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Bylined articles published in The Hindu Metroplus

 Food for fun! ‘Under the tree!’ comes the quick response when you ask the students of   Wesley College, where they like to hang out most. They gather in its shade and  munch on the tastiest samosa from the very famous samosa lady. For Rs 6/-  these samosas sell like hotcakes. Almost 300-400 samosas are being sold every day  for the past 15 to 20 years.  The samosa lady and her daughter come in the  morning and stay till they are sold out of all the tasty treats which happens very fast.  Garnished with mirchi and onions ‘for free,’ these stuffed  Indian   delights taste their very best. Apart from  the samosa and the ‘wisdom tree’ what’s famous in Wesley College is the  Anand Theatre bus stop right outside which is the hangout for all the degree  students .   Adjacent to it are Gyaneshwar Anna’s cigarette stall and  Laxmi Chat Bhandar. ‘Most of the guys come for a smoke. They  hang around and chitchat. I am good friends with a few of them too’ says  Gyaneshwar. There is always a stall