Visited my alma mater, NIT Calicut last weekend for Ragam.. Man..it has been a long time.. lot of changes, lot of new buildings...lot of new stories ( read gossips ) .. Guys, NITC has changed a lot :) ..Some good aspects..some not-so good aspects.. Before getting into those, take a look at the snaps below...
( Most of the content in this post might not make any sense to non-NITCians.. Sorry for that ) ..
== > This is the how the entrance looks like now.. Closed gates, security guards etc at the start of Raj-path .. Almost all parts of the compound is encircled by 6+ feet high walls with glass pieces on top to prevent any of those old-style jumpings from hostel campuses..
Heard Papachan and Chechi have closed down their stalls ( didnt go there ) becoz , mess is compulsory now...( That is bad.. Isnt it ?? ) .. The Kattangal Shake shops , Mamachan etc are said to be still there..But to go to Kattangal, u have to go through the main gate..So, unless u have a bike, its a very long detour...Predictably becoz of this, number of bikes in the campus have increased..I even saw a girl riding a Pulsar -- Sorry guys, no snaps of that :) -- Four five years down the lane, we may even see girls giving lift to guys and waiting around F-hostel on their bikes.. Thats a good prospect..Isnt it :) ?
Any guesses which is the hostel shown on the right side ==>
? Hold your breath .. It is C-hostel.. It was one of the most poorly maintained hostels during our time... NITCians, please comment on this change :)
.. Opposite to C-hostel there is a new commercial complex coming up ( no..not of the b'lore shopping malls type :) ).. It is something which'll have a stationery store, saloons, gym, etc..etc..
( No Snaps of LH i.e, Ladies Hostel :) ..though i did go near that area :) )
F' has a new floor now..Its a 3- floor hostel now.. All the hostels have net..The CC or computer center is known as "Orkut Center" now... The cases of fake profiles, profile hacking etc are very common.. Future hackers getting trained :) ..
An orkut community indicating the availability of bandwidth => http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=6918141
Another one..."Orkuttans@NITC" :) => http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=14983528
==> Atlast a saving grace..The MC..aka Mini Canteen still looks the same..
I had a portion of "Double Attach" and "Lime" ....
That place reminded me of the nocturnal life we had during our times..
At around midnight, this place used to be swarmed by people..
" Chetta , Oru Lime tea.."
"Randurpya aimpaisa.."... ( Colloquial way of telling 2Rs, 50 paise )
"Oru Double attach"....
"Oru slice .... " ... And so on....
Below are a few snaps from the evergreen concert and fashion show ( Rechristened as 'A La Mode ' after the ban on fashion shows in Kerala ) .. "A La Mode" is read by keralites as "Alambode" :) ..Apologies for the poor quality of photos..My Motoming didnt work properly in fading light ..
Above and left, Evergreen..
Right, A La Mode ( Fashion show )
... After a long time, I could do cat-calls and howls without any apprehension :) .. Before the fashion show night, MSF
did a protest march in front of campus against vulgar shows
......Thankfully or otherwise, there were no mini-skirts on stage and we were kept in never-ending anticipation ..The last four teams in the show had only guys among them and recieved maximum intensity cat-calls , abuses etc :)
I couldnt get there for Shaan's show, which was very good it seems..Even political opponents agreed on that.. Shaan rocked :) ..
Met with my teachers Vinod Sir , Nazeer Sir and Saleena Ma'am.. Talked a lot..
Few news which came from my teachers, old contacts and friends who are now working there / doing mtech there...
* Students are more career conscious now..The preparations for CAT,GATE etc start early..
Those were the exams which we gave just like that during final year ..A GRE cult is not yet there..
*AIR Rank 1 in GATE for EEE is from our college and that too an S6 student... Lot of other top 100 ranks too in all departments.. And 8 IIMA calls, 2 IIMB calls...etc ..etc..Good going juniors.. :) ..My GATE rank was some 800 odd in prefinal year and 1300 odd in final year ( I studied a bit in final yr :) ) ..
*Now, to the funny part.. Director/dean issued a circular banning liquor bottles in the campus..A guy was caught because he was having a very good collection of liquor bottles..and becoz somebody tipped him off :)
* The next day the circular for the ban of bottles was released, a record number of beer bottles, and other stuff were recovered under the notice board where it was pasted...Dont know how spiced up the story is :)
* ECE - 2004 passout batch, your " Vaal - street " incident is a regular phenomenon among even the first years now :)
* Lot more spicy stories....but can't put it in blog :) So, censored :)
All in all..It was a very nice experience :) .. See some more of my memories @ NITC in this earlier post
Ajith
( Most of the content in this post might not make any sense to non-NITCians.. Sorry for that ) ..
