COVID-19 just had its one year anniversary. It was this times, when the world decided let’s take a break and all our lives came to a standstill. The beginning and middle of March saw states and our country going through a shutdown. A. Complete. Shutdown. Reason? COVID-19 took over the world. Offices shut down, workplaces shut down, schools shut down, colleges too. Lives changed within a matter of few days.
When things were not reviving, the decision of classes through online mode started and this saw a complete change of the flow in education system now. But, sadly the students have been sitting in their houses for more than 7 months now, seeing their friends through the computer screens with almost no contact with the outside world.
The world now is starting to open up, little by little and in a matter of time the students will be getting their long lost freedom back. No matter how much we hate classes, lectures and every little thing, this lockdown has made us appreciate every small thing.
Now there must have been definite binge watching sessions that happened during this times but before you get back to the real world, watch some of these Indian Web Series based in and around schools, college and hostel atmosphere that will make you appreciate every single thing.
Kota Factory (TVFPlay)
This has been one of the finest and rightfully the highest rated series about school and college life. The story based on Kota and its way of literally churning out students to get into medical or engineering. It shows the harsh reality and every student that has gone through this, been a part of the Kota Culture or aspire to go there will most definitely understand. A hard-hitting show on the moments of growing up and transcending into college from school, this show speaks volumes and is a definite must watch.
College Romance (Netflix, TVFPlay)
A show full of laughter and drama and about how college romance develops. Three best friends as they enter college, their love lives start taking off with it too. Relationships, stupid decisions and the time out of the classes were so well portrayed in this series that, it will either remind you of your college romance or probably you will end up relating to it, if you are entering or still are in college. With funny one-liners and comedy all around, this is a definite must watch.
Engineering Girls (The Timeliners)
A story of engineering life from the girls point of view is what will attract you most to the show. Lives of three friends as they try to navigate through the tough times of engineering, dorm issues, love lives and the want to succeed and open their own company. This will definitely remind you of those friendships and plans we all had during our college times.
F.L.A.M.E.S (The Timeliners, TVFPlay)
Remember those sweet, innocent days of tuitions and coaching classes where we would meet people from all different schools and start knowing them and maybe start a friendship or developing a crush on them. Well, F.L.A.M.E.S is all about those sweet nostalgia, memories, friendship, crushes and love that will remind everyone of those tough days of doing both of love and studying.
Hostel Daze (Amazon Prime Video)
Set in the premise of an engineering boys hostel, Hostel Daze is another web series that will take you back to your hostel days or remind you of the moments that you might be missing out on now. Story about friendship and how to combat the ordeals of a hostel life, the show successfully is able to portray. This is a must recommendation for everyone. Even if you haven’t stayed in a hostel, all the nuisances will make you want that atmosphere, atleast once for sure.
Girls Hostel (Netflix)
This too is another story of hostel days but this time it is a girls hostel. Journey of the girls through the rough and tough times of struggling to stay in the hostel, doing all sorts of work and gossiping with the friends will make everyone nostalgic about that beautiful life.
Operation MBBS (Dice Media)
A series that needs a definite mention in this time of a pandemic, where the medical team has been the front line warriors for us and without whom we would have been falling down like pieces of domino. Operation MBBS takes a peak into the lives of 1st year medical students and their struggles into the world of medicos. From the look of it, it can be clearly seen as something that was carefully curated for the young NEET aspirants and other to-be-doctor students. The show uplifts some really important issue like assault on doctors, the stress of a medical student and the mentality of people about the whole medical education scene, is all very well depicted.
Over all, these are few of the options in the vast field of short college webseries. There are still so many that we might have missed out on and you might have loved it dearly. The list is unending and these are just some that covers up the topics of love, college, friendship, hostel and more. A very good thing about these shows are the length, it is not dragged on and is short, simple and sweet which will make you love it more. All these shows are a definite must watch for everyone that loves short webseries.
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