Banasthali 2ND year

My second year is marked by my friend ship with a Girl named USHA who I now more fondly call don
Let me start the beginning of this friendship where it actually began , it began at sindhi camp the main bus station of Jaipur , I was waiting in a bus which was to leave for banathali when suddenly I looked out and saw Usha , she was famous in first year because she belonged to a group of people who got up at 12 noon and rushed to our side of building to freshen up. I had hardly talked to her ever in my first year and yet when I looked out and saw her standing I couldn’t help but smile which was reciprocated.
Our smiles became legends because we became roommates in short span of time. We were roommates for next 2 years and now friends for ever
She was one person who taught me a lot, when I now look back to my second year all I can remember is that I was enjoying my time being her roommate
She is a magnet of some kind people came to talk to her . I came to know so many people through her. This does not mean that we didn’t fight, although I have never fought with her but still we were chums , and still are.
I must not forget some incidents which happened in this years, I read harry potter’s new book in one night and was termed a geek and hari putter was renowned all over the hostel, we played kho-kho on my birthday which caused my room mate and friend Ayushi to break her leg and miss lot of her term.
I Usha and few others ganged up on people on valentine’s days who were trying to talk in peace with their bfs
I first learned the concept of night outs when we five as roommates spent hours in the night talking , we started living dangerously, taking pangas in which Usha was the leader.
Lot of thievery occurred in the hostel with lot of consequences.
I learned new words thanks to my Guru Usha
I remember after every exam we used to rush out to lucky’s canteen and eat our heart out
We all used to hog the breakfast
And yes cooking in the night, fried rice pohas and what not
This year also taught me not to trust anyone completely , who knows when and where a friend may turn against you
I also remember this year because I reined in myself and turned more disciplined studying more and concentrating more
I will also say that some of the most happiest hours in my second year were spent in the first floor back end of the banasthali central library where I sat hours on and read to my heart’s content
I remember running away to library whenever things got a little tough and then staying tere till I calmed myself down and ready to face everything.
It was a year which also changed the fortunes of my family, I first came to know that not everything was right at home and being so far away I was not able to do anything to help my mom and dad and that tore me to pieces.
But I’ll always be thankful because I met Usha , and came closer to lots of people like Garima , Ankita. , got to know the real faces of many people whom I trusted .
I also realized many things and honed up my acting skills, had a lot of fun learning and yes more in depth study of chemistry
All this while I didn’t loose my tenacity of liking kskbt and other ekta Kapoor shows(yeah me !!!!!!)
I remember that once the dean and the chairman arrived at our hostel and we all panicked that they were here for search of hostel and we ran helter skelter to hide our mobiles as best we could coming up with brilliant plans in few seconds which involved slashing the window grills
The danger passed as the search was made but only of our senior’s room and beer bottles were found there .
That year was also when Pratibha Patil visited our campus then a governor now she is the first woman president of our country
This gave rise to a myth that whoever visits bansthali is sure to make it big one day as Dr Abdul Kalam had also visited Banasthali in the past
Second year was filled with fun fights and Uno , a game which enthralled us so much that we palyed it late into nights and now just a few days back when we all had a reunion of sorts played it again sitting in the park
Once in second year we also had our share of superstitions , we did all sorts of pooja in our room (he he he)
We saw or imagined to see planchet happening the next hostel
I learned that there exists lot of things like black magic and a story which my friend Garima told me that once she saw a kalash flying during navratri times.
I can go on writing as memories rush past me but I’ll stop now as enough is enough
Usha I am so glad I smiled at you in Sindhi camp that day.