39. The Touted Top Girl


Life is back to normal after such a stormy weekend. I have done really well in the 1st two assessment tests. Though it’s the best two out of three, I am in no mood or idea of compromising on the 3rd. I can’t afford to let down loved ones again.

For 4 papers our 3rd asses is replaced by mini-projects. Not all projects are interesting. We had to do them in teams if teams are of 3 obviously it would be myself, Anu and Sangi. But in 2’s though it’s a controversial option I still preferred it.

In internet programming myself and Shantanu are a team and we can now legally or logically can spend more time with the project as an excuse. His negligence on the fight plan caused bitterness in me but that can’t be a reason for me to hate him completely.

Whenever I asked him about the vengeance he either asked for more time or tried to keep me cool or used to change the context. I am not so convinced. Whenever this issue pops up I fume with bitterness and he is not dumb to be ignorant of that. Yet he still ignored it.

Shantanu was not as bad in programming. In fact he is better than me in application oriented programming. When I spend time in learning the theory behind the algorithms and implement them he casually coded applets and swings and made a lucrative work.

Our projects kept us busy throughout the last month of the 4th sem. Anu’s breakup is obvious and most of us know of that now though the solution she chose for it is known only to the 2 of us. Many pitied Anu, and Kiran’s image grew as a villain.

Meanwhile college election matters are also been part of Shantanu’s concern. He is into almost everything else in college except studies, me being the exact opposite.

One fine day we after a few mins of project discussion are walking around the campus as usual. He said, “I am feeling so embarrassed”

“oh why?”

“Yesterday I saw Ranjana akka on the way to her hostel, she was carrying her baggage and literally struggling to carry them.”

“Hmmm so..”

“I should have helped her but I was rather excited on seeing her and was speaking about the college symposium this year and my plans for the next year’s one..”

“And you forgot to help her out”

“Yes, what an idiot I am, I noticed it only when we almost reached your hostel and only then I offered help lamely”

“Ok man relax there is nothing worth worrying about it”

By this time we almost reached our hostel and I don’t want to fall in sight of our warden ma’am, as she doesn’t think it’s a good idea for a girl to hang around with a guy. He gave me my laptop which he was carrying for me all this time. His chivalry is one thing that I felt very sweet about him.

He still enthusiastically continued, “Hey you should have known her, she is such a personality, man she is one of the important reasons, one of the very few key people who keep all these stuff running, or the college will only get rotten in all those crappy books”

“Oh great, salute her service and keep looking whether she needs any help, bye” and I walked away. I am not very sure whether his unacceptable opinion on books or his zeal to woo another girl annoyed me, but I am clearly annoyed.

When I entered the hostel he was standing still in the place I left him. I am not out of that bad mood yet. I didn’t care and I walked into my room throwing my laptop on the bed.

Over lunch the next day I heard some girl in a nearby table talk about this girl Ranjana with the same enthusiasm like Shantanu. I got a bit curious and asked Sindhu, “hey who is this Ranjana”

Keeping the rice in her hand mid way in air, “hey she is a senior the top girl in the college’s symposium committee, considered one of the key persons in any such activity inside college. Ask Divya, Ranjana is her dept senior and she must know more about her”

“Ha enough, enough, I had more than enough info about her, fine so everyone is trying to woo her so that they could get a prestigious place in the committee next year”

“Oh why are you so skeptical about her, she must have been a nice person, I have talked to her once she is sweet, not everyone would want to be in the committee and why would they speak good about her in her absence to woo her”, man she is also doped by her.

This ruminated in me throughout the afternoon classes. I walked to Shantanu after the classes as usual. He definitely is angry he loves me and values me but never compromises on something he feels right and unworthy of compromise.

He avoided my eyes. I said, “Hey I am sorry”, he didn’t look convinced.

I added, “it’s the way you addressed books was what annoyed me”, I tried to make up an excuse to that unruly behavior, “anyway…hmmm k man cool, enough I said sorry”

He nodded silently yet the usual smile is missing, “Ok, see you by 5 in this room, hope we will finish the project in a couple of days, cya”, and he walked away.

Things must be ok, my mind told me, yet his inimical face kept coming back for every wink. I took a short nap and started getting ready by 4.30 to meet him by 5.

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Reems. said...

Ah! Finally done with the blog. :P

Interesting. very.

Make your posts lengthier. Write more. Don't leave a single incident,if you really are on a narrating spree.

If i am being very critical about it,i'd only say..keep your spellings in check. Bad grammar kinda hurts the eyes while following such a nice story.

And girl, \m/

Regards,
Reems.

Elvia said...

@Reems

First of all Thank U for reading :)

Spellings, hmmm ya I suck mostly typos, but I use spell check, so I think I am avoiding all such errors.

Grammars :p I should work on it, if u are kind enough pls do point out a few common errors of mine, I ll be really grateful.

P.S.: At times I use colloquial stuff in conversations hope u r not speaking abt them.

Ashish Gourav said...

haahhh...read the whole blog in 2 hours a stretch am going to be offline for few months...so wanted to read it today...honestly speaking I give you 7.78/10 for this... best thing is blog's template and flow of the story but navigation is a bit difficult and no. of posts are way too many....anyways liked it a lot do read my blog "The 3 Nerds"-another story blog

adieu

Elvia said...

@Ashish

Hmmm.. I don't know how good it 7.78.

Anyway thanks that u read it in a single piece.

Will try ur blog soon :D

suraj said...

i got through this blog it was nice hope u post next one soon

IsLander said...

and the 'touted top girl' was one of the first few ppl you added in your friends list on facebook :)

KLN said...

Speaking of typos.. You mentioned 'Ranjana' as 'Ranajana' in the second instance you mentioned that name.. And not only people who wanted to be in the committee had such high regard for her.. Even people who were remotely connected to these committees have a very high regard and respect for her (and will continue having the same regard for her) :)

Elvia said...

@Surajlal

Sure will do it ASAP :p

@aks

I ll not acquiesce that openly, may be she ll sue me for rights :D

@KLN

Thanks for pointing out, I corrected the typo. Did u mean anything else? I didn get u...

Nathan said...

There the female in you have come out.

You flow and the way you explain events interestingly is increasing considerably.

Keep writing more so that you become perfect before you get accumulated on more topics.

Vicky said...

congrats elvia... gud job.. keep writing.. ur remindin me CHETAN bhagat... :D first i was'n interested abt dis blog at al.. later wen i started readin dis blog i found myself engrossed n dis kinda thing... hhmm.. to b frank i ll giv u 'S' grade..

Elvia said...

@Nathan

lolz ya..

And ya i m convalescing on my lingual illness with the help of doctors like u, thanks :p

@Vicky

Pls don insult Chetan Bahgat, I really love that guy.

Oops sorry Shantanu :p

 
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