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My team in ILP!


When I look back at the last three months, I see a journey that has components of a lifetime…
I am not a fan of travelling, but even I would have to admit, it was a sort of essential experience to have. It was a different journey altogether. We wanted to learn; it wasn’t like it was for an exam or something. It was the start and we all wanted to make something out of it. We tasted apartment lifestyle and it was awesome. We acquiesced to the 9 to 6 schedule and so upon returning, all that

we could do was to play table-tennis. Some became serious players, while for some, it remained a kind of mini-badminton. During the learning, I found a group that, in simple words, was the most positive team (not group), that I have ever seen. I will accept that at start, we weren’t the most enthusiastic of batches, because  we all had our college groups with us, and hanging out with them more often, logically made sense. But as soon as we realized that our time to disband has come, everyone was like in a hurry to get to know about each other. We hanged out more often with each other and started making memories. We joined Gujaratis in their celebrations in garba, executed a night out starting with open-theatre and ending with dozing off at office canteen at 7 in the morning, going out for dinners more often than usual and many such more in relatively short span of time.
On the final day, we bid goodbye to various people, saw them crying, became part of their commotion.
Finally, when my time arrived, I felt like something was missing, which is a strong testament that I will seriously miss this part of life. I saw a lot of people leaving with smiles going home and on the contrary, saw people crying, on being separated from their long known buddies. Got an opportunity to meet various different kinds of people, some introverts like me, some dynamic extroverts, some exemplary team workers.
When you leave such a group that has been conflict free and remained positive during the entire tenure, you feel like its not enough yet, you need some more time. Since, we became a team a little late, so there were few interactions that were still incomplete; some wanted to make the most of the time, some wanted the memories to stay forever, while some wanted to stay back at any cost. But in the end, we all had to move on because career was calling. Everyone departed with the words ‘touch me rehna’.
There are times that you like to remember, as in that would make you smile, but you don’t want to relive those again, it was good when it happened, that’s all. And then there are memories that you want to relive over and over again. This was one of those times.

The unforgettable journey has made me stronger in multitudes of skills and that’s something that everyone would agree to. It has been like a gift that will help me in different ways. The gift that is the memory, laden with useful skills and great friends.
(With inputs from Geek )

Life at Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur…….my birth place, where I was born, grew up in the early decade of the 21st century, but now leaving for the sake of my future, I mean to study. Situated in the eastern UP, this city has everything a big city has, but for the skyscrapers (and the home delivery by Domino’s Pizza which I kinda have loved to have in this city). Its a big city in terms of the land, but the technically still to fully called a ‘mahanagar’. Its got its name from a saint named Gorakhsnath, who founded the city.
            Well, I can’t tell you about the history & geography about this city, but can certainly give reasons why one should visit here atleast once.
Starting about the things that will make people here feel good is the fact that it is the headquarter of north-east railways. This city is famous for its ‘Bhaiyyaji log’ & many films & TV serials have made several hit shows on our bhaiyyaji. The common language here is Hindi mixed with a little bhojpuri. Even many comedians found their roots from Gorakhpur.
            Places of interest here are The Gorakhnath Temple, The Taramandal (Planetorium), Gita Vatika, Gita Press, and many more including the new city mall(a very small mall which was like a feather in the cap), adding to the charm of Gorakhpur. Students are seen enjoying their evening either with a movie or just chilling up.
The nightlife is at an inactive stage, coz there aren’t many who like it.
The people here like to comment, they have an opinion for virtually everything in the world……even a layman may give you an expert opinion on a crashed NASA shuttle. On the contrary, it has been a constant provider of natural talents from all walks of life, be it Premchand from literature, Syed Modi from badminton, Diwakar Ram from hockey etc..
Premchand stories has long been the inspiration for the young tots & even the teenagers. The themes of his stories really pour some thoughts in one’s mind, & his stories on the poor farmers & other ignorant class of people ought us to think about them.
One more interesting fact about Gita Press is that it is the publisher of many Hindu holy texts, including the Bhagvad Gita. The Press was the first to publish the text as a book; prior to this the Gita existed solely in the oral tradition of the Brahmin. Gita press holds a place in the Guinness book of world records as the largest publisher of religious books in the world in terms of volume.
          In educational field, Gorakhpur has a world class DDU University and MMM Engineering college which gathers the upper cream of students.
In a nutshell, you can visit here as a tourist, as a guest(to your own relative, ofcourse) or in whichever way you like, but you will get a mix of traditions, people living a colourful life.