Every college in the world has a typical hangout that is ethnic and at the same time comfy enough to let every soul release his heartfelt emotions in that place.For all of us in rec jaipur it was a lonely chai (tea) shop in a small slum sort of a place inside the college.
Any guy in his senses or even otherwise would easily agree to the magnetic persona of this place.The beauty of thadi is often found on a winter night when its terribly foggy and as you walk down that road , the mist slowly clears up to the light of the kerosene lanterns with a huge crowd bantering to the tunes of the steaming tea."Thadi" forms the most coulourful side of every NIT Jaipurian's life. A typical farewell night finds final years in their drunken stupour screaming all sentimental crap and hours of even more crap on how they are going to miss thadi.As a first year student a coupla years back i used to wonder about the crap that they gave out.However , three years of my association with the magic of thadi finds me missing it even for a holiday that i spend at home.
Thadi has something in it that draws everyone to it. For christ's sake there aint no 5 star treatment at thadi...its all self service.Maybe it might be because the prices are phenominally low; well it aint low either. Thadi is merely a sandy area with a few stools propped up and a small tinshed where "Kesar" brews steaming hot tea and some omlettes.However the magic of thadi lies in its influence on all the students (of course im talking about the boys .Thadi is an area fiercely guarded from the girls.They would defile the spirit of thadi).Every party begins and ends in thadi; so does every weird idea for a trip.Every exam finishes with a chai and ciggi from thadi and every fight usually does begin at thadi.Its the myraid emotions on display in thadi at any given point of time that surprises evreyone.A kaleidiscope of the boys hostel , every rumour begins here, spreads and then is finally discussed and disposed off here.
Sometimes , one begins to wonder at the great sort of majestic beauty a place neednt have to attract one and all.What is it about thadi that attracts everyone. A friend in the heights of nirvana, once wrote baout thadi thus - "Thadi is where the mind and the soul meet , where sadness is heightened to happiness and happiness to ecstacy and every guy comes to thadi in search of this magic".Nobody could have said it better.Thadi is not a chai shop at college, its a religion and a way of life in itself.Any word uttered against thadi in the college and you could find the guys with the fiercest of faces ready to pounce on you.I mean lunacy for thadi is so high that a group got on stage on the annual day calling themselves " the creed of thadi regulars".Ahem! i was pat of that group.
Thadi is the mecca for faggers, jerusalem for boozers and the mount kailash for the stoners and for the lesser mortals , its the holiest place for the ambience. If you dont make a trip to thadi once a day in college , you ain't a cool dude.
LONG LIVE THE MAGIC OF THADI, THE SERENE, THE SUPREME , THE MYRAID.
THE ENIGMA OF THADI SHALL FOREVER REST IN THE HEARTS OF EVERY MNITIAN .
CHAO FOR TODAY
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were u a christ nagar wala?
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