From: rvt@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Rahul V. Tikekar)
Subject: Bangalore: A Nostalgic Perspective (Part 4)
Keywords: Bangalore, Bangalore, Bangalore,....
Reply-To: rvt@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Rahul V. Tikekar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:08:45 GMT

So once again after some nice discussion on hotels/ kaka shops/ pubs
the newsgroup has become very quiet. I did post the third part
of my Bangalore thoughts. This time it was on Diwali. However there
was no response; either nobody read it or, more likely, nobody thought
it deserved any response.

Well, I'm still inspired to write and so here goes. This time I'd
like to recollect the events during my UVCE, or more generally,
Bangalore Univ. days. More specifically I am thinking of the time
when the exams are over and the results are to be declared any
time during the next few days.

One day you suddenly learn from a friend that the results are to
be declared that evening. Now this is real scary. You begin to
calculate how you did on each exam and how much you might get on
each exam. The afternoon is going to be the judgement afternoon; even
such thoughts pass through your mind: how many subjects can I
afford to fail in and still be able to get to the next year? Now
in retrospective, these thoughts were foolish.

The next thing is to actually present yourself at the Bangalore
Univ. registrar's office. I'm talking about that stone building
behind UVCE and next to Central College. Here is where students
from all colleges have gathered and you exchange notes. You can
see people going in and out of that small door. You know your
results are in that building. The tension builds up...

Of course who can forget all those rumors. Somebody suddenly tells
you `Hey, this year's mech results are only 6%.' Or the one where
somebody has found out that `X has the highest marks in electronics.'
I always hated those guys who got their results early because they
knew the people who worked in the tabulation office (sort of reminds
me of the PUC days).

The waiting is no longer becoming easy. Every minute builds your
tension; the rumors make it difficult to sit comfortably. Finally,
during the evening, a man emerges from the building. He has a set
of white papers in one hand and a pale of gum in the other. OK
folks here they are. Hold your breath, cross your fingers, pray,
etc. The crowd follows the man as he approaches the walls on which
they stick those papers containing your numbers.

That man is also becoming angry. He has so many students behind him
that he threatens not to post those results unless we become more
civilized. Well, after all of that the results are up. You suddenly
realize that the computer science results have not been posted. You
ask him `Saar, computer science results haakilva?'. He replies
`Nanage gottila re, yen kottaru, haakidini. Bekadre walagade kaylee.'
What a bummer! After all that waiting, no computer science results.

Well, I must say, thinking of all that now does make me seem a trivial
foolish. The results were out the next day and you did really well. But
without all the excitement of yesterday, it just would not have been
worth it. Yes, it was fun.

-- Rahul