IIT is not SO popular!

Following are the two funny experiences I had in last 2 years regarding “iit being SO popular”. I have intentionally kept them in hindi so the funny part doesn’t get lost. No offence intended:

1. Me (M), Uncle (U)


I was returning from Bikaner to Delhi. An old man shared the usually lone compartment with me. This is an interesting piece from that conversation which lasted for 10 mins.


M: Namaste Uncle

U : Namaste beta. Kya karte ho?

M: Uncle, main engineering kar raha hoon Delhi se.

U: Achcha Engineering (made an unimpressive gesture)
Kahaan se?

M: Uncle, IIT-Delhi se.

U: (seems unko mujhpe daya aa rahi thi) achcha…IIT se….beta tumhe Polytechnic college mein admission nahi mila?

Before I said anything….

U: Achcha 12th mein % kam reh gaye honge.

I had no courage to explain him the difference.

U: Koi baat nahi beta.niraash mat ho.
Waise Engineering kis field mein kar rahe ho? Civil?

M: Nahi uncle, Its Biochem engg.

U : ohh..beta rank peeche aayi hogi.

M: BLANK....







Me (M), Autowala (A)
I was in Jaipur, in his auto.

A: Bhaisaab, kya karte ho? Naukri hai ya nahi?

M : Hai uncle.

A: Meri baat maano, aajkal bahut achche offers mil rahe hain call centres mein.apni naukri chodo, future kaafi achcha hoj aayega aapka.call centre join karo.

M: Aisa kya hai?

A: Dekho pay scale ZABARDAST hai.
12-13k/pm mil jaayenge.

M: Achcha

A: Ek coaching kar lo, 60k lagenge…phir tumhaari call centre mein job achche se lag jaayegi. Tum karte kya ho?

M: uncle, iit se passout ho raha hoon, analyst ki job hai.

A: koi nahi, jo ho gaya, so ho gaya..ab aage career ka dhyaan rakho.

M: Thanks uncle, aap nahi hote to pata nahi kya hota!


Then, I took his contact number so that I could contact him later for the call centre numbers! Then I called him 10 days later. He said he is very satisfied that he made somebody’s career!