Life in a Metro .... Chapter 2

Chapter 2...

Pune, the oxford of the east! from a highly restrictive and conservative South Indian city to a wham baam! thank you ma'am! fast paced, young, vivid, colourful and vibrant Pune!! oh! yeah! it was a wake up call! A student who spent a mere 50K in 4 years including mess fees while in Coimbatore, my dad was in for a shock when i first called him in 5 months after wiping clean the bank account which had 75k at the start and when all my mess and books were paid for! he got a shock of his life .. a very little clue did he have that his son is spoiled and has changed himself to a spendthrift who had no value for money! i had taken a plunge a downward spiral! good thing was i had company! Life in Pune was fun! too much fun in fact! Road trips to Mahabaleswar, Matheran, Lonavla, Mumbai and what not! Life was spent on the bike and yes had a beautiful company to make it a really nice experience. 2 years went by with a memorable t20 World cup final in the auditorium and with out doubt the loudest man in that audi! many a cricket matches with seniors and splendid bowling spells and some really bad days on the field. Many management games and presentations! Winning the Deloitte competition working with extended hours outside the hostel, only to spent time with a girl when all work could have been done in the boys hostel but no.. take special permission and sit under girls hostel and while away time. Being part of the Placement Assistance Team making a lot of batch mates really jealous of that fact, bunking classes on the pretext of placement, eating 1 full Medium Sized Cheese Burst pizza + a portion of garlic bread on my own with my best bud for company! Placement parties and placement fights life was really adventurous and coming to class for presentations only and when you know no head and tail of what you were speaking! still putting up a confident face! life was different back then! Having the famous Cad B was more important than staying fit, playing badminton had altogether a different intention especially when the court was right in the middle of girls hostel! Priorities were different and choices were different! May be not as eventful but yeah full of life.
In Pune i was exposed to a wide variety of people north south east and west, though i did get a glimpse of this back in Coimbatore as well this was different, this was more crude, more raw and yes put to practice the long lost handwriting and behavioral analysis and to my surprise i was good at it and did increase my popularity. I did see the worst of fights, worst of politics and worst of exploitation! oh yes i did see the best of people as well and have till date my best friends thanks to this era of my life! Talking about era brings me to PINK FLOYD! Def Leppard! Queen! & GNR (though heard a before but never before was fully into it) in other words classic rock struck me! Nights spent sitting on the balcony with Pink Floyd playing in the back ground looking at the beautiful Pune Night sky, no targets no reports and no stress but just plain classic music and me! life was blissfully beautiful.
Another exposure was the time of multiplexes and free pricing of movie tickets. From fixed balcony rates and a mere Rs 50 / ticket at the most premium cinema halls back home to Rs. 225 / ticket for the worst movie ever (Om Shanti Om) and that too for second row from screen @ E-Square symbi's own backyard cineplex.
So from a action filled life losely tied around spending my dad's money, to paying that same money for stupid ass movies and countless dining outside the mess and those milion countless CAD-B's! it was time to move on the commercial capital of India.. Mumbai here i come..

to be continued...