hostel life

It was admission time and the college campuses were bustling with activity. New faces with twinkle in their eye can be seen briskly walking to their respective departments to enquire about various formalities that are required to be completed. It's a new beginning for the most crucial phase of their life .
While a majority wear the excited look, others seem to sulk a bit. The sulking community comprises mainly of the hostellers for whom the thought of staying away from home seem to bug.
But they are quite unaware that this could be the most exciting and chilling period of life.
"The last four years of college had been the best years in my life. And I know that I will never get that opportunity again. Hostel life comes once in a way in lifetime and one should never miss it.
It is true that hostellers will be missing mothers delicious food early in the morning and papa's assuring pat in the night but there is something more that one would cherish all his or her life.
Most of the first time hostelers tend to become homesick in the initial weeks. But the real life starts only after that. "In the early days many factors play in the back of the mind like home food, new place, new faces, fear of being ragged by seniors and the thought of staying away from near and dear ones.
All the factors vanish once they get over the fear of ragging by seniors and the seniors become their best friends. It happened to me and my roommates. Initially we all faced similar kinds of problem but after that we were least interested in going home, even during the semester breaks. Hostel is home away from home for us.(haddi,arun.me,joshi and chowda cant forget 5th semester break)
Fun and learning
Hostel life is not only fun but also a place to learn. Here one comes across people from various backgrounds and culture.(punjabi puttar mohit , GD, singla and inder ; lalaji ,nilesh and goppu from bihar; joshi from ujjain ; dolphin from delhi and many more)
Most hostellers claim that it is the best place to forge bonds of friendship. "Here, we not only take care of each other but also learn things from one and another. It is the perfect setting for group study and cultural interaction.
This is the place where our latent creative juices come to the fore. Many projects take its shape here in the hostels. Burning the midnight oil before semesters and projects is a common phenomenon in hostels.
Keeping aside the learning, fun is in abundance in the hostels. To get the most out of it one has to learn to get well with the mates.
Apart from gully cricket in the hostel compound and floodlit badminton in the courtyard and football in our field with computer friends like (samridh,birla,pegu and pulkit), life in the hostels is full of fun and frolic. "Most of us lead a restricted life at home. At the hostels we find a newfound freedom. Late night movies specially (gunda at shedis room), picnics and nightlong gossip become part of our life( how can we forget the GC between tashan,shedi,saquib ,lalaji and sinha ). But all the fun is not at the cost of studies.


Hostel life could be great sans the stray incidents of ragging and unpleasant experiences. And one should look forward towards it eagerly rather than sulk and get into the trap of homesick syndrome.