Amusing/Pleasant Observations at IITK #1

If you have gone through some of my previous posts related to IITK, you may have got the impression that I am quite attached to this place. It is true but am probably unaware to what degree. I guess when I graduate (hopefully!) and part from this place, I will come to know just how much. I think it's a common feature of human experience - we tend to value things/people with which/whom we develop a unique/special bond more when they are no longer in physical/perceived proximity. And a simple theoretical knowledge/realization of this trait probably does nothing to change it.

Okay, enough of these sentimental contemplations!

I am making this entry while sitting in our institute library 'P. K. Kelkar Library' (named after IITK's first Director). Before entering the library I observed something different (well, perhaps in the past I didn't think much of it). The cycle parking lot seemed unusually deserted - there were hardly a dozen cycles. Looking at that sparsely occupied place diffused a strange feeling within me. I felt as though I was visiting the library after many decades and it was no longer the preferred studying place for a good number of students, which made me a bit sad! My rational mind, however, soon came to rescue me from these silly delusions and I realized this was because (1) today is a Sunday (2) just this Friday the mid-term examinations of the students got over!

In fact, I now realize and notice that it's interior is also substantially (ah, and logically so) devoid of students. I guess I had earlier gotten so used to studying alone and was probably much more focused on my objective of going to the library that these things seemed so inconsequential. And perhaps, subconsciously, I even enjoyed such an environment!

Why am I mentioning all this? It may seem silly but when I made the above observation I thought it was a rare occasion I had chanced upon which made me feel the way it did. Besides, over the past few months, I have been getting the feeling that everything that I see around would no longer be there for me to see after another year or so when I graduate. And I thought of preserving these simple, amusing/pleasant experiences in a written form. 

I am not sure of what possible use or consequence these posts may turn out in the future, since I haven't done such kind of thing before. They might bring a smile on my face or hopefully on other IITK graduated readers' faces. Or they may simply remind me of my own silliness. Or I might be just indifferent to them. Or it will be something totally unexpected. I can't tell!