COOL...

When you come to IIT you expect to meet a lot of cool people..And you do meet cool people..Not only that you also begin to realize that ‘cool’ is ambiguous,highly ambiguous actually..Because there are a lot of ‘cool’ people whose personalities seem to be at odds with each other..So which of them is the dude..Which,if any qualifies for that highly coveted title of cool.Answer:both do..they’re cool and they’re different…

So here goes nothing…..

Ladies and Gentlemen….I present to you the 9 major types of cool(ness ??)

(A)The ACADEMIC: This is the IITIAN that the profs dream of…Brilliant Organized Relaxed and Fun too...This guy actually loves the World of Science, Studies it and gets an AP…..not to mention plays a mean round of his favorite computer game.Yep, parents love him, friends admire him and wingmates are tutored by him… One helluva chap…..

(B)The G(C)OO(L)D BOY (Chicks lov’em): This is the IITian that should’ve been..The IITian that IITians would love to be….Smart Organised Talented at Music Drama or Art (or maybe all three)Yep he lazes around,yep he plays the drums…but according to a schedule…..Everything has a time slot in his timetable and that timetable is strictly followed. May not really love the subject..But hey rules is rules na ?? Everything is done seriously, with an intention of excelling at it..Good grades…President of the Drama Club and sportsperson par excellence…

(C)The GENIUS: This is the guy who is Brilliant Relaxed and has an IQ surpassing that of Einstein…Lazes around indefinitely, Does his extra curriculars and reads and plays besides….Not only that, he also manages to get decent grades despite some screw ups..The Academic and the Good boy are slightly in awe of him…..and the rest worship him as GOD himself….

(D)The DRUNK: This is another guy highly respected by his peers and unknown to his profs…The guy who drinks smokes does drugs and watches sitcoms all day…Here is a guy that can name all the episode names of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and besides knows trivia about Courtney Cox’s haircut…..Has an enormous capacity for all known stimulants and some besides and somehow just avoids flunking that tough Math course…

(E)The ‘LAY AROUND AND DO NOTHING GUY’: This Guy is a stud…The genius and the Academic admit it, The Good Boy can’t see it because his grades belie the fact that this guy is a ‘genius that could’ve been’ Yep does nothing all day reading books and making weird home movies and lighting aerosol cans…..But he picks up things quick as any one…..well… why doesn’t he..Dunno.Can‘t get inside his head that’s for sure….

(F)The POLTU Guy: This is the guy to know…By slight acquaintances (like “my cousin’s friend said”...And “oh… remember that guy from your school; well he’s my sister’s boyfriend” and the like) he happens to know every senior worth knowing and can wheedle people into doing him ‘little’ favors ….A future Pawar…worth knowing people…and cool cause he’s seen eating and drinking with da big shots…..(who’s paying…I don’t know… !!)

(G)The LADIES MAN: This guy is the analogue of the iron that’s rubbed along the magnet so many times…it starts attracting pins (no sexual innuendo believe me..)

He knows all the chicks…Who’s going out with who…who’s flunked what subject….And most importantly …. Who’s hot and who’s not (ladies eye view)…

45 -50 % of the time he’s this effeminate dude with the affected manner and pink tights….but hey you get all kinds…You can’t miss him…Actually you don’t want to…

(H)The YOUNGER BROTHER: Younger Brothers of influential seniors are cool (hmmmm…..??)Period

(I)The JOCK: GOAL !!!! or maybe SIX !!! or even…WHAT A SMASH BAYBIEEE!!

Yep welcome to the Olympics...This guy can (surprisingly) play table tennis squash and football all morning and then run the 6 mile crossy in the evening without breaking a sweat…Acads…Screw that man…he’s COOL………..

The MUSICIAN, The VIDEOGRAPHER The ‘GUY WHO EATS PARANTHAS LIKE THEY WERE SMALL BITS OF ROCK CANDY’ are some of the other cool(nesses ??).

But hey the most important is..The ‘GUY WHO WROTE ALL THIS STUFF CAUSE HE NEEDED TO JUSTIFY HIS POOR GRADES’ He’s the coolest……

…..Not to mention the partridge in a pear tree !!!

Ciao