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With Blessings of
Shree Sant Gajanan Maharaj
Bhagwan Shree Satya Sai Baba
Our Patrons
Padmashree Dr. D.Y.Patil
Dr. Vijay Patil
Smt. Pushpalata Patil
Dr. Ajeenkya Patil
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Blessings I am very pleased to know that the students of Ramrao Adik Institute of Technolgy, Nerul are bringing out the annual magazine of the institute, ‘The Wall’, keeping up the tradition of RAIT. The entire magazine promises to reach out to many readers. The quality and content management in this issue has been done meticulously and the help from the college faculty is appreciated. The effort of the students of RAIT is praiseworthy. Their enthusiasm towards creating this magazine has been very consistent. I bless them all for their excellent future career. With blessings,
Dr. Vijay D. Patil Chancellor Dr. D.Y.Patil Group
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Mayur Dakre 1991-2012
Shishir Shetty 1994-2012
Obituary Never does a day go past when we friends don’t miss you. You were a pillar of strength in our lives, a friend who was always there right beside us whenever we needed someone, and a person who genuinely had the gift to keep people happy. Your contributions to RAIT and to its people was immense and we shall remember you always. May your souls rest in peace.
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Message from the Principal Dear Readers, Hearty welcome to Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology (RAIT), and its in house magazine, ‘The Wall’. Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology is a premier engineering college in the country belonging to Dr. D.Y. Patil Group of educational institutions and is engaged in providing value based quality education. It constantly endeavours to build leaders from its student community. The magazine The Wall is one such effort. The Wall, is a yearly publication of RAIT, showcasing students and college achievements, literary and cultural pursuits of students as well as general and scientific and engineering articles contributed by students. I am happy to learn that Editorial Board comprising of students are bringing out The Wall Magazine and wish a great success. Your contribution for publication will go a long way in improving the magazine. With Best Wishes
Dr. Ramesh Vasappanavara Principal R.A.I.T.
Words of Praise I am pleased to present The Wall 2012 - entirely conjured, envisaged and created by my student committee headed by the hardworking task master Srinath Bharadwaj along with his equally creative team members. I only nurtured, nudged, poked and occasionally guided. I express my gratitude to our President, Dr. Vijay D Patil for his generosity and the encouragement he provided to our students. I am also thankful to our Principal Dr. Ramesh Vasappanavara for his morale boosting support and cooperation. I hope all of you enjoy the contents of The Wall 2012 which aspires to be the voice of RAIT. With Warm Regards
Prof. Aupama Shenoy Faculty Editor
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Editor-In-Chief Srinath Bharadwaj TE Electronics
Faculty Editor Prof. Anupama Shenoy
Mentor Agradeep Khanra BE Computer Science
English Editorial Team Gursimran Singh TE Electronics Shruti Chaurasia TE Instrumentation Manogna Gottipati SE Electronics and Telecommunication Devdip Sen SE Electronics
Marathi Editor Rutuja Bawne TE Electronics
Technical Team Anuj Mulik TE Computer Science Megh Halagatti SE Computer Science Ratna Shukla TE Information Technology
Finance and Public Relations In Charge Namrata Pillai SE Computer Science
The Wall was meant to bring about a fresh change. We had better resources, more perspectives, great ideas and a team to implement this all. It was a challenge to work on the 11th edition of The Wall, and it gives me immense joy to bring out The Wall 2012 and place it in your hands. Last year’s magazine had set an enviable standard and we had our work cut out to make it better. With this view in mind, our team was formed in April itself and the brainstorming sessions had begun well in advance. This gave us an opportunity to systematically plan what we wanted in the mouthpiece of RAIT. The months of August and September were insanely busy for the entire team with so much frenetic activity happening all around. But the vision of our Principal Dr. Ramesh Vasappanavara Sir and the guidance of Prof. Anupama Shenoy Madam helped us charter our course in a more definitive manner. Initially we, as a team, had apprehensions about the quality that we would receive as contribution, but RAIT overwhelmed us. Right from the Principal himself, to the various Head of Departments, the teachers, the non teaching staff and the students, everyone went out of their way to be a part of The Wall 2012. The surprise package were the FEs whose unbridled passion was so evident in their submissions. Their content has formed the backbone of this edition of the magazine and I am amazed and happy to see that the future of RAIT is extremely bright. Mighty thanks to all of you. I also would like to thank Dr. Vijay Patil Sir for his unwavering support. His aim has always been to elevate the lives of students and give them opportunities in arenas of myriad enterprise to excel which has motivated us time and again to bring out the best in us. I, finally, would like to thank my team. The set of ten individuals here are extraordinary people. They shared my vision of getting out a splendid magazine. We were on a very tight schedule with regards article gathering, editing, designing and finance right through. They had to constantly listen to my barbs with respect to punctuality and time management. But my team faced this challenge head on and came out trumps. We had our fair share of fun right throughout all the meetings and nightouts, and I will remember those great times forever. Amazing work, y’all! As Elizabeth Hardwick says, “The greatest gift is a passion for reading.” And with this thought in mind, I now place this magazine in the your hands. Thou art the most important person for our magazine. Enjoy Reading!
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RAIT NEWS FEATURED POPULAR CULTURE POEMS IN HOUSE ART ATTACK COMMITTEES HANDS ON GUIDE TO ALL THE NEW HAPPENINGS @ RAIT AND INTERVIEW WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND MUCH MORE.
THE BEST OF RAIT'S WRITING TALENT ON DISPLAY HIGHLIGHTING A MYRIAD OF TOPICS RANGING FROM RACISM TO REVOLUTIONS
A GAMUT OF INTERESTING PIECES WRITTEN ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS RANGING FROM DANCE MUSIC FOODIE
EXPEDITIONS AND MARKETING TO THE EVER CHANGING FACETS OF CINEMA AND THE IMPACT OF THE BATMAN IN RAIT
PRESENTING THE P.B. SHELLEYS AND RAVINDRANATH TAGORES AND THE WORDSWORTHS OF RAIT
EXTENSIVE LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS BY THE EVER DYNAMIC WALL MASONS
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OUTLINING THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF ALL THE STUDENT COMMITTEES TAKING RAIT TO THE ZENITH OF SUCCESS. TRULY THE BEST PART OF RAITS CULTURE AND IDENTITY.
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A R Rahman LIVE @ DY Patil!
‘Oh Naadaan Parindey, Ghar Aa Jaa!’ As Allah Rakha Rahman made his super entry emerging from the depths of the stage singing these lyrics, it drove the 35,000+ strong audiences into frenzy. Such is the fan following of arguably one of the best music composers alive in the world today and some of us from RAIT were among the lucky few who got an opportunity to watch him perform live. Dr. DY Patil Sports Stadium played host to a Live-In open air concert featuring the great maestro on 26th May, preparations of which had already begun in January itself. A.R. Rahman brought along his entire coterie of musicians and performance artists for the show, including Mohit Chauhan amongst others, who performed with aplomb. Starting with Rockstar, the Oscar winning Genius went on to enthral all present with more than 30 songs from movies like Dil Se, Rangeela, Slumdog
Millionaire, Taal, Yuvvraaj, Rang De Basanti, Delhi 6, Jaane tu ya Jaane na, Jodha Akbar, Roja, Bombay and also tamil movies like Gentleman, Kadhalan, and Enthiran. The great show ended with one of his most noteworthy compositions, Vande Maataram. As every song was played out, the decibels in the audience was stepping one notch higher. The crowd went berserk, when another maestro joined into the party. Sachin Tendulkar was in attendance along with his wife Dr. Anjali, Urmila Matondkar and other notable stars from the movie and sports fraternity. There was a moment when our very own Dr. Vijay Patil sir, Sachin Tendulkar and A.R Rahman were on the stage together for the felicitation. Knowing no better way to describe the mastery of Rahman, all that Sachin Tendulkar had to say was, “Rahman, Rehna tu. Hai jaise tu.” This statement received the loudest cheer that evening. Ramya Shrinivas, an advocate for a law firm who was in attendance at the concert with her husband, said, “What an exhilarating and unforgettable experience. The entire playlist was chosen very admirably to cater to everyone’s wishes. Being a tamilian, the tamil songs were a pleasant surprise and we both had a lot of fun. The entire atmosphere was great!”
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Mahesh Hariharasubramanian, an RAITian who was also in attendance along with his friends, exclaimed, “This was, by far, one of the most amazing evenings in my life. Music always elevates people like me to a different plane altogether. It was a dream come true to witness him live that too within the college campus. Something that I could not have enjoyed anywhere else. ” Moral of the story people, such kind of great opportunities are always in proximity. Thou shalt always have fun so long you art in RAIT!
“Rahman, Rehna tu. Hai jaise tu.” Sachin Tendulkar on Rahman
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RAIT on air Dyanwani 90.4 FM Did you ever dream of being a radio jockey and the passion for doing well for your own college and society? Are you an aspiring musician and wish to share your recently composed tune to a mass larger than your Facebook friends? Then you don’t have to look any further because you are in D.Y. Patil Campus and you are just a few footsteps away from the studio of Dyanwani, 90.4 FM. Headed by Mr. Wasim, Dyanwani is Navi Mumbai’s first community radio service, an initiative by the Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University for the betterment of the city and of its people. It started almost a year ago with a platform where students can present their self-prepared radio shows related to Education, Health and Well Being, Sports, Spirituality, and overall Community Development. They also interview famous people of the city to bring into light their ideas and achievements. Not only for students of DY Patil, but it is can be tuned into by local people throughout Navi Mumbai from Airoli to Panvel. For those who are interested in developing their career in the field of radio, Dyanwani provides an opportunity to hone up their radio skills; improves their communication skills which help in evolving a confidence within oneself and ultimately gives them an exposure to the world out there. Shafa Mukadam (BE), Mrunmayee Sonule (TE) and Divya Rajasekharan (SE) are among the few RAIT students who regularly host chat shows at the Radio station. Located at the second floor of Law College, the studio is open from 10 am to 5 pm on working days. Along with providing an opportunity to unveil the talent of its university, Dyanwani also conducts workshops for all aspiring radio jockeys, where you can learn tactics of managing radio stations and hosting shows with proper certificated courses and internship. Soon, they are also planning to begin recording live shows from October 2012. So what are you guys waiting? DY Patil and RAIT are one of the few places where people with any and every talent can reach great heights! So hope to hear you people on air soon!
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RaitOn (Right On) Innovation is the need of the hour for our nation. And we have students in our own college, who are expanding their horizons and bringing newer things in front of all of us day after day. Take for example the case of this Third Year Electronics and Telecommunication who has designed an RAIT centric Android application. RaitOn (Right On) as Suprotik Bannerjee has named it is like any other android application. The innovation here is that it has links to the RAIT website for updates with regards to notices, the Mumbai University website, Links for previous years question papers, RAIT office contacts, Information about RAIT and its location. Features of this application that are also being worked upon are: RAITickr: All the latest news regarding activities in RAIT can be found here. Interact: Interact is a forum style messaging over the internet (similar to Whatsapp). The messages are shared with all the users of the app. Frequent Updates: More links and features are added to enhance user experience. Completely Ad Free: Enjoy the application uninterrupted.
To download this app, you can use this QR code ->
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Innovation has to happen. It has to happen to improve the way we look at things, the way we do things and the way we experience things around us. It has to happen within all of us. The group “FRESHMEN@RAIT” has been created with a purpose, unlike any in RAIT, so far. Tarun Tyagi and his team have not only utilized Facebook better than any of us in RAIT till date but has also brought all the first years that much more closer to each other. FRESHMEN@RAIT is a resource that is created, maintained and updated by each batch mate, all to make life at college, fun, easy, and interesting. In profound ways, it changes the way we connect, we share, we study and we participate. You could always connect to your chums and plan a hangout together, you could share ideas and experiences, organize events, notify about happenings and stuff, voice your opinions or poll on an issue, synchronize efforts, or just do something as simple and beautiful as making a pal feel special on his/her birthday!! The resource shall always be as plastic and flexible as new and this is what it’ll be all about! Moreover, the resource updates itself from time-totime to clear all irrelevant material and upgrade for the new semester and later, the subsequent years. The whole idea is about making life easy or user friendliness thereby becomes the implied crux of all activities!
Lastly, the resource is as much yours as of any other batch mate. It is very important to understand that the resource is above all grounds of concepts like one-man-show or centred leadership. It helps leverage crowd sourcing- the talent of the people, in order to function and upgrade. You can innovate to make it better for yourself and for your batch matescreate new features, add new dimensions, demonstrate your creative talent and simultaneously let the community know about what you’re good at. It creates an avenue for every interested student to hone his or her leadership, communication and collaboration skills and in a way, entrepreneurial instincts too. FRESHMEN@RAIT will have a special provision to recognize any one’s work on any constructive grounds. You got better ideas? Share!! Great work FE’s. Keep up the good work!
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The majority of students entering RAIT have heard about one thing mainly. Horizon. One word which redefines the meaning of madness, frenetic activity and fun. The preparations of putting up posters, banners and the preliminary rounds of certain events, the actual days and the aura that remains after it is all over creates a dynamic RAITian atmosphere that is hard to match anywhere else. Horizon 2012 in the last academic year was held on 2nd, 3rd and 4th March and it was 72 Hours of intense craziness. The show stopper of Horizon 2012 was undoubtedly the Live-In concert. Suraj Jagan arrived at RAIT and he mesmerized the entire audience at the main arena during those 2 hours. He started with the popular Track ‘All Izz Well’ from 3 Idiots and ended with one of his own from the same movie ‘Give me some Sunshine’. Included among the 26 songs that he performed were other popular tracks sung by him in movies like Delhi Belly, Johnny Gaddaar, Rock On and also from his album ‘Back to My Future’. The other two night events held last year was the Amateur Rock Competition titled ‘Goonj’ and the Metal gig ‘Unchained’. Goonj last year had an amazing line-up of a total of 8 bands performing but infrastructural and scheduling delays led to time being cut short for the participating bands. Headliners Blakc and Vajra were the judges and each performed their renowned tracks. Unchained this year was a 5 band performance and not a competition. RAIT’s own Wired Anxiety played along with the Top Metal Bands in the Metal Scene including Bhayanak Maut, Devoid Grimmortal and Abraxas. The day events were no less fun and the entire campus had some or the other activity happening right throughout those 3 days. Endurance was tested, true vocalists were identified, talents were encouraged and the spirit of fun echoed all around the college. True RAITian returned in its Second year, Bigger and Better. Amazing Race, LAN Gaming, Raaga (Singing), Paintball and Agog drew in a much larger crowd as compared to last year. New events like Mindfreak (Fear Factor), Rink Football and Carnival were fresh concepts and the crowd loved it! Literati events – Cranium and Bollywood Tadka (Quiz) were designed in such a way that people sat up and took notice and participation was amazing. Professional Bike Stuntmen performed at the wee end of Day 2 just before the Live-In Concert. The Creative team having worked beautifully on all the in-campus decorations based on the theme of Corruption further managed to stage 8 creative events of their own such as Tshirt Painting, Calligraphy, Nail Art etc. RAIT’s own dance troupe ‘Footloose’ won the Group Dance and one of its members won the Solo Dance. The competition was hard fought but eventually the RAITians were most definitely a class apart. Poker was unofficially played in college and it turned out to be a super success. Informals, one of the high points of Horizon every year, and their concept of Flash Mob called Chaos was one of the biggest successes of Horizon 2012 drawing maximum participation from Students of every year! RAITians, Brace yourselves. Horizon 2013 is inching closer. Only 4 more months to go. You’ve seen the official font launch and the SUC is working to take Horizon 2013 to a different plane altogether. Come in, participate, get your friends and be part of 3 DAYS OF MADNESS! The roller-coaster that we keep going on and on about is here! \m/
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Train Travel Musings
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Vineet Kaushik TE Electronics “There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it and its morals aren’t worth what a pig can spit and it goes by the name of London... At the top of the hole sit the privileged few Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo turning beauty to filth and greed... I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders, for the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru but there’s no place like London!” Till a while ago, these lines were well ensconced in the back of my head, a container which, judging by the invariable topography of the faces that my classmates direct at me, is tacitly celebrated as hollow. It wasn’t an allusion or a discussion about Johnny Depp’s brilliant performance in an equally brilliant movie, but a canvas of thought streaked in sombre shades of grey, propelled into the pelagic of my memory by a treacherously sultry monsoon sun, regaling itself on the sweat flowing inexorably from my glands while a complicit crowd was bent on asphyxiating me in the morning train. Although the various elements of the cosmos contrive on a nearly quotidian basis, the same agonizing discomfort, this collusion one day plucked a different note, one of epiphany. That day, while I strenuously stood on my toes to breathe in the little amount air that was available in the habitually jam-packed coach ,my attention was caught by a headline in a well-known newspaper, read by one of the lucky few who found seats and mocked us unfortunates with their commodious leg room. The headlines pertained to the allegedly mala fide allocation of coal blocks to private players by the government which cost a mind numbing loss of 1.86 lakh crore to the national exchequer. It is baffling to think that political parties running the country’s government can possibly possess the audacity to rake in such gargantuan proportions of public money while the country reels from an abysmally low growth rate, figures which only featured in pre-1991 liberalization era. And in this matter the acts of the opposition are equally reprehensible for they have proposed no solution but to stall the smooth running of the parliament, in a period when our ministers ought to formulate a strategy to circumvent the Euro-Zone crisis which has the potential to plunge this nation into another recession. Spears of public outcry have caused nothing more than a tickle to our apathetic representatives in the parliament and state assemblies. Most politicians bathed in corruption have abused the trust and on depressingly numerous occasions, exploited the misery of the proletariat to gain authority which they wield to satiate their hedonistic selves.
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But what really exacerbated my despondent soul, which at this point was being squeezed out of my body by a colossus of a man who had no qualms “The worst illiterate is the political illiterate, he over resting his giant back on my shoulder blade, was the fact that the major part of doesn’t hear, doesn’t speak, nor participates in the people in this country has done nothing political events. He doesn’t know the cost of life, little to redress it. The ones who deserve the price of the bean, of the fish, of the flour, of the the greatest blame are the ones who have rent, of the shoes and of the medicine, all depends on condemned national politics altogether political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid and are the least aware of day-to-day political affairs. that he is proud and swells his chest saying that he Our indolence and lack of responsibility towards the nation have been primary reasons for its melancholy, and our nonparticipation has resulted in a political class that refuses to change, either in its composition or its governance. The legacy of independence we bequeathed from the blood and sweat of our founding fathers is gradually fading away.
hates politics. The imbecile doesn’t know that, from his political ignorance is born the prostitute, the abandoned child, and the worst thieves of all, the bad politician, corrupted and lackey of the national and multinational companies.”
| Berltolt Bretch, German playwright
My ordeal came to an end with the train trumpeting its arrival at the station. Alighting off the train I felt a wave of relief and meandered my way to the exit, in haste might I add for I wanted to put some distance between me and that train. As I walked through the thicket a certain empathy for our nation lingered somewhere in my mind. This country is also being choked off its life.
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THE BODY TOO
SPEAKS!! Prof. Anupama Shenoy
I saw Barfi! A film by Anurag Basu, starring Ranbir Kapoor. It would be an understatement if I said that the movie is well made. It overwhelmed me, moved me to an extent that there was a permanent lump in my throat as I watched it. The theme was poignant and the portrayal of the character Barfi! by Ranbir Kapoor was heart rending, making the experience for me a soul stirring one. As a communication skills teacher, I constantly harp on the importance of body language in my classroom. Many times, we utter words that mean one thing, but, our body language indicates the opposite. We step on someone’s toes in the bus and utter an unfeeling, meaningless ‘sorry’- the sorry is followed by a hard stare and a rude smirk directed at the victim, indicating that he should have been sorry for coming in our way! Students often wish the teachers a perfunctory formal ‘good morning’, but there is no warmth and joy in the tone. So, in a sense, what we utter finds credence only when it is followed by the right body language. In the movie, the character Barfi! is hearing and speech impaired which makes him doubly skilled in the use and understanding of body language, especially in the use of eye contact and gestures. Body language comprises of eye contact, gestures, tone, facial expression and these are found to be more effective than a thousand words. It is said that, top corporate houses keep an observer in their team to study the body language of the members of the other party while negotiations are going on, to get a deeper insight into their next move and thought processes and major decisions are often taken based on the inputs from the observation of the body language. Love, compassion, stubbornness, hostility, defensiveness, anger, submission, practically every emotion can be conveyed through predominantly the use of body language. Coming back to the iconic Barfi!, there are several scenes which could effectively demonstrate how body language plays a role in communication skills. The film can easily be a case study for the subject. On a personal note, I must say I am proud of Anurag Basu, the director of the movie with whom I had interacted when I was chairperson of the Film & Dramatics Society of the institution where I had first started my teaching career in 1990 and he was a student head in that committee. He had shown exceptional potential even back then. Anurag Basu, is special for this reason too!
