Humans of JUIT

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25/03/2019

If there is one person who’s smile you can spot from a mile away, it’s Mr. Vineet Paliwal aka Vineet Sir.
Hailing from UP, he brings a certain warmth and happiness wherever he goes. It goes without saying that the
academic block is a tad bit elated whenever he’s around.
In 2011, when he first came to this institution, he was
amazed by the sheer beauty of the place. Which is what has stuck with him till now. In his free time, he likes
to roam around and observe. All the lecture theatres, class rooms, etc have minute details that many have
missed, but Vineet Sir has seen it all.
When asked what all he likes, he replied that cricket, movies and
dancing are his favourite activities. During lunch hours, you can hear his lively voice screaming “Howazzat!”
in the Mughals, and in the evenings, you can spot him in the auditorium watching test matches, which is his
favourite kind of cricket. Watching movies is a great way to learn about the world and also an excellent way of
passing time, he says.
In Vineet Sir’s words, “Har koi kisi na kisi cheez ka nasha karta hai. Mere liye vo nasha
Dance hai” He was inducted into the dance group ‘Rhythm Twisters’ in his early days, by Rohit Singla, and he
has stayed a strong member since then. He has so much passion for dance and RT in his heart, he claims that
he cannot live without them. An interesting anecdote regarding his passion was on Murious 2013, when a
“Ticket to Le Fiestus” dance competitioin was organised. The winning dance group would have the privilege of
performing on Le Fiestus. Vineet Sir choreographed a performance on the song “Deva Shree Ganesha”, and his
team won. It is one of his fondest memories involving RT.
His philosophy is that the 4 minutes you get on
stage to prove yourself are not just yours, but everyone in the audience has a right to them as well. Showcasing
creativity is an opportunity that isn’t given to everyone in this college. The performers may be forgotten, but
their performances remain eternal.
His message to students is that education is the most important thing for
them, as of now. Whatever you do, never fail to give your 100%. Focus on the positivity amongst all the
negatives, and keep moving forward.
One last piece of wisdom he wants to impart is, “Change is the only
constant in today’s world.”

(Story covered by : Ananya Shukla, Aditya Mohan, Nidhish Manchanda)

10/02/2019

From serving delicious paranthas to weary students to lighting bonfires in chilly evenings, Mausami Verma aka ‘Thakur Aunty’ can do it all. She’s originally from Dumehar, but doesn’t visit her family more often due to the work engagements.
Sadly, her husband passed away 2 years ago, which lead to her becoming the breadwinner of the family. Earlier, she rarely visited the dhaba, but after the tragedy, she mostly lives above her dhaba, with her 2 daughters, Mannat and Muskan, who’re being educated.
When asked what sells the most in her dhaba, she told us that nost students prefer paranthas and momos. She believes her main competetor in the dhaba market is ‘Sunny’s’.
Regarding her relation with her loyal customers, the students, she says that she is very close to the 4th year students. They treat her like their mother, and often touch her feet. On recalling some individuals, she tells us that she remembers Prachi, Aastha, Apoorva, who although, have graduated from college, but still ring her up sometimes. She feels really good when someone remembers her.
When questioned about how the college and surrounding areas have changed over the years, she says that it has benefited the locals but has also caused problems for them. People have gotten employement because of the college, since they have opened up shops and dhabas, but on the other hand, the locals are a bit frustrated as well. The locals being elders, and hence conservative in nature, are troubled by the relationships between boys and girls. The illicit activities happening in and around the college lead to a stressful work environment for them. Even though the emergence of this college has resulted in people wanting to send their children for higher studies and get good jobs, but at the same time, they feel a little paranoid and fearful that their children may get spoilt and fall into bad company and parttake in said illicit activities. (In our view. we think that every parent has similar thoughts towards their children.) But, in a nutshell, she feels really happy when students get placed in successful companies, and she wishes the same for her own children.
She is also concerned regarding the microclimate of this area. According to her, snowfall has become a sight for sore eyes. When she was younger, snowfall used to a recuring sight.

Fun fact : She owns 2 shops which she has rented out to some shopkeepers and also has a room for herself upstairs and runs the dhabha as well. In all we can say that we have a woman entrepreneur right here in JUIT.

