Author: Article 19
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HSSpeak #2 | Post-Modernism
Read more: HSSpeak #2 | Post-ModernismAmong the many terms any student in the department comes across, the one term that successfully baffles juniors and seniors alike is ‘postmodernism’. Even though the term evades definition and has its own connotations across multiple domains like literature, philosophy, art and architecture, among many others, we shall try to understand some of the central…
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Interdepartmental League 2018 (Football) Match 1: HS vs. Metallurgy
Read more: Interdepartmental League 2018 (Football) Match 1: HS vs. MetallurgyThe inaugural edition of the Interdepartmental League has been eagerly anticipated by several people in the institute. It is the perfect platform for sporting enthusiasts from different departments to pit their wits and skills against one another. Stepping into the mix with high hopes, the HS football team commenced their campaign with an exciting victory…
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The Challenger Trophy T20 2018: HS14 vs. Rest of HS
Read more: The Challenger Trophy T20 2018: HS14 vs. Rest of HSWhat was billed as a match of some importance and drama, eventually turned out to be a damp squib. The Fifth years and the Rest of HS’s cricket match may have been described by many a word… but compelling isn’t one of them. It was one of the longest matches ever scheduled with the…
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Alumni Speak #6 | Sneha Annavarapu
Read more: Alumni Speak #6 | Sneha AnnavarapuArticle 19’s correspondent Aswathy Venugopal in conversation with Sneha Annavarapu, who graduated from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, in 2014. Sneha is currently doing her PhD in Sociology at the University of Chicago. She can be found loitering in the streets of Hyderabad, supposedly doing sociological research while actually just Instagramming. To…
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Alumni Speak #5 | Rihan Najib
Read more: Alumni Speak #5 | Rihan NajibThe Art19 team in conversation with Rihan Najib, who graduated from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, in 2013. Rihan majored in Development Studies, as a result of which she has a heightened sense of irony. Currently, she is a journalist with the Hindu Business Line, where she handles the books section…
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Voice
Read more: VoiceLike gold to lead, Your tone to Chet Baker, Shifting from gruff, A moment’s sway from the rough. To a steady soft whisper, Two words, that one day, “Yes, da.” – worth an hour of foreplay. Not the words, not the context, Not the time or the place. Imagine if you will,…
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This Monsoon
Read more: This MonsoonWith pearls from the sky, Gliding gently on my face, I felt the touch of your fingers. Thick dark clouds, Reminded me of the darkness, We embraced in. Soaked in sweat of your ‘soil’, You sculpted the ‘clay’ I was, And I wielded your earthy scent. Blinded by your memories, Everything becomes, an Abstract…
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Lone Fox Dancing
Read more: Lone Fox DancingAs I walked home last night I saw a lone fox dancing In the cold moonlight. I stood and watched. Then Took the low road, knowing The night was his by right. Sometimes, when words ring true, I’m like a lone fox dancing In the morning dew. My favorite poem by Ruskin Bond has now…
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Ripe Vinyl #5 | Achilles Last Stand – Led Zeppelin
Read more: Ripe Vinyl #5 | Achilles Last Stand – Led Zeppelin(The four symbols representing the four members of Led Zeppelin taken from their fourth album – “Led Zeppelin IV”. From left to right – Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant.) I will be honest with you here, I am a Led Zeppelin fanatic, hence there are hardly any songs of theirs…
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Home
Read more: HomeI cannot go back; no, I can’t To the house of my childhood. Cracked walls and plaster peeling off The brick and mortar crumbling In allegiance To the two failing bodies inside. Silent horror wrings my entrails; I cannot breathe As I come in and see The moment of blankness in clouded eyes Before…
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