Editorials

#ReopenKgp Series: Diro’s Post

A year ago, on the 13th of March, 2020, the institute canceled the…

The Open House, October 27th 2017

The Open House Event with The Director, Dr. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti , supposed to be conducted from 7 PM to 9 PM in Netaji Auditorium, had to be shifted to Tagore Open Air Theatre due to the extremely high attendance of students owing to the recent events on the…

The IIT Of Inertia

What do you want us to do?

A Head Full of Dreams

I talk a lot but I don’t write a lot. I’ve been told that by a lot of my friends over time. I guess I never get the…

No KGP for Peace?

KGP in the election season is a whole different beast from the rest of the year. Kharagpur, defined by the word ‘Peace’ for…

Editorial : On Elections and More

Over a single weekend, we have seen a burst of much-needed activity since the lull between fest euphoria and mid-semester panic. Inter Halls, internships and IIM interviews are perhaps the second-most frequent topics of discussion. The first, of course, is the upcoming…

The Poster Girls of Feminism

Preface

“…the other day, I heard they were honouring the Canadian men and women who fought at the frontline during the world wars. How can you explain that since women were not authorized to go to the frontline??? Will we hear of Caesar’s female legions…

Flipping the ɯooɹssɐlƆ

He enters the class and murmurs a greeting. Picking up a piece of chalk, he continues from where he left off yesterday. He knows his material cold. He’s been teaching the same stuff to batch after batch of students, an industrial robot processing parts on an assembly line. After an exam…

A Path Truly Different:Young India Fellowship

As a student at IIT, you spend 4 to 5 years studying the nuances of aspecific branch of engineering or science. Excellent though this training may be, it is entirely possible that you feel the need to add that extra dimension to your education before…