Author: Article 19
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Caste, Class, Gender and “Elite” Institute Teams
Read more: Caste, Class, Gender and “Elite” Institute TeamsIn Institute terms, the “Elite” teams are somewhat intuitively understood as “prestigious”, hard-working teams for which there is a high demand with respect to favourable extra-curricular CV points that high-paying non-core companies tend to favour.How do questions of caste, class and gender play out between the links of this ‘Great Chain of Being’? If you’ve…
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Colours of Absence
Read more: Colours of Absence‘To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence’………beauty, poetry, love, art and expression are the things which make human lives richer, more painful, more poignant. This article explores the workings of absence in all these beautiful facets, and how it adds shades of it own…
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‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted’ Defence of Ye
Read more: ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted’ Defence of Ye“Hip hop music is the first art form created by free black men. And no black man has taken advantage of his freedom more than Kanye West,” declared the American comedian, actor, and filmmaker Chris Rock, introducing Kanye West a few years back during a Wyoming listening party for Kanye’s album “Ye”.
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13th Annual DoHSS Conference Report
Read more: 13th Annual DoHSS Conference ReportThe 13th Annual HSS Department Conference, held over the 6th and 7th of April 2024, was a noteworthy success. Presenters and scholars from various universities across the country came together at the Central Lecture Theatre, IIT Madras to discuss and present the numerous innovative ideas they put forward in their papers. Having covered a diverse…
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Department Football Tournament 2024
Read more: Department Football Tournament 2024The Department Football Tournament usually takes place in February, marking an annual event during the second semester of the academic year. It serves as a platform for friendly competition among students and faculty. This year, due to fewer participating teams, the format deviated from the usual group stage to a direct knockout, with initial matches…
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Department Soapbox | Elections 2024
Read more: Department Soapbox | Elections 2024On 27th February, 2024 the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences held the Soapbox for the position of Department Legislator with the candidates Behjad Yasar (HS22) and Yaswanth Devarakonda (HS21). Article 19 presents a report on the question and answer session engaged with them regarding their manifestos.
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On Chaos: Within and Without
Read more: On Chaos: Within and WithoutIn a world marked by alternate symphonies of turbulence and quiet, chaos in nature finds reverberations in human lives as well. ‘On Chaos: Within and Without’ explores the parallels between nature and human life, trying to make sense of how they influence each other. After all, we are but a part of the bigger cacophony,…
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Prof-Files #11 | Dr. Thanggoulen Kipgen
Read more: Prof-Files #11 | Dr. Thanggoulen KipgenNext up on Prof-Files is Dr Thanggoulen Kipgen, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Prof-Files #10 | Dr. Binitha V Thampi
Read more: Prof-Files #10 | Dr. Binitha V ThampiNext up on Prof-Files is Dr Binitha V Thampi, Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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When Godot Arrives
Read more: When Godot ArrivesIn “When Godot Arrives”, our correspondent Akhil crafts a haunting narrative that reflects the anticipation and eventual disillusionment of the post-war era depicted in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”.
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