Entry into the tunnel leading to a new world

I have been looking for a reason to write for a couple of days. The reason not, just to tabulate the things, I am going through. It is more of an egotist nature. Well, I really am going through a transitioning phase, adapting to the new surroundings, meeting some very interesting people. But, why I wanted to write about it is to see whether I could really write about it. Confusing, lets start from the basics.

Exactly one week ago, I was an idiot boy with some stupid doubts and some more stupid cravings that only a certain type of education could cure. So, I took an admission to a school. And after months and months of planning, preparation, scheduling, interviews, it all paid off. So, here I was, thirsty with knowledge, 2 bags in hand and a laptop bagpack coming out of the railway station and off to the prestigious school of Indian institute of technology. Some more nervous faces crept from the platform. Nobody knows who and when these same people will be running the top corporate houses of the world. So, is the factor of uncertainty. But the fact that I have been given a chance to play my destined role alongside these future leaders is just exhilarating. What comes out of the grinding machine goes to the refinery to fine tune the final product. It is the same with us.



Being in an IIT, is, carrying a baggage with you, always, till the end of your life. I mean, you have to respect the fact, that a lot less people is selected in the institute. And to carry forward the legacy set by the previous people makes you always, to fine tune yourself. The expectations of people, the organization and wherever you go makes you sturdy. The first lesson I learned here was to have that much sense of pride in being associated with this institute, with the legacies, with the achievements of alumnis; but never to take this all for granted. The first lesson was to give the IIT what it demands, not to take from it. To be a man like, you thought you could never be. To do something, that IIT's would be known by your name and not the vice versa.

But, I still have not talked about the salient points that oriented me to look inwards. This writing is to justify that fact. The past week has come and gone in a frenzy. And all I can think is how much more I could do in the given fix time. The reason to write this article is to justify not to anyone but to myself that I could write something. The week has passed with me meeting around 150 new faces, very talented faces and for that part, someone like me who has not achieved so greater heights already, feels puny. A person who plays guitar can only think to the extent of playing in a band, rest alone recording his own label. A person who likes to read short stories can only think to write short stories, rest alone publish your own fictional book. National level players, already in a very senior position in the company, people who come here are already winners. And when you get to study among them, compete among them,is what that refining is all about.

The point here being, my puny capabilities and how I feel low, not to have some of those type of qualities. And then there is this blogging, not a source of money but a platform, to relieve my already overburdened mind with some spare thoughts. In the end, just this thought,
                                                You did what you had to do,
                                           You will do what you are supposed to do, 
                                        But the things you are doing is all it counts.


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