The results weren’t petty impressive, but Anirudh was happy with them. He ranked somewhere in 1800’s in EAMCET and somewhere in 5700’s at the national level in AIEEE. Which according to him were relatively ‘good’ ranks in comparison to the ranks of most of the friends from his circles. The old classmates in Bombay were no where near his rank in AIEEE, but had the advantage of passing their high school from a state where competition for a national level entrance examination was less than from that of the place where Anirudh passed his junior college from.
Anirudh was a bit worried about the college where he would get into and the branch he would need to opt. He planned to pursue Mechanical Engineering and then specialize in robotics and then work or DRDO or ISRO. Some people, acquaintances and family friends were kind of depressing. While, most of them felt there’s no meaning to life unless you graduate from IIT or unless you are a software engineering in USA. Any other person other than his mother or father, if tried to talk Anirudh into Software or dropping an year to prepare for IIT, he attacked them back with his look – enough you loser, this is my life and I will live it my way, even if I have to grow down the drain. If ever I would have to, I will rise from it, myself.
But, then again his standing in the state during the AIEEE counseling for seat allocations was too low to get him a seat in any of the branches of any REC. But, Praatik got into IIIT, Hyderabad and Anirudh was happy for him. Anirudh got a call from DA-IICT, and he was happy to have it. At the day of counseling at DA-IICT, there was a Aptitude test, which later turned out to be a formality. Anirudh’s dad was very much impressed by the campus and the faculty, and as any other concerned parent there, he felt this is the best for my son to be. Anirudh, felt he still had a few options open, though he had a gut feeling that he would land up at DA-IICT, very soon.
The month of August had come, and the joining date for DA-IICT was close and as the counseling for the state engineering colleges wasn’t even close by. He took up the admission at DA-IICT and landed up in Gandhinagar on the tenth day of eight month in the fourth year of the twenty first century.
And then the life started for Anirudh. New place, new college, new friends, new roommate and it was a NEW LIFE.