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Professionalism: A Corporate Norm
Dr. Arpita Palchoudhury Corporate environment today, is in a state of flux. Organisations, until very recently were over emphasising formalism and rigid rules in its work culture. So that in some cases, these became ends rather than means. But modern organisations today have realised the triviality underlying the debate on formal versus informal and have incorporated changes that have revolutionised the corporate culture. Several changes have seeped in the style of working, work place, interiors, dressing styles and even managerial styles. The new concepts are not only employerfriendly, but also promote the new mantra – “Deliver the goods and you get the candy.” Whether you achieve your target working on a bean bag or resting on a couch does not matter much unless and until you deliver the results. Wearing a suave business suit to office is passé. As long as you are comfortable, you can don your good old jeans and t-shirt. You can address your boss by his first name instead of a stereotypical Sir/Ma’am. Offices are more work friendly with kaleidoscopic interiors (and not just the blue-grey shades.) In some organisations, the top bosses do not prefer having separate cabins – a mark of a humility and conveying a feeling of camaraderie and oneness with the employees. Such developments have boosted the morale of the employees, and reduced the hierarchical gap existing in organisations. But the flipside of the above changes cannot be ignored. Changes were basically introduced to eliminate rigidity and embrace flexibility. But bidding adieu to formalism and unregulated freedom has given vent to Frankenstein's monster. The much needed professionalism has also been escorted out. The changing scenario has affected professional ethics, etiquettes, commitment, honesty, and such other behavioural aspects which will still remain an integral part of organisational culture. Certain unspoken and unwritten rules which if not followed, may not make much of a difference. But if not realised on time, can prove detrimental to the image of the organisation and professionalism. Hence certain stereotypes, still needs to be a part of organisational culture. The flagship of an organisation is respecting the workplace, punctuality and regularity, appropriate dress code and body language, positive interaction and a myriad of several ethical aspects. Corporate culture getting revolutionised is fine, but not at the cost of unprofessionalism.
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Praful Bhawsar
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It had been three months already and Mr. Khan was exhausted from his twenty seventh trip to the courthouse. Returning home, however, he knew no peace was to be found at his humble abode. His ‘lovely’ wife would make sure of it. Burdened with guilt over a ruined friendship and nausea over thoughts of the next court date, he got there anyway. Once inside, the grumbling and whining began. Yes, the wife’s. Mrs. Khan was a dangerous-looking buxom woman who matched her husband in physical strength. Her features resembled that of a raging bull. Conveniently, Mr. Khan had the approach of an amateur bull-fighter. He dared not wave the cloth and when she attacked, he scurried out of her way. Today was no exception, in her hysteria or in his detached interest. It all began exactly 172 days ago. The Khans lived in a modest house in a nice, quiet, suburban neighbourhood. Next door lived the Patels – amicable people the Khans got along well with. Religion aside, there was nothing to distinguish between the two families. They had been friends for the better part of a decade. Till that ominous Wednesday afternoon.
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Mrs. Patel had prepared a sumptuous lunch, the aroma of which had alerted the neighbours that her mother was due to arrive that day. She had slaved the entire morning to prepare one mouth-watering delicacy after another. So when she saw the rodent, it was but natural that she gave out a blood-curdling scream that could have shook the Pope out of his beliefs. The mouse had appeared out of nowhere and was excitedly nosing through the food. Deafened by this treasure, the scream had no effect on it. It happily picked up a piece of cake and ambled back. Already atop a table, Mrs. Patel saw it running back through the fence and into the Khans’ house. Blinded by hatred for all of the rodent species, she raged to the rat’s dwelling. She knocked, almost meaning to break the door, and its opening was the beginning of doom. Unthinkingly, Mrs. Patel actually accused the Khan woman of theft. Her point was that the whole thing would never have happened had Mrs. Khan regularly pest-controlled her house. Mrs. Khan, unable to understand a single word, stood with a puzzled look on her face. Till Mrs. Patel invoked her fury by indicating that she could not clean the house well enough, and allowed rodents to grow and steal from other people. Mrs. Khan reacted by saying that her house looked much cleaner than Mrs. Patel’s and that she had no business keeping tabs on whether she pestcontrolled her house or not. The discussion soon reverted to other topics like returning articles like blenders, irons and books that each had borrowed from the other; a comparative study of the marks of each woman’s kids; and who was the better gardener. It lasted a full hour. Although the talk would seem fairly common for women to have, the language used was so unlady-like that it would have brought a blush to the most well-versed street-dweller. By then, a moderate crowd had formed at the Khans’ residence to enquire about the cause of the quarrel. From what they gathered, they understood that a rat had stolen Mrs. Patel’s “Art Of Living” book and Mrs. Khan wanted to squash her plants in return for it. When the two husbands returned and saw the crowd, they feared the worst (or the best). They were explained the story by their better halves themselves. They could only look at each other stupidly and try to calm their wives, in vain. It could well have taken a nasty form, turning to a riot of religious differences between the people present. But it was prevented when the kids spotted a passing ice-cream truck and urged them to realize what a hot day it was. After the crowd dissipated, the fast husbands and the furious wives returned to their respective homes. But the issue did not end there. The crowd that had gathered had laid both houses’ gardens to waste. Mr. Patel’s car was dented and Mr. Khan’s window pane had been broken as well. The two women fought numerous times again, until the husbands unwillingly agreed to take the matter to court. Each registered a case against the other, asking for a compensation of no less than Rs. 5,00,000. As is custom in India, the court had assembled 26 times on the matter without any result. The next meeting was unlikely to produce any either. Now, his wife had come up with a new complaint. Mrs. Patel had apparently moved their clothesline directly under the mango tree in the yard, so that many of the clothes were stained with bird droppings. Mr. Khan knew better than to interrupt her during her accusations. When she asked him to inform the court about this incident, he was almost about to lose his temper. But, glancing two shining eyes under the dining table listening interestedly to the ongoing monologue, he could do no more than utter, “Yes, dear.”
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Jasmine Springs and Withers Shruti Shetty TE Instrumentation
On the 13th of July 1789, all the roads in the Parisian town leading to Bastille were flowing crimson with merry wines of aristocracy, monarchy and tyranny. On the 14th of July 1789, the walls of Bastille were breached and all the roads in the Parisian town leaving Bastille were flowing crimson with the bloods of the said aristocrats, monarchs and sundry. The French Revolution had begun. Twenty-six year old Tunisian vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi had been the sole income earner in his extended family of eight. On 17 December 2010, a police officer confiscated his cart and produce. He tried to pay the 10-dinar fine. In response, the police officer insulted his deceased father and slapped him. A humiliated Bouazizi then tried to complain to local municipality officials but was refused an audience. Without alerting his family, at 11:30 am, Bouazizi returned to the headquarters, doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire. The flames died soon after and so did Bouazizi. Bouazizi’s flames torched the thrones of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen and singed others. The Arab Revolution had begun. On 5th of April,2011 Anna Hazare and his team started an indefinite hunger strike to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anticorruption law, the Jan Lokpal Bill, with the power to deal with corruption in public places. The fast led to nation-wide protests in support. Thousands and thousands of ordinary citizens came out on the streets to show solidarity to the cause.
The Government had to blink and the Indian anticorruption movement was named among the “Top 10 News Stories of 2011� by Time magazine. All the above anecdotes have a few things in common, the oppression endured by the masses for centuries, the pent up anger of the working class, and a trigger that snowballed into a mass movement, into a Revolution. Almost everyone is of the opinion that a change is inevitable in such a repressive environment. A few courageous ones lead the masses to the elusive dream of freedom. The common folks and slaves have nothing to lose but their chains and they have the world to win. Such thoughts trigger a revolution. So far so good. What comes next? What happens after the goal is achieved? What happens after the tyranny has been vanquished? To find the answer I shall again resort to the same anecdotes. After the French Revolution began, almost 55000 people were killed in the name of vengeance and justice. The Arab spring has lost its spring and the ousted dictators have been replaced by right wing fundamentalists, leaving the nations more volatile than they ever were in the first place. Closer home, the India Against Corruption movement fizzled out and lost its steam to the infighting within the Anna camp and various accusations levelled against the working committee members. When the detailed provisions of the Jan Lokpal bill were studied, it was found to be too draconian a law, making the Lokpal an all powerful entity. Also, as the political ambitions of the team became all too apparent, they lost their footing with the masses.
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While all revolutions begin with the noblest intentions, almost all of them end on the doorsteps of anarchy and chaos. A new kind of tyranny is born of this reshuffle of leadership. History is replete with such examples and it only attests the fact that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. When the leaders of the mass movement replace the previous tyrants, they usually succumb to infighting and eventually one of them rises above the rest and eventually, with all the powers at his disposal, fills the shoes of his predecessor thus completing the cycle of tyranny.
“The creatures of the farm outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. � | George Orwell, Animal Farm
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Write to Remake the World Vaidehi Rane SE Electronics
Do you know the essential rules required for imaginative and beautiful writing? If you think you know, no doubt you are lying. There can never be any rules for creative writing. Unfortunately many people think they know. Even more unfortunate is the fact that the non-writer readers think that the writers know what they are. At the most, you can be instructed to write in a particular format or sequence but building the plot and developing the characters in a story, giving rise to a revolution and putting a historical event in poetry cannot be taught. Writing is an art form painted with passion and belief. It is a product of fantasy, dreams, desires and goals defined in a particular direction coupled with discipline. The entire writing journey is definitely not a smooth sailing. For the genuine writers it can be quite a frustrating and lonely experience. It needs the power of perseverance and handling criticism. Take an example of this 15 year old writer. One day, she decided to submit her work to a leading and the most popular newspaper. Solitary she sat, slowly
stretching her wings of conjectures. She decides to write. Soon she finishes. But no! It’s not over yet. She rereads. She is not satisfied. She rereads. Is she satisfied? No she isn’t. Finally, these several sessions of crumbling the paper, then writing a new one gets over. At last, she feels satisfied and submits her work. She eagerly awaits the reply from the editor of the newspaper. Several days pass, but there is no reply. After about 3 months or so she gets the reply and she is ecstatic. She learns that her article will be published the next day .
“Writing is an art form painted with passion and belief. It is a product of fantasy, dreams, desires and goals defined in a particular direction coupled with discipline.”
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The day arrives; she is showered with praises and acknowledged for her powerful writing. She was more relieved than happy that her hard work finally paid off. Then there comes a comment she couldn’t have imagined even in the wildest of her dreams.”You have copied this article from somewhere, haven’t you?” He grinned flashing his crooked teeth. She was speechless at that moment. She left the place.”Accused of Plagiarism, me?” Her heart sunk and his words echoed in her mind. Later she felt, she should rather take it as a compliment, as some people couldn’t believe she could write so well for her age. There are two types of people, first, like the person in the above example, who themselves don’t understand any literature and show the guts to doubt a genuine writer without any proof and the second type of people are even more dangerous. They are the actual plagiarists. They will either copy-paste some really great excerpts from either the known or the lesser known stuff or will copy-paste an entire work and send it along with their own name. Obviously they will be caught some day or the other. They must know, not only are they making a fool
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out of themselves but also insulting the art and literature. Whatever the genuine writers write, they write from the heart. They write because they find it very interesting and intriguing. A true writer never writes just for the sake of getting a work published under his name. The writers write to discover their inner-voice, their writing potential, overcome fears, handling criticism and bring the change they wish to see in this world. The plagiarists must know how much the writers put their heart and soul in their work. A plagiarist cannot be a writer and can never become a writer. Writers aren’t manipulators; they remake an entire different world.
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Praful Bhawsar
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God We Trust Yep, this is another one of those articles with the misleading names. But even if you are a god fearing man, you might as well go through it since you are studying engineering anyway. If you haven’t guessed it yet, this article is about the recent discovery of a particle that had been eluding scientists for more than three decades, the GOD particle, or as physicists call it, the Higgs’ Boson. This event, which many called the ‘discovery of the century’, was one of the few times when a scientific feat grabbed more headlines than daily politics. After having spent 32 years and $15 billion, the scientific fraternity has found the last missing link in a theory that
could one day explain everything Indian physicist, who, with Albert – from you, me and the RAIT Einstein, had done extensive Circle’s “No sitting” policy to work in the field. Now, everything stars, black holes and dark Imagine the scenario that, for matter; a theory of the entire the exams, you have studied universe. one question perfectly and are sure that it will appear in We’ll get to the applications the paper. And it doesn’t. Now later. Let’s first complete multiply this horrific nightmare the professional formality of a zillion times and you have an going through the history of idea how the physicists felt. the particle and its discovery. In the latter half of the 20th century, particle physicists put forth the Standard Model – a theory that explained the effects of various particles in the universe. Peter Higgs, one of these physicists, postulated the existence of a field that existed everywhere that gave mass to matter. A manifestation of this field was therefore called the Higgs’ Boson. The ‘Boson’ in Higgs’ Boson is actually named after Satyendra Nath Bose, an
else predicted by the Standard Model had been experimentally proven but the Higgs’ Boson remained elusive. Scientists were almost positive that it must exist for matter to exist in its present form. Imagine the scenario that, for the exams, you have studied one question perfectly and are sure that it will appear in the paper. And it doesn’t.
2012 | THE WALL MAGAZINE Now multiply this horrific nightmare a zillion times and you have an idea how the physicists felt. Unless the particle was found, they could not accept the Standard Model. With that objective in mind, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) inaugurated the Large Hadron Collector (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator ever made, in 2008. It started its search in 2010, but it was not until July, 2012 that it was finally declared found. The reason being that among trillions of collisions, the Higgs’ appeared in only a very few of them. Still, it was revealed at last and people – both physicists and nonphysicists – all round the world rejoiced. What’s the big deal, you ask. What isn’t, they say! Once we understand the properties of this particle, we’ll be one step closer to answering the timeless question: Why are we here? Why is the universe the way it is and what made it? These questions have troubled humanity since time unknown. But no more. We might soon be able to describe
our entire universe in a single set of mathematical equations that you could wear on your T-shirt. But does it have any practical applications right now? The answer is a disappointing ‘no’. However, in the words of CERN scientist Albert de Roecke, “Our imagination is yet too small to do that.” For instance, when quantum mechanics, the basic theory of the small, was propounded in the 1920s, people wondered what use it would be of. And today, from cell phones to supercomputers, quantum mechanics is the governing principle behind them all. Forget quantum mechanics, even the discovery of electricity was followed by these very questions. And need I ask what it is used for today? And even if the Higgs’ might seem useless today, the process of its discovery has also led to major advances in technology. The internet itself was born at CERN to facilitate exchange of information between physicists. The vast computing power required to analyse this data led to the development of cloud computing. Advances in solar energy capture, medical
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imaging and proton therapy are all consequences of the Higgs’ discovery process, the announcement of the discovery sent scientists everywhere into frenzy. It was hailed as a humongous moment for science and humanity. Some scientists speculate that the Higgs’, instead of fitting into the Standard Model, would open vistas to an entirely new physics. Some say that it may allow us to study and even create dark matter particles here on Earth. It may even one day, make light-speed travel possible by “unmassing” objects or allow huge items to be launched into space by “switching off” the Higgs field. But these are all things of the future. The discovery of the God particle is one of the greatest human triumphs and it will be regarded as one for a long time. Science has now come to a crossroad, where it is hoping to close the chapter on why the universe is as it is. But it still has a long way to go. Whether or not immediate applications of the Higgs’ are possible, it is yet to be seen.
“We are getting closer to realizing what went through God’s mind during creation.” | Stephen Hawking , Celebrated Physicist
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India at the Olympics Mousam Maity FE Instrumentation
The writing is there on the wall; a land of a billion people will have to do with just a few grams of precious metals once again and if this is not enough, also bear the agonizing pain of watching our fellow neighbour China – with almost the same enormity when it comes to numbers – sweep the laurels at the biggest stage of them all, The Olympics.
How about taking a dip in the muddy water for once? How about taking the onus on ourselves? In a country obsessed with its IITs and IIMs, it is just not hard, but impossible to nurture a breed of sportsmen who can win medals for us at the grandest stage of all. We might call ourselves a global sports spectator nation, but as a sporting nation we have not made any progress.
Wasn’t the above mentioned the inner voice of our cynical nation? At an hour when we should applaud the gallant efforts of our athletes for bringing home the laurels, we are criticizing and belittling their work for getting us too little. Before putting across your expert opinion on India’s poor show just ask yourself, what have you done for the country? I was taken aback and infuriated when I saw status updates of people rebuking the hockey team, talking loudly about the national shame which the national game brought us. People who I think might not even know what it is like to hold a hockey stick in their hands, people who can recall the ‘Indian cricket team’ of the 80s; but for some reason are oblivious of our hockey captain were raising fingers at the players. The question is, are they intellectual enough to make commentary on the status quo? What gives them the authority to criticize people who have given their lives to the sport amidst ever mounting pressure of feeding their families? Our biggest problem as a nation is – we believe that all we are required to do as citizens of our country is to vote and then the government will do everything for us. The team loses, sack the coach. If the same thing repeats itself, remove the skipper. This is what we have done and noticed all our lives, blamed the people in control and later penalized them.
In a country obsessed with its IITs and IIMs, it is just not hard, but impossible to nurture a breed of sportsmen. No one wants their son to be the next Yogeshwar Dutt
2012 | THE WALL MAGAZINE We still force our kids to join a below-par college even when all they want to do is to play football. We still haven’t been able to broaden our mindset to that level where we can actually foresee people having a flourishing career in sports. An exceptional sporting talent with an average academic record still invites disdain in this country. Our folly can be judged from the fact that we lost the world’s youngest marathon runner – Budhia Singh - to politics. It is time we share the blame. It is our country, let’s take its responsibility. We are not short of talent and we have never been that way, we just need to realize that it takes a great deal of grooming to take that talent to its required performing level. And if we are still not willing to give up our traditional outlook and we continue to give a
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step child treatment to sports then it’s better for us to learn how to keep our mouths shut and appreciate the efforts of people who go out there carrying the mantle of a nation, A nation which will party with you in celebration but sadly show its back when you’re down. If the Americans had made the rabbit-eared boy solve calculus problems rather than swim, the world would have not seen a Michael Phelps. And so, before we are ready to invest in sports and give this field the respect it commends, we can’t expect the Indian tortoise to catch up with the Chinese hare. P.S. Haven’t lost the optimist in me yet, a few grams of silver and bronze is all that it needs to lift a nation.
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Not quite happy
Being Gay
Nikita Rana
SE Computer Science
Let’s start by defining Heterosexuality. So our dictionary states it as a feeling of being sexually attracted to the opposite sex. This is the one and only statement which defines us, yet we strut around in glory over it! Being homosexual is as much a choice as choosing the colour of our skin. In a land where the Kamasutra has dedicated pages for it, temples adorn paintings of it; we are still blindly following the British who criminalized it here. So what if they lifted the ban ages ago in their own country. Contrary to popular beliefs homosexuality is not a name to a passing experimental phase, caused by hormonal imbalance. It’s the DNA coding which decides the sexual orientation hence making it out of reach for us mortals to decide. Our Minister of Health labelled it as a disease. Such ignorance in the 21st century is shameful. Homosexuality not an infection which cannot be cured through medication nor is it contagious; so why the shunning of these equally rightful citizens? Has our narrow minded puritanism forgotten that they are humans, made of the same flesh and bones? They can be the ones who always help you out, hang out with you. Does the fact that they are gay change anything? In Bollywood movies, gay characters are shown as despos lusting for ‘The Hunk’, wearing fluorescent clothes and are depicted as women trapped in men’s body which is quite contrary. They surely bring them in light but ridicule their identity hence worsening the situation. In India homosexuality like sex is considered as something which only the western countries have hence a majority (who claim to be straight!) isolate this very minority, who brave the hardships out and proud. What if things were the other way round? Would we still continue with our inhumanity? It’s a fact that most of the bullies, themselves are fighting their sexuality. Such people live in denial and vent it on those who are open about it. When one does muster up with the courage to come out of the closet; their confidants keep mum and force them into an unhappy marriage, to spare everyone remotely associated with them the brutal brunt’s of the societies humiliation. But which society are we trying to please? That society, which makes women feel unsafe, preys on children and mercilessly practices female foeticide or that society which herds when you’re on top and kicks when on bottom. To keep the ‘society’ happy, are we ready to put their happiness on stake? Due to the lack of awareness and support, homosexuals pretend to be somebody else all their life, question their very existence and value. This insecurity eats them alive as they are afraid to accept themselves and walk the lonely road. Everyone’s hesitant to talk about it for the fear of being tagged as ‘one of them’? Which medieval period are we living in? Homosexuality should be openly discussed about, thus making everyone comfortable with it. They too are humans and have every right to live their lives, without shame. Inspired by and dedicated to my dearest friend.
