IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students and 1250 administrative & supporting staff and is a self-contained campus located in a beautiful wooded land of about 250 hectares.
Thus says the institute website. To an outsider the imposing campus would present a wonderful sight with the greenery,lower temperatures (they say it is 2-3 deg lower than the average temp of Chennai),the deers crossing the roads and the occasional glimpses of stags ,blackbucks etc.Any forest is incomplete without our forefeathers. Needless to say the campus is infested with monkeys. We have monkeys in all forms and sizes. To put it in the words of Maneka Gandhi or Manisha Koirala in Indian we have sweet little ones, naughty mid sized ones and huge papas and mamas.I certainly would like to change the adjectives describing them.Who wouldn't if he found monkey shit on opening his window and his clothes in the ground floor.
Monkeys have become a menace.These days they seem to be coming only in batches.Batch is an understatement,army would be better.They come in not less than 20-25 and wreak havoc in the wing.It seems like an F1 race .The first pitstop is the wing dustbin and peacefully dig the stuff ,throw out the unnecessary things like papers,refills etc and gorge on the banana peels,fruit left overs,pizza leftovers in the cartons etc. The race continues and the Alonsos ,Schumachers now head to the water dispenser or the wash basin.Ok fine,let them eat,throw everything,drink water etc.How the hell do we tell them not to shit in the wings esp near the water dispensers ?
Firstly this problem is due to the excessive concretisation of the open spaces in the institute over the last few months. We now have this huge Himalaya and four seven storied apartments masquerading as hostels. This pushes them to the green areas near our hostel which has hazaar green cover. Repeated complaints fall on deaf ears and the lips have only one standard answer - They have not occupied our place, we have intruded into their territory. This was coined by a Prof who is famous for her Ash type figure ( I repeat- only figure. Infact it is a favourite question during the ragging sessions.Ping me for details ) . One just cannot rest peace when the door is ajar because you never know when the army is going out to plunder the room.
Some probable (cant say if they are plausible ) solutions-
1) Leave them in the Snake Park/Cancer Institute/CLRI. Of course Anna Univ is also fine. I do believe in "Other students should not be left out. They too should experience IIT life"
2) Leave them in the houses of the proponents of animal rights. I would be eager to see how these guys react when they find monkey shit outside their windows.
3) Shift IIT . Proximity to any of Stella Mary's, Ethiraj , Queen Mary's etc is my first choice.
Things lost partially/entirely due to monkeys :
* Alarm clock, tablets in first sem.
* My roomie's mirror. They too are conscious of their looks , you see.
* Hazaar T-shirts which are hung outside in the wing. Some of them due to shit, some because the monkeys hang on them and throw them down. ( Reminds me of an old, superhit NTR song " Aaresuko poi paaresukunnanu ..". Can't translate)
* Hazaar vests and briefs. Somehow never found them wearing these. Will upload photos if I find them.
P.S : This movie was called Ek bandar hotel ke andar in Hindi. In my case it would be Hazaar bandar HOSTEL ke andar
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It was not so bad a couple of years back. All we needed to do was to ensure that the windows and doors were closed when there was no one in the room.
Who is the Ash type figure?
There is also a theory that these monkeys are actually trained and sent over to steal, mostly improbable, but you never know.
bandhar iit kein andhar .........
Monkeys have become a menace.These days they seem to be coming only in batches.Batch is an understatement,army would be better.They come in not less than 20-25 and wreak havoc in the wing.It seems like an F1 race .The first pitstop is the wing dustbin and peacefully dig the stuff ,throw out the unnecessary things like papers,refills etc and gorge on the banana peels,fruit left overs,pizza leftovers in the cartons etc. The race continues and the Alonsos ,Schumachers now head to the water dispenser or the wash basin.Ok fine,let them eat,throw everything,drink water etc.How the hell do we tell them not to shit in the wings esp near the water dispensers
rofl =))
nice post da
"Shift IIT . Proximity to any of Stella Mary's, Ethiraj , Queen Mary's etc is my first choice.
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lol.
"To put it in the words of Maneka Gandhi or Manisha Koirala in Indian we have sweet little ones, naughty mid sized ones and huge papas and mamas.I certainly would like to change the adjectives describing them"
lol whoz scolding my sweet ancestors :P grrrrrrr
some of the phrases described were hilarious,a testimony to your wit. :)
Shift IIT proximity to all women's college?
no wonder you guys drool a lot ;)
Nice post buddy
You forgot to mention MOP da in the list of those colleges ;) :P Anyways....dont think this will happen within your time at IIT. Nice suggestions though!
And nice comparison wrt the song :P ....difficult to translate....
Anna Univ already has enough monkey menace da... even for its small campus!!
I think monkey's were not allowed to write JEE, so they found 'other' means to enter IIT :P
ROFL post da..as usual full of wit and humour..
and yeah ..IIT to next Stella ethiraj all fine ..thank god not next to to you know wat ..[:p]
you should hav visited our campus!! in Madurai there we have monkeys of allsizes they will raid inside the class they wont worry about who's handling the class.. i dont know wat's wit monkeys and colleges.. may b they r tryin to learn wat v learn in colls?? after al humans evolved frm monkeys right.. btw nice blog u got..
comedy post da.. last year when you were in ground floor, ivlo menace irundada da? Don't crib. do something :P
and college stella ethiraj pakathula lam vendaam da.. tambaram kita kondu poidalam ;)
"Other students should not be left out. They too should experience IIT life"
i agree [:D]..
@K7:
Prof peru public aa sollamaten :P
It was not so bad then because these apartments were not there
@Sandy:
Thanks da :)
@Fairini:
I repeat, they are not sweetu little ones
@Vaishnavi:
Hehe thanks
@Mayura,Mithila, Gads:
Thanks a ton, but why all of you targeting a single person :P.
@Gads:
I have mentioned that. Repeated complaints haven't had any results. Ground floor la peace maxx, no probs at all
@Naren:
Lol!
@Venki:
Ya dude,even Naren says the same. Thanks
@Anonymous:
Good to know someone seconding my thoughts :P
"Shift IIT . Proximity to any of Stella Mary's, Ethiraj , Queen Mary's etc is my first choice."
hmm looks like u r getting despo for babes..ctrl [:P]
Lol post da. Afterall dont you need ur folks to give you company ;) Adukagadhan vandrukugal pola iruku :P
@Kiran:
Surely a 4 year stint in any of the IITs would make a normal person despo for some figures :P
@Srinidhi:
Hehe
he he he.. monkey business i must say !!!!this one is ultimate " NTR's song ..".... where do u get all this stuff man !! ultimate
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