Nayar for ruining our night But Dr Nayar imperturbably continued with his experiment

33

After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

34

asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

33

After another 30 minutes our patience declined and we stood up to leave Just as we approached Dr Nayar to bid him goodbye we got startled by a vague jerk- like movement in the dead body A chill ran down my spine Overwhelmed with meacutelange of excitement and fear I felt like throwing up Dr Nayar who was until now working with a poker face suddenly got excited and started infusing chemicals with an aggravated enthusiasm The dead body started shaking vigorously like an old diesel engine It took the body another 5 minutes to calm down and then as we saw it he started breathing He slowly opened his eyes His eyes were yellow probably due to the cessation of blood circulation He then opened his mouth to say something but all we could hear was inscrutable gibbering He tried to sit up but his limbs betrayed him Dr Nayar unlike the rest of us was dauntless and phlegmatic all this time as if he was already aware of what was going to happen He instructed the dead man to lie down and rest until his body is back to its normal rhythm

After about 2 hours the dead man started talking normally He explained to us how he got distracted by the picture of a half naked woman on a roadside advertisement banner before he got ran over by a truck Then Dr Nayar explained to him how he brought him back to life Dead man was stupefied by his narration and it took him a while to digest this information

When he finally got convinced that he is alive he unexpectedly got angry and tried to attack Dr Nayar but couldnrsquot succeed as his body was atrophied by death He was seething with anger and constantly imprecating Dr Nayar for he was the one who brought him back from his beautiful after-life

Beautiful after-life Discombobulated by this queer fact we requested the dead man whose anger obliterated by now to explain the after-life Whatever he said next were the most amazing things we ever heard in our lives

ldquoThe life after death is nothing Itrsquos a zilch No ground below feet no sky above head No object in vicinity Darkness everywhere But this darkness is completely different from the darkness of corporeal world This darkness is soothing and embracing rather than the asphyxiating darkness of the material world There is no feeling of pain and fear No feeling at all The only feeling that can be sensed is the feeling of cool breeze striking against the face The body feels weightless No worry and no emotion at all Only peace of mindrdquo

His narration was so lively and visceral that I could almost feel myself there As a kid I was taught that one gets to meet god after he dies I solemnly espoused this theory which thwarted me from taking any stance defied by god Driven by this curiosity I

34

asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

34

asked the dead man if he saw hear or felt the god after death The dead man guffawed apparently at my childish fantasy

ldquoGod is not a person with a body like human beings God is a force The darkness that embraced me is the god The cool breeze that was blowing on my face is the god The peace of mind that I felt is the god God is within yourself and present everywhere in myriad forms You feel god all the time but you never acknowledge ithelliprdquo

He wanted to say more but his tongue failed him The effect of chemicals as was already told by Dr Nayar was ephemeral The dead man was shaking vigorously once again as if he was following the same route for departure Few minutes later he went back to his beautiful after-life He died once again

-Buddharatn Ratawal

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

35

LaugHhellipBut onLy if you may

Society is built on the twin ideals of affluence and affectation Everywhere I see I find people running a race A race to succeed a race to better a race to win a relentless race against an untiring clock Just that this race has no referee and more importantly no rules Bertrand Russells Man and Machines debate seems redundant in this age when men resemble machines more than machines do themselves Really people are no longer people rather machines hard-wired to produce optimum results Flattery and deceit go hand in hand It seems no surprise then that that true emotions have been reduced to a rarity and genuineness to a farce

I came across the following poem by Gabriel Okara in Class XI which describes the despicable state of affairs rather beautifully

ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time son

they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes

but now they only laugh with their teeth while their ice-block-cold eyes

search behind my shadow

There was a time indeed

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

51

Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

36

they used to shake hands with their hearts but thatrsquos gone son

Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search

my empty pockets

lsquoFeel at homersquo lsquoCome againrsquo they say and when I come

again and feel at home once twice

there will be no thrice ndash for then I find doors shut on me

So I have learned many things son I have learned to wear many faces

like dresses ndash home-face office-face street-face host-face

cocktail-face with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile

And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth

and shake hands without my heart I have also learned to say lsquoGoodbyersquo

when I mean lsquoGood-riddancersquo to say lsquoGlad to meet yoursquo

without being glad and to say lsquoItrsquos been nice talking to yoursquo after being bored

