Unlike undergraduates, research scholars are not lucky enough to have the option of going  home during semester breaks. However, we have found the new night canteen at IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) as something good and favourable for us. Many IIT-Gn students were longing to have a canteen near the hostel area with 24*7 availability, so that they could be freed of time restrictions in the mess and have food whenever they feel hungry.

With the opening of the new night canteen in our campus, near the panchayat circle, it seems like our desire has been fulfilled. The good thing is that we can have our tea or coffee or maggi, as many times as we want, without having to cook it ourselves.

So now our panchayat circle is no more alone! It enjoys the company of students all the time, all thanks to this canteen. Sometimes it’s a delight to also see some faculty members, along with their family seated around the Panchayat circle. Thanks to this  canteen, we can now sit with friends and eat together whatever we like, not the boring mess menu with same flavour and limited varieties. It has added flavour to our taste buds  as well as convenience to our schedules. The canteen’s food is tasty and hygienic.

The Panchayat circle with the canteen, has now become the hot-spot of our hostel area.   

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