Well Rajshekar's birthday is on Feb 7th. We at iiitb celebrate the birthday in a different way. First all of us would assemble in front of the MH-2 block at 11.55 PM. The Birthday boy would be given bumps - round one infact. Then he would be taken infront of Womens Hostel and round two starts there. After that final round begins near the pond.
Later the Birthday boy would be thrown into the pond, popularly known as holy dip. Then cake would be smacked on his face. You would be mistaken if you think that this is the end. Well lot more add on yet to be followed by the Birthday boy. Then the birthday boy would be taken in front of the womens hostel. There he must do puli dance. Followed by snake dance, then people would be calling out a girls name. There would a specific reason for calling out a particular girl name. We start shouting in chorus .
Later the Birthday boy would be thrown into the pond, popularly known as holy dip. Then cake would be smacked on his face. You would be mistaken if you think that this is the end. Well lot more add on yet to be followed by the Birthday boy. Then the birthday boy would be taken in front of the womens hostel. There he must do puli dance. Followed by snake dance, then people would be calling out a girls name. There would a specific reason for calling out a particular girl name. We start shouting in chorus .
Vachadu Vachadu "Birthday boy name"
Vachadu Vachadu "Birthday boy name"
Vachadu Vachadu "Birthday boy name"
This would be followed by pole dance. All these add-ons are fun to watch as spectators :). Well this is not the end.. there is more to follow. Finally the birthday boy after taking bath would be taken to TV room in MH2 floor, where he would be made to cut the cake.. celebrating in traditional way after celebrating it the iiitb'ian way..
Well this time it was Rajshekar's turn. As usual all of us gathered infront of MH2 building at 11.55 PM on Feb 6th . Round one began. As soon as round one was over.. I was lifted and people started hitting me.. This time I was at the receiving end.. Then round one started for Ranga. Reason for myself and Ranga getting hit is that, our Birthdays had fallen during our holidays. As a result we were given our quota during ducky's birthday.. Round one was bearable. Round two was unbearable.. Thought to myself why one should get smacked this way for just being born on that day.. Later was thrown into the pond.. The water was too cold.. Then cake was smaked on our faces and Thumsup was spilled on me, Ranga and Raj. Later all the three were taken in front of womens hostel and we were made to follow the traditions mentioned above i.e puli dance, snake dance and pole dance. After taking bath we had cut cake in the TV room. Well we had struggled to blow off the candles. As soon as we blew the candles off they got lighted automatically and we had to start all over again :). After struggling for few minutes we finally blew off the candles. Time just flew and it was 2AM when I finally came to my room after all the events. It was one of my memorable days . Thanks to all those who turned up..
