‘AHAA and OHOO Things about an IITian’

‘Daya’, ‘Max’, ‘Fakka’, ‘Farra’, ’Fart’, ‘Infi’, ’ Godgiri’, ‘Lukkhagiri’, ‘Janta’,

‘Magai’, ‘Dayamax’, ‘MA’, ‘Matke’, ‘Batke’…. What do you think these are? Its
something related to IIT for sure, not swear words, but can you guess what exactly
these are? Yes, they are the words used in IIT campus lingo. After a JEE rank, the life
takes a sharp turn with new campus rules made by their ‘Bap Dada’ (seniors), new
campus lingo language, new lifestyle having permission to attend classes in ‘hawaii
slippers’ and ‘pyjamas’. They need not dress up like cockerel to get noticed by
chicks, smartness is worn on their sleeves and intelligence is an assumption, when
it comes to IITians. I can say that because I know such unlucky people whose
girlfriends get married to IITians.
Another exciting thing to talk about is the hostel life or the campus life of
IITians. The way they celebrate their birthdays and the way they celebrate the
success of their festivals. The last day of their fest is a doomsday for all managers
and sophomores i.e. the 3rd year and 2nd year people. They are beaten up like
clothes at ‘Dhobi Ghats’ by ‘Janta’. And same goes with the one whose birthday is
being celebrated. He is half dead by the time he cuts the cake, because then he
owns all the day-in and day-out frustration of janta.
IITians have a solution to all their problems. They use the famous technique
for doing all their work i.e. the ‘Jugaad’ technology. Well that’s not all. We outside
people are fascinated by their huge campus. They have such a beautiful and big
campus. A lake side view. But won’t you like to know what actually the IITians think
about their campus. These are some words written by some ex-IIT students:
‘Campus banane walle kya tere mann me samaai,
Tune har cheej dhur kyun banai,
Boys hostel har kone me gals hostel beech me kyun bhai,
Aakhir ladkon se kaisi ruswai…’
One thing you will know about IIT grads is that they are particularly proud of
the fact that they managed to spend 4 of the best years of their lives cooped up
with other students with an equal lack of understanding about what is really
important in life. I mean, do you really want to spend your most youthful, virile
years trapped with a group of nerds who get really excited about calculus?
Another thing I've noticed about these IIT grads is that they seem to think
they have a particular understanding of the sciences that other graduates are not
privy to. So they will choose to ignore you in scientific conversations, as if you are
incapable of completely grasping the problem. They seem to think that some
different laws of physics apply to IIT grads.
Well all this above things are not true for all IIT grads; there are even some
normal people in that huge campus.