The first day of a college is the most hard breakfast to swallow.Once we pack our stationary's to discard them inside our bag and the ghost of our schools past comes to haunt us.We begin to tremble within,lacking even the slightest courage that we had while facing the headmaster on the starting line of our "journey to a man".During that phase of life,do we ask ourselves this simple cum complicated question,"Why are we afraid,we won't die?".Indeed we won't but does that make us the man we were few months ago.When the boards got over and we were about to migrate on a long quest like the birds.We told ourselves this,"The journey will fill our hearts with varied form of adventures".Ignoring the troubles of the matter. Off course every adventures does have there own set of hardships.Especially in a country like India such days have become miserable and cruel some for many youth out there.Either their soul is broken,either they are vanquished from this planet or perhaps even succumbed to shocks that they could not bare.
With that in mind I left my house after having ahhhhh! nothing.I was feeling dizzy thinking of the mere fact,"What kind of ragging will I have to face".The fact of the matter being mere because of our new reform policy setup by the respective universities in every city on the requisition by the government in India.Well,they think setting up anti-ragging cells will reduce the problem.I thought in my mind,"Somebody call a statistician please!".Even though things have drastically changed now,"Which made me feel easy!". Things did not change when the policy came into practice because of political rifts.Meanwhile without much mingling with the past of what happened,I set foot inside my college turning white as a Lilly.It was an apprehension and everybody has to face it I know!.Still who will convince my heart and mind.I went passed a giant hoarding that ushered "Welcome freshers-by Goenka college students union".I kept going ahead when I found that the notice board listed names of students belonging to respective classes.I said to myself ok! mmmmm I rather prefer a student union bloke to guide me to my class.You ask me "Why?",the answer to that question will be the pandemonium and commotion surrounding fife-hundred students on the notice board."Trust me,you could barely breathe".Plus I don't want to repeat another "Bad day at the office".With that in mind I found a useful guy to guide to my class after much of a scare as I saw three students passing me at wind speed holding their ears and returning back to their master who was the same union fellow who guided me.It was a hectic request I had to ask giving up on my zeal to face a gruesome act.I think god was kind enough to grant me a seat to my class.
After that we had a nice fresher's welcome with a nice snack. Yumeeeei! students union was kind after all.I didn't forget the "leaving home without breakfast".Even though I didn't have to go through some uneasy behavior, the second thing that started to bother me was that every time I tried to make friends everyone just ignored me.That is when the classes started and I got replies,"Sorry,dude little busy here","Please follow the class and "." i.e royally ignore.Things started to become uneasy and lonesome.The unfamiliar feeling till lunch time and almost until the end of the day when I gave up.When a girl came and sat beside me at the last bench.Actually forgot to mention that part the front benches were occupied.She came to our class just after recess and she was literally panting.In middle of the class I asked her'"Are you ok?" she just looked at me and turned away.Still it was worth a try to make a friend.I looked at her bag she wasn't carrying a bottle so,I gave her my bottle she refused and pushed it away with her hand.I said to myself," another one from the unfamiliar territory".I asked her a few more times if she was fine.To my failure I got none.The final bell rang I packed my stuff and was about to leave the room when suddenly she stopped me handing me a note.While she left she smiled at me.I sat inside the half-empty class to read the note which said,"I am sorry for ignoring you,it was not my intention,you see my tongue is paralyzed I can't speak.It was a nice gesture to give me water but I was not thirsty even,though I had to run to make it to my college as I was late.Anyways nice meeting you.See you tomorrow bye! -Modhurai".I was flummoxed and didn't know what to say when the cleaner interrupted and told me to go home.It was funny I came to this college first day with fear and going home with happiness within somewhere sad for my new friend's condition and nobody paid me much attention they said their vocal cords out.My apprehension had dilated just because I received "a reply with no voice"