But believe me son

I want to be what I used to be when I was like you I want

to unlearn all these muting things Most of all I want to relearn

how to laugh for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snakersquos bare fangs

So show me son

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how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

37

how to laugh show me how I used to laugh and smile

once upon a time when I was like you

Itrsquos not easy living in a world like this Frankly nothing is frank enough to be frank anymore More so when your every word is monitored and every action accounted for The worst part is that all this is our doing so we dont even have anybody to blame A collection of high-headed minds is all it takes to set benchmarks for the successful standards for the civilized and metrics for the ideal Of course it takes the whole of humanity to strive for it

But itrsquos quite easy to get around this mess as Okara points out All you have to do is to build a firewall around your interior to doublethink your basic instincts and voila youre a winner The first impression is the last impression didnt they tell you Just have a couple of faces as your TV has channels and switch them as per requirement Our forefathers always knew this When in Rome do as the Romans do You canrsquot behave the same at the mall as you do at college how can you

Your professor just said the stupidest thing in the world frown not Appreciate the new heights his mind can reach and dont forget to compliment on his yellow tie A passer-by just smudged your clothes with dirt frown not Why he just brought you closer to mother earth tell him you feel obliged You sulk at the sight of the big bore but its always good to meet him again isnt it Just heard the worst ever speech Well then congratulate the speaker for having enthralled you

Feel like laughingno please for Gods sake dont open your trap Its so unhygienic Feel like crying uhhellipwell you could do that but make sure nobodys watching

-Amit Sharma

38

39

हद अनभाग

40

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

46

47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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বাংলা ভাগ

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

41

तम

याद क झलमल झरमट स

धीम स जब मसकरात हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह |

जीवन म तम सपन म तम

खवाब म तम इस मन म तम

मन क कहन-कहन म रह

तम मन कह सववर बनाती हह |

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

तम कहती हह क बहत कठन ह

राह जह हमन ह चन ल

सच म चादर का कया हहवा

सपन म हमन जह बन ल |

म कहता ह हम-तम मल कर

लड़ जायव हर मिशकल स

दनया क हर वम स लड़कर

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मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

42

मलकर रहवा दल दल स |

मर सपन म रव भर कर तम

मझ हममत बधती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

कया वह भी जीना ा हम-तम

एक-दज स जब अनजान

समझत क कहत ह

सफर ििज़दवी कह ह जान |

आकर मर जीवन म तमन

मझपर ह एहसान कया

जीवन क अधर म दपक-सा

जान सा अपना नाम दया

खद क मीठ-सी खशब स

तम जीवन कह महकाती हह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

मलकर तमस ऐसा लवा

क राह ििज़दवी का रस ह

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यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

43

यद बछड़ जाय हम-तम

तह फर ििज़दवी नीरस ह |

सा तमहारा सबस यारा

हर पल इसस सवरा ह

मर दल का कहना-कहना

तमहार याद स भरा ह |

अपन यार क वहराा स तम

मझम आस जवाती ह

दल खशय स भर जाता ह

तम याद मझ जब आती हह ||

-धीरज वमार

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मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

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अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

