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Decoding the code
DRESS CODES IN COLLEGE Will they achieve their purpose of a uniform environment or result in churning out rebels who believe in freedom of expression? NIHARIKA M.
In India, education has been at the good end of a lot of encouragement, a prerogative that has been an advantage of class and has benefited the […]
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Place for talent
EVENT Magical Soles saw girls dominate the dance competition. NIHARIKA M.
It’s nice to spend the usually busy Saturday evenings watching young talent. Magical Soles, the inter-collegiate dance competition by Krafters India, gave us an opportunity to catch a glimpse of that. With some big sponsor names and a comfortable venue, there was a sense of […]
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Wanted: A friendly campus
CAMPUS CONCERNS The recent ban on interaction between seniors and juniors inside colleges may have an adverse effect on their relationships, finds MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN
“Frankly, I was looking forward to the much-talked about ‘interaction’ session with my seniors on the first day itself. Not only did I believe it would be fun, but I thought it […]
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Friday night fever!
ROUND UP The dance floor was on fire at The Hindu NXg Campus Jive when the colleges tried to out-do each other for the grand prize. MADHUMITHA SRINIVASAN
What an evening! High on energy, excitement, competition, cheer and, not to forget, the prize money. The finals of The Hindu NXg Campus Jive was on at the […]
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Break barriers, not the spirit
ISSUES Interactions between the seniors and juniors were never easy at college, but with ragging on the rise, a darker side is revealed. Here are a few of our readers’ reaction to the recent Aman Kachru incident and on ragging in general…
Uproot it
Ragging is a practice which has been going on for generations. People accept […]
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Glad to be a girl…
It’s a man’s world, they say. And umpteen times I’ve wished I were a guy – after all, they have absolutely no problems at home – they could come and go whenever they pleased, get longer hours of television and sleep, they didn’t have to answer innumerable questions about their whereabouts when they’re outside, and […]
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A lesson in politics
In a short span of time, I have witnessed two faces of the Indian higher education system in two different states. One is from a state under the Red flag, where politics rules practically everything possible. You have to enlist your affiliation to a party the moment you get enrolled in college. After that you […]
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On the fast track
There is one must-have to succeed in the field of motor sports: passion. I still remember the day Ayrton Senna crashed into the wall at Tamburello in Imola. That sealed my decision to become an automobile engineer specialising in motor sports because even the greatest driver in Formula 1 was at the mercy of the […]
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