But other than nature, one other thing that awed me was the rickshaw culture there. You must be wondering what am I talking about? And why am I using the word culture?

If you visit the campus, rickshaws, all lined up one after the other as if standing in a queue will welcome you. This scene is seen all around the campus, in front of all departments and important buildings. They are truly very disciplined. They wait for their turn for passengers and don't rush to get one. What is more interesting is that one doesn't have to haggle for the fare, as the rickshaw pullers remain happy with whatever one gives them. The fare is very low as well. The students, who are the commuters, respect the rickshaw pullers and call them Mama (uncle). They also call us either by Khala (Auntie) or Mama. I had a chat with one of them the other day and asked him why he pulled rickshaw in the campus where he earned so little. His answer was one of a kind.

The reasons he stated was-there is no chance of accidents within the campus, no pollution, not chaotic environment like outside and most of all for the respect he gets from the students here.

This culture really is one of the many things that make the JU campus a unique one.