Hostel Mess is too unhealthy - Khansa Qamar

According to the rough study there are 400 private hostels in Lahore and accommodating thousands of students and jobholders. Ultimately their health is dependent on those private hostels who deal with mess. Here I only discuss the common and main problem of ‘Hope Tower’ - a private hostel of Forman Christian College Lahore. The reason for choosing this hostel is that I have been part of this community since 2018 and I faced many challenges regarding health so I am able to share my personal experiences.

Usually when people ask me to share my personal experience about hostel in a few words I always mention this famous quote:

“Hostel Life is a great event that teaches us about the difficulties of life.”

Here I would like to mention only one problem which is the most important and that is hostel mess. I choose this problem because every hostilite is used to discussing this problem every time in the hostel or at least 3 times a day because they suffer 3 times a day thinking about what healthy and tasty food they can eat. I remember the timetable of hostel mess is exactly the same till now when I got admission in FC. Imagine we are eating the same food from 2018 and now it’s 2022(luckily because we are near to graduation so less time is left to tolerate this food). It sounds boring. Isn't??Here is the time table which we have been staring at for 3 years, still it’s not changed.

Second thing which I noticed about the mess is that all mess items have the same taste. I don't know the exact reason? But I guess they use the same spices in every food or might have the same recipe. Thirdly, every food includes chicken and it is too unhealthy especially for girls. It can cause many problems for girls. For more information a video link is given below where you can see the disadvantages of eating chicken.

Link for more information.

Nothing is more important than health. If you have good health then you can do anything. Even a student can do their best if they have good health and they eat quality food. Unfortunately we invest thousands of Rupees in our private hostels but our food quality cannot fulfill the health requirements. I think the government should address this issue or at least hostiltes should raise their voice together that their health suffers due to the bad quality of the mess. I end this article with this reality base quotation of Aditiya Kapote:

“Thank you so much Mess food and Hostel room to make me realize the value of home and homemade food.”