Throwing Light on Darkness: A Conversation with a Psychiatrist
Nithyanand Rao speaks to Dr. Prabakar Thyagarajan, consultant psychiatrist at the Institute Hospital, on depression and mental health in the backdrop of the recent suicide on campus.
T5E Debates: Let Them Eat Cake
“The recent fee hike, especially the near-100% hike in the B.Tech tuition fee, is a misguided decision which has negative implications and raises ethical questions. The present fee hikes and the direction of higher education policy have a definite slant towards the ideology that education is a commercial venture.”
A.M. Ayyappadas writes an argument against the ongoing fee hike in the IITs.
TEDx Youth at IITM
Bhargavi Suryanarayanan attends TEDx Youth@Chennai and writes, “With talks ranging from the importance of creativity to the interestingly titled “The Tao of Ouchies”, with performed poetry by two of the speakers and a Blues concert, the session shook the audience awake on a lazy Sunday.”
Response to ‘A Different Take on Saarang’
The following is an open letter that was sent to T5E in response to A Different Take on Saarang. It was written by Ravi Musti (MnM), who was Cul-Sec (Arts), 2012-2013, with inputs from the Core team, Saarang 2013. It has been published as received by T5E, and has not been edited in any way. “This article is an attempt to discuss the practicality of certain suggestions (?) made. It is also an attempt at informing the student community on what goes on the inside so that they can form their own opinions on what the festival has become today and where it is going in future.”
A Different Take On Saarang
In this opinion piece, the author opines, “Saarang, over the past few years (perhaps since Opeth arrived in our Golden Jubilee year and changed things forever), has begun to overrate its proshows. It’s perhaps time to ruminate over what the exact purpose of some of these proshows are, especially the Rock Show, which makes a loss every year … More ideologically, the overselling of proshows is undermining what really is the heart and soul of Saarang: events.”
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Golden Double for the Sharks
The Madras Sharks, the Aquatics team of IIT-Madras tasted glory in both the men’s swimming and waterpolo events at the 49th Inter-IIT Sports Meet, held at Guwahati from 1st to 4th October 2013. An elated T. Devanathan (Bonus), the captain of the water-polo team, sums up the team’s performance, “We came here on a mission – to get 20 points. We did it, and we did it in style!”
कुदरत का कानून
कुदरत का कानून (उत्तराखंड) जब लहर उठी उस पर्वत से, तो चारों तरफ विनाश हुआ था रूप भयंकर कुदरत का, सब लोगों को एहसास…