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A new college, professional atmosphere and an entirely new environment gives a warm sense of greeting a fresher. Leaving behind the hangovers of inter-college and the happiness of having secured a seat in an engineering college gives one a real high. Each and every student looks forward eagerly, with a dash of nervous anticipation for the very first day at college.

After a very long vacation and lazy mornings stretched to good afternoons, one is forced to wake up to the ‘rooster’s call’!.The excitement of the first day to college and the enthusiasm to look their very best, just to create the ‘first impression’, keeps them on their toes. And look! There they are at their bus stop, in tow with dad and mum to see them off, not liking this part one bit, every student feels all suddenly grown up.

Students of bus no.23. Credit: Krystal Clear

Don’t worry guys, there were others to give company too. Amidst the hustle and bustle, the ‘not to be missed’ yellow bus arrived and all the CVR students jostled each other to enter the bus! What an experience!.

Well, getting into the bus and looking into strange prying eyes, the freshers slowly let their bags down and comfortably seated themselves. In anticipation of  the much expected ragging, the freshers heaved a sigh of relief upon reaching college. ‘Destination arrived smoothly without any ragging’, thought everybody. Phew!!!

On the 2nd day, a mild version of ragging had started… Rather an interactive session one could say. A round of intros followed by a sudden outburst of nursery rhymes, singing , enacting etc. Talents unleashed, which eventually led to antakshari and dumbcharades in the following months…!! “Writing assignments for the seniors was a real pain”, felt Monika, a 3rd year IT student. She further adds, “But, that was just during the initial days”.

Buses at cvr. Credit:Krystal clear

Whenever the seniors in a particular bus start feeling comfortable with their juniors, the instant thought which gets invoked in everybody’s mind is the BUS PARTY. A welcome party to the freshers of CVR was the beginning of a long friendship among all seniors and juniors which still continues.

Each and every 2nd year student felt the need to make their junior feel ‘most welcome’, just the way their own seniors had. Individual resources pooled in. The venue was decided after much thought and deliberation.

It was a totally different and pleasant sight at the restaurant. Seniors mingling with the juniors like long lost friends unlike in college where they were bossy and throwing their weight around.

A round of welcome drinks and yummy starters like corn kernels, chicken drumsticks and spring rolls etc, set the stage for the freshers`bus party. To lighten up the atmosphere, the seniors came up with innovative ideas of playing ’spin the bottle’. Other light hearted fun events like mimicry was evidently a part of this. Of course, the lecturers being the common targets!!! Everybody had a gala time eventually!

At the buffet. Credit:Krystal Clear

The entire gang was in high spirits. To add zeal and zest to that moment, the seniors egged the juniors on to tap their their feet to the soft ‘Sound of music’.

The familiar aroma of biryani tickled the nostrils enough to drag them to the buffet section. The tempting main course of delicious noodles, steaming hot naans and chicken and paneer etc was irresistable. Everybody made a bee line to the colorful spread of mouth watering pastries and lip smacking ice-creams. One scoop of vanilla, sprinkle of praline nuts a neat chunk of cake a squeeze of chocolate made the fudge look so tempting that Sheetal couldn’t stop herself from taking a second helping.

Srujana, an ECE student of CVR recalls and says, “It was indeed great that our seniors gave us a memorable party like this. This had paved the way in creating a very good rapport between the seniors and the juniors rather informally. “Bhargavi, an EIE student of CVR, reminiscences happily, “That comfort level is shared even today”.

A beautiful beginning for a long journey of 4 years thus began….