POST GATE: Felicitation program

Special thanks to our beloved Ravindra Sir for inviting us for the felicitation program.

I got a call from Dharani sir enquiring about my rank and congratulating me. After a 5 minutes of talk he gave a surprise to me !!! by inviting me to attend the award ceremony at Alankrita Resorts Hyderabad. I was super amazed as he said that we will bear all your expenses from travel to food and accommodation.

They booked flight tickets for me. The journey started on 30th of march. I was super excited as first time in my life i was going to meet the most special person in my life, Ravindra sir. My friend Ahwan and I reached  Hyderabad airport at 1:20pm sharp. We were greeted by the team of raudra, then some photographs and a super deluxe AC car was waiting just for us. First time in my life i felt the feelings of the so called stardom.

Then after travelling for 71kms we reached the Alankrita Resorts and there also we were greeted with flowers followed by few photographs. At this point of time, we were feeling really hungry. Dharani sir being the modest of person, asked me to go into the room, pick the phone and order anything you like. Followed by this session, when i entered the 4star resorts room i was like "am i a prince or a king !!! have i done something really that great ?"... The room was super fab with soft cushions, pillows, a TV with all channels, 24x7 running AC and what not. Without making any delay i grabbed the rooms telephone, dialled 102 and ordered 3 plate hyderabadi dum biriyani, 3 maggoosh mango juice, 3 super chocolatty icecream, chinese manchow soup all worth INR 2500 in total. I can't express how tasty it was !!! Just mouth watering things of all time i ever dreamt of...We were so full that we could not eat much in the dinner. The dinner was also as awesome as the lunch.

The next day, 31st March we went for breakfast at an auditorium. Again i was like "is this breakfast or lunch?"... All the food items, varying from idli, dosa, wada, scrambled eggs, pastries, soups, juices, sweets etc were there. A total of 40-50 food items were there. This time i controlled myself a bit as i had to keep some place empty in my stomach for the lunch. After having the breakfast we were waiting for our hero, Ravindra sir. Finally after waiting for about 40 minutes Ravindra sir finally entered the venue in style. I can't express the feelings of how i felt at that time, imagine the person you were learning from is right before you in live. It was really hard to believe that Ravindra sir was actually standing before us.

Then the award ceremony started and we were provided with a medal,  tshirt and a bag. Then we had one to one session with all the previous year toppers who were studying in different iit's and iisc ( Nihar bhaiya, Rahul Bhaiya, Debanjan Bhaiya, Vivek bhaiya and a lot many)... We also interacted with our very special Ravindra sir sitting close to him. It was just unbelievable. In the meanwhile i had made a lot of friends who were the future iisians and iitians (Shreya, Anup, Hemant, Yash, Ahwan, Rahul ....a lot many). Previously i was starving to get contacts from iit's and iisc and now i had plenty of them.  Finally after winding up this session, i went for swimming followed by roaming and exploring the resort.

In the last day, 1st Arpil, i gifted Ravindra Sir with the book that i had brought for him, "The monk who sold the ferrari" . Finally we left for airport and safely came back home. This trip helped create new friends, alumni contacts and gave a glance of how life should be. Thanks to Ravindra sir and entire team of Raudra for giving us this fantastic one time life experience. You can feel the essence of the event if you belong to a poor or middle class family. A lot of dreams got fulfilled through this trip.

"Success never comes that easy, Else everyone would have got it, What's so special about you then ?"