Nagpur

Nagpur is the largest and most populated city in central India. It is the second capital and the third-largest city of India’s richest state, Maharashtra. Also known as the “Orange City”, Nagpur is the 13th largest city in India by population.

This is also the city where I did my graduation from and as such I holds a special place in my heart. Let me take you through the various places in this city.

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63, Gajanan Nagar was where we lived for the first 2 years there.

Futala Lake

Futala Lake is also called Telangkhedi Lake. We went there mostly to hang our feet over the water (Sitting on the wall), drink beer and talk about life, watching the sun set. Once finished, we would pee in the lake and go home.

Dharampeth

The place we went to, most frequently was Dharampeth, also known as DP. It was a happening market street, not far from where we lived and consequently, we went there almost every evening.

It started atShankar Nagar Petrol Pump (Also called Shanky PP), where we hung out and planned where to go next.

There was a very nice sugarcane juice seller outside Sudama.

Raskun was just average.

My first smartphone, the Nokia E5-00 was bought from Vedom’s.

Babbu’s sold cheap biriyani till late at night, although I never liked it.

There were no pan-Indian or global ice cream brands in Nagpur when we lived there. Dinshaw’s was all there was.

Gokul Brindavan served inexpensive but tasty South Indian fare. I went there often, although most of my friends didn’t like it.

Shubham Infotec once sold em the beta Windows Longhorn saying Windows Vista was released.

We called Corn Hub “Porn Hub”.

Indian Coffee House was where I went to eat when I had absolutely no money.

Elektrokit was where we bought parts for our technical projects. Who am I kidding, we bought readymade projects from here.

Pyramid was one of the places where we went to experience free Air Conditioning during the blistering heat.

Sadar

Sadar was where most of the movie theatres were, but it was a longer ride from where we lived.

Tauby’s opened during our last year there and this is where I ate a quiche for the first time in my life.

We went to the Cafe Coffee Day at VCA stadium sometimes. One of my prominent memories is going there on a Sunday morning with Neeraj and listening to Somewhere I Belong on the Qjam.

Poonam Chambers was near a posh neighbourhood. During our last year there, many street food shops opened there.

The All Saints Cathedral was opposite VCA stadium and we went here on Christmas eve and Christmas.

Buldi

Buldi, also known as Sitabuldi was the more traditional market area of Nagpur, not very appealing to young people. However, we did go to Pape Juice corner late at nights to drink the best fruit juice in the world.

Nagpur Railway station was how we entered and left Nagpur.

Priyadarshini College of Engineering

Priyadarshini College of Engineering is my alma mater and is where I spent the least amount of my time in the city. It was also my biggest source of grief and frustration during my years there.

The swimming pool, library and gym shown below were only used during tours to prospective customers, weren’t allowed to be used by students.

Last, but not the least, our favourite Cafe Coffee Day, below Maitrayee girls’ hostel where we hung out very frequently. It was very happening in the evenings. There was also a pub called “PP’s Garage Pub” next to it where we got drunk any times.

We went to Bor Dam a few times, which is a day trip from the city.