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Other Side of the Coin Manali Killedar
SE Information Technology Life surprises me by its ways of teaching us a lesson. Some realizations come in a tough way. Some realizations make you feel how stupid your earlier thoughts were. And some just simply transform the meaning of life. Something similar happened to me in the past year or so. Ups and downs that come in life bring soothing effects and encouraging realizations and what a striking difference it makes when we see the other side of the coin. Every other person thinks he is right in his or her own way. There is a fight, you think you are right; the teacher reprimands you, you are right and the teacher is at fault; dad scolds you, you are right and dad is a psycho; you get a low score in exam and you still are not at mistake, the paper was tough! It’s a common human tendency to ignore his own mistake and even if he recognizes it, he won’t accept it! There came a point in life, where tears had dried up, so much that even the headache had a headache of coming every other day. I was bored of food and chocolates! Outings were not on my list. Friends were just names in my phone book. Family was just a group of people with whom I stayed. I lived a life without a life! I knew I‘d need a psychiatrist soon, or may be a thorough shake down of my mind space might have just worked as well. Anyway, the point is I thought that everything in life was wrong, every decision and relation, the past, the present, the future; everything seemed absolutely ridiculous. And then the stuffed yet empty mind decided to take a break, to see why it isn’t happy when the world is. We have become too self-centric. Everyone feels they suffer more than anyone. The problems they have no one else does, the way they handle them no one else can. And then comes along a show like Satyamev Jayate, which breaks all your ‘I-am-the-king-ofproblems-and-none-is-as-unhappy-as-me’ notions.
For every problem we face, the most important thing one need to do is learn to see through it. For every fight that we are involved in, it’s important to listen to both the versions of the story. It’s important to develop tolerance towards friends and foes equally. When people ask you to grow up, be open-minded they don’t really mean wear short clothes, go clubbing and have late night partying; it’s more of broadening your outlook for every situation and develop a sense of understanding. Every individual has his own set of problems. Put yourself in their shoes before you start judging them, if it hurts you it probably hurts them too. If we could relate to other’s problems and learn from them, half of our problems won’t even occur. Stop looking at the world from where you stand. Comprehend the real image. Reason with yourself properly before reacting. Sympathize before you get angry. Hear before you shout. Do not be ignorant before you make a decision. There always has to be a different angle to a situation which we often ignore and then eventually end up messing up things. So let’s be patient while dealing with things. Let’s take the pain of getting up and changing our direction of vision. Let’s take the pain to flip the coin every time to verify how real the coin is and evaluate its worth.
“Sometimes there is no real truth, only perceptions.”
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A Proud RAITian, Signing Off! Agradeep Khanra BE Computer Science
Change is the order of life, they say. And I am no stranger to change. Here in this brief piece, I’d like to point out the changes that I’ve seen come and go over the past years since I became a RAITian. You are probably wondering I’m talking more about ‘changes in life’ than RAIT and it doesn’t justify the title. Well, I will tell you just how, RAIT has helped me fight my butterflies and adapt to change. That’s why it’s always going to be RAIT FTW! After I first walked through the ‘glass doors’, it didn’t take very long for me to learn the ways of RAIT. Having a few great friends beside and seniors who were ever ready to talk to us ‘newbies’, it was pretty easy to settle down. While conversing with the seniors, I learnt a lot about RAIT and its ways. For instance, I became an avid bunker myself... Yes, that’s right; RAIT was revered in Mumbai because students here visited the glass doors, met their friends, and then were off to party somewhere else. Well, of course the bunkers didn’t form the entire plinth of RAIT; you could also get to see the nerdiest of nerds and the wackiest of musicians everywhere. Fests not only meant just mere holidays, but they formed the constitution of RAIT that we lived by. Life was astonishing. Studies coupled with pure fun, the four years of RAIT couldn’t get any better. As I watched more and more of my seniors pass out over the years, I heard more stories about life outside RAIT. And it did not sound good. Not that it’s a massacre out there, but we eventually learn that the bubble of happiness and fun that we built over the four years of college doesn’t last forever. The purges of work and life eventually catch up to us. And that’s change. That’s why nobody likes change. But hey, not to despair, we do get help and support in such situations. And that comes from family, and the friends that you make in college. Mind you, they are not just friends. These are people with whom you will share an ever-lasting bond, almost like a second family. And I’m so glad to have my own second family. So, why is it RAIT FTW? Well, simply because in RAIT you can be who you want to be. And do what you want to do. Giving my example itself, I’ve gone on from being a timid lonely snob to being gregarious and an extrovert, from being a frightened FE to being the Editor of The Wall, from a simple aspiring graduate to a full-fledged professional. And all these changes have been possible because in RAIT, I met the most amazing people. And I will even go onto say that as much as RAIT has affected my life; it will bring great deal of positives in yours too. Rest assured, we are lucky to be in such an awesome institute, which is necessary so as to quirk the 4 years of tough engineering education into lots of fun and memories. I’ll leave it to you to make the best out of your time in RAIT. But, I hope that I’ve made a good exposition as to how much you can grow here as a person. Live your four years in RAIT to the fullest because obviously, they’ll never come back! Bunk Lots! Study Well! Irritate the professors! And most of all, don’t forget to have fun! Oh and last but not the least, RAIT FTW! \m/
n i o d t s u m E F Things RAIT!!
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Ambikadas Chirammel TE Computer Science
Here is some advice I would like to offer to the newbies at RAIT. Wield the ‘MACE’ and thou shalt succeed in doing great in RAIT!
not what you would want to be. Facing the wrath of the whole class is indeed not very pleasant. Unless of course you are one of those who enjoy loathing of your peers.
Meet New People One thing I’ve realized is that
Communicate with professors. I know sometimes it
students in RAIT are very open to help one another. I know when I had trouble with certain concepts, it was great to have a friend to ask and clarify things for me. It’s also great to form study groups. Study groups are helpful because you can get one single concept explained in many different ways, and hopefully one of those ways works for you.
is intimidating to ask any professor a question, but most times this fear is ill founded. Develop a good rapport, do keep your noses clean and maintain a good reputation. Trust me; come submissions, it does pay to be in their good books. Professors are there to help you. So don’t hesitate to approach them even after lectures and ask them to explain a topic you didn’t fully understand, or maybe work on a problem you couldn’t solve. But there is a fine line between inquisitive and overbearing, so try not to overstep it at risk being cast as the teacher’s pet.
Academic advice: First year is overwhelming; I have to admit, especially having to take 6 challenging subjects each term. If you feel that the workload is too much for you to handle, opt for coaching, but I suggest only for 1-2 subjects, that too Vacation Batches. In engineering, staying on track is very difficult with all the subjects that you have to worry about. So, right from the beginning read ahead because once you fall behind with work, it’s hard to catch up. Finally, buy a calendar; it helps to keep track of all the term tests, assignments and other important deadlines.
Attend Lectures When you attend lectures, make sure to at least skim through the chapter or notes the professor will be covering that day. Even if you don’t fully understand what you’re reading, do it anyway because the professor will further explain during lectures and then it will become clearer to you. Also, stay awake and pay attention. Lectures are opportunities for professors to go over sample problems, hint at topics that are really important and may appear during tests, and explain some fundamental concepts in depth. So, falling asleep means you miss all these important stuff. Mass bunk is a tricky conundrum. Though it is certainly not encouraged, being the reason behind an unsuccessful mass bunk is
Engage Yourself. Try to get involved with college activities. I know it seems difficult for some but it will only make your college experience more complete. Persisting inhibitions often turn into regrets at RAIT. You don’t really want to miss out. Even If you fail to get placed into a Morgan Stanley or a Microsoft, these memories and experiences will last the test of time. But if you are indeed career oriented, it is also important to be smart about the choices you make. Four years is a very short time to achieve all that would build a base for a secure future. So any time wasted is a great loss. Also, stay motivated. Don’t be disheartened by failure and give up so easily because eventually you’ll get used to the workload and succeed. Soak in the wonderful ambiance of RAIT. Let go of inhibitions and most importantly HAVE FUN! “On the sands of time life beckons us to sail towards new horizons each day and as our heart unravels new destination, we carry along sea-shells of the past as souvenirs with us.”
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Cricket at the Olympics?
Probuddho Chakraborty FE Information Technology
The London Olympics 2012 recently concluded and no doubt the English presented it very well to world. India got 6 medals with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. We keep thinking at times that there could have been another medal to this tally if one game was present at the Olympics and that is cricket. Ricky Ponting once pointed out after the conclusion of the Beijing Olympics 2008 that cricket should be a part of the Olympics and his reasoning in fact made some serious sense and discussions over the world on this topic. He pointed out that with the world’s one-quarter population living in Asia, it is very favourable to invite Asia’s favourite sport to the Olympics. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) has been pretty hesitant to add Cricket to its list of sports played in the Olympics. Popular games and sports like Chess, Rugby, Polo, Karate, Squash and Billiards not a part of Olympics, and hence cricket has not found a place in this world event. The only Olympic cricket match was between France and Great Britain in the year 1900 with the latter winning by 158 runs. In Hockey, India and Pakistan were the Olympics medal winners between 1928 - 1968 but after that 18 medallist nations have emerged in the Olympics since 1908. It would take more than 100 years for cricket to provide that many countries who stand a chance to make it to the podium. Linford Christie once said when asked about this topic, “ Why Cricket? In a team of eleven players , nine might be working hard but the other two might not. This is not in line with the spirit of Olympics.” It is usually seen that the host country of the Olympics takes part in every event that is played in the Olympics and cricket would be no exception but with so much less exposure in the American continent, cricket has to be first spread across uniformly before taking any step to include it to the Olympics. Even if we say that cricket is a part of the Olympics in a country where cricket is not famous then what about the big and lavish stadiums be used for after the Olympics is played? The money and labour involved on a cricket stadium is huge which can’t be left barren after the conclusion of the Olympics in those countries. Cricketers have been very choosy on their game rather than giving 100% each and every time they play which is against the spirit of Olympics. Along with international commitments there are domestic T-20 leagues like the IPL (India), SLPL (Sri Lanka), BPL (Bangladesh), KFC Big Bash (Australia) or County Cricket (England) which sandwiches hardly any family time for cricketers. The Olympics can be well seen with the Jamaican Usain Bolt breaking every record whenever he runs or Andy Murray fighting for Great Britain in Tennis but in cricket, teams like Jamaica or Great Britain merely exist as national teams. West Indies and England is what teams are in cricket. West Indies is a culmination of several islands which plays individually in the Olympics and Great Britain is only the English team. No Irish or a Welsh is there in that team rather they play independently in the Olympics. This makes cricket a very non-adjustable sport in the Olympics and for sure the IOC has realised it. For an athlete, a medal win at the Olympics is the biggest achievement in the world but in the game of Cricket , a World Cup win, a Champions Trophy win or an Ashes win is the biggest achievement. A medal win at the Olympics cannot be compared to a World Cup win when it is about Cricket. This makes cricket still an unqualified sport for the Olympics and maybe with ICC’s efforts to spread the game , we may see some day our country bringing a gold medal in Cricket.
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Vishal More
TE Information Technology
The much famed TV show Satyamev Jayate finally ended after a span of fourteen weeks, and I watched almost all the episodes. But after the first couple of episodes I realized that this was not the program I wanted to see on Sunday mornings at 11. What I would rather do on my one and only weekly holiday is to relax, be lazy, listen to music or read some interesting magazines. I did not want to feel upset/unsettled/angry (even if I liked the show, which I did). But that’s probably just me, because millions watched it without any complaint. But I did watch it. Aamir Khan and Star Plus showed guts by doing a socially relevant show of this kind, which focused on tough and sensitive issues. The duration of each episode was a bit too long, about one and a half hours each. It made for intense and sometimes heavy viewing, though Aamir did try and lighten the mood at times. But I found the viewing experience very rewarding. Most of the episodes either left you teary eyed or terrified. The episode on domestic violence belonged to the former category but that on pesticides fell into the latter. Many people have been ranting about how all these subjects have been discussed threadbare in the media for years; so what’s the big deal about Satyamev Jayate? But I think the format, tone and pitch of the show, and the research team’s efforts made for a unique and enlightening experience. In each episode, Aamir did the following: He found and brought to the show people whose moving testimonies focused attention on the issue more powerfully than any media channel could have. He provided startling facts, often sourced from government surveys. He called in experts to give the issue some perspective and analysis. In the end, he always held out a ray of hope, by highlighting either a success story or a way out of the problem. And throughout, he kept the tone of the show quiet and dignified. It was like a one stop window for understanding complex problems. Even when things got a bit heavy, viewers would’ve probably stayed with the show because of Aamir’s power. Has Satyamev Jayate brought about the desired social change? Who knows? But it has definitely created awareness on an impressive scale. And that’s good going, isn’t it?
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BITCH PLEASE Mugdha Joshi
TE Computer Science
Statutory warning- This article doesn’t give guide lines on “How not to be a bitch’ I am going to put forth a few observations about the quintessential bitch. Every group has one and it is a given that the poor girl with attitude will always be in the eye of the storm because of the “don’t give a damn attitude” So having entered FE from a corner of Thane infamously known as “Singhania”, I was branded a typical Sulonian the minute I introduced myself. (Students from J.K Singhania call themselves Sulonians not Singhanians) That was not entirely unexpected because it wasn’t the first time anyway. So it got me thinking “What exactly stood out as haughty or unapproachable in the bitch?” In my case, my mom kept telling me that I smiled too less. (But hey Mom, isn’t it silly to have a constant grin for no reason whatsoever?) Or maybe it was because I’ve always been a hothead? But, believe it or not, mostly it was just because I was too scared to approach anyone. (Yes, we are humans) Maybe that’s what bitches are, introverted and shy. With a few exceptions being those class who actually tittletattle about people. So as I was saying, I guess the sweet bitches (ironic I know) like a former me are just afraid of giving people a fair chance of accepting and actually liking them. But since me getting to TE, I’ve realised everybody has their share of apprehensions, its only about who can let go of them earlier and here in RAIT, folks have only welcomed the likes of us and in fact everyone with open arms and given us a chance to come out of our self created shells. Cheers. PS: 99 problems but this bitch ain't one.
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The Fenestra of Generations
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Niharika Kargudri
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‘Fenestra’ is a word in literature which means ‘Window’. The Window is an important component in the lives of us youngsters with fights happening for the window seat in trains and wanting to sit by the window because of the cool breeze that comes. We always wake up in the morning and look out of the window. But have we ever wondered what would the scene have been in the past or maybe what it would be in the future? In the past, the window showed perfect harmony in the life of man and nature. Lush greenery, chirping birds and a man going about his daily routine and working hard to reap the sweet fruits of his labour. But this did not last long. Man took the shape of a greedy devil but Mother Nature did not retaliate. And what was the outcome of this? Just one look outside the window will give us the answer. Concrete buildings, polluted rivers, vanishing greenery and dumped garbage! The Ganges, at its holiest spot in Varanasi yields toxic water! And it is not the Ganges alone; almost all of the rivers in India are polluted with chemicals. Man is taking advantage of the ever-giving attitude of nature. Darkness has entered the minds of people. There is corruption in almost every field! People want to eat the sweet fruits of success without working hard.
What the window will show in the future is a big question… Will there be any trees left? Will there be birds and animals outside captivity? Will there be any potable water left? The scene that the window of the future will show lies in the hands of man. Nature has been very patient with man. It is man who should realize that he is aiming at his own destruction. Act now for a better future!
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Cinemascope Movies are a mirror to life. They tell us stories. Stories that are meant to entertain make us happy, but more importantly teach. They teach us about the culture and the lives of diverse people. Here we bring two foreign made movies for you. ‘Life Is Beautiful’ and ‘The Lives of Others’ are two award winning movies that have been considered by the harshest critics of cinema as path changers to the industry. Read on about their reviews and do watch them.
The Lives of Others (Das leben der anderen) Released in the year 2006 and winner of the academy award for the best foreign language film, the movie is based in the 80’s socialist Germany. It opens with a Stasi officer played by Ulrich Muhe giving a lecture on tough interrogation. Ulrich Muhe plays the role of a true patriot and a Stasi officer named Gerd Weisler. Weisler being an interrogator and a spy, his views begin to change when he slowly starts to learn about the rampant corruption and treachery that goes on behind the scenes in the socialist German regime. Wielser discovers dark secrets when he is assigned a mission to bug the apartment of a famous playwright Georg Dreyman played quite subtly by Sebastian Koch and his beautiful girlfriend Christa Maria-Seiland played by Martina Gedeck. It paints a rather controversial and dark picture of the socialist German regime yet the film is a true portrayal of humanity and hope. The ending mesmerises your senses and the message from Florian Henckel van Dommersmerck reaches flawlessly. The film as van Dommersmerck says is a portrayal of humanity rather than just another account of changed military personnel. The movie is certainly worth a watch if not more. We end with a quote which might be better than the review. A serious film will acknowledge the darkness of mankind, but it will end on some kind of message of hope. It’s very easy to write impressive dark stuff. The hard thing is to take the dark stuff and suggest a solution, even to hint at a solution.
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Life is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella)
Not many filmmakers even attempt to set a comedy in the depressing backdrop of a concentration camp. Even fewer succeed. But Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful is one big win! The film follows the life of Guido (played by Benigni), a Jew working in his uncle’s restaurant who dreams of owning his own bookstore some day. He meets and instantly falls in love with Dora (played by Benigni’s wife Nicoletta Braschi) a school teacher and daughter of a rich aristocrat. The first half is a delightful tale of Guido’s attempts to impress Dora and profess his love. Over to the second half and few years on, Dora and Guido are happily married and also have a young son named Giosue. But the times are changing and Italy has come under the Nazi regime. Millions of Jews like Guido and his family are packed off to concentration camps. Guido, in order to protect young Giosue from the horrors of Holocaust, convinces him that the concentration camp is a game and the first prize which will go to whoever wins it is a brand new tank! The film stands tall on its two pillars, a great story brilliantly told and some powerful performances by the cast. The film does not depend on witty one-liners to deliver comedy. Rather Benigni appeals to our simpler side and entertains us without any effort. Benigni’s master class is never emotionally draining. It does not extract tears from audiences as many lesser films do. Despite the grim setting, Benigni both as the director and the actor, works his magic and puts a smile on our faces when you are supposed to cry. Therein lay the true brilliance of this movie. A must watch for everyone. Benigni won an Oscar for this performance in 1997, and the film also picked up the award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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100 Years of Indian Cinema Raja Harishchandra, was an honest king, as everyone knows. But very few out there know that Raja Harishchandra was also the first production of Indian Cinema, which came exactly a hundred years ago in 1912, and was produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. He is known as the father of Indian Cinema. Yes, the Indian Cinema celebrates its centenary in 2012.
The feeling is so mesmerizing and the wait so pleasant. Every Friday, with at least three films being released, the Indian Cinema produces more than thousand films every year. The movies have always been able to attach with its audience so closely that their camaraderie is indissoluble. Ten decades hence, the silver screen has been a lot more than just a medium of entertainment; it has been a mirror to its public, reflecting their own lives, situations, teaching, guiding them to make the right turns. Each story has a life of its own and analogous to many watching it. Bollywood, which is a portmanteau of the dream city we call Bombay and Hollywood, when started its journey had no voice. The actor on the screen made people laugh and cry. With advancement in technology, Indian Cinema got its first audio and video movie Alam Ara, which went on to be a huge success and a major boost for the Indian film industry and inspired a generation of fantastic filmmakers. The movies of the Golden Era have a special place in every one’s heart and with the least technical methodologies available they manage to win hearts even of the new generation. The movies of the yore were more family oriented and were based on relationship and moral values. They gave us music which is impossible to counterfeit even with the newest musical instruments. Music combines with such soulful lyrics which had the power to control your emotions; they could make you cry or simply could just make your day. Even now there is almost no competition for the likes of Gulzar and Javed Akhtar. The brilliant performance by the actors such as Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor made its audience cry with their histrionic dialogues, their no nonsense comedy was still hilarious to make the public hold their stomachs while laughing. The comedians even now try to model their humour on that of Mehmood’s. First international exposure came when the film Neecha Nagar, a social realist film won the Palm D’or at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and the accolades that were showered on Gangs of Wasseypur we do have come a long way.
