So what exactly is the problem? We have suitable super-sharp lads on one side, and (ok! accepted) intelligent ‘angels’ on the other. So where is this disharmony? Blame it on sex-ratios. After all its only in weird environments and habitats that you see a 100:5 sex ratio. Poor boys have to compete against their fellow comrades to win the hearts of these ‘angels’. And poor ‘angels’, it isn’t their fault that the sex ratio is so ugly looking. They have made it to the IITs. Their sisters haven’t. Step out of blame-game. We have twenty or so boys trying to woo one little lucky ‘angel’. Its like, she has the luxury of playing with the hearts of twenty valiant, handsome (by heart too!) young guns. And play she will (pampered femme). Atleast that’s how it appears to the nineteen young guns who got shot in the heart (not literally!). Don’t you dare to think that the young gun who got ‘picked’ is lucky. He, unfortunately is super-unlucky. His cumulative grade point average (CGPA) swings like the heart-beat of a 120 year old hag, just writhing to stay alive. His wallet gets dried up. Not to mention, the wallets of his neighbours in his hostel. His life gets messed up to the hilt. And What about the ‘angel’ who brought the tempest to this super-unlucky young gun’s life? Well, she has her survival kits ready (Oh gosh!). She can get super-cool notes from the sharpest dorks( no offence intended to the menfolk) and get taught the entire syllabi within hours by the other sharper dorks. She floats. He sinks.
Ok. Not all ‘angels’ can be generalised like this. After all the are also humans. And God doesn’t create mean girls with super-aptitudes just so that, they clear JEE and create havoc in the lives of super-innocent peace-loving romantic young lads of IITs. For the faint hearted who’s eyes have welled up with gallons of tears, take a break. Because you haven’t yet read the uglier parts which follow. And come back with strong hearts. Oh my! I never wanted to make my audience cry.
And the dumb-witted who think romances and tragedies are the only things that happen in IITs, wake up. These super-charishmatic young lads are at the forefronts of cutting edge research, technology, management and sports. I am just emphasising on the relavent (to the topic) component. For, the remaining super-calm like me, apologies for the digression. Where were we? Lives of innocent lads getting butchered by the ‘angels’ (again not literally). Yes. What would you do when the sweet little femme-fatale you wooed for months and won over yesterday, is spotted with another (damn lucky) guy today, right in front of you and your all-boys-merry-gang? Bells ringing to the tune of “So yesterday! So yesterday!! (music freaks could relate it to the album by Hilary Duff, with the lead positions exchanged, of course!)” strangle the litle bit of peace your mind had. Why did she have to do that? Why? Why? And this is no match for the numerous “psi’s (hindi:pehchaanne se inkaars meaning: refusing to acknowledge the presence of a colse friend in a public place)” these lads get from their ‘angel’ “friends” almost all the time. All in all, it’s only this vicious cycle of heart breaking and mending, which plagues the spectacular college lives of super-intelligent heros of IIT. And you know what, boys cry. Yes, they do, and in the loneliness of their rooms, they try in vain to forget this nightmare. And it’s a pity, some of the gallant young men take to drinking and smoking. You can’t blame them really. They drink to forget and forget the ‘pompous-disasterous-affairs’ they will. For they are brave young guns of IIT. They have realised that each of these ‘angels’ are nothing but a sweet-poison. Sometimes an elixir clicks ( not all are poisonous, after all) and once-in-a-while a happy couple unites and romances to the tune of the spring time nightingales. How sweet! Boy, they do become the talk of the town. But, where there is ‘Merry’, ‘Envy’ follows. That is, for some, this paves way for discontent, lust, lies, short-lived-affair-tries and a completely messed-up life and living (I swear, its true). So, boys (and ‘elixirs’) of IIT! Be prudent and stop expecting. ‘Cause college life is too short for miracles to happen and for the ‘pimpernels’ (its still a sobriquet for boys) who don’t expect, life is but an enthralling little drama, full of surprises and love and warmth.
What will happen to the pampered ‘angels’? To the rare part of the ‘homo sapiens’ after IIT ? Someone tell them life is not as biased as this outside their IIT. Boys will be boys. They will grow up. And that too the golden futures of super-genius, super-handsome, charishmatic young IIT boys will not get dented by these horrifying experiences of their college life. They will shine and have happy married lives. And as for the ‘meaner girls’ of IITs, well, once they will realise the harsh realities of the outside world where the sex ratio is 50:50, they will struggle to cope with competition. This is similar to the ‘frog in the well’ story. I think I needn’t explain further. And they will feel insecure. And that will affect their marriages ( don’t ask why the author is fetish with the word marriage). And its for our dear God to save these (eventually poor) souls. Amen.
(Once the author (Theja T) completely analyses the consequences of (unwarranted) claims made by this piece of text and gets feedback from his peers, he will revise it again, hopefully, for the better. )
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