Mumbai. Meri Jaan. Madrasi Mumbai Pahunch Gayi. Sigh.
When every thing you actually wished could happen, but dint seem to happen, and finaaly, when the doors seemed to shut, and hey! it actually happened like that! What a feeling. No words. Indebted to Him.(Excuse me, H is capitalized, and Him = God) Like never before. Some how zeroed in on a Master's in India. And I happily gave the GATE Exam in full pitched soaring temperature. Not knowing what I was writing. Some positive force, a culmination of my mother's prayers over the decade- pushed me and gave me the spirit and strength to write it. I was half dead with fever. I made my mind up to accept the results the way they were.
Results were ok. Happy I had managed to qualify despite the damn fever. Then googling for Universities started. Either the course was not of my choice; or the college. I sighed again. Then some random website quoted the list of Univs that people sought through GATE; and that was not a complete Database again; still I okayed myself and started going through the list. I zeroed in on 3 Colleges and 4 courses- 2 colleges no chance of getting in- I knew; I still did apply for the sheer pleasure of applying in there :-P and the third was were I am in. Again, here, 30 seats for one course; and 10 for the other; with reservation ruling the roost and me coming under outside state quota, no hopes at all. The 30 seat wala seemed probable; I applied for both though- just in case. Another entrance exam for 30 seat wala- with 500+ applicants- Gosh! God damn the population! And the result- Name in wait list. Woosh- the suspense lingers on. 10 seat wala course seats filled- huh; my dream course; so let it be in my dreams. Why does fever love me? :(
Then came the moment. 2 vacancies in 10 seat wala- 38 candidates called for counselling. Ok- let me try my luck. Opportunity has arrived at my doorstep. I come all the way- baggage et al, prepared to settle in, in case; and the classes were already on. And the moment happened- Pavitra K ( I am the southie with out the surname ;))finally got admitted. And her dream course is happening. A huge sigh of relief indeed.
As I type in, I wonder how much life has changed for the better over the past week. Hope I learn enough for life, and my Hindi gets fine tuned, too :-P
Its one blink that takes to change your world, indeed.