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While proceeding towards the 21st century, as the task of entertaining the community was passed on to the new generation directors, the transformation was quite noticeable. The plots of the story got vivid. The filmmakers got bolder and open to a gamut of genres. It helped in inspiring and motivating its audience to do better for their society. The shooting locations also went global. With more outdoor shootings it got easier for the public to know about foreign culture, art and ethics right from the theatre or TV screens. The film industry today, with its perceptive film making attitude can amuse a large mass than it could years ago. It has done more than just creating bonds with its audience. It has been a platform for the people who have hidden talents within them. Today, both of them are incomplete without each other. The Industry has also produced superstars of great times, which are known all over the world, personalities who are respected overseas and appreciated for their talent. In fact, they have also been approached and are working with foreign film industries. The Film Industry has played a very important role in a common man’s life, from making him laugh in his hard times to giving him an opportunity to get recognition all over the world. Day by day the industry is flourishing with new ideas. We hope that our Indian Cinema keeps on moving forward and be the companion it has been for the bourgeois‌
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Ilaiyaraaja: The Southern Maestro
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The Alternative Music Scene
People have appreciated and have been enthralled by the Music of A.R Rahman, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, the Burman’, Amit Trivedi, KalyanijAnandji and many more composers. But there has been one standout performer who has recorded over 4500 songs in over 950 Indian Films but very few people know him. A beacon of light that though majorly prevalent in South India has given over 30 years of his life to music and has enhanced the heritage of Indian music. That man is Ilaiyaraaja. Ilaiyaraaja, now 69, started work in the Tamil movie industry way back in the late 1970’s. Ilaiyaraaja’s use of Tamil music in his film scores injected new influence into the Indian film score milieu. His early exposure to rural rhythms and beats made his background music stand out among the rest. This has influenced many composers to go away from the beaten track and explore unchartered courses in the vast field of music to churn out classics. One of the first Indian Music composers to use Western Musical instruments, his work was not unnoticed by those abroad. Ilaiyaraaja’s composition “Rakkama Kaiya Thattu” from the movie Thalapathi (1991), was among the songs listed in a BBC World Top Ten music poll. Many movies that have gone on to be nominated as India’s official entry for the Oscars have had Ilaiyaraaja’s music, more than any other Indian composer. Nearer to Bollywood, he has composed scores for Hey Ram, Lajja, Paa, Cheeni Kum and other movies. Music in them have been off-beat but have always been well received by the connoisseurs.
Music for people is more like a magical wand which spews out emotions. Ilaiyaraaja has been one who has been known to be one who uses all those emotions being spewed out to create musical pieces that become memorable forever. A salute to the greatness of this genius.
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Frank Sinatra: The Soul of New York Are you tired of listening to the money making, booty shaking artists of today. Is the ‘not so alternate now’ rock music charm starting to wear of? Maybe it’s time you give Blues and Jazz your ears. And if you like it, you’ll love the music by a certain Frank Sinatra. There have been many legends before him, but very few after. Because, no matter how famous and successful you become, you’ll never beat Sinatra. His is a brand of music that transcends age, one which is pure and relevant now as much it was years ago. A voice so powerful and charming who no one can better and the persona of an entertainer who few can match even today. Sinatra was and will always be one of a kind. It is music to talk about the music without talking about the man, but its been tried here. For millions of pages on the internet talk about the man’s greatness, but here only his music is relevant. Old tunes so fresh that will make your feet dance and your heart sing with joy. A perfect pick-me-up when you are feeling depressed, lyrics which give words to your every emotion, these are just a few reasons why you should try Sinatra. He was the inspiration to several generations of music superstars, his voice moved the entire world. Hours have been spent by countless people, soothing their souls listening to tracks like That’s Life and New York, New York.
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CHAI KE LIYE JAISA TOAST HOTA HAI, WAISE HAR EK FRIEND ZAROORI HOTA HAI SOCH BADLO, DESH BADLEGA, JAAGO RE THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH IDIOTS We have seen the above advertisements of Airtel, Tata Tea, CEAT Tyres and many more like Mentos (Evolution of Man), Duracell etc. What is it in them that connects with the people? The telecom major Airtel did it to relates with the youth by stressing on friendship. Tata Tea educates people about social ills and teach them better by hard hitting examples. CEAT highlights the importance of safe driving. They had the same initial agenda of selling their product. But each did it uniquely. But the USP (Unique Selling Point) was that they added a tinge of innovation to their already existing product and made it a superhit. This is the field of marketing where you have to bring something new to the table, day in and day out. As Milan Kundera, a renowned Czech writer has said ‘Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.’ And that is where the social media has stepped in and helped us with both these aspects.
Google and other search engines have done their bit by giving us search results in a matter of seconds and also put up advertisements alongside these results to educate us more about the product. Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites have doubled up as social media marketing portals. People use the Share button frequently to tell other people about products and services. The reach of these networking sites is immense. To tap the potential of social networking sites, Ryan Holmes came up with the unique idea of Hootsuite in 2008. This is a one of a kind social media management system. Using this, you can market your product on any of the social media platforms. Hootsuite has social network integrations with likes of Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, LinkedIn, Google+ and MySpace. As Shahid Kapoor says in the movie Badmaash Company, ‘Bade se bada business… Paise se nahin, Ek bade idea se bada hota hai!’ ‘Don’t be afraid to be creative and experiment with your marketing’, says Mike Volpe of HubSpot. And we totally agree. Be different, go away from the beaten path, and discover something amazing!
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Racism, In India? Let’s go back to sleep.
What is a country? Why are people so emotional that they set their own neighbourhood on fire when a foreigner makes, according to the so called patriots ‘a loose comment’? Is there really something people find odd about India due to the obvious cultural gap or are we living in denial? It is the people who make the country; a country is an abstract term, a term given too much importance. The land mass is called a country when inhabited by humans and humans only, not animals, birds or insects, it is you who constitute a country and your actions define it. I am not here to preach. On one side, a guy being killed in Australia can cause tremors across India and generate mountains of sympathetic Facebook status but on the other side numerous racial abuses around us go unnoticed or are “mazak tha yaar”. The truth is that we can never stand-up for anybody; Indian history is a proof of it. Putting up a generalised Facebook status is the most lethal weapon in our armoury. There isn’t a more racist country than India and racist people than Indians (live in denial, give me death threats, I know that’s where your leash ends), if not, why on a single remark from a politician causes a train to burn? Why when Bangladesh or Pakistan or china sneezes, people here catch a cold? Why do minorities want quota, separate universities, state quota etc? is this your definition of a country? Is this what you call unity secularity and sovereignty? To many of us racism like sex exists only in western countries. We hide under the achievements of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Baichung Bhutia and the likes of Vijender Singh. Still take solace in our culture which rots everyday because instead of sharing we think people don’t deserve to know our culture. It is dying a silent death my friends. Tendulkar hits a century, Sushil Kumar gets silver and life is frigging good eh? Aytab Siddique a 6 year old from Mumbai, she was taught that bombblasts are done by Muslims, imagine the shock their parents had to bear when they heard this from their own kid. Why can’t Sufiya, a Kashmiri with a top job in HR in a MNC, finds it tough to rent a house in Mumbai? Things got better when she forcefully had to stop wearing the sacred hijab. A Sikh is considered to be some over-eccentric over flowing with adrenaline monkey who goes berserk at twelve o’ clock, but very few know that it was the strategy of the Sikh army to attack at 12 during the night when the soldiers were tired and free thousands of women and kids from Aurangzeb’s prison, people still ask them “Dude, you NEVER shave or cut your hair? “,You must feel like Tom Hanks in cast away, “all of your surnames are Singh?” Monalisa Arthur has been living in Delhi for 17 years, yet every day she faces the same problems she did when she moved to Delhi 17 years back, every guy on the street think they are easy. The North Indians versus some parties targeting them is no isolated event, it happens every day. I am sure the recent events have brought North-East Indians into spotlight for good and bad reasons both, it’s up to us what we think good or bad is, but can the people of this country be trusted anymore in the light of these recent horrifying events? Let us just stop pretending it doesn’t happen in India. That would go a long way in solving the problem. One way to be critical of racism is to recognise that it is not just limited to profiling but extremities and make visible the presence of racism rather than merely resorting to legalistic means to curb this discrimination, which obviously have failed till now Discrimination has nothing to do with class or education. Au contraire it is rampant in metropolitan cities. It is becoming tougher for people to convince themselves that they belong. It has been a struggle since independence, which promised us equality and gave us a sense of acceptance. If you are still dreaming of a perfect country then wake up, you have been dreaming for too long, it’s been 64 years now…
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Quotes on Photography “You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” ― Ansel Adams “What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” ― Karl Lagerfeld “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” ― Dorothea Lange “Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” ― Marc Riboud “A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second. ” ― Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above “The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.” ― John Dunning, The Bookman's Wake “When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not (i)emerge(i), do not (i)leave(i): they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.” ― Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography Quotes on Paintings I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. Vincent Van Gogh Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/painting. html#t1jppoyhqmbOB0ko.99 Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. Aeschylus Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/painting. html#t1jppoyhqmbOB0ko.99 I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting! Pablo Picasso Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/painting. html#t1jppoyhqmbOB0ko.99 When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. Marc Chagall Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/painting_2. html#WXRWFeMpKR7rEMDC.99 Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture. Michelangelo
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2) SUC Volunteers showing the new FE’s around. FE: (innocently) Yahaan Library mein books milte hai? Volunteer: Nahi McDonalds ka burger aur Bikaner ka Bhajiyaan milta hai. #TrueStory 3) Dear Namrata Pillai, Yashvardhan Raai is a TE. Please ask someone next time before branding him an FE Sincerely, All the other Wall Masons 4) Dear Gokulashtami Krishna’s, Dahi Handi todhne ke liye jaa rahe ho? Achchaa hai. Par pehle ID Card pehno! Sincerely, RAIT Office Staff. 5) Dear Megh, -_Sincerely, The Wall Masons.
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8) Dear Srinath Bharadwaj, You are no longer in Egypt. Adjust your clock to IST. Sincerely, Your Hard-Working and Sleepy Team. 9)Dear Students who missed it, The Principal said 1 famous statement on Teacher’s Day. And this received resounding applause. ‘Rishtey mein hum baap. Naam Shahenshah.’ Sincerely, All those who attended. 10) ITSA and MOTIF, Where were you in the past 3 years when we could have really enjoyed being part of your committee? Sincerely, The Interested BE’s. 12 Dear Librarians, Principal Sir ne hi toh hamein Library mein baithne bola hai. Aur aap yahaan pe Assignments aur homework bhi nahi karne dete! toh kya cricket khelein ? Sincerely, Students. 13) Dear Management of RAIT, The Wall is expanding next year. Ab toh hamein ek designated work space dilaado! Sincerely, The Wall Masons. 14)Dear KFC and Pizza Hut, Its nice to see your outlets right in front of RAIT... but please disappear during my birthday. Sincerely, . A ‘Not so heavy’ wallet.
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• For our External Examiners Some men aren’t looking for anything logical like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. •For the Teachers You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. •To the Committees in college It’s not who we are underneath, but what we do that defines us. •The Chiefs at various committees People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy, and I can’t do that as Chairman or Secretary or President or Chief. As a man, I’m flesh and blood; I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. But as a symbol… as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting. • Class Counsellors Message for the Students: Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. • The Unsung Heroes at RAIT They’re the heroes RAIT deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt them. Because they can take it. Because they’re not our heroes. They’re the silent guardians, and our watchful protectors (of the true RAIT culture). The Dark Knights. • When Results come out, everyone’s question Why so serious?
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* An Engineer’s message to KT’s I think you and I are destined to do this forever. I don’t want to kill you. What would I do without you? You… You complete me. * For those people who are always criticized at RAIT Endure, People. Take it. They’ll hate you for it, but that’s the point of being Yourself, You can be the outcast. You can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice. *During Exams: The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming. *The OLD RAIT Culture I knew the Old RAIT Culture. We were its friend. And it will be a very long time before something... Inspires us the way it did. I believed in the Old RAIT Culture. * At the time of Results: RAIT’s Engineer: There’s a storm coming. Other College Engineers: You sound like you’re looking forward to it. RAIT’s Engineer: I’m adaptable. * To the one who helps everyone around: Teachers: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. That student: That’s why it’s so important. It separates us from them. * Election Time for New Committee: Now our operation is small, but there is a lot of potential for aggressive expansion. So which one among you fine people would want to join our team? Oh, there is only one spot open. So we’re going to have tryouts. * Students vs Faculty This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. * The RAIT student: I never said thank you. RAIT Cleaning staff: And You’ll never have to. * When the Perpetual Mass Bunkers sit for lectures when the Nerds are away: So that is how it feels like!
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NO! I'm not a madrasi... RajWhich state do you belong to? Seema- I am a South Indian, a Keralite. Raj- Ohh!!! A Madrasi… Seema- No, I am from Kerala. Raj- That’s one and the same.
Southern part of India comprises of four states- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka. What is annoying is the fact that 70% of the Indians don’t know about the existence of these states. It is even more annoying to hear every South Indian being given the title of a Madrasi. Madras or Chennai, as it is called now, is in Tamil Nadu. For that matter, every Tamilian is also not a Madrasi!!!
Raj- Hey Seema! Eppidi irruke? No, they are not. Each state in South India has its own language. Tamilians SeemaHahaha… I am good. speak Tamil, Keralites speak Malayalam, Andhrites speak Telugu (P.S Its RajI asked Subbu to teach Telugu and not Telegu.) and Kannadigas speak Kannada. These are four me a few sentences in your completely different languages with a few words in common. Different language. dialects of these languages are spoken within the respective states. Now Seema- Well, that’s not my that people are travelling to different places due to job requirements, their language. I speak Malayalam next generation naturally speaks a not so pure form of their mother tongue and what you learnt is Tamil. and is often remixed with Hindi or English. Again, every south Indian does Raj- They are one and the not speak an accented Hindi or English like it is shown in our Bollywood same. movies.
RajWhat did you get in your lunch box today? Seema- I don’t know. Raj- Hmmm… must be Dosas or Idlis.
One more popular misconception that people have is that every South Indian has only and only Idlis and Dosas for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Just because they are popular for making these food items in a very delicious manner does not mean that they do not have an appreciative taste for other cuisines. Infact, an Andhra meal is so different from that of Kerala’s, Tamil Nadu’s or Karnataka’s. All the four cuisines taste heavenly but at the same time, people belonging to these states do enjoy and relish a Sarso ka Saag or a Khaman Dhokla equally.
“Majority of the South Indians are Black”, now this is one of the lamest judgments ever. Had it been true, then we wouldn’t have enjoyed watching a black Hema Malini dancing for Gabbar Singh or a black Aishwarya Rai ( a Kannadiga, by the way) winning the Miss World pageant in 1994.
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Lime and Mint Syllabub Serves four people. Ingredients: 500ml double cream 1 lime, zest and juice 5 Marie biscuits 3-5 Mint leaves
Method:
There is a foodie hidden inside every individual. A person travels the length and breadth of any area just to grab something delicious to fill his stomach. Many of the times, people now have started experimenting by themselves to cook up something that can satisfy their taste buds.
1. Put the double cream into a bowl. Grate in the zest of the lime, squeeze in the juice and add whole mint leaves. Whisk the cream until it is thick in consistency. Hand pick the mint leaves out as soon as mint flavour is noticeable. 2. Crush four of the biscuits and drop them into the bottom of the serving glasses. Reserve the fifth biscuit for the garnish. 3. Spoon/pipe the syllabub into the glasses. Refrigerate the syllabubs for a couple of minutes to set it.
What starts with small forays into the culinary field, eventually leads to the creation of a proper five course dinner meal.
4. Use grated/hand crushed biscuit, lemon wedge and mint leaves to garish.
Here we have for you a simple recipe. This dessert literally charges up our salivary glands and one wants to bite into it at the earliest. So here's the way to impress your peers and family. Make it to make them happy!
Special Tip:
5. Serve chilled.
Any other fruit of which zest can be taken out like orange or sweet lime (mosambi) can also be used.
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Popular Culture
Feeding Mumbai Relish Restaurant J Tata Road, Churchgate Mass bunks might be a thing of the past. But Foodie expeditions can never go out of fashion. Get your gang of gluttons together. Set out on a lazy weekend morning. Our in house gourmet Anuj Mulik brings you the best of what's on offer.
This the ‘go-to’ place for continental food in SoBo. If your taste buds need satiation, and you crave for culinary art from all around the
Cannon Pav Bhaji Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Rd, CST world, this is your stop. For even a compulsive carnivore like me, the food at this pure veg restaurant restores my faith in tasty vegetarian cuisine. Needless to say, this is the Promised Land for those who don’t eat meat. Must haves include the Six Shot mocktail.
Mocambo café Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Rd, Fort We start our journey with one of the most iconic fast food that defines Mumbai: the humble pav bhaji. Now the CST area offers you many options where you can have various interpretation of the city’s favorite. Cannon Pav Bhaji offers you the more conventional take, while one might also prefer the Egg Pav Bhaji variation to be found at various roadside stalls. It is a tasty breakfast which also goes easy on your wallet.
Now, something for those with a sweet tooth. If the sight of all things baked make you drool, Mocambo café is the place to be. The cheese cakes here are truly heavenly. But be ready to loosen your purse strings, this delight will cost you.
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Chowpatty As the sun is about to set, we make our way to the sandy beaches at Chowpatty. Catch a glimpse of the glorious sunset, but don’t miss out on the food. Chowpatty offers you the typical comfort food. You can never go wrong with Ice cream golas, corncobs and chat!
Bade Miyan Tullock Road near Apollo Bandar, Colaba If you are a great lover of Mughlai cuisine, you probably have heard of this place already. It really needs no introduction. The place opens only in the evening, and is normally packed. Do not expect a fine dine experience, or else you would be very disappointed. Service here is not exactly great, but the food is out of this world. So get there early to taste the most famous kebabs in Mumbai. It is a meat eater’s paradise.
Gajalee High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel Finally we end our journey at Gajalee. A perfect culmination of our gastronomic pursuit; what can be better than dinning at one of the best places for ethnic seafood in Mumbai? If the crunchy Bombil fry doesn’t quite hit the spot, I don’t know what will. Do not miss the world famous Konkani fish curry. Also highly recommended is the Surmai fry. To top it off, indulge in the sweet richness of the Solkadi, made from coconut milk and dried mangosteen skin (kokum).
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If You Smile Rutuja Bawne TE Electronics I just fell It was easy like a windfall But when no one is there to catch, Not even a simple thatch I know I will be hurt Still I go on… Landed wounded But didn’t stop to follow Without knowing feelings, thought of going kneeling I know I will be hurt Still I go on… What would be the answer? Puzzled my head But I won’t regret
If I don’t get my song’s duet I know I will be hurt Still I go on… Hope this fog clears soon Before horizon is touched by moon Everything would end fine If you smile…
ma belle She wears a crown of thorns Her fault is to be charming, be nice. There she goes again, another poor soul tags along. Oh Bella, that lady is a tramp. They fawn over her at the movies. Oh Bella, so confused. But when reality sinks in, All she gets is abuse.
Anuj Mulik TE Computer Science
The world is two faced, sweet on the outside. Once she walks away, they all bring out their knives.
As I watch at a distance, hoping Bella you’d be strong. Hoping for her forgiveness, for I choose to ignore these wrongs.
No shining vampire will ever come for her. No shirtless wolf boy would take on the world for her. Don’t feel too sorry though, (it’s not the movies) she’s no damsel in distress. She has enough fire in her belly to take on all the rest.
These people, they don’t deserve you And soon Bella, you’d be set free. When your ‘forever after’ checks in, Their envious hearts will burn, for all to see.
