Meet the Fellows of the tenth cohort

from YIF Yearbook 2021 | Tucked Frangipani

by Varun Kashyap

Snapshot of our Critical Writing journey

Meet the Fellows The Fellows

Aayushi Gupta

Hai naseebo me safar to, mai kahi bhi kyu ruku.

Adarsh Singh Jangpangi

The Office (US), S3, EP 23, 4:44

Abhishek Garg

The most expensive bad decision of my life.

Aditya Singh Roy

Nothing a good egg sandwich can't fix

Adarsh Reddy

I look better in person.

Afshana Bano

Never settle! Wander off in the woods. Soak the rain of knowledge. Climb. Smell the greenish goodness of your soul. Let the wind carry you to places. Nourish the soil you grow in. Hold the dewy pearls and never give up. That is life!

Aisha

Aishallovercome.

Akanksha V. Reddy

If you can be like anyone, be like Urvashi Butalia.

Aishwarya Mall

Kuch maangna baaki nahi, jitna mila, kaafi hai.

Akansha Naithani

Nothing is better than to live a storyless life that needs no writing for meaning.

Ajinkya Mujumdar

Everything's not a scam.

Akansha Yadav

She remembered who she was and the game changed!

Akash Chowdhury

Want a full refund, no questions asked.

Aliya Usmani

“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Aksheet Sonna

Structures can’t emancipate you. Nature is the OG mindfulness guru. Everything repressed, subverts. Sustainable change is first internal. Strive for your inner child’s wonder.

Amal T A

"Did some one say South Indian food in the mess? Dear Mallus, ever tasted watery Avial and Malabar Curry? :p" National Integration the Ashokan way.

Akshita Narula

Be weirdly, crazily, authentically, unapologetically yourself! “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." - Rumi

Aman Aloon

Who comes across as cold might be battling life within, while the bold one might be standing up to lives around. Question your labels. Life is short. Give others, and more importantly yourself, a second chance.

Aman Jagdev

Udte jaate panchi ne bass itna hi dekha, Der tak haath hilaati rahi voh shaakh fiza main (Cont.)

Amina Khan

Where's my mask?

Aman Shaikh

"Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters." - Neil Gaiman

Anamitra Ghosh

"Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost

Ambika Bhura

Never made it to campus, but the YIF felt like a (crazy) home at home!

Ananya Dixit

Two liberal arts degrees later, still confused about what I want to do in life.

Anjali Priyadarshini Thati

Trust your intuition.

Ankita Kadam

If there's a world outside deadlines, it's delusion.

Ankita Doppalapudi

We did it!

Anmol Mehta

As you read this, unclench your jaw, take a deep breath and lower your shoulders. You're doing great.

Ankita Elizabeth Mathew

The best is yet to come!

Anoushka Ganjoo

To be in the presence of creation.

Anshu Thakur

2020 was a good year because of YIF.

Anushka Satyajit

Not just a +1 in the online scheme of things.

Anupama V

I imagined myself to be a YIF drop out like a Harvard drop out. But I couldn't make it! :(

Anvesh Manchoju

“Love, transcends time, space and matter, and can exist forever. It’s the most powerful feeling ever.” - Batasari

Anushka Ashar

I spent a huge amount of my time at YIF scanning the Dining Menu.

Aradhya Gupta

I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floatin’ around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it’s both.

Arjun Abraham

"And I knew exactly what to do, but in a more real sense, I had no idea what to do." - Michael Scott

Arushi Lohani

Did we just graduate after being on campus for only four months?

Arkoprabho Hazra

Your life is a journey where different experiences are your medium of travelling

Aryaman Narayanan Ramanathan

My name has more A's than my transcript.

Arshad Alam

YIF experience has been phenomenal for my academics, personal and professional journey in my life. The courses and culture at YIF shaped me to think critically, analyze and ask questions confidently.

Ashish Achutrao Patil

They asked me for 30 words but I'm done with the assignments and word limits!

Ashutosh Tiwari

I think there should be rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

Bhavya Mehta

Meh-tat sounds boring (not).

Asma Syed

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore

Bala Meenakshi S

"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create" - Buddha

Cindy Kimnunhoih

Virtually confessing the blessings.

Debaleena Bagchi

Que sera sera, whatever will be will be...but it kinda has to also happen the way I want it to.

Deeksha Aishwarya

How did I end up here?

Devashri Awasthi

You can either crash on a speed bump or enjoy it.

Deshna Jain

When life gets you down do you wanna know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

Devesh Pratap Singh

Can I get an extension on this please?

Devansh Singh Rathour

(Cont.) Alvida kehne ko, ya paas bulane ko.

Devyanshu

Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring on that damn cat!"

Dhayanithi Chinnamuthu

Don't knock; just enter.

Dimple Kariya

Life could never understand nor explain its meaning in my existence.

Elorika Tayal

“I submitted this before the deadline.” - I (never)

G Sandeepp

Be happy always!

