My father admitted me to the college and it was lunchtime therefore took me to the mess. He waited until I completed my lunch and no body dared to come and rag me. But in the evening, I went for the snack and found that the seniors were ready to pounce on me. They made me do all sorts of things, guindy salute being one of them. Ask any Guindian and he will tell you what a Guindian Salute and Anna Namam are. It makes me laugh even now to think about those.
Then was admitted in the "E" batch for the first year and had to share the room with two other students. Forgot their names, time flies and could not even remember the names of the two room mates. The room was on the 3rd floor with no elevators and it was good exercise to walk up and down. Then there was common room with the tv which we used to watch on Fridays "Olyum Oliyum". Then the usual dirty bathrooms with shared walls and doors that may not lock and cold water. In winter, our teeth used to chatter for taking bath in the cold water but you need to take bath as you will be sweating like a pig because of the humidity in Madras.

Finally a blog for the Guindian thoughts!!!
It was a long story of how the Guindian thought works. Suffice it to say that it is unique and one that cannot be grown and nourished outside of this campus. The competition was fierce and you need to be the cream to get into this college. Remember, these are the days between 1987 and 1991 and much would have changed. I have not had a chance to visit this college after 1994 and am hoping to visit next time when I visit India and will get some pictures of the institution.
First of all this is an Engineering college in Guindy, Chennai and I graduated in 1991 with Electrical and Electronics as my specialization. The college website can be found here .
It all started in the fall of 1987 when I got admission in the waiting list and joined the 1st year in E batch in the month of August after two months in the semester. Being from an small town it was an unique experience and more of it later.