Something Missing!!!
Our batch seems perfect in every way, be it unity, fraternity or optimism. We’re blessed with beauty and brains, too. Yet, something seems to be missing in our batch. There is no doubt that there is a dearth of so called ‘love affairs’, or being informal - ‘lines’, in our batch when compared to our seniors and juniors. I don’t know how many have actually thought about this but it happens to be a serious topic of discussion in ‘LH’, at least – right from the 1st year. Is it because no one has ‘fallen in love’? Is it because nobody has the courage to accept that they’re in love? Or is our batch just being ‘practical in life’?
Love made an astounding entry into our batch on our first Valentine’s Day in this college. Some guys had the guts to make serious proposals in public and some went down on their knees just for fun. Some went around distributing roses as a part of ragging. Anyways, none of the gals gave a positive response. “Sorry, I’m not interested’’, “We can be friends if you want”, “I don’t even know you!”. Someone even went to the extent of saying – “I’m elder to you, so I’m your chichi.” The ragging period was not yet over. Maybe that was the reason for such dry replies. We all hoped to see a lot of ‘love birds’ after Genesis.
Genesis got over by about mid-March, but nothing happened. Then came the 1st year tour. A few ‘eligible pairs’ were spotted here and there, but, needless to say, most of them disappeared after the tour. Frankly speaking, we all were a bit disappointed seeing the plight of our batch. We didn’t lose hope, though. There was still time.
The 1st year University exams – a time when tensions built up and love found it difficult to remain hidden. There you had the glorious entry of the ‘combined study partners’. But even they vanished soon after the exams. Then we had the 1st year holidays - Nothing usually happens during that time, I guess.
Back in college after the holidays - New year, new hopes and our 2nd Valentine’s Day. But something unusual happened. The sale of yellow roses peaked. Now, why was that? Had ‘love’ given way to ‘friendship’? Or was friendship the first step on the path to love? Well, there was a boom in friendships. You could spot ‘friends’ in the library, in Mythri, outside the labs, in Essar… Everything seemed to be going jolly well – until ‘chori’ made its villainous entry. Now, why couldn’t people let them live in peace? “Friend are just friends. They can never be in love.” “How dare you insult our friendship?” I wonder why some need a ‘mask’ of friendship. Once they show the courage to accept that they are in love, there will be no ‘chori’. This way, they are insulting both friendship and love.
OK… So, maybe, they are ‘JUST FRIENDS’.
The 3rd Valentine’s Day. I’m sure no one in our batch will ever forget that one. ‘Love’ was nowhere to be seen. Even Cupid walked out on our batch that day. He probably found our junior batch to be a more fertile ground for ‘Love’.
Right now, 4th year is almost over, and still, the scarcity of intra-batch lovers remains a mystery. Is being in love ‘out of fashion’? Or is it just the iceberg phenomenon? (Refer SPM text) Two more years to go before we leave this college. Let’s just wait and watch.
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