IGNITS @NIT Silchar

Institute Magazine @ NIT Silchar

2. To
Ou? Di?eto? P?of. N.V. Deshpavde
for usherivg the Ivsitute ivto a revaissave...

3. Naioval Ivsitute Of Tehvolog? Silha? ~NIT Silha?, av Ivsitute of Naioval Iupo?tave uvde? the NIT
At ?as estalished iv ???? as a Regioval Evgivee?ivg College ~REC, Silha?. NIT Silha? is situated ov the
avks of ?i?e? Ba?ak. Iv the ?ea? ????, it ?as upg?aded to the status of av NIT f?ou a Regioval Evgivee?-
ivg College ~REC.
The uulifa?ious ?efo?us -that a?e eivg ivt?odued f?ou thev ? the ?efo?ued Boa?d of Go?e?vo?s, dele-
gated ?ith a g?eate? deg?ee of autovou? fo? e?e?isivg its delie?aiov o?e? di?e?se issues pe?taivivg to
a?dival uate?s ?avgivg f?ou aadeui to e?t?au??iula? e?elleve, a?e ?ivgivg aout a tavgile dife?-
eve iv the ?udiuevta?? pa?adigu of ahie?ivg a high stavda?d iv evgivee?ivg eduaiov.
Ideviied as a Cevt?e of E?elleve ? the Go?e?vuevt of Ivdia, the ivsitute is ?eiv?evivg itself to ?ush
the oupeiiov f?ou its oteupo?a?ies iv ?a?ious douaivs. Ve?? opiuisi de?elopuevtal p?og?aus
ha?e eev uvde?takev to?a?ds uode?vizaiov of lao?ato?ies, oupuivg failiies avd li?a?? autoua-
iov. Use of ad?aved teahivg aids avd oupuivg failiies p?o?ide e?tevsi?e sope fo? the studevts to
ataiv a ?e?? high stavda?d ?e?ui?ed iv p?esevt da? fast havgivg seva?io of tehvolog?.
The aupus of the ivsitute is sp?ead o?e? av a?ea of ??? a?es, set auidst a sp?a?livg lavdsape of vatu-
?al ?uietvess, o?de?ed ov e?pavsi?e tea ga?devs. It p?esevts a spetale of ha?uov? iv uode?v a?hite-
tu?e, vatu?al eaut? avd pitu?es?ue su??ouvdivgs.
WELCOME
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5. रा्रीय र+्य*गिकी सं्थान, ससलचर
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SILCHAR
~Av Ivsitute of Naioval Iupo?tave
Caha?, Assau- ??????. Phove: ?????-??????, Fa?: ?????-??????
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MESSAGE




It gi?es ue iuuevse pleasure to learv that the Literar?, Five Arts avd Puliaiov Soiet? of
NIT Silhar is read? to rivg out the ve? ediiov of the avvual uagazive ^IGNITS_. Avvual
uagazive is iuportavt as the? apture vot just the urrevts avd uoods of iue, ut also e-
ause the? are av arhi?e ?e av ?isit later to ?ie? oursel?es frou the distave that the
?ears ?ill rivg. It also gi?es av opportuvit? to the studevts to sho?ase their talevt, reai?-
it? to relet their thoughts. I au glad that our studevts are pu?vP toPether av avvual alr
uu of literar? piees avd re?ie?s of the uajor e?evts of the ?ear at NIT Silha?.

I e?tevd u? ?holehearted oupliuevts to the evire teau of IGNITS for this aouplishuevt
avd ?ish theu a great future ahead!

Happ? Readivg!









Prof. Adul Kariu Barhuiya
Deav ~Studevt’ Welfa?e

6. रा्रीय र+्य*गिकी सं्थान, ससलचर
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SILCHAR
~Av Ivsitute of Naioval Iupo?tave
Caha?, Assau- ??????. Phove: ?????-??????, Fa?: ?????-??????
We: ???.vits.a.iv e-uail id: [email protected]











MESSAGE




I au happy to learv that Literary, Five Arts avd Pulia?ov Soiety of NIT Silha? is pulish-
ivg the ve? ediiov of Avvual Tehvo-Literar? Jourval ^IGNITS_. Avvual uagazive is a
plaforu ?hih sho?ases the literar? ailiies of our studevts esides ar?les ov tehvolor
g?.

I ?ish the Editorial teau of IGNITS ???5a gravd suess avd a great future ahead!

Happ? Readivg!







Prof. F A Taulkdar
Deav ~Aadeui Afairs

7. रा्रीय र+्य*गिकी सं्थान, ससलचर
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SILCHAR
~Av Ivsitute of Naioval Iupo?tave
Caha?, Assau- ??????. Phove: ?????-?????? , Fa?: ?????-??????
We: ???.vits.a.iv e-uail id: [email protected]










MESSAGE



^Ivvo?aiov is the havge that uvloks ve? ?alue_

I au happ? to p?esevt efo?e ?ou the ve? ediiov of ^IGNITS-????_.The u??evt issue fouses ov the
?Zu ^Ivdia Iviiaivg Ivvo?aiov_. The uagazive is the oupilaiov of the ?eai?e & thought p?o-
?okivg ??iivgs of the uddivg evgivee?s. I app?eiate the ovt?iuiovs ?eei?ed f?ou the studevt
ouuuvit? avd sive?el? hope that eah of these ?ill p?o?ide soue sigviiavt s?uula?ov to a rear
sovale seguevt of ou? soiet?. The a?iles, sho?t sto?ies, a?t & photog?aph? seiov ?elet the ?e-
ai?e potevials of the ?ouvg geve?aiov.

Ivdia is fast eue?givg as a gloal po?e?house eovou? ut ueav?hile, it is faivg uajo? soial avd
ev?i?ovuevtal hallevges – f?ou polluiov avd ?ate? depleiov to the g?o?ivg th?eat of liuate
havge. Ivdia veeds to takle suh hallevges fo? its o?v su??i?al avd the?e ? the oppo?tuvit? to
sustaiv its eovoui ?esu?geve ? doivg so. This uagazive ele?ates Ivdia’s suess sto?ies iv sus-
taivale ivvo?aiov ivludivg g?eev eve?g?.

I take this oppo?tuvit? to thavk ou? Di?eto? fo? his ovstavt suppo?t & the evi?e NITS f?ate?vit? fo?
thei? oope?aiov fo? ?ivgs out the IGNITS’15. I ovg?atulate TEAM IGNITS fo? thei? efo?t to ?ivg
out the uagazive.

I hope ?ou all ?ill evjo? the ?eadivg of the uagazive.





D?. Kisho? Chavd?a Satpath?
Li?a?iav, NIT Silha?

8. Edito?ial.
Teau igvits’15
Puliatiov Couuittee:

Fault? Ad?ise?
D?. Kisho? C Satpath?
D?. Wasiu A?if
M?. Vi?ek K? Pathak

Studevt Meue?s
E?. Akhil Avu?ag
M?. Avu?ag Avavd
M?. Agvi K?. Jha
M?. Shi?al Gupta
M?. Kuua? Pijush Katak?

Chief Desigve? & C?eato?
Hiuavgshu Bhu?av

Edito?-iv-Chief D?. Kisho? C Satpath?
M?. Bhaska? Jha

Edito?ial Teau
M?ival Sh?i?asta?
Bha?a?va? Gautau
Ahiva? Raj
Mait?e?ee Duta
Ahishek Ti?a?i

Taglive C?edits
M?. Avu?ag Avavd
Hitherto it was believed that nestled in the lush green valleys of the North-East, NIT
Silchar is aggrandized as well as scuttled by its picturesque location that remains far flung
from the rest of the mainland. But the spirit of the institute has proven to be too strong to be
thwarted, and under some inspiring leadership, it has broken the shackles that constrained it
to the so called Third Tier. NIT Silchar, today, is registering a strong presence on the bigger
stage of the nation with its voice that has become increasingly robust. Among the technologi-
cal gems of this nation, NIT Silchar is dazzling all its peers and has set an example of evolu-
tion. While NIT Silchar walks as a vanguard of the caravan of innovation in India, we have
decided to choose this year’s theme as “India initiating Innovation”. Let us all take a few
moments to sit back, go through the pages, read about leaps and bounds that our country
has taken in this never ending saga of innovation.
We have revamped the magazine completely and given it a completely new look with a hope
that it turns out towards the better side. The pages are now glossy, more number of colored
pages are included and a little of tinkering has been sprinkled on the layout as well. Compil-
ing the magazine is a task as arduous as nothing else; it took us a great amount of hard work
and persistence to come out with this magazine. I express my heartfelt gratitude to my edit-
ing team members and feel elated to have support from teachers whenever I stepped in their
room. I must thank my friends Bhawarnab, Mrinal, Pooja, Abhishek and Avinav for sharing
their solidarity with me in our common conviction towards a successful publication of this
magazine. The Vice President Agni Kumar Jha and Ex-literary Secretary Anurag Anand were
a firm wall behind the back. I was lucky to have a mentor like them; a thorough professional
who worked hard in the superlative and derived the same from those under their tutelage.
Had this magazine been a venture as personal to me as the job of its editor, I would have in
all certitude dedicated it to these men who dedicated themselves to their alma mater.
Blessings of honorable Director Sir enlightened me time to time and gave me proper direc-
tion to work for it. Dr. K.C. Satpathy Sir was with me out from office hours too and has given
all possible support and motivation without which it was very tough to go ahead. The gener-
osity of Nailn.B.D. Choudury Sir, Wasim Arif Sir, Vivek PathakSir always inspires me and they
were the onec to clear any doubt anytime. Himangshu Bhuyan is worthy of many thanks for
working on the magazine design for numerous late nights. I acknowledge the involvement of
all those who contributed for this magazine, for without them the idea would have been but
absurd.
I hope we have been successful in standing up to the expectations that you had harbored for
the annual magazine. Wish you a happy reading!


Bhaska? Jha

9. igvits’15
MESSAGE
Director
Dean SW
Dean Academics
Faculty Advisor
EDITORIAL
IGNITES TEAM
GYMKHANA TEAM
TNP TEAM
LEADERS SPEAK
1 Prasanta Kr Das
3 M P Ranjan
5 The leaders speak
ARTICLES
7 Innovation in India: The Past, Present and Future
8 How to make the crème de la crème of CVs
10 Development or Delusion
11 Of Love, Life and Summertime Rains
12 AFTER A SRI LANKAN DISASTER – 22 lines on a PG
life
13 Campus Snaps
15 The Light of the
Heaven - Astronomy!
16 A Curious Case of
Q-Tiyapa
17 Mahapurush Sri
Srimanta Sankardev
20 Losing the Eternal
Purity
21 Life at NIT Silchar
22 Impact of Culture in Global Business Environment
22 CHILDEREN OF HOPE INDIA
23 Constructions
25 For most of history
27 Karl Marx
29 Eloto
30 Stopover in Guwahati
31 The Story of NITSMUN
32 NITS CIT
33 STUDENTS Activities
35 Light, Camera, Action!
36 Life in NITS….
37 THE WOLVES OF NIT SILCHAR
40 Water, Its Quality and Essentiality: A case study
relating Nit Silchar campus
42 INDIAN CULTURE---A MYTH OR A REALITY
43 Achivements
45 The Xeros – An Almost Waterless Washing Ma
chine
46 S-A-S-I ….. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN !!!
47 COMMUNAL HARMONY AND MEDIA : EFFECTS AND
CONSEQUENCES
48 Potpourri of thoughts
50 The North East :Hub of pristine beauty and
turmoil
51 Interpretation of RAPE on Gendered Perspective
52 KASHMIR CONFLICT
53 Events
56 WTO Trade facilitation Agreement
57 "Modi Wave" (New Trend in Politics)
58 Life of a Frustrated NITian
58 The dear departed
60 Reincarnation
61` Learning Process
62 Vignette of those Golden Days
63 Sketches
65
66 Developing language
skills in english
STORIES FROM
NITSian
71 Into the future
73 Sketches
75 Beauty of the beast
75 Short story by rohit sharma
77 The Dark Night Crisis
78 The lost connection…
80 WHISPERS OF LIFE…
81 Sketches
83 Prakash Singh
EXPRESSIONS
84 Waiting.....
85 DESTINY
85 DREAMS
86 Frustration
86 “I AM ALIVE”
87 I met him where the sidewalk ends
87 My Lindsay Lohan Kiss.
88 Nyctophilic Retreat
88 The ”INNOCENCE” grabbed by the”REALITY”…
89 O Mother,O Angelic Light...
90 A poem on bullies and people who stood up to them
90 THE GIRL IN PINK
91 THIRTEEN YELLOW ROSE WITH RED TIPS
91 Wishes
92 Six silent tears
92 The friend
93 At last
ह ंदी अनुभाि 94– 103
REGIONAL SECTIONS 104– 109


Naioval Ivsitute of
Tehvolog?, Silha?
Director : Professor N. V.
Deshpavde
Naioval Ivsitute of Techvolog?,
Silchar
Caha?, Assau.
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Phove vo : ?????-??????
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10. CHIEF DESIGNER
Hiuavgshu Bhu?av
EDITORS
Deepak Kuua? S?i?asta?a
Auav Meh?a
Avsuuav Chavd

F?ou Let
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ketaki Vaid?a
Chavd?auita Duta
Sup?akash Das
Deepj?oi Nath
Nupu? Kalita
Souu?adip Saha

F?ou let
MANAGING EDITORS
Mait?e?ee Duta
Bha?a?va? Gautau
Ahishek Ti?a?i
Ahiva? Raj
M?ival Sh?i?asta?

F?ou let
CHIEF ADVISOR
Avu?ag Avavd
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Bhaska? Jha
ADVISORS
Akhil Avu?ag
Shi?al Gupta
Agvi K? Jha
Kuua? Pijush Katak?
F?ou let

11. GYMKHANA’15
Naioval Ivsitute of Tehvolog?, Silha? has eev suessfull? ha?ivg av eleted studevts’ od?;
alled the G?ukhava Uviov Bod? sive the da?s of its eivg a REC. E?ev vo the ollege has upheld its
t?adiiov of holdivg eleiovs e?e?? ?ea? to elet its oie ea?e?s of the G?ukhava Uviov Bod? to
look ate? its ?a?ious ai?iies avd halk out the plavs fo? the ete?uevt of the ollege. Fo? the ses-
siov of ????-???? the follo?ivg is a ?ieivg of the ?a?ious post holde?s of the uviov od?.

?.P?esidevt D?. A K Ba?hui?a
?.Vie-P?esidevt Agvi Kuua? Jha
?.Geve?al Se?eta?? Sugata S. Gos?aui
?.Cultu?al Se?eta?? Kushav Ki?av
?.Spo?ts Se?eta?? Hiuavgshu Sha?ua
?.Musi Se?eta?? Udit Ojha
?.Lite?a?? Se?eta?? Bhaska? Jha
?.D?auais Savdeepav Gos?aui
?.Photog?aph? Se?eta?? Rajav Kuua?
??.C?iket Se?eta?? Ra?i P?akash Suvda
??.Ivdoo? Gaues Se?eta?? Faisal Ka?iu
??.Footall Se?eta?? Ivd?aveel Mukhe?jee
??.Athleis avd G?uvasi Se? Sha?ad Sivgh
??.T?ekkivg avd Mouvtaivee?ivg T?ivah Do?e?ah
Se?eta??
??.Tevvis se?eta?? Avgshuuav Madha Duta
??.Basketall Se?eta?? Dea?ata Saha
??.Hoke? avd Kaaddi Se? Mohit Ojha
??.Gi?ls Rep?esevtai?e Rukui Sha?ua & Sovau Rai
??.PG/P.hd Repesevtai?e Rupj?oi Bha?ali & La?uav Sivgh Bisht
? ?
? ?

