A day in my life at IIT Delhi is pretty darn awesome!

I wake up in the morning sometime between 8:30–8:45 am for a 9 am class after a long battle with the snooze button :) I get ready and rush to the mess to grab a bite to eat if time allows. Here’s what our breakfast looks like on a good day

  

I then race from my hostel to the lecture hall complex. This walk is always a joy, our campus is absolutely gorgeous.

 

Unlike our dingy hostels, the lecture halls are grand and majestic. I was in awe of them during my first visit to IIT. In class, I study/scroll through my newsfeed on my phone/sleep/catch up with friends depending on how interesting the course is and how well the professor is teaching. Contrary to public opinion, we are pretty lazy people

 

After a bunch of classes, I head back to my mess for a quick lunch. Here’s what our lunch looks like

After lunch, I normally have a bunch of classes or a lab until 5 pm. Once I’m done, I head to the wind-t or ex-hall (the communal spaces of IIT) to hang out with my friends. Here are me and my friends, Nishtha Gupta , and Aditi Gupta doing “bakchodi” in the ex-hall. I’m the one in the middle

 

At around 7, I head back to my mess for dinner. I’m a big foodie, hence all the pictures :P

 

After dinner, I either call it a day, go back to my room and watch some TV series, or head to the library, depending on how much work I have to do. On this day, I decided to go to the library and work. Here’s our campus at 3 am, I took this picture when I was heading back to my room.

               In stark contrast to how unsafe Delhi is for women at night, our campus is the safest place ever! I have never thought twice about leaving my hostel at night, I can confidently walk alone at any odd hour without fearing for my safety. We have a gated campus and an extremely secure community that I am very grateful for. Additionally, there are absolutely no restrictions on girls, we can enter and leave our rooms whenever we wish.

And at last, here’s my bed where I decide to crash after a long day :)

             In a nutshell, despite the stress that many IITians face due to constant academic and social pressure, I love my life at IIT and wouldn’t trade it for anything :D

-Varuni Sarwal,IITD