Full name : Ramniranjan Anandilal Podar College of Commerce & Economics (phew!)

To get there :
1) get at least 86% and pray!!
2) take a train to Matunga (E) and ask around.
3) Hey! This is a prospectus not a travel guide.
Speciality : Tops both the HSC and the BCom results every year.

The campus : Is the pits! The Audi (that's auditorium & not Ravi Shastri's car) is dingy and the stage (if you can call it that) will fall apart anyday now.

The saving grace : is the library and the reading hall which is huge and airy.

The crowd : Mostly Gujjus but we also have a great mix of '`wanna-be Aishwarya/ Milind" types as well as the "I read the Economic Times from top to bottom"

College timings : Are too early for our liking, but the junta mostly walks in around 8.30-9am.

The talent : is immense. Podar is filled with future musicians, models, marketing gurus, sports stars and what have-yous.

The real hot-shots :can be found in the canteen or  around it
The almost hot-shot : can be found in the audi.
The wanna be hot-shot : share the katta with the Ruia crowd or sit on the cars parked outside college

The cars : everything from white Fiats (yawn!!) to black Cielos (drool!!) Eat your heart out, Xaviers, Sydenham, HR...

The classrooms : are a perfect setting for a Ramsey movie with cobwebs thrown in for free.

The attendence : is at its peak in July a week before the dreaded blacklist is out and is at its lowest ebb from December onwards.

The canteen : Don't come here if you're hungry... it doesn't have a particularly large menu. Just chai, coffee and samosa. But its awesome
And the latest : Pavbhaji for a measly 10 bucks!
The funniest part : is this sign in the canteen saying "Do Not Sit Idle in the Canteen!!"

For actual pet pooja : There's Snow-Point, Manis (go there when you're really kadka). Also there are heaps of good Udipi restaurants.

The festival scene : takes off in the second week of December. It's called R.A.P.P.O.R.T. ie R A Podar's Presentation of Rising Talents. It's only an intra-college do. The fun is supercalifragi... etc etc.

The most common cribs : "Why can't Anna improve the menu?"
"Why can't the Audi be repaired?"
"Why can't Xavier's have a Commerce section"

The worst thing about Podar : is the phenomenal and undisciplined queue (that would put any ration shop to shame) for any sort of official documents to be collected from the office.

The best thing about Podar : is that inspite of all the grumbling and cribbing about the college, the ex-students keep coming back to relive the good old times; just as I'm sure we'll come back...