Freedom- from what?

Its over!!
My BA exams are finally finally done!
Ive been in the final year of college for now a year and a half, seems like forever. But no regrets whatsoever. Just hope I can still say that when the results come out.

5 years in St. Xavier's college Mumbai... what a time!
How do I encapsulate the experience..

From seaking out of class in junior college and walking into the college principal..
to those long winded discussions in the dusty old "woods" about classes, loves, the purpose of life, and general gossip..
to watching every single movie that released in Sterling on Fridays and bunking horrible Math lectures..
to being challenged by some of the most dynamic and awe-inspiring people on topics as diverse as theatre to quantum physics..
to those endless hours in the "Moffis" (the Malhar office Malhar ) living under hypertension and worry over "what if" those two days of Malhar ( our college festival) are going to be washed out by the rains...( we were never washed out, at least when I was around)
to knowing and understanding what it takes to make a friend for lifetime
to those lovely music filled sunsets at Rural camp (spoiled only slightly by creepy crawlers)
.. these 5 years have shaped me in ways I cant even begin to describe.

Walking into St. Xavier's college is like walking into a time warp- where people stay ever young and the air is charged with energy. But walking in is also very humbling- the huge structure and the atmosphere seems to overpower you. And the legacy left by countless others of excellence is daunting.
But, coming back to the college, after your time is over makes you feel like an outsider looking back at an experience of yours that is caught in time.
Memories hang thick in every corner. But faces change.

I guess I can never truly know what the last 5 years has given to me.Leaving college, I dont take away too many friends, or information from classes. But I think an education is much more than that. ..
When in college, the rules were always unfair, the canteen food had cockroach eggs in it, that the professors droned on too long after the bell, but now I smile.
Thank you Xaviers..
you really did give me both roots and wings.
( from the Xavier's College Anthem)