Think abt a hangout inside MIT campus............the first thing which comes into my mind is none other than kamath canteen...........one place which has been truly serving the mighty mighty MIT for generations......
The canteen is truly a place where cultures truly met.........funny i learnt my first kannada words at the canteen itself.......the canteen sees a flurry of activities right from 0700 hours in morning to 2230 hours in night...........how many times have i seen students doing last minute revision while shoving a mouthful of bread pieces at the canteen during exam...........not only that i have seen bankrupt boyfriends keeping their girl happy with the cheap and sumptuous food available at the canteen....
Often the canteen authorities have to forcefully ask students to move out of the canteen because many of them would be stuck there for hours talking all they could..........i myself have been asked twice to do so because i was sitting and chatting there with my pals holding only a glass of lime soda....
Many a times i have vented my anger over certain issues by just sitting at canteen and having a glass of water.........for me the place holds some sorts of mystical charm which helps me in getting solution to various problems...........
The description of kamath canteen is incomplete without a mention of the long list of items it serves to the students of this mighty mighty institution.........bhurji paratha,veg bread masala,veg bun masala,maggi,lime soda............are few of the them............trust me whenever you enter this place.....you can hear the name of such items resonating from the lips of the students........i have a friend who is a mousumbi juice fanatic.......she comes daily to the canteen only to have the sweet juice..........she says no other place offers better mousumbi juice...............the quality of the food provided by the place is awesome also the cost of food is very less.....which is essential if you are serving to student who live by the motto “sasta par vadiya”......
The thing about kamath canteen is that it is not a canteen its almost like a railway station which has seen hundreds of people come and go over the years and its still over there to receive many more........sometimes when i sit at the canteen i feel proud because this is the same place upon where some of the greatest MITians must have sat and had tea while forming gr8 ideas..........
Officially u can’t squat outside the canteen...........but alas rules are made to be broken..........there is nothing better than sitting outside kamath canteen and having a conversation.............
If rumours are about to be true then the canteen is supposedly to be broken and it will make way for a coffee shop..........they say “old pave the way for the new” but will that be true for this canteen which has seen generations come and go..........maybe maybe not.......till then....let me see what else can i gather abt other places in my esteemed college campus........which are visited enough but not cared to that extent!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sayonara
Prithvi
PS: this being my first blog may be a little bit out of order........but i hope to get better everytime!!!!
