College life is about throwing away money on shopping, canteens, booze, fags, and girlfriends. It's about not listening to parents, teachers, or just anyone who makes sense. But then there are those whom we call 'exceptions.' And they are here too! JAM's Surya and Oscar profile two interesting people who fall into what we call 'The Minority Report.' They are cool in their own way!
The Good Boy We'd like you to meet a nice bhola boy. The kind you can take home to impress your parents. And yes he is single. His name is Eben Varghese. He is a student of Psychology in the Third Year at Wilson College.
Eben is what one would call a non-conformist. Why? Because he doesn't swear, doesn't have an mp3 player, not even a mobile and for a long time didn't even have a computer. And in the last 5 years he has seen 4 movies. He likes to watch the news regularly and keep up with
the times, which means that he is stuck to the newspaper for an hour a day. Eben has a lot of peculiar mannerisms. For starters he doesn't like to fold his newspaper when he is reading it and also reads back to front.
Eben isn't the normal guy on the street you can ask the time. He won't know it, he doesn't wear a watch. He doesn't have a mobile phone, so he can't check the time there. How does he call his friends? “I remember their numbers cuz if I call somebody a few times I end up memorizing the numbers” he says. He brings Tiffin to college everyday which is 2 ballpoint pens long. For over 4 years he refused to keep a wallet. His money, pass and tickets would all be in his pocket. But thanks to peer pressure he finally got one. His currency notes are kept in
increasing order of denomination (e.g the tens in the front and the hundreds at the back). Yes, he has been tagged as 'obsessive compulsive'.
