Remember the Place??

the cancellation of a couple of classes brought out sort of ambivalent feelings-relief,for the obvious reasons and frustration for haivng dragged my butt all the way to ltc when instead it could have rested in peace..stepping out of the ltc,the gigantic structure to its right caught my eye-the place oft neglected,seldom visited and hardly ever talked about..yes the library indeed..i decided to step inside,it would probably be my xth visit in a lil more than 2 years where x is a woefully small natural no...

inside the sight of miniscule no of would be engineers was,well quite expected. i mean even the redy(the evening snack hotspot) possibly attracts more junta than tht proverbial storehouse of knowledge,by no means exaggeratin here specially if u consider the vk n krisha ones..

the library is somewhat of a buzzing place only b4 the exams..a particular group of students find it attractive bcos of the ambience which assists in studying nd other stuff maybe..no,not criticizing here-i've seen this trend yield glorious results so keep up the good work fellas..

apart from tht it cuts a sorry figure reminiscent of a derelict archaeological site(though its anything but tht)

once inside,i found myself sandwiched between solid state semiconductor physics on one side and analog circuit design on the other..it was kind of disturbing to see books yearning to be read in a place that boasts of housing some 3000 of the brightest minds of the country(atleast thts wt the stats tell me)....as i got hold of a book the inside story said it all..last issued sometime last yr(though i understand the point here,the book was kinda scary with microscopic sized data packed pages after pages)..as i went to the issue desk the librarian asked me why i hadnt renewed my library card,i was pretty abashed to realise tht i was completly unaware of any such procedure even now in my 3rd yr..i quickly got the hell out of there..

well i still wonder why its so much of a neglected place-one prime reason being we are all lazy,slothful creatures who need more than a good reason to move our butts...specially after the advent of u know whats.. i mean some would argue saying the innernet(american style) more than satisfies our quest for knowledge but i dont remember the last tym i used it for a constructive purpose whatsoever.. ( that is if u dnt consider checking live scores of matches or crappy blogging as constructive)

another important reason is the social stigma (u heard me right) associated with visiting the library.the fear of being branded a nerd or many of its superlatives thwarts many people from doing so..if the typical kewl dood(read:cool dude) bitsian is found inside its boundaries the news spreads like wildfire..next thing u know ppl r knockin at ur doors nd sendin sms's to check if all's well with u...

usually i refrain from giving any sort of advice(my family doctor has told me 2) but my suggestion is do check out the place once a while..its nt tht bad after all..

P.S-there's another place tht is unanimously abandoned by us bitsians..the museum,my frnds..which by the way reminds me i'm still due my debut visit...