Part-1
“I know I’m not ALONE”
It was 21st March 2012; as usual I woke up from my bed at 6:00am. My
roommate Raj was arranging something. He seemed to be busy. He was folding his
shirts and arranging them in a large suitcase. I got excited and went near him.
This was the second or third time I saw Raj arranging his clothes and other
belongings inside a suitcase. Otherwise, most of his belongings, you could say
all his belongings were scattered all around the places in his room. I asked
Raj, “What happened?” Raj replied, “Bhai, I’m leaving home today. I’m already
exhausted. Will you please help me in arranging my book inside this box?” For
the sake of saying, I said, “Ok, I do”. It’s always a rare event in my B-School,
students touch the books. In order to escape from Raj, I silently closed the
door and came outside. I saw some of my batch mates were also busy with packing
and getting NOC (No Objection Certificate).
I
asked Amit who came out from his room, “Amit bhai, our last working day is on
10th April 2012. But some of our batch mates are moving to their
home. What happened? Amit laughed and responded slowly, “Machi, they got
placed. Now it’s their choice whether to stay in hostel or not”. Then he moved
towards the bathroom. I contemplated about myself for few seconds. Suddenly, I
heard some familiar voice was calling me. Then, I realized that it was Raj’s
voice. Raj called me to help in packing his bag. I went inside and helped him
in packing his bag. Raj said in hurry, “Bhai, quick. I’m getting late for my
flight”. Along with Raj, I lifted some of bags and both of them moved towards
the bus stop. I sent Raj to the airport. While walking inside the campus, I
thought about the day I and Raj met. I was laughing myself about the days I
spent with Raj. I also asked myself, “How did the two years pass away?” On
seeing the sky, I replied to myself that those two years were like the shadows
which are formed for 2 seconds when the clouds covering the mighty sun. On the
spur of the moment I stopped for a few seconds. At that time, I felt the fear
of coming out of shadows. I was afraid of facing the sun. I felt alone at that
point of time.
On
the way to hostel, I saw some of my friends going for breakfast. I joined them
and finished my breakfast. Now, my mental state had changed from loneliness to companionship.
The next 10 days were also passed in the same way. Everyday anyone of my
friends is leaving to his/her home. A few of my batch mates were even joined
the companies from which they got the job. So, the change of state was frequent
to me. This is the time all the students were feeling the heat. I too felt the
same. Only a few of my batch mates realized that they were standing alone in
critical stage and they had to take some steps to get out of the heat. Even though
the remaining realized that they were in critical stage, they had the mind set
like they were not alone. I belonged to this category. I thought that still
some of my batch mates were remaining. So, I was not ALONE. It was a kind of secure
situation. Didn’t realize about the future consequences. I felt the same. I felt
safe when people around me also don’t have the job.
At this
point of time, there were various kinds of judgments formed by the students. Those
judgments were formed by different people in different mind state. TO BE CONTINUED.............
NOTE: The above names don't resemble anyone.