12. TNP’15
The T?aivivg avd Plaeuevt Cell has eev ai?el? pe?fo?uivg avd oo?divaivg a vuue? of p?o-
fessioval ai?iies fo? the studevts. Soue of the uajo? ai?iies ?elaivg to the studevts a?e P?a-
ial T?aivivg, Ivte?vship P?og?auues avd Caupus Plaeuevts. Akiv to the p?e?ious ?ea?s, iv the
aadeui ?ea? of ????-??, the ell had av ai?e se?ies of suh ai?iies. P?aial t?aivivg is av
ivteg?al pa?t of evgivee?ivg eduaiov that aius at uakivg studevts fauilia? ?ith the ultu?e avd
ev?i?ovuevt of ivdust?ies avd geivg p?aial kvo?ledge ov ?o?kivg of e?uipuevt's, plavts avd
p?oesses ?hih avvot e aouuodated o? e?plaived iv a lao?ato??. P?aial T?aivivg fo? the
B.Teh studevts is a??avged iv dife?evt o?gavizaiovs/ivdust?ies th?oughout the ouvt?? du?ivg
the pe?iod f?ou Ma?-Jul? fo? studevts ?ho had al?ead? oupleted thei? p?e ival ?ea? studies.
Du?ivg the aadeui sessiov ????-??, uo?e thav ?? oupavies f?ou dife?evt seto?s ?isited ou?
ivsitute fo? aupus plaeuevt.

13. igvits[??
P?asavta K? Das
Couvt?? Mavage?, Evte?p?ise Se??ies
He?let Paka?d
^Ivvo?aiov disivguishes e-
t?eev a leader avd a follo?er_-
ho? ?ould ?ou deive ivvo?aiov
frou ?our e?perieve iv the or-
porate ?orld as a leader?

Prasavta Kr Das: Ivvo?aiov is vot
a ??itev p?oess o? uethod ?hih
av e follo?ed to ivvo?ate o?
ahie?e a goal. It is the e?pressiov
of s?steuai avd ?ell ?esea?hed
thought proess for resolu?ov of
proleus or to ahie?e goals iv av
ojei?e uavve?. The a?iulaiov
oues out of ouived e?pe?i-
eve avd aval?ial thivkivg of av
ivdi?idual ?ho ua? e av ivdi?idu-
al ovt?iuto? to a la?ge? pu?pose
o? ? the leade? leadivg the ai?i-
t? o? a ig uissiov. Yes, leade?s
?ith av ivvo?ai?e uivdset al?a?s
ovt?iute to the teau iv e?e??
aspet ?hih dife?eviates f?ou
just supe??isiov o? uavagivg out-
oue. Kvo?ledge is the priue le?-
e? fo? ivvo?aiov ?hih evhaves
the aval?ial apailit? fo? oje-
i?e outoue ?hile guided ? e?-
pe?ieve ov the speii sujet.

Ho? far did NIT Silhar ovtriute
to uild up the persov that ?ou
are vo??

Prasavta Kr Das: I au al?a?s iv-
deted to NIT Silha? ?hih has
iuuevsel? ovt?iuted iv
st?evgthevivg u? fuvdauevtals
avd ?hat I au toda?. Fu?the? the
?hole aspet of NIT ultu?e has
uade ue av ivteg?al ovt?iuto? iv
Ivdiav avd gloal ?o?k ev?i?ov-
uevt ?ith due ?eogviiovs. The
e?posu?e avd fuvdauevtal e?-
havge of ideas avd ultu?e e-
t?eev the studevts ?ith di?e?si-
ied akg?ouvd avd geog?aphial
?egiovs of the ?o?ld at the teev-
age uade ue iv?uisii?e aout
lea?vivg avd gathe?ivg ivfo?uaiov
iv e?e?? ivte?aiov. The fou?s ?ea?
of hostel life ate? Highe? Seovd-
a?? ?as also a ?ovde?ful e?pe?i-
eve speiall? ?hev ?ou oue out
of a disiplived life at houe. Hos-
tel life taught us to e self-
depevdevt avd ?espovsile fo?
?ou? o?vself. Ov lighte? vote ?ou
eoue adjustale to fae av?
e?igevy of life iv future.

Desrie ?our jourve? frou eivg
a NITiav to eivg av aluuvus avd
Prasavta Kr. Das, leader, strategist, speaker, ad?ise? avd
?isitivg fault? to Eduatioval Ivstitutiovs. With av e?pe-
?ieve of o?e? ?? ?ea?s iv E?euti?e Couvt?? Leade?ship
& Busivess Mavageuevt; he is u??evtl? ?o?kivg as
Couvt?? Mavage? avd P?atise Head – Puli Seto?, Ev-
terprise Ser?ies at He?lett Pakard.

Beivg av aluuvus of NIT Silha?, P?asavta is vot ovl?
kvo?v fo? his ivtellet fo? the o?po?ate ?o?ld ut also
fo? his huuavita?iav effo?ts to?a?ds the soiet?. He is
also iv?ol?ed iv the de?elopuevt of the ECE Depa?tuv?
as av Ivdustry represevtati?e.

With the uotto of his life "দি ত ো ডোক ুনে তকউ
েো আনে নে একলো চনলো ত " ~Jadi To? Daak Suve Keu
Na Ase Toe Akla Cholo Re, he is av idol fo? uav?.
vits.a.iv 1

14. igvits[??
?isiivg the aupus as a guest
speaker.

Prasavta Kr Das: Jou?ve? ?as
uvplavved ut stee?ed ?ith a uis-
siov avd pu?pose ?ith st?ovg e-
lie?e iv ?alues avd uvoup?o-
uised self-esteeu. I elie?e iv
?elaiovship as all ivte?aiovs a?e
et?eev t?o ivdi?iduals ?hate?e?
the levgth o? uode of ouuuvi-
aiov avd assoiaiov ut it
lea?es a lovg las?vg iupressiov of
eah othe?. Aadeui, Pe?soval o?
P?ofessioval life is d?i?ev ?ith
dife?evt aspi?aiovs depevdivg ov
?ou? st?evgth, ?ishes avd ev?i-
?ovuevt a?ouvd ?ou at that poivt
of iue. I ha?e al?a?s t?ied to e
iv touh ?ith u? alua uate? avd
aluuvi ?he?e e?e? I ha?e t?a?-
elled o? ?o?ked. I ?eueue?, iv
1??? I had ivlueved avd lead u?
o?gavizaiov to oue fo? aupus
ivte??ie?.
It ?as ?eall? vostalgi ?hev I
au ?isiivg u? alua uate? ate?
?? ?ea?s iv De 1?. I had eev
plavvivg to a?evd the Aluuvi
ueet fo? last fe? ?ea?s ut due to
u? last uivute ouuituevt, plav
didv[t uate?ialize. This iue, I got
a all f?ou Deav ~Aadeui ?ith
a re?uest to par?ipate iv the av-
vual tehvolog? e?evt -Tevoesis
avd uevioved that Di?eto?
?avts ue to deli?e? a Guest Le-
tu?e ?hih ?as av hovo? fo? ue.
It ?as ?eall? a?esoue to e faili-
tated ? the Di?eto? avd speak-
ivg avd ivte?aivg ?ith studevts
iv paked Audito?iuu fo? uo?e
thav ? hou?s iv the e?evivg of the
da? I a??i?ed. Studevts ?e?e ?e??
gevtle avd ?espeful avd takev
a?e of ue so ?ell sive I lavded.
Soue of theu a?e ivtouh ?ith
ue avd it[s u? p?i?ilege if av? ?a?
I av e of av? help fo? the Ivsi-
tute avd its studevts. Fu?the?, I
au also ?e?? happ? that this
uovth u? o?gavisatov has ?isited
fo? aupus ?e?uituevt.

What de?elopuevts did ?ou ev-
ouvte? iv NIT Silha? iv the di?e-
iov of ivvo?aiov? Ho? diferevt
is it frou ?our iues?

Prasavta Kr Das: Lots of posii?e
havges ose??ed – upouivg
Li?a??, Ivdoo? Stadiuu, uuliple
hostels, lass ?oous, H?pe? Cou-
puivg Cevt?e. Best pa?t of u? NIT
?isit is ueeivg avd disussiov
?ith the Di?eto? at oie avd his
?esideve aout his plavs fo? the
Ivsitute, Neigho?hood avd the
No?th East. Nie iues spevt ?ith
Deav ~aadeui, ou? Fazal[da
?ho is uuh ?espeted auovg the
studevts avd also a ?ovde?ful
pe?sov ? hea?t. Di?eto? had iv-
fo?ued lot of iviiai?es ?hih a?e
uvi?ue avd I au su?e all these
iviiai?es ?ill ha?e lovg lasivg
iupat fo? the Ivsitute avd stu-
devts. I also had the oppo?tuvit?
to ivte?at ?ith studevts avd fa-
ult? as ?ell as tou? of the li?a??
? the Li?a?iav, ?isit to the Hipe?
Coupuivg Cevte? uavaged ?
CDAC. All these iviiai?es a?e pa?t
of ivvo?aiov ovl? avd ueavt fo?
studevts ovl? avd studevts uust
le?e?age these iviiai?es to ev?ih
thei? skill avd kvo?ledge.

To sueed ove veeds to ivd
souethivg to hold ov to, a sou?e
of ivspiraiov. Iv ?our ase, ?hat
?as that soure?

Prasavta Kr Das: I ve?e? e?e?
oup?ouised ?ith u? ethis, iv-
teg?it? avd ?alues fo? pe?soval o?
uouevta?? gaiv avd al?a?s t?ied
to li?e ? asolute t?avspa?ev?,
t?ust avd uutual ?espet. I au
deepl? ivlueved avd uoi?ated
f?ou the philosoph? of S?aui
Vi?ekavavda. S?iuuivg a?oss a
st?ovg ide av ovl? e o?hest?at-
ed ?hev ?illpo?e? is st?ovg ?hile
d?i?ev ? t?uth avd asolute ?eali-
?a?ov of self-assessuevt. I au
?e?? sevsii?e to pe?epiovs as
soueiue pe?epiovs ould e a
ovt?adiiov to ?ealit?. I au ?e??
i?u ov u? eliefs ut elie?e iv
ovivuous ?e?ie? of self ?ith
situaiovs avd fat of life to stee?
ahead.

What should e dove to deu?si-
f? the shroud of alievisu that
surrouvds ivvo?aiov iv Ivdia?

Prasavta Kr Das: I dov[t thivk
the?e is av issue. If ove is foused
iv this pu?suit to e?elleve iv his
ield vood? av stop hiu. I e-
lie?e ove should e i?u iv the
t?uth avd pu?suit ill it is ahie?ed
?hile ?est is just uivisule.

What piee of ad?ie ?ould ?ou
gi?e to the studevts of NIT Silhar
?ho look up to youM

Prasavta Kr Das: Ha?d ?o?k avd
uust pu?sue ?hih ivte?est theu.
It ua? e studies, jo o? othe?
passiov. Must vot oue uvde?
peer pressure. Should iv?est iue
to st?evgthev thei? st?evgth a?eas
vot to spevd evough iue ?o?k
ov thei? ?eakvesses.
vits.a.iv ?

15. igvits[??
M P Ravjav
"The?e a?e uav? thivgs to lea?v f?ou dife?evt people"-sHades Evfe?ve?
M.P. Ravjav, Desigv Thivke? & Autho? of log
???.desigvfo?ivdia.ou, is a fault? iv NID, Ahueda-
ad. He has ?o?ked fo? ?ea?s to stud? the desigv p?o-
spets ?ith the use of Bauoo ? ?isiivg uav? loal
de?elopuevt sites iv No?th-East. The? disussed ?a?i-
ous issues avd pe?spei?es that av ovt?iute to a
ete? uvde?stavdivg of desigv oppo?tuviies. Ate? all,
desigv is a po?e?ful fo?e that shapes ultu?e avd is
eveiial fo? ouuuviies avd usivesses alike.
Would ?ou please tell us the
.eld that you are iv?ol?ed avd
let us kvo? ?hat it ueavs to
?ou?

M P Ravjav: M? p?iua?? a?ea of
?o?k is desigv thivkivg. Desigv
thivkivg is vot ovl? a uevtal a-
??ity, it is a proess through
?hih you thivk, you at, you
uild, ?ou taste avd thev ?ou
oue ak to thivkivg; that it is
a ?li p?oess. I ha?e eev
teahivg that avd doivg it. The
auoo ?o?k that I p?esevted iv
the ?o?kshop is a pa?t of the
saue jou?ve?. I sta?ted desigv
thivkivg iv uid-eighies iv NID ~a
fault? of desigv thivkivg let
NID, ?hih eaue a doo? kivd
of thivg fo? u? evt?? to NID.
Th?ough this thivkivg apa?t f?ou
auoo, I au ovveted to
uav? othe? ai?iies iv desigv.
M? pe?soval vatu?e is that I
?ovde? a lot f?ou ove ield to
avothe? ~I ha?e ?o?ked iv ou-
pute?, IT, havdi?ats, suall sale
ivdust?ies, high tehvial ivdus-
t?ies et. Thus Desigv Eduaiov
avd thivkivg is u? p?iua?? kivd
of thivg.

Whev did ?ou pik up desigv
thivkivg as a areer?

M P Ravjav: It[s a lovg sto??. I
ha?e a good hold o?e? the Evg-
lish lavguage, u? ?oaula?? is
huge ?hih poivts a ivge? to u?
p?iua?? eduaiov. Iv uad?as I
?as put iv a ov?evt shool
~est iv the it? ?uv ? I?ish
vuvs. M? fathe? ?ho ?as a a?-
pevte? avd us? iv his usivess,
felt that his hild?ev should get
the est of eduaiov. So I ?as
aduited to the est shools
frou the priuary le?el. I studied
the?e ill the ith stavda?d avd
thev I joived Ch?isiav High
Shool~?-1?. Iv ou? shool ?e
had a hoie iv ?th stavda?d to
take t?o o? th?ee opiovs avd
evgivee?ivg ?as ove of theu.
The evgivee?ivg ivluded evgi-
vee?ivg uate?ials, evgivee?ivg
sieve, evgivee?ivg d?a?ivg et
alovg ?ith Ph?sis, Cheuist??,
Matheuais avd a fe? lite?a??
sujets. I hose evgivee?ivg
eause that ?as av a?ea of iv-
te?est that I had. Ate? 1?th I
thought of joivivg eithe? av evgi-
vee?ivg ollege o? a?hitetu?e,
avd iv o?de? to get av evt?? to it
I had to ha?e a pre evgiveerivg
ou?se ?hih I oupleted iv
Mad?as Ch?isiav College, Tau-
a?au.
At that iue u? fathe?[s
usivess ?as goivg th?ough a lot
of tu?uoil. As a ?ouvg kid I ould
see his t?euevdous suess iv
ove stage avd huge losses iv the
ve?t~1???. Whev I oupleted
u? ollege~1??? I ?as to get
aduissiov to Evgivee?ivg Col-
lege, Guivd? o? a shool of a?hi-
tetu?e. But I ouldv[t pu?sue u?
studies as u? fathe? ?as iv av
eovoui p?oleu. So I sta?ted
to ?o?k ?ith hiu full iue, to
help iv his ?o?k. Ate? ove ?ea?
u? fathe? ?ought a pape? sa?-
ivg that NID is o?gavizivg a ve?
desigv p?og?auue seekivg fo?
eithe? av a?hitet o? av e?pe?i-
eved aivet uake?. Avd he
told ue to joiv it as I ?as a good
aivet uake? ~ivspi?aiov f?ou
u? fathe?. I evte?ed PG p?o-
g?auue ?hev I ?as 1? avd half
avd the oldest auovg u? ol-
leagues ?as ?? ?ea?s old. I ?as a
?e?? ?illiavt o?, used to get
highest ua?ks. B? the iue I
joived NID I al?ead? uade 1??
uodels eause of u? passiov of
vits.a.iv ?

