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which was a pretty good indication that the office was on
that side.
“Wahan dikh raha hai office” Mariyal pointed in the
direction and started walking that way.
The four of them made their way towards the office and
joined a group of some 20 odd students who were
waiting outside Prof. Mao’s room. One of them was
kaka, another gem of their group. A great singer and an
extremely well balanced person, kaka was a romantic at
heart. His favorite movie was DDLJ and as days
progressed his ideas about love seemed to get mushier.
After a short meet and greet Kaka told them that the
professor was only allowing three students at a time
inside the room. Two guys named Ravi and sudeesh
were already in with some other guy. Haddi and Jaggu
made themselves comfortable, sat on the floor and
leaned against the wall just opposite to the office door.
A short, dark guy named Asit Das Gupta or Franky
joined them after a minute. As Haddi waited outside the
door waiting for the three students in the room to come
out, he only had one question in his mind:
“How did I get here?“
And he was instantly off on a flash back.
Haddi had taken up the course in a rush of blood after
receiving the grade sheet of the previous semester. He
had got two Dikkas and His SPI (Semester performance
index) was at an all time low of 5.6. He had sulked for a
whole week with vipul sharma nick Gdrive, Haddi’s
wingmate thereafter. Gdrive too had gotten a SPI of 5.6
and his normally red cheeks had been reduced to a deep
shade of yellow. After considerable deliberation, both of
them had decided to let the past be and get their first
Dussa in the next semester with the most difficult
course choice possible. Both had to take five courses
this semester. While all the five courses for GDrive were
already fixed, Haddi had the option of choosing the HSS