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He was someone who fitted the definition of a “Maggu”
perfectly. He apparently suffered from a serious lack of
any kind of social intelligence.
“Mujhe tum fakkebajo se koi baat nahi karni hai” replied
Charu as he rode parellel to the rickshaw.
More gaalis from 2 persons on the rickshaw which was
followed by a loud shout from Axle
“Suno gupta, yahan se jao”
Apparently Axle had understood that there was no point
talking to the guy and it was best to diffuse the
situation.
The rickshaw slowed down as it approached the
destination, hall-2. This is when Charu rode ahead of
them, entered the hall and disappeared towards his
wing.
“creak! creak! screech!!”
The rickshaw stopped in front of the small Hall-2 gate
and joined two others which were already there. Haddi,
Untees and Axle were the last ones to arrive. Haddi
jumped off the rickshaw and looked towards hall-2, one
of the three major hostels of IITk. Although not the
biggest, it was a huge hostel. With two floors all around
and a number of lush green grounds on the
circumference, hall-2 was a pretty nice habitat. It was
divided into 7 sections, A to G. Furthermore every
section had three floors (after including the ground
floor) which were known as top, mid and bot. In other
words there were a total of 21 wings going from A-bot to
G-top. Each wing had around 15 rooms with each room
housing two persons. But a wing was much more than
that. It was where 30 friends lived as a family. It was
where they fought and befriended. It was as a wing
that people participated in intra-hall activities. A wing
had it’s own identity and personality. It was an integral
part of the identity of a student at IITK. All seven of