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  • Aenakshee Roy
  • January 21, 2022January 21, 2022
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Spirits Under The Streetlamp: Myths and Legends

Edited by Jai Santhoshi S Designed by Devika “After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of ‘truth’, and indeed present aspects…

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  • Nalli Sai Soumya
  • January 3, 2022January 3, 2022
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quaRANTine: A Tale of Living Six Feet Apart

Edited by Rohini Dikshit Design by Reshma “It’s not denial. I’m just very selective about the reality I accept”, explains Calvin to Hobbes. By the…

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  • Abhishek Kumar
  • November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
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Freshie Guide: What to bring to Insti?

Here is a quick list of things you will definitely need on campus. The sections are divided into multiple categories. Unless there’s an “OR” or…

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  • Shreethigha Ganeshan
  • September 12, 2021September 12, 2021
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Freshie Ritual

  • Anish Kumar and Devika Deevasan
  • September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
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Un-Presidented Times

Editor: Neha Anand | Design: Devika Deevasan The editors at T5E were startled to discover an unauthorised post made on their blog. The article was…

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  • Pranoy K P and Akash Haridas
  • July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
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Branch Changen’t

  Edited: Neha Anand | Design: Prashanth   Some senior gyaan and fundaes a.k.a. The Non-Freshie Perspective:   Almost every undergrad coming into insti has…

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  • November 15, 2020November 15, 2020
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Freshie Toolkit 2020

Author: Gayathri S Design: Rohit Gadarla Ah, the first semester in Insti. In an ideal world, back when the word unprecedented wasn’t thrown around every…

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  • The Fifth Estate and Shreethigha Ganeshan
  • October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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The Fundae Fundae

Design by: G Rohit Reddy Now that you have successfully attended at least ten fundae sessions from home, it is time for the mother of…

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  • Devika Dinesh
  • August 10, 2020
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Virtually Nobody (K)new

Design: Shaurya Rawat Editor: Siddharth D P As we face the prospect of a semester that is going to be unlike any other before, with…

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  • Aditya Jeevannavar
  • February 9, 2020February 9, 2020
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2farce 2first

Yes! Branch change is final! Unless you happen to have some dirt on the dean the likes of which our iron-willed* (read stubborn) lad had…

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