44

मरा जीवन

कछ उतार सा कछ चढ़ाव सा

वम बहत पर खशया कम ह

सन लह मर एक कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

ह अभलाषा पर नह ह आशा

आशाओ पर मल नराशा

बड़ी ह तीखी मर जवानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

जीवन ह एक जल क धारा

पर म इसस कभी न हारा

ह इसस अलव मर कहानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

मिशकल स जह न हारा

ििज़दवी न उस सवारा

कछ नया कर भल बात परानी

मरा जीवन बाध का पानी

-मनीष सघवी

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

50

িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

-ময়নাক মল

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Pages

52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

45

अधर हसरत

मिजल तह बहत ी पान कह

काफला अपना बढाया तह हहता |

एक कदम म सहरा पार ा

वह पहला कदम बढाया तह हहता |

खवाहश न उभरती न मन य तरसता

ग़र एक अरसा उज़ह दबाया न हहता |

फल खलता पनपता दहसती का हमार

वशवास हडा दखाया तह हहता |

समझा ग़लत कया ग़लत न बताया

ग़लत ा जह हमकह बताया तह हहता |

दहसत हम बर न सीरत स सन लह

कभी आपन आिमाया तह हहता |

रहा अफ़सहस आखर तक बरा रहन का

पदार ग़लत-फ़हमी का उठाया तह हहता |

हम न मरत िमान भर क बात स

हम आपन जह जलाया न हहता |

करत एक दन नाम रौशन अपना

ग़र मौत न मझ बलाया न हहता |

- वभव

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47

বাংলা ভাগ

48

49

িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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িকছ িত

হািরেয় আমরা যাব সবাই

যাব জািন

তব হািরেয় েযেত ভয় শzwj ভয়

যতই আকেড় থািক আমােদরও

একিদন হােতর মেঠা খেল

িদেত হয় |

হেলর common-room েথেক েবেরালাম | Rehearsal েশষনাটক শzwj হেত আর র া দএক

েদরী | আমার েনতািজ auditorium-এ েশষবােরর জনয ওঠা েশষ inter-hall বাংলা নাটক |

কত িত ছািড়েয় আেছসব েভেস উঠেছএেকর পর এক | কেলজটােত থমবার েঢাকাএকট ভয়

ভয়অেনকটা আন |একটার পর একটা িদেনর ের মেতা েবির েয় যাওয়া | First-year-এ

department farewell-এর পর অণরবদােক বেলিছলাম েতামরা চেল যা সব েকমন েশষ হেয়

েগল | অণরবদা িপঠ চাপেড় বেলিছল zwjর পাগল েতার েতা সেব শzwj rdquo | অনরবদাআমারও

এখানকার িদন েশষ হেয় এেলা |তব মােনর album-এর পাতায় পাতায় েতালা থাকেলা অজ

ছিবরিনসাদাকােলাকেয়কটা হয়েতা একট ঝাপসা | ময়খদার zwjেম রাত েজেগ practice পেরর

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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িদনই event | িকংবা tea party-েত senior-েদর েসই েচাখ রাঙােনা জযাদা াটর মত বনইো

