I was part of the exodus of Bihari students to Delhi University which had begun as a trickle in the late 1970s and turned into a torrent by the late 80s before becoming a deluge in the 1990s. I had been pursuing my Intermediate of Arts from Patna College which had clearly seen better days. Established in 1869 and fondly though exaggeratedly called 'Oxford of the East', its decline by the mid-80s was perceptible. My decision to leave the shore of the Ganges for that of the Yamuna was hastened by a fight that had begun with random swear words before assuming ominous proportions. Apparently, some muscular-looking boys were peeved with a boy who was going around with a girl. Fisticuffs and kicks were inexplicably followed by sharp razor work. Blood oozing out of sharp cuts, splattering shirt and perpetrators threatening to kill him – my decision to migrate to DU had been hastened. History at Ramjas College in North Campus of Delhi University is where I landed with a motley group of students – most of them from Bihar but a few from Delhi as well and all of us aspiring to be civil servants. Even the aspiration to be a civil servant in the first year of college equips one with some misplaced attitude.