New Delhi: In a quiet corner of the country's most liberal educational institute, Jawharlal Nehru University, stands a machine, the first condom vending machine in any of Delhi's colleges and universities.
Customers can simply walk in and get what they need - or that's what should happen.
However, it's not as simple as it sounds as the vendor machine manager tells CNN-IBN, most people come to the machine in the cover of dark.
"They come after 11 at night. In the daytime, hardly one or two people come here," says the manager, Upendra.
Even those who come don't ask for condoms directly. Upendra says often biscuits and chips become code words for condoms.
"They ask me they want biscuits, but then they take me a corner and ask for a condom," he reveals.
Usually the machine sells around 30 packets a day. The bestseller right now is Crezendo, the pack of condoms that comes with a vibrating ring, and which is presently in the eye of a storm in Madhya Pradesh.
According to the manger, despite the high cost, this piece of rubber has become a sensation among customers.
While most youngsters are happy that this facility is available on campus, the elders are not so forthcoming and are cautious when they talk about it - just short of calling it a bad idea.
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