বাদ েম িমেলগা | আমার বারবার মেন হেয়েছ িবেশষ িক এই জায়গাটার ভােলা teacher

ভােলা কেলজ সবই েতা হেলািক িক এমন আেছ এখােন েয বক ফিলেয় বলা যায়

Once a Lajpatianever a Lajpatian

িনেজেকই িনেজ উতর িদই আমার গেলা েয সব এখােন েবানা | েসকথা আবার নতন কের

বিঝযখন বছর কিড় পের আমার মzwjযবয়ব zwjমবাপ িফের আেস িনেজর wing-এ |

হেল আসার পের এেক এেক ব েবেড়েছ তারপর িসিনয়ার েথেক সপারিসিনয়ার জীবেনর মেzwjয

ঢেক েগেছ এই িদনগেলা | Wing-এর সবার সােথ আা পাগলােমা আর িগটােরর ভাষায় েলখা

ছিবর সাির মেনর মেzwjয উেঠ আসেছ | Wing-এর নামকরন িনেয় মহা দভর াবনার পের হঠাতই

িক হেলা নাম েহাক BoToMs up BTM-এর ফলফমর | শীেতর রােত ছােদ িগেয় গাওয়া

হেয়িছল েসই নাম িনেয় েলখা গান এই ছিবগেলােক িক েভালা যায় wingটা ায় ফাকা হেয়

যােব ক িদন পের সবাই িছটেক যােব এিদক েসিদক িক এই গগেলা েথেক যােব গানগেলাও |

েকউ থাকবনা

আমরা তব আ মােদর মেনর মেzwjয থাকেব wingটা থাকেব সােটর গান রজেতর ামস আর

রােzwjেশর িস | থাকেব েকাবরাশভমেপাপটকতেপড়ােক িনেয় আমােদর গমগেম আা | বহিদন

বােদ েচােখ জল চেল আসেছ | িনেজেক েবাঝাি এিগেয় চলাই জীবন | ঝাপসা েচাখটা একবার

মেছ িনলাম | নাটক শzwj হেলা বেল | েশষবােরর performance | তারপর েজ েথেক নামব

নতন কশীলেবরা আসেব | নতন কের শzwj হেব গ -হািস-কাা |আমােদর এই গ-গান-কথা িক কােরা মেন থাকেব কারও wing-এর রাতগেলা িক আরও একবার শনেব রাতজাগা িবিল

েজােয়লবব িডলান জািননা |

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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52

A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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A1 First

Pankaj Kumar Pal

These five years have been wonderful to me had a lot of friends here While living here what so ever one may say to KGP but at the end will always miss it and hate to leave it This is the time when one can enjoy the most So this is a message to my juniors that enjoy your life most and make these memories golden memories of your life

E-mail pankajpaliitkgpgmailcom

Tarun Minz

E-mail tarunminjgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

E-mail rajeshiit2005gmailcom

Rajat Rashmi Marndi

E-mail silverraysiitgmailcom

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Shivam Sumith

E-mail sivamsumithgmailcom

Saurav Kumar

E-mail sauravkumar2006gmailcom

Himanshu Agarwal

E-mail himanshuaggiitgmailcom

A1 Top

Jayadeva Mani

E-mail vedayajillgmailcom

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T Ravi Kumar

E-mail ravikumareegmailcom

Yusuf Akthar

E-mail yusufeeiitgmailcom

Suraj Dey

E-mail de_surajyahoocom

A ground

Varinderjit Singh Kahttra

E-mail varinderkhattragmailcom

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A first

Nirav Pranami

E-mail niraviitkgpstergmailcom

Samir Kumar Mardi

E-mail samirkgpiangmailcom

Sujay Kumar

E-mail sujaytatagmailcom

Priyesh Srivastava

E-mail priyeshsrivastavagmailcom

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Praveen Shakya

E-mail pravinautomaticgmailcom

A Top (KAKORI)

Rahul Gautam

Really I will miss the precious pearls (Friends) and the KGP lifethose days of Spring fest and Kshitij filled with full masti and fun How the four years had passed in KGPdidnt understand It seems like that few days earlier I came to IIT KGP These days were the shortcut of life In spite of nothing IIT KGP has everything

E-mail rahulgautamiitkgpgmailcom

Jayant Kumar Verma

Wishing success to all who step out of this land of the brave and proud Once a Lajpatian ever a Lajpatian Yo LLR

E-mail jayantkumarvermagmailcom

Anil Kumar

Well gone are the days sitting on tea corners n enjoying campus talks with the friends As Corporate life is very boring than Campus life So I would say to all juniors enjoy ur college days as much as u can dudebcoz after this ur lifes gonna change upside down

E-mail iitkgpanil06gmailcom

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Abhishek Shrivastava

Enjoy your stay at kharagpur these years will never come backso live every moment of it

E-mail absiitkgpgmailcom

Abhishek Kumar

E-mail kumariitkgpgmailcom

Jagpravesh Pannu

Just wannna say goodbye its been real pleasure to stay here at LLR E-mail jpiitkgpgmailcom

Jetaram Siyol

E-mail siyoliitkgpgmailcom

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B First West (BeWaFa)