(Story covered by : Anubhavi Singh, Nidhish Manchanda, Aditya Mohan and Ananya Shukla)

20/11/2018

In this fast paced age of fickle mindedness and unpredictability, being a constant figure for the people around JUIT is not easy. That is exactly what Mr. Dinesh Kumar aka Dinesh Bhaiya is doing, every single day.
Coming from a small district in Madhya Pradesh, Dinesh Bhaiya travelled 1100 kilometers to serve us delicious food in the OC. He has been a part of this college since the last 10 years. Even though he visits his hometown in the summers and the winters, he still misses his family. He did bring his mother once, to Solan, but that was due to medical reasons. Trying to refill the hole in his heart, he made some friends. One of the fond ones being Kaushal Ji who unfortunately left the university to work elsewhere. Despite this, Dinesh Bhaiya finds contentment in solitude, as he says "Mujhe akele rehna hi pasand hai".
His job is easy on the waking up part since the OC opens at 3. When asked if he has seen any change in the OC in the last 10 years, he said " Pehle deewar ka rang blue hota tha, woh samay bhi acha tha, ab dheere dheere sab badal raha hai". Apart from that, he says that the mentality of the students towards him and his fellow co-workers has also seen better days. " Pehle bache baatein karte the ab sab apni hi dhun mei hai, first year walo ko 2 saal lagte hai kuch baatein karne mei, pehle nahi tha aisa sab puchte the, Aur Bhaiya kaise ho, sab badiya na? “.
Despite this, he is very happy that he moved to Himachal Pradesh. He says that the weather is the best part about this job. The sunsets and the clouds and the chilly winds bring with them new sights every day. The local people of Himachal are also mellow and peace loving, he says.
Coming to what all he serves, which is indeed a lot, the Dosa and the Bun Samosa would be considered the students' favourite item, according to him. " Mujhe khud Dosa acha lagta hai aur Fried Rice bhi". When enquired about how the college authorities have been treating him, he said " Aise toh kabhi koi dikkat nahi aayi sab badiya loog hai idhar, salary bhi theek hi lagti hai mujhe kyuki abhi koi zimmedari nahi hai, jab bache honge tab shayad lagega ki k*m hai ". A message he'd like to tell the students is that " Jis kaam ke liye degree le rahe ho woh zarur karna, naukri lo aur padhai karo lekin naukri zarur lena. Galat kaam thoda k*m karo, aapko toh pata hi hoga mei kya bol raha hun. Sab bache buss hume yaad rakhe isse zyada kya hi bolu ab aapko". His positivity will always proliferate around JUIT.

(Story covered by Anubhavi Singh , Ananya Shukla and Aditya Mohan)

26/05/2016

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27/04/2016

25/01/2016

Name - Manoj Singh
Working with JUIT since 2007.
"Yeh meri pehli naukari hai, Uttarakhand se yaha aana mushkil tha."
Ghar se door, kaafi miss karte hoge aap ?
" 6 mahine mei ek baar jaana hota hai, apni biwi se door rehna kisko pasand hai. Meri ek saal ki beti bhi hai jisko dekhne ke liye aakhein taras jaati hai."
" JUIT ne jo mujhe diya hai uske liye mei JUIT ko thanks bolta hun. Yaha pe loog ek family ki tarah rehte hai. Kabhi koi dikkat nahi aati."
College ke bacho mei kya changes dekhe aapne ?
" Pehle bache kaafi kuch bolte the, humse baat karte the. Ab toh yeh haal hai ki unko service chaiye tuck ki toh use karte hai. Aisa bhi nahi hai ki aajkal ke bache kharab hai, ab bacho mei samjh hai. Sab pyaar se baat karte hai."
Salary aur room, dono se khush ho aap ?
" Khush toh sirf kehne ki baat hai, sab kuch ghar jaata hai. Apne liye toh kuch bachta hi nahi. Agar har saal kuch badai hojaye paiso mei toh hum bhi khush honge."
"Jaypee walo ne ghar toh diya hai rehne ko, par hum ghumna chahte hai. Woh kabhi nahi milta, university wale hi kahi le jaye toh sab workers bhi khush hojaenge. Hum bhi ek tarah se jail mei hai , aisa bache humko bolte hai. Maine khud himachal nahi dekha, wakhnaghat tak chale jaate hai fir wapis."
Dhaba or Tuck ?
"Mei khud dhaba jaata hun. Bache bhi dhaba pasand karte hai. Tuck toh sirf naam ki hai, dhaba mei variety hai , swaad hai , zyada mehenga bhi nahi hai."
"Mujhe lagta hai tuck mei bhi kuch change hona chaiye, bacho ko itni baar dekhta hun, sab bahar bethe hote hai par koi kuch khaata nahi hai."
"Agar kuch badalna hi hai toh yaha ke loogo ki soch badal do. Yaha pe waise bhi zyada kuch interesting hai nahi karne ko. Mei khud bore hojata hun toh bacho ka toh mei samjh hi sakta hun."
"Mei khud sochta hun ki kuch aur kaam karlu, jisse mujhe duniya ka toh pata chale, dheere dheere kuch na kuch toh karunga jo mujhe khushi de."
"Bacho ko mei yeh kehna chahta hun ki, woh mujhe humesha yaad rakhe aur khoob padhe aur mazze kare. Bahut khushi milti hai jab bache kuch na kuch toh bann hi jaate hai."

