Ladies and Gentlemen .. Noise please !! The college is in session ..
I.T. was bubbling again after 2 months of dormancy. The students were back to college after a long vacation, excited; but unfortunately found themselves amidst a ‘little’ bit of a chaos.
There were last minute changes in the hostel allotment, causing confusion and restlessness amongst those who had arrived early. The worst affected were the second year students, who were really keen to get some of their privacy back in the single seated rooms they were supposed to get. What they got though (and, much to their disappointment) were double seated rooms, reminiscent of their first year in the college. Accommodating two people in rooms meant for a single inmate was as tough, as tough could be.
The other problem, and a big one for that, was the state of toilets in the hostels. Construction was still going on and all the toilets could not be used, as a result of which students either had to get up before dawn or wait in long queues. Similarly, the messes were being renewed and were thus non-functional, hence, students had to go out for eating, an option not monetarily viable. The situation remained unchanged for around ten more days and then life was back to normal. The renovation of the hostels (although it’s restricted to the toilets and the messes only) is very much welcome but the question that needs to be answered is - Why couldn’t it be finished before the start of the new session? We now hope that the hostel staff is able to maintain these new look toilets and messes. The ones who were (yet again) spared of this entire trauma (and no prizes for guessing this one) were the girls.