Debjyoti Roy

Goodbye to all my final year friends I will miss you a lot

And best of luck to all the juniors Keep up the tempo Yo LLR

E-mail debjyotiiitkgpgmailcom

Sourav Saha

Dear Lajpatians I take a great pleasure in speaking to u all The last 4 years of my IIT life has been in this hall which I am immensely proud of Initially it was different At that time the so called other halls often outperformed us but slowly and steadily its all changing for the last few years our hall

has produced some great performances and certainly we are outperforming some of those halls I hope u people can keep up the good works and maybe someday win the GC for LLR I will not bore u with lectures but think itrsquos important to tell u that u all must enjoy the time u r here at IIT for its never going to come back and more often than not we tend to forget that its all about making the best use of ur time and life So ur all FOLLOW UR BLISS E-mail eesouravgmailcom

Anshul Ranjan

E-mail anshul14ranjangmailcom

59

Pritam Mukherjee

Its the time of your life Dont waste it

E-mail pmmukherjeeiitgmailcom

Towshif Ali

Oye mere yaaron Do what you are good at but tempo se

The best thing mankind is blessed with is shortness of life

So njoy ) life kgp

brsquocoz this is better than any place yoursquoll ever be

Yo LLR

E-mail towshifgmailcom

Aritra Chatterjee

E-mail yoursaritragmailcom

Debraj Mandal

A professor is one who talks in someone elses sleep

~WH Auden So heres to future prof-less sleeps Cheers To all present inmates of KGP I would like to say - Survive Your time will come Try not to increase the mortality rate at KGP

Email hauntedpriestgmailcom

60

B-first mid

Abhishek Mishra

E-mail mishraabhishek02gmailcom

Priyank Baghel

E-mail priyankbaghelgmailcom

B-first east

PSB Akshar

Best learning experience so far thanks to LLR and KGP Will definitely miss them

E-mail akshariitkgpgmailcom

Madhu Chitteti

E-mail madhuiitkgpgmailcom

61

Ajit Kumar Ajay

E-mail ajit814152gmailcom

Amit Singh

well one thing for juniors Remember that extra-acads is like add-on Without your core (acads or ur area of interest) it would be useless Make sure that you are not over paying for that amp hell yeahIm gonna miss KGP life

E-mail amitskgpgmailcom

Venkata Sudeep Reddy

E-mail sandeepgmrgmailcom

Sai Krishna Tejaswi

Hitesh Gupta

E-mail hiteshguptagmailcom

62

B-top West

Ashish Kumar Shrivastava

E-mail ashishsvmgmailcom

Chetan Aggarwal

E-mail chetan7aggarwalgmailcom

WV Vinay

E-mail wvvinaygmailcom

Nishant Mundu

E-mail nishantmundugmailcom

63

Anurag Mark

The four years spent in llr have been the most amazing time of my life Will certainly cherish these moments lifelong )

E-mail anuragmarkgmailcom

Bishal Lama

Try to be yourself and lead a life which makes you happy whether or not the world is happy with it At the same time be a responsible and a reliable human being so that people around you can count on you and spread the message by setting up an example yourself that In about the same degree as you are helpful you will be happy

E-mail bslama4gmailcom

R Sudeep Periwal

E-mail sudeepperiwalgmailcom

Kamalakar Pashula

E-mail kamaldilsegmailcom

64

B-Top Mid (Bottoms-up)

Mainack Mondal

Satya ki durbol aar amader buddhi ki durdanto

-( dialogue from satyasandho bronze winning bong drams 2009 )

Yo llr

E-mail mainackmondalgmailcom Samrat Dhar

E-mail samiitkgpgmailcom

Krit Sankalp

Looking back to my First Year it does feel like it was only yesterday We all came here knowing little of what we would become or what we will accomplish but we leave knowing who we are It is a gift to be treasured and remembered It is solicited to all to get involved in as many activities as possible in hall or in campus as you get to know more about

yourself your strengths and weaknesses which will pave your way towards a bright future Wishing you all the Best

