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Hostel 4, has always been one of the most illustrious hostels in IITB. It has quite an enviable history, particularly in sports and cultural activities. Though until the day we entered it hallowed portals and changed its fate it hadn't quite won the Performing Arts Festival (affectionately christened PAF by all those who loved it... and boy, who didn't)!
But it is not just about Hostel 4 or HIV as it was known, that I intend to write about in this brief walk down memory lane. It is more about the Class of 1996, that made a difference. The second last batch to enter the hostel as well, ...'freshies' as we were addressed in our Freshman year.
I will try to talk about as many of those people on this page as I can try and remember at this point of time.
A reasonably plump enthusiastic young chap walked ina few minutes after I had got Pandu (a hostel worker), to open room 243 which Mr. Pillai (The Hall Manager) had assigned tome. This young man was going to be my lifeline for most of my chemical engineering courses for the next 4 years. His name is Chetan Rao.
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One of the most picturesque views opened up before me as I lugged my stuff up the broken and crumbling staircase that so characterized all student buildings in IITB (well, not quite all student buildings, there was the Students Activity Center (called SAC by IITB inmates)) were characterised by. I remember I had to change rooms at the behest of Amit Manwani, my first friend and mentor in this strange new world of incessant rain and slimy green walls, creepy insects and positively impolite seniors.
I couldn't believe my good fortune at being welcomed to a wing with a room all to myself, rather unusual for a freshie I thought and took all the negatives in my stride including the broken bed and flaky walls that aggravated my chronic dust allergy. Little did I know then every freshman was being offered a similar and usually better deal with rooms to live in which had NOT been inhabited by Skinny in the past.
I really wonder if PAF still happens but it was the only thing that came remotely close to generating as much enthu as crossy did. We achieved what we wanted as a batch and as a hostel, a first in PAF for 2 years in a row (1995 & 1996), with "The End?" (along with H8) and the blockbuster "A Touch of Evil" (along with H2). Though we didn't quite come around to being as good as "Locomotivations" by H8 & H9 in our freshman year at the institute.
Not too much to write about. I didn't spend too much time in class anyway. Nevertheless, most of my classmates were rather nice and polite
I didn't quite make the number of trips to the department, the way I should have. Honestly there isn't much to write about because academics were an also in my life at IITB. Yes, I certainly do regret my disdain for academics I held during those important years from 1992 to 1996 but then I can't really turn the clock back. Thanks to Vishwas Karve, Chetan Rao, Dilip Agrawal and Hemang Desai, I managed to submit most of my assignments on time.
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