We’re hiring correspondents!
The Fifth Estate is hiring new correspondents for the Jan-May 2018 semester. Although we’re not looking for editors right now, exceptional applicants for editorial positions…
Reporting on Town Hall Jan’30 2018
The Town Hall convened on January 30 saw the addressing of issues that are in the limelight for various reasons, primarily those concerning research scholars…
Shaastra Spotlight: Mriganka Sur
Shaastra 2018’s Spotlight lecture series kicked off on Thursday with a lecture by Dr. Mriganka Sur. He is currently the Newton Professor of Neuroscience, Director…
Saarang Spotlight Interviews: Aahana Kumra
Meenakshi Kumar sits down for a chat with rising star Aahana Kumra, of Lipstick Under My Burkha fame. Q: One conversation around your film Lipstick…
Shaastra Spotlight Interviews: Anima Anandkumar
Dr. Anima Anandkumar is a principal scientist at Amazon Web Services and a Bren professor in the CMS Department at CalTech. She is the brain…
Saarang Spotlight Interviews: Abeer Hoque
Abeer Hoque is a Nigerian born Bangladeshi American writer, poet, photographer and editor. She has travelled extensively on a shoestring budget and has documented her…
「日本語で大丈夫です。」 – A Lesson in the Japanese language
Sachin Nayak — T5E alumnus and Japan resident — explains the Japanese language and its nuances, and challenges for English speakers trying to learn
Accommodation Crisis in Insti: Research Scholars Protest
By Venkataraman Ganesh Also read this January 2017 Op-Ed by a research scholar about the accommodation shortage in the institute. The issue: A number…
Sub-Standard Deviation
Anamika writes under a pen-name about her experience as a person whose gender and sexuality does not fall into normative binaries. Inspired by an earlier…
Mental Health in IIT Madras, Article 4: Anonymous Op-Ed
If you’re a person with mental illness reading this, whether an IITian or a non-IITian, fret not because this can be dealt with and you are not alone. Remember, I cleared the toughest examination on this planet even without knowing I had the illness. So stay strong and keep moving forward. If you are an outsider wanting to know about the situation in this institution, just look at the situation of mental health awareness at your own place before sending out judgements about the IITs. And If you are a student/parent/professional — inside or outside IIT– who knows someone dealing with mental illnesses, please be patient enough to lend your kindness and support to him/her.