“Dei Kandy, my physics viva examiner asked only one question daa!!!” I shouted loudly and running towards Kandy who already boarded and comfortably sitting in the bus about to leave the BIST campus.
“What, Only one question? Are you joking?” Kandy replied me and told Harry, “Dei Harry, Gary is in deep trouble, it may be a simple question, and our junk Gary would have puked some stupid answer to leave the examiner clueless what to ask more”.
“Illa machi, It’s true” I replied, by now I am hanging near the bus foot steps holding the iron rod to support. “Dei Gary, Careful… You may fall down” Harry yelled at me. “Dei Harry, you too inside the bus?? I am falling down but it’s worth a risk to catch the BG by 4.05PM.” I replied back to everyone's surprise.
“We are all boarded the bus long back, Machi” Premy’s voice emerged somewhere deep inside the crowd. I turned to find where he is? I could only see huge mass of flesh affectionately called the Great Gujili obstructing the foot steps. “Dei Gujili, Ulla poda” I yelled at him. Gujili realized few lives are at his stakes and squeezed himself inside the crowd to provide room for 3 more guys.
Now, I am quite comfortably away from all dangers to hear the voice of Andy. “Dei Naai, I had a doubt whether you want to catch BG or Yeman’s eruma maadu”.
It wasn’t me alone rushing; the gang of 6 guys’ only aim at that moment was to catch the recently introduced broad gauge train service between Tambaram and Chennai Beach station. There is a strong reason for that… It was massive compared to the meter gauge train, it can travel twice the speed of its counter part, general public disturbance won’t be there, the train itself won’t make much noise and on top of it… it will save us from the sophomores waiting to rag us.
Personally, I felt it may be the 8th wonder, I still remember how much excited I was while travelling in that train. Even my first flight journey did not give me a joy of that intensity. Being fresh engineering students, we learnt as much technical information about the mechanism of broad gauge train. This train service doesn’t even had a platform at my area to stop but I preferred to go to the next available stop and come back travelling a meter gauge train. This train was the only inspiration for me to select electrical engineering major.
“Dei Kandy, Its Mambalam daa… I have to get down” I told out of agony, got down from the train and started walking slowly. Kandy asked “Dei Gary, what is that viva question?” I turned towards them cheerfully and replied “What is the input voltage for broad gauge trains in India?”
I could hear all my buddies laughing and yelling “Sappa Question daa”. “Examiner would have shocked and question less (clueless), hearing Gary’s rapid reply”
