A Bag of Thoughts

Going back to school is always a bother; something that everyone does with much reluctance. You would almost expect me to say that returning to Sahyadri isn't anything like that and that it's all tears of happiness and sleepless nights because you can't wait to return. But no. Returning to Sahyadri is the bane of my life. Even morning of the first week, I wake up wishing I was home. But as the day progresses, I am able to resist the urge to think of home and sulk on the basis of it. The first week at any school, in my opinion, is the average settling time and therefore, it sucks (forgive the Sahyardrian language). It doesn't help that at the end of the week, we call our parents- that just makes me homesick all over again and the story goes back to square one, especially after hanging up. It feels like yesterday that I went home for Diwali vacations and the next second, I'm back already.  One of the reasons living in Sahyadri can be frustrating is because i...

‘I really do hate feelings.’ Well, I never thought I would say something like that but I just  realised  that it was true for me as well. The following explains why you should hate them, too. One of my only friends is a big-time pessimist, thus staying near her for long drives me- anyone, for  that matter-  nuts.  When the first semester was about to end at Sahyadri, she says to me, ‘Dude, I seriously hate feelings. They’re so annoying. I mean, what’s so great about the term ending or beginning? I hate these end-of-term vibes everyone’s giving off.’ At that time, I gave her an incredulous look. Seriously, who didn’t like going back home? And feelings? Aren’t they exactly what make us human? What’s the point in living without them? We might as well be computers without them. But now, when the Diwali vacations have come to an end and I must leave home and internet for Sahyadri, I don’t think I’ve hated anything as much as feelings. I ...

WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE BEST AT SAHYADRI? Yesterday, while conversing with my mother she asked me this question out of the blue. I was at a loss of words. I usually don’t like talking in the way I write because it makes me embarrassed for some reason, so all I could say was, ‘I don’t know.’- one of the phrases I use the most when it comes to Sahyadri. But thanks to my mother’s question, instead of sleeping I was trying to figure out the answer to the question.. And before I start with the answer I came up with, let me tell you the ‘what’ is not singular but plural, so ready yourself. A) The fact that I can be with friends all the time, it’s quite amusing. I mean, when you stay with certain people for long they become a kind of family, too, so we start caring for each other in a way that isn’t possible in a day school. There’s this bond that is pretty strong. In short, you can chat a lot so when teachers ask you to be quiet in Sahyadri we try harder to do that. B) The fact ...