The Adventurous night outs in VNIT

Something I had always dreamt of since long was to have a night out from hostel, just roam about on the streets at midnight, go to tapri, have poha, jalebi and omlet, go to jhilpi, get drunk and just chill out.. I have been jealous of the guys since long for this as they can do it whenever they wish to while we girls have to manage a lot of issues in hostel, say a hundred lies at home and last but not the least gather all the courage to be out on streets all night long to do something like this.. So I had decided that after all the good girl image for 3 yrs in VNIT, I am definitely going to experience this adventure atleast once before leaving college.. And I can proudly say today that I had gathered enough courage to go on 3 such night outs, all of which were with different group of people, at different and controvertial places, full of adventure, unique in their own kind and as expected unlimited fun and experiences of a lifetime..

NIGHT OUT 1: Last day of Aarohi

This has been an Aarohi tradition since long but wasn’t being practiced due to not so courageous or uninterested senior batches. But as our batch girls has started a lot new trends from the inordinate girls-guys interaction in first yr to the sexy costumes on aarohi party in place of traditional sarees in the final yr, so we had to take a night out as against all circumstances. The prize distribution of aarohi’09 was followed by the forceful farewell speeches by each final yr to their beloved juniors in PAH. Then after a long discussion on all possible hang out places by kanabar and safety measures by president chopde we finally came upon to one conclusion and were all set to go to sher-e–Punjab dhaba on kamptee road. Going zoom zoom in kanabar’s car, here comes our first wish fulfilled, roaming on streets at midnight. But as for kanabar’s presence there had to be some K factor involved and so when we were half way through we came to know that sher-e-punjab was closed.. Wow, our hunger was killing us.. After considering mominpura for a minute and again ruling it out on safety measures finally we turned to cumsome (ok please don’t laugh, peth kahin bhi le jata hai), but again followed by K factor.. can you believe it even cumsome was closed!! So finally giving it up we were returning to college just checking on our way back in case lokmat tapri is open and here comes solace. So here comes the second wish fulfilled, tapri ka omlet. Peth-puja ke baad, we all gathered in the Aarohi cum Axis cum chakallas room at around 4.00 am. Guys being present the occasion was graced with all sorts of drinks which were sponsored by mine and neha’s antakshari prize money and then till dawn we were simply lying there chatting and being entertained by charbhai which was interrupted by some minor issues with the other hau-na-re group and the fear of Nikhil Chingalwar arriving at the spot. So that was the first ever night out in VNIT which ended peacefully without any controversies.

 

NIGHT OUT2: Department farewell

This was the best night out I had ever had considering its after effects and its out comes. Now this too is a tradition in VNIT that on the night of dept farewell, girls take a night out, stay in campus whole night, get drunk, go to boys hostel, see their loved ones rooms and chill out whole night. Well that is exactly what we had planned except the getting drunk part and considering we have no loved ones we decided on friends rooms. This we included myself, khushbu, neha and gayatri. This list of girls was wanted for a long time after the farewell night for reasons which will be clear later. So our night started at around 1.00 am with an hour long time pass on the dept lawns with all secrets pouring out. Then, after a bit of reluctance on my side, we finally decided to go the NBH and Extension for a wonderful trip to each of our batch mates’ room carefully studying their doors, analyzing the status of the rooms, making comments and this to be noted is inspite of the warning by the guards that girls are not allowed to enter BH. We are final yrs after all, dekh lenge kya bigaad lenge. After this tiring inspection we went to meta lawns, played some stupid games and then went to Shankar nagar tapri by 5.30 am. So here comes the next 2 wishes fulfilled of having jalebi and poha at tapri. From there we went to futala to chill out under extreme conditions of pressure where some 12 people were packed in one Mahindra logan!! So that brings my 2^nd night out to an end with far reaching effects..

