Revelation

I feel the walls tumbling down. yesterday was quite an eye-opener. A few friends had organized a get-together in noida and some of the people invited were pass-outs from Amity. They've been out for a few years now and are very much a part of the working class.

i may have appeared too much a curious types as i took them away from their conversation about what they thought of 'the watchmen' and brought them back to their alma mater.
most of them had good things to say about their time while IN college. good times, great crowd, lots of hook-ups and heartbreaks....all temporal things. the permanancy of life after college is what was shrouded in darkness.

Rituraj, a BTech working in Pune said something which struck the core of my heart. I quote "whatever you do, whatever course, doesnt matter if you passout with a gold medal or whatever...you will never be seen as an equal with an IIT types in a corporate."

i was scared, the music had become muffled, the little bubble i had wrapped myself in seemed to be developing a puncture. the bet with ujji didnt matter anymore and i discussed the NIIT Univ and their seminar with the guys. almost immediately we logged on to the site, ujji's blog et al
despite the usual doubts, almost all of them conceded that it seemed a lot better than what is offered at private univs. Tripti, another passout from Amity has offered to go along with me to their centre tomorrow and figure out the entire deal.

I may just end up losing the bet. ujji's tease would be infinitely better than regret later in life.