a gal called Anita and a guy called George

two of our best friends, Georga and Anita got married a couple of weekends back. i only wish i could have been there, after all, they were the first of the gang to get married! glad to hear it all went off well, and here's wishing you guys all the joy and happiness in the years ahead! :-)


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when i first joined kgp (kharagpur for the uninitiated), it was the first time i was going to live in india! it was so weird, that even being of indian origin, i was still undergoing a measure of culture-shock! and then as i looked around, i noticed that there were 8 other blokes looking quite similarly shell-shocked.. we were the 9 guys who joined as DASAs.. i.e. we were foreign students (or indians living abroad).. george was in the room next to mine, and the gang usually was chilling in either his room or in the open foyer area outside his room..
grg and i, holi '99
we hung out together, as we seemed to understand what we were going through better.. went down to the mess together, got ragged (hazing in the US) by allcomers together, struggled through the hardships of studies together, shared the miseries of hot, humid and bug-filled nights together, and showered together too.. umm, NOT!! hehe.. in fact, the first party we held in the wing was the first time drinking alcohol for a lot of blokes! Old Monk Rum and Coke!
the first booze-up!

we called ourselves RSF.. Road Side Fuckers!! it was a common habit, hanging out by the roadside at Veggie's! damn, we even got t-shirts printed too!!
this is some of the gang.. hehe, veeery geeky looking!

second year we all moved away into our senior halls, and the gang slowly drifted loose, but friday nights we still got together for more fun and revelry! i kinda hung out less with the boys.. i was in a relationship then.. and i made the mistake of letting that control my life. i came to regret that greatly later. ani was different.. not only was she ever-smiling, always calm and poised, she was equally at ease being with the boyz, and we really appreciated that! usually after the drinking at Park we'd come back to someone's room for more booze and rock..
hangin' out in my room

throughout college, george and i came up against each other in various extra-curricular fields, and were quite fierce competitors.. so people found it quite weird that we could be friends or even hang out together! but hey, once we were hanging out with the gang the professional lives were checked at the door! this is our dramatics production when we were Governors of the drama society:
the night of Sept. 11th

over the years, we took lots of trips together, but this would have to be one of the best! goa, in october 2002. we drank like fish, and enjoyed the amazing weather!
partying at Florentina's
here's to good times *cheers*.. and once again, congratulations and bestest wishes to George and Ani!! :-)