The year was 2020. The world had begun to fall into the eye of the storm we all had feared. Countries could not trust each other anymore. All the bliss and happiness that children were taught to dream about and aspire to achieve seemed to vaporize in that one moment. All women and all men were…
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Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) is a global conference organized by the Anita Borg Institute and is a unique opportunity for women in technology to share, learn, network with each other about the latest work in technology (academia and industry). The conference is also a great place for women to showcase their awesome contributions in technical,…
When I first heard about the workshop, the word Add-Ons caught my attention and seeing that I’d like to make good use of the weekend, I decided to attend. But boy, it was much more than that. The workshop was held on a sunny Saturday afternoon, with a lot of bright-eyed freshmen and a few…
Loss of Memory One February morning Grandpa forgets what I am called. I remember his hysterical face, patterned by the sunlight which managed to smuggle itself through the Bohemian-looking room divider, RISӦR from Ikea But I digress. Ah yes, his face was a maelstrom of overwrought emotions as he fails to recognise his grandchild. Disorientation…
“Not all those who wander are lost” One of those deeply meaningful quotes out there, which we can all relate to, on some level or another. In fact, I’d even go on to say, do wander a bit guys, else you’re surely going to get lost. Lost in today’s stressful world, lost in the monotony…
This piece is not one of novelty or inventiveness. This piece is meant to do one thing: to attempt to put into words the completely unoriginal and banal thoughts that pervade some of our minds. It is filled with clichéd ideas and repetitions of old concepts. Please bear with me. Time Many years back, in…
You feel dazed. You feel like you’re out of breath. You feel empty. You feel horrible about yourself. You feel like you’re the root of all problems in the world. We’ve all been there. Yup, even the ones with the glittery Instagram posts and hundreds of likes on Facebook pics. I feel like we need…
Innovision is ACM NITK Chapter’s weeklong series of events. Each of the SIGs (Special Interest Groups) – Sanganitra, Vidyut, Yantrika, Karyavarta and Saahitya conducts its own events Cryptic, Hardwired, Jugaad, Apprentice and Literati. Innovision 2018 saw an overwhelming amount of participation from the freshers. The winners of each of the events were interviewed. The excerpts…
In light of the mid-semester fiasco that unfolded a week ago, and the mental notes and self-promises that we silently muttered to ourselves knowing full well of their limited life expectancy, I thought I’d pen down a few words about two words (Refer title) that has managed to keep me motivated since it made its…
What a peculiar topic to choose, isn’t it? Some would deem this very relationship to be of the highest order in our lives. “There is no bond as beautiful and intimate as that shared between a child and its birth-givers”, they’d say. I speak not to oppose this perception but to throw some light on…