Willy-Nilly, lastly merrily

This month is filled with some astonishing headlines and to cherry pick few -

US shutdown due to disagreement of two houses on budget, and thankfully it ended as Obama signed a bill that ends the 16-day partial government shutdown, stave off debt ceiling crisis- most awaited, global Islamic Economy Summit (leading a new Economic Paradigm) organized by Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Thomson Reuters - new discovery dubbed as Li-Fi to replace Wi-Fi in china, a cheaper way of getting connected to internet by using signals sent through light bulbs instead of radio frequencies as Wi-Fi -Switzerland no longer guarantees your investment details as they share tax information with India/other nations- temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh which is in fact a tragedy called politics - Lalu a great con, showed the world why every person builds a thought of becoming a politician - 3 Students killing the “principal” in Infant Jesus Engineering College in Tuticorin,Tamilnadu - buzz of Modi’s campaigns and in contradict, Rahul with his poor knowledge and me being apolitical will not go into detail - uncommon movie in the box office and how can I miss this as eventually this generation could hear the final dates of Sachin Tendulkar with cricket has been announced that is retirement from “CRICKET” would you believe it! (few people tweeting that, it was a privilege to share the “Dressing room “wonder what’s so fun in that “ROOM”)

After all of those, you will surely see the other side of seesaw in this blog and probably you might be a tad shocked too.

Note -This post is obsolete and kept hidden away due to its embarrassing nature so brace yourself.

I Will take you to the flashback (too strong for a word) which is when I was perusing my graduation and I was –almost- virtually -nearly-was about to get detained due to my shortage of attendance.

Let me give some background-as the issuance of hall ticket(HT) will be prior to some 15 to 20 days of exams – it was a buzz all around that, from our group two of us have a shortage of attendance hence, HT will not be issued to them.

Mandatory attendance for a semester was 75% for the first time ever(before it was 45%,and if someone doesn't have at least 60% needs to pay fine and get the HT-) and forlornly, I had 73.32%. We had several discussions with veterans and professors of all the departments, they said, it’s unfeasible, because the college has sent the details to the university and they have disregarded the HT for the aforementioned percentage.

OK! What did I do then? Sat at home wishing for some good luck? You decide.

I believe we don’t get what we wish for; we get what we work for.

Me and my friend thought of some atypical things and lastly, we contented on “filing a case against the principal’’.(its impossible, said pride- its risky, said experience- its pointless, said reason, but my gut feeling, said go ahead)

In the initial stage, we were a bit fragile, as it wasn't so easy, but as our lawyer told that, this is possible and you can write your exams –Should we be happy or sad – Little confused at that point of time. He said, if you have a proof like Medical certificate then, it’s really easy to file a case and we provided the certificates and soon after, court accepted my certificates, the pity part was that my friend dint have any MC then he tried, getting a fake one, but even that didn't help the cause, as it was ineligible for the court.

Apparently, the real battle was between me & my principal as we (later I) filed a case against him because, I feel I had a comfort of 15% of Sports quota which wasn't added. Indeed, my biggest blunder of assumption.

No, my certificates weren't fake. I had met with an accident, where I was into partial bed rest, for more than 15 days (“it was in the holidays of first semester”) .On a brighter note, this accident was a medium as, I got the hall ticket back and also this accident was sort of an eye –opener-(as mini bus tyre was just a few millimeter away from my head) it was, unquestionably, a Great mercy from Almighty, who saved me from the disastrous climax.

This accident played a virtue for filing a case as the bills/certificate was from highly reputed hospital.(Stop staring at the picture ->that isn't so funny)

After the first hearing, court ordered to issue the hall ticket (my lawyer’s first demand) first, as my exams were going to commence in a week’s time. If, I win, my results will be announced or else the whole hard work and efforts goes in vain.

I started preparing for exams rigorously. My principal was continuously saying however, you write your exams,waiting any further is not only futile but also asking for trouble that you might end on a losing side with some high fine to be paid and moreover don’t expect for a result as you’re going to lose the case anyways .

There was always a perennial fear that I might lose a year.

I completed all the exams and was complacent that all the papers went well and yeah, gave a call to my lawyer and he said, we have a hearing on so and so date you need to come to court. OK I’ll…

Afterwards,

Hearing after hearing,

Hearing after hearing,

Tareeek Pe Tareek...

Tareeek Pe Tareek...

Tareeek Pe Tareek...

Tareeek Pe Tareek...

Lekin Insaaf nahi Milraha Milaud..Mili hai toh sirf Tareeek.

It was, undoubtedly, the worst of times.

The worst part was, the lawyer's assistant was really a cheap character and in fact he used to ask money for every hearing after paying lump sum to his head on the date of filing it.

Before, we go any further, oh dear! people pursue LLB – I’d like to ask at this time though, what fascinates them, Bribing?? Trapping?? Deceiving??Misleading?? – Conversely, they are modest beggars, who wears black suit (which, they don’t wash since inception and white shades yowl that, I wasn't washed even once) ,and have taken different medium to spread their hands and fulfill their livelihood.

Fairly speaking, only few are really honest in this profession – every profession has its own honour, but it gets disgraced due to its followers.

                                                                    

I was certainly in a spot of bother as next semester commenced and there was no sign of anything as it was on the cards that I shall be losing a year.

Opposition had claimed that sports quota had already been included in that attendance and then I felt, I would end up on the losing side, due to the fact that, if court scrutinizes my case completely and check my admission (hospital) dates with my dates of semester tenure (remember, accident was in the holidays of first semester).

Then, the twist in the tale and watershed moment took place.

I just filed the case against principal, but big fish(one person from another college) had filed the case against Mysore University in the high court and indeed, they won it convincingly as court "ORDERED" them to give the last chance for people having attendance more than 45%.

That particular day and phone call from mate is still lingering in my head.

Thereafter, I joined the college by first meeting the principal and telling him that “I’ll withdraw the case” and later he yelled that I spent hell lot of money & time(And what did I get "Babu Ji Ka Thullu") because of your case as his furious facade looked like he wants to strangle me literally.

Whoever wrote the exams, University decided to announce their results (benefit of filing a case) ,and for students who weren't able to file a case & couldn't write exams (have to say that some really gave up and joined different colleges where they couldn't come back and also lost a year) they need to carry forward their exams into next semester.

Let me end up with an encouraging note, I believe in being optimistic and therefore, I think I've triumphantly won the battle with Principal (just to avoid the regretting factor)

I know, this is not so wise stuff & there is not much to be proud of, as I still get a lot of flak that, I shouldn't have filed it, but it was willy-nilly and I leaped on as nothing was there to narrow down (split second decision) at the end, I took that as an experience (especially court one which I don't wanna get it ever) and not as bummer (no! I don’t expect an accolade for this) -My own childish enthusiasm, is thankfully, if belatedly, behind me now.

Till next time, break a leg ;) Money Happy Returns!