‘P’ for Poltu

Poltu

This time I dedicate this blog to all my seniors who have already spent their innumerable hours in giving us fundae and are still continuing to do so…very sincerely.

The letter ‘P‘ has always been a fascinating thing for me. Starting with PORN, it has affected almost every sphere of my life. Even my last few days were completely jubilant because of this ‘P‘ only. (I hope some of you will be getting this ) But this time, the letter has widened its domain and is now infiltrating my serene life in a completely new and interesting word – POLTU.

What’s Poltu?

In IIT Lingo… it’s a short form for Politics.It’s a new and fascinating arrival in the IIT-Life of all the facchas. Some are delighted by it, enjoying it’s vivaciousness, while others are feeling disgusted.

Why Poltu exists?

Ideally, poltu should exist for the welfare of the masses, it should exist for a vision, it should exist to achieve it. Alas…!!! In IIT it exists to make ‘Reps’, ‘Secys’, Cultoos and Maintoos. It exists to gain power as well as resources. It exists for greed, selfishness and voracity. Sometime it exists for ethics, but most of the time this isn’t the case.

Advantages of Poltu:

# It provides a better and a new excuse to avoid studies and waste your time.

# A senior of mine once quoted: ‘Discussing Poltu is better than sex.‘ Thus, it gives a few days of sheer pleasure to ‘despo sex-deprived’ IITians.

# It’s one of the only two possible ways for a junior-senior interaction in the first year. (The first one is ragging.)

# Perhaps it is the only time when you can literally speak ‘gaalis’ to your seniors and still get an appreciation.

# There are 8 different ways to decrease your CGPA. Apart from Poltu, the other 7 are unimportant.

# Poltu enhances self-exploration. (You get to know how mean, selfish and obnoxious person you are.)

# It teaches you how to mould facts and misanalyze situations.

# It makes you optimistic. (Even if you are in deep shit, you would always look hopeful and anticipative.)

# It reforms one’s social skills. (It teaches you how to fight with friends and alienate people.)

# One never gets to eat as many free pizzas, muffins and coffees ever as he gets during Poltu time.

Disadvantages of Poltu:

# So far any disadvantage of Poltu hasn’t been found.

Final Word

Politics is everywhere, it affects everything and sometimes… it is everything. Learning politics is an essential skill of life.

“Issued in Public Interest.” (By a fachha who’s politically screwed and too confused to choose a party.)

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PS — I suck a big time in this post but I really owed a blog on this.

PS — Midsem breaks from tomorrow. Bhopal…..I am coming.

PS — Hmmm…. if being in love feels like this, then I am in love for sure.

PS — PHP Batti starts tomorrow… Somebody help me!!

PS –  Ohh God!! I just realized I ain’t done with my packing yet.

PS — Song of the Day ~ Bade se Shehar Mein from 13 B (by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy).

PS — No more PS.

PS — Adieu.

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