WE ARE HOSTELERS.....

The most adorable and unforgettable moments of college life mostly happen only in and around the hostel building (No offence, day scholars). Let me list some here….

Those few thousand rupees that we pay for staying in the hostel is nothing when compared to the enjoyment over there

Those movies being watched by a gang of more than 15 guys in a laptop inside a single room and the happiness it gives cannot be compensated by multiplex theatres

Those scolds, abuses and warnings issued to us by the warden and watchman for coming late into the hostel are nothing in comparison with the late – night outings, where we block the entire road by striding as a mob

Those cricket and football matches we watch in TV are no way nearer to witnessing a match live

Those games we play with cards like ass and uno are no match for the bridge played at clubs and bars

Those cricket matches we play at the corridors and sometimes even inside the hostel rooms cannot be overshadowed by the net practice session of seasoned players

Those last minute preparations for the most difficult paper of a sem can never be kept at par with the year – long preps for the board exams

That guy who explains us the Greek and Latin part of a subject at the eleventh hour is more than a God when compared to the prof who teaches for months

Those group studies where we mostly do everything apart from studying is more effective than the hour – long references at library

Those birthday bumps and slaps received from the fellow hostellers is way beyond the power of a Chris Gayle sixer

Those debts we incur and those bucks we spend for buddies, if accumulated, would surely cross the total assets of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg, combined

The taste of those limited Onion Bondas for which we fight and brawl can’t be equaled by a soup at ITC Grand Chola

Those group walks to the class from the hostel cannot be overtaken by the long drives from home to reach the college

Those calls of machi and mapla, even to the first time acquaintance in the hostel, cannot be leveled by these hippy dude­ and buddy

The yells made by us after India wins a match can never be matched by the noise of an uproarious thunder

Those baths in showers and falls are negligible when it matters about taking bath at the hostel bathroom after waiting for our turn in a queue

Those ice – creams, milk shakes and hot chocolates that we share among us are greater than the home – made idlis and chapathis

Even the Burj Khalifa cannot be on par with our majestic hostel blocks

That moment when your room – mate gives you his shirt when you’re in dire need of it can never be compensated by those Ottos and Peter Englands

Those five star rooms and lounges cannot equal the bliss of being at an ordinary hostel, but with your evergreen friends

And, last but not the least, those 60 – 70 years of our entire life are nothing in comparison with the emotions and memories of these years at the college hostel