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Chapter Bhubaneshwar was about to close.The best days were about to end. Separation was inevitable.An accepted one.

Actually

Guys who got Mumbai were playing cameo of Underworld 
Dons and dialogues were reaching my ears like - "Mumbai mein paisa udhta hai - sirf pakadne ka jigadh chaiye(Money flies in Mumbai - You need guts to grab it)"-As if they 
were going to join underworld instead of  IT.We were mocking on guys who got Chennai."Idli Dosa ka aadat daal lo beta".Komal was going to Bangalore.I went and 
congratulated her.She was one of the toppers in the batch and only batch toppers were sent to Bangalore.I knew my limit.Hence opting for Bangalore would have been useless 
for me.I would have never got it.I wished her good luck,collected my official documents and came out of the place.It was supposed to be the happiest day for me as my training started with a horrible experience.I was about to get expelled.But I sustained.Still somewhere in my heart someone kept on saying - "I am not liking it".
We started packing.We had only seven days to change our location.
Pack in Bhubaneshwar.Unpack in Home.Again Pack for Delhi.Scarcity of train tickets met with shortage of time.The situation was not easy as we thought.How do we manage then ?
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Sujoy,Anurag, Arin and myself spent most of the time together in 4 years of college.Arin was gem of a student. Followed by Sujoy. Anurag and myself were at par.Arin was 
the most ambitious fellow among 4 of us.Sujoy was the smartest and most dependable guy.Anurag was witty and super practical chap and I was the clown in the group.
While coming back,the college bus used to drop us near a place called science city in Kolkata. Beside the bus-stand - there was a municipality pipe of 3 feet diameter.A tamarind tree used to stand beside it.We used to sit on the pipe for hours and used to discus life-love-problem-politics-sports-puberty-film and all possible topics in our little world.A guy named Saridon used to supply Tea to us.The name was given by Arin because his tea used to cure all our headache.He was happy with his name too.He felt it to be pretty cool.Most of the time he used to stand beside us and laugh with us listening to our spoofs.From 4 of us, the count kept on increasing.It reached 20.
Sujoy was very fanciful in nature.He used to buy typical items.He grew fancy on ciggerates. Anurag was keen about his wardrobes,movies,metal bands and Rafael Nadal.Arin never had such things and he used to read a lot.I was into full phased self-taught singing.
We used to stay in different places.I used to stay in a dorm near a place called Chingrihata.Arin in Sukantanagar as a tenant.Anurag used to stay in a flat left vacant by his aunty at Laketown. Sujoy used to stay in a hostel at Tiljala VIP bazaar.VIP bazaar was a complete misnomer .It was dirty, full of Anglo-Indians and Chinese people.

Arin had a single-occupancy room.I remember 10 to 12 of us used to flock together in Arin's or Anurag's place to party.We partied everywhere.Pubic Bus,College toilet,
College canteen,College ground,Shop beside college,Dhaba in all possible places we used to party.
In our first year of college,some mosquito had bitten DK,he suffered a 4 days fever and left us to heaven.We burnt DK to ashes.Soaked his ashes with tears.A girl broke my heart.I went to Sujoy's place and cried.Arin was suffering with his ambition.We partied to get it back in track.
Bumpy and Dicky were always with us.Sujoy and myself were more close to them. They were from Kolkata.
Every year in college we used to organize a college fest and traditionally third year students used to host that.Unfortunately the best program of college are always to be hosted by the notorious guys.Good guys just come to attend the program with their family.Professors used to scold us.We had the lowest of attendance.But while maintaining peaceful atmospheres they used to call us goons to take care.

Once the principal called myself,Bumpy, Sujoy and Dicky in his room and scolded us badly.He called Arin separately and promised him a bright future if he concentrate on his studies more than mingling with us.We smiled and left. Next day he called us again and sent to a place where a fight took place between two groups of college.Again next day,he sent us to stop the gambling trend.We laughed and partied that night at Arin's place.

But Teachers used to love us.We were not studious but they knew we never skip college.Our attendance was maximum but not inside the class.We were the peacemaker.

We collected money from students,collected sponsors,we organized the fest.Fellow students blamed that we had stolen money from the fund.On the day of festival The crowd was jaw dropping.Teachers hugged us.The government employee who was in-charge of the venue told us that we had set a new record of gathering audience.We cried and boozed.
The final day of college fest notified us that our days are almost over in college.Campus interview took place.Some of us got job.Some did not.It was a whole saga of separation.
The day we were leaving college,all of us cried.Teachers cried the most.

One day after the fest we were sitting on the 3 feet diameter pipe and planned to go to a sea-beach.We dint have anything other than wallet and mobile phone.Not even charger.
We went,we laughed,we hugged each other and cried.We warned each other to be prepared for separation.
We knew the day of separations were approaching.We started visiting each other's place.
Bumpy's and Dicky's home were common for us.Incidents had happened when we went to Bumpy's home at 2AM .Bumpy's mom scolded us and prepared egg-curry and rice for 12 of us.She cried.She knew next time he can only feed or meet 2 or 3 among these 12.We spent the whole night.

The last day of college we decided to spent at the roof of college.We drank under the open sky.30 of us.We knew it was the final bell.

We went to Sam's native on an auspicious day of Jagadhatri Puja and we partied.We sat by the river and criticized each other,discussing our future plans.

One day Sujay called me and we both shared each other's story.

Finally it came to an end.The separation.College Ended.Only myself and Arin stayed in Kolkata for few more days in a place called Charu Avenue.Sujoy and Anurag used to come to our place to visit us.It was the fear of complete separation and being lonely.

However,the extravaganza was no more.

After 7 months of sitting idle got the chance to stay together while this training.That too was approaching end.This odor was known to me.A odor that I fear the most.The odor of A life without friends.
Among the whole lot of us Only Sujoy,Sam,Dip and Arup were in the training together.In this period of two months we made friendship with many new guys and again it was a call of separation.Painful it was.From 20 peoples of college life the count came down to 4 after the end of college days.From 4 it came down to 2.Only myself and Sujoy were going to Delhi after the first phase of training.

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Sujoy told - lets book a flight.
I told - Yaar its very costly.
Sujoy - if we reach early we can meet others.
I told - Lets book it now.

We never booked a flight ticket because 

• We were excited.We have never boarded a flight before.
• We wanted to meet our family badly.

The day myself and Sujoy left for Delhi there were more than 20 Guys in airport bidding bye , crying.

Something money can't buy ....