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  • Shri Prathaa M
  • April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
  • Leave a Comment on From Chaos to Camaraderie

From Chaos to Camaraderie

In the midst of all the insti hubbub, we end up finding friendship in the unlikeliest of places. From 5AM awakenings to lab arguments to conversations about life, Shri Prathaa unpacks the highs and lows of insti friendships – and how the people we meet can shape us forever.

  • Anoushka Rabha
  • June 30, 2022July 1, 2022
  • 1 Comment on Reminisce, Retrospect and Revive

Reminisce, Retrospect and Revive

With offline campus life now in full swing, one cannot help but look back nostalgically to when hostel culture was at its best, and wonder how it came to the state that it is in today.

  • Devika Deevasan
  • Leave a Comment on Leave us be in our Hybrid Haven

Leave us be in our Hybrid Haven

Edited by Neha Cherian Design by Devika Instead of the ten alarms I set last night, I am woken from my fever dream by the…

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  • Sahil H
  • February 9, 2022February 9, 2022
  • Leave a Comment on Vigilance and Vodka: Hiding your Contraband

Vigilance and Vodka: Hiding your Contraband

Editor: Neha Anand | Design: Niharika C & Aryamaan Hostels are (or more appropriately, are supposed to be) a home away from home; a place…

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  • Leave a Comment on Saarang on the Be ̶a̶ nch: The Existential Questions

Saarang on the Be ̶a̶ nch: The Existential Questions

In the past few months, a new word has taken up residence in our common parlance. Where once it might have conjured images of cars…

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  • Neha Anand
  • May 30, 2021
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Graduation

Edited by: Amrita Mahesh The Washington Post, 2012 reads:  YOLO, or “You only live once,” is sort of a teen interjection for “Carpe Diem.” Only…

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  • Shreethigha Ganeshan
  • February 26, 2021
  • 2 Comments on My Assignment Isn’t Done, But I Am

My Assignment Isn’t Done, But I Am

“Professors be like I know these are troubling times and then be the trouble during the times” – unknown wise woman, Twitter, circa 2020. I…

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  • Meghna Madhu
  • April 24, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on Loneliness

Loneliness

Sitting near the windows in the mess, I glance around the hall, looking for familiar faces. My eyes fall on faces I see everyday. They…

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  • S. Vishal
  • April 19, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on Is JEE the Best We Can Do?

Is JEE the Best We Can Do?

Disclaimer: This is not a random Quora article where the author thulps JEE after 2 years of heart-wrenching efforts. Most of us have been through two…

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  • Gayathri S
  • March 26, 2020March 26, 2020
  • Leave a Comment on A Fresh Page in a New Book: The Curious Case of Insti Spaces

A Fresh Page in a New Book: The Curious Case of Insti Spaces

Disclaimer: The following article is an op-ed. The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author’s and do not necessarily…

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