Chap 4: First day

My first night in hostel was not as bad as I had feared until I heard a horrifying sound…as if some boy is shouting while beating drums…and bells… ~

” Ting Ting Hey… Hey Hey ..

          Ting Ting Hey …Hey Hey”

“What the heck…” I almost shouted

As my sleepy head came back to alert mode, I realized that it was Deepak’s alarm…

He took his tooth brush and soap case and hurried to the washroom. Within ten minutes he re-appeared , grabbed a text book, syllabus book and rushed outside the room… In the haste he didn’t bother to close the door behind him…

As only my head was outside the blanket, cool breeze of October month filled in the room and ran through my hair…

“Ahhh! Absolute bliss!!!” I murmured while stretching my right arm outside the blanket…

I peeped outside the door and saw Deepak at one corner covered with shawl…engrossed in books…

“Daaaad!!! You got no one better than this cartoon to put me up with?” - I almost said aloud

Anyways I was awake … And anxiety didn’t allow me to go back to sleep so I got ready early and came out of the hostel to explore the campus on my own…

As I was crossing the blocks, with the names – Information Science, Electronics and Communication, Telecommunication, I wondered how would be the life of engineers who have come out of these walls… 

How am I going to spend 4 years away from home, my friends back at home? 

Though I had put on a brave face but only my heart knew how nervous I was.

The empty campus was slowly getting filled … Within an hour the whole campus came to life with the energy of youth.

I started walking towards my class room. 

As I was going to enter, two guys came rushing outside the class room.  One of them kept hand on my shoulder and said

“Hey, we are going to get chalks and duster from the stock room. Can you go to the staff room and call Vadivelu sir for chemistry class without any delay ?”

They rushed downstairs before even finishing the sentence.
Understanding the urgency I too rushed with the same pace towards staff room.

“What was the name again… Vadivelu… Why do they have funny names in South India” ~ I wondered.

There was one male and two female teachers sitting in the staff room. I looked at the dark thin only male teacher siting there and asked

“Are you Vadivelu, sir?”

Both female teachers looked at me and broke into a big laughter…

Sir got up from chair and with red eyes and angry face shouted at me
“You bloody rascal! What do you think of yourself? So much guts??? I’ll screw  your life… Your career … Get out of here …you bloody rascal…”

I came out in confusion… and saw few guys standing outside our classroom, laughing uncontrollably… Deepak was also there  standing at one corner, smiling…I caught him by collar and asked what’s wrong…

“You have fallen prey to the prank of seniors… Vadivelu is the name of Tamil film Comedian and seniors tease our chemistry sir by calling him Vadivelu… as he resembles him … His real name is Nagraj” Deepak smiled and told

“Oh No!!!!!” ~ I grunted

“And to increase your agony.. He is our hostel warden too” ~ Deepak told
    

  “I almost fainted …”