Hostel Intro

Wahidiya hostel is magnificent . I am obsessed with architectural style buildings. Large spacious rooms remain cool even in summers. Large doors with still larger latches. Ragging or intro is one of the most dreaded words for a freshy like me. Twisted questions having answers that land you in trouble at both ends.
The abstract cricket with an imaginary bat and ball made me sweat profusely. An imaginary ball was thrown by the junior and imaginary strokes were shot by the seniors. If I extended my hands to catch in the air they said its a four and ball is on the ground. If I made an attempt to field on the ground they said the ball is up in the air gone for six, where the hell are you fielding. And this continued on and on.....Mimicry, mono-acting, singing quizzes, sports and what not all you known and unknown talents are honed to perfection these nights.
Anyhow I am thankful to my seniors who instilled in me a lot of good habits which would otherwise not have been a part of me. They also made me aware of the very courteous traditions of Aligarh Muslim University. I would also like to add that the intro in AMU was not as I used to read in the newspaper,. Here I was not subjected to any physical torture, abusive or foul language. In fact it proved to be a bridge to get closer to my seniors. After this period the seniors became the best friends Needless to say that the one who "introed" the most helped the most later.