What makes a college? Is it the high-rise buildings, the suave classes and labs, sprawling playgrounds, the boring lectures or just a big name? Is college all about studies, a 9 point something CGPA on the mark sheet and the best campus placement up the sleeves? It is much more than these mere ‘materialistic’ stuff.
Struggling on the footboard of the buses to waiting on endless autorickshaw queues at peak office hours to reach college on time for the first few months as a fresher soon gave away to entering class at the end of a class of two periods and being grossly surprised when the teacher asked the reason for the late arrival. Complaining about the lack of good looking girls in your class and trying to steal a glance at the stunning beauty that passed by while the teacher went along with the mundane lectures is commonplace. From Bunking classes to catch the first day first show of the Ranbir Katrina starrer with your newly crowned sweetheart to leaving the lab report unfinished till the day prior to the viva and borrowing your friends report and copying to the tee, you have done it all.
You are reminded of the semester only when the dates are announced and realize that you do not know a word of the subjects. You start cramming notes and Xeroxes and browsing through your savior, the one and only Matrix the day before the exams and come out of the hall cursing WBUT for not having the question you prepared best. The seven point GPA and the scolding from parents for not studying anything remind that you are still in that point of life where you ought to take studies seriously. But who cares. You come to college everyday, exhaust yourself completely in the common room, playground or the food court and if after that a little energy remains, you give that to your class. College is not just about classes, it is all of these things combined that make your college life eventful. The small incidents that make a lasting impression. Memories that will remain with you even after you graduate from here. It is here you have a sense of belonging. You can stand here and proudly proclaim it as “MY College.”
This is what we incorporate in our college magazine, Graffiti. It is all about us, the Techno Indians. It is not just a college magazine that has been put together with an anthology of stories and poems or accounts of current affairs or scientific documents or for the matter simply entertainment stuffs. It is a manifestation of all the talent that lies buried in the obscurity for the lack of a platform, the soul of our college that bears witness to what we believe in. It is basically a reflection of the restless minds of a breed of socially aware young people who know not only how to face the adversities of the present social scenario but also to raise issues that need to be redressed. It is in fact a reflection of US...
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