...Nearly a month......

Time flows like ariver....Sometimes we the individuals who are but a silent and mute spectator to the flowing river do not quite understand it's inherent flow..........We were all new to this place and the Institute when we came here in mid June..........We were hesitant,reluctant as well as little observant to the atmosphere and the people that constituted it....Slowly the momentum was building,over with all sorts of Orientation...............we were ready to be a part of the TISS community.........the first thing that strikes all of us staying away from our home is to find people who are from the same place......It gives u that sense of belonging ...a sense of longingness......but again we meet people fron all over the country.....And gladly enough TISS seemed to be the perfect blend of multiculturalism and multilinguistic identities..........And slowly days passed....With our daily encouunters at the Dining Hall thrice a day..........barriers started dissolving.......and in the backdrop was the Mumbai rains which perhaps blurred that thin line that was still exisiting...thus splashing water....sharing a single umbrella..........having a Cuppa of Coffee......Trekking in Raigarh...Sharing some thoughts over amovie screened.........all led to a new bond.......the flavours of friendship and companionship that will keep us alive in the next two years........................And slowly without realizing we have reached the fourth week at the institute.........Manymore to come...but our initial days at TISS will always be cherished by all of us......In the canvass of torrential downpour,the pictures of confident young individuals get mixed to form a montage of solitude............Cheers.............