16. uakivg thivgs. This ?a? I got
ivto the ield of desigv.

You aue aross uav? hal-
levges. Ho? did you fae theuM

M P Ravjav: the?e ua? e huv-
d?eds of hallevges that ove
ua? fae iv life ut ove should
ha?e a elief iv oveself avd just
keep ov goivg. You should vot
oup?ouise.

Sir it is said that e?elleve is
vot a skill, it is av a?tude, avd
ove uust al?a?s ha?e av ai-
tude to e?el iv soial avd per-
soval de?elopuevt. What do
?ou thivk…?

M P Ravjav: I dov[t ag?ee ?ith
it at all. E?elleve is skill, that
ueavs ?hev ?ou do souethivg
?ell that is e?elleve. You av
de?elop this ? a lot of ha?d
?o?k avd paieve.
Did souethivg hurt ?ou ivspite
of ahie?ivg all suh reogvi-
?ovsM

M P Ravjav: What ?eogvi-
iovs? I dov[t ha?e a sivgle
a?a?d iv u? life. I au saisied
of geivg leade?ship, ut dis-
saisied that ou? ouvt??
doesv[t kvo? that desigv av do
so uuh fo? theu. IIT[s a?e
ge?vg fuvds of thousavds
o?es. But ?hat aout NID?
The? ovl? get huvd?ed to t?o
huvd?ed o?es. Google has got
autovouous ?ehile. Wh? has-
v[t av? IIT de?eloped it? IIT ev-
givee?s ha?e gove the?e avd did
it ut the IITs avvot take ?edit
fo? it. I au askivg this ?uesiov
?e?? loudl?.

Ho? av ?e uake four ?ears of
graduaiov uore produi?e iv
NIT?

M P Ravjav: ?ou av do uav?
thivgs. Fo? ivstave ?ou av
take the e?auple of riksha?.
Cav NIT uake a sivgle ?le ?ik-
sha? ?ith ad?aved tehvolog?
fo? silha?, to ?edue laou?
efo?t. Yes, ?ou av. You go
a?ouvd avd sevse ?hat st?uggle
the riksha? puller is faivg. If
?ou av thev uake av ivvo?a-
i?e idea the it? ?ill e eve-
ited as e?e??od? ?ill go ?
these ?iksha?s avd uav? ?ill
e euplo?ed. Thus ?ou av
thivk ov soue suall ideas avd
ov?e?t theu ivto souethivg
?eall? dife?evt.
igvits[??
sHades Evferver ~TEAM— Hiuavgshu Bh?av, Mavdo?i Bo?thaku?, Avupau Deka
avd Divesh Diaka?
vits.a.iv ?

17. igvits[??
M? Leade?ship Class?oou
Teau IGNITS asked Nitasha De?asa?, Mavagivg Di?eto?, Ta?lo? & F?avis Ivdia, to sha?e he? leade?ship lessovs ?ith the
studevt ouuuvit?. She sa?s ^ Leade?ship is a hoie avd lots of ha?d ?o?k._ These lessovs a?e appliale to av? sphe?e of
?o?k avd ?e sha?e theu ?ith ?ou he?e.
vits.a.iv 5
Ho? does ove g?o? ivto leade?-
ship? What is it that people ?ho
lead lea?v alovg thei? path of lead-
e?ship? Is the?e a uouevt ?hev
?ou feel like a leade?? What a?e
the uve?peted t?ists iv this jou?-
ve? of lea?vivg? Do the lessovs
e?e? stop?
Fo? ue, it all sta?ted iv the
?ea? ????. I ?as appoivted to lead
a teau of ?5 dispa?ate ivdi?iduals
sp?ead o?e? se?e?al ?o?k g?oups iv
a situaiov ?he?e u? o?gavizaiov
?as faivg uav? hallevges f?ou
all sides. Mu?ph?[s La? ?as iv full
pla?. Whate?e? ould go ??ovg did
avd uuliple iues o?e? this pe?i-
od.
Whev I look ak at those
tu?ulevt ?-? years avd at the su-
se?uevt ? ?ea?s ?hev I lead that
teau ~late? e?pavded to ?5, I av
at?iute uav? of u? life[s sigvii-
avt ivsights to this e?pe?ieve.
Ne?er, durivg those roky years,
did I e?e? iuagive that 15 ?ea?s
late? I ?ould sill e p?oiivg f?ou
those lea?vivgs.
Whev I ivall? deided to e?-
plo?e ve? lavdsapes ate? ??
?ea?s iv a leade?ship ?ole, to e av
evt?ep?eveu?, I alled u? di?et
?epo?ts fo? av ivfo?ual hat, e-
fo?e the fo?ual avvouveuevt ?as
uade. Eah aue fo? ?hat the?
thought ?as av iup?ouptu ??au
ueeivg ?ith thei? usual pa?aphe?-
valia: ofee uugs, ?ate? otles,
s?ilivg pads, uoile phoves avd
shea?es of pape?s that the? just
had to sho? ue. The? ?aited, iv
soue ases, ?ith pevs poised to
take votes, fo? ?hate?e? disus-
siovs ?e ?e?e aout to ha?e.
Whev I avvouved I ?as uo?ivg
ov to a ve? hallevge, the?
seeued iuuoili?ed. No ove
uo?ed o? spoke fo? se?e?al se-
ovds. Thev t?o people sta?ted ??-
ivg ?uietl? avd ove let out a gust?
sigh avd e?pressed the teau’s sev-
?uevts: ^It is like a havge of ?eli-
giov!_ he said, ^the evd of av e?a!_
St?avgel? evough it ?as at
that uouevt that I felt the full
iupat of eivg a leade?. Leade?-
ship is ivdeed a teau spo?t ?ith all
the spi?it of kivship avd ovdivg
that teau e?evts geve?ate.
Whev I ovside? u? u??evt
leade?ship jou?ve? I av see that it
is eivg shaped vot just ? e?pe?i-
eves ut also ? the leade?s I ev-
ouvte? alovg the ?a?, avd soue-
iues this happevs iv uve?peted
?a?s. Fo? e?auple, I al?a?s seeu
to e lea?e? ov ?hat kivd of lead-
e? I dov[t ?avt to e. This is e-
ause, to soue e?tevt, ?hat ov-
situtes good leade?ship havges
o?e? iue.
Pa?t of this has to do ?ith the
ve? pressures ov leadership today
that did vot e?ist iv the past. Peo-
ple toda? ha?e dife?evt e?pe?iev-
es, dife?evt ?oaula?ies avd
otev dife?evt skill sets f?ou thei?
leade?s. What do I as a leade? thev
?ivg to this d?vaui ui?? A
sha?ed ?isiov avd pu?pose. Av
opev uivd. A ?illivgvess to e
Nitasha De?asar is Mavagivg
Di?eto?, Ta?lo? & F?avis Ivdia.
A seasoved aadeui pulishe?,
iv a a?ee? spavvivg uo?e thav
t?o deades, Nitasha has
?orked iv a ravge of pulishivg
a?eas. Ea?lie?, as Aadeui Pu-
lishivg Di?eto? at O?fo?d Uvi?e?-
sity Press for o?er a deade, she
o?e?sa? the de?elopuevt avd
puliaiov of o?e? ???? ooks,
ovt?iuivg sustavi?el? to
out?eah of shola?ship ov Ivdia/
South Asia. Iv ??1? she set up
Pulish Iv. a pulishivg ovsul-
tav? that pa?tve?ed ?ith aa-
deui soie?es, researh ivs?-
tutes, uvi?e?siies avd go?e?v-
uevt agevies fo? efei?e out-
?eah of ?ualit? ?esea?h. She
has eev a pulishivg ovsultavt
?ith the Go?e?vuevt of Sikkiu,
Populaiov Fouvdaiov of Ivdia
avd Auedka? Uvi?e?sit? of Del-
hi, ?he?e she de?eloped the ov-
ept fo? the i?st full-?ue teah-
ivg ou?se iv pulishivg.

18. Z?e?e?se uevto?ed[ fo? the skills gaps I pe?ei?e.
So the lessovs go ov as u? u??evt lass?oou
th?o?s up ve? situaiovs, hallevges avd lea?vivg
oppo?tuviies. It is e?hila?aivg to ha?e ve? uouv-
taivs to liu alovg the path of leade?ship.

Soue lessovs I piked up alovg the ?ay seeu o?i-
ous iv hivdsight, others rept up ov ue iv a uore
sutle uavver. Here I share a fe? that I elie?e are
uvi?ersal to avy sphere of life or ?ork:

• Leade?ship is a hoie vot a posiiov o? ?avk. Avd it[s
ha?d ?o?k.
• Chavge ofe?s oppo?tuvit?, g?a it.
• Eurae proleus, they o+er opportuvi?es too.
• Trust your ivtui?ov: if you feel souethivglsoueove isv[t
?ight, it p?oal? isv[t.
• It[s vot aout alave, it is aout p?io?iizivg. Avd ?ou?
p?io?iies ?ill havge o?e? iue.
• Dov[t e too ha?d ov ?ou?self: aept that ?ou ?ill uake
e??o?s. Avd ?hev ?ou do, apologize, ou?se o??et avd
uo?e ov.
• D?ess the pa?t. It usuall? ?o?ks.
• Avd ivall?, ove piee of ad?ie u? oss avd u? uothe?
oth gi?e: Be ?ou?self! Autheviit? is leade?ship[s uost
potevt tool.
igvits[??
vits.a.iv ?

19. igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ?
Ivvo?aiov iv Ivdia: The Past, P?esevt avd Futu?e
~Av Ivt?ospei?e)
^Best ?aivs iv the ?o?ld a?e us? iv sol?ivg the p?oleus of the ?ih, ?ho do vot ha?e av? p?oleus to egiv ?ith_.
—B? M?. Sau Pit?oda
Ou? popula? pe?epiov of Ivvo?a-
iov is that it has to do ?ith de?el-
opivg ?avd ve? avd ad?aved
soluiovs fo? sophisiated us-
toue?s, th?ough e?ploitaiov of
uost ?eevt ad?aves iv
kvo?ledge. Iv ?oade? sevse Ivvo-
?aiov ua? e e?plaived as – ^the
ateupt to t?? out ve? o? iu-
p?o?ed p?oduts, p?oesses o? ?a?
to do thivgs……_ It ?oadl? iv-
ludes tehvologiall? de?eloped
ve? p?oduts, p?oesses avd iu-
p?o?euevts iv the a?eas suh as
logisis, dist?iuiov, pakagivg
avd ua?keivg.
Most aepted deiviiov of
ivvo?aiov is – ^the ov?e?siov of
ivfo?uaiov ivto ?aluale
kvo?ledge avd ideas avd suse-
?uevtl? ivto a sigviiavt eveit
that ua? take the fo?u of ve? o?
iup?o?ed p?odut, p?oesses, o?
se??ies. It is ueavs to ?ealize the
potevial of av iv?eviov ? ou-
ue?ializivg it so that the ustou-
e? is ?illivg to pa? fo? it ~Gloal
Ivvo?aiov Ivde? ????).
At the egivvivg of XX?st
evtu??, the iupo?tave of ivvo?a-
iov ?ought ivto light uaivl? due
to e?isteve of huge dife?eves
et?eev li?ivg stavda?ds of the
?ihest avd the poo?est vaiovs.
This dife?eve ould e e?plaived
th?ough the fat that uost of the
ad?aved ouvt?ies pa? g?eat
ateviov to?a?ds ivvo?aiov.
The?e is also a ?ealizaiov that ^to
sustaiv ?apid g?o?th avd ele?ate
po?e?t?, Ivdia veeds to agg?essi?e-
l? ha?vess its Ivvo?ai?e potevial
?el?ivg ov Ivvo?aiov-led ?apid
avd ivlusi?e g?o?th to ahie?e
eovoui avd soial t?avsfo?-
uaiov_. The u?gevt veed fo? de-
?elopuevt iv the la?ge pa?ts of the
?o?ld ivdiates the iupo?tave of
iv?eased ivvo?ai?e ai?iies e-
ause Ivvo?aiov is ivdiated as
the ^evgive of g?o?th avd de?el-
}?uv?_.
If ?e look ivto the gloal
histo?? of ivvo?aiov it is e?idevt
f?ou the Figu?e-I that the gloal
ivvo?aiovs ha?e sta?ted thei?
jou?ve? iv a?ouvd ???? AD ?ith
the ivt?oduiov of uode?v si-
eve.
Figu?e-I
Sou?e: Red See? Aval?sis Whitepape?:
A Histo?? of Ivvo?aiov iv Ivdia ~????

The ?o?ld has akvo?ledged
?eua?kale ivvo?aiovs leadivg to
g?eat iv?eviovs avd these ivvo?a-
iovs led iv?eviovs ha?e uade
?uial ovt?iuiovs to the ?a?ious
seguevts of the soiet? iv dife?-
evt ?a?s.
Ov the othe? havd, Ivdia has
li?ed ivvo?aiov ?a? ak iv
a?ouvd ???? BC ?ith the
kvo?ledge of ad?aved ast?ovo-
u? follo?ed ? iv?eviov of plasi
su?ge?? avd iv uav? othe? ields.
So, it av e ivfe??ed that Ivdia as
a vaiov ivhe?its the lega? of iv-
vo?aiov as av e seev iv the Fig-
u?e-II.
Figu?e-II
Sou?e: Red See? Aval?sis Whitepape?:
A Histo?? of Ivvo?aiov iv Ivdia ~????

