Diwali vs Illu

Among the fondest memories of my childhood are those of Deepawali — keeping an eye out on the things being termed ‘junk’ and making sure that none of my favourite things made it to the list, the smell of the paint (our house was painted every year a week before diwali), the smell of the crackers, the…

About Scholars’ Avenue

The Scholars’ Avenue is the campus newspaper of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The team is drawn entirely from among the students of the institute, and its mission is to report and analyze events that affect the campus, and to be the voice of the IIT Kharagpur student…

Spring Fest Rewind: Spring Is In The Air

It is that time of the year again — when the spirit of spring comes alive and makes every denizen of this rustic retreat lose its nonchalant elegance and jump around clapping like 10 year old school kids.

An Interview with Prof V. R. Kalvey

Scholars’ Avenue caught up with the Dean of Student Affairs cum Deputy Director, Prof V. R. Kalvey to enquire about the institute’s stand on the reservation issue. Here are some excerpts:

Down Memory Lane

Mr. R. Srinivasan, Member, Corporate Management Committee of ITC, a Director of Asia Tobacco Company Limited, serving on the Governing Body of the Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai, and finally, an IIT Kgp alumnus; not necessarily in that order, writes candidly about his days in Kgp and the…

The Spirit of ‘Illu’

Illumination or “illu” as it is commonly referred to in the campus lingo of IIT Kgp, is not merely just another inter-hall event in the Gymkhana calendar. Living every moment of the days (or should I say nights!) leading to the D-day is what makes it unique in every Kgpian’s life. In the…

Spring Fest Rewind: Trekking across springs bygone

A look into the history of Spring Fest

Spring Fest: two words that make every KGPian’s heart beat almost as vivaciously as Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz. What with 24-hour dance floors, fashion shows graced by the…

March ’06, 9th Issue: Contest Avenue

Twenty Years Later…

The Scholars’ Avenue Creative Writing Competition

We had given the opening lines of O. Henry’s Twenty Years Later and invited readers to complete the story in their own way. Among the very few…

Sports Round-Up

Inter-IIT Report

Water Polo
The Inter IIT Watepolo saga came to an end in the semis for Kgp, for the 5th year in a row. This time though, we started with an unprecedented victory over the defending champions IIT Madras, purported to have been a clearly superior team. This…

April ’06 , 9th Issue : News Avenue

I promise..

Gymkhana elections (or the lack of it) these year have left most of Kgp clueless about who their representatives are, and what they propose to do this year. Scholars’ Avenue resolved to remedy this by bringing you the proposals…