C-Top-East,Patel Hall

Among man good things about life at IIT, one which most affects you in my opinion is your wing. Entering IIT in the first year are all kind of people, timid, loud, crazy, shy, sensible etc etc. But by the time they leave the place, spending four years in close groups of around ten to eleven people, makes them all very much similar to each other. I have seen it happening before my eyes, and I am sure anyone who has experienced it won't deny it. I enjoyed my stay in the wing I was in, immensely. It was a long term team building exercise for me where I learnt a lot of things, including a lot about myself.

On a lesser serious note, we were a group who enjoyed life and had fun. My other wingmates were (room no. wise in the final year):

• Sanjay T.. better known as Copper. Why? because of the T!

• Sudipto Ghosh,oops.. I meant Stupido Ghosh.. but that not what you call a dept topper.

• Subhadarshi Nayak.. Thoka, Beejoo, Arbit, Batman, Kabootar.. how many names do you want. Also, my kid in the skit I did in our first year. The arbit-tempo machine.

• Amit K Jha.. Jha jee or Jha-2, see him to believe him..

• Atul Soneja, Moteja.. I wonder they allowed us to stay on the top floor given he was in our wing.

• Prabhakar Mishra.. the sweet-cheeks :) my wife in the skit.. we together gave birth to tempo- nayak.

• Nikhil Raj.. Patlu, Frust Raj.. and above all , Somalia... why? see his picture below.

• Me... what can I say.

• Sri Kumar Menon.. Menon.. I guess thats what they called him.. yeah, also "Hep", "Jeezus".

• Chandu.. the Maddu of our wing who is the most difficult to tell a joke to.. one day I call him up and he asks me seriously, do you have my phone number or should I give it to you.

• Vijoy Anand Pandey.. the BC of the wing.. "cousin in arms"�:) was a nonresident alien of our wing

• Subhash Da.. Thats his name.. also, Baska on Riska.. very Riksy.. and then Dhukao it.

• Sanjeeb Panda.. the real gentle Panda..

• Joisha.. the intern :)

Here are some nuggets from our wing days (nostalgic reminiscence).

Here are some pictures: (more coming soon.. as soon as I scan them!).

Here.. all drunk after a binge at the Waldies.. someone's job treat I think.

From left, sitting.. Chandu, Nayak and Nikhil (now you know why he is called Frust Raj!).

kneeling behind them: Menon, Sudipto, Copper

standing: me, Mishra, Shubash Da, Jha

The day of the farewell.. at the legendary Harry's

From undies to neckties.. before the farewell...