LIFE IN RUSSIAN HOSTEL-2

HOT SHOWERS IN THE HOSTEL

We lived in a four storied building identified as Foreign Students Hostel.You must be wondering why I am writing about HOT Showers is in many undergraduate hostels there were no showers. Many of the Indian students living in such hostels used to come to our hostel regularly for a shower!

The showers were located in the ground floor. The showers were working round the clock. Three days were reserved for girls and the remaining days were for boys. Sunday was for girls when all the girls in the hostel used the shower. Many used the showers once a week.

We Indians used the showers all the seven days in a week. Russians used to ask us why there is necessity to take bath everyday when we don't sweat. With so many clothes we were wearing to protect ourselves from cold we were sweating inside. Moreover many Indians are accustomed to take bath every day. So we continued our daily routine. We invariably showered just before going to bed. There were about six showers and all of us showered in our birth day suit. Initially it was embarrassing but we got used. Just to mask their bad body odor they Russians used cheap scents which only enhanced their bad smell.