College memories

Bunking lectures,organizing socials,going for outings with friends was our agenda during our college days.I miss chatting with the canteen owner who was known as "shetty".Nobody knew his real name coz "shetty" sounded more cool.Once,i suggested he should include a new dish.And so began the trend of bread pakoras and chinese pulav.Not once did I see him in a tense mood.Always smiling and inviting suggestions on how to improve his menu.Some of them took advantage of his sincere nature and never paid him back .Then there was a sandwichwala called "suresh" outside our college who used to make these amazing sandwiches.Mine was a "special" which had unique ingredients like extra chilli paste.Nobody could savor my sandwich coz a fire brigade had to be summoned after consuming one if you know what i mesn.Just opposite was "Rich fast food" where we always had masala dosa though the masala was non-existent most of the time.Any request for extra masala would invite a stare from "uncle".He usually surrendered.Our usual hangout was "tiwari's tea stall" where apart from few gossips we relished his homemade samosas made by his wife.He bought sweets when he had a baby girl.Inspite of being uneducated and orthodox ,he never cursed fate for giving him a girl unlike the so called literates willing to sacrifice anything for a boy.Ours was not a huge campus so we would be found near NM college ,where our friend's girlfriend studied and Silver beach which was an extension of juhu beach(Not many people know this) The amount of time that we spent at NM college made everyone believe that we were their alumnis.We were always on the black list for poor attendance and we had these PTA meetings where our parents were called in.Some brought their elder brothers and sisters to these meetings.A few brought their neighbours and friends posing as brothers and sisters.The result was quite amusing if i may add.