Paagal Times: Hostel Mess' Unusual Dietary Supplements

Recent posts by students on Facebook have brought to light a disturbing new trend in the Hostel Messes: Presence of live insects (and even dead ones at times) in the Mess food. Shocked and disgusted, many students feel reluctant to eat there now and have taken to filling their stomachs at the Nescafe points, the Gazebo and by raiding the rooms of known those (un)fortunate people who keep themselves well stocked with food items; the number of which, as a result, have fallen drastically. However, these desperate measures are not as fulfilling as proper food and tend to be rather heavy on the pockets leading to an increase in dissent within the student body.

Yet certain analysts say that this anger and angst is misplaced. Insects, as some nerds know, are basically crawling sources of protein. Many tribal cultures are known to rely on insects as a staple source of food, proteins in particular. Thus, our analysts conclude, this presence of insects in the food, rather than being a sign of a lapse in hygiene control in the Mess kitchens may actually be a carefully planned move to add some much needed nutrition to food which is usually severely lacking in this respect. 

Some other factions also put this presence of ‘live food’ down to a possible Star Trek connection. They believe that some Star Trek fan-boys amongst the Mess staff may have come up with the idea of introducing this (unwanted) supplement to the regular food in an attempt to create an imitation of the diet of the Klingon* race, a fierce warrior race whose most famous dish is ‘Kaarrgh’ (fan boys, please forgive this incorrect attempt to phonetically spell out the dish name) which consists of live worms and other insects, hoping to instil a certain degree of the same fierceness and fitness in our VIT-C students.

The probability of it being the latter case, however, is highly doubtful in light of certain information passed on to us by one of our sources close to the Mess staff. As per this information these occurrences were part of a plan of gradually introducing these supplements in the normal mess food, but due to the severely negative student reactions the plan may be pulled for review.


*If you don't know who or what a Klingon is, you probably haven't seen Star Trek so don't worry yourself. But if you have and still have no clue... well, words fail to describe my disappointment in you. :P