Mychildhood:
As a kid ,i had a huge fascination for crying. "crying!!" isnt it wierd to hear .... Yes i call it a fascination ,for it helped me get what ever i want without any hardwork.There was a time when my MOM said ,you own a 5 star if you get to be the top student in the class.Poor ,my sister,worked hard day in and day out and stood first in the class, as it happens all the time, the yougest in a middle class family are loved the most ,tend to be last in the class.And there i was,always held my report card with least importance to my studies.Yet i recieved a 5 star for getting the last rank in the class,because my mom and dad loved me so much and ofcourse my fascination to the word cry should not be forgotten.Slowly and steadily i managed to pick myself up from the last position to one among the top ten positions in the class.I was always proud of my self when i recieved one position among top ten,but all my excitment faded of as i reached home only to see my sister get first in the class.My parents sometimes felt , i fortunately was in top ten among the class ,because others were dumb. I liked three things in my childhood. Rice mixed with dal, a kite (yes its the kite) and cricket.I would do anything for these three things.Sankranthi was my favourite festival. It excited me to see kites fly in the sky ,some getting cut.And the best part, enjoyment came when my bhaiyya (raghav) came to my house.He was a sought of role model to me.(Mr.perfect ,intelligent ,hardworking,flirt and yes he studied in one of the reigning schools ,hyderabad public school).I hated to go to school,but never missed his house on a holiday.I said role model ,because of his character and intellect.He was a topper of the college and earned his pocket money right from the early age ,by taking tutions.But i liked the other part of his life ,than the studious one.I was amazed to see his friends(the gang) moving in big cars,his dress,his style and best part of it! ,i was allowed to go movies with his friends which even excited me more.Slowly he finished his engineering and then MS ,and finally settled for a love marriage.
Slowly no not slowly...... ,years went by ,i finished my 10th finally and the toughest and the most humiliating part of my life was ahead.That is when i heard of the famous jandhyala pappaya sastry ,for mathematics was the most scary subject.I joined gautami for +1 and +2.By the way i forgot to mention, asusual my sister finshed her 10th with 89% and stood state7th in intermediate and started studying her engineering in BITS(yes BITS PILANI).With elder one studying in one of the most premier institutes of the country ,expectation on the younger one was always sky high.It only reminds of RICKY PONTING trying to survive first 20 minutes of his play.(and no way i match ricky ponting though).Intermediate education changed my life.That is where the process of rote learning was injected into every soul in the college.The only purpose was to get things onto the tip of the tongue.I tried to study as there were severe punishments levied by lecturers on students.But still mathematics was a scary\intriguing subject to me.In one of the regular weekly tests,i stood second in the class and this made lecturers think i was intelligent enough to sit with the brilliants in the college.I was excited tooo.But that is where i came to know,how dumb i was .And slowly the dumbness showed in marks too.Ultimately i ended up with 87% in the first year ,only to get humiliated by my friends who scored 90's and ofcourse as ever worried parents.Thats when my sister entered my house from BITS.Fortunately the board gave a chance to every first year completed student ,to improve their scores in the form of improvment exams.I guess i was the only guy who paid for all the subjects trying to improve my score.The words "my sister entered home" echoed like bees in beehive buzzing.Yes thats when i was housearrested and hard work was a funda for dumb like me.(Infact people call it hard work and i call it rote learning). I completed my first year with 95% and yet none appreciated me for i was far below the toppers.But i was very happy to see myself among the 90's.I am still greatful to my sister for incessant effort and anguishness to see me in that perstigious insitution.Finally i finished my intermediate with a 95% and landed into local engineering college.(C.V.R college of engineering).
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