Scene : Electrical laboratory ( recollections by VENKI)
the scene was electrical engineering lab. my group had wired up a circuit.
daring thoufeekh turned on the power. nothing happened. me, venkatasubramaniam
etc wanted to finish up early and scoot. we asked our friend thoufeekh to get
the demonstrator or lecturer.
thoufeekh approached him with a grin. he said in tamil that we had wired
up and powered up but nothing was happening. the lecturer said in tamil, with
great concern (as though something had changed in the lab recently) "when
did you turn it on". innocently thoufeekh answered in tamil
"just now". the lecturer tells him in tamil " hang on, it will
take some more time for the power to reach you". we screamed in delight.
thoufeekh swore to get him for the gaff.
Scene : Workshop ( recollections by VENKI)
then there was year 1 or year 2 workshop practice year end exam. if
anyone was a master at workshop, it was thoufeekh. i knew that i could always
rely on him.
i was given a diffcult smithy job. thoufeekh and vinod goenka were given the
same job.
we had to take turns at the furnace. i was chatting away with vinod and lost
track of time. my job was in the furnace. by then it had melted and fallen
through the grill.
i did not panic.
i caught hold of one of the attendants who smuggled in another fresh work piece
for me (actually you are allocated one and that's it).
thoufeekh had finished his model superbly by then. i wonder if "Soopie"
or workshop superintendant could himself even approach thoufeekhs' classy job.
i asked thoufeekh to do mine before time ran out and i failed.
thoufeekh whipped it up for me in no time.
came the year end results I GOT 5 MARKS MORE THAN THOUFEEKH!!!!
thoufeekh was livid but we laughed about it for a whole year.
Scene : T K M's Class ( recollection by UMESH)
The maths wizard, TK Manikkavachagom Pillai generally minds his business and little we get the glimpse of his sense of humor on any average day. Remeber the day when our friend 'Hari' was ragged by him, sending the entire class in peels of laughter, for more than twenty minutes that too after the lunch bell ! Poor Harinath, like all hostel mates, was in a hurry to run to the mess for an early place at the lunch table. He wound off even before TKM finished his black board workings and off from his seat at the stroke of the bell. Seeing this TKM asked him " Are you in a hurry?" Harinath heard it as "Are you Hari ?" and gave a very affirmative 'yes'. That sparked off the next twenty minutes ordeal for Hari as TKM expected a good degree of commitment from all students and he felt what Hari did was nowhere to his standards. Hari was at a loss to understand the mistake he did till the end,
Hi! Hari what were his exact wordings? I only remember we talked about it till we left the college.
Scene : Dr. Kalanidhi's Class- heat engine problem solving (recollection by UMESH)
Half the students were busy trying to solve the class work while the other half was pretending to do so. It was the season for 'Naval fight' fought on paper! Battleships and Destroyers were hunted by pounding bombs in number of rounds. George was very fond of this game and he added a submarine to the fleet. The game was in progress in full swing between Birendar and George ably supported by Thoufeekh(?) and me. Dr.K smelt something fishy and came on a silent round. He stood next to George and asked for the paper which we were trying to hide. He left the place only after he collected it. There were butterflies in the stomach. George mumbled some excuses. Dr.K probably knowing the students' nature dropped it never making an issue of it.
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