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