“BITS and Pieces: A Collage Of My BITSian Memories” is now available on NotionPress, Amazon India, Amazon US, Amazon UK and Kindle
Read on ahead for the Book Blurb:
Want to know about BITSian lingo: “C’not”, “Lacha”, “RefLi” or about Gate Calls?Or about the various clubs in BITS Pilani and its famous college festival “Oasis”?
The world of BITS Pilani is secluded, enclosed within the walls of its Vidya Vihar campus. BITS and Pieces: A Collage of my BITSian Memories is a book that will take readers on a walk down memory lane. Through the book, readers will learn about the secrets, quirks and what makes BITS Pilani stand out from the crowd. It evokes images of the simpler pre-mobile days when BITS Pilani had only one campus.
Steeped in nostalgia, BITS and Pieces: A Collage Of My BITSian Memories offers a glimpse into the campus life of BITS Pilani during pre-mobile days when BITS Pilani had only one campus.
This book will appeal to BITSians, ex-BITSians and even non-BITSians who either want to relive their memories or want to know more about BITS Pilani.
This post has been written as part of #BlogchatterA2Z where all through the month of April I will be writing about BITS Pilani.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.
I’m participating in #BlogchatterA2Z.
Psst. My book “Xanadu: Three Souls Searching For Their Paradise” is now available on Amazon, do check it out!
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Mess bills were always convenient. I remember how our Mess bill when we were in the Army used to come at the end of the month, sometimes staggering, at other times tolerable!😀 Enjoying all your posts, Harshita!
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Thank you ma’am. Yes sometimes my mess bill also used to give me a shock!
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We always had curd rice in our mess since I studied in Tamil Nadu…but mess times were fun and could relate to taking Xeroxes as well…..
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Thank you Jayanthi. Curd rixe in our mess was reserved for Sunday high-tea
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Wow..
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The way you have expressed (e)xtras in mess is simply amazing. It’s commendable the way you can weave stories around each topic. Even after 20 years of leaving BITS Pilani…you still remember each intricate detail of things…it’s simply amazing 👏.
Extras in the mess were ignored during early years of campus life…but I remember towards the end we used to be utilising extras without much guilt. Extras for boys mess was sookhe aloo ki sabji or egg bhurji/omelet. They were specially cherished by the end of college life as we got fed up being fed the same menu over past years.
Xerox as you rightly described used to be the only Sahara when you realised that you don’t have anything to prepare for the test next day as you have been bunking classes as you had much better things to do in life (read dating) and as you were working hard towards a beautiful future (again…not career wise). A lot of tests in BITS used to be open book and that’s all the more reason to get notes xeroxed…hoping that something will come in the test that can be directly copied from the notes. But alas the professors were smart and made sure that open book tests were most faadu and nothing can be directly picked up from the notes.
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Oh, you took me back to my college days and hours spent in the canteen 🙂
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Thank you so much ! 🌸
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//irrespective of what and how much they ate.// Though it is a common practice across many hostels, the way you have written made it interesting!!
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Thank you so much
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The Word-“Extra” has been beautifully described as “Xtra” without hampering its significance/value. In addition to the mess details, the availability and use of reprographics facilities has also been narrated in the magnificently.
Dr. S.K.Nanda
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In HR College, we had a zerox wala too. He had all the notes, pre-prepared in bundles before exams and people used to go to him in droves to get these precious notes. Gosh we’d do anything but attend lectures to score well in exams 😀 😀
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I loved this post but to be honest I just have to say that the reply to your comment by Mr. Ashish Aggarwal is adorable!
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🙂🙂
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I completely forgot about the Xerox machine inside MB. Most of my Xeroxes (and print outs for SOPs – Study Oriented Projects – easy electives to make good grades and up the CGPA) were done in the FDIII unit because I figured out a time when it would not be crowded for me to get my xeroxes done with less hassle. If I was gettind delayed, then I also had the option of leaving the action mid-way for B to take it up and hand it over to me the next day when I met him, as he was a resident of Ram and then RP (2 of the hostels closest to the Insti).
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Oh poor B!
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