Life in a Hostel
Every student cannot say much about the life in a hostel. Only a student who lives in a hostel or has lived in a hostel can say something at length about it. However, anybody can imagine certain things which do not need any explanation or corroboration from an expert. I have some idea of the hostel life not from personal experience but on the basis of experience as told me by my brother who lived in a big hostel of a famous public school.
In the hostel, a student has to lead a much disciplined life. He has to get up early in the morning and take physical exercise or have a race according to schedule, depending upon rules and orders from the Principal or the warden. These days in some hostels yoga and meditation lesson are also given.
There are fixed times for various meals like breakfast, lunch and dinner in the hostel. Usually, a bell is rung at the appropriate time. Meals are taken by the hostellers, class or block wise or all together. The hostellers also play indoor games or watch TN in the hostel hall together. This encourages interaction, mental trust and help. In some hostels, TV sets may be provided in individual rooms of the hostellers. But that does not diminish the spirit of oneness and brotherhood which the hostel life provides with by its very nature. In some hostels there may be AC rooms but that is not there in all hostels.
The commonest problem faced by students in most of the hostels is that of meals. Many students who live in hostels complain of poor food served at meals. They say that the food served is tasteless, unpalatable and insipid. However, in hostels where the hostellers themselves manage the hostel mess and canteen on cooperative basis and employ good cooks, the students can arrange choicest food at reasonable rates, sometimes even better than that they get at home.
The hostel students have good company during the session but at the end of it or in vacation they feel bored because of loneliness or lack of any routine work and often visit their homes and families to the great delight of themselves and members of their families.
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