WHAT THE F***

The idlis they say are mighty fine
Until one fell down and crushed the toe of mine


This pretty much gives an indication of the latest insane thing that has come up in the campus.On April 1st a gigantic,gargantuan,mammoth mess was declared open-The Himalaya or better still Shitalaya.This mess,constructed at a whopping cost of 9 crores{What a waste!} will surely be bigger than some of the colleges in Hyd!I was slisha apprehensive about the day of inaugration {April 1st -All Fools Day} but later realized that it was a perfect launch because they have been succesful in fooling more than 2500 students.Wow! Sensational timing by the authorities I should say.It couldn't have started on a better day.It is a huge 3 storeyed building with a posh facade and green lawns in front of it.But it's total nonsense inside .A perfect way of describing it would be "Good from far but far from good".

For non iitians i shall give a brief intro.All these days we had our food in the hostel mess.The Dean decided that the students of one of the premier engineering colleges of the country needed better food and came up with this horrible idea called "Giga Mess" wherein all the students in the hostel zone will be going to a single place for their food.This Mess has 3 different caterers {RR,CR and SHAKTI} each serving two different cuisines called C1-Predominantly Northie and C2- Southie food.We later realised that C2=C1 + Sambhar.We were asked to exercise our vote on the caterer and C1 or C2.RR caterer had the reputation of being the best of the bad lot and so we all voted for that with the hope that atleast now things would get better.Alas the food is at an all-time worst now.

First of all the very fact that we have to walk so much for food acts as a deterrent.This Himalaya is just beside that Gurunath and evening coffee is non -existent.RR invariably has a mile long queue at any time of the day thanks to the huge turnout.Each floor is assigned a different caterer and the capacity is 720 in each floor.About 1600 students have registered for RR,some 500 for CR and about the same for Shakti.Needless to say there is absolutely no rush in CR and Shakti while we all fight it out in the queues in RR.The concept as such is bad,food worse and the queue "worshtest".We have to walk back the entire distance even for a spoon of rice.The scene in the lunch time is literally like a refugee camp with people pushing and jostling each other.This is mainly due to the 1pm class.I seriously feel lunch time has to be increased because we can never predict when we will be done with this stupid ordeal.

All of us were issued cards for entry into the mess and it says we cant go to the other caterer.It is a simple yellow card which would cost no more than 5 bucks.Loss of mess card means a fine of RS. 500 {REALLY} and coupons for extras will be issued in multiples of Rs.300.For all of us who experienced hunger pangs in the night Dhaba provided some respite with the ok types food.Now Dhaba also has been closed and we see a new outlet called Tifanys above Mega Mess.This Mega Mess is just beside Gajendra Circle and it closes by 10pm thanks to its proximity to the girls hostel.Infact its sandwiched between the 2 girl's hostels.Firstly why the **** was it opened there?And what's the problem in guys coming near the hostel after 10?? Anyway there are hajaar couples who roam till 3-4am and n hajaar couples just outside the girls hostel who keep talking till some 3-4am.The Dean has no problems with that and has cribs about guys coming near the girls hostels for food. *Evil Grin *-I am sure girls dont mind guys coming :P.

The Govt mess in our 1st year was pretty good and the hostel messes were privatised in the 2nd year and the food has been deteriorating ever since.How I wish our students enact a Rang De Basanti{hmm maybe without killing} or some Medha Patkar comes and starts Himalaya Hatao Andolan.Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizb-ul guys,if you really want to target an educational institution you are most welcome.Do come here and demolish Himalaya without leaving a brick instead of targetting harmless profs in IIsc.

P.S. : The rebellion has started.Be a rebel
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