Gearing

12th april, 2009,, it ws 5pm.. I was walking amidst a thousand other students out of the examination centre... Each one of dem, includin me intended just for 1 single thing,,, cracking the jee...

I was sure of one thing after appearing in jee, that i wasn't going to make it this year atleast.... But, then there was this second thought that kept coming to me. It was a 'feel good' for me that i was atleast able to understand most of the questions in that paper.. That very thought was strong enough to think about this place again, i had wished to go after my first boards 2 years ago... Kota, for jee coaching, at Bansals, the best in buisness......

It was at the end of may when jee result was announced. I was never going to make it to the main list, but somehow i managed to get into the extended list(EML).. And this was enough reason for dad to think likewise.. So, it was almost certain that i was going to spend my next full year at kota....

Going back a li'l.. I had just given my 10th boards.. I told dad that i wanted to go to kota to bansals. Dad didnt refuse and said he would consider that as an option. But, then concerns from my ma n sis started pouring in.. They told me that it wasn't a good time to leave for kota as i had never been out and was too young and childlike for this stuff.. Eventually, they recieved dad's support.. He told me that it would be better to continue with my school and concentrate on next boards.. To be frank, i rebelled... I cried, gave up eating a few meals, stopped listening to them... That was the extreme i could have done then to show my opposition to their decision.. The fact is,, i was never told a NO about anything that i wished for... This was different. I barely understood anything they told me.. I just wanted to go to bansals. But then they convinced me somehow, my sis playing an important role in that.. But even back then, i seriously wished to go there........

But this time, dad agreed to send me to kota.. That EML tag worked as the bargain chip.. So, finally and surely i was going...
Then, this another result of aieee came and i got 17k rank.. I wasn't pleased and was pretty serious about spending that 1 important year in kota... But this time opposition came from some other end... My grandfather.. He told me it would rather be a better option to join any of the nit's.. I didnt pay heed to even a single uttered word.. I couldn't see anything., just kota and my aim...

Dad kept me reminding me what he expected from me... He told me whatever the outcome of this year,, that's going to change my life, both near and far future..... He asked me what did i expect out of myself... I told him that i wished to be in top 50 among bansalites and get a within 200 rank in jee the following year..
He relaxed that within 200 target to within 500...

My roomie was going to be 1 of my classmates, mrinmoy halder,, better known as bubu.... I wanted a single room for myself but i had promised him earlier that if he was going to kota, i was living with him... So, it was final that i was living with him for next full year...

Next problem was of accomodation in kota.. Bubu was in kota on june 19th while i was going to be there the following day... Akshat pragya bhawan,, dat was the name of my hostel.. Room no. 14,, 2nd floor,, attached balcony., was probably the best and most lively room in the hostel for the rest of the year...

On 19th night i left for kota and was there the next afternoon at 2.30 pm....
Me and dad were too hungry to continue that journey to hostel from there.. We had in front of us, the kota's speciality- kachori.... There are two things famous in kota as eatables- kachori and poha.. U'll find that everywhere and everyone eating it... Me and dad had 2 kachoris each... I had a gud luk at kota junction,, no big, tiny, nothing special.. But that was where i wanted to be, so badly, competing 30k of my own kind.... Now it was time to get out of the station and see real kota.....