The Left,The Right, The Centre and The Back !!!!! Funny :o)

Its amazing to re-look into the past to understand dynamics of groupism in class. I remember barely within a few days of the start of the college “birds of the same feather flocked together”.

After rounds of intense refining and filtering, the great divide which was apparent became evident. The class was now either The Left or the Right or The centre. Wow!! This started to get interesting. Seats were reserved without any intimation. Specific places were meant for specific people or at least specific groups on a broader scale. If I ever dared to sit on “The Left” side of the class, I was to be prepared to confront the what-the-f***-is he-doing here stares and often giggles at my odd disposition. We were a stronger divide than India-Pak or Israel-Palestine. Similarly if someone from The Left were to try experiencing how it felt to be on “the other side of the world” (I have heard rumours that we were addressed this way!!! Funny!!) they had to go through the gruelling scrutiny .

Even more interesting were the sub divisions under these three categories.I don’t even know if even phone numbers were exchanged in between two groups. When I first came to class , I thought I would make friends with everyone but I was as much a victim of this divide as I was a part of it. We all contributed to it and we all suffered from it.

This was a rule now. Lunch box too would never dare trespass the borders !!

The centre was always an amiable lot. Wonderful people (not to say that the others were not) made it their territory. I remember fond interactions with Jayshree, Rajatha ,Sarika, Sitara, Deepa, Bhoomika and most of the rest. And ofcourse there was the “Back” gang with Bhavya,maddy,madri,prajwal,dark lord and everyone else.

Doesn’t it seem funny now how funny we used to be?

But The Friday (I love to call the last day in a rather filmy way) defied all conventions and broke all rules. I recollect with great joy clicking pictures hands-on-shoulder with Maheshwari , Jyothi, Shraddha nad many others. Believe me it felt wonderful.

Probably for the first time in 3 years I shook hands with Srishti,Eishita,Ankita,Minal,Neha and many more. I felt ecstatic !! I still regret – how-i-wish things had been this way from Day1. What if we never bothered to draw lines and separate ourselves into stupid groups. What if we all felt the same way as we did on The Friday right from the first day. How would have been the life in college if ,when entering the class, we had the freedom of choosing which corner of the class to sit in!!

But leave aside regrets. Aim sure all of us are extremely happy that things ended on rather beautiful and sweet note which was not expected. Hugs went all around the class and photographs saw a healthy fusion of The Left , The Right,The Centre and The Back!!!!

This post is to recollect any memories of incidents/events/people/teachers who made this divide evident. The intention is to understand where it all started. How did you go on to belong to where you did in the class. Any funny rumours regarding class polarization politics or any other thing which you feel worth sharing.

Please note that your comment must never offend anyone. As I always say . It must all be in Good Humour .

PS : All of you who thought I never knew names of most of the people. Look here how many of them I know. I love them all .We all love eachother !!! :o)