The most wonderful thing about our five years at college was the all India tour. i am ever grateful to our college for this. I knew about this since I was a kid. My dad used to be one of the profs to always volunteer for AIT. I loved every minute of it.Rajiv's assasination threw a damper on it.Please every single one of you share a memory about your AIT experience. I will add one in the next posting.The biggest thing in All India tour is that it tests your friendship to the max and to come out of it with your friends intact is a big achievement. We did it successfully.
GFK
Even though Rajiv's assasination did throw a damper and we were unable to visit Orissa, I think the time spent in the railway yard for 3 days with the locals cooking uppuma and poori for us is the most memorable thing for me. To think that the locals would do that to feen 70 hungry mouths. Adversity always brings out the best as penned by GFK in her poems. Perhaps it brought us all a bit closer too.
பதிலளிநீக்குA couple of things that I remember from All India tour was - one of our classmates, won't mention names was hanging out of the compartment in birthday suit. Many of us were bored out of our minds so we decided to go to the door and enjoy the scenery. Until baagavadhar came to us and said "don't look out" Well we didn't but learnt later that some of our inebriated friends decided to hang out of the door - literally!!
And of course another wonderful memory that I had was our Nayooran doing the thee dance. I guess it is a specialty of nayoor. Of course the people did the dance with lighted flames. I think our beloved Nayooran was using torchlights and he was dancing away. This performance was not at a station but at one of those many many red signals in the middle of nowhere that most trains have to deal with. The engine driver was also quite amused and enjoyed the performance. Oh the things we did to pass our time during those long long hrs of travel for 31 days!
For me ,AIT is second to DLF. I have lot pictures including surprise one of GFK.Will post in due course ,chronologically.
பதிலளிநீக்குBHAI.
Bhai kandippaa yella padamum podavum...allindiatour paththi niraiya ezhuthalaam....
பதிலளிநீக்குkaraiyan
senthil must write more about all india tour and CD batch's time in DLF Hosur. The person who was travelling most of the time with his birth day dress due to the sweltering heat, made our journey more colourful.
பதிலளிநீக்குkaraiyan.
Sure,Karayan .I have about 50+ pictures.
பதிலளிநீக்குBHAI.Aanaa,needhaan,niraya comment eludhanum.
BHAI.
Bring it on!!
பதிலளிநீக்குOne thing I forgot to add - I am pretty sure our good friend lydi was not as fortunate as us and did have a darshan of our classmate with their birthday suit!!
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