(Story covered by : Anubhavi Singh)

21/01/2016

Name - Joginder Singh ( Popularly known as " Sharma Ji " )
The shop where almost every human of JUIT has visited, be it the faculty , students or workers. Yes, he's that prominent !
Toh Sharma Ji , aap yaha pe kabse ho ?
" Mei toh 2000 se yahi hun, pehle mera bhai tha fir 2004 se mei hi sambhal raha hun. Sabse pehli dukaan hai meri."
Aap Himachal ke ho ? "Haan ji , humne padhai toh chail mei kari hai. Aap ko kya laga hum ne padhai likhai nahi kari ? 9th class tak toh hum padhe hai fir ghar walo ne hi kaam pe laga diya."
Aapko sabse zyada kya pasand hai ?
"Aap mera mazak mat udana par mujhe woh bache bahut pasand hai jo change de kar jaate hai ! (He laughed) Ab aise kaam mei sabse zyada change ki zarurath hoti hai."
Aapke ghar pe kon kon hai ? "Meri biwi hai aur do bete hai mere." Bade wala toh yahi hai , saath mei kaam karwata hai. Aur chote wala 12th mei hai."
Aap usko bhi yaha pe laoge ? "Aree nahi nahi , usko jo karna hai woh wahi karega, usko toh yaha gaon mei nahi rehna , kahi sheher mei naukari karni hai. Ab bacho ko kon rok sakta."
Aap isse pehle bhi koi aur kaam kar chuke ho ?
" Haan bahut jagah naukari kari hai maine, pehle bahut saal toh conductor tha mei. Aur kabhi kisi kaam ko mana nahi kara maine, har kaam kiya hai."
Aapke hisab se yaha pe konsa dhaba sabse zyada chalta hai ?
" Yeh koi puchne wali baat hai ! Mera dhaba subah 7 baje se lekar shaam 7 baje tak chalta hai aur sabse zyada rush 4th year walo ka hota hai. Aap toh first year wale ho, abhi toh Sunny's ka shauk hoga, dheere dheere aap bhi yahi aaoge." ( Having an appreciative smile on his face ) "Mei toh koi aisi vaise chiz bhi nahi bechta jo bacho ki sehat kharab kare aur kabhi aisi chiz bechunga bhi nahi."
Jab college bandh hota hai tab aapka kaam kaise chalta hai ?
"PhD wale toh yahi hote hai, sirf humari dukaan khuli hoti hai, bache phone karte rehte hai roz. Jab koi bhi dukaan nahi kholta tab hum kholte hai, yahi humari speciality hai."
Ab aap yeh batao ki aapka naam " Sharma Ji" kaise pada ?
" Hahahah buss ab kya batau, aaj tak ka best batch 2010 ka tha, unko bahut miss karta hun. Wahi bacho ne yeh naam rakha mera aur ab sab loog pyar se yahi bulate hai mujhe."
Toh Sharma Ji koi plan hai retirement ka ?
"Mei toh yahi hun, aap loog hi chale jaoge. Abhi toh 50 saal bhi pure nahi hue mere. Retirement toh bhul jao abhi ke liye."

(Story covered by : Anubhavi Singh)

28/12/2015

Say Hello!! to *Humans of JUIT* .

( Pictures Credits: Sagar Panwar )

07/12/2015

Name - Sameer Madhok
Being a locale of Himachal Pradesh itself, residing in Kandaghat is only 26 years old. He's been working in this franchise of Sunny's since 2.5 years along with his dad who started Sunny's in 1999. Completed his graduation from Griffith College, Dublin. He did his internship from Bombay. He has done a diploma in culinary arts from the School of Hospitality and Management, Singapore. Opening their first outlet in Kandaghat and then expanding it in JUIT. "I have established myself here with Jaypee."
Why did you choose Himachal as a market of expanding your franchise ?
"Himachal is a growing market, I want to do work here.
Do you feel any competition ? " I love competing, I have no fear of losing my name. Competition helps me overcome my mistakes, I get to know where I'm lacking. Best part is the faculty doesn't intervene in our job. I'm earning my bread and butter from this place."
Do you see some change in the crowd ? "They're the same, down to earth, no change in the crowd, they're all amazing kids."
The recent ban and the change in timings, how did that effect ?
"Oh! that was a bad phase. Now atleast kids come in between. I had to reduce my manpower, cut down my menu, I had to even close our shop. It was a loss for us. Why sell such stuff here? Look at us, we dont allow any sort of activities like this at Sunny's. I personally don't recommend any of such stuff inside the University premises."
Would we see any change in the coming time ?
"Yes! I'm planning to open a club here, introduce membership, avail students with discount coupons. I'll be changing the ambience as well."
"As far as my personal choice in life is concerned, I'm planning to open a factory at my own expense and sell pickles and sauces to the people here. Its quite rare to see such ingredients here in Himachal so why not expand something exotic here, right?
What dishes do you cook here ? "Our 'Handi Roll' you might have heard about it and the 'Double Toast' our my mains here."
What special preparations do you make during the exam-time?
"Increase my manpower, get more supply of food, make our delivery as fast as possible and even reduce our rates for the convenience of students. And I just wanna say to the students that, Study hard and Party harder and keep visiting us! "
( A little promotion was worth it ! )

