Unlike most other institutes, at the IITs we are granted a semi-vacation in the winter. It’s long enough to have an awesome time, yet short enough to not involve oneself in useless activities such as internships, internships and internships of a technical nature in India. From the deepest bowels of ******, we bring to you some wacky ideas about what could keep you busy over this short and sweet holiday, ideas that smell nothing like where they came from; we’ve already sorted out the ideas that stink!
We don’t think about this often, but our friends at the place we study are naturally the largest (or atleast among the larger) subset(s) of our global set of the same. In our personal capacity we urge you to pursue whole-heartedly in December, what we are most deprived of within the hallowed boundaries of our institute. Erm... good food *wink wink*
It is imperative, now that we’ve put this thought into your unsuspecting minds, to provide some definitive tried-n-tested sources where you actually may get some. Broadly speaking, there are may be 4 to 5 categories or many more for that matter, but numbers are so passé.
Educational: Naturally, when in the pursuit of good food, one may occasionally feel guilty and would like to attach something meaningful as a secondary objective. What could be more enhancing than a short computer course or learn a new language? French food is supposedly awesome!
The winter’s also a good time to get back into the shape you were never in. So you could head to your nearest sports complex, work up a sweat playing squash, tennis or swimming. Working-out can immensely increase your appetite for food. While on physical activity, one can’t fail to mention trekking and adventure sports. Treks are the most inexpensive and legal way to lose yourself, plus they’re undeniably great fun especially when you take some delicious food along.
We are all aware at some level of our social responsibilities and though most of us don’t give much of a thought to giving back to the community, being involved in some form of social service is definitely something to be experienced. And as ironical as it may be, most organisations looking for volunteers do provide them with ample opportunity to feed themselves before those wiling volunteers head out to feed the poor. The satisfaction at the end of the day is overwhelming to say the least.
Then ofcourse, the winter break, is just that, a break from the busy schedules we never had, the quizzes we never gave, the reports we never made, etc. It’s time to also pursue those activities you always cherished and probably did the night before the exam you gave up upon. Lose money over poker, argue about nothing over Mafia, win fake money at Stock Exchange, Monopoly (AND lose it over poker) or tingle your artistic sense through some more fulfilling hobbies such as photography, music, art, literature or perhaps indulge in theatre at places like Prithvi and NCPA. (The Prithvi cafe by the way, serves great food!)
Or well, there’s no shame in ancestral work. Infact, ancestral work is a sure-shot way of getting good (sometimes free) food or atleast the scent of it; but the quality and quantity of which are many-a-times grossly over-exaggerated. But well someone has to organise the Treasure Hunt we’re going to win, right? So go ahead, work your hearts out for MI, Techfest, E-Cell.
On a side note; what most of us will eventually do is lukkha, it’s probably what we’ll do too, but only after we get some good food :P
PS: Do share your great food experiences after you get back!!
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