But no, she is a woman of great grace and charm. Beauty on the inside that no words can do harm She bears the burden without a single word. All the hate she faces is so ridiculous, so absurd.
One day you will be happy, broken hearts will surely mend. I’ll always think of you ma belle, till the very end.
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Invert Your Frowns Sweta Shivaramakrishnan SE Electronics With sunken eyes, With a wrinkled face. With a broken past, Counting her days. She says her old memories were cold, But those were the days that made her bold. This is the lesson of life, my friends Every failure in a success ends. Every night does the moon decline, Making way for the sun to shine. Hardships and battles may come your way, But in calmness and peace must stay. Never allow your faith to die, Let your goals and aims grow high. For, you will find your success soon, You’ll realize your grey days were a boon. So spread love and knowledge all your way, Turn the darkened nights into bright new days, Learn to look at the brighter side of things, And soon your dreams will gain strong wings. So, the grand old lady who has come of age, Presents before you a wonderful message:
“Invert your frowns into a smile, And forget failure for a long while.”
My Goal
Srinath Bharadwaj TE Electronics
I enter my present world. A heaven it used to be but now, I face oppression at every stage. Life urges me higher to greater heights, Notwithstanding the constant barbs from all. I reach the pinnacle Only to learn a heart rending story… The tale of an oppression faced by someone, Less fortunate than me. To listen to her makes my heart cringe, And tears swarm my eyes. She puts me on a higher pedestal, hoping That I can bring some cheer Back into her life. That watery sight implores me
To use the resources that I possess, The power that I have. The power to make a difference. The pursuit of happiness is not easy, But If I can do it for the benefit of others Then why not? And this now, Is the Goal of my life.
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The Last Resort
Chaitra Purakkandy TE Instrumentation
My days are getting dark All my hopes do disembark. A drop won’t do Nor would two, It is getting difficult To even just survive.
No words can help Care denies me itself.
It is now that I think Of all my heartbeats I avoid, How long can I be Lonely and love-void? Will there be a time When I could just wish For freedom from all anguish?
But now I hear, deep down, within, A muscle pumping blood, “The sun is bound to rise” And it is time I realize That it is only in the dark That I can know light.
All the world’s clocks Will unwind and wear away But the darkness will stay.
The world is getting on my nerves This must be what little me deserves.
And It Goes On Unfurling the wings of destiny, Life has been under scrutiny, Not every path has been on my way, Still carving it on my own pave! The clock ticks every moment away, Etching my heart with its memory on sway, Abandoning people, Still smiling, happy and gay! Abiding by the belief I set, Abjuring some which abets, Hanging on to that what is called best, Carrying on its jest! Being toffee nosed has never helped, Toe curling situations are still to be dealt, I had been my own defeat, Because things weren’t at my feet! Surrounded by the ambiguity which disappoints, Dealing every situation like a porcupine, Fright looms over my head, Which holds on for every breath.
Ashvita Hadge
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Anirudh Ashok BE Electronics
Waves grow. A promising land, New people, A new identity and new horizons. The sweat and toil of battle would soon be forgotten; One that made way for the sweet smell of victory . Waves grow, They swell. The carpet laden floor ahead, brought calm to the once furrowed brow Every step brought comfort and left one asking for more. Waves grow, They swell, And in an instant, come crashing down;
Pulled away below his feet, And into the catacombs of this new land he was delivered. The ones befriended turned away and the mind pilloried with taunts. Waves grow, they swell, And in an instant, come crashing down; The end is mourned , But few celebrate this new beginning. On his haunches, A long breath, One that he hoped would take him to the very end. A knock to the head, self-inflicted; Reminding himself about the lesson learnt And thus began the ascent… The waves grow again.
Afraid of the Shadows Ratna Shukla
TE Information Technology Why are you afraid of the shadows? Why are you afraid of the dark? Why is there fear in your heart? Why do your eyes look so stark?
It’s just you and your fear, After a fall, you know how to rise. And if you put your heart to it, You can easily touch the skies.
It’s just you and your fear, You know there is no danger out there. And if you put your heart to it, Courage will light up your path everywhere.
You need not be afraid of failures, Or even of making mistakes. As on the path to success, These are just small steps that we take.
Why are you afraid of the valley? Why are you afraid to fall? Why is it that you think, You cannot stand tall?
Ask your heart if you do not believe me, How easy it is to take the dare. For in this adventure called Life, Only those win who wish to be there.
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Aak`Mxd AiQaSa toMDulakr
gava- krata eosao ho Aapulao laaoktM~ pNa partM~amaQao bauDalao ho kOsao svaatM~
ivaklaa yaaMnaI ivaSvaasa Aaplaa ivaklaI %yaaMnaI t%va ivaklaa yaaMnaI doSa Aaplaa ivaklao saaro sa%va
gaolao to gaaoro [Mga`ja, saaoDaonaI Apulaa doSa raihlao [qao ho laaMDgao Gao}na maoMZraMcaa vaoSa
ho Aaplao AsaUnahI prko tU svatÁlaa sauQaar Aaplyaa AatIla bakasaUralaa svatÁca tU maar
raoja raojacao GaaoTaLo raoja raojacaa ha ~asa Baartacyaa fulabaagaot psarlaa Ba`YTacaaracaa vaasa
Saotalaa KulavaNyaasaazI jaOsao Asato Kt Baartacyaa ]waraasaazI tOsaoca tuJao mat ivacaar kr jara %yaacaa nakao saaoDU tU AaSaa BaTklaolyaa yaa janatolaa Cana daKvaUyaa idSaa prt imaLvaU Aaplaa pOsaa prt imaLvaU tao maana Ba`YTacaaracyaa yaa baoDyaatUna mau@t k$ ihMdUstana
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Ahao saarM kahI naklaI Aaho Amaaola vasaOkr
ENGINEERING saarKI sajaa naahI AByaasaalaa rjaa naahI AayauYyaat Aata majaa naahI jaagaa AamacaI cauklaI Aaho Ahao saarM kahI naklaI Aaho
ORAL purta namaskar baahor yaotaca iSavyaa caar ha tr mhNao iSaYTacaar kt-bagaarI KcalaI Aaho Ahao saarM kahI naklaI Aaho
Aamhalaa Aahot daonaca hat SUBMISSION krtao rataorat iSavyaa Ka}na kaZtao dat laaj,a Aaba-U ivaklaI Aaho Ahao saarM kahI naklaI Aaho
eovaZI k$na drI par mhNao AamacaI baaoQaTca Qaar naaokrIsaazI ifrtao daraodar AaSaa Aata qaklaI Aaho Ahao saarM kahI naklaI Aaho
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jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar
raohna doSamauK
jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar ta$Nyaacyaa laaTovar fulaaMmaQalyaa kaTyaavar maaJao mana Dulato… jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar
vaOSaaKacyaa ]nhat maavaL%yaa vanaat duÁKI manaat mana maaJao maavaDto… jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar
pva-tacyaa GaaTavar sadgaunaacyaa saazyaavar samaud/acyaa kazavar maaJao hasya fulato… jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar
jaIvanaacyaa bao%yaavar saagaracyaa maQyaavar jagaacyaa iknaaáyaavar maaJao mana Kulato… jaIvanaacyaa vaaTovar
svaPnaatIla ranaI vaaT baGat Asao maI idvasa ra~ daraSaI kQaI yaoNaar ranaI maaJyaa svaPnaatIla najaroSaI if$na hI saaro jaga BaoTlaI naahI kuzohI trI manaalaa Aasa. svaPnaatlaI ranaI idsaola maaJyaa najaroSaI ima~ baaolat Asao svaPna Kro haot nasao ]GaLyaa DaoLyaacaIM trI )dyaalaa Aaho ivaSvaasa lagna hao[-la tr f> svaPnaatIla ranaISaIca…
saakot gajaiBae
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maaJaa p`Naama jyaaMnaI Aamhalaa jagaayalaa iSakvalaM %yaa maharajaaMnaa maaJaa p`Naama lahanapNaIca jyaaMnaI AvaGyaa sa)yaad`Ilaa Aaplaa ima~ banavalaa %yaa mahana daostalaa maaJaa p`Naama saulataMnaacyaa jabaDyaat Asalaolyaa yaa mahana raYT/alaa mau@t krvyaacaa jyaaMnaI pNa kolaa %yaa QaurMQaranaa maaJaa p`Naama saOtaMnaacyaa saMharanao jyaaMcaI tlavaar AjaUna tLpLtoca Aaho %yaa praËmaraqaI- rajaaMsa maaJaa p`Naama Aqak p`ya%naaMcyaa jaaoravar jyaaMnaI yaSaalaahI BaurL GaatlaI %yaa mahana yaaogyaasa maaJaa p`Naama evaZM sagaLM k$nahI to inarpoxapNao bahala krNaayaa jaaNa%yaa rajaasa maaJaa p`Naama AayauYyaacyaa vaaTovar kma- AsaM GaDavaM ik var gaolyaavar rajaaMnaI javaL Gao}na Saabbaasa mhNaavaM…
rahula maanao
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AByaasaacaa taNa saoimasTr p^Tna- mauLo JaalaI Aaho ASaI dSaa
$Kmannaa Kratmaaola
sabaimaSana baraobar AamhI AByaasa k$ ksaa? e@JaaimanaoSana vaoLI AamhI AByaasa krtao ksaa basaa Kup AByaasa k$na saUkUna jaatao Aamacaa Gasaa vaadL yao}na jaato jasao nakLt saoimasTr saMpUna jaato tsao
jaovhacao kama tovhaca krI vaoL %yaacaI dasaI KrI naka GaalavaU vaoL vaayaa yaot naahI tI punha BaoTayaa vaoL vaaT phat naahI kuNaacaI Ana maagao vaLUnahI phat naahI xaNaacaI bahumaulya Aaho vaoL KraoKrca hrvaNao mhNajao AayauYya vaayaa GaalavaNao baraobarca
vaoLmah%va ocao
mhatarI haot naahI vaoL kQaI saurku%yaa itcyaa caohรกyaavar pDt naahI kQaI hatatUna inasaTlaolaI vaoL ekdacaI prt yaot naahI kdapI tumhI kra vaoLocaI pujaa itca banavaola tumhalaa kta- krivata
iSatla yaovalao
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ekivasaavaM Satk ‘OUTDATED’ Jaalya AayauYya svaPnahI haot naahI ‘DOWNLOAD’ saMvaodnaaMnaa ‘VIRUS’ laagalaya duÁK ‘SEND’ krta yaot naahI jaunao pavasaaLo ]DUna gaolao ‘DELETE’ Jaalaolyaa ‘FILE’ saarKM Aata Gar SaaMt Asato… ‘RANGE’ nasalaolyaa ‘MOBILE’ saarKM ‘HANG’ Jaalaolyaa ‘PC’ saarKI manaacaI isqatI vaa[-T naatI maatI jaaoDNaarI kuzoca naahI ‘WEBSITE’ ekivasaavyaa SatkatIla pIZI BalatIca ‘CUTE’ ‘CONTACT LIST’ vaaZt gaolaI ina saMvaad Jaalao ‘MUTE’ ‘COMPUTER’ cyaa ‘CHIP’ saarKa maaNaUsa manaanao Kujaa Jaalaaya Ana ‘MOTHER’ naavaacaa ‘BOARD’ %yaacyaa AayauYyaatUna vajaa Jaalaaya ‘HARD DRIVE’ maQyao Aata saMskaraMnaa jaagaa naahI AaiNa faTlaI manaM saaQaNaara ‘INTERNET’ var Qaagaa naahI iva&anaacyaa gaulaamaigarIt kovaZI maaozI caUk r@taMcyaa naa%yaaMnaa hI Aata laagato ‘FACEBOOK’
$icara zakro
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ek baap manaaoja DaoMgaro sar sau$ haotM ka^laoja navaM vaYa- Baurk- na ]DUna jaat eTIko TIcyaa cak`atUna vaYa- puZo sarkt jaatat daostI haoto, gau`p haotat haNaamaa-yaa haotat “maaJaa baap maaiht naahI ka?” Asao Qama@yaa gaajat Asatat… vaYao- saMptat, AByaasa sartao, iDga`�I hatat yaoto naaokrI saazI BaTkt Asatao laagalaolaI naaokrI iTkvaUna, kmaavaU laagatao caar pOsao Aaramaat psarNaaro baajaIrava maga GaaoDyaavarI svaar haotat naaokrIcyaa baajaarat naomaanaM maaoihmaa kaZU laagatat
naaokrI laagalyaavar ekTyaacao daoGao haotat sauKI saMsaar k$ laagatat daoGaaMcyaa AMgaNaat baCD itsarM KoLU laagatM… naivana baapalaa maga maa~ jaunyaacaM mana kLU laagat… naivana baap paorasavao KoLU laagatao jaunaa baap Aata navyaanao Aajaaobaacyaa kayaot iSaMrtao paoraSaI KoLta KoLta daoGaohI jaatat BaUtkaLat ekalaa idsatao dusara lahana… dusara pahtao gaaoYT maahana… gaaoYTI rMgatat maga iSartao Fla^Saba^k baap Jaalyaavar paorgaM pahtao BaUtkaL maulaasaazI %yaalyaa kLvaLNaara baap idsatao manaatlaM Sala ]rat Gao}na ifrt Asatao
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daona Gaasa kmaI Ka[-la pNa maulaalaa gaaoD dotao paoracyaa ha+asaazI Aaovhr Ta[-ma maart Asatao Dao@yaavartI }na Jaolatao, saavalaI tao dot Asatao mausaLQaar pavasaa pasaUna kuTuMba AaplaM japt Asatao
Kcalaolyaa paoralaa ]BaarI dot Asatao… kLMt naahI baapacaM mana svatÁ baap JaalyaaiSavaaya baap ksaa maaNaUsa Asatao tao baapaiSavaaya ksaa kLNaar mhNaUna tr baapavar kivata kaoNaI krt naahI krNaar kSaI kivata tao %yaat maavat naahI…
baap kQaI rDt naahI, Kcat naahI kQaI ]tt naahI, kQaI matt naahI paorM saaoDtat GarTM Ana SaaoQaU laagatat ixatIj,a navaI baap maa~ Qa$na basatao GarTyaacaI p`%yaok kaDI…
caar AaoLIt saaMgaNyaa saarKa baap kahI CaoTa naahI saaona caaPyaacaM fula to sauMgaQa ku ipt maavaNaar naahI baap naavaacyaa pairjaatkacaM AsacaM kahIsa ijaNaM AsatM to samajaUna GaoNyaasaazI baapcaM AsaNao Baaga AsatM
paorMacyaa yaSaa saaobat %yaacaM mana hsat AsatM ApyaSa pcavatanaa to AatUna rDt AsatM kahI JaalaM trI kNaa taz Asatao
Kup idvasa vaaTtMya baabaa tumacyaaba_la ilahavaM… naMtr vaaTtM maaJyaa jaIvanaatlyaa ‘sauprma^na’caM vaNa-na trI kaya kravaM? tumhI vaTvaRxa Ana maI %yaacaI ek parMbaI… p`kaSaanao AaoqaMbaNaa-yaa saUyaa-caI vaNa-na %yaa kaja%yaanao kaya kravaI… Kup Kup ilahavasaM vaaTtM tumacyaaba_la pNa Sabdca saaqa dot tumhI kolaolyaa %yaagaaMcaI kbaulaI dyaayalaa tyaarca haot Kup kolaMya maaJyaasaazI tumhI %yaacaI prtfoD Aaja…]dyaa…kQaIca naahI maaJyaa jaIvanaatlyaa p`%yaok yaSaacaa Eaoya maa~ naohmaI tumhalaaca
naahIt… naahIt… haoNaar… jaaNaar…
baabaa… Aaja hI laoKnaI hatata Gaotanaa Kup ilahayacaM zrvalaolaM… pNa eonavaoLI SabdaMnaI dgaa idlaa Ana sagaLya rahUna gaolaM… samajaUna Gyaala maaJyaa Baavanaa hIca Apoxaa krtao… tumacaa jaIva jaovaZa tuTtao maaJyaasaazI tovaZaca maaJyaa hI tuTtao… Aata jaast kahI baaolat naahI hI kivata [qaoca saMpvatao.
Kup idvasa vaaTtMya baabaa… Axaya ivakasa paTIla
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Aata maaJaI svaPnacaM jaovha haotao lahana jarI svaPna paihlaI iktItrI lahanapNaatIla tI svaPnao ~asa Aaja manaat KaolavarI baap maaJaa mhaNaayacaa paorgaa maaJaa huSaar Aaho f@t AByaasa AByaasa AByaasa hoca maaJao jaIvana Aaho dovaa malaa tuJaI saaqa hvaI AajahI AaiNa ]_ahI saaMga maaJaa gaunha kaya haota f@t evaZocaM maaJao P a` Sna Aaho rDUna rDUna DaoLo maaJao svataSaIca Gaabarlao iktI maI AaiNa maaJao svaPnao Jaalao Aata sagaLo maatI ha ~asa nakao Aata malaa AByaasa nakao Aata malaa Paustko sagaLI faDUna idlaI kuzlaIhI Aasa nakao Aata malaa
maI AaiNa maaJao svaPnao krNaar maI puro raihlao haoto jao Aajavar AQauro pvaa-h naahI kuNaacahI kaLjaI Aata ka k$ kuNaacaI saaoDlaa Aaho saaqa %yaa ima~aMcaahI , p`omaacaahI , jyaaMnaa jaaNavalao naahI halat yaa manaacaI hsaNaar maI Aata f@t rDNaar naahI kuNaasaazI duinayaa ih gaolaI KDDyaat karNa maI jagataoya Aata f@t maaJyaasaazI… maaJyaa svaPnaaMsaazI…
dIpk cavaa^Na
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p `aakRxitak EaR` Mgaar
saakot jaOna
ek naaj,anaI inaklaI ek idna,,‚, krko saaolah EaRMgaar calaI GaUmanao mastI maoM‚, hao saa[ikla pr savaar mastI maoM vah jaatI qaI‚, Aa^MKaoM kao maTkatI qaI dIvaanaaoM ko tanaaMo pr‚, mana hI mana mauskatI qaI Aagao hI kuC dUrI pr‚ ,}^McaI naIcaI BaUiMma pr , eosaa gaD\`Za ek baD,a qaa‚, ijasamao kIcaD, KUba Bara qaa AaOr qaI ]samaoM ek BaOMsa KD,I jyaaMo jyaaMo saa[ikla pasa ga[- ‚ saao laD,kI kuC Gabara[-
lagaa bahoknao hOMDla pODla‚, halat Davaa Daola ga[]sanao Tna Tna GaMTI maarI‚ BaOMsa samaJa na pae BaOMsa ko Aagao baIna bajao AaOr BaOMsa KD,I pgaurae Jyaao hI saa[ikla pasa ga[- BaOMsa Acaanak BaD,kI kIcaD, vaalao gaD\Zo maoM‚ ica,,<t igarI vah laD,kI ica,,<t igarI vah laD,kI‚, kIcaD, kI mauK sao BaoMT hu[naYT huAa saba Ajara kjara‚, fOSana mai%yaamaot hu[doK ]sa idna yah GaTnaa yaaraMo‚, mana hI mana maOM hMsaa baDa qaa kRiHama snaao pavaDr pr , PRaakRitk EaRMgaar caZ,a qaa
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jaya javaana vaOBava sanasa sar
[na javaanaaoM ka @yaa khnaa ijaMdgaI ko saamanao hmanaoM $kavaTMo doKI tao vahIM qama gae , mauiSklaaoM maoM marnao kI tmannaa qaI pr [na javaanaaoM kao doKa tao laD,kr jaI gae [na javaanaaoM ka @yaa khnaa doSa ko ihfaj,at ko ilae [nhaoMnaoM ApnaI KuiSayaaoM kI kubaa-naI do dI maaMgaa Baart maaÐ nao jaba kja- ApnaI mamata ka tao ]sako baoTaoM naMo ApnaI javaanaI do dI [na javaanaaoM ka @yaa khnaa 26 navaMbar kI rat kao KUna ijatnaa qaa badna maoM saba bahayaa doSa ko vaasto ek ktra BaI na bacaayaa Apnao vaasto yaUÐ tao duinayaaÐ maoM laaKaoM marto hMoO magar maaOt vahI hMO maaOt jaao Aae vatna ko vaasto [na javaanaaoM ka @yaa khnaa iksaInao rama iksaInao Allaah iksaInao masaIh ilaKa ilaKa iksaInao gaurbaanaI iksaInao baa[-bala ilaKa ek javaana sao pUCa [-Svar ka matlaba @yaa hO tao ]sanao ApnaI Baart maaÐ ka naama ilaKa basa Aba laaogaaoM sao yahI hO khnaa ËaMtI ka dIp hmaoSaa jalaae rKnaa [sa doSa kao hmaoSaa bacaae rKnaa lahU dokr ijasakI ihfaj,at kI hO SahIdaoM nao [sa itrMgao kao saInao sao lagaae rKnaa
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daosabasao stIPyaara irSta iksaI naa iksaI po iksaI naa iksaI kao ‘eotbaar’ hao jaata hoO AjanabaI kao[- Kasa ‘yaar’ hao jaata hO
KUibayaaoM sao BaI nahIM haotI ‘maaohbbat’ sada KaimayaaoM sao BaI A@sar ‘Pyaar’ hao jaata hO ikna laFj,aaoM maoM [tnaI kD,vaI ksaOlaI ‘baat’ ilaKUM kOsao ilaKUM maOM ‘caaMdnaI’ ratoM, , jaba garma hao rot tao kOsao maOM ‘barsaat’ ilaKUM saBaI ‘nagamaoM’’ saaj,a maoM gaae nahIM jaato saBaI laaoga ‘mahif,,la’ maoM bualaae nahIM jaato kuC pasa rh kr BaI yaad nahIM Aato kuC dUr rh kr BaI ‘Baulaae’ nahIM jaato
eoSvayaa- Baaoyar
saaocata hUÐ
saaocata hUÐ kI hr saubah ja,maIna kao Aasmaana sao imalaa dU^M Saama kao calato ifrto samauMdr kao ihlaa dUÐ ifr saaocata hUÐ kI Kud kI kStI kao hI iknaaro po lagaa dUÐ raoto raoto lagata hO Kud kao kBaI hMsaa dUÐ hMsto hI Aa jaatI hO kBaI kBaI naIMd ifr saaocata hUÐ jaagato hI Kud kao saulaa dUÐ saaocata hUÐ kI hr saubah jamaIna kao Aasmaana sao imalaa dUÐ Saama kao calato calato samauMdr kao ihlaa dUÐ
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ek baat khÐU ek baat khUЂ Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao kuC caMcala saI‚ kuC gaumasauma saI kuC pagala pagala lagatI hao… ek baat khUЂ Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao yao baat baat pr “baaolaao jaana” khto khto hI caup hao jaanaa AQaurI baataMo sao jauma- iktnao krtI hao… ek baat khUЂ, Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao ek hI paMva kI payala jaba CnakatI hao Aa^MKaoM maoM jaba kajala BartI hao dIvaanaaoM kao AaOr hlaala krtI hao… ek baat khUЂ Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao gaIlao baala jaba sahlaatI hao, Kuda ksama gaj,aba ZatI hao pagala ]sa hMsaI sao mauJao kr jaatI hao… ek baat khUЂ, Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao saamanao haotI nahIM‚, pr baataoM maoM hmaoSaa maoro rhtI hao saaqa ibatae lamhaoM kao yaad idlaa jaatI hao Aa^MKaoM maoM Kara panaI Bar jaatI hao… ek baat khÐU‚, Agar saunatI hao tuma naa mauJao baD,I AcCI lagatI hao…
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside you. I wish it was as easy to receive it as to decipher. People around the world have the propensity to find otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey a voyage and theirs, a suffering. Our own institution is an agreeable paradigm to peruse.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. â&#x20AC;?
