No Dues

The first time I heard this phrase was about 2 months back. It seems we, final years, have to get "no dues" approval from all the departments in our college before we left. .. only then can we leave!!! The form had a list of 27 places. I had not been to about 22 of them. I don't even know where they are in my college...in fact I dint even know they existed... until yesterday. My best friend who's in another college had warned me about this procedure. I got the first taste of it yesterday itself. Went to the library... Honestly i had been there only during the first days of my college. But during my last days I realised that I had 2 books due and both of them 2 and 3 years old. When I calculated, I had to pay a cumulative fine of 3225 bucks. No way. Plan B... A friend in need is a friend indeed. He came with me and we talked to the guy at the desk... Without another word he returned my books and not a single penny payed.

Surprise surprise!!! Those 2 books were not taken on my card. I dint know who one guy was and I havn't spoken to the other one...ever. But its a fact that the two books were with me for the past 3 years. So? My cards were missing. The next day A girl in my class returned one of MY cards. GOD knows when I gave it to her.

So with this one card and the 'no dues' form I approached the library. The guy at the desk checked if any books were taken with my card... None...Happy... Enter the librarian... Sorry no 'no dues' for you today. 'You have to report the loss of the card and we have to check again' was the answer. "I'll BE BACK" was mine.

I see this 'no dues' process in a wider sense. Many things left in the middle... many things left undone. Have been running away from many others. So little time for them all. Though I have a choice to do or not to, I think I'll take a chance with many of them. The rest will have to wait until a future time...