E-mail kritsankalpgmailcom Ruchir Prasoon

E-mail ruchirprasoongmailcom

65

Vivek Kumar

Learn as much as you canEnjoy your life

E-mail iitkgpvivekkumargmailcom

Shubham Kumar

E-mail shubhamkgpiangmailcom

Radhesh Agarwal

E-mail radheshiitkgpgmailcom

Abhishek Ranjan

E-mail abhishekranjaniitgmailcom

66

Rajat Shubhra Shaw

E-mail rajatshawgmailcom

Vineet Arora

E-mail vineet21gmailcom

B Top East (Laphua)

Prakash Kumar Tiwari

Just enjoy your life in the hall

E-mail pktiitkgpgmailcom

Rajeev Kumar I am going to leave this place It doesnt feel good I will miss IIT-KGP I have only one thing to say Do what you love Love what you do

E-mail iit05rajeevgmailcom

67

Md Yousuf

E-mail doscarpmegmailcom

Rashmit Ritam Das

E-mail rhythmiitkgpgmailcom

Dalchand Choudhary I will always miss my 2nd year time I remember how we had to go through OP and illumination though sometimes we were made to go against our desires but we had our own way to find out the fun in that too I still remember the day me and Rohan went to JCB during OP time and the whole senior wing came there among them were the very famous

Amit Sharma Ankit Karamchandani Abhinav Ankur etc And then AKC also took our picture by his Digi cam which if you dont know always used to carry as if we were going to lie during Meeting D Akram is also something I will not forget specially the way he gets upset to see lot of customers P Anyway my suggestion to all juniors is just enjoy your time and try to make a balance between fun n acads )

E-mail dc4ualgmailcom

68

Aseem Tigga

E-mail aseemiitkgpgmailcom

Subhendu Panigrahi

Best stay of my life with wingies seniors juniors I never missed home Those sleepless nights figuring out whether the diya is correctly oriented or not those escapes from OP and eating out in JCB poltu in MMM hall would be etched in memory forever Would miss the food ( credits to mess for the worst food ever its a challenge to reproduce it anywhere

in the world ) LLR ka tempo high hai Best of Luck bachalog

E-mail skipiitgmailcom Rupesh Monu

E-mail rupeshphyiitgmailcom

Ketan Sahil Sharma

E-mail ketansahilsgmailcom

69

C ground west

Vinay Sisodia

E-mail sisodiavinaygmailcom

Virender Gupta

4 yr stay at LLR Hall was a part of my life that I can never forgetIllu nightouts 2nd year dram practice Fun with wingmates tenure as G Sec are the memories I will cherish my whole life

E-mail virendergupta88gmailcom

Anshul Jain

E-mail anshuljainiitkgpgmailcom

DS Murlidhar

E-mail muralidsmdgmailcom

70

C ground mid

Anand Kanodia

E-mail anandkanodia1gmailcom

Tanuj Dora

The last 4 years in LLR (and 5 in Kgp) have been a blast will always cherish these memories Thanks everyone and all the best Cheers

E-mail tanujdoragmailcom

Vijay Sukumar Kamble

E-mail vijaykambleiitkgpgmailcom

Rajesh Kumar

Believe in yourself and dream whatever you think is right for you and try to achieve it with your great endeavor One day the success will kiss you Miss you always my friends E-mail rajeshguptaiitgmailcom

71

Navjot Singh

These are 4-5 free years of life rather than doing what you are told to do find and do what you like to do and will be happy doing further in your life

E-mail navjotiitgmailcom

C ground East

Ajit Kumar Khabya

Sab yahan 4-5 saal barbaad hi karte haihellipbut nn the end what will matter is how you wasted ur time So get out of your room spend time with friends and remember to follow your heart Do what you like rest is background noise

E-mail ajitkhabyagmailcom

Pratik Mehta

Had a gr88 time in LLR hall with lots of highs and lows Will miss this place a lot(although I wont miss the Mess food P ) I hope that LLR continue to excel and achieve greater heights Junta TEMPO se lage raho agle saal aur ache se machana hai YO LLR