The after effects: This is the best part of this night out. The night out was on a Saturday morning and then we spent the next 2 days feeling proud of ourselves for all the adventure and the NBH trip. Only till Tuesday we didn’t realize that the authorities had got a hint that 4 girls had entered BH at around 2.30 am and they had identified those girls!! Luckily for us and unluckily for a few they had identified four altogether different girls. The next few days were full of tension with the grueling of the other four girls to either accept it or reveal the names of the girls who went to BH. What if we are identified!! We might have to call our parents, oh what a shame!! We might have a disco on us!! What if we get an HR or infact a CR!! Ah all these thoughts freaked us out. The worst part was our GH intime was reduced from 9.30 to 8.30, no night outs and late permissions and strict vigilance. So we had created problems not only for us but also for all our hostel inmates. The feeling was depressing, the way our batchmates looked at us made us even more guilty, friends were turning out to be not so friendly, we were the next SONIA of hostel!! (Sonia was the term used by us for rule breakers who lead to unwelcome changes in hostel rules)

This continued for a week or two with all the four musketeers shedding tears for losing friends, the wrongly identified girls were released after some proof giving and the search for the rule breakers continued and the news spread. Everyone in the college except the authorities knew it was the four of us. Infact news is that even the authorities knew it was us but didn’t take action because of our clean records and since final exams were near they didn’t wish to disturb us. Whatever it was we got clean through it without any troubles.

NIGHTOUT 3: Gurmeet ka dhaba

On the streets again, this time with the all adventurous K Wing. If you are wondering how did I manage permission then dont bother because at hostel they think I am at home and at home they think I am in hostel. I had always longed for this day, a night out with K wing, there is no ‘why’ to this, its just the feeling that it will include lot more adventure and as a matter of fact it did.. We picked up kana from his place and decided to go to jhilpi to chill out. Considering it was the K Wing, the K factor had to work again, we were almost there when we were stopped by the police and requested to go back considering safety norms. So here comes my jhilpi wish crashing down.. Finally with no place to go we ended up at gurmeet ka dhaba and what followed is mystery and now history.. (Sorry the details are not to be revealed due to precautionary measures and statuary warnings)

The parting moment..

Cant believe the time has come that I am writing this..

Before I realized and could grasp the fact that my college life has come to an end I was bidding good bye to people with whom I had laughed and shed tears in good and bad times, with whom I had shared my little-big secrets, with whom I had spent my days and nights talking about my  crushes, with whom I had spent the best days of my life, with whom I thought I was friends for life never to be separated but there I was standing at the crowded railway station parting with those special friends.. and the worst part is not knowing when will I ever see them again considering that some are from far remote places like north east which takes a 36 hrs journey to reach those damn naxalite areas.. Tears rolling down as if two taps fitted in eyes and left open till eternity..

Holding hands for the last time..

Hugging tight for the last time..

Looking into each other’s eyes for the last time..

(This seems too farfetched as convocation is only a few months away but ‘the last time’ sounds more effective and touching and anyways who knows who all can make it to convo considering their busy schedules.)

Now when I sit back and relax at home thinking what I did and achieved these four long years in VNIT, FRIENDS is all I can think of.. Ya surely I did get a job but that hardly required any of the crappy technical knowledge which my so called teachers imbibed in me in these 4 years. Experience with people and situations is all I am taking back. There was a time when I wanted everything to be planned in advance and safe & secure but now I want everything to be adventurous and SOMETHING DIFFERENT.. There were times when I used to call every person I laughed with my friend but now I know that acquaintances are many of which only a few are friends. There was a time when I used to get disturbed by any unhealthy comment passed on me but now I only care about what my friends think and I love it when they call me frustoo or harami.. There was a time when I used to hate those who love me but now I have learned to respect feelings.. There was a time when I used to hate groupism but now I am friends with the two most rocking unsophisticated gawaar groups of VNIT.. There was a time when any moment of fun was heaven but now I know that “Sometimes people are special, sometimes situation is special and when that situation is shared with those friends then its called heaven..”

Remembering all those heavenly moments sitting at home is painful but equally satisfying, those were the best days of my life….

 (In remembrance of all my friends whose lines I have plagiarized and whose references I have made. Missing you all)