Who doesn’t like an unexpected holiday being declared, especially students pleasantly surprised when a snow day or a rainy day is suddenly announced at a school or a college?
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“…those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end, we’d sing and dance forever and a day…” as sung by Mary Hopkin (1968). We easily recall this wonderful…
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The first memory has to be of the first entry into the hostel in blinding rain. Since I had not yet studied engineering, I knew how to fix a bulb…
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IITB was my first experience of community living. There was very little of ‘this is mine’.
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Arun Kaul H4, C76 Aero is famous for: Riding to classes on horseback and “parking” the horse in the cycle shed. Creating and singing brilliant parodies on the fly. Remember…
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The yellow bike was an abomination. Its owner, who was named after the mating call of the Rana Tigrina, was contemplating the despicable act of making money from a hand…
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2022Current IssueHos-tales
Vintage Student Publications from IIT Bombay
by Ashok Kamathby Ashok KamathWhen I joined IIT Bombay in 1974 the first piece of “publication” that I got was an introduction to the Students’ Gymkhana.
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The first week of January 1972, we had returned to the Institute after the winter break.
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IITB was a very special place. H10 at IITB was an even more special place.
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As background, I had the honor of serving as General Secretary (GS) of Hostel 4 in 1968-69 1 . During my H4 GS term, we broke all norms for a hostel…
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Long, long ago, in 1965, archeologists were scandalized to find a stoned student in the bed of Powai Lake (surname first), who pretended that it was routine matter.
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Wings also invariably brought together students from different years, thus acting as the passing of the baton of stories and folklore.
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2022Current IssueHos-tales
Origin of the Ladies Hostel on the IITB Campus
by Neela Mudgalby Neela MudgalThe first girl to join the B.Tech. program of IIT Bombay was Tejaswini Saraf (now Kanvinde).
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Somewhere in the second semester, we were told that we need to have a field trip to gather the mandatory 100 hours needed for social service in the first two…
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I am Bankim Biswas and what I write is a lot of bunkum and wishwash. I write about “then” and “now” scenarios. I am from the “then” generation. Mercifully so.…
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Once upon a time, there was a magazine called the Debonair. It was famous for its nude centrespreads. Nobody knows what else there was in the magazine.
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I don’t exactly know, but let me tell you about some start-ups that occurred in the late nineteen sixties.
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It happened suddenly. Messmates started shouting and there was chaos. Demands were made as to who prepared aloo subzi for the dinner.
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About a week or two after I became a resident of Hostel 4 on the campus, for some reason I was a bit late getting to the mess for dinner.…
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There is a widespread belief among hostel inmates that you would not feel homesick if your hostel served good food. This belief is likely true as most of us enjoyed…
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I was visiting H5 after over 35 years. My wife was accompanying me and I was keen to show her my room and relive memories of some of the best…
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This was our fifth year. Knowing that we’d disperse the following year, we maximized the fun aspect of our hostel and wing life – in the silliest of ways (looking…
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When Ali sent a message via Ashok Kamath wanting a piece about the ‘literary life’ of IIT Bombay during my time there, I had to dig into rapidly dissipating memories,…
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2022Cack SessionCurrent IssueHos-tales
Looking Back with Mr. Sharad Saraf: IITB in the ’60s
by Humblebeeby HumblebeeInterviewers: Adil Khan, Samyak Shah This interview was conducted as part of Department of Electrical Engineering’s “Alumni and Corporate Engagement” initiative. Check out the Department’s official student newsletter at this…
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I usually never bunked lectures but it so happened that I was down with fever and felt too delirious to attend that day.
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We used to have a common Freshie’s night in LT for all hostels, in which freshers exhibited various skills .
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Arun Kaul wrote, acted in, directed and produced plays, skits, entertainment programs. One of his outlandish media adventure was the production of a “magazine”.
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I had to miss my B.Tech convocation due to my stupidity on Janmashtami in 1973.
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This was in our third year. We had just won the Institute Treasure Hunt. Our joy knew no bounds. Jitna daru ka stock tha pee liye. But yeh Dil Mange…
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One night, four students were playing till late night and could not study for the test which was scheduled for the next day.
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The MI rock show took place in the SAC amphitheater, and the sound check would go on for what felt like hours (especially for the headlining bands).
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There used to be, and maybe there still is, a quota for foreign students. The IITs used to attract students from all over the global south.
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Jimy Uranwala and Sapnon Ki Rani I could hardly believe my ears when I heard someone in my hostel wing strumming his guitar and practising singing “Mere Sapnon ki Rani,…
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I always recall the eclectic collection of professors from all over India who taught us various subjects during our years at IITB.
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Nostalgia time! For some fundoo hostel memories. Pondies. Gaalis. Water fights. EPs/PAFs. Cult trophy. Sports trophy. Inter wing tourneys. Bridge. Carom. TT. Footer. Basketball. Volleyball. Chess. Antakshari. Chayageet. Dumb Charades.…
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In mid-2019, one of our classmates (C’77) posted pictures of our hostel 5 on WhatsApp. There was an uproar.
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It has been 30 years since we graduated, and yet the thought of my wing brings an instant lifting of the spirit and a bubble of laughter in my throat.