Even Though I Was An Introvert, College Was The Best Time Of My Life
The latest list of top-ranked colleges in India is out. The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) has unveiled the 4th edition of the NIRF rankings. As far as colleges are concerned, Miranda...
View ArticleStudent Elections Are Nothing But A Farce In IIT Guwahati’s Authoritarian...
Recently IIT Guwahati conducted its Gymkhana election. However not more that 50% of the students turned up for vote. Also, not all the posts in the student council had a candidate. The statistics...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: 6 Important Developments Across Campuses In The Past...
While the usual tales of moral policing and casteism in campuses had more incidents added to the list, these two weeks also saw some achievements on the part of the students and campuses in breaking...
View ArticleParents Back Curfew Timings, Leaving The Demand For A Better Presidency...
Recently, the authorities at Presidency University contacted the parents and guardians of the hostel boarders, seeking their opinions on the ongoing protests about the hostel timing curfew. Earlier,...
View ArticleProject Virasat Is Enabling Craftsmen From Punjab To Become Entirely...
The constant chankars (sound of the hammer falling on the metal) of hammering utensils in the Thathiar Gali fills the narrow streets of Jandiala Guru, a small village located few kilometres from...
View ArticleClean Water In India: St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Takes Low-Cost Filters To...
The Enactus at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata is part of a global devout student fraternity that seeks to bring about change by channeling social entrepreneurial skills of students onto real-world...
View ArticleNIT Agartala Students Protest As Admin. Claims Curfew Was Changed To Prevent...
In yet another incident at yet another college, students of NIT Agartala are protesting against regressive hostel rules. They were recently slapped with a notice of the curfew being changed to until...
View ArticleHave The Kids In The Trailer For ‘Student Of The Year 2’ Never Heard Of Board...
Disclaimer: This is not a trailer review, I’m not a critic. This is not a complaint letter, I don’t want to write one. This is an opinion, open to interpretations and contestations. A Karan Johar movie...
View ArticleMy College’s Obsession With Attendance Is Why Its Average NIRF Rank Does Not...
As a young girl, I had many dreams about my college life. I always aspired to study in a well-reputed institution which had a very optimistic environment and was full of strong-willed and responsible...
View Article“I Want My News The Way I Take My Coffee: Hot, Fresh And Balanced in Flavour”
The other day, we were reading The Lady of Shalott in our 19th-century poetry class when the discussion progressed to the allegorical meaning of the poem. It was important to understand the Victorian...
View ArticleExplained: How To Battle Fake News In The Age Of ‘WhatsApp Universities’
It is all-pervasive. It is growing at a rate of knots. It’s an indomitable force. Wonder what I am talking about? It’s WhatsApp. The online messaging app has become so popular that it doesn’t need any...
View ArticleThe Moral Police Holds An Unchallenged Jurisdiction In Kerala’s Colleges
Moral policing is a social evil that is sadly not uncommon in India, where couples holding hands are shamed, boys and girls are not allowed to sit together and many other irrationalities. The lack of...
View ArticleWhat I Learnt Outside The Four Walls Of My College Made All The Difference
I was always told what happens outside the four walls of a classroom teaches you far more than what happens inside. That’s exactly what I learnt once I enrolled in my graduation course of journalism....
View ArticleIs Rahul Gandhi Serious About Waiving Education Loans, Or Is It Just Another...
The Lok Sabha 2019 general elections are finally here. Political parties have started their campaigning for wooing the voters. Our mainstream news channels have also turned their debates towards...
View ArticleNothing But Quality Learning Within Engineering Courses Will Ensure Holistic...
January 25, 2018, breaking news: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) decides to revamp the syllabus of technical education or change the syllabus of engineering. One of the main takeaways...
View ArticleJammu Central Uni. Website Hacked To Call Out Regional Discrimination On Campus
The official website of Jammu Central University was recently hacked by a group called ‘Kerala Cyber Warriors’ after certain students (hailing from Kerala) in Jammu Central University claimed being...
View ArticleMy First Vote Will Be For All-Round Development Of My Constituency And Not...
It’s 2019, Lok Sabha elections are round the corner and I am doubly excited as I will be voting for the first time. As a first timer, I believe that voting is very important and underrated too. Being a...
View ArticleRagging In India Continues To Maintain A Dangerous Cycle Of Abuse On Campuses
In India, ragging holds an indispensable synonymity with the whole notion of college life despite its ban. Movies like 3 Idiots, Munna Bhai MBBS have romanticized it and in the Malayalam movie Premam,...
View ArticleIndia’s Academic Spaces Are Unsafe Because We Refuse To Reject A Culture Of...
I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, many on student politics and enmity. It is very unsettling nowadays to see those movies turn into real life, for every time any news related to violence...
View Articleझारखंड के उस स्कूल का मेरा मुआयना, जहां 2 शिक्षकों के भरोसे चलता है पूरा स्कूल
गौरीपुर गाँव की सुलेखा अपने घर के बाहर कुछ सहेलियों के साथ बैठी है। उसकी उम्र यही कोई 16 साल की होगी। आंगन में बैठी सुलेखा बांस की टोकरियां बना रही है। उसके साथ बैठी अन्य लड़कियां भी इसी काम में मसरूफ...
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