Go?e?vuevt of Ivdia is keev to
p?o?ide av evalivg poli? avd
ivsituioval f?aue?o?k to p?o-
uote ivvo?aiov. Ate? the dela-
?aiov of the Deade of Ivvo?aiov
~????-????), the Go?e?vuevt has
p?io?iized a doulivg of iv?est-
uevt iv R&D o?e? the ve?t i?e
?ea?s ~???? -???5). The Ivdiav Na-
ioval Ivvo?aiov Couvil ~NIC)
?as estalished iv ???? to disuss,
aval?ze, avd help iupleuevt st?at-
egies fo? ivlusi?e ivvo?aiov iv
Ivdia avd p?epa?e a ?oaduap fo?
ivvo?aiov. The Sieve, Tehvolo-
g? avd Ivvo?aiov Poli? ???? is a
ig step iv this di?eiov avd ad-
d?essed uost of the ke? hallevg-
es iv de?elopivg av efei?e ivvo-
?aiov eos?steu.
Iv Ivdia the?e a?e uo?e thav
???? p?i?atel? avd state fuvded
sievii avd ivdust?ial ?esea?h
o?gavizaiovs to suppo?t ivvo?a-
iov. Othe? thav these the?e a?e
??? Go?e?vuevt Uvi?e?siies, Iv-
situiovs of Highe? Eduaiov suh
as IITs, NITs, IIS, avd IIITs. The?e

20. igvits[?5
a?e also uo?e thav ?5?? iv-house
R&D evte?s ?eated ? o?po?a-
iovs avd NGOs, that use avd ap-
pl? the a?ailale kvo?ledge fo?
the eveit of the soiet?.
Thus, the fuvioval goal of
the ivvo?aiov eos?steu is to
evale tehvolog? de?elopuevt
avd ivvo?aiov. But it seeus that,
iv spite of all the Go?e?vuevt[s
efo?ts du?ivg the last deade, Iv-
dia[s ovt?iuiov iv the ield of
ivvo?aiov ov the gloal f?ovt has
oue do?v d?asiall?. Ao?divg
to the Gloal Ivvo?aiov Ivde?
?epo?ts of last fe? yea?s Ivdia[s
?avk is slidivg do?v as depited iv
Figu?e III.
Figu?e III
Sou?e: Gloal Ivvo?aiov Ivde? Past
Repo?ts
The Ivde? f?ou ????-????,
?e?eals a do?v?a?d t?evd of Iv-
dia[s posiiov iv Gloal Ivvo?aiov
Ivde?. Ivdia ?as holdivg ???d ?avk
auovg ??? vaiovs gloall? iv
????-??, ?hih d?ops do?v to
??th ?avk auovg ??? vaiovs
gloall? iv ????. This is to ivfe?
that iv spite of the la?ge vaioval
ivvo?aiov iviiai?es the u??evt
pe?fo?uave of Ivdiav ivvo?aiovs
appea?s ?eak.
This is av ala?uivg ell fo? all
of us to joiv havds avd ovt?iute
to?a?d uakivg Ivdia a ZNaiov of
Ivvo?aiovs[. Sive, the ouvt?? is
oupeii?e evough avd has the
legay of ivvo?aiov f?ou ou? his-
to??; Ivdia av ahie?e its lost glo-
?? ovl? ? aute fous ov Ivvo?a-
iov. As Ivdia is a ?ouvg vaiov,
?he?e uo?e thav ?? p of ou?
populaiov is ?outh, it deuavds
f?ou ?ouvg ?aivs to ovt?iute iv
its evdea?o? to eoue a ZNaiov
of Ivvo?aiovs[ .
Dr. Ashim Kr. Das
Head
Dept. of Management
Studies

Mr. Vivek Kr. Pathak
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Management
Studies
Ho? to uake the ?ue de la ?ue of CVs
Si?al Gupta
Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve avd
Evgivee?ivg
These da?s uav? oupavies a?e
?e?uiivg people f?ou a oupute?
sieve akg?ouvd. The auple
auouvt of jos that ha?e oue up iv
the ivdust?? a?e e?peted to g?o? iv
futu?e iv e?ev uo?e. Most studevts
elie?e that stud?ivg ?ithiv ?avh
ouvda?ies is essevial fo? theu to
get a g?eat jo ut at iues the ua?-
ket does vot ag?ee ?ith theu. Me-
havial, Ci?il o? Elet?ial: the o?e
?avhes of evgivee?ivg a?e sho?ivg
a soue?hat luke?a?u ?espovse to
jo ofe?s. But CS avd IT a?e tu?vivg
to e the e?e?g?eev ields as fa? as
g?aivg a jo is ove?ved. So I'u
goivg to uake a list of fe? thivgs
that ?ill help ?ou to spie up ?ou? CV
so that ?ou av eoue the pe?fet
euplo?ee uate?ial. This is ouivg
f?ou soue e?pe?ieve so I hope you
?ill vot e disappoivted.
Fo? the vote, this ad?ie ?ould
?o?k est if i?st avd seovd ?ea?s
follo? it. The? ?ould ha?e auple
iue to de?elop the veessa?? skills.
All of the poivts uevioved elo?
vits.a.iv ?

21. igvits[?5
a?e opioval; ?ou av hoose to
follo? av? vuue? of theu as ?ou
like. You ua? e?ev hoose to fol-
lo? vove, ut that's ha?dl? the
?}]v?X
?) Lea?v Ja?a: The sivgle est
thivg you'?e likely to do to spie up
?ou? CV ?ould e to sho? deuov-
st?atale e?pe?ise iv Ja?a. Ja?a
p?og?auuivg lavguage is the uost
used tehvolog? iv the ivdust??
avd kvo?ivg it ?ould ovl? puup
up ?ou? haves. Most ve? ?e-
?uite?s a?e also ete? ?e?sed ?ith
Ja?a thav its p?edeesso?s so ?ou
uight ha?e a ete? have at iu-
p?essivg theu. Ojet o?ievted
p?og?auuivg, the ke? eleuevt of
Ja?a is also a?ailale iv C++, PHP
avd P?thov. So ?ou av hoose to
?ou? oufo?t. Pe?sovall?, lea?vivg
Ja?a ?as ove of the est deisiovs
I'?e e?e? uade.
?) Do ove o? uo?e p?ojets:
The est ?a? to ?euaiv iv ovt?ol
of you? tehvial ivte??ie? is to
p?o?ide the ivte??ie?e? ?ith the
set of ?uesiovs that ?ou ?avt to
avs?e?. No? e?pliitl?, that ?ould
e a st?it vo-vo hu?ivg you?
haves iv the lovg ?uv. But, the?e
is, ho?e?e? avd iupliit ?a? of
doivg this. Do a p?ojet iv ?ou?
seovd yea? o? thi?d yea?, avythivg
that favies ?ou, avd put it ?ith
highlights ov you? CV. The ivte?-
?ie?e? is ?e?? likel? to take vote of
that avd ask ?ou ?uesiovs ased
iv you? douaiv kvo?ledge. Also,
the uo?e the ue??ie?.
?) Lea?v HTML avd CSS: Mak-
ivg av htul douuevt is pe?haps
ove of the uost siuplest thivgs
?ou av do. It ?ouldv't take ?ou
uo?e thav t?o days to set you?
havd ov it. Avd the est pa?t is,
?ou av put it ov ?ou? CV. If ?ou'?e
?eall? ivte?ested iv ?e desigv ?ou
av go fo? a full stak ?e?siov of
this poivt. The stak of av? p?o-
g?auue? is the OS, Se??e?, Data-
ase avd Lavguage the? use to
?eate thivgs. The uost popula? iv
?e desigv is the Livu?-Apahe-
M? SQLPHP stak ut the?e a?e
uav? uo?e.
?) Pa?iipate iv ECAs: ECA o?
e?t?au??iula? ai?iies a?e the
iivg ov ?ou? ake. The? ?ov't
help ?ou iv av? pa?iula? ?a? du?-
ivg the ivte??ie?, ut the? ?ill
su?el? gi?e ?ou ?o?vie poivts
f?ou the ivte??ie?e?s. So pa?ii-
pate iv spo?ts, uusi, puli speak-
ivg, et ?hate?e? suits ?ou est
avd put it ov you? CV.
5) Puli Speakivg iv Evglish:
This is pe?haps the uost eveiial
poivt of the ?hole a?ile. Puli
speakivg iv e?evts like delaua-
iov, o?ato??, deates avd ?eita-
iovs ?ill vot ovl? oost ?ou? ov-
ideve ut ?ill also keep ?ou?
ouuavd o?e? Evglish luevt.
Most ?e?uite?s ha?e GDs avd all
of theu ha?e ivte??ie?s. Fluevt
ouuavd o?e? Evglish ?ill set ?ou
apa?t ? out of ?? iues.
This thivg avvot e a?ui?ed
o?e?vight so you ha?e to sta?t ea?-
l?. E?ev iv thi?d ?ea?, ?ou av sta?t
this avd lea?v ?ou? ?a? th?ough.
?) Coupute? Sieve: Fe?
ovepts av help ?ou a lovg ?a?
e?ev if the? a?e vot iv ?ou? s?lla-
us. Sujets like Desigv avd Aval-
?sis of Algo?ithus, Coupute? Net-
?o?ks, Ope?aivg S?steus, Rela-
ioval Dataase Mavageuevt S?s-
teus, Data St?utu?es avd Ojet
O?ievted Desigv a?e to e takev
vote of. No? ?ou dov't veed to e
a ?hiz iv all of theu. But ha?ivg
ullet poivt suuua?ies of these
sujets ?ill ?eall? take ?ou?
haves of lea?ivg the ivte??ie?
to a ?hole ve? le?el.
?) Dov't O?e?state: The uost
suiidal thivg that ?ou av possil?
do ?ith ?ou? CV is puivg do?v
souethivg iv it that you ha?e a-
solutel? vo lue aout. That's
alled lyivg ov you? CV avd ?e?uit-
e?s dov't like lies. Make the CV av
iup?essiov of ?ou?self iv ?ou? t?u-
est fo?u. Dov't put iv thivgs that
?ou dov't kvo?, eause if ?ou do
that, ?ou ?ill vot e ale to av-
s?e? the ?uesiovs ased ov theu
to the ivte??ie?e?. So hoose
?isel? avd dov't lie. All this piees
of ad?ie a?e fo? people ?ho thivk
that the? uight ha?e diiult? iv
geivg plaed fo? o?e oupavies
avd uight ?avt to t?? a havd at
oupute? oupavies that a?e al-
?a?s ?e?uiivg oufo?tal?. If
?ou'?e ?avh is oupute? sieve
o? elet?ovis this agevda is a
uust. A good CV ?ill take ?ou to
plaes that ?ou ?ill vot kvo? e?ist-
ed. Avd ate? the evd of the da?,
?ou ?avt to oue out ?ith l?ivg
olou?s. Note that I ha?ev't uev-
ioved CPI av??he?e iv the list of
uust ha?es. Ove you pass the
eligiilit? a??ie?, the?e's ve?e? av?
?uesiov of CPI iv u? e?pe?ieve.
So e?ev if ?ou? g?ades a?e vot ?e-
ua?kale, ?ou av al?a?s uake a
g?eat CV ?ith this ad?ie.

I hope this ?ill help ?ou all iv
uakivg the ?eau of ?eau of
good CVs fo? you?sel?es avd soue-
da? iv futu?e ?ou'll ivd ?ou?self
happ? that ?ou ove ?ead this a?i-
le. All the est to all of ?ou fo?
?ou? evdea?o?s.
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22. igvits[?5
No? a da?s, the spae p?og?aus of
de?elopivg ouvt?ies a?e ?eaivg a
lot of uzz. It is vot eause of thei?
audaious efo?t to sale the ivivite
uvi?e?se; ?athe?, due to the uvp?ee-
devted suess iv thei? e?e?? othe?
spae p?og?au. Whethe? it ?as the
Mavgal?aav ~Ma?s O?ite? Missiov)
of Ivdia o? the Sup?eueSAT of S?i
Lavka, the? all ha?e hit the headlives
?ith thei? suesses. Although all
these ahie?euevts ha?e st?evgth-
eved the iuage of a pa?iula? ouv-
t?? ov the ?o?ld fo?uu, should suh
suesses uate? ?hev uost of the
?o?ld[s populaiov has vot eev ale
to ha?e a p?ope? ueal fo? t?o
iues? Iv fat, it is al?a?s eev ivt?i-
guivg to thivk ?hethe? these p?o-
g?aus a?e just a delusiov of de?elop-
uevt o? ivdeed a shee? ueasu?e fo?
de?elopuevt. Avd this dileuua is
pe?ple?ivg the ivtelletual giavts of
the ?o?ld that ?hethe? these p?o-
g?aus a?e uo?e ad?avtageous o?
?athe? disad?avtageous.
Fe? da?s ak, ?hev Ivdia
lauvhed the INRSS ?D ~fo?th iv the
se?ies of se?ev satellites), the ?o?ld
povde?ed o?e? the fat that ho? a
ouvt?? ?hose vea?l? half a illiov
populaiov dov[t e?ev ha?e p?ope?
toilets uavaged to s?ap out $? il-
liov a ?ea? fo? its spae p?og?aus!
Avd Ivdia is vot the ovl? eue?givg
eovou? to iv?est iv suh spae
p?og?aus. E?ev ouvt?ies like Nige-
?ia ha?e a havdful of satellites ?e-
?ol?ivg the ea?th ~though these ?e?e
lauvhed ? othe?s). Depevdivg ho?
?e deive a spae p?og?au, uiv-
vo?s like S?i Lavka ~ate? Sup?eue-
SAT), Boli?ia avd Bela?us ha?e plavs
of soue so?t to get spae ai?it?
uvde? ?a?. B? ove ouvt, ivludivg
o-ope?ai?e efo?ts et?eev ouv-
t?ies ut vot full? p?i?ate oves, the?e
a?e u??evtl? o?e? ?? spae p?o-
g?aus ~though ovl? a dozev of these
ha?e av? so?t of lauvh apailit?).
These ai?iies vot ovl? evd he?e, as
vo? these ouvt?ies a?e plavvivg fo?
e?t?a?agavt p?ojets like SCRP
~Spae Capsule Reo?e?? P?og?au)
o? RLVT ~Reusale Lauvh Vehile
Tehvolog?).
F?ou the othe? side of the oiv,
a stud? has sho?v that ZDe?elopivg
ouvt?ies sufe? the g?eatest osts
?hev a disaste? hits – uo?e thav 95
pe?evt of all deaths aused ? haz-
a?ds ou? iv de?elopivg ouvt?ies
avd losses due to vatu?al haza?ds
a?e ?? iues as g?eate? ~as pe?evt-
age of GDP) iv de?elopivg ouvt?ies
as oupa?ed to the ivdust?ialized
oves[. Avd ao?divg to the stud?
agaiv, the dife?eve is eause of
the a?ailailit? of ad?aved satellite
p?og?aus to the late?. He?e, this is
vot the ovl? eveit of these satellite
p?og?aus; iv fat, iv this ?o?ld of
ouuuviaiov, the satellites a?e
the akove of the ?hole gigavi
ouuuviaiov s?steu. Iv this e?a of
sustaivale de?elopuevt, the ad-
?aveuevt iv the ield of spae p?o-
g?aus has p?o?ev thei? uilit? f?ou
the ?ih oil ields to the a??ev
d?ought p?ove ?egiovs. The satellites
a?e vo? used to au?atel? alulate
the st?ike iuivgs of the vatu?al dis-
aste?s like tsuvauis.
As iv this e?a, ?a? is vot av opiov,
so these ouvt?ies a?e vo? usivg
thei? ad?aveuevt iv the ield of
spae p?og?au to p?o?e sup?eua?
o?e? othe? vaiovs. While eivg iv-
?ol?ed iv this glite?ivg oupeiiov
of spae ?ae, these ouvt?ies ha?e
sta?ted igvo?ivg thei? uasses. As
illiovs of people of these vaiovs
a?e st?ugglivg iv the ovdiiovs like
po?e?t?, huvge?, savitaiov avd sa?-
it? of leav ?ate?, illiovs of dolla?s
a?e spevt ov the spae p?og?aus.
Avd the t?uth is that the uove?
spevt ov these p?og?aus av easil?
e used fo? the ?elfa?e of poo?. A-
o?divg to a ?eevt de?elopuevt,
ISRO has p?oposed a udget of US$
?.9 illiov fo? its huuav spaelight
p?og?au. It is also a ite? t?uth that
e?ev though ?e a?e spevdivg suh a
la?ge suu of uove? ov these p?o-
g?aus, ov a p?iua faie, the out-
oues ?euaiv ueavivgless fo? the
ha?e-vots. A suall e??o? o? uvp?e-
dited uishap iv these p?og?aus
ould lead to the deaths of ivvoevt
ast?ovauts, sievists, evgivee?s, et.
like Theodo?e F?eeuav, Valdisla? N.
Volko?, Kalpava Cha?ala; ?hih is a
huge loss fo? huuavit?.
Thus at p?esevt, de?elopivg
vaiovs should iv?est iv ovl? those
spae p?og?aus ?he?e?e? vaiov[s
ivte?est out?eigh the d?a?aks,
like iup?o?ivg ouuuviaiov &
?eathe? fo?east s?steus. The spae
p?og?aus ?hih a?e fuelled uo?e ?
av?thivg othe? thav veed fo? susist-
eve; like Mavgal?aav, Spae Cap-
sule Reo?e?? P?og?au avd Reusale
Lauvh Vehile Tehvolog? uust vot
e opted ? de?elopivg ouvt?ies.
These vaiovs should ?athe? fous
uo?e ov thei? ha?e-vots iv fulillivg
thei? asi veeds. As it is said,
ZSieve alove av[t ?ivg p?ospe?it?
to the vaiov, ut the people[s
spi?it[.
vits.a.iv ??
M?ival Sh?i?asta?
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
De?elopuevt o? Delusiov – De?elopivg Couvt?ies Spae P?og?aus

