Though we all used to assemble in HQ we stayed in different areas. And had food in various mess. Most of us entered Anjaneya Mess or the Medical mess as it is famously known as.
Pundalik and I stayed in hostel. In our mess, there was limited food two chapatti and limited rice. Even in house I could have had two chapattis and some rice with rasam and some more with curds. Same repeated even in hostel.
In all the other messes in Davangere, food was unlimited. One could have had unlimited chapattis and unlimited rice. As there was soda in Rice every one opted for chapattis or rotis.
Once in a while I would visit the Anjaneya mess with other friends as a guest. I had never seen people eating so much except once in “Rayara Mutt” in my place.
There would be Aaradhane in the Mutt and of course with lunch.
Once because of some inconvenience they had dropped a sweet item and announced the same before the first pankti started. Everybody had only rice (as there will be no chapattis or rotis here !!) with sambar, rasam and their combo. But suddenly there was an announcement that a sweet item was ready !! and lo and behold people who were about to finish their lunch sat again for the sweet item. Yes it was jalebi ! everyone ate as much as they could !! Somebody even complained of less sweet in jalebi !!
After this incident, I saw people eating this much in Anjaneya mess !! HUF !
There was one Mr. Thippesh, a server over there. He would never mind serving 10 chapattis per person and palya required !! his patience was remarkable !
The mess not only served chapattis and rice but also omelets and other egg items!!
Sunil, Mahesh, Alex(Anand),Cyber, Don used have 5 to 6 chapattis with rice and also ordered 1 or 2 omelets each for lunch!! Yes for lunch alone!
Sunday dinners here would not have chapattis but had only pulav. Alex and Cyber ate 1½ buckets of those. I heard there was a competition among them !!
We all shifted to Anjaneya Extension and HQ was very nearer to Harsha Mess. Everyone who was having food in Medical Mess shifted.
All of us liked the mess because of its cleanliness and quick serving of food. Everyday there would be a different palya unlike the former and phulkas were tasty and also served when hot.
It suited variety of people in our group.
Pritvi ate only phulkas and daal, where as Alex had only rice and daal !! Needless to say that Sunil, Don, Cyber and Mahesh had both the combo!!
One could also order for egg items or even chicken here !! a plus point indeed !!
They also served majjige which later became everybody’s favorite. All servers here had a peculiar name and were associated with the items they served and too in rhyming:
Chandru chapatti, Purushu palya, Ravi rice, Sir(mess owner) sambar and manju majjige!!
Everybody ate in competition. If Alex had two omelets, Don would order for three !!
After we all had finished our dinner and were waiting for Alex to finish, he used to say
“wait till I finish and will also join you” then he would order for some more rice !!
I can still remember some body even told that a cat would jump across his plate in order to cross!!
Another important thing to mention here is that in Harsha mess everybody was a great fan of cricket. Even pets (cats and dogs) in Harsha mess used to watch cricket !!
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Honestly milkshake boys, tell me how many of you didn't feel a longing desire[after reading this] to go back to Davangere and start Engineering all over again [atleast from 3rd sem :)].
Its so vivid to me till now. And of course Pak let me out from the list - he did not know very well that I was crazy for eggs !!! The same craze I have even now - My colleagues here taunt me for completing a pack of 18 eggs in a span of just 4 days - almost single handedly :)
I also remember the gigantic omlets we used to cook at Babs' very own small kitchen !!! Once, we had cooked an omlet out of 8 eggs at once. It had turned out to be a masterpiece - anyone could have easily mistaken it for half a loaf of bread[only more wider] - it was so thick. Babs, Sunil, Mahesh, Prithvi, SB, Naik - do you recall? It was crazy.
And we were so obsessed with the heavenly majjige [anything remotely tasting butter milk would have tasted heavenly, considering the incredible heat in DVG] that after a while Parshu would place a jug of it when we asked for Majjige, instead of the regular one glass service for others. Even the mess owners' attempt grinning "Saar, onde sari sar majjige kododu" went in vain. Having a lot of majjige has its own disadvantages - sometimes we wondered if it was Majjige or just water that has been taken from the curd vessel[of course after emptying the contents] !!! Was it being done deliberately? I guess so, thanks to our appetite for it !!
And not to forget the gooseberries from the tree right in front of the mess !!
Guys -- why not join for M.Tech in BDT?
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I don't know you guys but your experiences are hilarious. When I was googling something about DVG, I came across this blog and started reading. I didn't stop till I finished all the topics. Thats why they say school and college days are the golden moments of life. Cheerish them.
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