Unexpected Meeting

2^nd Semester

              It was a bright Tuesday morning and we had our Engineering Mathematics-II class the very first hour. In the previous semester we had a very nice staff handling Maths but this semester he was such a stupid. I wondered how he rose to the designation of Assistant Professor. Actually his name was Mr.Balamurugan. I guess I am right with his name. So coming back to the Maths hour taking place, this Asst Prof was blabbering out and as usual we were taking notes of it.

               Around 9.30am a lab assistant from the Physics dept had come to collect the attendance sheet from the class. There used to be columns of benches in our class. I and the rest of the hostel mates used to occupy the last three rows of bench in the middle column. As the lab assistant was noting down the absentees, one of my close friend and my colleague at HCL too Mr. Karthik was busy repairing out his pen and by mistake as he blew air out of the pen’s lid it made a mild whistle sound. The lab assistant heard it and suspiciously was looking at our row of guys. But we didn’t show even the slightest anxiousness nor did Karthik have the slightest amount of fear on his face. Before leaving the class lab assistant asked who had blew the whistle in the class and even then we didn’t bother to mind him. With a furious face he left the class and we were enjoying the moment.

             The first hour ended and the second hour started. It was the Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering class. During the first apart from the department to which we belong we were taught the basics of all the other departments. Civil and Mechanical subjects were handled by different staffs. We were lucky to have Mr. Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Dept as our staff. It’s hard to find such persons especially at SaiRam Engg College. He was a class apart from other staffs. While on the contradictory we had the Civil Dept HOD handling the civil paper. So on that day it was civil class going on and we guys as usual were enjoying the class. Nearly 20 min were there for the class to get over but we found the lab assistant entering our class again.

              He went directly to the staff taking class, spoke few words and turned towards us. He signalled the Last 2 rows to come out. I was one among it and wondering the reason why he has called we moved out of the class. Outside he asked us to meet Balu Sir (A very Interesting character hardly to forget throughout my life). On hearing his name itself everyone started having a sick feeling within us. Slowly as we walked towards his office in the ground floor we decided that whatever be the treatment we should never betray our friend. So reaching his room we were standing quietly. The lab assistant too came and he informed Balu sir about us. After some time an office assistant came and called Karthik alone inside. We were all craning our necks through the window to see what is happening inside. Little later Karthik came out and told that Balu knew that it would have been me and he warned me not to do so in future. We were all confused about how Balu found the culprit correctly. Later Karthik informed us that Balu was also hailing from his place and while induction itself his dad has asked Balu to keep an eye on his son. Hearing it we were laughing uncontrollably and moved towards the class.

             Suddenly an idea stuck to one of my friend. He informed everyone to remove their ID cards and keep it within your pocket. We will create a scene in the class like Balu sir had collected our ID cards and later we will reveal the truth. Accepting to his plan we removed our ID’s and entered the class. As expected we received the reaction from our classmates. The Civil HOD was also scolding us saying “you are in your 1^st year and don’t act as if you are in your final year”. We didn’t even bother to listen what that HOD was shouting and went straight to our places and sat.

An unexpected meet with Balu was fun though we escaped of getting nice slaps from him.

Note: At SaiRam Engg College our ID cards are like visiting foreign nation with our Passport. Once your passport is lost then the following days after it you would be under a hell of problems. So as long as it is safe around your neck it means you are in the safe zone.