E-mail prat1234gmailcom

Akash Agrawal

E-mail akashrobotixin

72

Anshuman Tiwari

E-mail anshumanrobotixin

Rahul Jaimini

E-mail jaiminiiitkgpgmailcom

Deepak Cherian

Carpe Diem

E-mail dpakcheriangmailcom

Tapas Shrivastava

Roam around on 22 with your friends Watch inter hall

performances just for fun Do random photography sessions but save all the pics Be in a society Have group treats Find time for your friends Attend classes if only so that you can discuss the professors antics later And I say this not because I always managed to do all this but because after spending 5 years at this place the only times which I remember vividly are the times when I managed to do these things Have a great time at IIT Kharagpur

E-mail tapasshrivastavagmailcom

73

C first west

Nishant Kumar

E-mail kgpiannishgmailcom

Shishir Narayan

Just believe in whatever you do Try to excel in both acads and xtra acads as well What in life is more imp is your attitude towards thngs I still remember the day I landed here and thought How would I be spending 4 years hereand now I DONT WANT TO GO (

E-mail shishiriitkgpgmailcom

Kaustubh Hakim

Hello guys I want to tell you something about my four years at KGP After qualifying JEE choosing KGP was one of the best decisions of my life The greatest thing about KGP is that you become a part of very big network You do not make friends here rather you find long lost brothers KGPians live for their hall and hall-mates Hall Tempo can be one of the most weired things for a fresher and one of the most obvious for final years but youll get used to it I have always felt

proud being a part of LLR Hall Now itrsquos your time Your KGP life will be dominated by LLR Hall and its boarderrsquos You will also be able to observe some people known as the ldquogawdsrdquo very closely and mind you this is once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from them Watching them fighting for the GCs putting in everything for the Hall will definitely make you do your part LLR and KGP made me a very different person today than I was four years back This transformation is a life-long one Hope same happens to you and you will admire it all your life And always remember Once a Lajpatian Ever a Lajpatian E-mail khakimiitkgpgmailcom

74

Suneel palukuri

I spent 4 best years of life here at kgpWill miss all this I

will cherish all these wonderful memories

E-mail suneeliitkgpgmailcom

C- First mid

Kuldeep Jain

E-mail jainkooldeepgmailcom

Jayant Kumar Jha

E-mail jayant1800gmailcom

Shaunak Laad

You always gain more from the hall than what you give to the hall Your sacrifices and hardships will always be remembered Let our tempo shout rock Kgp YO LLR

E-mail shaunaklaadgmailcom

75

Mayur Gupta

E-mail mayuriitgmailcom

Romil Vijayavergia

This hall has given me a lot of memories memories that i will cherish for the rest of my life be it the arbit bakar in the wing nite outs in illu nd rangoli the tempo shout after a drams performanceI can not imagine ne bettr way to spend my cllg years i hv learned a lot in this hall made a LOT of frnds had sm awesome seniorshave some machau juniors just keep the tempo going guys YO LLR

E-mail vijayromilgmailcom

C-first East

Nakul Molasaria

Ill definitly miss kgp lyfn for all the juniorsdo njoy the lyfbt take care of ur acads toothts the thing wt u r here fr

E-mail nmolasariagmailcom

Vaibhav Jhanwar

ldquoLive your life the way you want todoesnt matter what others do or tell you to dordquo

E-mail vaibhavjiitkgpgmailcom

76

Akshay Sogani

E-mail akshayiit123gmailcom

Ritesh Ranjan Jha

E-mail jhabhaigmailcom

C-Top West

Neeraj Goswami

E-mail nrjghygmailcom

Abinash Panigrahi

E-mail contactabinashgmailcom

77

C top Mid Tejas Khire

E-mail tejaskhiregmailcom

Mohammad Navaid Khan

Try and get the best out of your life at IIT

E-mail navaidkhan1gmailcom

Amit Sharma

The years you spend here can be the best of your life Only if you want them to be

E-mail amitsharmaiitkgpgmailcom

C Top East Vidya Bhushan

Enjoy your stay at Kgp the way u want but keep the

balance between acad and extra-acads May the Good Lord bless and keep you in good health

E-mail vidyabhushan4337gmailcom

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