What are we going to do for 4 days? Abhinav was very much bored about the time he was having in Ranchi.
'We will roam this city by foot, every lane every road, we will trace it down the entry and all the exits', Gautam was particularly cheerful as he was not bored of this independence.
Walking on the roads of Ranchi both felt a relaxing breeze which made them refreshed and they increased there pace to their destination.
"PARTNER" you saw its trailer?, Gautam to Abhinav.
'NO' I am not so much interested in Bollywood movies these days.
Oh! its hilarious we are gonna have fun today watching this movie, GOVINDA & SALMAN KHAN are exceptional in this ,reviews says that. Gautam was already invested in the movie but Abhinav had his doubts.
'Here we Are' "Sujata Theater", it's the oldest single screen cinema hall of Ranchi, Gautam became history buff and explained how epic it was to watch a movie on a bench in the general class sitting arrangement.
"i am having serious cramps in my stomach ,what a ridiculously hilarious movie it was , Govinda Sir is the super comedy star ,whenever it seemed movie was going slow, the moment it became slow it erupts as the stomach shaking laughing scenes and dialogues. What a great time I had, Abhinav was satisfied and a fan now. Gautam smirked and agreed to him.
Lets eat and go to the flat, Gautam was tired of laughing and walking.
You know there is an Allen institute in the commercial tower on the circular road lets wander the complex and then we will go to the flat to rest, what do you say? Abhinav was recharged and he didn't wanted the day to end like that.
'Fine, Let's Go', Gautam had nothing better to do so he went.
What's this commotion is about?
Reaching the complex both saw a huge crowd at the ground floor and similar crowd at the seventh floor of the building.
"what is happening", Gautam asked a bystander," few students and locals are having disputes about something ,nothing is clear.
'this is daily routine from where we live', both Biharis thought and felt proud that a fight or dispute was not a big deal for them.
They ignored them and started wandering in the shops.
Only a minute or five would have been passed , people started running and screaming ,
'what's happening now?'
As Gautam was buying few essentials, sudden sound of cracker sound erupted in the enormous vacant space of C shaped complex building, Abhinav lurked to see what was going on.
There were 10 t0 15 young men holding automatic rifles in the ground floor , 10 to 12 young men on the seventh floor with the weapons in there hands started firing at each other.
40 rounds of automatic weapons non stop fired for 20 minutes or so. It was like Hollywood stand off fights between mercenaries. And in a click there was complete silence and smoke all over.
Abhinav & Gautam were too shocked to understand the situation, they lurked from the shop they were hiding to see if route to outside was clear, there was no one at the both shooting sites now, it was like a play was happening and the curtains are down now.
Surprisingly there were not a single fatality , but there was property damage .people were now at normal behavior.
As per the guard an 65, 70 years old he was unaffected by this whole scenario was having sip of tea outside the complex, curiously we went to him and asked why didn't you reacted to this?,
"roj ka hai inka" (its like daily routine),we cant do anything to them nor police tries to.
Whole time for 4 days both were recalling the moments of the shoot-out, not scared but perplexed to what to think about it.
"Bihar hi tha pehle ye bhi"(it was the same state as Bihar), thinking the answer was only this, 'we all are same.'
They left Ranchi there destination was Patna now. They started coaching there for math's, physics and chemistry of engineering entrance level.
Both Abhinav & Gautam were good students , not exceptional ,but good at what they do and study. Abhinav was proud to call himself the "BEST AVERAGER".
IN A MONTH, WHOLE TUTION SYSTEM WAS MAKING BOTH PARANOID AND SUPER INTENSE.
3500?
3500 students in a batch?
Speakers to cover the last rows of students of a hall big enough to play Olympics inside.
Are we livestock?how can we even study or prepare if we cant hear what professors has to say?
Abhinav thought.
I was a good student till my higher secondary.
Now it feels like I am the dumbest of the students here.
The pressure was real for students who opted to prep for different exams through this ocean of teaching business.
The hub had more than 2000 centres to teach every centre had 2000 minimum students per batch.
New students come to these places and get lost in the crowd ,they loose there originality.gets beaten by sticks and belts to manage crowd entering and exiting centres.
Incidents were very normal there as young souls were very proud of there images, gangs groups ,mischiefs, geniuses. Every strain of society were there making there legacies to be seen and heard. In the ocean of super powerful ,intelligence, the two the averagers found there calling.
We can do it on our own cant we?
Gautam asked Abhinav . its been a year and we have studied ourselves till now , we just threw money over these institutes and gained nothing from them,.they realized that its all a scam, a system created to manage the crowd over education system.
"sab engineer ban jaoge to juta kaun siloge"
(if everybody will become engineer then who will sew shoes),
this was a quote of a professor over asking a doubt question in the crowd of 3000+ students.
The times of watching movies, listening songs, wandering, complaining and all other distractions was over it was exam time.
They submerged themselves in there exams and forgot every slap of system of education and there contractors.
After a month or two,they both went there home bags packed.
It was end of the exams,results were in a month.
"How do you think all the exam went?" , Abhinav & Gautam was at FACEBOOK talking to each other updating about how life went in these days.
'I slept for 3 hours in the exam completed mine in first 1/2 hour in both the shifts',Abhinav explained.
It was same for me,both laughed at each others reckless stupidity.
It was 2010 new era new world, Results were out being an average they got average ranks,they forgot there old life, now they focused on pacing themselves with the speed of time and technology.
Despite all the planning of the trio Abhinav, Gautam & Rakesh to get admission in the same college whatever it may, they couldn't keep there strings attached.
Gautam went to pune, Rakesh was in Haryana. Abhinav was still to get admissions. He came from middle class family,the admission fee for a renown college was 80000 rupees, Abhinav father had given him 40000 rupees , he was very confused as counselling went good and he got a college in chennai, the next option was same college in uttar pradesh. He needed more money as college was flexible to the fees.
Decision was yet to be made.
"hey ! how are you"? Sheila through facebook.
'good ,how about you hows college going'?
Ahh! So and so, Sheila was not so keen to discuss her college experience.
Sheila was Abhinav's sisters friend who took admission in some engineering college in meeruth a year before.
Come to my college you can get admission here depositing the money you got ,after that you can apply for scholarships, listening to Abhinav's problems Sheila suggested.
Is it a good college?
don't know about good but Averagers like us fit better.
Shilas explanations were too the point and very well saturated for Abhinavs issues.
"I am coming there"