Disha Saswati Raut

"YE DIL MAANGE MORE" - Captain Vikram Batra, PVC

Gaurav Saroha

The dude abides.

Gayathri K

This is Us. Season 5, Episode 5, 36:35

Gitanjali

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus

Gayathri M R

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou

Glen Reuben Dsouza

Whine or Wine, you choose. I'd prefer the latter.

Gayatri Sarin

Wherever you are, wherever you go; I hope there's art and music. It will find you, I hope you find it too.

Govind Nair

"Govind Nair: What does his future look like? Does he even have one? Let's find out!"

Hanish Srinivasan

Focus on having a good bowel movement. All other things shall fall into place.

Ibtesam Fatma

I like to narrate in first-person because I like to become the character I'm dreaming.

Harshitha Rayapati

Hope is soul-crushingly sinister yet gorgeously gratifying.

Hartej Singh

See you at the top!

Iman Bhattacharyya

When you smile at the world, the world smiles back.

Indhumadhi S

"Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up." - Batman

Indranil Datta

Don't quote me out of context.

Ishita Chigilli Palli

There's something about the winter sun that just makes you want to dance on the lawns.

Isha Kumari

और से या, खुद ही से पूँछ लगे राह यह कह, मौज म ही, ढू ढ लगे हम। बूंद से ही, तो ह वह, बाँध लगे लहर पैर तले जो भी मले, बाँध लगे हम, कनारे।।

Ishani Tewari

They asked me to write something. So here it is: Something. Bye now!

Jai Anand

O Corona, kabhi bhi mat aana!

Jai Nandwani

In my efforts I am closer to you, in my reward I am away.

Janavi Kothari

One invaluable thing I’ve learnt this year is writing emails about non-existent traumas and writers block so well ;) We made it Fellows!! (or did we?)

Janhvi Ramesh Khoshe

We are all stars in this galaxy who do not shine because we want to be seen, but shine because we are stars.

Jonathan Rohit Bhavanasi

I'm never going to financially recover from this.

K Prahalad

Infraction is the tool of a regime and we are all rats tied to a board.

Jeet Kapoor

Trust yourself and pull your weight, or be the herd and keep complaining. There's no middle ground babujaan.

Kashish Jain

Let it go ;)

Kasthoori N

Don't regret things that make you happy.

Khushi Pahuja

1. Bad examples often teach important life lessons, YIF taught me to be authentic. 2. Lies, frauds, "We empathize with you". 3. Preach: YASSSSS, Practice: NO WAY.

Kiran Suryanarayana

We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism.

Konapur Rahul

Philosophy is nothing but common sense infused with jargons.

Krishna P Unny

Hi, I'm Krishna P Unnecessarily worrying about getting the yearbook quote game right.

Lamiya S

Life is wonderful when you have right friends. Thanks all. See you soon!

Mahek Jangda

This quote is not plagiarised.

Manu Mehrotra

Each subject, each person, each day at YIF has a unique story to tell. YIF is the road less taken and at the end that makes all the difference.

Malavika Mahesh

Wish I paid as much attention to class as I did to decorating my room.

Manvi Aggarwal

If it isn't gay or communist, I don't want it.

Malik Moin Abbas

"Maybe our favourite quotations say more about us than about stories and people we're quoting." - John Green

Maria Siddiqui

"But that's just like ..your opinion Man."

Meghal Bansal

Here for a good time, not a long time.

Namita Varma

Liberated from MLA 8th edition, Times New Roman, font size 12, double-spaced lines.

Mukesh Raja R

Live everyday like there is no tomorrow.

Navneet Khubber

Short lived ecstasy.

Mukul Bhatia

Lemme out! What you see is not the same person as me. My life's a lie. I'm not who you're lookin' at. Let me out, set me free. I'm really old, this isn't me. My real body's slowly dying in a vat.

Navya Mendiratta

"In it to win it."

Nidhi Upadhyaya

"Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don't throw away the best of yourself."- Nietzsche

Nihal Grover

We're after the same Rainbow's end.

Nikita Kalra

In the midst of could have, should have and would have beens, sigh in relief the empty classrooms within the red bricked walls facing the sunbeam, thinking of how they could never bear the strength of the wounded hopes, and carry the passion of the 188 valiant dreams.

Nikita Mohta

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

Nikita Sengar

They held us in zoom boxes, thinking we won't fly. The year tormented us with grief, thinking we won't survive. Yet here we are with pocket full of hope, still aiming for our skies.

Pallavi Arora

Either this shall pass or you will.

Pavithra S

Praise me I'll bless you

Pranshu Poddar

#butter?

Poorna Meenakshi Srinivasan

I may have forced you to finish your food.... I don't regret it.

Praveen Venkatachalam

When is this due ? Can I get an extension?

Prameshwar Lal

A person with full of curiosity and flexibility who always seek to learn from his peers in all possible ways and love to explore all hidden aspects of his life.