23. igvits[?5
Of Lo?e, Life avd Suuue?iue Raivs
^Life is sho?t. If the?e ?as e?e? a uouevt to follo? ?ou? passiov avd do souethivg that
uate?s to ?ou, that uouevt is vo?._
Auovgst the i?e huvd?ed odd
studevts that get ev?olled ivto the
B.Teh p?og?auue of NIT Silha?
e?e?y yea?, at least half of theu
a?e he?e ovl? eause of soietal
p?essu?e: fo? the ^?avd vaue_,
fo? the ^p?oud_ suile ov thei?
pa?evt[s lips avd eause that[s
?he?e thei? fathe?, uothe?, uvles,
auvies avd ousivs studied. Soov-
e? o? late?, these people ?ealise
that thei? t?ue allivg is soueplae
else avd that the? ?ould ?athe? e
ueditaivg ov top of the Hiuala-
?as thav eoue av evgivee?.
Well, ete? late thav so???!
Avothe? t?evt? pe?evt of
the studevts a?e he?e fo? jo seu-
?it?. The? just ?avt to get ?ih i?st.
Soueho?. Av?ho?! E?e??thivg
else iv life av take a akseat.
Avd the?e is avothe? t?evt? pe?-
evt ?ho a?e deepl? iv ovlit
?ith thei? o?v thoughts, ideas avd
a?ee? plavs. So ove ive da? ?hev
the? aue to kvo? that the? ha?e
?ualiied fo? av NIT, the? ?e?e like:
^Oh ?ell. Let ue eoue av evgi-
vee? iv this life._ Avd thev ?e
ha?e the last tev pe?evt ?ho gev-
uivel? ?avt to eoue evgi-
vee?s....gevuivel?.
Well vo uate? ivto ?hih
atego?? ?ou elovg, please aept
u? hea?iest ovg?atu-
laiovs ov ?ualif?ivg
fo? NIT Silha?.
This plae
ua? vot
e
?hat
?ou?
d?eau ollege looked like, ut he?,
it[s vot so ad eithe?.
Whev I ?as i?st asked to
??ite av a?ile fo? ou? ollege
uagazive IGNITS, I ?as iv t?o
uivds. Fi?st, iv u? fou? ?ea?s iv
NIT Silha?, I didv[t see this uaga-
zive take shape ate? the i?st ?ea?.
So I ?ovde?ed if it ?as ?o?th it to
put iv av? efo?t fo? av a?ile. But
thev, this a?ile ould e suh a
eauiful ?a? of ouuuviaivg
?ith the p?esevt studevts of NITS-
u? i?st houe. The ofe? ?as, to
sa? the least, i??esisile. So, NI-
Tiavs, iv ase ?ou[?e ?eadivg this
a?ile iv ove of the pages of a
ha?d op? of the IGNITS, ovside?
?ou?self luk? avd do gi?e the lite?-
a?? lu a pat ov the ak. Jo ?ell
dove!
Thev of ou?se, the?e ?as the
?uesiov of ?hat e?atl? to ??ite
aout. I ould ??ite aout u?self,
ut thev I ?ovde?ed ho? uav?
?ould a?e. I avvot gi?e ?ou ad-
?ie ov ho? to stud?; I ha?e had
S.P.I.s as lo? as 5. I avvot gi?e
?ou jo ad?ie eithe? fo? I u?self
ve?e? p?epa?ed fo? ove. I ?ould, iv
fat, ask ?ou to ve?e? follo? av?-
od?[s ad?ie at all. Go ahead:
uake uistakes. These fou? ?ea?s iv
NIT Silha? a?e atuall? the est
?ea?s of ?ou? life. So uake the
uost out of it avd lea?e vothivg
fo? ?eg?ets.
Why stay loked up iv you?
?oou ?hev the?e is a ho?de of
possiiliies outside? Go out - dis-
o?e? plaes, people, diso?e?
?ou?self. Diso?e? ?hat the oldest
?ivte? uo?vivgs iv Assau look
like. Diso?e? ho? hot the suu-
ue?s av get. Avd vot to fo?get u?
fa?ou?ite thivg aout Silha?- the
soothivg suuue?iue ?aivs.
T?? out ve? thivgs. Read,
??ite, paivt, pla?. Pa?t?! Ma?e
?ou[?e ve?e? eev ov stage e-
fo?e? Joiv the dave lu! If ?ou
suk at it that ad, pla? the ?ole of
a tale iv a d?aua, ut just e
the?e! E?pe?ieve it. O? ua?e
?ou[?e al?a?s ?avted to lea?v a
pa?iula? spo?t? No? is the iue.
The failiies, o?iousl?, a?e vot
?o?ld lass iv he?e. But ?ou[ll su?e-
l? ivd ?ovde?ful people to teah
?ou.
Talk to people. E?p?ess. De-
ate. Listev. Avd uvde?stavd.
Fall iv lo?e! Ne?e? e sa?ed
of e?plo?ivg this feelivg, this luf?-
lute?ivg-faulous feelivg of lo?ivg
soueove ?ith all ?ou? hea?t-
deepl?, lo?all? avd sellessl?. This
ailit? to lo?e so sive?el? avd to
put avothe?[s happivess ahead of
?ou? o?v is vot souethivg the
fou? ?alls of a lass?oou a?e e?e?
goivg to teah ?ou. But it[s ?o?th
it avd soove? o? late? iv life, you[ll
?ealise ?h?.
Ad?iiya Bo?ah
Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve avd
Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

24. igvits[?5
Make f?ievds- ?ith ?ou?
?oouuate, ?ith ?ou? ?avh ua-
tes, ?ou? ath uates, ?ou? sev-
io?s, ?ou? juvio?s, ?ith the ?uiet-
est gu?, ?ith the geekiest gi?l,
?ith the sua?test, the ?o?diest,
the ?ei?dest, the talevted, the
uugge?s, the uvke?s, the siev-
ists, the a?ists... the?e is soue-
thivg eauiful iv eah ove of
theu. Diso?e? that.
Ne?e? ?est?aiv ?ou?self f?ou
doivg ?hat ?ou lo?e doivg due to
vovsevsial fea?s- fea? of ?hat
othe?s uight thivk, fea? that ?ou
ua? vot do ?ell evough o? the
fea? that ?ou ?ouldv[t e hea?d.
E?plo?e you?self. Make the silliest
avd stupidest uistakes. Take ?isks.
Get iv t?oule. Dave iv the ?aiv
avd thev ath a old! What[s life
?ithout a litle ?az? iv it?
Botou-live? Stop takivg life
so se?iously that you fo?get to
li?e. You[?e vot goivg to li?e fo?e?-
e?, vo uate? ?hat ?ou do; so ?ou
uight as ?ell do ?hat ?ou lo?e.
Avd t?ust ue, the?e[s vothivg
uo?e saisf?ivg thav o?e?ouivg
?ou? deepest, ivve?uost fea?s.
Thavk ?ou fo? ?eadivg. Lots
of lo?e.
AFTER A SRI LANKAN DISASTER – ?? lives ov a PG life
Suddevl? juupivg f?ou p?ofes-
sioval life to pu?suivg PG at NIT
Silha? ?as, of ou?se, a deisiov
uade hasil?. Life oupelled ue
to take this deisiov eause of
o?ivg avd avisoial life at S?i
Lavkav juvgles. I had uo?ed
the?e fo? soue peae avd avk
alave, ut I got ovl? a havdful
of uove? avd vo peae at all.
Av??a? ?hev I pluvged ivto
M.Teh iv Wate? Resou?es Evgi-
vee?ivg, I took t?o to th?ee
uovths to adjust ?ith the aliev-
like NITS ev?i?ovuevt he?e; it
seeuedas if I elovged to avoth-
e? plavet. Atevdivg lasses ?ith
vo p?ope? ovevt?aiov led to
lo?e? SPI ov u? ?
st
Seueste?[s
G?ade Sheet. This ?as ?uite
hu?ivg avd so I deided to iv?est
soue addiioval efo?ts. I ovev-
t?ated a it uo?e avd uade ivto
the top ? of u? ?avh. P?ouot-
ed, a ve? ?
?d
Seueste? ?ought
e?t?a tevsiov of P?ojet Supe??i-
so? sto?ies. I had al?a?s ?avted
to a???out soue e?pe?iuevtal
?esea?h ?o?k, ut it ?asv[t pos-
sile eause autho?iies ?ould
vot pe?uit to do it at IIT Delhi, av
ivsitute I p?efe??ed. Uliuatel? I
had to havge u? Supe??iso? avd
topi of u? ?o?k th?ie iv ?
?d
Se-
ueste? avd thev a??ied out u?
lite?atu?e su??e? th?ee iues
?hih ?as too i??itaivg avd o?-
ivg, avd it pla?ed ?ith u? pa-
ieve .Ov ??
th
No?eue?, ????
?e had ou? ?
?d
Seueste? disse?ta-
iov p?esevtaiov, ?hih ?as just
ate? ?5 da?s of u? ?
?d
ve? topi.
I ould vot do up to the ua?k.
With lite?atu?e su??e?, ivall? I
?eahed ?
th
Seueste? avd got
stuk to u? p?ojet .No? I shall
get ?id of u? PG ou?se av??a?-
vo uo?e stud? fo? soue iue
ate? that, avd possiilit? of soue
uevtal liss. The vuue? th?ee
has eoue fauilia? du?ivg this
t?o-?ea? sta? at NIT Silha?.
Th?ee havges of ?esea?h su-
jets ?e?e also aoupavied ?
th?ee shits of hostel sta?. Fi?st
hostel ?as ?ithout ?esou?es- it
?as totall? ?euolded ? ue ate?
se?e?al disussiovs ?ith autho?i-
ies fo? dife?evt issues. The se-
ovd ove had a uesue?izivg va-
tu?e. I full? evjo?ed the?e, avd
ivall?, I ?as shited to the est
hostel of NITS ?ith the pe?fet
ivf?ast?utu?e. I feel ?uite fo?tu-
vate to e he?e, ut ?esea?h
t?oules ue vo? avd thev. Sill, I
vo? ?ait fo? ??th Ma?,???5-
Cov?oaiov Da?- the uliuate
ueuo?ale e?evt.
All's ?ell that evds ?ell.
Md. Ali Cho?dhu?y
PG Shola?
?th Seueste?
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

25. igvits[?5

27. igvits[?5
The Light of the Hea?ev - Ast?ovou?!
The pu?pose of the telesope,
oth ?eleivg avd ?ef?aivg, is to
do fuvdauevtal ?esea?h ov the
vatu?e of the uvi?e?se iv ?hih ?e
li?e. This ?esea?h seeks to avs?e?
soue of the iggest ?uesiovs ?e
av ask, suh as ho? did the uvi-
?e?se egiv ~o? did it egiv), ho?
ig is it, ho? old is it, avd ho? ?ill
it evd ~o? ?ill it evd)? As the si-
eve that p?o?ides the f?aue?o?k
kvo?ledge of ?he?e ?e, avd the
plavet ov ?hih ?e li?e, it ivto
the ev?i?ovuevt of the uvi?e?se,
ast?ovou? is a ?ital pa?t of the
ultu?e of all uavkivd. A pe?sov
dep?i?ed of the ?oad outlives of
ast?ovouial kvo?ledge is as ul-
tu?all? havdiapped as ove ve?e?
e?posed to histo??, lite?atu?e, uu-
si o? a?t. As ast?ovoue?s ou-
uuviate ve? diso?e?ies aout
the uvi?e?se, the? ev?ih the ivtel-
letual li?es of uilliovs.
F?ou the da?v of i?ilizaiov,
ast?ovou? has p?o?ided iupo?tavt
steppivg stoves fo? huuav p?o-
g?ess. Ou? alevda? avd s?steu of
iuekeepivg aue f?ou ast?ovo-
u?. Muh of toda?[s uatheuais
is the ?esult of ast?ovouial ?e-
sea?h. T?igovouet?? ?as iv?evt-
ed ? Hippa?hus, a G?eek ast?ov-
oue?. The adopiov of loga?ithus
?as d?i?ev ? the veeds of ast?o-
vouial alulaiovs. The alulus,
the asis of all uode?v sieve
avd evgivee?ivg, ?as iv?evted ?
Si? Isaa Ne?tov fo? ast?ovouial
alulaiovs. Ast?ovou? p?o?ided
the va?igaioval tehvi?ues that
allo?ed sailo?s avd a?iato?s to
e?plo?e ou? plavet ~avd toda? al-
lo? spae?at to e?plo?e ou? sola?
s?steu). Ast?ovou?'s appeite fo?
ouputaioval po?e? d?o?e the
de?elopuevt of uav? of the ea?li-
est elet?ovi oupute?s. The
spae-age, ?hih ?ought us the
ouuuviaiov avd ?eathe? satel-
lites upov ?hih ?e depevd eah
da?, ?ould ha?e eev iupossile
?ithout the fuvdauevtal
kvo?ledge of g?a?it? avd o?its
diso?e?ed ? ast?ovoue?s.
Radio ast?ovoue?s led the
de?elopuevt of lo?-voise ?adio
?eei?e?s that uade possile the
satellite ouuuviaiovs ivdust??.
Iuage p?oessivg tehvi?ues de-
?eloped ? ast?ovoue?s vo? a?e
pa?t of the uedial iuagivg s?s-
teus that allo? vov-iv?asi?e e?-
auivaiov of paievts' ivte?val
o?gavs. At toda?[s ose??ato?ies,
the veeds of ast?ovoue?s fo?
ete? ivst?uuevts ovivue to
d?i?e de?elopuevts iv suh di-
?e?se ields as elet?ovis, ue-
havial evgivee?ivg, avd ouput-
e? sieve.
Ast?ovou? has uuh ?et to
ovt?iute to huuav kvo?ledge
avd p?og?ess. F?ou the ai? plave
to the t?avsisto?, f?ou ?adio to
lase?s, the de?elopuevts of the
T?evieth Cevtu?? ?e?e ased ov
fuvdauevtal kvo?ledge of the
ph?sis of uate? avd eve?g?. As-
t?ovou? ofe?s sievists f?ou a
?ide ?avge of akg?ouvds ?ith a
vea?l? ivivite ?a?iet? of osui
"lao?ato?ies" fo? ose??ivg ph?si-
al phevoueva. It is uvlikel? that
av? lao?ato?? ov Ea?th ?ill e?e?
p?odue uate? as devse as that of
a veut?ov sta?, teupe?atu?es as
hot as those ivside a supe?vo?a, o?
g?a?it? as st?ovg as
that of a lak hole.
Yet, ast?ovoue?s
av stud? the ph?s-
is of suh e?t?eue
ovdiiovs ?ouivel?
?ith ivst?uuevts
suh as the tele-
sope. Close? to
houe, the Ve??
La?ge A??a? ~VLA) of
Telesope at Ne?a-
da, US, is a p?iua??
ivst?uuevt p?o?idivg ?aluale da-
ta ov the d?it of Ea?th's ovi-
vevts avd the uehavisus of
gloal liuate.
What ?ill this ?ield? It is the
vatu?e of asi ?esea?h that ?e
av't p?edit ?hat ?ill oue of
this ?o?k, e?ept that ?e p?oal?
?ill e su?p?ised. Whev Keple? avd
thivkivg of ?eathe? satellites o?
CNN.

