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17 again

17 ... that's how old I was when you asked me to decide. Back then I really had no clue, in you, I now confide. Architecture seemed fascinating... MBBS, the easier way. So I chose people over skyscrapers... and, with Ma and Pa I got to stay! Life in Sewagram was all I knew, I still went through orientation. Met 64 new kids from far and near, as they struggled with homesickness n starvation. In the class on day one, I sat just scribbling notes, when somebody yelled "Kalantri". I looked up at this new professor wondering, "how the hell does he know me?" And then on I got used to being called out, no matter how much I tried. Any row, any corner, wherever I sat, I simply could not hide! There are many things others mustn't know. So I am told not to gossip. But I am a girl with curious friends. Some things are bound to slip! When I win, it's because I am a daughter. When I don't, it's in spite of it. All others will agree when I sa