Before I start this story, I want to introduce some terms to the foreign readers so that they wouldn’t have to google while reading the story.
NIT – stands for National Institute of Technology. This is the status given to 21 colleges that are spread across 20 states in India. These are the deemed universities whose entrance happens through a written test called AIEEE. It is impossible to enter it by giving donation for an Indian. It’s purely based on merit. Many people in India, dream to enter it, but only some make it through. Only one in every fifteen students could enter it. Foreign students can directly join these institutes, but they have to pay a double fee, which is very less, compared to many American universities.
Sardar – Some sects of Sikhs are called Sardars. But in India, we call every Sikh a Sardar
Punjab, Andhra Pradesh - Two states in India
Let’s dive into the story now.
Story:
Montek singh’s house is filled with extreme happiness. He cleared AIEEE with a good rank. He got an All India Rank of 8259. He could now, get into one of the top-5 NITs. The house’s telephone kept ringing, with the calls of relatives congratulating the 18 year old with a tone of jealousy which is obvious in their voices. Montek’s mobile is filled with messages and calls. He couldn’t help his weakness to not being rude to anyone. He was patiently answering all the calls, replying each and every message. In the meantime, one of his friends, who always gets good marks compared to Montek called him
Friend – “Hey Montek, Is it true? What I am hearing? Did you clear the AIEEE with the rank I just heard?”
Montek – “Yes.”
Friend – “Did you really get a rank of 8259?”
Montek – “Yes,”
Friend – “Are you sure?”
Montek – “yeah, I am sure”
Friend – “Did you check it twice?”
Montek – “I checked it five times. I am 100% sure”
Friend – “Ohh! Damn man, I couldn’t get a rank of below 10,000”
Montek – “How much you got?”
Friend –“I got 11,001”
Montek – “What’s the difference? More or less we may get into the same NIT”
Friend – “No man, you don’t understand. I have to get a rank of below 2000. I strongly feel there is some mistake in evaluation. I mean, how come people who study lesser than me, could get a better rank”
Montek – “Chill man. Look, you cannot change, what has already happened. You got a very good rank. You are still better than ten lakh other people who gave the test. Be happy, give a party to your friends. Enjoy man”
Friend – “The computer might not have scanned my paper correctly. Dude, is there any reevaluation that we can apply, so that our answer sheet gets scanned again?”
Montek – “I don’t know. I don’t think there will be anything like that”
Friend – “Do you know exactly that nothing like that exists? Are you sure?”
Montek – “Bhai, I don’t know. You can give a mail to the board of examinations and ask them”
Friend – “Oh, forgot about it. Ok then, congratulations dude. Bye”
Montek – “Hey, I am giving a party in the evening. Café Coffee day, all our friends will be coming. Are you free?”
Friend – “I am a bit busy dude. I need to send mail to the board. Await for reply. Actually, I don’t know how to show my face to our friends”
Montek – “Ar, a mail takes a second to send. And there is nothing to be ashamed of. Except me, every one of our friends got a rank, lesser than you”
Friend – “Really, I thought along with you that Shreya also got past me”
Montek – “She got a rank of 15000. Now, will you come for the party?”
Friend – “I know I will get past her. Cool dude. I need to see her face today. She always thought that she could defeat me in the final exam”
At this Montek got pissed. But his politeness wouldn’t allow him to react strong,
Montek – “So are you coming?”
Friend – “Sure. Give me a call, before leaving home“
Montek – “Ok”
All this was happening in a small town in Punjab, where Montek’s house is situated.
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