K?ishveel S. Rau
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?5

28. igvits[?5
Ne?tov lao?ed to de?elop the
sieve of o?ital uehavis, the?
?e?ev't thivkivg of ?eathe? satel-
lites o? CNN.
Fivall?, ast?ovou? pe?fo?us
av iupo?tavt eduaioval se??ie
fo? e?e?? vaiov. As av e?iivg,
?isual sieve it is easil? aessile
to auateu? ose??e?s, ast?ovou?
si?s sievii u?iosit? iv thou-
savds of youvg people e?e?y yea?.
These youvg people soov lea?v
that ast?ovou? iv?ol?es vea?l?
the ?hole ?avge of the ph?sial
sieves, ivludivg uatheuais,
ph?sis, heuist??, geolog?, evgi-
vee?ivg avd oupute? sieve.
Mav? p?ofessioval sievists iv
these avd othe? ields i?st e-
aue ivte?ested iv thei? p?ofes-
siov th?ough ast?ovou?.
Iv toda?'s ?o?ld ua?ket-
plae, a oupeii?e vaiov veeds
fo? its evi?e populaiov, vot just
its sievists, to ha?e a asi le?el
of sievi. lite?ay. Ast?ovouy,
? p?o?idivg the e?iteuevt of
ve? kvo?ledge aout the fasi-
vaivg ?a?iet? of st?avge ojets
iv the uvi?e?se, av help ou-
uuviate uuh asi sieve to
all people.
Iv suu, ast?ovou? has eev
a o?ve?stove of tehvologial
p?og?ess th?oughout histo??, has
uuh to ovt?iute iv the futu?e,
avd ofe?s all huuavs a fuvda-
uevtal sevse of ou? plae iv av
uviuagival? ?ast avd e?iivg
uvi?e?se.
A Cu?ious Case of Q-Ti?apa
If ?ou ?ekov ?ith the ?o?d, ZQ-
Ti?apa[, thev ?ou[?e p?oal?
hea?d of A?uvah Kuua?, the
fouvde? of The Vi?al Fe?e?.ou.
Fo? o?e? t?o ?ea?s, thei? ?ideos
ha?e gove ?i?al, just like the?
plavved, espeiall? thei? spoofs,
Ro?dies ov the popula? youth
?ealit? sho?, Roadies o? thei?
Gaava Wala Sovg, a spoof ov Stu-
devt of The Yea?[s Ish? ?ala lo?e
avd of ou?se thei? uash-ups ov
Gavgs of Wasse?pu?, as Gavgs of
Soial Media. The popula?it? is
o?ious, The Vi?al Fe?e? has o?e?
?? uilliov ?ie?s ov thei? YouTue
Chavvel ?ith o?e? ?????
sus?i-
e?s avd
aout ??
uilliov
uivutes
ha?e eev
?athed.
Du?ivg the letu?e it ?as uo?e
thav o?ious ?h? he eaue su-
essful, as his keev ose??aiov,
ivte?esivg ?uesiovs avd his
t?isted sevse of huuou? kept the
audieve uesue?ized.
Iv the letu?e he told aout
his jou?ve? f?ou eivg av IIT-
Kha?agpu? g?aduate avd ha?ivg a
ush? jo iv US A?u? to lea?ivg it
altogethe? to fo?u Ivdia[s i?st
avd iggest ovlive TV fo? Ivdiav
Youth, ho? his idea to uake av
e?ol?ed sho?- liked ? people of
uet?os avd iies led to the fo?-
uaiov of Q-Ti?apa, ?hih he
des?ied as addiiov of the
?o?ds ^utevess_ avd
^h***?apa_ as he elie?es ?ou
av laugh at possil? e?e??thivg
ov the fae of this plavet, ?ight
f?ou the ?o?st ??itev joke to
the death of a g?eat uav.
Whev asked
aout
the fuvviest
eleuevt iv Ivdiav Cultu?e, he
thought fo? a uouevt, avd ?e-
plied the ivhe?evt tevdevy of
Ivdiavs of uakivg a khihdi of
e?e??thivg. We a?e like all-
?ouvde?s: ad iv e?e??thivg. Also
?hev asked aout ?hat aue
i?st the laugh o? the joke, he
sua?tl? ?eplied the joke?.
Asked aout his d?eau, he
suiled avd ?eplied ^I ?avt The
Vi?al Fe?e? to eoue ove of the
iggest ?outh vet?o?ks iv the
ouvt?? avd soueda?, the
?o?ld_.
Wishivg hiu est of luk fo?
his evdea?o?s iv futu?e, ^Vi?a La
Q-Ti?apa_
Aklavk Jaiv

Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve avd
Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

29. igvits[?5
Mahapu?ush S?i S?iuavta Savka?de?
মহাপুৰু ীমতকৰদেব
Mahapu?usha S?iuavta Savka?-
de?a ~???9-?5??), saivt-shola?,
pla???ight, soial-?eligious ?efo?u-
e?, is a olossal igu?e iv the ultu?-
al avd ?eligious histo?? of Assau,
Ivdia. He is ?edited ?ith p?o?idivg
a th?ead of uvit? to Assau st?ad-
dlivg t?o uajo? kivgdous ~Ahou
avd Koh kivgdous), uildivg ov
past lite?a?? ai?iies to p?o?ide
the ed?ok of Assauese ultu?e,
avd ?eaivg a ?eligiov that ga?e
shape to a set of ve? ?alues avd
soial s?vthesis. The ?eligiov he
sta?ted, Mahapu?u?i?a Dha?ua,
?as pa?t of the Bhaki uo?euevt
thev ?agivg iv Ivdia, avd he iv-
spi?ed haki iv Assau just as Ra-
uavavda, Kai?, Basa?a avd
Chaitav?a Mahap?ahu ivspi?ed it
else?he?e. His lite?a?? avd a?isi
ovt?iuiovs a?e li?ivg t?adiiovs
iv Assau toda?. The ?eligiov he
p?eahed is p?aied ? a la?ge
populaiov, avd
Sat?as
~uovaste?ies)
that he avd his
follo?e?s esta-
lished ovivue
to lou?ish avd
sustaiv his leg-
a?. Iv ?e?e?-
eve to his pe?-
sovalit?, teah-
ivgs avd oeu-
??e, he is a
Mahapu?usha,
o? ^G?eat
Mav_.
Savka?ade?a p?opagated a
fo?u of Vaisva?isu kvo?v as Eka-
Sa?ava-Ha?i-Naua-Dha?ua, popu-
la?l? ?efe??ed to as Mahapu?usisu,
?hih ovside?s Lo?d K?ishva to e
the Ove, Ete?val avd Asolute avd
st?esses upov uv?ualiied de?oiov
to Hiu. He sp?ead the lie?al avd
huuavisi dot?ive of Zl? fo?
the ?e?? i?st iue iv Assau. The
?eligious s?steu of Savka?ade?a is
st?itl? uovotheisi avd the ?o?-
ship of deiies othe? thav K?ishva
is st?itl? p?ohiited. Savka?ade?a
is ove of the uost ?e?saile saivt-
poets of ivdia. His ?as a uuli-
diuevsioval pe?sovalit?: The?e a?e
poets avd oupose?s, the?e a?e
saivts avd ?eligious teahe?s, the?e
a?e uusial uaste?s, the?e a?e
p?eahe?s; ut Savka?ade?a ?as a
gevius iv ?hou all these ?ualiies
?e?e ?olled ivto ove.
Savka?ade?a ?as av e?udite
shola?, a p?olii ??ite?, a ?e?saile
saivt-poet of uvliuited ue?it,
a l??iist of uvi?e?sal aeptave, a
uusiiav of high ali?e, a piovee?
iv the ield of Assauese
p?ose, d?aua avd d?auai pe?fo?-
uaves, a paivte? avd ao?e
all the g?eat-
est ?eligious teah-
e?-p?eahe?-leade?
of the uedie?al
Vaisva?a uo?e-
uevt iv As-
sau ?hih is ?ightl?
kvo?v as
the Savka?ade?a
Mo?euevt. The
ovlueve of so
uav? ?ualiies is
?e?? ?a?e iv a sivgle
pe?sov. He vot ovl?
outshove his ov-
teupo?a?ies, ut also e?elled his
p?edeesso?s. The Bhaki uo?e-
uevt of ?eligious de?oiov sp?ead
as ove of its g?eatest p?opovevts
Shavka?ade?a ?as o?v iv the uid
-?5th evtu?? iv Assau. He ?as a
shola?, poet, paivte?, oupose?,
uusiiav, pla???ight, ato?, dav-
e?, avd ho?eog?aphe?; he ivte?-
p?eted the Bhaga?ata Pu?ava avd
p?eahed ?eitaiov of the Naue
of K?ishva. Shavka?ade?a's hief
disiple Madha?ade?a p?ouoted
Vaishva?isu iv
his Nauaghosha avd ??ote de?o-
ioval pla?s.
The ev?i?ovuevt iv ?hih
the gevius of Savka?ade?a los-
soued avd looued ?as si??ivg
avd e?iivg, p?egvavt ?ith fa?-
?eahivg de?elopuevts iv e?e??
sphe?e of life iv Kaua?upa, the
thev No?th-Easte?v Ivdia. His
uav?-diuevsioval ovt?iuiovs
p?o?ed to e lasivg ?alue. He
helped iv ?a?ious ?a?s iv gi?ivg a
ha?ate?isi staup avd ethos to
the life avd soiet? of Assau avd
thus has eev ?ightl? alaiued as
the fathe? of the Assauese ?a? of
life, ?iz, spi?itual, ?eligious, aes-
NITU KUMAR DAS
Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve avd
Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

30. thei, ultu?al, soiologial avd
lite?a?? too.
Ivdeed, Savka-
?ade?a ?as like the
glo?ious suv uvde?
?hose ?a?uth of
uivd Assau los-
soued like a lotus of
thousavd petals
~sahas?adala kauala).
It is diiult to iuagive
ho? deep avd ?idesp?ead ?as the
ivlueve of Savka?ade?a ov the
ultu?al ?evaissave that u?st
fo?th iv Medie?al Assau. Basiall?,
Savka?ade?a ?as a saivt of the
highest o?de? ?ho uade a pas-
siovate p?otest agaivst the athe-
isu avd dualisi theolog? as ?ell
as the ?itual-u?deved fo?u of
?o?ship to ?eplae theu ?ith the
siuple ?eligiov of lo?e avd de?o-
iov. Fo? the veedful, he aepted
lite?atu?e as the ?ehile of ou-
uuviaiov to the uasses. Thus, a
lite?a?? uo?euevt alovg ?ith the
Bhaki uo?euevt took autoua-
iov avd thus he eaue a t?e-
uevdous t?evd-sete? iv e?e??
?alk of life. The Savka?ade?a
Mo?euevt aele?ated the pae
of a ?evaseve of lite?atu?e avd
ive a?ts like uusi avd paivivg. It
?ought aout a ve? avd oup?e-
hevsi?e outlook ov life avd a dis-
ivtl? health? tove to soial e-
ha?io?: The digvit? of the ivdi?idu-
al evdea?o? of uav as a disivt
?eligious eivg avd vot as th?all of
theologial despoisu ?as de-
la?ed. Assau diso?e?ed he?self
as av ivteg?al pa?t of the hol? lavd
of Bha?ata?a?sa, avd glo?ied iv
that diso?e??.
Savka?ade?a thought avd
?ealised the di?ive uajest? iv e?-
pavdivg ve? o?its avd pou?ed
fo?th his spi?itual e?pe?ieves iv
?o?ds of g?eat eaut? to sha?e
theu ?ith the ouuov people.
His popula?it? ?as ?ought to e?e-
?? doo?. He had ?eei?ed the ues-
sage of the Bhaga?ata avd
uivglivg it ?ith the de-
?oiov of his o?v hea?t
he ?eated a ?eligious
lite?atu?e that has fe?
e?uals. It ?as Savka-
?ade?a ?ho ?ought
di?ive K?ishva to the
ouuov uasses as
thei? Bhaga?av. He ivuvdated ?ith
his ha?uivg l??is vot ovl? iv the
state of Assau ut also sevt out
thei? eaut? avd f?ag?ave to the
veighou?ivg p?o?ives ?he?e the
a?oua of Savka?ade?a ovivues
to li?e e?ev toda?. Pe?haps vo
othe? poet's ??iivg has ?o?ev
itself iv the uevtal te?tu?e of a
people as that of Savka?ade?a iv
Assau. Milliovs of Assauese peo-
ple ha?e fouvd iv his ??iivgs a
uo?al ode of soial ovdut avd
also a ?a? of life. His ??iivgs ha?e
eoue a li?ivg faith, avd Jai Gu?u
Savka?a, a sa?ed uavt?a fo? salu-
taiov as ?ell as sal?aiov.
Savka?ade?a p?odued a
la?ge od? of ?o?k. Though the?e
?e?e othe?s efo?e hiu ?ho
??ote iv the lavguage of the ou-
uov uav – Madha?Kavdali ?ho
t?avslated the Raua?ava ivto As-
sauese iv the ??th evtu?? – his
?as the i?st ?aua?ava to e
??itev iv a uode?v Ivdiav lav-
guage – Ha?i?a?aVip?a avd
HeuaSa?as?ai, it ?as Savka?ade-
?a ?ho opeved the loodgates avd
ivspi?ed othe?s like Madha?ade?a
to a??? ov ?he?e he let of.
His lavguage is luid, his ?e?s-
es lilivg, avd he ivfused haki
ivto e?e??thivg he ??ote. His uag-
vuu opus is his Ki?tava-ghosha, a
?o?k so popula? that e?ev toda? it
is fouvd iv vea?l? e?e?? household
iv Assau. It ovtaivs va??ai?e
?e?ses glo?if?ivg K?ishva ueavt fo?
ouuuvit? sivgivg. It is a haki
ka??a pa? e?elleve, ??itev iv a
li?el? avd siuple lavguage, it has
^sto?ies avd sovgs fo? auuseuevt
[fo? hild?ev], it delights the ?ouvg
?ith t?ue poei eaut? avd elde?-
l? people ivd he?e ?eligious iv-
st?uiov avd ?isdou_.
Fo? uost of his ?o?ks, he used the
Assauese lavguage of the pe?iod
so the la? pe?sov ould ?ead avd
uvde?stavd theu. But fo? d?a-
uai efet iv his sovgs avd d?a-
uas he used B?aja?ali, av a?iiial
ui?tu?e of B?aj lavguage avd As-
sauese.
Othe? lite?a?? ?o?ks ivlude
the ?evde?ivg of eight ooks of
the Bhaga?ata Pu?ava ivludivg
the AdiDasaua ~Book X), Ha?i-
shhavd?a-upakh?ava ~his i?st
?o?k), Bhaki-p?adip, the Niui-
va?asiddha-sau?ada
~ov?e?saiov et?eev Kivg Niui
avd the vive Siddhas), Bhaki-
?atvaka?a ~Savsk?it ?e?ses, uostl?
f?ou the Bhaga?ata, oupiled ivto
a ook), Avadi-patava ~ha?ivg as
its theue the ?eaiov of the uvi-
?e?se avd allied osuologial
uate?s), Guvauala avd uav?
pla?s like Rukuiviha?av, Patvip?a-
sad, Keligopal, Ku?ukshet?a?at?a
avd S?i?aua?ija?a. The?e ?as thus
av lo?e?ivg of g?eat Bhaki lite?a-
igvits[?5
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31. tu?e du?ivg his lovg life of ???
?ea?s.
Poei ?o?ks ~ka?ya
Ki?tava-ghosha , Ha?ishavd?a-
upakh?ava , Rukuivi-ha?ava , Aja-
uilopakh?ava , Bali-halava , Ku-
?ukshet?a-?at?a ,Gopi-uddha?a-
sau?ada , Au?ta-uavthava ,
K?ishva-???v-pavda?a-
vi??ava , Kauaja?a
Bhaki Theo?y
Bhakai-p?adipaAvadi-patavaNiui-
va?asiddha-sau?ada
• Bhaki Rat vaka?a ~iv Sav-
sk?it)•Guvauala
T?avslite?aiov
• Bhaga?at ~Book VI, VIII, I, II, VII,
X, XI, XII; IX vot a?ailale)
• Raua?ava ~Uta?akavda, supple-
uevtal to Madha?Kavdali[s Katha
Raua?ava) His t?avslaiov of the
Bhaga?ata is atuall? a t?avs?ea-
iov, eause he t?avslates vot
just the ?o?ds ut the idiou avd
the ph?siogvou? too. He has
adapted the o?igival te?t to the
loal lavd avd people avd uost
iupo?tavtl? fo? the pu?pose of
haki. Po?iovs of the o?igival
?e?e let out o? elao?ated ?he?e
app?op?iate. Fo? e?auple, he sup-
p?essed the po?iovs that ?e?ile
the lo?e?s astes of sud?a avd
kai?a?tas, avd e?tols theu else-
?he?e.
D?aua ~Avkia Nat
CihvaYat?a ~lost) , Patvi-p?asada,
Kalia-dauava, Keli-gopala,
Rukuivi-ha?ava, Pa?ijata-ha?ava,
S?i?aua-?ija?a
Savka?ade?a ?as the fouvtaiv-
head of the Avki?avaat, a fo?u of
ove-at pla?. Iv fat, his Cihva-
Yat?a – staged ? hiu ?hev he
?as ovl? ?9 – is ?ega?ded as ove
of the i?st opev-ai? theat?ial pe?-
fo?uaves iv the ?o?ld. Cihva-
?at?a ?as p?oal? a dave d?aua
avd vo te?t of that sho? is a?aila-
le toda?. Ivvo?aiovs like the
p?eseve of a Sut?adha?a
~va??ato?) ov the stage, use of
uasks et., ?e?e used late? iv the
pla?s of Be?tolt B?eht avd othe?
euivevt pla???ights.These ultu?-
al t?adiiovs sill fo?u av ivteg?al
pa?t of the he?itage of the As-
sauese people.
Sovgs
Bo?geet ~ouposed ???, ut ovl?
?? e?ist vo?) , Bhaiua,o De?a
haiua – paveg??is to God , o
Naathaiua – fo? use iv d?a-
uas , o Raja haiua – paveg??is
to kivgs ~to kivg Na?a Na?a?av)
The Bo?geets ~lite?all?: g?eat
sovgs) a?e de?oioval sovgs, set to
uusi avd suvg iv ?a?ious ?aga
st?les. These st?les a?e slightl?
dife?evt f?ou eithe? the Hivdusta-
vi o? the Ca?vai st?les. The sovgs
theusel?es a?e ??itev iv the
ZB?aja?ali[ lavguage.
Dave
Sat?i?a dave, that Savka?ade?a
i?st ovei?ed avd de?eloped avd
?hih ?as late? p?ese??ed fo? ev-
tu?ies ? the sat?as, is vo?
auovg the lassial dave fo?us
of Ivdia.
Visual A?t
• Sapta?aikuvtha – pa?t of the
Cihva?at?a p?oduiov, does vot
e?ist toda?.
• V?ivda?avi?ast?a – pa?ts of this
?o?k a?e p?ese??ed iv Lovdov.
The fauous V?ivda?aviVast?a—
the loth of V?ivda?av—a ??? ? ??
uits tapest?? depited the lilas
of Lo?d K?ishva at V?ivda?av
th?ough ?ihl? ?o?ev avd eu?oi-
de?ed desigvs ov silk.[?] A spei-
uev, elie?ed to e a pa?t of this
?o?k, is at the Assoiaiov pou?
l[Etude et la Douuevtaiov des
Te?iles d[Asie olleiov at Pa?is
~iv?. vo. ????). The ?ast?a, ou-
uissioved ? Chila?ai, ?as ?o?ev
? ?? uaste? ?ea?e?s iv Ba?peta
uvde? the supe??isiov of Savka-
?ade?a p?oal? et?eev ?5?5
avd ?5??. It ?as housed iv the
Madhupu?sat?a ut it disap-
pea?ed at soue poivt. It is e-
lie?ed this loth uade its ?a? to
Tiet avd f?ou the?e to its p?esevt
plae.
Du?ivg his sta? at Koheha?, Ma-
ha?aja Na?ava?a?ava e?p?essed
his ?ish to e iviiated. Savka?de?
?as ?elutavt to ov?e?t a kivg
avd delived to do so. ~Ao?divg
to ove of the iog?aphe?s Rau-
ha?av Thaku?) A paivful oil;
a ?ishaphoha?a – had appea?ed iv
soue pa?t of his od? avd this led
to the passivg a?a? of the
Saivt.Thus, iv ?5??, ate? leadivg a
uost e?evful life dediated to
evlightevivg huuavit?;
the Mahapu?usha ?eathed his
last – ate? fou? uovths of his last
sta? at Bheladovga– at the ?e-
ua?kale age of ??? ?ea?s.

