"Room Number F-13, Tagore : Vikram Kumar, Diwakar Singh, Madhur Jain and Shubhankar Rai. Last boy doesnt get to have the bookshelf.", announced Chaubey, warden of First Year Hostel, as he handled me a key.
Not having a book shelf seemed to be a major deprivation in the undersized rooms of the hostel. That meant, my books would be lying all over the place. Little did I know then, that books are of little significance in the so called "teaching" of MNNIT.
The rooms were so small that after 4 beds, 4 cupboards and 3 bookshelfs, there was hardly any walking space for the occupants. My bedroom at my home seemed to be posh hotel suite as compared to this. The room had shabby walls where our seniors had scribbled their names, as room fathers and unoriginal quotes like "99% of the gals are beautiful, the rest 1% are in my college" were present, clearly expecting honour and reverence for it.
" Hi guys .. I am Shubhankar.. from Baroda.. Gujarat.. Computer Science and your fourth room mate?..You must be Diwakar..?" I said as I looked towards a nerdy looking guy who was neatly arranging his bed.
There is a thing with the names of guys, u can virtually guess the personality of a person by his name. Rahul, or for that matter, Raj, named guys are extremely popular with girls, and are mostly never single. Vivek are mostly very intelligent and generally toppers. Ashishs are loafers with a big gang of friends. Diwakar seemed to be a very nerdy name.
" Hi.. Ya .. I am Diwakar.. I am from Bareilly.. Electrical engg." Bingo ! I was good at it.
"Bareilly.. nice place ... nice meeting you.. where are the other two? Vikram and Madhur?"
" Ohh they have gone to the canteen to have a cup of tea... Lets join them... I was just arranging stuff so couldnt go.. but I am done now."
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Good going. In your previous post, you mentioned the lack of good North Indian food as a reason for not joining South Indian colleges. Have you found any good North Indian food around Teliyarganj? :) . I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the father-son trio who manage the canteen. How many times do you have to call "Bhaiya, bhaiya", to get anything done?
ReplyDeleteFrom third sem. you will be shifted to a single seater room but 2 students will have to stay together. You will get pretty 'close' with your roommate. Don't worry, it actually gets better after your first year..
Dude! Nothing against South India ..!! Just a passing thought which every new entrant has..
ReplyDeletenewaz I m already a passout :)) n would be talking about my 2nd year soon ;)
Keep Reading :)
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteMe..one of the most recent followers ..must say prelude was really catchy..you shud also start ending every blog with .. "so where will I find a place to keep my books ??" "what will happen next types.. " :P newayz jokes apart..its really cool reading such a thing frm one of us :) bt haan yaar intezaar itna karwaya kare to at least length sahi rakha kar blog ki .. after this much of waiting only this much ..dun u knw a lot of ppl r waitin for there names to appear :P
keep going :)
man whatever u write takes me back to college...awesome..but write more..i dont think u wud be that busy "working" :P
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