== > This is the how the entrance looks like now.. Closed gates, security guards etc at the start of Raj-path .. Almost all parts of the compound is encircled by 6+ feet high walls with glass pieces on top to prevent any of those old-style jumpings from hostel campuses..
Heard Papachan and Chechi have closed down their stalls ( didnt go there ) becoz , mess is compulsory now...( That is bad.. Isnt it ?? ) .. The Kattangal Shake shops , Mamachan etc are said to be still there..But to go to Kattangal, u have to go through the main gate..So, unless u have a bike, its a very long detour...Predictably becoz of this, number of bikes in the campus have increased..I even saw a girl riding a Pulsar -- Sorry guys, no snaps of that :) -- Four five years down the lane, we may even see girls giving lift to guys and waiting around F-hostel on their bikes.. Thats a good prospect..Isnt it :) ?
Any guesses which is the hostel shown on the right side ==>
? Hold your breath .. It is C-hostel.. It was one of the most poorly maintained hostels during our time... NITCians, please comment on this change :)
.. Opposite to C-hostel there is a new commercial complex coming up ( no..not of the b'lore shopping malls type :) ).. It is something which'll have a stationery store, saloons, gym, etc..etc..
( No Snaps of LH i.e, Ladies Hostel :) ..though i did go near that area :) )
F' has a new floor now..Its a 3- floor hostel now.. All the hostels have net..The CC or computer center is known as "Orkut Center" now... The cases of fake profiles, profile hacking etc are very common.. Future hackers getting trained :) ..
An orkut community indicating the availability of bandwidth => http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=6918141
Another one..."Orkuttans@NITC" :) => http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=14983528
==> Atlast a saving grace..The MC..aka Mini Canteen still looks the same..
I had a portion of "Double Attach" and "Lime" ....
That place reminded me of the nocturnal life we had during our times..
At around midnight, this place used to be swarmed by people..
" Chetta , Oru Lime tea.."
"Randurpya aimpaisa.."... ( Colloquial way of telling 2Rs, 50 paise )
"Oru Double attach"....
"Oru slice .... " ... And so on....
Below are a few snaps from the evergreen concert and fashion show ( Rechristened as 'A La Mode ' after the ban on fashion shows in Kerala ) .. "A La Mode" is read by keralites as "Alambode" :) ..Apologies for the poor quality of photos..My Motoming didnt work properly in fading light ..
Above and left, Evergreen..
Right, A La Mode ( Fashion show )
... After a long time, I could do cat-calls and howls without any apprehension :) .. Before the fashion show night, MSF
did a protest march in front of campus against vulgar shows......Thankfully or otherwise, there were no mini-skirts on stage and we were kept in never-ending anticipation ..The last four teams in the show had only guys among them and recieved maximum intensity cat-calls , abuses etc :)
I couldnt get there for Shaan's show, which was very good it seems..Even political opponents agreed on that.. Shaan rocked :) ..
Met with my teachers Vinod Sir , Nazeer Sir and Saleena Ma'am.. Talked a lot..
Few news which came from my teachers, old contacts and friends who are now working there / doing mtech there...
* Students are more career conscious now..The preparations for CAT,GATE etc start early..
Those were the exams which we gave just like that during final year ..A GRE cult is not yet there..
*AIR Rank 1 in GATE for EEE is from our college and that too an S6 student... Lot of other top 100 ranks too in all departments.. And 8 IIMA calls, 2 IIMB calls...etc ..etc..Good going juniors.. :) ..My GATE rank was some 800 odd in prefinal year and 1300 odd in final year ( I studied a bit in final yr :) ) ..
*Now, to the funny part.. Director/dean issued a circular banning liquor bottles in the campus..A guy was caught because he was having a very good collection of liquor bottles..and becoz somebody tipped him off :)
* The next day the circular for the ban of bottles was released, a record number of beer bottles, and other stuff were recovered under the notice board where it was pasted...Dont know how spiced up the story is :)
* ECE - 2004 passout batch, your " Vaal - street " incident is a regular phenomenon among even the first years now :)
* Lot more spicy stories....but can't put it in blog :) So, censored :)
All in all..It was a very nice experience :) .. See some more of my memories @ NITC in this earlier post
Ajith
Comments
mess is compulsory now.. Anything thatz compulsary is bad :D
After a long time, I could do cat-calls and howls without any apprehension :)
Student life rocks :) Those were such happy times :)
I miss MC :( There were some rumours about MC being demolished. Hmm..so the kids managed to save it ? Rock on NITC.
