Author: Article 19
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Conference 2020 | Children’s Books as Change Agents | Lecture by Ms. Praba Ram
Read more: Conference 2020 | Children’s Books as Change Agents | Lecture by Ms. Praba RamThe second lecture of the DoHSS Conference was by storyteller and founder of Saffron Tree, Ms Praba Ram. Her creation, Saffron Tree, is a blog known for reviewing and listing new and diverse forms of children’s literature. In her lecture on Children’s Books as Change Agents, she focused on the need for diversity in children’s…
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Conference 2020 | The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence | Lecture by Dr. Mayilvaganan
Read more: Conference 2020 | The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence | Lecture by Dr. MayilvagananThe Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences was kickstarted by a series of talks on various topics by renowned researchers as well as representatives from the main sponsor of the event, the International Justice Mission. The first talk by a guest speaker was on ‘The Geopolitical Matrix of Violence’, by…
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Conference 2020 | Inaugural Ceremony
Read more: Conference 2020 | Inaugural CeremonyThe 9th Annual Academic Conference organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, was held from January 23, 2020-January 25, 2020. The theme of the Conference was ‘Rethinking Violence’. Across three days, nine panels and six lectures were held on various subjects such as gender and sexuality, literature, language, history, disability, memory,…
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Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Katha Storytelling Workshop
Read more: Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Katha Storytelling WorkshopThe Annual Academic Conference of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences kicked off with the first pre-conference event on 25th October. After the customary tea and snacks, the students gathered at HSB357 for the Storytelling workshop by Deepa Kiran. The welcome address was delivered by Gayathri, the events head, who introduced the speaker of…
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Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | Convocation 2019
Read more: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | Convocation 2019The department convocation began at 2:20 pm on the 30th of September in the Aryabhatta hall, to happy graduates and enthusiastic freshie volunteers, all clad in white. It started with the volunteers singing Vande Mataram to the crowd, following which Professor Umakant Dash welcomed the gathering to the 56th convocation of the department. He congratulated…
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Alumni Talk | Anwesha Pathi
Read more: Alumni Talk | Anwesha PathiOn 2nd October 2019, the first alumni talk of the year was kickstarted by Anwesha Pathi. Scheduled on a holiday and at 11 AM, HSB 357 saw the rolling in of lazy students who did not want to miss an opportunity to explore their future prospects. Anwesha is a student of the HS14 batch, who…
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Alumni Speak #8 | Arun Sudarsan and Chandni Chandran
Read more: Alumni Speak #8 | Arun Sudarsan and Chandni ChandranThe Article 19 team in conversation with Arun Sudarsan and Chandni Chandran, who graduated from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2014. The two got married in 2018. Chandni cleared the 2016 Civil Services Examination and belongs to the 2017 IAS batch. She is currently posted as Assistant Collector (Under training) of South…
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Ripe Vinyl #9 | Juice – Lizzo
Read more: Ripe Vinyl #9 | Juice – LizzoThere is something very different about my Spotify playlists now. They used to be dominated by your run-of-the-mill white alternative bands singing about liking or hating or breaking up with girls, accompanied by a borderline-cacophonous instrumental setup in the background. It sounds like I’m generalising (hit me with the Not All Bands, yo) but there…
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Review | Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver
Read more: Review | Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond CarverThe first time I heard about ‘Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?’ and its author Raymond Carver was, well, when I actually held the book in my hand. It was the hopeful attempt of two concerned parents to get their 15 year old daughter out of her post board exam lethargy. It came along with…
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Department Freshie Night | Batch of 2019
Read more: Department Freshie Night | Batch of 2019The 2019 department freshie evening was held on 20 September at Mahatma Hall, which had been transformed for the occasion with fairy lights and dimmed lighting. As the hall filled with people from different batches (the freshies had been inviting seniors to attend from the previous day itself), the lights were turned back on as…
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