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What is the Feeling to be in a class of H.C. Verma ?

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I did two courses in Physics during my first year PHY 102 (Mechanics) and PHY 103 (Electromagnetic Theory) both of which were taught by Prof. HC Verma along with one other professor. HC Verma took one half of each of these courses. Although the class size was around 325, the experience was nice as he is a gem of a teacher. Before even going to the first class,which happened to be in the middle of the semester, all of us were too excited to go to the lecture so much so that the lecture hall was jam packed on his first lecture with ~325 students, inspite of the fact that about half of our batch preferred not attending the previous lectures of the course, as no attendance is compulsory here. I was just lucky to get a seat in the 4th row in that lecture. One thing I remember from that lecture was that someone clicked a photograph from his phone with the Flash on and he commented , "Please switch the flash off before clicking.You should pay attention here. I will be av

IIT preparation along with a Happy Girlfriend

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“*tring**tring*” “So now your books are more interesting than me?” “Can’t even talk for 5minutes?” Sounds similar? Congrats, you are suffering from “Mi-gf-graine”, where “gf” is symbolic and silent. Now, assume this: Your JEE is the Titanic, you are the Captain, and your girlfriend is the Iceberg. So, Captain, its high time to know, how to steer, or else, Kaabbooommm! Na Titanic rahega, na iceberg, aur na tu. Welcome to 100marks’ exclusive Rowing Classes. No no, I’m not taking you to the pacific, but the ocean, called life. There are two points you must remember, in today’s practical world, no matter what: 1. You CANNOT stay happy, if you have a successful career, but failed relationships. 2. You CANNOT stay happy, if you have a disappointing career, but successful relationships. Let’s analyze you now, you’ve a girlfriend and are preparing for JEE, well, dude, you’ve put your legs in two different boats. Although, it’s said that you can only pi