Edited by L Calvin
Photo Credits: Kiran Anil, Rohini Dikshit, Janani Balaji and Shatabdi Deori
Recently it appeared in the news that following the recommendations of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), IIT-M evacuated all dogs to a dog park inside the campus so as to protect the wildlife within (read more about it here: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/mar/19/chennai-collector-directs-iit-madras-to-release-stray-dogs-kept-in-illegal-captivity-2278831.html).
Of course reading it set this correspondent off on a nostalgia trip at 3 AM looking for cat pictures from insti. Soon it became a shared exercise reminiscing about the pets that had gotten many of us through a rough day. Just to plaster a teary smile on our drained faces (and make you miss insti more), T5E brings to you a compilation of some of the cutest floof content!
When not guarding the Sharavathi entrance, he might sometimes randomly leave dead rats outside your room. He also likes cuddles so it balances out.

Devil or Angel? A cutie who follows you around if she likes you enough, but is also known to scratch people who try to pet her.

PS: Beware, he is known to bark at any guy who enters the hostel premises.
The sister duo and the sibling relationship we all wish we had.

With a singular lack of imagination, he was named so because he could be found frequently nuzzled up in the cycle baskets at Sarayu.
He offers solace with his mere presence on a particularly bad day. Therapy dog sessions instead of life skills, anyone?

She likes to watch people. You can find this one cuddled up in the most random corners in Sharav and she does not appreciate being judged for her napping abilities.


to acquire food. He has high tastes and has a predilection for Masala Dosa.
Common biscuits are not up to his standard and he only eats tea biscuits.


have a productive day.

“We’ll go back to insti next sem”


“Please switch on your video”

Fourth wave:


“Act Natural”




Cat on a Not-Tin Roof