"FAREWELL" 2022

College is over, and I usually don’t stick around until the end, but this time I booked tickets in well advance and the course got completed before we planned.

So a few days more I have to stay. I hate witnessing goodbyes. So many emotions overwhelming all at once. People give tight hugs to each other. Promises to be in touch. Final goodbyes to some.
The air in the surrounding is filled with love, and we can all feel a sense of unity. Strangers become friends and then family. Goodbyes are so difficult to say to this home away from my home.

You enter the college with dreams, hopes, aspirations, and expectations. and you are liking the environment very much. Of all things you have liked here, there is one thing that you liked the most, there is one person that you have loved the most.

you are so happy to see her near you every time, your heart feels true happiness every time you see her smile,
and your ears are delighted and used to hear her sweet voice.
Her hair, that damn beautiful attractive hair takes away all your attention every time they are untied.
Her charming face, and her facial expressions!!! sometimes innocent, sometimes cute, sometimes lovely, sometimes naughty, sometimes playful, sometimes lonely, but never numb!
Her eyes!!! The depth of every emotion, she carries in her heart is reflected straight in her eyes.

Your mind and soul are occupied with her thoughts. Day and night you keep admiring her. The more you get to know her, the more respect you have for her. You feel so fortunate to see her around you. In class, In sports, at parties, In birthday treats, In short trips, In every hangout.

You get so attached to her existence and ALL OF THE SUDDEN ITS GONE!!!!
COLLEGE ENDS!! STORY ENDS!!!

Realized that our bond was only with the campus and not with each other souls.
We were connected with each other because of this place, not because of the time we have spent together.
We were with each other because we had to, not because we wanted to.

How can you say goodbye, when your heart still wants to hold on?
how do you make her stay when she decided to leave?
how do you learn to live, after she is gone?

We have to say goodbye to each other because we won't see each other. Not that we cannot be in touch, we simply don’t want to be in touch.
I cannot have her, not because I don’t have a bright carrier, or because I am not good enough. Simply because my efforts were not worthy enough to make a special place in her heart.

And that is the moment when reality strikes you hard. Again!!!......... You got to know your true worth. You are such a loser !! your 7-digit salary, your good grades, and your true emotions are nothing in front of her simple choice. It breaks your heart. You feel constant pain and sadness.  

Even after being successful in all material aspects, there is still so much to learn, so much to accomplish, so much to improve, and so much to grow. So many inner qualities to achieve.

hope things didn’t work out because I was lacking some good essential qualities, not because I am physically disabled and it is uncomfortable in front of everyone, to stick around with me.
hope that feeling of alienation at every place was because I was not deserving enough and not because I am different.

This campus owes me so much, that words cannot define.
People inside the campus helped me to discover who I truly am, and who I wanted to be.
This is a place filled with vivid memories.
Every moment good and bad triggered a path to self-growth.
There are life-changing lectures delivered by friends in this very hostel room.
There are deep conversations about the meaning and purpose of life on an open rooftop at midnight under the stars.
with every moment, friendships grew stronger and stronger and some even for a lifetime.
there are so many experiences shared on road towards mess under the moonlight.
There are so many fun episodes on mess tables. There is constant support and encouragement even from strangers with a simple act of empathy and kindness.
There is parental support from teachers,  mess staff, security guards,s and even from sweepers and cleaners.  

Leaving behind this place is so difficult. It is painful to see the hostel rooms empty. Streets silent. Canteen closed. Sports complex not occupied. No murmuring sound of any discussion, laughter, joy, or gossip. This loneliness is too much to take. But it will soon be replaced with a new batch coming in, it will be a pleasure to know that history will repeat itself. And will keep going on for everyone. This thing would never end, every experience, and every memory will always be alive on this campus.

"Campus" is just a word, we students are the ones who breathe life into it and after we are gone, someone else will continue its legacy.

To move forward we have to leave something behind. Everything now will exist only in memories. And all these memories are clouded all at once when I see people giving farewell and tight hugs to each other. The tears in their eyes are enough to go through a flashback all at once.

In the end, it is not the college or place or people that you are with who defines who you are and what you will be, it is always you, your choices, and the inner potential that will tell you who you want to be.

With this, I have enough courage to leave this home only to find a permanent home.

Summing up everything in one word………..”FAREWELL”


This AKASH NINAVE signing off NITT, The pride of India.
Will always be proud to be a graduate of this college.
The end is just another beginning.
The college chapter is closed.
With new dreams, new hopes, new aspiration, new energy
The corporate chapter begins.