Did It Matter?
Coaching was hell and after we’d left entrance exams behind
College would be different said my immature little mind
The world is beautiful through the eyes of a fresher
Filled with wonder, excitement and enthusiasm beyond measure
Hostel and independence meant making new friends
Any fear of leaving home? Well that depends…
Always attending classes and even Mess was “fine”
I honestly can’t believe how I got by during that time
Now at crossroads a question presents
Did it matter in the end?
The sophomore arrived with a plan in his head
A grizzled veteran now, he thought, “Let’s think ahead”
Clubs and tech projects were plenty abound
And the classic, “It’s my department, I’ll do well this time around”
Seeing the old faces now filled with mischief anew
Behold there were juniors with whom you’d have stories a few.
Struggled for an internship, looking near and far
You couldn’t fall behind, you had to stay on par
Looking back now though
Did it matter in the end?
The last two years zoomed by in the blink of an eye
Roamed the beaches and scaled the mountains high
Courses mattered but now you searched more for your road
It sometimes kept you up at night, a really heavy load
We moved from having seniors to being them too soon
Supposedly ready to burst into the real world, out of our cocoons
So back to the question at hand
Did it matter in the end?
Yes. You’d bet your house it did.
I’ve come so far from that first year kid.
And every smile and every fall along the way
I’d relive it all, every single day.
The friends now family, NC and Red Rock now our home
Every last pro show, event, proxy and CBO
Everything has led up to me being the way I am today
And I’ll be damned if I didn’t do it the NITK Way.
Vishakh Padmakumar
(IT Batch of 2018)
College would be different said my immature little mind
The world is beautiful through the eyes of a fresher
Filled with wonder, excitement and enthusiasm beyond measure
Hostel and independence meant making new friends
Any fear of leaving home? Well that depends…
Always attending classes and even Mess was “fine”
I honestly can’t believe how I got by during that time
Now at crossroads a question presents
Did it matter in the end?
The sophomore arrived with a plan in his head
A grizzled veteran now, he thought, “Let’s think ahead”
Clubs and tech projects were plenty abound
And the classic, “It’s my department, I’ll do well this time around”
Seeing the old faces now filled with mischief anew
Behold there were juniors with whom you’d have stories a few.
Struggled for an internship, looking near and far
You couldn’t fall behind, you had to stay on par
Looking back now though
Did it matter in the end?
The last two years zoomed by in the blink of an eye
Roamed the beaches and scaled the mountains high
Courses mattered but now you searched more for your road
It sometimes kept you up at night, a really heavy load
We moved from having seniors to being them too soon
Supposedly ready to burst into the real world, out of our cocoons
So back to the question at hand
Did it matter in the end?
Yes. You’d bet your house it did.
I’ve come so far from that first year kid.
And every smile and every fall along the way
I’d relive it all, every single day.
The friends now family, NC and Red Rock now our home
Every last pro show, event, proxy and CBO
Everything has led up to me being the way I am today
And I’ll be damned if I didn’t do it the NITK Way.
Vishakh Padmakumar
(IT Batch of 2018)
