Thanks 'atagar'! I've already been through the links that you gave me... My hesitation to begin with anything at all was that I was not sure to go directly into resolving bugs, I thought maybe prior knowledge of networking & protocols (in-depth) was very necessary. But now that I think of it, this way is the best way even though it might be hardest!
As to Nick Mathewson, I am ready to devote quite a lot of my time to Tor irrespective of GSoC. I probably should not have mentioned GSoC to begin with, but my problem is that recently my college network centre blocked all outgoing connections through all but port 8080 i.e. the http proxy port. The firewall & port blocking now blocks IRC & a lot of other things inclusive of Tor. Thus (I am not sure of the cause-effect implication) I can only spectate IRC chat through http://www.mibbit.com & am unable to comment. Any alternative is always welcome!
This might be totally out-of-context in regard to the mailing list but I really want to contribute to Tor due to the basic idea it represents, that of, freedom of speech & anonymity & a lot of other things by acting in a kind of rebellious way, which is the icing on the cake!
Thanks again! -Ashish Patil