(Story covered by: Anubhavi Singh)

06/12/2015

Name - Sonu Verma
Coming from Bilaspur, he's only 25 years old. Working with Jaypee since 5 years.
How did you know come to know about Juit ?
"Mera tau mere ko yaha pe laya tha."
How much have you studied ?
" 12th pass karli, fir mei ghar se bhaag gaya tha." (He laughed)
You wanted to do something else ?
"Mera kuch electrical kaam karne ka mann tha. Jaise mechanic hote hai na vaisa kuch. Buss kuch acha kaam karne ka irada hai mera. Maa-Baap ka pressure kisko nahi hota, mujhe toh buss paise kamane hai, ab woh maa-baap ke liye ho yaa fir mere liye, par mujhe vella nahi rehna zindagi mei, kuch karna hai buss." (He had dreams of doing something in life.)
Are you married ? He blushed " 2016 mei hojaegi ! " He added, "Mei shaadi ke baad kuch aur karna chahta hun, ghar walo ko khush rakhna hai. Kuch bhi bada karna hai buss."
Have you noticed any change in the students ?
"Pehle ke bacho ki baat hi kuch aur thi, unn ke andar shakti thi, woh ache ghar se the . Ab toh bacho ko kuch nahi pata hota. Woh apne mei rehte hai, unko koi sense nai hai."
Do you think this change is good for today's generation for survival ?
"Change agar aisa ho toh koi faida nahi hai. Sab kehte hai hum ache ghar se hai, par agar woh ache ghar se hai toh unko jo sikhaya gaya hai woh isse apply kyu nai karte ? Jaise agar kuch khaya hai toh usko dustbin mei kyu nahi daalte, uss time unki knowledge kaha chali jati hai. Mujhe bilkul nahi lagta ki aise bache ache ghar se hai. Chote ghar ke bache bhi samjhte hai ab toh."
You are pretty known among the students, what's your take on that ?
"Bacho ko mera nature pasand aata, unse pehchan ho jati meri kaafi jaldi. Aur mera apna hi stand hai yaha pe. Koi meri jagah nahi le paega" (He felt proud about it.)

(Story covered by : Anubhavi Singh)

04/12/2015

Names - Nishu (22) & Rashmi (28)
Both of them belonging to U.P. Nishu (Left) is working here since 3 years and Rashmi (Right) has spent 13 years in JUIT. Both their husbands are working here, thats how they both landed up here. When asked about their education -- Nishu said " Maine 10th class tak padha hai, uske aage dil nai kara mera."
Rashmi said " 4th class tak padhai kari hai, uske aage pitaji bimaar hogaye, sab chod diya tha. Mann tha kuch karu aage par aise time par sab kuch chod diya."
Are you both married ? They replied together " Bilkul! "
Nishu has a child and Rashmi has 3 kids.
Are you both related ?
Rashmi said " Nishu meri bhabhi hai aur mei iski nanand hun."
Is this the job you both wanted ?
Rashmi said " Humari majburi hai kyunki bache hai. Unke liye hum yeh sab kar rahe hai. Overtime bhi karti hun mei taaki bacho ko jo milna chaiye woh sab mile." Nishu was silent about it. When stressed on the topic she spoke " Hum khush nahi hai iss kaam se par ab zindagi ne jo diya hai woh mei accept karti hun." Rashmi added to this by " Bade Bade College sirf humari wajah se chalte hai."
Do you feel any kind of change in the students ?
"Pehle bache ache the, humare saath khana khaate the, gaane gana, par aajkal ke zamane ke bache chalak hai. Par humare college ke jitne bhi bache hai woh ache ghar se. Hum unko humesha pyar se rakhte hai. Hum theek hai toh bache bhi theek hai."
Salary and basic amenities being provided to you, are they sufficient ?
"Zindagi chal rahi hai aur kya chaiye, free room mila hai , Jaypee se koi problem nahi hai."
Anything you expect from the University ?
"Hume toh sab theek hi lagta hai. Staff ko kuch bolo toh dikat hojati hai, woh aapas mei problem karte hai, aur humare jaise b**h mei reh jaate hai." Nishu added "Ek school khul jaye university mei toh humare bacho ko roz 2kms chalna nahi padega, baaki humari kon sunta hai. Par hume koi shikayat nahi hai."

(Story covered by : Anubhavi Singh)