Author: Article 19
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Occhiolist Beauty | Shreethigha
Read more: Occhiolist Beauty | ShreethighaWhen the dusk breaks in,When the breeze gets cold,And the masses’ too busyTo see what earth beholds,The city glowing crazyLike a million serial lights,With each narrating a wholeDifferent kind of fight,The stillness in the chaos,Easing worries you never disclose,Proving it’s not simply bunnies and cards‘Cause magic is afterall, more than just those. Poem and Artwork…
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HSSpeak #5 | Nihilism
Read more: HSSpeak #5 | NihilismNihilism is one of those philosophical beliefs that most students will end up believing in temporarily at some point or the other – like when one has an exam to study for, or a deadline to meet. (If you haven’t done so till now, good. Stay away, it’s not fun.) It refers to the philosophical…
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Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Theme Release
Read more: Annual Academic Conference 2020 | Theme ReleaseOn Thursday, the 29th of August, the Theme Release Event of the 9th edition of the Annual Academic Conference of the DoHSS kicked off, after refreshments of course, at 4:30 pm in HSB 356. Yati of HS18 introduced the event and the conference, followed by the theme release video introducing this year’s theme- ‘Rethinking Violence’.…
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Lecture by Sujata Patel | How to Think Cities and Urbanization in Today’s India
Read more: Lecture by Sujata Patel | How to Think Cities and Urbanization in Today’s IndiaAugust 7th, 4:15 PM, marked the day of the lecture by Sujata Patel. HSB 356 was filled with refreshed students and scholars after a cup of coffee and snacks. The event began with a welcome address by Professor Santhosh R, who introduced Sujata Patel, one of the leading sociologists in the world with specialization in…
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Dear Freshie
Read more: Dear FreshieDear Freshie, A year ago, I first entered IIT Madras. Everything about it was daunting. The incredibly smart people, the extroverted kids who were quick to bond, the fear of messing up my academics, (not to mention the huge campus) which quickly spiralled out of control until I felt like a molten ball of anxiety…
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A Day in the Life | Meghna M
Read more: A Day in the Life | Meghna MI can see the sky. Of course, when you’re lying on the ground on your back, you’ll hardly see the Vindhya mess. Oh wait, I can see it if I tilt my head to the side. Well, that I can see the sky is my point. It’s almost 8, I can tell. I see girls…
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Reminiscence | Divyanjana Prashansa
Read more: Reminiscence | Divyanjana PrashansaIt’s only four in the morning and already you are wide awake. As always, the first thing you must do today is take him for a walk. You stare up at the ceiling for a while, groggy eyed but alert. It has been raining since last night. You can hear the pitter patter of raindrops…
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Review | Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Read more: Review | Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi“Of all the celestial bodies, the moon is the closest to the matters of this lower world. And so it is a guide to all things. Contemplate the state of the moon until you know it well. Its soundness is the strength of all things, its ruin the corruption of all things.” I first heard…
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Ripe Vinyl #8 | Defying Gravity – Wicked the Musical
Read more: Ripe Vinyl #8 | Defying Gravity – Wicked the MusicalBelieve me, I know all that you have to say about Defying Gravity – a song that ran its course, a song that sticks in your head like a gnat of a memory. But hear me out. I might be 16 years too late to the discourse, but I say Defying Gravity is a feminist…
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Alumni Speak #7 | Manjari Shankar
Read more: Alumni Speak #7 | Manjari ShankarArticle 19’s correspondent Meenakshi Viswanathan interviews Manjari Shankar, who graduated from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, in 2014. Manjari is currently working with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland. She is an Economics graduate from the Department and a Global Health graduate from LSE. On days she isn’t within the…
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