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"Tum already bahut tez chal raha hai Haddi”
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Replied jaggu as he watched Haddi ignore him and pick
up his pace. Jaggu increased the size of his steps so as
to catch up with Haddi. They soon reached the
pavement that lead to the Undergraduate office and
could see a group of students standing outside staring at
a notice board. This was the board where the list of
Fakkas was displayed. A relatively huge notice board
which was mostly empty and ignored most the year
used to become extremely important during end of
semester. This was the place where doom confronted
the best of India in black and white. The notice board
was especially crowded during the time after the exams.
However a majority of guys who came to see the board
did not go there in order to see if they had failed the
course. Most of them were people who knew they have
cleared all their courses but were there to see who has
got fakka and how many of them. It provided good
gossip material for a few days and provided a chance for
the devious to mock people who had failed. A very
disgusting practice but hey, such is life.
For three semesters Haddi, Axle, Mariyal, Untees, kaka,
Chashmish and vodka used to be a part of the very
same group of guys. They used to hang out for hours in
front of the notice board; sitting on the stairs, smoking
cigarettes and mocking any poor soul who was
unfortunate enough to drop by at that time. But
somehow the idea of being on the other side of the table
just wasn’t appealing to Haddi.
“God I am sorry for what I used to do. Please forgive
me. It was all Mariyal’s idea”
Prayed Haddi as he glanced towards the notice board
and recalled his deeds. Then suddenly out of nowhere
came a weak smile on his face. He realized that he had
run to god and was apologizing for his mistakes just to