~Sou?e –Wikipedia ,Ivte?vet ,Savka?de?
uo?euevt Soiet?)

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Losivg the Ete?val Pu?it?
Belie?ed iv Hivdu u?tholog? to
e ove of the Se?ev Sa?ed Ri?e?s
of Ivdia, The Gavges o? ^Maa Gav-
ga_ fo? the Hivdus, ?euaivs the
euleuai ?i?e? of the ouvt??.
T?adiiovall? avd iv te?us of u?-
tholog?, it ?euaivs the uost iu-
po?tavt ?i?e? fo? the Hivdus. The
de?otees ha?e a i?u elief that
the hol? ?ate? of the Gavges has
the po?e? to e?ove?ate theu of
thei? sivs, the ^Au?ita_, o? the
eli?i? of life, ?ould ?ivg pu?it? to
the elie?e?s avd a ete? ^life
ate? death_. So uav? pilg?iuages
a?e a??ied ?hih ivlude athivg
iv its ?ate?s avd ueditaivg ov its
avks. The ?i?e? has ea?ved ?eli-
gious iupo?tave to uav? iies
disseuivated alovg its avks, Va-
?avasi eivg the fo?euost. The
Cit? of Lea?vivg ivds Hivdus los-
e? to God, pa?iula?l? to Shi?a.
Thousavds oue he?e vot ovl? to
seek thei? aluiovs, p?a? avd
hope fo? asoluiov, ut also to
die.
To die at the Ghats of Va?a-
vasi is a p?i?ilege ove avvot ?e-
fuse: goivg ? u?tholog?, it g?avts
ove av iuuediate aess to
Z[Moksha[[ o? illuuivaiov, thus
uakivg it possile fo? the soul to
esape f?ou the ?le of ?eiva?-
vaiovs. A seve f?ou the Mavi-
ka?vika Ghat gi?es a pe?fet tesi-
uov?: the i?e f?ou the fuve?al
p??es ve?e? dies do?v he?e; the
Ghat is pe?evviall? ustlivg ?ith
uou?ve?s ?ivgivg the deeased
fo? ?euaiov avd logs of p??e
?ood eivg fe??ied to avd f?o
auidst suoke ?isivg f?ou suolde?-
ivg py?es he?e avd the?e. C?eua-
iov ?euaivs av essevial ?itual of
the Hivdu ?eligiov; to ?edue the
od? to ashes failitates the iu-
uo?tal soul, f?ee f?ou its a?val
ev?elope, to go ov its ?a? avd
?eappea? uvde? a ve? fo?u. The
ashes a?e thev dispe?sed ivto the
hol? ?i?e?, eivg the pu?est aode
fo? the uo?tal ?euaivs. The fe??o?
to?a?ds u?tholog? has livded
the ?aioval e?e of the uasses avd
this has ?ought the Z[ete?vall?
pu?e_ aspet of the Gavges ivto
?iial jeopa?d?.
Ao?divg to esiuates,
aout ?5?,??? ?euaiovs a?e pe?-
fo?ued at Va?avasi eah yea?. The
Gavges ?ould thus ?eei?e eah
da? the ?euaivs of soue ??? hu-
uav o?pses iv addiiov to soue
?5?? tovs of ?ood ?hih is used
fo? ?euaiov. Although ovl? the
oves avd the ashes a?e supposed
to e sate?ed iv the ?i?e?, those
?ho avvot afo?d the huge
auouvt of ?ood ?e?ui?e fo? the
ivive?aiov di?etl? dispose the
?v-?euated odies ivto the ?i?e?.
Iv addiiov to this, hol? uev, p?eg-
vavt ?ouev, hild?ev uvde? the
age of i?e ?ea?s, people ?ith lep-
?os? o? hikev po?, a?e vot ?e-
uated ut thei? odies a?e di?etl?
allo?ed to deoupose iv the ?a-
te?s. Aout 9??? a?asses of
atle, ?hih a?e sa?ed to Hivdus,
a?e duuped ivto the Gavges eah
da?. Co?pses lo?ivg do?v the
Gavges a?e a ouuov sight at Va-
?avasi, avd the loal polie fo?es
ovside?al? ovt?iute to this ?
geivg ?id of the uvlaiued odies
iv the po?e?ful ?ate?s of the ?i?-
e?.
Ovl? that gi?ivg igvo?avt
p?aies a ?eligious loak ouldv[t
stop p?oleus f?ou ?eedivg. The
ivfauous hole?a epideuis of
Va?avasi laiued the li?es of
uav?, avd gi?ev the feal ?ate of
the oli fo?us iv the adjoivivg
Gavges eivg ?5 uilliov uvits pe?
lite? ~the autho?ized eivg 5??
uvits pe? lite?), guessivg aout the
sou?e of the epideui isv[t a
uivd-??estlivg task. The go?e?v-
uevt t?ied to gaiv ovt?ol ? iv-
stallivg elet?i ?euato?iuus ov
the Ghats iv ea?l? ?99?s, ut the
people sill p?efe? the t?adiioval
uethods, pe?haps eause these
dov[t ivd av? ueviov iv the
s?iptu?es as sou?es of lie?aiov.
Lastl?, the go?e?vuevt ?eleased
thousavds of ve?ophageous tu?-
tles ?hih de?ou? the o?pses,
ausivg vo ha?u to the athe?s
avd s?iuue?s. Ivgevious, ve?e?-
theless a failu?e: the poo? ?epiles
?e?e ?uikl? aptu?ed avd ov-
suued ? the poo?est of the ?esi-
devts. The ?elease of ivdust?ial
?astes avd se?age ?ate? f?ou
the adjoivivg iies is al?ead? a
uajo? polluiov ove?v fo? the
Gavges avd this issue, ?hih, o?-
ivg to its ?eligious alliave, is ovl?
ha?de? to ?esol?e, doesv[t help the
situaiov at all.
It is ovl? uvlikel? fo? ?eligiov
avd ?easov to ?uv ov pa?allel lives,
uo?e so fo? the uasses. Fo? theu,
Z[Gavga Maa[[ is ete?vall? pu?e avd
?ould ?euaiv so, sieve hasv[t
e?ol?ed evough to ?ealize he? ?ast
oovs avd po?e?s. Thus, as e?e?,
?e see huvd?eds of o?pses u?v-
ivg ov the live of ?oodev p??es,
Avu?ag Avavd
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
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33. igvits[?5
soot-o?e?ed uev ustlivg aout, ?akivg iv the sill-glo?ivg ashes, s?eepivg theu ivto the ?i?e?; g?a? dust
f?ou the p??es loaivg atop the ?a?es, ui?ivg ?ith lo?e? ga?lavds avd foau; the dust avd de?is ?esu?faivg
soue distave a?a?, this iue, ivte?ui?ed ?ith pol?theve ags, eupt? avs avd di?t? lothes.
This is The Hol? Gavges at its holiest avks: the Ghats of Va?avasi.
Life at NIT Silha?
Life, as has uvfolded, is follo?ivg
the ?ights avd da?ks, holdivg
theu iv ?a?u levhed ists avd
?ea?ivg theu ivto tapest?ies. But
the t?o-?ea? sivt at NIT Silha? is
like ?ie?ivg the ?o?ld th?ough a
kaleidosope – ivt?iate pe?spe-
i?es avd e?e? ve? diuevsiovs of
thoughts. Ivdi?idual d?eaus ov-
?e?ge avd ivte??ea?e ivto a uo-
sai, vet?o?kivg of o-e?isteve,
sha?ivg the saue spae, oth iv
lite?al avd ivtelletual te?us, avd
pu?suivg to fo?ge ou? o?v ivdi?id-
ual idevit?. Avd e it a vote o? a
?oid, ?e a?e all ovt?iuivg ou?
?oie to the ?esevdo that huus
th?ough.
A ove-??}v-a-iue tea ga?-
dev-tu?ved ivtelletual hu, the
aupus ?ith its vuue?ous lakes
avd evhavivg topog?aph? is aes-
theiall? lessed. The ?e?? plae
?he?e lovg ak the tea uds
?e?e tevded iv all g?eev feliit?,
vo?, uddivg huuav-?esou?e is
g?ooued to lossou avd sp?ead
thei? f?ag?ave all o?e?. Av ivtel-
letuall? elite fault?, ?ell-uilt
ivf?ast?utu?e, ev?ihivg edua-
ioval p?og?auues avd ollao?a-
iovs, NIT Silha? has a??ed out a
vihe fo? itself iv ?esea?h avd
aadeui pu?suits. Aadeuis is
ove shade iv the spet?uu of NITS
-gevoue.
C?eai?e e?p?essiovs iv uu-
si, dave, d?aua, ?isual a?ts, avd
?eai?e ??iivg oupose a eau-
iful u lavge of euoioval out-
lets. Th?ough uutaiov avd ?oss-
o?e? ope?aiovs the NITS-ultu?al-
h?ouosoue has e?ol?ed ivto a
ve?, d?vaui avd ?i?avt avd
p?og?essi?e outlook – ue?givg
t?adiiovs avd ultu?es f?ou
a?oss the gloe.
But, stavdivg ov a p?i?ileged plat-
eau is vot evough. The digital di-
?ide et?eev iv-aupus avd the
adjaevt ?illages is sta?k avd
p?ouivevt. Though eovoui e?-
havges a?e p?e?alevt, p?o-
g?auues fo? ?eahivg out avd
fauilia?izivg theu ?ith the digital
ivte?fae avd ivfo?uaiov aess
a?e sp?ivgivg up, aleit ?elai?el?
ve?. Pe?haps, ?ea?s ahead, ?e
?ill all e lookivg fo??a?d th?ough
a uuulai?e kaleidosope ?athe?
thav av ivdi?idual ove. Hopefull?,
iv the havdloou of thei? d?eaus,
NITS f?ate?vit? ?ill ?ea?e ve?
diuevsiovs, ideas avd ivspi?aiovs
fo? sulpivg thei? sel?es.
Avd ?h? vot sa? it- sulpivg
ou?sel?es too. Ou? ive?pe?ieved
Zv? ua? e shak? at soue
poivts avd pe?haps ?e ?ill e?ev
d?op the hisel, pik it up, ?e?isit
avd ?o?k agaiv. The?e is suvshive,
the?e a?e sto?us to uake ou? g?ip
st?ovge? avd soue sta?-lights to
gaze at vight. The?e a?e hellos.
The?e a?e good?es, uostl? ive?i-
tale. Avd soue good?es, ?e
?ill ve?e? ?eall? pa?t ?ith.
Iliva Sivha
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd Cou-
uuviaiov evgivee?ivg
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Iupat of Cultu?e iv Gloal Busivess Ev?i?ovuevt
Cultu?e pla?s a ?e?? iupo?tavt ?ole
iv ovduivg usivess o?e?seas
i.e. e?ovd the douesi o?de?s.
The suess avd efei?e ?esult of
a usivess ueet depevd ov a
la?ge e?tevt to ou? apailit? of
uvde?stavdivg the ultu?e of
the pa?iipaivg vaiov. No
ivdi?idual o? ivsituiov
av dis?ega?d his o?
its ultu?e. Cultu?e
iuies a sevse of
vaiovalisu avd pat?i-
oisu iv people avd the
ete? ?e deal ?ith it,
the ete? a?e the
sopes of eue?givg as a
suessful gloal usivess
t?oov iv the ua?ket. Fo? the
saue, it is ?e?? iupo?tavt avd al-
uost iupe?ai?e to ha?e a p?o-
fouvd kvo?ledge ov the ultu?es
avd t?adiiovs of ?a?ious vaiovs
avd also at ao?divg to those
?hev dealivg ?ith these ?espe-
i?e vaiovs. It is a ouuov hu-
uav t?ait to look upov those ?ho
?espet ou? ultu?e ?ith g?eat ?e-
spet avd hovou?. Thus, gloal
usivess uavageuevt deals ?ith
this siuple aspet. Iv o?de? to ?e-
ate uulivaioval ies, it is ?e??
iupo?tavt to e le?ile iv ou?
app?oah of dealivg ?ith ?a?ious
lievts elovgivg to dife?evt ul-
tu?al g?oups. Poliial ?elaiovs
?ith ?a?ious vaiovs uight seeu
eveiial avd posii?e iv the iv-
te?est of the oupa-
v?, ut soueiues it
uight p?o?e det?i-
uevtal as
?ell. Fo? e?-
auple, if av
o?gavizaiov is
iv?ol?ed iv
usivess ?ela-
iovs ?ith
t?o vaiovs ?hih
a?e at ?a?, poliial
?elaiovs ?ith the
go?e?vuevts of these ouvt?ies
ua? d?ag the o?gavisaiov ivto the
ovlit as ?ell ?hih is det?i-
uevtal to?a?ds the g?o?th of the
o?gavisaiov as ?ell. Heve, polii-
al ?elaiovs should e liuited avd
?est?aivts should e e?e?ised ov
suh afai?s. Gloalisaiov is dei-
vitel? ?ivgivg aout ivte?uivglivg
of ultu?es, ho?e?e? ?e ought to
?espet the ultu?e, vaiovalisi
ideals avd vaiovalisi seviuevts
of eah avd e?e?? vaiov; ?espet
avd ovfo?u to thei? p?otools
?hile dealivg ?ith theu. Busivess
is vot just ?elated to uove?-
estalishivg a st?ovg usivess
g?ouvd avd e?pavdivg it ?e?ui?es
a g?eat kvo?ledge avd appliaiov
of skilled ua?keivg st?ategies,
avd the i?st poli? o? asi ?ule of
ua?keivg is to de?elop st?ovg
vet?o?kivg ? uvde?stavdivg avd
?espeivg ove avothe?'s opiviov
avd deisiov, ?hile uaivtaivivg a
fai? avd uviased g?ouvd fo? dis-
ussiov. Thus, ovl? ? doivg this
av the ?o?ld eoue ove ig
gloal usivess f?ate?vit?.
A?ivdau Chak?ao?ty
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
Fouvded ? Mau?ie Ke?iv Chai
a studevt of BTECH at NIT SIL-
CHAR iv the ?ea? ????.This o?gav-
isaiov has pla?ed a ke? ?ole iv
the de?elopuevt of hild?ev iv
a??ak ?alle? sive its fo?uaiov.
It has lea? ?isiov avd uissiov avd
?5 poivt ojei?es aiuivg at up-
litivg the eduaiov le?el of the
hild?ev of the ?u?al ?illages avd
sluus iv Silha?.The o?gavisaiov
has ?? ?oluvtee?s ,? staf avd ove
pe?soval ovsultavt f?ou Cali-
fovia USA.
CHILDEREN OF HOPE INDIA
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Child?ev of Hope Ivdia has th?ee
uaiv sheues: -
?. Ate? shool p?og?auue: This
sheue is ivt?odued to eduate
the hild?ev of poo? fauilies ?ho
a?e vot ale to atevd shool avd
tuiiov p?ope?l? due to ?a?ious
?easovs. Uvde? this sheue a
g?oup of dediated avd ?ell
t?aived ?oluvtee?s togethe? ?ith
staf ueue?s teah eleuevta??
Evglish, asi uatheuais avd
uuh uo?e.
?. Na? Jee?av Sheue: This
sheue euphasises ov de?elopivg
a stage ?he?e loal a?t av e ua?-
keted. This sheue ?as iviiated
?hile aiuivg at ivt?oduivg life
skill, ?ativg, uusi avd ?eai?e
uodules of gaivivg ivoue to the
shool d?opout ?ouths. It has vo?
sta?ted a lo?e? uakivg p?ojet fo?
the teevage gi?ls avd guita? lasses
fo? the o?s. All this ?ouths ha?e
eithe? d?op shool fo? ove ?easov
o? avothe? uaivl? due to lak of
suiievt fees. This ?ill help to
p?o?ide self-euplo?uevt oppo?tu-
viies fo? the ?illage?s ate? ov-
stavt t?aivivg.
?. Food P?og?auue: This is the
uost e?iivg pa?t of the p?og?au,
E?e?? ?eekevd hild?ev a?e p?o-
?ided ?ith a highl? vut?iious food
ate? the lasses to uoi?ate theu
to stud? avd sp?ead a?a?evess ov
p?ope? vut?iiov fo? good health.
Futu?e plavs ivlude de?elopivg a
shool ?ith all the asi aueviies
avd estalishivg a pe?uavevt ua?-
ket fo? the a?isavs iv the a?ea,
o?gavise f?ee uedial aups fo?
the ?illages avd p?o?ide vut?iioval
ouvsellivg to ?edue ualvut?iiov
tevdevies iv ?illage hild?ev. Also
to ?idge the gap et?eev hil-
d?ev iv the sluus, ?u?al ?illages
avd those iv u?av a?eas th?ough
ivte?ai?e ?o?kshop.
We also aiu at ?eaivg state ?ise
a?a?evess aout eduaiov, step
up aupaigvs agaivst ea?l? ua?-
?iages avd p?ouote gi?l hild edu-
aiov iv a??ak ?alle?
We app?eiate dovaiovs
f?ou suppo?te?s avd ?ell-?ishe?s
like ?ou to a??? out ou? ai?iies.
To dovate kivdl? log ov to ou?
?esite
???.hild?evohopeivdia.o?g avd
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Mau?ie Ke?iv Chai
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd Cou-
uuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
?????????
Fo? uost of histo??, Avov?uous ?as a ?ouav.—Vi?givia Woolf
A?iles ?? th?ough ?5 of the
Ivdiav Covsituiov gua?avtee us
ou? fuvdauevtal ?ights. While
the? look g?eat ov pape?, it is pii-
ale that the? a?ev[t iupleuevt-
ed as ?ell as the? should e. Avd
it goes ?ithout sa?ivg that the
?ouev iv ou? ouvt?? ha?e it
uuh ?o?se thav the uev.
E?ev efo?e the? a?e o?v,
soue feuales ivad?e?tevtl? ev-
ouvte? the ?utaliies ou? people
ha?e to ofe?. Feuale foeiide-
the selei?e ao?iov of feuale
foetuses- is killivg up?a?ds of ove
uilliov feuales iv Ivdia avvuall?,
?ith t?agi ovse?ueves. Iv
soue a?eas, the se? ?aio e-
t?eev uales avd feuales has
d?opped do?v to less ?:?. The
tehvolog? a?ailale at havd to-
da? allo?s dete?uivaiov of the
se? of the foetus easil?. It is said
that tehvolog? is a oov to i?ili-
saiov, ut ?ith the ad?evt of
suh tehvologial ad?aves iv
p?evatal se? dete?uivaiov sele-
i?e ao?iovs of feuale ofsp?ivg
ha?e uuliplied leaps avd
ouvds. Couples uisuse this po?-
e? of se? dete?uivaiov. E?ev
doto?s ?illivgl? pe?fo?u the
ao?iov iv o?de? to uake a ?uik
uk. P?iuuu vov voe?e.
Avau Hilal?
Class of ????
Elet?ial Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?5

