Return to home

Slowly the night came in and i left for coming back and on my way back i noticed that this was one of the best experiences of the life. An opportunity to peek into the life of the people their. On station i waited for train and i waited and i waited but the train didn't turned up, trains which weren't on the list were coming and going but my scheduled train wasn't arriving. Finally after some moments of apprehension it arrived and i boarded it and to my comfort i slept peacefully. Back to airport and i reached quite early and when i went for boarding pass the lady asked me "So early?" as if it was a crime and i was going to be sent to jail. I took the pass and waited their and watched over the airport. I haven't seen so many planes together, i was a bit in aw and watched over. I didn't realized how two hours had passed and moved towards the boarding gate at the earliest so as to get the first seat so that no one occupies it this time round. This time their was no one and actually the flight was going quite empty. Back to home peacefully and safely first leg of the journey ends.

Ugly Outside Beautiful Inside

Well this are the words that i can find most appropriate for IIT Kanpur, i passed through the city to reach IIT and found that most of the civil infrastructure was deteriorating. I was dropped at the IIT Kanpur Gate and the driver recommended to do another auto. I was surprised to find that the area is so large that you really need to have a public transport system separately for the campus and they have one. I travelled with the auto from gate to inside and passing through i found lush greenery and large grounds. Well this all was maintained in the best way it can be. I finally reached my hostel and kept my bag in the allotted room. The Hostel was so large that i believe that my college would complete fit into it. It had atleast 300 rooms and their i saw the most pleasant sight of them all. After keeping the bags i came outside the room in a hurry to rush to the department and their it stood infront of me, a peacock with it feathers in full flurry and moving around. Just imagine having a full grown untamed Peacock in your hostel lawn. I saw it in disbelief but rushed as i didn't have much time. Then to my surprise i found several of this magnificient birds moving freely without any barrier around the campus. I entered the academic area and again i was greeted with surprise. I for one had never been to IIT or for that case any such institutes and here i was, fountain and long corridors and large trees and big buildings. I stood their in aw, had only watched on telivision and in movies those long corridors and this type of campus. It was really magnificient. The best center of study i had seen. I searched my department for half an hour and finally found it. Their were some 500 people and you can never tell that their were so many people as they didn't seem to matter infront of the scale of the campus. Finally after all the formalities i moved to their new hostels and they really are a place to watch. From outside they really look like hotel and from inside also they are clean and comfortable. What impressed me the most was the food and their facilites of canteen and mess which are unmatchable. Slowly i realized that it was the best of campuses which one could possibly have in India. It was really good. I cant say the same about the city and thats why the title but the campus is a real beauty.

Trip to Kanpur

The start of the journey, and as always started with the visit to the nearest temple. For the first time entering the city's Airport feeling the joy of a little child when he is about to enter an amusement. Always looking at that flights from ground and here i was going to board one now, it was this feeling which had overtaken me leaving aside all the thoughts. Like a child i was paying attention to every detail which was present not missing even the advertising posters hanging on the walls. Behaving a bit unsure about what to do, i entered the airport and checked in, sitting their in the airport slowly the feeling sanked in and i started feeling a bit comfortable. Boarding time and i moved towards the boarding gate and finally to the plane. Then came the first shock, i went to my seat and to my surprise it was already occupied, so their i stood all shocked and sheepishly searching for the flight attendant to sort this out, she came and seated me in one seat. The lady who owned the seat came i had to be dislodged again into another one and to my surprise it belonged to another gentleman. For a second a thought passed me that i might be asked to get down the flight because of unavailability of space. Well this feeling had happened in the state transportation buses but on a flight? Just think standing their in middle of flight crowding the space and people looking at you because you are hopping from one seat to another, and feeling that you are some sort of jerk. Finally i got a seat, i held on it until i was sure that last passenger has boarded and to my relief i got a seat, the attendant was really ashamed and tried to comfort me.  All this passed and flight went in for its departure, following all instruction to the T i watched outside the window in amazement. The speed was phenomenal and when you suddenly get that jerk backwards it feels really great. It was like bliss, felt like .... cant explain but it was one of kind of experience. Finally at Delhi i moved towards Hazrat Nizamuddin, i had to wait their for 4 hours. Well i reached station and tried to find waiting room and to my luck i found one and entered it emphatically only to find that it was only for ladies and i was looked at in surprise. I went out immediately and tried to find one for men and to my disbelief it was under renovation, i somehow found a space on the bench and decided whatever happens i am not letting this space go at any cost. Fighting for every inch i made comfortable space for myself. Finally the train came and i boarded it and got a comfortable space to sit. Here i was travelling to kanpur in Patna Garibrath. At ten in night came Kanpur and i asked one gentleman about the Hotel i had planned to move to. He was kind enough to help me find a cycle rickshaw in the most appropriate fair, i was doubtful to board it at first but then i managed to sit in it properly. Passing through the city with no lights and in an cycle  auto you feel as if you have time travelled few decades back. Finally to the Hotel and the travel mostly ended.