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The author of Glimpses of Reflected Recollections is working in Shri Swami Vivekanand Education Institute, Kolhapur as an Assistant Professor in English. He has completed M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees in English at Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Here, the author has delineated the journey of a group of post-graduating students at the University of Khadkura. From all respects, Bhaskaran, the narrator is a cursed guy and his foolish mistakes drown him into utter failure. Lacking almost everything of which could be boast of, Bhaskaran suffers intolerable humiliation and disappointment. He also was tortured and teased by the sophisticated group of students. However, he has been supported and consoled by another group of students. After getting moulded to the life of the university, Bhaskaran started disliking his rustic parents and his slum like dwelling place. Like other students, he was possessed with the infatuation. Love affairs among the students were rumoured and scandalised spicily. On a trip, unfortunately, one of the students dies by drowning in the sea and in election fever two persons had to lose their lives and Tushar as a convict was incarcerated. After post graduating, his friends scattered over the state for their jobs with many dreams. Though remained away, they are in contact with Bhaskaran. Some of his classmates have been strangled at non aided colleges; some with other such many problems as unbearable ordeals. Bhaskaran expresses his will to be a reporter so as to expose problems of the working faculties. Believing in his wisdom, his friends made financial provision for his investigation. Unfortunately, he came across all the affected faculties who did not intend to come together to fight for their rights. There were a few who would fight for all: some of remaining would support and inspire them and the left great number of faculties would expect their problems to be solved but by others, all losing faith in their own lives and surrendering to addictions. The field of higher education he saw was totally hallucinating and utterly disillusioned: not much different from his own!