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Artwork by Prof. Arun Inamdar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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. Chai at canteen. Ghats. Pseuds. Gujjus. Bhaiyas. Bawas. Mallus. Punjus. Hajjar memories come flooding by of all our muggoos, cribbus and hugroos.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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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Photo Courtesy: Many of the photographs used in this article are from the photo archive of Project Evergreen.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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.
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Artwork by Prof. Arun Inamdar
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Part” tab_id=”1652167949981-7c2de121-6c34″][vc_column_text]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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Artwork by Prof. Arun Inamdar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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 but it wouldn’t work.
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Photo courtesy: Neena Majumdar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]IITB was my first experience of community living. There was very little of ‘this is mine’.
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Artwork by Prof. Arun Inamdar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]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 me down.
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Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]When 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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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The first week of January 1972, we had returned to the Institute after the winter break.
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Artwork by Prof. Arun Inamdar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]IITB was a very special place. H10 at IITB was an even more special place.