Posts by Smit
Apathy of the West?
Reports state that more than 1600 people have been dead, over 20 million displaced, crops worth a billion dollars have been destroyed and area close to 15 percent of the total has been inundated. The damage to houses, infrastructure is colossal. Large numbers of people are in the need of food, clean drinking water, shelter
The Power of Paradox
“The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what we call paradoxes.” The above is a quotation from Soren Kierkegraad,a Danish philosopher,theologian and psychologist.The paradox is a thought containing contradiction which can and should
MP Pay Hike
Adjourned sessions, unhealthy debates, use of abusive language, and not to forget the mother of all entertainment–chair fights are all characteristics of law making forums throughout the nation, but there’s one thing that our legislators have always stood together for –Greater pay. With the 6th pay commission coming into the picture, the salaries of employees
Is Chess an infinitely complex game?
A game of Chess always comes to an end.There is no known way by which a chess game can end other than by checkmate,stalemate,draw or resignation.Obviously,the outcome of the longest possible game of chess has to be a draw.So,how long can a game of chess last?It turns out that in the longest game,the White can
Another book from IITD
Prof. PL Dhar, professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Delhi, has come up with a fiction based novel “2095” this summer. He has been actively working in the field of integration of science and technology and human values, and in this respect has already written two books and published many research articles but this
The Confessions of an Examinee
I, as a responsible student of IIT Delhi, in my full consciousness and control, with all will and eyes open, and with a heavy heart, hereby accept that I did not study that well so as to secure very good grades. I accept that I submitted myself to these atrocities of low marks and less
The Indian Abroad
Now we are huge country, full of a rich and sometimes confusing diversity of cultures, languages, religions, cuisines, dance, romance, poverty, ideologies, politics, corruption, landscapes, riots and well, what not! We claim to be the oldest civilization in the world (why, that’s true, isn’t it??). We are the birthplace of some of the world’s major
Widening Horizons of IIT Delhi
Browsing the hostel notice board, I read the theme for the Foundation Day, “WIDENING HORIZONS of IIT Delhi” and then turned to think a little about it. I turned back to read it once again, but this time it appeared to me as “WIDENING the horizons of IIT Delhi”. Through this article, I present my
SIFE-IITD
SIFE – Social Action and Business, the innovative way (SIFE – Students in Free Enterprise) With increasing social awareness and a desire to enhance the standard of living of the society and the nation at large, the past few years have seen a large section of the youth getting associated with Non Profit Organizations that
Rangoli Making Competition
The Rangoli Making Competition organised by the Fine Arts Club (FAC) was held on Tuesday, 17th August 2010. The venue was 1st floor of the Students Activity Centre (SAC). The competition had some changes from the past year. Some of them are: 1) Last year, the competition was a non-comp one to enable the first-yearites
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