This is again, a bit of my boring life in JNU, where things livened up for just a little bit.. Ofcourse, life will never be as fun as it was before, and this, will slowly turn me into the official JNU, freak of nature kinda guy.. Ooh, scary..


The story starts during this seminar i decide to attend. The seminar is on the 1857 mutiny,
because we'll be celebrating the 150th aniversary of the mutiny. The seminar itself was very
boring, and the speaker was stumped by the questions all the people in the group were asking.
Bottom line is that it was a flop, though the only high point of the whole arrangement was the
free chai and samosa each participant recieved. As the seminar was going on, i remmebered that i had to attend the bible study at 6.00pm. The time was 4.00pm. I got a couple of calls that i had
to reject. Then, this tamilian girl called Priyadarshini sms's me reminding me to take her to the
Bible Study. After the seminar, we go to the bible study.
The study wasn't conducted by the usual speaker, but this very contemporary pastor, who spoke English with almost no accent at all!! He was talking about the concept of marraige, purity, etc. Then he expressed his disappointment in the men of the church, as they do not make decent grooms for the more mature, brides in the church. He said that there
were more women leaders in the church than men, and the reason for the feminist movement was the lack of quality men. He claimed that men treated their wives like their mothers, expecting them to either go get things done for them, or look to them always for advice... "What has happened to the men?" he said with so much passion, that all of us men, did not dare to look at a girl in the eye for the next half hour!!

We sat on the carpet throughout the bible study, and there was no break, and after the study was over, i thought i had lost my legs completely! I stood up so gingerly, that everybody wondered what was wrong with me! Lipok, later called me and asked me to join the executive comittee of the JNUCF.. He asked me if i wanted to pray about it.. I accepted the offer immediately, much to his delight.

I was supposed to meet Basil asap for preparing our Book Review. I took the laptop to the room, and we began to type the thing.. Basil was the one coming up with great sentences or the review. I think i should post a copy, if you want to admire his writing skills. As we were working on our project, Chon called up. She wanted to recharge her phone, and she was very far from the recharge shop. Since i was nearby, she decided to ask for my help. So, I ran in the rain to the shop for the card. Anything for a friend. As soon as i had finished this, I ran to Basil's room, (getting slightly wet in the drizzle.)

We finished the assignment around 12.45, and I left for my room, completely tired. I was all
ready to crash till kingdom come. Basil had asked me to bring the iron for his clothes. I had
forgotten to bring it earlier, and so, i went back to Basil's room with the iron. It was
beginning to pour now, and lightening flashed across the sky. I wasn't sure if i should go, and
all the sleepiness in me was pulling me to the warmth of my mat. Then, i felt sorry for Basil,
because he had done almost all of the book-review work. I had just typed, while he dictated. So,
i ran in the rain, holding the iron under my hand. it wasn't pouring, but there were high gusts
of wind.
At this time, i began going into dreamworld, wondering what would happen if i got struck by
lightening. If i did, the students of Jhellum hostel (Basil's hostel) would see a guy running
down the street with an iron under his arm, and suddenly disappearing into the darkness!! As i
was thinking, I suddenly see this girl from our class in front of Basil's hostel. Her name is
Tarushika, and she was standing in the rain, getting wet, just waiting for her boyfriend.. (Talk
about commitment!!) She was showing off her brand new bicycle. (Stupid girl, buying a bicycle,
when she needs an umbrella!)

I reached Basil's room and hand him the iron. He hands me a comic book and goes off to the loo..
I begin to read the comic book, and then I notice that Basil's room begins to flood!! Basil comes
back, and we realize that the drain was clogged, because of the renovation work that went on in
his balcony a few hours ago. Basil tried breaking the clog, but it didn't help. He only got
drenched in the rain and broke a couple of sturdy wooden police sticks. This was because the
drainpipe was made of cast iron, and the clog was made of cement!!

We called up Shiva, who was in a friends place, and asked him to come to the room asap. he said
alright, and hung up. The guy only seemed to be too concerned about his books, which were in a
carton under the bed. At this time, the current went off! We quickly transferred all the stuff on
the floor onto the beds, banging ourselves here and there in darkness, and since we had nothing
else to do, decided to play the sailor game. What do sailors do when there's a leak in the boat?
pail out the water. Basil and I grabbed a mug each, (I had removed my t-shirt, so that i won't
wet it unnecessarily.) and began to pour water out of the balcony.. We did this for around 15
minutes, stopped when we realized that the water had gone down to an extent and that our backs were sore (that would hurt in the morning;))

Shiva came, and suggested we go the warden, get permission to break the pipe, and take a barbell from the gym and break it down. We did exactly that, and Basil tried the 7kilo Barbell rod on the pipe.. NOthing happened.. Basil and I did it together, but the rod began to bend... We thought the 7 kilo rod will snap, and we gave up.. After this, we got back tothe sailor game, for another half hour till the rain stopped. The time was 3.00 am, and i decided to call it a day.. (or
night) and went back to the room, washed and disinfected myself, and crashed...

I realized the next day that all my clothes had got wet in the rain. I also realized that they
stank to high heavens.. i tried to wash them, but there was no water in the taps!! it rained all
night, and there was no water inthe taps!! So, i went to college, and attended the class, which
was a novelty in itself.. Evry class is different from the previous.. I returned back to the
room, (skippin the library reading time i usually have) hoping to sleep, only to notice that
Rajiv hadn't left the keys on the door post!! grr.. i found out that he ws in thelibrary..whiche
was a long way from the room.. i went ot the library, got the key, went back and crashed...
...and in the evening, went with basil to get a new matress (for him) He wanted to break his 500
rupee note, and acc to him, buying amatress was the best way 2 do it!!

I then got down to washing the clothes and removing the stage.. and then, i decided to call mummy (remembering the bible study message) and ask for the best way to remove smell. Btw, ma, it worked!! And i recomend surf excel for detergent!! the stains go off so easily, (along with a bit of cloth, i think)