Halfway at IIT Kanpur

I am writing this post when I have completed my 5th semester at IIT Kanpur.I am a dual-degree student so that means I have another 5 semesters to go. I just could not get time to write anything as my endsems were going on. However, I felt like writing something every now and then.Be it CPM goons on rampage in Nandigram, be it Imran Khan's arrest,be it progress on nuclear deal, or appointment of Anil Kumble as Test skipper.Just so many things to write about.

However, as my title suggests I am going to write about my stay at IITK in these two and half years and coincidentally residing in a single Hall for these many years.

I must admit that my lifestyle has changed a little bit from what it used to be when I came here.I now invariably wake much more in night (courtesy assignments and two papers a day).

Looking back I notice how different the 5 semesters have been, hardest being this last one.With the start of departmental courses,I feel a bit alienated as my old buddies who are in different departments can't study with me.I don't know why IITs don't have more flexible inter disciplinary courses or open electives. I don't know what I achieved in these many years and what I could not do in these many years. But then like most other Indian students who are above average in maths I too dreamt of being an IITian and that is why i am happy and content being here.

I think I am awake now and realise that you, the person with tons of patience have read through an extremely boring post by a lazy person riding on horns of dilemma. I am in third year and in two years time I will be presenting my thesis but I still don't know where my interest lies.

The topics I like don't fetch me marks and the topics I hate give me much needed lifeline in this mundane department. Today was a very mixed day with my close friends getting very less marks but other friends getting lucrative internship offers.Infact, I am not able to describe my feelings on this last day of my half stay at IIT Kanpur.

LOOKING FORWARD TO:

(1)A better semester next time and improving my grades.
(2)I get to know my interest in any subject just like I know my passion(cricket).
(3)Hopefully all my friends and me myself get a good internship.
(4)Last but not the least,I improve my batting and fielding skills in cricket.(I am helpless about my bowling).

P.S. Please be patient as you have been right now.I am sure I can improve my writing skills.