The emphasis on higher education was sort of expected. On-campus jobs probably became a surety. And it was natural that people started aspiring for more. Good good.
Anyway I knew of the big walls with glass shards, the closure of Papachan etc. Still have a few contacts among juniors. :)
Shocked and Saddened !!
No liquour on campus??? boooooooooh
@vinay -- I guess it is a canteen - mess nexus that has lead to this compulsory mess thing..
Higher education, yep..almost all have 2 jobs now..
@deepak -- Yeah..It is C- Hostel :)
@kandy -- Yeah..thats bad..I used to be a regular customer @ Chechi's food stall..
@chaos -- well..yeah..kindof. Booze, ppl will find booze whatever the restrictions are..
u can start the gossip parts now as a continuation of this posts...posting pics will be highly appreciated ;)
But dope isn't!
I heard it's grown by leaps and bounds.
agree with vinay wrt emphasis on higher education.. it's difficult to survive without a master's these days.
@deepak --yeah..heard abt the popularity of dope..A bad news indeed..
@chaos -- Well, we struggled for a job..Now since job is an assurance ,as Vinay pointed out, they are aspiring for more..Masters degree, I dont think its nescessary..but yeah,it can help
And day before , the SFI from the city barged in , and broke the glass walls of a new building that was being constructed
I guess MC'll always survive
.. And yeah..kooval nostalgia maari :D
you almost made me start a new blog on NIT...well, you did bring back memories, We started Ragam in 1979, we started the MC...it was great seeing all that.
but the news of the front gate & the fact that u have to go all around to reach kattangal is sad.
also read about the SFI attack and the such...man, times are changing!!
@maddy -- Oh..Great to hear that u ppl started Ragam.. Yep, SFI attack was a bad thing ( lot of arguments and counter arguments from opposing political factions going on over that )
College is going to the dogs in one way, getting better in another(academic?) But is it losing the REC charm and heading for NITC dullness?
@dimple -- he he, thats a good compliment..Thanks :)
A girl riding a pulsar?cool :).Hope the lines stated after that turns true in no time ;)
Students had started preparing for CAT from second year in our college :D,write GATE,CAT,GRE and everything under the sky and pursue in the field where they get good credentials without having a clear idea as to what their interests are.Rat race they say.
Excellent ranks in GATE from your college.nice :)
Mess compulsory,well same here.Got to pay no matter you eat or dont :(
All night canteen and student life rocks for sure :)
cheers
Vaishnavi
@crescent -- Yeah..yeah..I too hope that the pulsar riding gals become increasingly common :D..
Students giv all exams just like that..Even i too belong to that breed :)
Thanks for dropping by :)
btw .. MC rocks .. hope they dont bring any rules to bulldoze it down!
Sigh....
..Me
@rose -- True..Nostalgic :)
vinod sir is an awesome sir.. just 2 gud..the sad part being hez goin for phd n wont b tecahin us in s5 or s6..:(
n yeah comp sci rocks..
@deepak -- Seems we have a 'para-pottikkal' competition :)
Funny thing is, I dont remember either the names/faces of any of my old profs. I think its the selective memory thing. Also, more than remembering attending those boring thing called classes, I have very fond memories of Ragam, Debutante, the roller skating rink (!!!) and venturing out to the city more often than advised.
My malayalam is a bit rusty, am usually practicing it with my new boss who's also from Kerala.
Ah, for the good ol days in CREC - you cant help but miss the place big time.
@ringchen -- definitely visit NITC. the difference that u'll find would be too high compared to '01 when u passed out
dear seniors, NiTC is no more what has been CREC....
The old MC is no more than demolished.The juniors do not even know such a thing existed.
the so called ""Amenity Centre"(THE MALL) is the new MC
The new buildings are popping up wherever they can build it so as to make maximum money...
To be frank after 5 years when i return i would expect a small manhattan here rather than the old beautiful college if it goes on @ this rate... :(
Life isn't great fun at a deemed university either
after passing out this year