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The institution from which I graduated was not a renowned one. It lacked in infrastructure facilities. Even Sanitary conditions were under construction in my times. Then where would I think about Sports. As days rolled on College fun started. Ragging, forming groups, boasting about one’s department, making fun of staffs and much more. But the rythms of my ball game kept playing in my mind.                  9 of us from my school had joined the same college. Three into IT, three into CSE and three into ECE. It was all a mere coincidence. The bus in which I traveled used to cross the Vandaloor zoo of Chennai. One of the staff used board there. How much ever late she came, the driver would wait with patience. But if any of us would do the same, he will lose his temper badly. I was wondering why the driver was so humble to her. Only later I learned that she had to travel form Madhuranthagam which is almost the n...

When I was in class 6 a social studies test was planned.  That day I went to school without studying. As usual I prayed for the teacher to be absent. Unfortunately it was on the first period of the day. I was chanting continuously for teacher’s absence. But after assembly she entered the class. “Are you ready for the test?” “Yes miss…” was the answer from few of my class mates. “Alright…But we will have no test today…” announced the teacher and left the class. I was in cloud nine. Thanked god as much as I can. But I was wondering why she had done that. There were many souls as happy as I was. To the irony there were few who felt disappointed too. Few minutes later, an announcement was made on the mike. “All class 6 and 7 students will assemble in the play ground immediately.”  I left the class with my friends. Only after reaching there, I realized that my school was hosting the zonal volley ball match. I didn’t even know what a volley ball was. The very reason why we were aske...