Monday, February 1, 2010

Institute of Entertainment & Timepass

Have you ever seen a place like this?

In the middle of nowhere,
near the forest of trees,
the silence of abandoned industries,
commute through 'fatfaitya', please.

There the teenagers study engineering
They come with all the hypes and hopes,
Only to find that their careers
are gonna take a deep lope.

The freshers' party is worth a watch,
every year it ends up in a brawl.
Shouting, screaming, swearing on your mom,
Institute's chairman curses the young mob.

Inspirational seniors then sermon the juniors.
Teaching the opposite of what's right or wrong.
So, enjoy the ragging or at least pretend,
There is no one to save you when the day ends.


Have you ever seen a place like this?

Where the Managing director is called ‘KUKU’.
Who's designation is of a so called 'MBA'.
Everyone knows that he's an illiterate 
who can't even spell his sorry ‘A’.
The Dr. Chairman is no less.
On the AIDS day he lectures us -
"Use Condoms AFTER sex".

Musical nights are a binge watch.
DJ plays only Bhangra and folk.
As the peeps hit the floor,
a rope partitions the floor, 
girls have to be saved from the male whores.
Rock performances get their way too.
A cult of 10 metal heads mosh pit with the tune, 
while the majority others sullen the view.

Have you ever seen a place like this??

Gals and guys forbidden together in the canteen.
For the sake of protecting the sisterhood,
Management's destroying the teen.
The love birds still hide their ways 
to the eternal ‘khopchas'.
A secret place to make love, people,
no one’s ever gonna catch ya!!
When the lecturers halls are empty, KUKU goes crazy.
The guards would ambush the canteen, 
And the lovebirds would turn daredevil. 
Heros jump off the walls, losers return to the lecture halls,
Everyday this inevitable cycle carries on.

Have you ever seen a place like this??

A night before the exam everyone is busy with Counter-Strike.
Next day everyone prays the deity for a Favor-Strike.
Final sem turns on and the former receptionist is now a TPO.
His biggest achievement is remembering KUKU's memo. 
New trainers are hired for placements,
ain't new for the students though,
who forgets the faces that ragged them not so long ago ?

4 years flew by with a sonic boom,
students finally realize they are so doomed.
A few companies come and recruit a few.
The receptionist dials a phone or two.
The time has come to bid goodbye,
Lucky ones get ready to stuff their belly while
others pack their bags to start a struggle in Silicon Valley

10% of real placements will become 100% on the charts.
Ignorant parents will get impressed and donate with full heart.
KUKU will get richer, Chairman the richest,
And this group of institutions will keep getting the biggest.
Crazy, isn't it??
It’s a vicious circle Mr. Ogden Nash,
And it hurts a little bit.

Isn't such a place worth a visit??
Well, not for me because I m sick of it!!!!
That’s my alma mater.

Have you ever seen a place like this?


17 comments:

Jen said...

I have not seen a place like this.

I didn't know you did poetry....A+

Hope you're doing well.

jennee

Unknown said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Unknown said...

Mr mathur u r forgtng one thng which is most important kuria kurmur wali use ek khat mil tha jisme.......

vishal said...

nice job dear....hav u seen this place

Ashish said...

@Jenee: Thanks for liking my poetry :). When you will come to India, i will take you to this place ;). Then even you will write about it :P

@Deepak: Well 'kuraiya' is one of the few good memories from our college that I will cherish :). But it would have been out of context here :P

@Shaunak: Thanks for dropping by buddy.Welcome to Subliminal verses :)

@Vishal: Haha.. I have spent 4 yrs of my life at this place. Haven't you?? ;). Thanks for dropping by, welcome to Subliminal verses :)

Sandy said...

You aren't by any chance at my college are you? You have described it almost exactly! Except for one small detail, computers are banned at our hostel. Imagine that, no computers for computer science engineering students. Hehe... but we have our workarounds ;)

Ashish said...

Haha.. no wonder this happens only in India. My clg was in Alwar, Rajasthan. And i am indeed happy that I will never have to visit that place again. Whr is ur clg b/w?

aditi said...

I read this a zillion times n yet it makes me laugh!!! wen r u writing again???

Ashish said...

Hey Aditi,
Hw r u dng? M happy tht this post still makes u laugh!! I seem to have lost interest in blogging :-(. Or my priorities in life has changed. Even i dn't knw wen will iwrite gain. Wat abt u? Did u start blogging again? I love ur writing.. wanna read them again!!

Er. said...

This was hilarious! =))

Namita Kohli said...

hey.. some cool poetry... Parts of it remind me of my college... thankfully some dint exist in mine...
The piece seems like a satire on the kind of colleges who are just interested in making the moolah...

Aditi said...

Hey Ashish,
Ive been asking YOU to write - ive decided to do 1-2 post again. How bout u?
Hey i am seriously contemplating a ' I HATE KUKKU' page on FB or something... Lolzz. :D I wonder why he still makes my blood boil after 3 years!

Ashish said...

Yah Aditi, I am gonna write soon, thanks to frnds like u who r continuously encouraging me to do the same :). Though i usually don't support the idea of 'Hating some1 publicly' but for Kuku just bring it on girl, i am sure that all the IETians will love it!! :)

Vaibhav said...

awesome poetry...nothing has changed in this college...

Ashish said...

Thanks Vaibhav!! You are currently studying in IET??

Soundsblues said...

Ossome blog ...

Unknown said...

Nice ashish... Well written ...sahi time pe college se nikal gaye bhai...