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The night IIML went hungry
Last night, after a luxurious Holi sleep, I woke up at 7 PM, all hungry and ready to attack the mess for my favorite Aloo curry with Aloo paratha and Aloo rice. (basically, Aloo)
I got online to check mail, and I realized, much to my horror, that every single eatery on campus was closed. The mess, the Canteen (fauji's), Nescafe, Pepsi stall (whatever that is called), everything!
I mean, I knew it was a "holi"-day, but this came as a shocker to a hungry soul. I also walked from room to room, realizing that either parents were in town, or the students had taken off to the city to get a bite. Now travelling in the city was also not easy, with colors all over, and most transport insensitive to the calls of a poor and hungry IIML-ite.
Finally, I ordered in from Southern spice, which btw was inundated with orders and hence had to deliver only at 10 o clock, by which time I had almost died with hunger, just two days before convocation.
Heart warming tales about Southern Spice Lucknow. Apparently, a student who had gone to find something to eat, saw that the restaurant was closed. He met the owner and found out that it was closed for today. However, the owner asked him if he was from IIML. When he said yes, the owner let him in from the back door and gave him food. As a marketing student, we learn about how such support in crisis makes us a LOYAL customer for life. Also, orders were placed from campus, and Southern Spice opened its shutters for one institute and its hungry students.
Of course, the food was cold and it arrived only at 10 PM, but if not for it, I shudder to think of how the students' would have managed last night.
Sometimes, I think this batch, PGP20, has got to be the most eventful batch in the history of IIM Lucknow. Almost everything under the sun (good and bad, passionate and hateful) has taken place in our two years here. Maybe this was the perfect finish.
Last night, after a luxurious Holi sleep, I woke up at 7 PM, all hungry and ready to attack the mess for my favorite Aloo curry with Aloo paratha and Aloo rice. (basically, Aloo)
I got online to check mail, and I realized, much to my horror, that every single eatery on campus was closed. The mess, the Canteen (fauji's), Nescafe, Pepsi stall (whatever that is called), everything!
I mean, I knew it was a "holi"-day, but this came as a shocker to a hungry soul. I also walked from room to room, realizing that either parents were in town, or the students had taken off to the city to get a bite. Now travelling in the city was also not easy, with colors all over, and most transport insensitive to the calls of a poor and hungry IIML-ite.
Finally, I ordered in from Southern spice, which btw was inundated with orders and hence had to deliver only at 10 o clock, by which time I had almost died with hunger, just two days before convocation.
Heart warming tales about Southern Spice Lucknow. Apparently, a student who had gone to find something to eat, saw that the restaurant was closed. He met the owner and found out that it was closed for today. However, the owner asked him if he was from IIML. When he said yes, the owner let him in from the back door and gave him food. As a marketing student, we learn about how such support in crisis makes us a LOYAL customer for life. Also, orders were placed from campus, and Southern Spice opened its shutters for one institute and its hungry students.
Of course, the food was cold and it arrived only at 10 PM, but if not for it, I shudder to think of how the students' would have managed last night.
Sometimes, I think this batch, PGP20, has got to be the most eventful batch in the history of IIM Lucknow. Almost everything under the sun (good and bad, passionate and hateful) has taken place in our two years here. Maybe this was the perfect finish.
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