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A hostel emergency is rarely dramatic — a laptop that dies before submission, a fever that needs a private clinic, a last-minute train home. Here's the honest 2026 cost of the ones that actually happen, how big a buffer to keep, and when a small loan sensibly bridges the gap.
Cooking in your hostel room sounds cheaper than the mess plan — until you add up the gas, the wasted vegetables, and the time. Here's the honest 2026 month-by-month math, and when a small one-time loan for kitchen setup actually pays for itself.
A 2-month summer internship in Bangalore or Hyderabad isn't free, even when the stipend is decent. Here's what the two cities actually cost in 2026, and the gap a small loan typically bridges.
A practical shortlist of laptops that will actually survive four years of B.Tech without forcing you up to ₹70K. With real specs, current street prices, and EMI math.
Hostel, mess, books, internet, occasional travel — what it actually costs to live as an engineering student in 2026, and how families plan for it.
