Archive for October 2011
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Comedy of errors
BIG SCREEN
Movie: Mujse Fraaandship Karoge
Cast: Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Nishant Dahiya, Tara D’Souza
Yash Raj Films started Y-Films with the purpose of “promoting fresh talent”. What they actually meant was that they will be funding projects that would rehash Hollywood teen and chick flicks for the GenY audience. “Mujse Fraaandship Karoge” is their second instalment after […]
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Lenseye
All for a living…
Photo: Suketh Kumar, B.Tech Final year, SRM University
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On the home track
FORMULA 1 With less than 10 days to go for the Indian Grand Prix, excitement is at an all-time high for fans of motor racing. SAGAR KAPOOR
The countdown has begun. The engines are set to roar and burn rubber as the Formula One cars prepare to go flat out at the Buddh International Circuit in […]
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What’s On (20/10/2011)
Tree treat
Tree Walk
@ Jeeva Park, G.N. Chetty Road, T.Nagar
When: Nov 6
Time: 7.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.
To register and for more details, contact 90030 11372.
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Festive feast
The Residency Towers
@ Main Street: Spread featuring the finest in Indian sweets with a Mehndi and Gajra corner and sparklers.
When: Oct 25 to 27
@ The Crown: Diwali night to remember at […]
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Working miracles
(In pic: Where’s the sensitivity?: A timely “sorry”)
It was during our class one day when a classmates asked, “Why are miracles so uncommon now?” He was speaking in a spiritual context. That apart, I believe that “subjective miracles” belong to the realm of the human beings. For these miracles we don’t need any extraordinary powers and […]
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Fly away home
The vast blue sky, which has no limits and extends into space, which can never be measured, is their own. They are born to fly; born to explore. But man finds it very difficult to understand that I guess! That is why we cage birds. Why do we do it?
Bird lovers?
Many of them who have birds as pets, call […]
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Racing his heart out
Formula 2 racer Armaan Ibrahim opens up on the growing opportunities, his dreams and F1. SAGAR KAPOOR
First of all, what do you feel about F1 coming to India?
It’s a huge opportunity for fans in India to get a taste of real speed and power. New Delhi will now be a prominent spot on the world […]
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Photocopies of success
START UP A venture that is a “win-win-win” formula: for students, photocopiers and themselves! SHWETA J. NICHANI
College is so radically different from school. The cocoon we’ve felt so safe in for years opens up, showing us a jungle out there. Right from a few new rules to a change in the way things are taught, […]
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Engineered for entrepreneurship
CAMPUS INITIATIVE This group at Sastra University didn’t learn the different aspects of business from their books; they learnt it on the job. P.G. SESHASAYEE
Tea at 2.00 a.m., bad mess food and mess strikes, blind-screaming during power cuts, bathroom brawls and bucket reservations, counter-strike clans and sports groups, the amusing professors and the warden-fables, the […]
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Gamers’ gain
OUT One of the most awaited gadgets for 2011, SSDs are similar to a flash drive using superior technology. SRIRAM SRIDHARAN
The folks at Kingston were kind enough to send me two 30GB Kingston V Series SSDs. SSDs are like flash drives, only much faster and expensive. I was positively salivating at the idea of […]
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