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Sree Kerala Varma College (or SKVC for short) is in my home town, and I joined this college to take my Graduate degree in B.A. English Literature. The college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and has a strength of nearly 5000 students. SKVC is just 4 days older than Independent India, and celebrated its 50th Birth day along with the Nation.
"The spacious buildings, shady parks and smiling fields nearby, away from the nuisance of town, yet near enough for its advantages, have made the college and ideal Temple of Learning. Here the students never feel the cramped life of congested towns or the dreary monotony of distant settlements." Life in SKVC was just the opposite of my school days. Every one was a free bird. Students came and went as they pleased. Bunking of classes was not a serious crime, and teachers did not bother to make sure that all students were present in the class. SKVC had a good set of studious guys, good athletes and foot ballers. Many students in SKVC have become University Toppers, and many sports people of the college represented the University. Many students who studied here joined the political student organisations and later became ministers and famous politicians.
Student organisations are another species to be mentioned. SKVC never lacked strong student unions and leaders. These unions were only interested in taking out processions and organising strikes. Strikes meant that it was a holiday and the students happily go home. The strikes would be in protest against global treaties like the GATT or against a price-hike in the college canteen. The unions also some times have idealogical differences which leads to a good fight. The weapons range from bare hands to swords and knives. The fights come to an end when the police arrive, and whisks away who-ever they suspect to be a member in the fighting parties. All the idealogical differences are solved as soon as the Police jeep enters the campus, and both the parties run for their lives. My college life in SKVC came to an end in April 1997. I never fell in love, nor was a student union worker and so to say the truth I never took part in any major activities of the college. But I did take a close look at all these events/activities. And they will remain in my memories for ever. Before you go up, here is the list of people who helped me enjoy life in Sree Kerala Varma College. If you were an ex-student of the college, you would be able to recognize the teachers.
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Kerala Varma College was once a palace of the
His Higness Rama Varma, the Maharajah of Cochin, and so the class rooms of this college
still has a Royal Touch . The picture on the left shows one of the old buildings of
the college. Until 1990, this building was used as the Administrative block. At present
this building houses the various language departments, and the Head Quarters and stores of
the NCC company. The right side (the arch and the rooms above it) of this building was
pulled down long ago. The beauty of the campus was best described by the unknown editor of
the college magazine published in the year 1948. 
Other than these serious matters, SKVC had also
its own set of romances and fun. Many students first taste love when they join the
college. SKVC had its own set of Romeos and Juliets. These people roamed around the
college campus, regularly visited the college canteen and would be in a world of their
own. I underline the word their, since I personally never had the chance to fall in
love. The maximum number of lovers are usually found in the Pre-Degree class rooms (the
photo on the top of the page). I am sure that the old students of the college, will be
able to recognize this old building and think about their "good old days", spent
in the college.