Prerana N

Prince Kumar

Fellowship Never Ends :-(

Priyanka Miriam Jacob

A year like no other, where I found friends who were willing to dance with me when there was no music playing. Just the music of our hearts playing on the same wavelength.

Priyanka Tiwari

Just like the extension plea for assignments, the fellowship also never ends..

Pushpavalli Annmalai

Casually thriving with passion, compassion, humour and style.

Radhika Srinivasan

"Kaun kehta hai ki aasmaan mein suraakh nahin hosakta, ek pathhar toh tabiyat se uchhaalo yaaron." Who says the sky is impenetrable, Try throwing a stone at it with conviction.

Rahael Cherian

Nothing that staying up till sunrise can't fix.

Remanpreet Sandhu

Any one decision will always seem too small to be the biggest decision of your life; make the choice to jump, regardless.

Ritika Madaan

I came in confused. I am stepping out confused but, confidently.

Rishav Biswas

A not so civil, civil engineer realised the importance of perspective, goals & time management. 11 months of liberal studies died young but taught the importance of choosing the "road less travelled"!

Rohan Shyam Chowdhury

Idk about y'all but after morality as well as cognitive science I'm calling myself a Young India Fellowsopher.

Rishika Deswal

Take life as it comes, let it go as it goes.

Rohang Mishal

Yes my name's Rohang. Not Rohan. No, it isn’t a typo. It's just that it isn’t an unoriginal first draft; it’s much thought, redefined and revolutionised.

Rohit Solanki

Like the timeless cultures, unlike the timebound trends. What a beautiful journey it is, which never really ends.

Rushali Rohira

happiness has no price but the fellowship does.

Ronnie Ninnan

Life is too short not to try everything out twice. Once to see if you like it, the second time to see if you were right the first time.

Sagar Malik

Sky is the limit, don't hold yourself just give it a try.

Rupashi Gadihoke

You don't owe anyone anything. Unless you're an academic. Then you probably owe someone a draft..

Saheb Bardai

"Fair to say, I couldn’t make sense of Indian Elections after all :P” F.

Sai Mukhesh Chandra Jyothula

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Sam Dennis

HEADSPACE (n) [ hed-speys ] An excuse out of responsibility for any fellow, as the blown out of proportion importance to mental health can always be exploited.

Saim Qadri

I want to be simple.

Samikshya Nanda

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Saishreya Sriram

"Let me see what I wrote to know what I think" - W.H.Auden.

Sanchita Singh

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Saransh Gupta

YIF is about vulnerabilities, faith, and explorations where you get everything you ask for. I discovered that the same holds true for life. All you need to do is ask!

Sarath Sunilkumar Nair

Can someone please say my name correctly for once.

Shaireen Shrivastava

Jai Mata Di, Let's Rock

Shambhavi Jha

“Aamo main buss do khubiya honi chahiye, ek meethe ho aur bohut saare ho.” (Mangoes need to have two qualities, they need to be sweet and there needs to be plenty.)

Shah Faisal Mushtaq

Hai khabar aaj mar gaya Fehmi Aaj tanhaa huwi hai tanhaii.

Shaunak Raipurkar

"Jo kuch nahi karte hai, woh kamaal karte hai".

Shivangi Tiwari

No, my name is not Shivani and I did not come in Big Boss Tamil To all my south Indian friends.

Shrey Gambhir

17th November 2019. 8th February 2020. 6th July 2021. I think I am good with dates *wink* P.S. A year of fellowship worth 3 years of experience. :)

Shradha Prasad

Congrats to all of us for spending 7920 hours in front of a screen for a paper and a 'virtual handshake'!

Shreya Daga

I love routine. Until I'm bored, then I love excitement. Until I'm overwhelmed, then I love routine.

Shreshtha Lakhani

Dear future self, 'Always remember who got you where you are today.'

Shreya Koul

"Safar khoobsoorat hai, manzil se bhi."

Shubhangi Dutta

Worn out but unwilling to back down.

Simran Devgan

Don’t wait for things to happen, make things happen.

Siddharth Thakeria

Simran Singh

Celebrate each and every moment of this fellowship. I somehow couldn't do that which I regret but I will say it's a lifetime experience to not only learn new things but also meeting some amazing peeps. Enjoy the journey, create beautiful moments and take it with you, preserve them for lifetime.

Simarjit Singh Ahluwalia

Raat mein YOLO subah mein SOLO.

Smriti Bhat

Lived the Big Boss experience here IRL. Grateful for love, laughter, friends and THC fries.

Soumya Jha

From Soumya to SuMaya was one memorable year with lots of learnings and a few friendships worth cherishing for life.

Tanay Katiyar

I am, because You are. I was, because You were.

Sri Ram Deepak Chivukula

The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder-JBS Haldane. So, keep the curiosity alive! :)

Tejus Vamshi K

"There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous." - Hannah Arendt

Sweta Parna Nayak

Here's a little secret, "when no one watched, I never walked straight. I danced my way through." P.S - My mic was always off xD. See y'all someday, somewhere.