yeah sidd.......spot on......u describe the conditions of pune very well maan.....(have been keeping track of ur recent posts).....and yeah.......in a city like pune we really dont get the time to study......i mean i personally  used to study in a junior college which was arnd' 18 Km frm my house.....nd had to go to college daily by bus or sum public transport......nd to catch the bus i had 2 walk to a bus stand that was arnd 2 Km frm my house.....nd after spending 7 hrs in my stupid college used to go to my tuts. then after a 2.5 hrs ka lectures used to return home.....at arnd 9-9:30.....cuming home tired and exhausted i used to sit down to do my college work...complete my journals(thats a big time draw back of a maharashtra board college).....nd sum how gather time to study for my jee.....i sumwat managed my preps becoz i used to bunk my college a lot and never be used to caught and after going thru' all this i sum how managed to clear my JEE this year (but not with a great rank though).......not jus. me but ask any maharashtra board ka guy studying in pune....eg. MUDIT, funky (these are users on this site).....so definitely its better to give ur time completely to ur jee in sum insti. in places like KOTA.....but i believe that nothing is impossible.......it can be done in pune too( know sum student frm my college regular at college as well as studs too...99.8%ile in fiitjee consistantly )...but it is definitely more difficult than in a place like KOTA.....but still i believe that it all depends on what u do rather than where u do or with whom u do.....and Astie (a frndly nick name to "astatine" only if he never minded)....congo mate for ur wonderful show....keep it up and all the best for the future......