Morale of the story

I was waiting for Vikya to write down this piece. However, he seems to have his hands full!:-)

I was in second year term of my BE in PICT. We four classmates had rented a bunglow in Dhankawadi; I, Vikya, Naval and Pravin. All four of us had met each other during that year itself. The only common thing among us was we all came to do BE after doing Diploma instead of 10+2 route.

It was exam time. One night we got a knock on door. As exam preparation goes, the pace really picks up after dinner time and it was not uncommon to knock on student's door even in wee hours. It was one of our classmates. He had a delightful news. Apprantly the next day exam paper had leaked and he had the copy!

I was a usual college going boy as opportunistic and selfish as any typical college-goer. I hadn't defined or developed any conscience of my own yet. I was happy to hear the news and was ready to shell out the money for a copy. My room-mate, Pravin, wasn't much averse either. It was Vikya who put the spanner in our hopes! He took a stand, he is not going to be party to this scandal.

For the first time in my life I was facing someone who actually followed some moral ethics and stood for his/her biliefs.

Naval, Vikya's room-mate decided to go with Vikya. We had to make decision. Eventually, we also decided to follow Vikya. The fellow who came to us left in bewilderment. He probably expected some haggling over the price.

I do believe, I'm greatly influenced by Vikya's moralistic approach to the life.