Every fresher batch when gets admitted to college is yet into the school predisposition of attending lectures from morning to evening, being sincere with studies and assignments, never willing to offend any lecturer, either because they are frightened of losing their term work or out of fear of that dreaded call to the parents. A lot of times, you will find this crowd either lost into their books or in the college premises searching for the library. This lot, when discerns the seniors having high time at college, enjoying fests, interacting with professors, scruple themselves on account of being FEs. They envisage only seniors living a boisterous life. All what transpires to them is lesser workload of seniors and more regalement and they anticipate of that one year when they would be at their position. Unfortunately, people often forget, as you grow up your responsibilities increase. At the same time, when perceived through the lens of a senior, the table turns. When a senior lay eyes down at the cluster of juniors, it reminds him of days when he used to have more beguilement, hangouts, levity, and relaxation with lesser assignments, no project burdens and lesser responsibilities. They regret how much more whoopee their days could have had, had they not attended lectures and done other recreational activities, participated in various events et al, whereas now they have a lot of things like projects, experiments, vivas, externals and what not to take care of. Their work would have been much simpler had they associated themselves with such expeditions before and gained some experience. Regardless of such huge responsibilities hovering over, the seniors always succeed in ushering best of the events and collecting trophies in other college festivals. The worst scenario involves those in the final year. Nonetheless they seldom come to light in the college corridors; they are the dexterous batch of students with their final year project, placement process, aptitude clearances, higher studies, and entrance exams along with maintaining a positive slope of marks they had been scoring from the past three years. Those who have had KTs are worried about getting a good placement. Those who have not had any are anxious of getting one. One wrong move or heedlessness and their future could be a question mark. Despite all these quandaries, when final year students look at a juniors crowd they find these terms worth nothing. Although these terms and numbers may define their path in the future, there is something more inestimable for them, their memories. The nostalgic moments which remind them of their awesome years, the days of delightfulness, excitement, liberty, freshness, the days which they can neither borrow nor lend. At the end, one has to admit that if the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; you can bet the water bill is higher.
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Mad Architect
Gursimran Singh TE Electronics
The horrifying account of H. H. Holmes, the first documented serial killer World’s Columbian exposition was held in 1893 to celebrate Christopher Columbus’ arrival in America 400 years ago. Daniel Burnham, was given the responsibility to design the whole expo, who also designed the famous Union Station and French neoclassical marvels such as Museum of Science and Industry and the Dutch Park. America celebrated this day in the white city of Chicago which was selected, to the surprise of many to host this event, ahead of New York and Washington DC. The planning started in the early 1890s with Daniel Burnham and his partner John Root being given the honour to establish the fair as one of the marvels in the World Fair Expo scene. Buoyed by the success of World Fair in crystal palace in 1851 and backed by investors such as J.P. Morgan, Chicago and Daniel were getting ready to create a legacy. Somewhere nearby in Chicago a fresh graduate from University of Michigan - Ann Arbour came looking for a job in 1886, his name Herman Webster Mudgett or Dr. Henry Howard Holmes as he would famously be referred as later. Herman was expelled from the university after a watchman caught him carrying a corpse which uncovered his unusual activities and exposed the fraud life insurance ring he ran by claiming the insurance benefits of the dead bodies (which he stole from medical school and rendered unrecognisable with acid.) After he had taken fake insurances under fabricated names, Herman left his wife and came to Chicago to start a new chapter of his life, the chapter which will etch him in the memories of Americans and of the world as the first documented mass murderer. The final chapter as it turned out to be.
“Like the man-eating tigers of the tropical jungle, whose appetites for blood have once been aroused, I roamed about this world seeking whom I could destroy”
- H.H. Holmes
Herman now introduced himself as Henry Howard Holmes to the world, the world that he sought to destroy. Herman took a job at a chemist, Dr. E.S. Holton’s shop. Cancer stricken Dr. E.S Holton soon passed away and left the responsibility of the shop with his wife. His wife a grieving old widow influenced by the persuasive skills of Holmes agreed his proposal of him buying the shop from her and she could keep the apartment for herself. The deal was too good to be true for a cold and merciless Holmes and Mrs Elton disappeared few days later. Holmes with ease convinced everyone that she had gone to live with her relatives in California only for her fragments to be discovered later in a police search. In a city where Daniel Burnham and his team gave us marvels like Union Station and the Museum of Science and Industry, there was something on similar lines conjuring up in Holmes’s mind, Holmes was about to give Chicago a legacy which would precede that of World expo’s. The world would remember the World expo as the event which took place near the Murder Castle. Yes, you read that right, the ‘Murder Castle’.
2012 | THE WALL MAGAZINE Holmes bought a vacant land opposite to ‘his’ shop. He started to build a castle, as people call it, which would accommodate people visiting the world fair. He changed around 20 contractors and double the workers while it was built so no one had a proper idea as to what the exact blueprint of the place was.
“All the choices I once made, the paths that I designed, Have formed this endless labyrinth, a product of my mind.” The castle, when it was besieged, was found to have the most bizarre construction. It had windowless rooms, doors that opened to brick walls, dark cellars, and huge basement rooms where he would keep his victims and defragmented them. The peep-holes were connected to vents which could throw lethal gas at any time and asphyxiate the victims, the valve of which was controlled from the button inside Holmes’ closet. His psyche was that of a sadomasochist. He bought an empty safe, built a room around it with a small entrance, so thieves when they got inside couldn’t get the safe out and Holmes would gas
Holmes and became one of his victim along with his wife and three daughters. Like every evil, this circus had to come to an end. In 1894 Holmes was arrested for a horse swindle. In jail, he stuck up a conversation with a robber named Hedgepeth, whom he promised him to pay 500$ if he could tell him the name of a lawyer who would help him with his insurance fraud. Later, when Holmes did not pay him, Hedgepeth told the police every detail about Holmes vindictive plots. The police launched a massive search and Holmes was caught in Boston. His castle was searched and police found his efficient ways of murdering people and disposing off the bodies. The number of his victims is estimated to be around 20 to 100, some claim on the basis of missing people and non-reported cases that the number could be as high as 200. Holmes confessed to have killed 27 to a local newspaper in return for money but some of them turned out to be alive. A mysterious fire engulfed the castle in 1895 and now is utilised as a building for the US Post Office. The priest involved in the trial died under unusual circumstances, the post office staff still see him apparate in and out of the building. The caretaker of the castle Pat Quinlan claimed to have been haunted by the Holmes’ ghost for the rest of his life and could never sleep properly. Holmes was hanged in 1896 his last words being “As god is my witness I did kill only two girls, I did not kill Minnie Williams…Minnie Williams….” And as the trapdoor opened thus ending the life of the dreaded, silent, cold man who for some ridiculous reason found solace in taking lives of fellow human beings and aptly found his own taken from him.
them. He had no specific victims but most of his victims were blonde women. Holmes, it is said, was fascinated by surgery and corpses. He was bullied at school and tortured at home by a drunken father, which led Holmes to develop this horrendous fascination. Only one man knew what was going on inside the castle and that was a certain Benjamin Pietzel, a carpenter with a long list of felony charges, easily controlled by
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Ratna Shukla
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TE Information Technology
Speechless… Well that’s what Ladakh leaves you, as you first set foot onto this beautiful land. And quite literally too, as the chilling air catches on to you while your eyes still try to get used to the muddy brown monotones of Ladakh’s terrain. Welcome to Ladakh- ‘the land of passes’! Making way from the cutest airport terminal i’d ever seen to the heart of Leh, the capital of ladakh, i was completely wide-eyed at what surrounded me. Nested in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges of east Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh is a canvas of stunning mountains and stark landscape, home to high-altitude lakes and gompas. It is a palette of colors you never thought existed! But wait, before i go on to exhaust my vocabulary on the visual beauty of this place, let me tell you, Ladakh is not for the faint-hearted! Fast gaining popularity as an exotic destination on India’s tourist map, it is equally appealing to both, those looking for an adrenaline high as well as to those looking for a quiet getaway. The landscape is dotted with centuries old Tibetan monasteries, Stupas and temples which house beautiful(well that’s an understatement) frescoes and paintings. They lend the place an old world charm and the resonating chants of evening prayers by the resident monks elevate you to an altogether different level. The Buddhist prayer flags add a dash of colour to the otherwise serene backdrop. Leh in itself is a quaint little town lined with sleepy cottages and a maze of streets leading you to the local Tibetan market. You can simply wander off on the unbeaten tracks and lose yourself in the anonymity of nature. I am sure your camera will become your best friend for the duration of your stay here, as every moment is worth capturing! Ladakh is a trekker’s paradise. Also if Yak safari and mountain biking sound like your kind of thing, then my friend, pack your bags and head straight to Ladakh! This region boasts of having the highest motorable road in the world at KhardungLa Pass, the Pangong lake at an altitude of 13940 ft, white sand deserts and the rare two-humped camel among other things. But i am not the records and numbers kind of person. my personal experience says the thrills of tenting by a river under the stars, being stranded on a jammed road for straight 24 hours due to an unannounced snowstorm, bonding with fellow stranded souls, stuffing yourself with steaming Maggi and listening to amazing anecdotes by the friendly jawans at military check posts in the middle of the night and finally an impromptu overnight stay at a kind hearted local's home, are beyond comparison! At times, when driving through the dizzying altitudes of the mountain passes, the temperature dropped to sub-zero levels, and everything around was a blanket of white. The howling winds made matters worse..or was it? Actually it was super fun! And the life saving soul- our driver- became our philosopher and guide! The whole scene reminded me of a some superhero movie. Fantasies apart, I bet you with each passing day, you will fall more and more in love with Ladakh... And run out of adjectives to describe the place at the same time!
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As the local saying goes, “Kashmir ka mausam jaise Bombay ka fashion”, the unruly weather can definitely play tricks on you when you least expect it. But the beauty of the mountains is that you will always find a friendly face even after the road and tree line disappears. So don’t be disheartened by the deceptive terrain as there will always be helpful souls around. Many frequented trails are dotted with local dhabas and homestays, with locals welcoming worn-out trekkers with a warm smile and equally warm “kahwa”- a local variant of green tea. Most locals are glad to talk to visitors and tell them what to do, where to go, and share stories of their lives over piping hot cups of Ladakhi tea, served with Yak butter. The hosts offer Ladakhi bread, sumptuous momos and their local brew Chang to the visitors at every stop. And the local dialect, which a regular visitor’s ears are untrained to, sound no less than a magic charm! Another unmistakable feature about Ladakh is its festivals. They are a complete riot of colours! Every little thing- the food, the festivals, the music and dance, has a distinct Ladakhi flavour to it. Tourists are provided a unique window into the cultural life of the people in this region, as they eat and sleep in the same manner as the local family. One thing that your eyes will definitely not miss are the monks, in their scarlet robes, who have become a part and parcel of the Ladakh’s picturesque beauty. They showcase the visible influence of the Tibetan culture among the population here, which has also led to this place being lovingly nicknamed ‘Little Tibet’. It is these friendly natured people that add a wealth of warmth to this rugged, stark land. Behind the typically hardened features of the Ladakhis, thanks to the harsh winters, it is not too difficult to notice the soft sparkling eyes, flushed cheeks and ready smiles that endear them to any visitor. Ladakh is one of those places on earth, where the Almighty probably chose to create a masterpiece with His paintbrush! You feel like sitting back, taking a deep breath, n saying, “This is what heaven must be like...” The postcard-perfect ethereal beauty of the skies, the mountains, the people, leaves you speechless. You cant carry them home with you. But one thing you can surely take back as a souvenir are the loads of memories which keep alive in your heart, the wish to return to the mountains. Because even long after you have left Ladakh, it stays back with you.
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Memoirs from the Far East
Devdip Sen SE Electronics
1st July 2005 After my arrival in Tokyo ten days back, I finally got time and the courage to roam around in my locality. The past few days had been really tiring helping my parents set the house and yeah of course adjusting to the time difference. As I was passing by a local elementary school, I noticed that there were many old and retired people standing at major crossroads around the school wearing yellow jackets and hats. They also had yellow flags. As and when a group of students came to cross roads, these volunteers stopped the traffic with the help of flags. Thus the whole traffic waited patiently for the group of small kids to cross the road. There was no honking, no screaming and no anger. The process was as smooth as driving a knife through butter. I wonder what gives these people so much of patience during office hours. And more importantly, what drives these old people, past their retirement age to do such selfless community service. I stood there for almost 30 minutes and kept wondering how these people are so selfless. Are they the same breed of people who were responsible for innumerable war crimes 60 years ago? Upon enquiring later on, I found out that these old people volunteer at the local community office just to make the lives of the children safe. 24th October 2005 I had gone to the outskirts of Tokyo to Ramkrishna Vedanta Math for a puja. It was almost a two hour journey by train to that place. And as usual when a large group of Indians meet on a foreign land, time doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter. So my father decided to take the last train back home. It was almost twelve at midnight, when we reached the station. Upon enquiring, the railway staff at the station office informed us that our train would depart thirty minutes later from track 3. Reaching the platform after almost a 10 minute walk, I saw on the display board that the train would depart from track 4. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter much because both the tracks were on either side of the same platform. As we were waiting for the train to arrive, we suddenly saw a railway official running frantically towards us. He was the same man who talked to us in the station office. He was panting. He came running all the way just to inform us that our train would depart from track 4 instead of track 3, as he had earlier informed. He also apologized for giving us the wrong information. Looking back, I wonder what kind of dedication that man had towards his work, at twelve in the morning, that too in the far outskirts of a city, for some foreigners! This kind of customer service in a foreign land really touched my heart.
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4th March 2006 After searching a lot, we finally found a dentist who could speak some English. His clinic was about a 45 minutes train ride from our place. So after fixing an appointment, my father and I visited him. And as all dentists do, he asked us to visit again a week later. I mean, that’s what we understood. But when we visited him the second time, we noticed his clinic was closed. No big deal for us, the trip was a joyride on a cold evening of Tokyo. The very next day, one of my father’s Japanese colleagues called up the clinic to re schedule our visit. So a couple of days later, we made the trip, enjoying the warm train compartment in the bitter cold evening. Upon our arrival, the whole clinic staff including the doctor bowed to apologize for the confusion about our previous visit, when we found the clinic closed. And after everything, he refused to accept our fees stating that he was the reason for the confusion and that because of his fault we had to travel so much for nothing. Before we left the clinic, my father donated the doctor’s fee to the charity box kept on the counter. While returning, I thought, it’s very easy to blame others but very difficult to accept one’s mistake. 10th November 2007 As we were gearing up for the school annual day, it was decided that one of my classmates would play solo violin as part of the opening performances. So he started carrying his violin case to school every day. One day, it was pouring heavily. And as usual, the trains were jam packed. My friend kept his violin case on the top rack because of lack of standing space. And as it happened, we started having fun in the last leg of our journey, cursing the rains and of course our discussions ranged from our annual day to the latest baseball match. As it happens with all students over the world, discussing studies, upcoming unit tests and homework was a taboo. Our station arrived, we got down, battled the rains while making the five minutes’ walk to our school. While entering through the gates, one of the teachers commented, “Good that you didn’t bring the violin. It would have got wet.” The wind blew out of our lungs. We had just left the violin back in the train. The rains didn’t matter, we did not listen to the teachers, who were calling us back and we ran to the station as if it were the Olympics. The station officer was as calm as a cucumber. He asked us the required questions, like which train it was, what was its destination, compartment number, colour of the case and many more. He also took our id proof. Then he made a few calls and told us to come back in an hour’s time. So we informed the school office that both of us would be back within an hour and spent the time browsing through various books at the bookshop opposite the station. At the designated time, we returned to meet the station officer and to our utter surprise and relief of course, the officer handed us back the violin as if he had borrowed it from some place. And to top it all, he apologized for taking an hour to arrange it. Now this is what you call lost and found. We were awestruck for the next few hours as if it was MAGIC.
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Before 21 December Shruti Chaurasia 2012 Arrives TE Instrumentation Till today we all have been living and learning to survive the future. But when there is no future and the end is near, it is time to do that one thing that is on your to do list since forever. 21 December 2012, the date set by Mesoamerican Long Count calendar as the last date of this age. We are less than 100 days away from the catastrophic day that would engulf every life into its guts. Had the prediction or theory of 2012 been substantiated, instead of sitting on my computer and glaring at the screen, I would be living out my to-do list of desires, for which I would have waited to complete my graduation otherwise. Since the existence of first species, which was around 4.5 billion
years ago the Earth has been an amazing unbleached beauty. The appearance of human life has not only enhanced its beauty with their novelty and innovation, but has also made efforts to perpetuate it forever. It is unfortunate for human science that it could not create a methodology that could avert the 2012 calamity too. With exceptional exquisiteness and excellent scenic beauty there are many spots on this earth which make me awe as they appear on my Facebook wall. The places, whose existence were never known sitting at 20” 00’ N 76” 00’ E. I wish to voyage all these wondrous places and feel the purity and serenity before I die. The lakes where the water is still pellucid and transparent and you can never really fathom the depth of its clarity. I wish to breathe in the salubrious air which when I take in does nothing more than freshening up my body and soul. I wish to go to the valleys, where the birds sing melodies far better than any choir and when the river flows, it follows the rhythm. Where are the hills which are often hidden by fog and not smoke.
