Thursday, March 19, 2009

The end of the beginning?

As the convocation weekend approaches, the campus has now begun to take on a semi-festive atmosphere. The roads are being scrubbed clean and the auditorium is beginning to look like the venue for the local Oscars! The hostels are getting a fresh coat of paint and overall, the campus is looking like it's just emerged from a very refreshing bath in the middle of a hot summer afternoon.

The members of the senior batch are back from their various sojourns to different holiday destinations in the country. Right now, they are busy uploading their holiday pics and showing their parents around the campus. We are happy to see that the senior generation is suitably impressed. They also carry themselves around with a slight spring in their step, proud of their children for having emerged successfully from these hallowed halls, bloody yet victorious! :-) On Saturday, the seniors will line up in their graduation gowns and embark upon the march which will mark the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.

At the same time, there is a slight amount of wistfulness on their faces. After all, they are leaving their home of two years for good! We juniors, apart from feeling slightly sad at the seniors' departure, are happy that we have a fairly free weekend to recover from the intense firing we have been subjected to in the past 2 weeks!

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