To Dear Old Friends

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To Dear Old Friends

Remember dear girls, that chai so hot,

Old Krishna from the canteen brought?

Eccentric professors droning on,

Slide presentations that made you yawn,

Canteen was our sole refuge,

Saving us from boring lectures' deluge,

Remember dear girls, that chai so hot,

Old Krishna from the canteen brought?

Worrying over filling journals for Prof Briganza,

Praying he would come down with influenza,

And suddenly one of you shrieked,

"There goes Sheena with Fareed!"

Remember dear girls, that chai so hot,

Old Krishna from the canteen brought?

The Bold & The Beautiful we mooned over,

Contemplating who would be Ridge's new lover.

Wondering if Prof Shah would ever retire,

Complaining how much that Vipul does perspire.

Remember dear girls, that chai so hot,

Old Krishna from the canteen brought?

Thrown out of class I was one day,

Drowned in misery I was that day,

Cheering me with hearty laughs that day,

Dear friends you saved me that day.

Remember dear girls, that chai so hot,

Old Krishna from the canteen brought?

This was me reminiscing my college days, with my best friends, our group that secretly called itself G1 for group 1 (how lame right?). And undoubtedly, the best memories of those youthful days were of course the times we spent in between lectures, lunch, bunked lectures and lectures you got thrown out of, at the college canteen. 

A rather modest canteen it was, that had a man named Krishna running it. We rarely got anything edible there besides his chai for a humble Rs 5 for a glass or Rs 2 for the cutting that we obviously opted for. On occasions he announced hot samosa/vada pavs, which cost a princely Rs 7, which we desisted from shelling out. On 'special' occasions he even offered misal pav, which was basically the samosa pav stuffing refurbished, remodeled, garnished and served. Anyhow it all depended on how hungry or how low we felt to devour even that!

The times we spent here mocking, joking, crying, raging, bitching, complaining, finishing assignments, discussing everything under the sun over a cuppa are indeed the ones that I shall cherish for ever!

Here's to you my dearest friends, G1 rocks till date!

Purani jeans aur guitar.....

 

This post has been written in association with Chaayos & Blogchatter on occasion of Friendship Day, 7th Aug'16.

Update: Yesss!! I won this contest!!

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