Pains only a Rajasthan University student can understand

It all begins with the merriment and that goaded feeling when you're cleared for admission in this seemingly prestigious university. You think that its one of the best achievements! And it only intensifies when people arch their eyebrows, clearly impressed. Boy, the joy the being in Rajasthan University.
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But only we people know the truth behind it. Its all downhill from the first day. We are well aware of the trivial importance of attendance, and so we plan to forego it. But still, we need to be known! We want our lecturers to identify us, for that's the greatest conquest. Also, additional favors are just icing bonus! So we decide, we shall attend atleast two days of college in a week. Its a sweet bargain, yes? We have other things to worry about, anyway.
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And so we march on to the college gates. We are warmly welcomed by the sight of couples saying farewell at the main gates and street dogs prowling beyond the gates. Surprised? Not quite! Its just succeeded in widening of our eyes. We saunter casually to the reception, which we soon discover is filled with throng of antsy crowd. So we shrivel back and wait for some of them to go away. We're surprised at the number of people willing to attend classes even when attendance is never an issue.
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After hours of waiting for our turn, we rush forward, afraid that we'd be late for our first lecture. Only to find there is no lecture. Or even, by some divine luck, there is, we are free to enter and go as we please. Now that's surprising! We sit through the entire first day to find thay there are no lectures, no classes. We either skip college, in tow of our new friends or stroll to a canteen with kindergarten furniture. Bu the end of day 1, we decide to come back a few days later.
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Now, the sight after those few days, is a sight to behold. Abandonment. Quiet. Not a soul to be found. You find yourself worrying if there has been declared a holiday. So with a saddened heart, you return. And when you come back the next day, and the next, and the next to that, there is hardly any change in the vision of stranded desert. And it remains similar throughout the year.
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See, the giddy happiness that envelopes us at mere mention of no classes, soon turns into anguish. Desperation. We need classes! We need to know the name of our lecturers! We want a college life. The joy quickly turns into misery, where we thrive for one normal college day. When we watch television ads, we are enraged when they say "College life is so memorable!". We see shades of red when our batchmates put pictures on Facebook, smiling like a loon and adding captions of songs of appraisals of college. We sit in our canteen, slurping on RC Cola, look around and wonder - " Its great being in Rajasthan University, indeed."