ALAG!

When I write about my friends, one person I can’t or shouldn’t miss out is ALAG.

The origin of THE name:

Well, it so happened that a pathetic movie came out at that time & our hero looked just like that movie’s hero & rest is history….There were a few stories & and a movie too: Alagananda : Man with a reason. This was when our hero would first give a reason & do something.

Will write a few points just like I wrote for Sam:

1. In all the four years, every time somebody was “Given Hand”, it was taken for granted that ALAG is involved. Trust me, it was always right. To a certain extent, he went on to get the title: ALAG, because of that. He was ultra popular for this quality of his. Anyone from ECE B batch of 2008 can give you examples on this.

2. He starts every sentence with “Nee Yabba”, in a tone which is very similar to the song “Ya Rabba” from Salaam E Ishq. (Guess, am becoming a PJ expert now.)

3. He was very notorious for drawing Engg. Graphics Charts for girls in first year but never for his so called friends…..

4. Most popular for confusing Ms. Jacqueline Veronica with his great speeches & opinions & comments and suggestions. I don’t know the reason but when the whole class took a stand, this chap stands up & starts blabbering something in some unknown language till Ms. Veronica says “True. Very True.” Then, a happier, Alag, his ego boosted up would smile.

Looks like Ghajini, doesnt he?

Like in any movie, if the end is not happy , then it not the end…so here is the happy part:

5. Some two years back, eight friends went cycling from IIT Madras Campus to Besant Nagar Beach at 11 in the night and killed time till 4 in the morning. Till date it continues to be the most memorable day of my life. It was a simple outing to the beach, normal chit chat & pulling each other’s legs, but the fun of cycling 18 kms at 12 in the night beats it all. Man, happy to have had that great Boys Day Out & Alag was an important part of it.

6. He’s got some decent taste but too hardworking, like in my final year project, the one chap who ends up doing all the work but doesn’t get any credit. Typical of him.

7. One dedicated chap whom no one should ever trust. Like Trust at your own risk.

8. A silent gentleman would probably be the Ideal Title for him.

P.S. His real name is Potti Venkata Sai Krishna…his house owner calls him “Krishnaaa”, Ms. Veronica calls him Venkat while the rest of the world calls him Alag or Sai.