iBlog: Nishit Shah

Its been raining like cats n dogs for the past three days and I felt that it didn’t really make sense to step out of the house and go out somewhere as there was water logged everywhere and never ending traffic jams everywhere. ( As seen on TV ) I didn’t sleep even for a minute the whole of Saturday nite as I was busy with some work and dozed off at 8 in the morn. After getting up at around 6 I was feeling a bit uneasy and was online again reading my feeds.

Met Vivek online and asked him what were his plans for the evening. He said that they were planning to go Sameer Hills which is at the backside of IIT-B. I wasted no time and sped off to IIT-B. Reached there in 30 mins and for the first time I thanked GOD that it was still raining and prayed for more rains so that its even more fun climbing the hill. I kept my windcheater and my other belongings at Room no. 368 and we all left for the summit. We were 5 of us, I was the only non-IITian . We were totally drenched even before we started climbing, it was already 7pm and it was almost pitch dark. The hill was very slippery thanks to the moss and rains. I had slipped almost half a dozen times mainly due to the stupid wet canvas shoes that I was wearing which didn’t have any grip. We reached the top in no time and the view from the top was absolutely with clouds hovering just above us. Got a chance to see the entire IIT-B campus, Powai and Vihar lake, Hiranandani, Borivali National Park, Airoli Bridge, Easter Express Highway etc. The view was soo amazing that it just made for forget all my bruises that I had got while climbing up, it just made my day. They have built a huge fence there to keep the leopards and the other wild animals away but these guys had already found a way to bypass that cross over the other side and go towards Vihar lake. Thankfully we didn’t go there after debating for a while as a couple of guys wanted to go there.

Climbing down was even more tough, as it was raining even more fiercely, strong winds blowing and it was absolutely dark everywhere. All I could see was the wet white tee of the guy in front of me. I won’t be able to write more abt my experience while coming down in one piece with no broken bones because I still consider it as a miracle considering the conditions in which we came down. It was a big thing for me, but a regular one for these guys. Sadly, none of us had any cameras to capture the amazing experience.

After coming back to Hostel 3, we all had a bath, got ready and headed towards mess to dinner. I didn’t feel like going back home, so I stayed back at Hostel 3, Room no. 368 to be precise and headed back home in the morning. IIT hostels are so lively even till dawn. Everyone seems to be awake whole nite and I envy the stuff that they have on their LAN

IIT-Bombay campus is a MUST VIST place during the monsoons, its soo green. I spotted a couple of nice birds (..er birds..not chicks .. I am a birdwatcher..), fundoo blue dragon flies, frogs and a nice small snake.