SRIJAN 2002-2003(1st Edition)

♦ YORE/Memoirs
INDELIBLE MEMORIES
I got admission in REC Hamirpur in 1991 (Jesus that sounds long time before) but memories are still crystal clear. Huge
construction works were going on in 1991, there was no mani mahesh hostel, no girls hostel (I think it is Kaveri) and all the first year
students were living in Shivalik Hostel. Seniors were in Kailash. Ragging was at its peak, 20-30 slaps were normal each day.
There were lots of strikes as well. In fact our batch was pretty good in strikes, sports and studies and that is the reason lots of
our batch mates are very successful. I feel emotional whenever I think of that period as it reminds me lots of good memories, the
companionship, the attachment, the bloody assignments, the unapproachable girls, the teachers bias towards girls and especially their
long viva sessions with girls, I don't know that passion in them still exists or not and lots of other things.
I think that was the best phase of my life and those memories are going to stay for life time. Few good incidents were getting
best male model prize in 1994 and topping the university in 1995 and getting First class First Hons.
At the bus stand, the day we left the college for the last time, the fvhole batch was crying. I have one aim, some day I want to
come and teach at REC Hamirpur (or NIT as you call now, I still prefer REC).
Rahul Chhillar
Rahul Chhillar, a 1991 Civil Engineering Batch student (passed out in 1995), works as Project Engineer at Department of Public Works, New South Wales, Australia.
He can be contacted at Rahul Chhillar, 14/33-37, Lindat St., Hornsby, NSW-2077, Australia.
THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS Of MY LIFE...
'I came, I saw, I was conquered'.
Even before I went for admission counselling, I had declared that REC Hamirpur Computer Science was my destiny. At that
time the seats for 'Central Board' students had not been declared. In Gujarat Central Board students get 5 seats (Across REC's, across
branches!). Apart from it, there were some 100 candidates more eligible than me for that single seat in computer science.
I think the single reason why I made it was that: I wanted it most. Of course that was because while others were concerned
with the cold and distance; I envision myself walking amongst apple tree lined pathi,enjoying a quiet snowfall, drinking apple liquor.
Aah!
Still, apple or no apple, RECH was not dissapointing. Infact, it was an instant bonding. And the bond grew stronger with time,
will stay for a lifetime.
The freedom, the space, the diversity enthralled me. Life was a constant adventure. RECH is not a 'happening' place. But you
can make things happen with just the right effort and the right support. After all, even life doesn't happen by itself!
And that my friends, is the best thing about my alma-mater. You have the potential to experiment, change, improve. And the
more challenging it is to change, the more thrilling it gets, and greater is the joy of achievement. And adversity has always led the wise
to invention, not destruction. Right?
I learnt a lot there (of Computer Science, I graduated innocent!). And inspite of all I did and all I could have done; I would
not change a single day of my stay at RECH.
Because though not the best way but I lived it my way.
Remembering the people and the place always,
Vikram Dalal 'ullu'.
Vikram Dalal, a 1998 Computer Science & Engineering Batch student (passed out in 2002) works as an IT consulatant in the Information Systems Audit Department in
Pricewaterhouse Coopers India Ltd. in Pune. He can be contacted at dalalvikram@epatra.com .
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