Pee-less-ment ki Tension!

kano me kundal, hathon me kade, lambe lambe kesh aur balishth shareer
Nopes, I am not talking about the Pandavas from Mahabharat. The above written description applies to some of my college mates. It is true that they look just like one of those Mythological characters sans their mukuts, but soon they are going to make a bhishma kinda sacrifice! Most of them will have to go through hair cuts! Some of them who were gradually turning from Pandavas to Draupadi will have to wait for a few more months. In fact one of my friends has already turned into Chanakya :)
The reason? Placements!
Yes, our Campus placements begin next week and as per the instructions given by our teachers, long hairs are big turn offs for the HR people especially when they are not guarding anything of much value! Waise, mujhe bhi apne baal katwane hain. :) Main abhi semi-pandav stage pe hoon.
Actually these days our campus is buzzing with just one word and that is the obvious one.
You can find people doing the wierdest of things, right from buying new clothes (especially a tie) to solving puzzles. Many of them are trying to arrange for someone whom they can copy from during the aptitude test(I might become one of them soon). Many can be found mugging up pre-prepared (I know that word doesn't exist in english but my vocab is poor and i couldn't find a more suitable adjective :) )
answers to questions like :
Tell me something about yourself (or)
why this company (or)
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
There are people rattofying even names of 5-10 books so that they can name them when ask what books they have last read.
But the worst of the lot are those who keep bugging just about everyone they meet with the question,"Aur sunao, placement ki taiyari kaisi chal rahi hai?"
Kabhi Kabhi the whole thing seems overhyped but then when you consider the fact that inhi teen lakh ki naukriyon ke peechhe sadhe teen lakh engineers ka future tika hai, you sort of look at everything in a lighter shade.
Rumours ka market is as garam as dosey ka tawa. Stats and figures ki barsaat ho rahi hai. Placements VIT, Vellore me ho rahe hain aur neendein yehan ud rahi hain!
Har kisi ka dimag one way traffic ban gaya hai.
Now until the majority of people get placed the hype will certainly stay.
Anyways, I just hope to save myself from any sort of possible embarrassment and get into one of the companies asap.
Sab kah rahe hain ki har aunge-paunge ka placement ho jata hai. Ab agar aise me mera nahi hua to bahut beizzati hogi.
But thats not enough to draw me into the frenzy.I would still prefer to be Frustooned. Actually I am too lazy to even care about these things. Apna to life me ek hi usool raha hai - "Jo hoga dekha jayega"
To dekhte hain aagey kya hota hai.
Placements ke baad phir milenge - HUMLOG

Sayan at his best!

Sayan Da! The name itself can bring smiles on the faces of those who know him. A peerless guy gifted with unparalleled wit and humour. So much so that I am planning to start a whole series of posts on him called 'The Mad-ventures of Sayan da'. But thats for later. Right now, here is a small dose of one of the mad-ventures of Sayan da :

It was the first day of this semester in the college. As usual the whole bunch of us were sitting on the last two benches of one corner. A new period had started and there entered a dumb looking female who was looking at us with as blank an expression as given by a newly born calf. She was supposed to be our Lecturer! She looked a prima facie case of an AIDS patient.
Her mouth permanently remained in a positioned which gave you the impression that she was blowing out! This made Sayan wonder what jobs the lady must be good at! :)
After entering the class she said something which partially due to her distance from us and partially due to her voice sounded like a moan. Anyways, when we suddenly saw other people getting up and telling her their names we assumed that she had asked for an Introduction.
So far so good. Each one got up and told her his /her name. And at the end there came our chance. So, the lesser mortals like I and Aditya just did what all others did. We told her our names and took back to our seats. Although it was pretty conspicuous that she wasn't able to hear our names properly and the shaking of her head was more of a habit than an acknowledgement, none of us attached much importance to this.
But how could Sayan da miss this opportunity to send us rolling on the floor! He stood up with his back still bent as if he was in 'stealth mode' and said " Main Chu**** hoon"!
Our heads shot back and for the next 15 mins none of us could stop laughing as the lecturer once again did nothing more than shaking her head and moving on.
Even our fits of laughter did not cause the slightest of change in her expression.
And all that Sayan had to say was,"I was just testing whether she is actually listening to our names or not!"
And indeed she wasn't!

FRUSTOO!!!!!!!!

Hey all you frustrated guys out there, here is one for you!

Bhaiyon Beheno, bachcha log, aa chuka hai aapki saari frustration ko door karne,
ek frustrated sa aam engineer! Frustoo!

Check out my joint collaboration with my friend Abhishek Asthana !

A Cartoon strip : Frustoo!

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