Back to the Summer of 2009

Hello to one and all. As I write this article, I embark on my next voyage which is to sail through a 2 year rock and roll course of MBA at IIM Calcutta. But you know what, the excitement of going to IIM C has been totally engulfed by the sadness at leaving DJ Sanghvi, more specifically, the batch of 2005-09. This is the one reason I wish I could always go back to the summer of 2009, pretty much the defining moments of the batch.

I can say for sure that the 4 years of engineering were the best years of my life. I made friends who will remain friends for life. I never felt this way after leaving school( where I spent 10 years) or junior college (where I spent 2 years). The worst thing is I never knew how time flew by these 4 years. It just feels I joined college yesterday.

First year was pretty much a lonely feeling. I used to spend my time just studying. You would laugh at this if you saw me now. Second year was a period when the bonding and gelling actually started. The concept of 'Shiv Shiv Shiv' took place in this year. I am really going to miss this in life. Third year was a time when there were a lot of group work to be done such as Skits and presentations, mini projects. This was the time we really kicked off on the friendship. Add to this the Silvassa trip which projected us in 7th heaven, even though it was for 2 days. Fourth year, more specifically 7th sem went in preparation for CAT and GRE. The summer of 2009 i.e. the 8th sem really saw everyone reaching their hearts out to one and all. The GOA trip was the perfect finish to the 4 years of engineering. The trip exposed the true characters of quite a few people and it was great to see this. The awards ceremony, traditional day, mismatch day and the farewell all added a whole new dimension of colour to the life of every student in this batch.

It would be difficult to give each and every detail in this article as there were many. They say a picture speaks a thousand words and I believe we have quite a good collection of pictures and videos right from the second year. When I, or for that matter, anyone in the batch of 0509, will look back at this, we will have a heavy heart. All the people who went into MS will think of creating a time machine and the MBA graduates will think of funding this machine to go back as soon as possible to the summer of 2009.