The Days Of Our Lives

Once there lived a kid in DC land. The world around him was in utter chaos and lives of all innocent grasshoppers were in great peril. Inspired by the heroics of Batman and his ilk, our meek protagonist decided to don the avatar of GrasshopperBoy!!! (muhahahahaaaa)

For reasons unknown, Shaggy (thats me) takes infy contempt at being referred to by his first name – Nitin. The fact that his best friend (from school and then IIT) shares the first name may be totally coincidental. Anyway, GHB took upon the onus of changing his name and smartly selected the nickname “Shaggy”, which served him two purposes – (1) establish his dud(e)-ness, and (2) make people forget his official name.

Shaggy was so full of DC (delhi-ite) traits that in his first year most wingies took a good 2 weeks time to realize that he isn’t a DASA (NRI student). Not only did he used to do his branded laundry once a week, but also meticulously ironed each and every piece of clothing (including the inner wear). It didn’t take him long to become an instant hit with the public; be it because of his hilarious name, his trademark “oyeeeeeeeee” howler (which was hard to ignore), the funny shuffle gait or a Phoebe inspired running style.

Another of his DC traits involves his deep attachment for his personal belongings, car, shirts, comics, “dolls” (the supposed action figures), girl friend(s) and the list goes on. But what will go down in history is his childish obsession for a bottle of Brut. pc almost paid for stealing Shaggy’s beloved deo with his balls. But what followed was simply legendary. Subjected to a little silly senti by his wingies over the issue (of rendering pc nutless), Shaggy proved his innocence by shedding tears (literally) for hours altogether till his mom consoled him.

Shaggy’s claim of having a girlfriend since his childhood was always doubted his wingmates for various reasons. To remove any such suspicions he even put her pic in his room. Shaggy makes use of every opportunity to flee to DC land to meet his sweetheart and off-late has been smuggling her into Bombay too. Once after returning from a Delhi trip he asked everyone to refer to his girl friend as “Mrs. Sagar” and chose not to answer when asked about the base he had landed at.

Though there remain little doubts about love of his life, Shaggy has been rather sly with his domestic liaisons. Rumor has that Shaggy gifted a dolphin to express feelings to his first crush in IIT. Undeterred by the failure he went on to hitting deep on his fellow batchmate in Bangalore, and going two steps deeper with Bombay chicks. However all these affairs were mere flashes in the pan as his love for Mrs. Sagar prevailed everytime…even after a brief musical opera last December.

Shaggy’s second love is no human. His beloved Zen was transported to Bombay when he begged his parents for a bike. This marked his upgradation from a lunatic superhero who’s always shouting for no apparent reason to an extremely well-mannered chauffer. Such is Shaggy’s pride in his love that he refused paying a bribe of 50 bucks and insisted on offering at least 200 bucks! To be called Nitin is nowhere as demeaning for him as being labeled a clumsy chauffer. So popular was his car that it was christened as the “official carrier of Techfest 2k5”.

This ever comic character goes into hibernation as soon as exams are nearing. Disappointed with the last sem’s result, Shaggy avows to mug (study) double hard as an outcome of which he locks himself inside his room a safe three weeks before the exams. His nbd (nervousness) and muggoo (nerdy) levels dangerously peak and it’s advisable to avoid any form of non-academic interaction with him. Needless to say, his cpi (relative grading followed in IIT) remains unaltered and the only satisfaction for him is a better grade sheet than Punty’s.

From finding out that RG (-meaning still unknown-) is actually an acronym for something a mere two days before his profile was written, to doing “gaddari” (treason) with his sophie (sophomore) year wing Les Unos, Shaggy has been a constant source of amusement for everyone who has ever come in contact with him. We sympathize with the 6 companies that showed him the door for they did not know what a perfectionist our hero is. But like the happy ending of all good stories, GHB landed up with a job which will reunite him with our beloved Mrs. Sagar and we sincerely hope that Dixi’s dream of “doing” it in Shaggy’s Safari will come part true very soon.


P.S.: This "profile" of mine was not written by me, but instead by my friends, and it was read out during my Valfi when I was made to sit on a chair in the middle of a stage, surrounded by friends and foes (:-P) alike. This is a unofficail custom followed at IIT every year for the passing-out students. Needless to say, its quite an enjoyable (and humiliating at times) experience. Thank God, it only happens once in a lifetime. :)

P.P.S.: The text has been slightly edited by me and I've tried to explain all the weird IIT common words in brackets in italics. And do remember that not everything written in the profile is true, obviously. :P

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