I am not doing any justice to my blog. I am not a frequent writer, not because I don’t have anything to tell – but because I am too lazy to jot down the feelings/incidents that take place. That classifies me as someone who cannot be a writer material – whatever – I will write when I feel like doing so – as I am doing now.
The past few days have been pretty significant – as have been the recent months. After having secured an all important admission to one of the B-schools, taking that education loan was a major decision that I took. It involves financial obligations – and I am totally against adding unnecessary hazards to my already hazardous life (we all have this affinity to hazards you know!). All said and done – in spite of my quarrels with my parents (read my father), I took the loan eventually. Sadly - I am 8 lakhs (plus interest) under – and nothing can change the figures now.
Getting the loan sanctioned and then sending it to the institute was a big headache. Unlike others, I had the advantage of "knowing" influential people to get things moving. Everything took place in a short span of 3 working days. That included my parents moving to Kolkata, me moving to Kolkata, the trip to Sambalpur – and a final formality back at Bhubaneswar. The 3 days of train travel left me black faced – that’s because of all the soot and dirt that I accumulated in my face, hairs and body. It took me an hour of dedicated bath time to feel a bit cleansed – so much so for better railway facilities!
