{"id":562,"date":"2016-08-29T05:41:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T05:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?p=562"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:26:50","slug":"convocation-by-hedwig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/2016\/08\/29\/convocation-by-hedwig\/","title":{"rendered":"Convocation &#8211; by Hedwig"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_ocoqznD7hj1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"563\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/?attachment_id=563\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_ocoqznD7hj1un32nx_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_ocoqznD7hj1un32nx_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_ocoqznD7hj1un32nx_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tumblr_inline_ocoqznD7hj1un32nx_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cINVITATION: Fifth Convocation Ceremony &amp; Founder\u2019s Day Celebration\u201d reads the title of the email. It has been less than a week since I\u2019ve been back on campus, and my mailbox is full of notifications reminding me of the convocation ceremony which also marks the 1-year anniversary of the first time I ever fell sick on campus (I start early).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although attendance was mandatory, I went entirely voluntarily \u2013 not just for the good food or for the free transportation to Delhi but also for those seniors whom I had come to admire and respect. It didn\u2019t matter if you were a first year or a fifth year in this University \u2013 you could bond over warm coffee and cold iced teas and have conversations about&nbsp;<em>anything.<\/em>Instead of looking at them as different and as people we could fear, the newer batches have been encouraged to look at them as potential friends \u2013 something I was reminded of even during the Buddy Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Mr. Arun Jaitley\u2019s speech, familiar Professors called out familiar names \u2013 names that I associated with a particular brand of warmth and welcome. Faces that I probably wouldn\u2019t be seeing in any more Biswamil or Magnus promotional videos. Voices that I wouldn\u2019t hear enthusiastically cheering friends on during Bollywood Night or correcting my debating style after a Debate Society Meeting. Not all of the people&nbsp;<em>I<\/em>&nbsp;screamed myself hoarse for were valedictorians or recipients of medals or at the receiving end of some of the loudest applause and cheers. No, some of them were quieter and in their own quiet way were changing the world. At least, they changed mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought of friends I have in the older batches, and I imagined their names being called out. Nostalgia washed over me which, when I now think about it, was strange. There\u2019s still time left for their names. And yet, I missed them. It was like feeling homesick while at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still have another four convocations to sit through, including mine. I can only hope that my feelings will differ each time but in all probability they will deepen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll just have to remember that certain steel, cement and brick structures outlast others when it comes to being an irrevocable part of our lives.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cINVITATION: Fifth Convocation Ceremony &amp; Founder\u2019s Day Celebration\u201d reads the title of the email. 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