The first few classes...

The teacher who had walked in was meant to teach electronics and that is what he exactly did. In fact he didn't think it was worthwhile enough to even mention his name. He walked straight towards the board, started scribbling in there. And so it was for the next 45 mins. Simple incessant scribbling. Though, it is needless to say that the scribbled stuff was not exactly so simple. Until the break, they had two more class. One of English and the other of Maths. The students took an instant liking for the English teacher, because it being the first day, he had decided not to teach them. The Maths teacher was the irony of nature. He had certain pronounciation problems and his name just amplified them. Parents had named him Puspendu Jana, but the maximum he could manage to spurt out was Fusfendu Zana. More famous among the students as PJ (read PhiZe). He was one among those whom students would think twice before bullying. Just when it had started seeming to Sree that the break wouldn't really come, the bell rang. There was a audible sigh of relief. And PJ frowned.

Until the break, even Sree and Swastika couldn't talk much. Very soon Sree found that there was a complete assortment around them. Just in front of them were Arushi and Shakshi Patel. Shakshi had a ever smiling face, but very blunt eyes. And given a chance she could speak incessantly about the greatness of Gujratis. And just behind them were Mallika Naskar and Priya Roy. Mallika was a resident of an almost rural area, but that was until you saw her ID card. She was flaunting such a dress which even the city girls would think twice before wearing. Priya was a simple and sweet girl. They kept on talking in general over the lunch. The only question Arushi had put in throughout the entire discussion was, "What were your totals at the plus two level...?"

Irritated, Sree decided not to mingle much with this girl anymore. The second half was a lab. And thankfully indeed, the teacher just made groups of three, gave them the lab manual and left them for the day. All of them together started tramping towards the college gate. Just when they had left the main building, a group of guys and girls, evidently seniors blocked their way, "Ei, first year... what's the hurry... come let's go to the canteen..." ...an inevitable welcome to the hell...