Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces #Hokkolorob A peaceful gathering of people not older than you or I. Singing, dancing, standing up for a cause. The exuberance of unabashed youth twinkling in their eyes. And suddenly, in a matter of a few hours their world had turned completely turtle. Lathis flew, friends were injured and lives were threatened. And through all this, […] Written by Vox Populi September 22, 2014May 15, 2021
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Gymkhana Institute Students Selection of Chief Election Officer : Was it fair? This article raises question on the selection of Rohan Bansal as the Chief Election Officer, Student’s Gymkhana 2014-15. This is an anonymous opinion voiced by a concerned student. Comments of President Students’ Gymkhana and Chairperson, Students’ Senate follow up the opinion piece. The involvement of students in campus administration is a distinctive feature of our […] Written by Vox Populi August 28, 2014December 26, 2020
Beyond IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces You shouldn’t have missed it, Mr. PM! With already so much having been commented upon the maiden speech of ‘not-an-accidental’ PM by nearly all prominent journalists and columnists of varied viewpoints and contrasting ideologies there is only little scope left for further review of the confident articulation which many have already classified as historical. So why this article? Actually, we are ‘Pakke […] Written by Vox Populi August 26, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students India is changing. So should IITK! For most, returning back home to India after a summer under a foreign sky is a joyous occasion to look forward to. However, there is one common observation in all the narratives – the overt difference one definitely senses as soon as one touches down in India. The roads, the people, the maintenance, everything is […] Written by Vox Populi August 20, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Cleanliness, do we care? It was Independence Day yesterday. While addressing the nation, the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi said, “Let us pledge that we will not make our surroundings dirty. Pledge to develop a clean India”. But think about this. The campus had a lot of fun during the Treasure Hunt. Yeah, people had an awesome time! […] Written by Vox Populi August 16, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Events Students What’s with the Antaragni theme this time? अहम् भोकालम् , Superheroes, Medieval Fantasy, The Mafia – Antaragni has ceaselessly captured my imagination year after year. But despite the fact that I swooned over these themes, I would be fibbing if I claimed that any of themes resonated with what Antaragni could be and what I wanted Antaragni to be. The only theme […] Written by Vox Populi August 2, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Students Are we guilty of being provincial? “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” — Helen Keller An inter block hall tournament’s final was being played. It was a tense stage. As the scorer gave the scores – “twelve -fourteen”, a section of the […] Written by Vox Populi August 1, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students Only two in top 100 So one more year of disappointment. Out of top 100 JEE rankers, only two have joined IIT Kanpur. For someone belonging to the era where more than 50 joined IIT Kanpur, this is shocking, but it has been this way for a few years. And last year it was actually zero out of 100.Every year, […] Written by Vox Populi July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students Convocation: Is there a need for a new format? We had our convocation on 18th June, 2014. This time we tried a new format. For the last few years, we had one main function where there will be speeches, a few awards, in some years, PhD degrees were awarded, and then we had two more ceremonies later, one for just giving away PG degrees […] Written by Vox Populi July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
Administration All about IITK Editorials and Opinion Pieces Institute Students Branch Change: Finally we are back to being very liberal Recently, the Senate approved the branch changes for the 2013 batch students. In a batch of 820, the number of students who have received a branch change after the first year is 54 this year, a significantly higher number compared to recent years since we liberalized our branch change rules last year. Given that we […] Written by Vox Populi July 27, 2014December 26, 2020
