A not-so-teary farewell

Aha..... the day had finally arrived. All the sleepless nights of planning had come to a head. Today was the culmination of all our efforts. We were going to bid adieu to our very own seniors @ K. Life had come a full-circle in what was a very eventful year. It was just yesterday when we were on the hot seat being grilled by seniors and today here we were asking the seniors to do a jig for us on 'Specially-chosen' songs.

The evening started with a short drive along winding lanes which could easily find a place in RGV movies. When we arrived at the venue we were all in for a pleasant surprise. The sun was just setting on what was a beautiful water-front resort. Some of our K-omrades who had the good fortune of landing there earlier were busy boating much to our envy. We all heartfully congratulated Nemuri for such grand plans.

After a few delicious starters, we got started on the evening's agenda. The first gig was a treasure hunt, only this one was among people. The 11er's had to find who among 12's a particular riddle pointed at, take that next clue from him and move on. The twist in the tale was the blind-ends we planted:-). The game was a roaring success thanks to Deepak's creative inputs. Radhika won the prize for treasure-hunt by breaking the last riddle, but only after a hefty bunch of clues from JuGults.

The next game involved playing a song and the 11's had to guess who among them it pointed to. That person had to take the hot-seat, do a jig for us and in the end answer a few questions. There was a lot of banter as each person was called. 'Osey ramulamma' for Ramya really set off peals-of-laughter :-). Mansoor the soon-to-be-wedded SeGult came out with his 'love-story' and was heartily congratulated with bumps and hugs.The whole credit for this selection of songs and editing goes to Koti and Deepak.

A hearty dinner with chicken,fish and paneer delicacies later we settled down for the second round of games.

Dumb-C started off on a not-so-warm note but gained momentum when SeGults said they had a 'Database' and generously used words like 'PGP 11 punch' and something about 'Radhika' being a Champ at Dumb-C.

After an hour and some ridiculously funny titles like "Papatho poi poi" , "Sri Pothuluri Veerabrahmendraswami Jeevita Charitra" later the JuGults proved the braggarts wrong.

But the day was not over yet. SeGults had their sweet revenge by winning in Musical chairs hands down with Karthik the behemoth 11er ruling the roost from the start. And what a prize he won-A soap box:-). His expression was well captured in a photo which is sure to appear in these columns.

A vote-of-thanks in telugu followed which made people erupt at each english word and then translate it to 'mother's sweet' telugu. It was fun.

The evening left us tired and bed ready. But all the platitudes by SeGults made the efforts feel worth it. They were going to leave the campus in a few days and what a heritage they left back(read as 'JuGults')!

In the end we all part ways but some people leave a lasting impression. Our SeGults did that to us and we plan to do the same for our juniors. Though how well we will succeed only time will tell. I dont think any of us can pull off 'The Mandy Act'-"23.59 means 23.59 not 24.00 not 23.58, only 23.59hrs". All the Sambas and Nagarjunas will be gone in a few days but the memories refuse to fade away.

Signing Off,

With lots of love and nostalgia,

Rax

P.S.:-I have half-a-mind to change the title...........