Sunday 21 February 2016

The fantastico college life

Many of my friends complain that they miss their childhood, and that school days were the best days of their life. But honestly, college life is fantastico too!

I think college days are the best days of my life. This time is simply fantastico! There's freedom like none other, and in a place as diverse as this, you get to meet so many people with so many different stories. You get to know so many new things, and expand your field of vision wider than you ever imagined! You come to really know the world, and to live in it for real - not like you had been doing up till before in the little confined space that you used to call your life. You get a chance to peek out of your cave, look around, and choose where you want to go. It's scary, but it's where you're finally in control of your own life, and that's an amazing choice to have to make.

Once you're in a college or a university, your parents began to loosen up and give you space, to turn into the adult that you suddenly realise you're supposed to be. Of course, this is freedom that comes with responsibility; you begin to manage so many things that were being done for you, behind your back, without so much as a complaint or call for recognition. But you come to know that growing up is worth it! The freedom is amazing. The list of things you're allowed to do expands exponentially, and life is fantastico when you take full advantage of that!

I'm in a medical college, and that's rumoured to be the course that gives you the least freedom to pursue your other interests – and probably rightly so. Yet, I've found enough space to do everything I've wanted! I've learnt a bit of badminton and a bit of table tennis, and I've been to all the places in the city that I never thought were worth visiting before. The best part is having people to share this freedom with; people that are endlessly interesting, whom you're always welcome with. We've learnt so much together; teamwork when we've had to plan Fresher's day for our juniors, and for the college week-long festival - the peak time for batch fights when all sorts of enmity is developed. But all that hatred is dissolved when exams are nearing; we all huddle together, trying to protect each other under the dark cloud named “exams” which tides over us. It's rather fantastico to see everyone trying to help each other, studying together and explaining what the other doesn't know. We try to take the best from everyone without letting our egos get in the way during those dark times.

All in all, college life is wholesome, and no one can deny that these are the most fantastico days of our lives. This freedom is something we'll never get back again, and it's imperative for us to make the best of it!


This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

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