{"id":1871,"date":"2014-02-19T18:40:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T13:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2014-02-19T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T13:10:49","slug":"blood-sucking-engineers-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/blood-sucking-engineers-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"My Horrible Chetan Bhagat Moment with Two Interesting Zombies from BITS and IIT-Madras"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"snaps11\"<\/a>All right! Guys, how many times did you have a real Chetan Bhagat<\/i> moment in your life?<\/p>\n

I mean meeting hot strangers of opposite sex on a long boring journey as the one in his book \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cOne Night at a Call Center\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d.<\/p>\n

Never! Seriously!<\/p>\n

If you had no such moment in your life then you are damn lucky because not everything in real life goes exactly like the way written in books.<\/p>\n

Well, I had a Chetan Bhagat<\/i> moment, sans any simmering glamour, last week on my flight from Chennai to Mumbai. Two really interesting looking guys sitting on my either side proved a pain in my backside. These two monsters in jackets were more horrible than the entire Air India\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s cabin crew.<\/p>\n

The guy sitting on my right side was sporting uneven beard growth while the guy on my left was wearing makeup louder than Rakhi Sawant<\/i>.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 And my life turned upside down the moment the guy on my right side introduced himself to me as Pankaj Jain\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dan IITian from IIT-Madras<\/a>. The guy on my left, the one who was wearing makeup, jumped off his seat like a kangaroo. Needless to say, my introduction was cut in-between by this overtly curious animal.<\/p>\n

The kangaroo, I mean the guy on my left, introduced himself as Chuchunder Chabrra from BITS Pilani.<\/a> After that the two endangered examples of blood-sucking vampires hardly noticed me sitting on the seat.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cSo, one more suicide in IIT last week! What are you up to guys? With this rate of students committing suicide, you will soon have to introduce a course in Suicideology<\/i>,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d chuckled Chuchunder Chabrra. \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWhen will you guys stop torturing little engineering hamsters?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

After listening to his derogatory comment on IITs, I knew the third world war had just started.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAh, well, look who\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s saying! I heard that you guys spend more time with girls than books. The day is not too far when you guys will take to streets to demand a subject in Loveology<\/i>,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d pat came the reply from Pankaj Jain.<\/p>\n

Chuchunder Chabrra knitted his brows and said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWell, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s at least better than living like a gay when you are actually not. Isn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t it?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cGay? We? Well, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s you wearing makeup like you are here to make money,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Pankaj defended the reputation of IITs strongly.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWhatever! We\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2re the best engineering institutions anyway,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d said Chuchunder Chabrra.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWhat? What makes you think so?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWell, we got the best infrastructure.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cSo do we.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe got the best professors.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAnd so do we.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

Chuchunder Chabrra fumbled and paused for a short while to come up with something unbeatable. And with a vulgar Ranjeet-like-smile he said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe got girls more than you do.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

Pankaj was suddenly out of words. He fidgeted on his seat like a restless child and made an absurd comment to save the dignity of IITs, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe too have girls.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cForget it Kiddo! I mean actual girls. Girls that behave like girls. Your girls eat more than a WWE fighter and sport facial hair like Anil Kapoor. I heard it somewhere that one of your IIT girl was once mistaken for John Abraham with overgrown stubble,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Chuchunder Chabrra wasn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t ready to give up that easy.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cStop it right there! How does that prove that you are better than us by the way?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Pankaj asked furiously.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cIf that doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t then what else does.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWhat do you mean?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI mean a good ratio of girls to boys is important in overall academic performance of everyone.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAnd what\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s the science behind it, weirdo?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

These two engineers have now become bloody alligators ready to gobble down each other. And my condition was like an innocent poor guy stuck in a war between Japan and America in world war-II. In fact, it was worse. Worse than a bad constipation!<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cStudying with opposite sex makes you work harder,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Chuchunder explained.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWow! You mean we have never produced great engineers. Bring on the statistic man and I will show you the number of world renowned alumni from IITs.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWe too have famous alumni from BITS if you haven\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t forgotten that.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI have not.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThen you must have not forgotten this either that a student of BITS received the highest package ever in the history all engineering institutions in India.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI know but IITians receive higher packages than other institutions every year so what if you\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve bagged the highest package just once.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAll right! You can\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t deny this one. We host better fests than you do.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cIITs have started doing better too. We will soon outsmart you.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

The two were not ready to stop. I had to intervene personally.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cEnough is enough guys. Your two are now sucking blood out my body like leeches. If you still want to continue this groundless conversation then for God\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s sake one of you sit on my seat,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d I kept my statement as polite as possible.<\/p>\n

They looked at me surprisingly as if I had appeared out of nowhere like a Jinni from Alladin\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s<\/i> lamp.<\/p>\n

They pulled themselves back a little silently and didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t look at each other for a while. I was really exhausted of all of it. I could\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve asked for nothing than this beautiful silence.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI am consultant in a corporate firm and my package is 18 lakh,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d the IITian on my right shouted suddenly without even looking at the student on my left.<\/p>\n

And I jumped off my seat literally. It was like a bomb exploded inside my ear when while I was sleeping. I could now really connect to the trauma of people living in terror ridden countries like Taliban.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWell, mine is 12 lakh but its core, man!\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cSo, What\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6sss!\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

To my utter horror, their argument continued till our flight landed at Mumbai airport. Exactly when I was about to leave the aisle, Chuchunder Chabrra stopped me to ask who I thought was better of the two.<\/p>\n

I threw my jacket on my shoulder and took a long sigh of relief before I said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cYou both are great. There\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s no comparison at all. Besides, this competition doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t really matter. What really matters is that both of you have made the country proud. We are all proud of you.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

They looked at me surprisingly. Then they looked at each other in sheer dismay.<\/p>\n

They stopped me once again right when I was at the exit gate to ask my name.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAvadhesh K. Mukherjee,\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d I replied.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cAnd what do you do Avadhesh?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d Pankaj asked quickly.<\/p>\n

\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI am professor at NIT- Tiruchirappalli.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n

The two were shocked to death. I could see their reaction. Worse than bad constipation! Although I didn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t enjoy their conversation, I felt really good when these guys did not drag the name of NITs even once in their stupid conversation.<\/p>\n

My answer to them was like my reply to the pain that I had suffered during the flight. I could understand why the United States finally resorted to throwing atom bombs on Japanese.<\/p>\n

This post was published by Rakesh Singh<\/a>, The product head at askIITians and an IIT- Delhi and IIM-Kozhikode alumni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All right! Guys, how many times did you have a real Chetan Bhagat moment in your life? I mean meeting hot strangers of opposite sex on a long boring journey as the one in his book \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cOne Night at a Call Center\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d. Never! Seriously! If you had no such moment in your life then you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}