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My Fav's - Guys (in no specific order)

Kanuga
Sumit Kanuga a.k.a. Sanuga a.k.a. Kanugs

Sumit was from Hostel 3 and I was from Hostel 2. The east was east and the west was west and they were not supposed to meet at all. Yet, somehow, we clicked together.. We were organisers and co-ordinators of same events in Mood Indigo and Techfest in our first two years, and these brought us together. Ofcourse, choosing the same department and working our ASS off at will shows common interest, not to forget common food tastes in panipuri and other stuffs. We both aspired to be the Core members of the 2 coveted events of IITB, Mood I and Techfest. An unspoken agreement, as if we guessed eachother's will, made him choose Mood I and me Techfest, and we finally did it!

Kanuga, sometimes gets a bit eccentric about what he does. If he feels something is right, 10 to 1 my bet is you cant change his mind. Even with this, we havent had a quarrel worth mentioning in our 4 yrs. Maybe I am a bit eccentric too :D. After graduating from Chem in IIT Bombay, he is working presently in DCOTG

Ravi
Tomu
Ravindra "Ravi" Kumawat and Saurabh "Tomu" Gupta (also called Saetu)

My friends of 4 years, without whom Bombay would have been a dull place to be in. We three are from a group of 6 rest of whom are Sachin "Hada" Sancheti, Gautam "Baba" Gupta, Saurabh "God" Godha, Amit "Jain Saab" Jain and Ravi Prakast Tiwari (rpt). Though mostly we hanged out as a group, I named these two because I spent more time together with them.

Ravi is a casanova, kaamdev personified. He has had numerous girls falling for him, more than he can sometimes handle. How he does it .. no one knows. Ravi is from Ajmer, and since 2nd year, he has been my wingmate and if you might tell so, a room mate too. Ravi had a Fiero which used to take my burden wherever we went, and he was obsessed with his bike as yours truly is with his comp. In return, I used to shift whenever his "good friends" used to come over and needed privacy. An avid player of Computer games, discussion of Tekken first brought us close, then we made a team and killed many a foes. He has a gamer attribute of Paladin and I have that of a Necromancer, and thats why we make a perfect team.
Ravi graduated in Civil and is now working in Infosys, Banglore.


Saetu got christinend as Tomu, how?? even I forgot, most recallable story is his trysts with his guide Professor Tom which made him Tomu. Ravi and Tomu were bumchums from Kota. Tomu I can say was the most focussed person of all of us, he dreamt of pursuing a career in Finance and adjusted his 4 years in such a way that he finally got it in the end, Me ravi and Tomu spent numerous nights in my room watching movies or having cack sessions, things I've already started missing so badly. He is presently working in Kotek Mahindra Bank, Bombay and we still meet over the weekends.

I can go on and on telling about the things we did, but this is not the right place for them. Check out the History section(Coming Soon).

Techfest Family, My generation (2003)
Hmm, I know what you are thinking, Family ??? Logically, it must be a team, isnt it ?? This is where Techfest differs from all other college festivals. To explain techfest and its family culture in words would baffle even maestros like Tolkien and Shakespear. The picture you see above is my team as you may put it, the team which did Techfest 2003. Read more about the this in History section (coming soon). In the meantime, check out the family homepage here

Civil Dept, Batch of '99, IIT Bombay
The pic you see above is from the only batch treat we went to. Earlier I used to despise half of the people in my batch particularly the gults, and even to the last days, there was strong groupism, the kota gang, the Gult Gang, the Dual Community, the Biharis, the Mantri ke Santri and many more. Yet it was this groupism that enforced strong cooperation when required. And process of bring up this co-operation was a strong reason of development of our interpersonal communication skills, political skills, Khopcha culture and what not, ha ha ha... I never realised that I'll miss them so much till they went away.

Libidoz (the irresistibles), Hostel 2, 2nd wing Ground Floor, 1999
Pata hain bawaal log kaise hote hain ??, upar photo mein dikh rahe hain na waise hote hain....

There are some guys in this world who teach you a lot, even though they are not teachers, they are friends who walk a small segment of the path of your life and share some experiances. For me, that was Libidoz. We were the coolest of the cool dudes with the hottest of the hot attitudes. In 99, though being freshies, we raped the whole hostel in everything, and emerged winners. Even when we dispersed we kept doing stuff and making our presence felt. I am proud to say that each and every Libidoz member made it big sometime or the other and has a place in IITB hall of fame somewhere. After all our Motto was "Resistance is futile, give in to the urge..." (PS: For the uninitiated, Libido is "Sexual Desire")

IIT Bombay, DiPSites
It is said that birds of same feather flock todether, this is one good example of that thing only. All of us (Standing L-R : Nikku, Daadhi, Rizvi, Kammo, Sitting L-R: Pandey, Pintu and Thakkar) made it a point that we will not forget our roots. We were in the same school in Bhilai and had years to get nostalgic about in each every treat. Daadhi and Rizvi are in US now, Nikku is in Infosys, Kammo is working with ANM software and Pandey got a job in Verizone. Our frequent treats, mostly due to rizvi doing something, got us named "Bhilaiwaale" :D :D

DPS Bhilai, My batch (Class of 99)
School days are best of all. Nothing can compare to the fun n frolic one has in those days. No work, no tension. 100 mark exams with step wise marking scheme, school uniforms, school canteen, school buses, writing same code in computers year after year, and not to forget friends of 12 years !! These guys rock!! (and the gals too.. :D )