The apartment I live in is too luxurious, yet I have never had a proper morning. Where is the horizon from where the sun rises? At my place, I see it coming out from behind my adjacent building. Where are the huge forests, that never ends and we could get lost in it? I would like to go and spend my remaining life in the village which resembles the landscape adorning my wall. I wish to meet people, live their life, their culture, people who would welcome my arrival whole-heartedly. A place where people share and care for each other, rather than peeping out of the door on a knock. I wish to go to a place where I can walk fearlessly; a place where people ask only for my name and not where I’m from. The huge towers, endless bridges, are all marvellous too; regrettably the technology has not yet succeeded in building a museum where they could display all that I admire and thus these structures are somewhere down in my bucket list. Of course, if I survive even after 21 December 2012 catastrophe, I will probably have some better architecture to see than an 830 ft. tall tower. Music and art are few of the beautiful inventions by mankind which I really appreciate. The musical instruments always surprises me as one of the devices by humans which could actually sooth your mind and soul and can take you to peace and harmony. I wish to learn at least one musical instrument as to how they can be tuneful if played with the correct notes.
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I would love to create a tune of my own with either a piano or a guitar. Well, not only play the music but to dance to my tunes too, maybe salsa or tango. I enjoy watching celebs dancing on the TV shows and all my efforts replication them fails, sometimes also leads to sprains. I would love to be a fine dancer and sweep the floor out of the feet before it itself sweeps out. Where the innocent shade of me wishes to go euphonious, the adventurous side wants to try all sorts of crazy things like bungee jumping, scuba diving, skiing, paragliding and all those that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know. The audacity of having a near death experience before you die is inevitable. Anyway the world will end, it would be chance to learn how to fight fear and have sanguinity to survive even if you are taking a jump from a height of 764 ft. One desire is also to get world famous, but when the disaster is coming with such a short notice, it is quite impossible to get reorganization for a decent cause, yet the efforts will be on till death touches my soul. Once I have lived all for myself, I would like to end my life with a noble task. I wish to go around and serve somebody who is vulnerable at present. There is no point doing charity at this time as no one is surviving after you. So better go and help someone who can be helped immediately and can spend his remaining days happily. Once I have done something for somebody, I can positively go and visit God, thank him for this beautiful gift of life, for the amazing friends and relatives who made this life much more superlative than it could have been alone. I would ask for forgiveness for what I did in my past and get back to my endeavours of getting famous.
List of Things to do Before Dec 2012
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Ban What You Think Is Bane Yes, we still live in democracy folks and it is here to stay. Yes yes I heard the fire in the Mantralaya. Yes I heard Mamata Banerjee got a guy jailed who made fun of her “Oh so Greek Goddess looks.” These are as they say part of democracy. Yes the democracy where 51% get majority and rule, dictate, oppress and regulate the working of our nation. Well, its okay till it doesn’t effect me. Moving on to the Education Department which banned a famous essay by A. K. Ramanujan titled “Three Hundered Ramayanas” due to pressure from right wing associations. Now people for whom The Wall is the only piece of literature they read apart from Techmax, a right wing organisation is not a bird which lost its left wing nor is it a new kind of hybrid between man and bird. Right wing politicians are basically extremist or conservative adults with the stubborn brain of a child. So, clearly thinking is not their forte. Now, if I am to be asked personally, I found many books in my schooling days to be offensive. So I request them to be banned as soon as possible to save INDIA, because as you all know “teach and catch them young” My list of suggestion and reasons are as follows:
Rapunzel
The horrific tale of a pretty girl Rapunzel who was bartered by her father for a fruit to satisfy his wife’s lust. This story then ends in her running away with the King’s son. What values does that impart to the delicate mind of the children? Its gives a negative impact of parents being enemies and running away like that challenges the very essence of ‘sanskriti’ of arrangedmarriage. I urge them to look into the matter ASAP!
The Little Red Riding Hood
A story of a small girl on her way to her grandma’s house who disobeys her mother’s instructions not to wander. She disobeys her parents which is an eternal sin in our culture. My friends, it all stems from here, this is the reason we see teenage rebellion. This doesn’t stop here, a talking wolf ( yes ) swallows her and her grandma only for a hunter to save them and they emerge alive from his belly. A challenge to realism, this book takes children away from reality and creates false illusions. In the original story written by Charles Perrault, there isn’t even a hunter who saves them. There is just a dead Red Riding Hood. Imagine exposing young minds to death so early.
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The Pied Piper of Hamlin
In this horror anecdote, the Pied Piper takes the children of the village because they do not pay him for removing all the rats from the village. In the original, darker version he doesn’t return the children. He drowns them in a river with his music. He is later caught and convicted for paedophilia. Decide yourselves everyone, is this a fairy tale? A story our future leaders should know this early in their life. Guys I urge you to take steps and add to the list. Like the Ugly Duckling where a duckling is neglected for being black, thus exposing children to racism. These are the actual reasons holding us back. So people start banning books which urge you to think and develop and evolve and make you move forward. I did my part now you should do yours.. *amen*
A Note on the behalf of the Wall Masons
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riting is not easy; you have to be in the ‘zone’ to pen down your thoughts. As Voltaire said ‘writing is just me thinking with my hands’. For many it comes with flow, some have to sit down every day, some jot down points and for someone like me the material builds up in my head and one fine day I sit down to write it. A true and sincere article is what us masons look for, we sieve through hundreds of immensely brilliant pieces and with heavy heart have to reject many due to page constraints. We try our level best to not be biased and include a gamut of topics for everyone to enjoy. Then comes along an article so mind boggling, a masterpiece, and a stroke of genius. The flame of passion is lit again, the flame dances and bows to that intellect, that person who has conquered the art of writing that PERFECT ARTICLE OR POEM. An article which like P. B. Shelly could initiate a change, like Voltaire and Rousseau bring about a revolution. We sit down in unison, form a worship circle and light a fire and throw rest of the articles in that. There is no point in putting that article in the magazine; it’s an insult to that article to be printed in the same magazine where all the original articles are printed. Yes, these articles have a much wider reach. But, most of them were found on blogs of different people. These articles when googled revealed to us their true masters. In many cases there were hundreds of them. Till that dispute is solved and to protect our magazine from copyright issues our hands are tied and we cannot print them in the magazine. The Wall will never tolerate plagiarism in any respect. We want to give opportunities to RAITians to rise from their slumber of lectures and assignments and contribute towards something that is for the greater good. Give an opportunity to those individuals who have it in them to elevate the quality of the magazine.
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Art ATTACK “Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” |Leo Buscaglia
RAIT is that arena where there always exists a powerhouse of talent. This year, The Wall 2012, has tried to reach out to all the students towards them sending in their artistic and creative contributions too. We asked the students to send in their photographs, sketches and paintings and we were not disappointed. The FEs were the most buoyant with their submissions but the others didn’t lag too far behind. Out of a total of 258 individual contributions, we made an initial short list of 93 which was then cut down to about 40! Kudos to all the contributors and those
A spontaneous competition was held in the FRESHMAN@RAIT Facebook group for the First Years with the photograph getting maximum likes getting selected for the Wall Magazine. This photo of children from the DY Patil International School was selected from the variety on display. Their innocence, captured by Parag Bagul (FE, Information Technology) was instrumental in this one being chosen as the best photograph in the group competition. Congratulations Parag.
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Siddhant Gawande TE Electronics and Telecommunication
Siddhant has been a great help to The Wall team. His timely help with respect to clicking our team photos and with his effort for the cover page and for giving his creative knowledge has helped shape the magazine in a positive manner. This page is dedicated to his expertise. He has travelled far and wide, and these amazing photos stand testimony to the same.
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Paraj Bokade
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I never travel without my sketch book. - Ian Wright
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Swagata Ghosh
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. -Marc Chagall
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I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. -Vincent Van Gogh
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RAIT SUC
The Student Union Council in RAIT is the most powerful student committee in College and acts as the best connecting element between the management and the student. Over the years, The SUC has taken it upon themselves to make the 4 years (or more :P) of an RAIT’ians life memorable. In the odd semester, they organize events to celebrate festivals of Ganesh Chaturthi and Gokulashtami (as done this year), Teacher’s Day and the all important RAIT FE night and Prom night. In the even semester, they hold Aakarshan (A musical evening), TieDay, Saree Day, Rose Day, Traditional Day etc. But the highlight of every RAIT’ians years of Engineering has to be those 3 days of Insane Fun that the SUC organizes. Horizon. 72 hours of mind numbing action. This is when RAIT never sleeps and there is activity happening all the time. RAIT-SUC this year has branched out to also having a Research and Development Wing, which is in charge of making innovations to the SUC by providing internships in reputed companies and science exhibitions and workshops. They also plan to revive the famous website ‘raitcircle. com’ which was as a very user-friendly and sophisticated social networking sites on the lines of Facebook for the RAITians. A post in the SUC is very coveted but one has to work very hard for it. Known for living their life to the fullest, the SUC is known for the fun they get to everything that they do.
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Krishna Mishra – General Secretary – 9619416766 The All Rounder in the college, Krishna is one person who’s best at almost everything. He has his studious side on account of which his aggregate is in the upper Seventies and he has also recently been placed in Tata Consultancy Services, but he also is a brilliant anchor, manager of events and who knows how to make every work, larger than life! His charm, style and panache have made him one of the most popular people in college.
Akshay Bhatnagar – Cultural Secretary – 9821621779 A hostelite from Dehradun, Akshay is that person who can be counted upon as the man-manager of the committee. Adept at synchronizing all the activities in an efficient way, he leaves no stone unturned to make all events a grand success. A die-hard Metal Fan, he is one of the major reasons why Unchained has gained popularity over the past few years as one of the best metal concerts in the country.
Debanjan Mukhopadhyay – Technical Head – 9867606970 Dabba as he is fondly called by all (even teachers :P), Debanjan has undertaken the entire responsibility of the technical work on himself. His job description is to maintain a proper database of all the SUC activities and also manage the online web support. A smart person with a sharper mind, Debanjan has worked extremely hard and deservedly holds the post of technical head.
Jayant Warrier – Cultural Co-Ordinator – 9930594984 The Warrior of the committee, Jayant has this unique capability of getting work done from everyone. This ‘Cool’ dude is also one of the best IT students with an aggregate of over sixty five. The final blueprint of every event passes through him before any finalizing. An amazing table tennis player, he has the power to keep everyone in the SUC committee happy at all times.
Akhil Kudal – Marketing and PR – 9930921992 Akhil is by far the funniest person in the committee. But when it comes to work, expect him to show up with all seriousness. One of the Marketing and PR Heads, he has come up with amazing ideas for the Marketing of Horizon along with Archit and the Horizon Font Launch was just the beginning of bigger things that they have in mind for all of us.
Archit Jain – Marketing and PR – 9004037848 The second half of the Marketing and PR team, Archit has already started work alongwith Akhil to lay proper foundations for the marketing of brand Horizon and of our college RAIT. One of the most active SUC members in a long time, Archit is one of the more genial persons on the committee. His unique talent of balancing work and fun equally has allowed him to carve a definitive niche for himself in the SUC. The execution of any plan in the SUC requires support from all its members but there are three standout members who as consummate professionals go about assisting the SUC in all its activities. They are individuals whose work ethics and dedication has ensured the SUC being the force that it is today.
Vaibhav Deshmukh is the all rounder who actively participates in all the events to make it spIendid by using his business acumen and his versatility.
Aditya Mujumdar meanwhile is the one who takes the responsibility of managing the sponsorship work for the SUC and also is the one who keeps tab on the exact finances of the committee.
Sanjit Mithani is the person who helps the most with regards to management of resources and doing all the running around. Hats off to them all.
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Amongst all the ‘Technical-ities’ of an engineer’s life, it is essential we take some time out and de-stress ourselves with the colours and extravagance of dance, drama and music. RAIT has its very own committee Kalaraag that gives the students an opportunity to showcase their talents in fine arts. It aims to mould the student’s personality making them individuals of great confidence, strong eloquence and above all with the drive to achieve excellence. Their awe-inspiring dramas preserve the richness, uniqueness and beauty of Marathi literature and culture. It is a major misconception that this committee does not cater to a diverse audience. The committee members have taken great efforts to break all the linguistic barriers thereby providing a stage for all the budding artists. The events organized by the Kalaraag include Padmashree Dr D.Y. Patil Mahakarandak which is a state level one act play competition, Geetotsav, a singing, lyrics and song composition competition. They also host Nrityavishkar where the participants perform various Indian folk dance forms. Kalaraag also conducts a national level short film festival known as Iconoclast and Mahaksha, a national level photography competition. They also organize Fine arts, an event for only us RAITians.
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Their achievements are incomparable with accolades in folk dance and theatre. Fifteen years of victory in the Mumbai university drama competition is no joke. Their best performed plays include Mukhota, Usheer Hotoa and the recently enacted Bhaarud. They also stood first in the university folk dance competition for consecutive three years, two years back. Kalaraag has produced actors of immense talent. Shambu Prasad Bhosle, Omkar Tali and Manav Salunke were awarded best actor in the Mumbai university drama competition. At the recently concluded Mumbai University Youth Festival, RAIT Kalaraag dominated the scene by bagging a host of prizes on offer. They were placed first at the Marathi Skit competition at Mumbai University Level for enacting their play ‘Bhaarud’. There again, Sayalee Zurale came second in Hindi One Act Play. Consolations Prizes were received by Omkar Sali (Marathi One Act Play), Ankith Shah (English Elocution) and Abhilash Panicker (Western Instrumental). The committee has been looking forward to imbibing and moulding the newly arrived first year talents. Their hard training regime only makes you a perfectionist. The most important piece of information or the most eyecatching of them all is that Kalaraag has contacts in the Marathi film and theatre world. So all you aspiring actors and musicians this is your chance to be on screen and wave to your mothers.
Aro A#yaa jaMgalaat ekca vaaGa… RAIT klaaraga! Contact:
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Rohit Lipne Sharad Borde
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RAIT Sports Sports, for RAIT, is a passion. It is what separates it from the rest of the DY Patil Colleges within the campus. RAIT is not only known for its academics or its placement options but for the sports we play. Cricket, Football ,Basketball, Table Tennis, Swimming and many more sports totaling 13 disciplines. RAIT has a vast history and definitely a vast future in sports but not only at an engineering level but throughout all the Colleges in Mumbai. Sports plays an important role in RAIT as it helps to built character and spirit. It teaches the students not to give up. It teaches us that if you want to succeed you have to work extremely hard to get there. And as it is said, nothing succeeds like Success. As a result of this holistic approach towards, RAIT are the Sports Champions in Olympia, the Annual DY Patil Sports Tournament for the second year running. It is the effort and perseverance of every sports member and contributor to RAIT sports. The dedication and passion that students show for sports here is unparalleled which has led us to excelling in almost all the disciplines. The DY Patil Sports Academy encourages our talents by allowing us to utilize their resources for practice. Our principal and Faculty supports this passion in us and gives us the freedom to perform in arenas of dynamic enterprise to showcase our amazing talent. RAIT also organizes Stamina which is a 3 Day Intra RAIT sports tournament that brings out top participation for all events. In Cricket, RAIT has won Olympia and also the Dental College Cricket Tournament. RAIT’s football team has always been our pride and RAIT has won Gold at sporting meets held by SIES and Datta Meghe colleges. We’ve been ranked 5th best under Mumbai University and have won gold at SIES, Datta Meghe and other college events. We’ve won medals in Volleyball at Father Agnels, VJTI, Saboo Siddiqui amongst others. Our basketball team has come out trumps at Father Agnels, ICT and VJTI. In Lawn Tennis, We’ve won medals at VJTI, KEM and reached the knockout stages at the Mumbai University level. Our Kho Kho team won Gold while the Swimming won a total of 4 medals at Olympia.
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Indoor events like Carrom see huge participation which can very well be seen by the Medals won by our talented players at Datta Meghe, Xaviers, Olympia (Intra DY Patil), Lokmanya Tilak, ICT and others. In Chess, we won a Silver Medal. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also done very well at Table Tennis by reaching knockout stages at SIES and grabbing medals at Olympia. Girls have also been coming out at top in Chess, Table Tennis, Throwball, Basketball, Box cricket and others. RAIT is very well renowned as being a powerhouse when it comes to sports and the numerous achievements in almost all sports stand as proof for the same. The Core Sports Committee consists of 4 dynamic individuals: Kaustubh Ghare Sports Secretary
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Mahesh Chatur Event Facilitator
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IEEE RAIT
IEEE is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest professional association for the advancement of technology. It brings together more than 380,000 of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative minds and is spread in more than 160 countries. Around the world, IEEE members are committed to foster technological innovations for the benefit of humanity. IEEE RAIT is the student chapter of the organization established in RAIT in 1988. It is one of the leading technical committees and is active throughout the year. Its activities include organizing events, seminars, fest and workshops. IEEE RAIT conducts two tech fests every year, Whizion in the odd semester and 360 Degrees in the even semester. The latter is an inter college event which is held in association with six other colleges which constitute the Bombay Section of IEEE. IEEE RAIT also releases a newsletter Vision Infinity, which explores new and emerging technological developments. It also has a Research Wing, which is dedicated to building robots and other technical innovations.IEEERAIT has its very own annual tech magazine- Brackets.
Why should you be a part of IEEE RAIT? Everybody will agree that the best way to learn new things is through experience and there are no better teachers than your peers. IEEE provides you with an opportunity to boost up your knowledge, be
a part of technical innovation and develop crucial soft skills. The organisation helps you to grow personally and professionally. It is also a great way to meet new and multi-talented people. It is a system that puts ideas and innovation over hierarchy and provides a great environment to interact with seniors and make a difference. More importantly, it helps students get their career started through networking opportunities, real-world learning experience along with access to the latest technical information. So if you are looking to boost your career, gain firsthand experience, or just for some friendly advice on how to cope with the trials of college, then do swing by the IEEE cell on the fourth floor. We are always looking for new members with creative ideas and inquisitive minds. For more details you can log onto our website
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Contact: Gaurav Bhattacharjee: 9619080245 Nandkishore Bobade 9167303732 Nimesh Jain 9022683251
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International Society of Automation
ISA stands for International Society of Automation. It is a non-profit organization which provides all its members a portal to discuss latest innovations in the field of automation and at the same time helps them solve difficult problems. ISA-RAIT is a part of this organization. They create a platform where students can get a membership to ISA and enhance their technical skills along with leadership qualities. Throughout the year, ISA conducts several events, one of them is called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;GENESISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It is a very well renowned for technical fest and activities such as LAN Gaming, Creative Paper presentation, Workshops, Industrial Visits stand out and are a wonderful experience. If odd semester has got technical activities, for their even semester they bring out their popular
magazine ISAAC (ISA-Annual Chronicle). The magazine aims to blend technical and non-technical world and makes people familiar with the latest advents in the field of automation. It not only publishes the work they do, but also the participation and performance of their members is appreciated by rewarding them on the basis of their overall performance and contributions for the committee.
Anybody who is willing to join can contact the Membership Head of the committee. They will be explained the whole procedure along with the benefits and responsibilities they would get after joining the committee. Being a committee member, would hone up their practical skills. Along with that, it creates a very open relationship between faculty and other members of the committee.
Industrial visit to Rajasthan is a story of great success in the diary of ISA-RAIT. Such Industrial Visits are conducted every year which proves quite beneficial for the students as they get to witness the ethics, working and how things are done professionally. These trips are also a great source of inspiration and a getaway from the monotonous lecture routine
Adding a feather to their cap, ISA-RAIT helped ISA-Maharashtra to conduct a state level project exhibition hosted at our own college, which was a very proud moment for ISA as well as RAIT.
