Another Mortal Life

This month has been an altogether new tryst with the campus. Apart from its dog(s) having got quite affectionate, and its bike(s) flipping me from one to another, and yeah, its lift(s) holding me in passionately when the majors were about to start etc etc...; it also has a certain T&P section I never had to deal with before this sem.

They lost/misplaced my Practical Training certificate again (Earlier, they had lost the one that reached them in July/Aug). Hail their generosity! Also, our department took good care of us too:

"The following three students will have to repeat their Prac T in summer 2008: 1... 2... 3.."

You said I crib too much. This is a small thing, right? and I can get it rectified soon. But why do I have to see that notice prominently displayed in the department for no fault of mine? Why does the onus of getting these shit of certificates be received at the insti lies with me?.. (when you want the companies to directly mail it to the insti)

And why does it happen twice? I mean, everybody is pardoned one mistake, except maybe the Khan of Chak De, but twice? If students can be told to repeat their training in summer 2008, why can't the T&P staff be penalised with a certain percentage of their salaries of summer 2007 for their utter negligence? Don't I talk fair enough?

And now when we've somehow managed to find the certificates (already approved by the head of T&P) in the bin that is T&P's office, we are not allowed to take them (or their photocopy) to the departmental authorities personally. It's three days now, and my dear department still hasn't received any communication from T&P:

"We will display colloquium grades on 10th. Let's see if we receive them by then.. :).. "

So it's we the students who have got to ensure a certain parcel reaches from a certain place in the insti to a certain other place in the insti, but without having any access to it! Even postmen would laugh at us.


PS: I think I can be a good masala-journalist, gossip columnist or like!