Into the collage... & canteen... Sahyadri Collage - 1

Last week I had to travel to Jalahalli for a family function & I had to pass thru Majestic & IISc. Though I keep remembering Manu regularly, seeing IISc, Agarwal Bhavn & Rajastani Roti Ghar in Mattikere, strongly bought back the memories days 'we' (Me, Guru & Manu) spent together.
Remembering a dead friend is always difficult. When me & Guru meet up & talk, I guess we avoid talking about Manu for the fact that we cannot digest that he has been dead for 3 years now. Also we try to avoid being in Majestic & passing thru "PLATFORM NO.13", which used to be our meeting place in bangalore.
Somehow, last weeks look @ IISc put me in thought of penning down as much as I remember from the day I met Manu & Guru. So…here it is….
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Sahyadri Collage - 1
Though I did my professinal stidies @ Mysore, after my PU, I enrolled in Sahyadri collage for BSc..! It was 2004 June batch & this is where we met. I still remember the first day @ collage, when manu came to me asked "You studied in National School… right?". I said "Yes" & he was gone..! (He was my senior in my high school & I knew him by face). During lunch hour he came to me & we talked about our school. That’s it…he was my new buddy. I guess Guru was a week late into the class & I don’t remember how he got into our group. Within few days myself, Manu, Guru, Ramu (my PU classmate) & Venu became good friends. I still remember we all sitting in "Bhatru Canteen" munching "Masala Vada's" & sipping hot "Kashaya"..! We hardly used to have money except the change we used to get for the city bus. We used to manage the "canteen parties" with these funds itself.
Guru had opted for electronics & Manu for Geology. I was in Chemistry. We had nothing in common…. Except me & Manu were FAT & had good appetite..!