The True face of an IITian!
The IIT tag in India stands for the most acclaimed and admired lot of people. The moment people get to know that you are in IIT or are an IITian, people, especially parents will start hovering around you enquiring about what it takes to be an IITian or how their children should prepare in order to get into the prestigious institution. When something like this happens, one feels on the top of the world! Actually the notion prevailing among Indians is that the IITians are assumed to be a superior lot possessing all sorts of knowledge and good understanding and grasping skills. But hello, that’s not the truth!
I would like to tell you that we too are like common humans possessing two sides. In fact, it might come as a surprise to many that we are people carrying some inadmissible qualities. You will get to see our fatuous side in our IIT campus and a very decent side when we are at home or with our non-iitian mates. We love the pink- floyd and it is referred to as the psychedelic music and according to a saying
To fathom Hell or soar angelic,
just take a pinch of psychedelic.
You will not find an IItian who hasn’t seen the movie you can think off and hasn’t watched every episode of FRIENDS. Thus we are also like any other normal student who is a game and movie freak. In fact, we have an evil side and almost all our discoveries happen in the phase when rum, vodka smoke etc. are combined with Pink Floyd.
Another renowned fact is that we, the Iitians are sex-starved. This is true like a mathematical fact. We might appear to be a very decent, high-headed lot but the truth is that we are always hunting for a glimpse of anything that relates to the female side of humans. And yes, qualification wise we are the most eligible bachelors I am warning you about our wild side!
Now that I have shown you enough of our negatives, do not think that we have got no positives. It is true that we are workaholic and we can work continuously for 4 days without getting tired! And even if we have to take an exam the very next day we can bet to outdo many of our counter mates on this planet! Our expertise lies in the fact that we know when and how much to study.
The best part is that we live our lives as we want to and don’t give a damn whether the world praises us or scorns us!
We love the way we are!
This post was written by Aditya Singhal, co-founder of askIITians.
IITians are not that great after all these are just people who can slog out and do as much of theoretical work as possible. They do not have a deep understanding of physics chemistry or even mathematics. All they know is how to crack an exam..How to study so much so as to score.
@Nitian….you must have failed superbly to get into IIT and turned into a sore loser. As an IITian and a PhD from a reputable university in USA, I can tell u affirmatively that IITians understand physics, chemistry and mathematics lot more than anyone else anywhere in the world. Thats why they are highly sought after by all high tech companies in the world.
Cause you work on those subjects more. Its about the interest on the subjects. Which you cant force on any particular being. If a subject is boring and lacks creativity (only holds logic), then it is boring no matter what. Trust me when I say this, except for the research on the toughest topics(which takes almost a lifetime and requires immense creative capabilities), a simple PhD can be done even by a sore loser. Going that far is not tough(intellectually), but yes requires hard work.
And well, its not that you are ever going to win a Nobel Prize.
one more thing……suppose a new subject is given(based on logic)….give same time to iitians and non- iitians….n see..performance of iitians would be much more good than others…