Swanand Pisat 8983005487 Ahmed Shoukat 9769485626
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CSI RAIT The seed for the Computer Society of India (CSI) was first sown in the year 1965 with a handful of computer enthusiasts who felt the need to organize their activities. The mission of the CSI is to facilitate research, knowledge sharing, learning and career enhancement for all categories of IT professionals, while simultaneously inspiring and nurturing new entrants into the industry and helping them to integrate into the IT community. The RAIT faction of this society, CSIRAIT, is one such organization which gives students maximum scope for development of overall personality They have two events each yearTechmate and Techknow- which are three day inter collegiate events, One for each semester of the college calendar. This Symposium consists of many technical as well as nontechnical events. These fests are a complete blast, replete with their members working hard to make each fest a memorable experience for the rest of the students. Events like National Technical Paper Presentation witness participation from as far as Jalgaon, Pune, and Delhi. It is an active society of the college that you can join to hone your practical skills.
With every new year, CSI works to innovate and showcase original local talent. Also they conduct various workshops and seminars other than the fests. It recently organized seminars on cyber crime and laws, E t h i c a l Hacking and a 3 D Game
Development workshop. This was covered by various newspapers like DNA and Navi-Mumbai Times. Pariyojana, another initiative, renders more knowledge other than the curriculum. It gives students an experience of team-work. It is an attempt to enhance their technical skills and to provide them a platform to develop industry level projects to
make them familiar with the actual project development process. Like every college society, CSI also believes in merging learning with fun and organizes industrial visits around the country. Various trips have been carried out to visit industries like ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute for Observational Sciences) and KRC (Kumaon Regiment Center) followed by a visit to Nainital and Jim Corbett. The previous IV was organized to visit Infosys Company in Mysore. CSI RAIT has two publications, compiled for and by the students of RAIT- Cozine, a table magazine. It gives students a platform to express themselves and to develop their technical writing. Also a newsletter has been initiated which provides you with useful information about new technologies and information about ongoing development in science. www.csi.rait.ac.in Contact Vaibhav Gajre - 9167256692 Sreejith Menon - 9561693632 Akash Malbari - 9004214727 Vinay Gharge - 9967136384 Sagar Bendale - 9167256434
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ITSA Information Technology Students Association (ITSA) is the newest technical committee in our college formed by the students of Information Technology Department under the guidance of the Head of Department of IT, Mrs. Dipti Jadhav.The idea of ITSA was born in the even semester of the academic year 2011-2012.On 24th August 2012, ITSA was formally launched by Principal Sir. The main aim of ITSA is to project the importance of IT in every engineer’s life. Having an independent platform for the students of IT, conducting proper Industrial Visits (IV) & training, free technical seminars and facilitating research for all RAITians are some of the short term goals of ITSA. And of course being the biggest and best technical committee in RAIT and to update the college with cutting edge technology are some of their long term goals. Amid stiff competition from the other three technical committees of RAIT, its low membership fees and immense importance of IT during placements is what the committee hopes would draw students to join ITSA. ITSA successfully conducted a one day Industrial Visit (IV) to Infosys Pune on August 25th. It plans to hold important workshops during both, the summer as well as winter holidays and all students irrespective of their branch are welcome to attend them. Launching their first technical festival with the other three technical committees in September, they hope to meet the hopes and dreams of all RAITians and strive to continue delivering with utmost zeal in the future. Titled ‘Aspire’, it was a major success with maximum participation in LAN gaming, Technical Paper Presentation and other technical events.
Avinash Adsul 9594419109 President
Chinmay Sumant 9821776884 Student Secretary
Rissy Charly 9869741214
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AIT LUMNI SSOCIATION
The alumni of our college have been an inspiration right from the start in every field from Shri Vijay Patil to Mr. Abey Kuruvilla in Cricket to Mr. Pankaj Patharphod as the Managing Director of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to Mr. Shankar Mahadevan who needs no introduction. Their experiences have guided us outside the comfort of glassdoors whereas their anecdotes have made our college life easier and fun. The RAA, Rait Alumni Association, was formed in 2003 under the leadership of Kiran Ramachandra. It was started for a simple reason to connect the students to the alumni. It is very important for students to stay connected with the alumni as they bring in wealth of experience and knowledge and can help us bridge the gap between outdated textbooks and real world. The website has called the alumni.rait.ac.in has been the bridge in connecting the students and the alumni. It was created by 2001 alumni Dr. Soumendra Nanda in 2008, a major web-presence and private atmosphere for RAITians to share happenings in college. Living in Boston and having completed his PhD, Dr. Nanda has helped the RAA and it shows that working without an official title you can create a difference. The RAA works actively in the even semester by organizing reunion events for the alumni such as gatherings, lunches and dinners where they get to meet each other and relive the happy old days. Also, a grand felicitation ceremony is held every year where students from the previous batches are honoured. This year the 1988 batch will be felicitated. Also an initiative of RAA is RAMP (Raitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alumni Mentoring Program) wherein students currently in college get to interact with their seniors who are pursuing successful careers in a varied basket of fields and industries. Moreover, the guest lectures by the alumni help the students in getting a lot of practical information about the real world. Do log onto website alumni.rait.ac.in and sign up for the RAIT Alumni Network.
Shafa Mukadam General Secretary
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EDC EDC or Entrepreneurship Development Cell, was born out of a random canteen-conversation over an incredibly milky cold coffee (Haha, everyone knows this) and some Hakka noodles which bottled topics like start-ups, economic independence, not wanting a “boring job” and “stuff like that” and wishing our college had some platform for out-of-the-box ideas. After studying and going over various EDC models in many foreign universities the EDC was finally an idea worth executing in the college such as RAIT. This is the response our Wall Team got when we asked them HOW and WHY EDC? Now, the common question in everyone’s mind is “What on earth is an entrepreneurship development cell?” The Entrepreneurship Development Cell aims to provide a conduit by which students can access relevant entrepreneurial resources, network with prominent entrepreneurs, share ideas and nurture them. The Cell aims to create an amicable atmosphere/place for passionate and enthusiastic people with ideas. It also aims to provide RAITians with a powerful knowledge base via resources, alumni meets, industrial exposure, seminars and creative workshops, which will help them to understand practical aspects of entrepreneurship and working of successful businesses. Next, you might wanna ask “What is Motif? “ Why the name MOTIF? Uniformity’ and ‘Consistency’ are key personality traits of a Motif. French for ‘Pattern’, a Motif can be regarded as a ‘melodic, rhythmic, harmonic cell’. It is the smallest sub-division of the composition, yet retains it’s identity as a ‘Musical Idea’. That makes it powerful and beautiful enough to be repeated. It forms one part of the whole, one part that gives the whole its entire identity. Such is its power to ‘lead’. So, they want to teach business related topics in a technical institute? Are they HIGH? In an ever so evolving world, the definition of an engineer has too evolved to a great extent. 10-15 years back, an engineer was supposed to know how to run a plantor manufacturing unit but now where globalisation has reached to an extent where world has become one small village and you are connected globally, the intra-personal skills, economic awareness and independence are very crucial. Jobs do not always provide an apt platform for everyone to let loose their creativity hence, BEING YOUR OWN BOSS helps. Plus no one can fire you, just kidding. Listening to this, we are excited, are you?
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The RAIT is synonymous with Music. At random places you can see people tuned into their headsets or sitting with friends and listening to music. We’ve also noticed live jam sessions during breaks in various classrooms or the SUC room. Music is one of the best relaxant that helps soothe your minds. Alternatively, for people it is also a vocation that they take very seriously. RAIT also has a vintage tradition of listening to Rock and Metal Music. Goonj and Unchained during Horizon are events that are renowned. This year, The Music Department under the SUC resurfaces with a new name and a new identity called the ‘RAIT’s Metal and Rock Fraternity’ (RMRF). It is an initiative so as to give a launch pad to budding talents. RMRF will get local bands to perform at college on a regular basis, have classes from professionals at lesser rates and many more. Founded and chaired by Adit Khanzode, Siddhant Karande (Rock and Development Head RnD), Rishikesh Nagare and Avikal Chhetri are the flag bearers of this new committee. RAIT has two musical evenings primarily. FE Nite (Early October) and Aakarshan (A week prior to Horizon).Practice and jamming sessions start many weeks in advance to the date wherein every evening the SUC room transforms into a mini concert area where people come in to sing, play instruments, dance and have a great time! Such musical evenings and jamming sessions also bring out unheard talents of our college into the open. We have stalwarts like Adit, Mahesh Hariharasubramanian (Singer and Flautist), Roshan Johnson and Pranav Kumar on (Guitars), Mayuresh Keni and Tejas Parekh (Drums), Gaurav Dubey (Singer), Siddhi Waman (Singer), Sanket Latpate and Abhilash Panicker (Keyboard), Rishi Kalapi and many more amazing musically inclined people who contribute a lot to make these evenings memorable! This is briefly about the Music Scene in RAIT. But as the wise men say, You have to see it to believe it!
Contact: Adit Khanzode Siddhant Karande
9594253935 9833467606
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Footloose
Footloose, inspired by the famous dance of 1984 of the same name, is a platform for all the dancers and dance lovers of RAIT, where the talent of RAIT is encouraged. It is people’s perception that Engineers only study and their aim is to get good grades and ultimately a good job. However, now RAIT is changing the dynamics and broadening the mindsets of people. Footloose invites the best dancers in RAIT, train them under the tutelage of a very skilled Choreographer and then participate in many competitions throughout the year. The highlight of this year for Footloose was in FebruaryMarch, when they participated in 9 intercollege competitions and won 6 of them. All types of dance forms are taught and
innovation is appreciated. Each day, as they practice, they learn something new and their target is to set Footloose on the number 1 position in Mumbai University having already being counted as one of the best engineering dance troupes. The entire team of Choreographer and the members of Footloose work very hard and work as a team or rather like a big family. The Contribution and the dedication of each member towards the upkeep of its name and making it among the best is remarkable. Dance is their soul. They love their dance. They do it for our college and then for themselves. So If you have it in you to be part of this amazing troupe, then head towards the ground floor Footloose area behind the Engineering Mechanics Lab and start to show RAIT your moves!
Contact:
Mrunmayee Sonule 9967359412 Sushant Malgavi 9769232047
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Training and Placement Cell As a part of the efforts to develop and strengthen the relationship with the corporate world, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology has delineated long-term strategy to place Under Graduate students in prestigious organizations. The Training and Placement Officer Prof. A. V. Vidhate also attempts to keep the students informed about potential job opportunities and guidance from time to time. As a part of Industry Institute Interaction, students are exposed to the actual work environment of various Industries. Hands-on training is offered to the students both on the conventional as well as in advanced techniques. List of the Companies that have recruited RAIT students through Placement cell over the years:
J. P. Morgan TCS Morgan Stanley Teradata Nomura L & T Infotech Orios Tech Mahindra Microsoft AGC Networks Nvidia Mott Mc Donald Infosys Monsanto Holdings HCL Indus Valley Partners
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The goal is to help build a long – term career with leading organizations and not just place the students. Gives training to the students to enhance their knowledge with the help of alumni. Motivates the students by providing the necessary help and guidance for their personality development. Each year more than 70% students are placed through this cell. The Training and Placement Cell keeps in touch with the industry by inviting them to visit the institute for campus interviews. Training and Placement Cell organizes sessions of aptitude test, group discussion and guidance programmes on How to face interviews for the students. Placement cell also assists students to produce quality final year project. The college seeks expert’s advice on behalf of students wishing to apply for higher education at various universities within the country and abroad.
“I managed to bag a job at the prestigious JP Morgan company thanks to the support given to me by the Placement Commitee and especially Vidhate sir. Our training sessions began early into the sixth semester. These sessions made all of us realise the fact that merely preparing for aptitude is just not enough. Getting past a recruitment processrequires good aptitude, proper communication skills and more importantly awareness of what is happening outside the Glass Doors. A BIG Thanks to all at the Placement Cell for their efforts.” -Sreejith Menon Placed in JP Morgan - Class of 2013
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It is an integral part of the institute. The institute has provided complete infrastructure for effective functioning of the cell. The various activities, which are being undertaken regularly are - placement of the students, invited lectures of the persons from industry & other institutions, Personality development programmes etc. A well organised placement cell is functioning in the Institution with a fulltime dedicated Training & Placement Officer, who continuously monitors the employment potentials and arranges the campus interviews for the students. The Training & Placement Officer maintains a consistent communication with the leading companies ‘Nation wide’ for placement of the students. The office keeps close liaison with various industrial establishments (both private and public sectors), which conduct campus interviews and select graduate and post-graduate students from all disciplines. The Placement Cell provides the infra-structural facilities to conduct group discussions, tests and interviews. The college is actively organising in-campus interviews for its students to get proper placement. We are also entertaining the companies requests for the details of passed out students for employment by maintaining a Strong Database of our Students those who have completed their degree. Job offers, dates of interviews, selection of candidates etc. are announced through the Placement Data Centre’s Virtual Notice Board. The Placement Office serves to merely bridge the gap between a job - aspirant and a prospective employer. However, it helps students to plan their careers by providing information about the industries which approach the institute. The Companies, jostling for the Day One in RAIT were not without obvious intentions. The First Company, the IT giant Infosys walked away with 202 placements of 2012 Batch, an unprecedented record of first day placements with Infosys and RAIT.
Contact Sanket Kumar Biwas 9820477377 Siddarth Kumar 9930086388
“A Million thanks to the altruistic Training and Placement Cell for making the overall placement process so smooth and joyous. They arranged various training seminars to make us feel comfortable. We were told in detail about the various companies that would be coming to our campus. We were told about the attire that was expected. Mock interviews were the best thing that could ever happen. The placement cell answered all our obtruse questions in a calm way. We were boosted and motivated at every step. Great Job TPC!” - Bhakti Sabnis Placed in Infosys - Class of 2012
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The Reluctant Writer
Namrata Pillai
SE Computer Science Most of us are not passionate about writing. The last semblance of a story we attempted might have been in high school in a or in a competition where participation was mandatory. It took me a whole month… I flipped through a dozen topics which ranged from dark subjects like the paranormal world to very light hearted ones. I used to begin and then midway, say to myself, ”Something’s just not right”. Then my friend comes up with a brilliant idea of writing about my sights during a bus journey. The first thought that crossed my mind was, ” We aren’t in the 5th grade anymore” . But then I realized, we may not perceive things the same way as a 5th grader does. A child may notice the colorful balloons in the hands of a hawker or a dog chasing a cat but with age we see things in a different light. It’s not the colours or the vibrancy of the balloons that catches our eye anymore, but the plight and the poverty of the balloon seller. Thus no topic is frivolous, and then what is it that makes me start, scribble and then crumple the sheet of paper? When we begin writing all of us aspire to create a ‘Macbeth’ or a ‘Pride and Prejudice’. The very essence of writing is lost in our world of expectations. The beauty and flow is lost in our hunger for acquiring the fanciest of words so that the World sees us as a ‘Shakespeare’ or a ‘Dickens’. Is it the fear of failure and anticipation of being judged that extinguishes the spark of attempting something new? As children we are impulsive and carefree. We may have danced to the most popular tunes in a wedding indifferent to the million eyes judging us. What is it that guides children? It may be the raw joy behind dancing or are they just too innocent to realize the depth of being judged by the society? The fear of not being the best prevents us from giving a shot at unknown avenues. At times it’s not the applause or the comments that matter but the simplicity and the happiness one derives from trying something new. Now now, all of us need not be an ‘Aamir Khan’ when we act or a Mrinalini Sarabhai when we dance. Failure is definitely hard to cope with, but failure comes with expectation. It’s just the pure fun of trying something different, trying something after overpowering the fear of being a dummy to the opinionated society. So here we come back to the question of what made me write and re-write? Am I devoid of breathtaking characters or whacky plots? Or is it merely because I can’t think of something catchy to write about? How does it matter, all that’s important is that I have looked passed the fear of society. I may not have come up with an article on a sensitive issue like HOMOSEXUALITY or something scientific like the discovery of the GOD PARTICLE. But I definitely have tried my best and maybe inspired a few of you to “FEEL FREE AND EXPLORE”. I am not a writer, I do not possess an exemplary vocabulary but who cares? An attempt to make it to the magazine through a minor article isn’t a world crisis.
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’The Wall’ is not a mere magazine but rather an outlet for the thoughts and dilemmas of an RAITian. It is not just a mere booklet of poetry and articles; it is what RAIT stands for in its true sense. Now the question arises “ What more can a magazine do?” I am sure most of you people will have a “They produce a decent magazine every year, now what, a dance show?” going through your mind. Has The Wall grown to its fullest? Can it stand up to maybe an Outlook or an India Today? (I know we are being a little too ambitious but isn’t ambition the path to greatness?) Not in terms of paper quality or glossiness, but in terms of content, photographs and most importantly illustrations.
Featured Writing This is a call to all you people who are born to write. The Wall magazine deserves content better than poems with a rhyme scheme of AA-BB-CC. It deserves substance. As featured writers it is your job to create nail biting and thought provoking masterpieces. A sustained brilliance that will set our magazine apart from the rest. Writing is an art and we as ‘The Wall’ will help you nurture and mould it.
Illustration “Imagination rules the world” as stated by Napoleon Bonaparte, and yes to be an Illustrator, you have to let your wings of imagination fly! How weird is it to have unmatched and unsynced photo and article content. Illustrators are necessary in every magazine. They make the magazine a visual delight by sprinkling their mastery on it. Now before a magazine is released what is it that people await the most? Yes it is your job to create an eye-catching poster.
Photography The writing on a gruesomeness of a crime scene or the exhilaration of a spellbound audience on a cricket field can be depicted more efficiently with a photograph. A good photographer must be able to imbibe the essence of an article and portray it with single catchy SHOT. As the photographer of THE WALL you need to be more then just “anybody with a DSLR”.
Website Designing A website in today’s times is the most necessary aspect to any organization. As the wall committee we hope to reach out to not only the RAITians, but to the mass. Bloggers and web page designers here is your chance to shine. All we can say is that we have a dream, not as great as freedom for the black but a dream to place The Wall in the larger league. A brand new phoenix rises from its ashes to start a new life, while The Wall will reinvent itself on its present foundations and transform itself to an entity which is Altius and Fortius!
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Passing on the Mantle The journey has lasted two years for me. I was interviewed and later selected to be part of The Wall in Mid 2011 not knowing that I would be able to get out two very successful editions of it and also being the Editor In Chief of one of them. When I joined the bandwagon, I could write a bit and fundamentally nothing else. Now, I can write a lot better with much more flair, I know a bit of Photoshop and InDesign, I can now type in Devanagari script and having run around for the all important cheque for two years, I have completed the entire life cycle of a Wall Mason. I got to be part of 2 dynamic teams, met up with numerous contributors, broadened my mindsets by leaps and bounds and understood the various layers that form the normal image of an RAITian. Now, I feel, the time has come for me to pass it on. The Wall holds special value in the heart of each and every RAITian. People throng the glass doors to grab their copies of the magazine when it is released. We realize through these small instances, that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not only a team of 10 students. We are a team that represents the college that has a strength of over two thousand. Every word printed in the magazine is read by scores of people, and we have the power to bring about change through those words and the designs that go into the magazine. The Wall is not just a committee of some individuals who disappear after getting out the magazine. We are the mouthpiece of RAIT. We are forever there taking in the ever-changing and ever-improving RAIT culture and projecting it right back at you in the form of a magazine. Show your support to The Wall. Send in your original articles, poems, stories and every other contribution. As you now know, Plagiarism will never be tolerated in The Wall. Show your talent to all the other RAITians. Thank you for bestowing upon me this amazing and momentous time. It will be ingrained into every aspect of my life henceforth. I bid adieu now and let my juniors take this opportunity to work on building The Wall.
Yours sincerely, Srinath Bharadwaj. Editor in Chief The Wall 2012
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Dr. DY Patil Sports Stadium is located in the DY Patil Vidyanagar campus, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. The stadium ranks as the 6th best in the world and the best in India with regards to the wholesome cricketing experience. The stadium has amazing facilities and has been designed by Hafeez Contractor, one of India’s premier architects. The stadium was officially inaugurated on the 4th of March, 2008, and since then has played host to many wonderful IPL cricket matches. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 people and has been the home ground in the past for Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors India. This is the first cricket stadium in the world to have a full fledged permanent concert level reinforrced music system. This was best put to use on May 26th, 2012, when A.R Rahman himself performed live here to a crowd of over 35,000 people. The masts are the tallest in the country, providing excellent lighting throughout the ground. Moreover, the high quality illumination ensures that the stadium is adequately prepared for the latest television technologies like HD TV. India’s Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, regards it as the ‘best stadium in the world’. And we completely agree!
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