ODE TO IISc
Do you, every morning, in honour of the day,
Recall the nights gone before, and filled with devotion pray-
Offering heartfelt thanks that the simulation worked,
Or that on the agar plate a suspicion of growth lurked,
Do you lie in bed estimating your advisor’s arrival time,
So you can make it a split second before (sorry, that didn’t rhyme)
Is your idea of a holiday the incubation time of your strain?
Or even the (rare) power cuts that you ask for in vain?
Do you tell yourself that the U.S is the place to be,
While religiously going to the Friday (hindi) movie..
Do you insist on a ‘half fry’ and drink endless cups of tea,
And try convince other people apple cake is a delicacy..
Do you groan at being ‘scooped’ at least once a quarter..
And wonder if PhD’s can’t be exchanged by some system of barter..
Do you think the campus probably has lots of animal (literally) charm,
And also think you’ve done a lot by not doing them any harm..?
Then no Linnaean committee would hesitate in proclaiming you-
Species ‘IIScia’ loud and true!
4 comments:
Beautiful one Laas. Have read this before and om of the opinion that the IISc 'species' sure need classification! :D
amen to that! so you've finally decided to adopt a blog? and named it inchara? i thought inchara was to be your daughter's name!
oh god. not the right post to read on sunday night. Monday morning blues have set in early.
Hmmm.. wonder if I WILL make it to lab before boss comes in...
completely agree :)
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