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Going away from home and starting college is complicated. However, for those who get the chance to stay in a hostel, the feeling is completely different. From borrowing clothes to staying up late at night, gossiping and chatting, hostel gives you some of the best years of your life.
Here are a few things which only a hosteler relates to. If you are a hosteler, you would agree!
1. Wi-fi Blues:
Oh, how we all miss home for its Wi-fi and only when you stay in a hostel do you realize its value. So whenever, the college Wi-fi happens to be left switched on by the admin (bless that soul), it’s literally party time for everyone. Downloading songs, movies, and episodes follows.
2. Room checking time:
The rumor about room checking triggers a stampede. The hide and seek game begins and you’ll find the entire hostel finding places to hide those kettles and straighteners which we aren’t allowed to keep but ‘conveniently’ put in our cupboards.
3. Searching for food at night:
Finding food at night is as tough as finding food in a famine area. Knocking at every door and begging for food seems so natural once you start leaving in a hostel. Stocking doesn’t help because voila, food disappears in minutes.
4. The morning classes:
It’s 8:30 and you have a class at 8:45. Relax, you still have 5 minutes to sleep. Because you can magically transport yourself in class at precisely 8:45. And you have no qualms about showing up in class in your night clothes.
5. Birthday surprises:
Away from home, birthdays might seem lonely. But believe me, hostel birthday surprises rock. Your friends become your extended family and make every effort to bring a smile on your face.
College can be tough but hostel can make everything easy and comfortable.
Ishita Sharma
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India’s share of global achievers is noteworthy in all fields. The same can be seen in the Indian achievers of the much coveted Nobel Prize. The prize is given annually in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics. Kailash Satyarthi was jointly presented with the Nobel Peace Prize along with Malala Yousafzai today. Mr. Satyarthi is the founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking.
Here are other Indians who have brought the Nobel Prize home with worldwide glory-
Rabindranath Tagore
The first non-European to win a Nobel for Literature in 1913 for ‘Geetanjali’, a collection of poems. His verses, poetry and writings have been considered phenomenal in India as well as the West.
C.V Raman
A Physicist, Raman was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for his groundbreaking research and the ‘Raman Effect’ of light which was named after him.
Dr. Hargobind Khorana
India’s doctorate in Chemistry, he shared the Nobel in 1968 for Physiology or Medicine with Robert Holley and Marshall Nirenberg for his work in Human Genetic Code and its role in Protein Synthesis.
Mother Teresa
A Yogoslavian nun who later became a citizen of India, she was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. She served people suffering from Leprosy and to those people dying in destitute through her Charitable Mission “Nirmal Hriday” at Calcutta.
Amartya Sen
A professor of Economics, Sen became the first Indian to win a Nobel for Economics in 1998 for his work in Welfare Economics contributing largely to the field of Poverty, Democracy, Development and Social Welfare.
Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar
He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 with William Alfred Fowler for his theoretical studies of the ‘physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars’.
While these scientists are natives of India, there are also many other Nobel Prize winners who are of Indian descent and have made India proud by their achievements. These personalities are –
V.S Naipaul
A British writer of Indian origin, he won the Nobel for Literature in 2001. Born in Trinidad, he based his all-time popular novel, A House of Mr. Biswas, on life of an Indian immigrant in Trinidad.
Dr. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
An Indo-American who shared the Nobel for Chemistry in 2009 with Israel’s Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath for their work in mapping ribosomes, the protein procucing factories within cells at the atomic level.