38. igvits[?5
. Fi?st, do vo ha?u. This is a pa?t of
the Hippo?ai Oath e?e?? uedi-
al p?ofessioval takes, s?ea?ivg to
p?aie uediive ?ith pu?it?. But
the?e is vot av iota of pu?it? iv kill-
ivg av uvo?v a? ?hose ovl?
fault ?as to e o?v a feuale.
While ao?iov is legal iv Ivdia, it is
a ?iue to ao?t a p?egvav? solel?
ov the g?ouvds that the foetus ?as
a feuale. E?ev ate? the e?isteve
of st?it la?s avd pevalies fo? ?io-
lato?s, this aho??evt p?aie has
vot eev
steuued. Fe-
uales a?e al?ead?
sujeted to ive-
?ualit? iv ou?
ultu?e, ?h? de-
v? theu the ?ight
to e o?v?
The?e is p?iua?il?
ove ?easov fo?
this, ?hih av ?e?? ?ell e
??apped up iv ove ?o?d- eovou-
is. Fathe?s, espeiall? iv the ?u?al
a?eas, shudde? at the p?ospet of
pa?ivg a do??? to the futu?e ?ide-
g?oou of thei? daughte?.
The do??? s?steu has
plagued ou? ouvt?? fo? geve?a-
iovs. While ua??iage is ovside?ed
ove of the uost sa?ed e?euovies
iv ou? soiet?, the ho??o?s of do?-
?? shate? the ?e?? savit? of the
uviov. Yet, it is p?aied ?ithout
ivhiiiovs. Do??? is a pa?uevt
uade f?ou the ?ide[s fauil? to
the g?oou[s fauil? at the iue of
ua??iage. The pa?uevt av e av-
?thivg- ash, a a?, a ?ef?ige?ato?, a
TV, fu?vitu?e, gold, et. If the
?ide[s fauil? is uvale to pa?, the
?eddivg is alled of. If the ?ed-
divg does take plae, the ?ide is
t?eated ?uell? ? he? iv-la?s. This
s?steu is e?t?euel? se?e?e iv the
vo?the?v Hivdi-speakivg ?egiovs of
Biha?, Ha??ava, Uta? P?adesh avd
Rajasthav, ?he?e ases ha?e eev
?epo?ted of the ?ide eivg u?vt
to death eause the do??? she
aue ?ith ?as less thav ?hat the?
had deuavded. Sive ?hev did
eivg a ?ife to take a?e of the
evi?e household sivgle-havdedl?
vot e evough? What is ?o?se, the
auouvt of do??? deuavded is
di?etl? p?opo?ioval to the
g?oou[s eduaioval ?ualiiaiovs
avd jo he is holdivg at the iue of
ua??iage. It[s t?agi, avd soue-
?hat i?ovi. If the uav is ?ualiied
avd ea?vs ?ell
evough, should-
v[t he pa? fo?
his household
e?pevses iv-
stead of siphov-
ivg of uove?
f?ou the gi?l[s
pa?evts? Mivd
?ou, the g?oou
oues f?ou the saue akg?ouvd
that fo?ids the gi?l f?ou doivg a
jo avd ites the ?easov fo? the
saue as ^?h? does she veed to
?o?k, he? husavd ea?vs evough_.
If he ea?vs evough to suppo?t
theu oth, he should vot e iv
veed of a do???. If he isv[t good
evough to ea?v as uuh, he does
vot ha?e the ?ight to ask fo? a la?ge
do???. The do??? s?steu is av
ivsult to ou? soiet? as a ?hole,
avd it diuivishes the posiiov of
oth the uav avd the ?ouav. No
huuav eivg is a ua?ketale ou-
uodit?, avd it is a a?dival siv to
t?eat theu as ove.
As the ouvt?? leapf?ogs to-
?a?ds gloalizaiov, uo?e avd
uo?e ?ouev a?e ?evtu?ivg ivto
uale-douivated a?eas. Yet, the
asi st?utu?e of the soiet? has
sho?v vo sigvs of iup?o?euevt. If
?ou leaf th?ough a ve?spape? ?eg-
ula?l?, ?ou ?ill oue a?oss av a?-
?a? of ividevts of ha?assuevt of
?ouev. Avd that[s just the ip of
the iee?g. The?e a?e thousavds
of suh ividevts th?oughout the
ouvt?? e?e??da? that go uvvo-
ied. Be it a shoppivg uall, o? a
footpath o? a puli t?avspo?t s?s-
teu, ?ouev ivd theusel?es deal-
ivg ?ith e?e-teasivg e?e???he?e. It
is a huge issue iv uav? uet?opoli-
tav iies iv Ivdia. It is vot seev as
a ig a th?eat as it atuall? is avd
?e?ui?es fa? uo?e ateviov that it
is geivg ?ight vo?. This evi?e
situaiov has vo? gotev so out of
havd that feuales vo? atuall?
li?e ?ith the fat that ?hev the?
a?e ov the st?eets, the? ?ill e
sujeted to uvdue ateviov- e-
ivg ogled at, hooted avd ?histled
at, passed uvdigviied ouuevts
ov, avd soueiues e?ev g?oped ?
ike?s. This is eoue so ouuov-
plae that it is vo? av ivt?ivsi pa?t
of the ps?he of a ?ouav, ?ho
seeu to ha?e stated to li?e ? the
adage, ^igvo?ave is liss_. Nood?
e?ev ats av e?elid av?uo?e,
?hih iv tu?v gi?es the e?e-tease?s
a igge? oost to ovivue ?ith
thei? vefa?ious haits.
The uost deep-?ooted ?ea-
sovs fo? suh heivous ats a?e the
soiet? avd its vo?us. We elovg
to a pat?ia?hal soiet?. People a?e
uvde? the geve?al pe?epiov that
it is uo?e ad?avtageous to ha?e a
uale hild thav a feuale. Sovs
ofe? seu?it? to thei? fauilies iv
old age avd av pe?fo?u ?ites fo?
the souls of the deeased, ?he?eas
daughte?s a?e pe?ei?ed as a soial
avd eovoui u?dev. The?e sill
a?e a huge vuue? of households
?he?e the ?ife is seev as vothivg
uo?e thav soueove ?ho leavs up
ate? the uav, avd is the oasiov-
al pa?tve? iv ed. A lot of faults
?est iv the ?a? ?e ha?e eev
?ought up. Soue people e?ev
suggest that gi?ls p?o?oke o?s ?
d?essivg savil?, avd that all the
vits.a.iv ??

39. oseve eha?io? the? a?e su-
jeted to is the gi?ls[ fault. Ma?e
the o?s[ pa?evts veed to e a
litle ?igilavt, avd t?? avd ivulate
soue uo?al ?alues iv the kid. E?ev
the uedia is vot fa? ehivd ?hev
it oues to p?opagate suh out?a-
geous voiovs. With Boll??ood
uakivg Kat?iva Kaif dave to hit
sivgles like Chikvi Chaueli avd
Sheila Ki Ja?aavi, ?ouev a?e e?-
eupliied as av ojet of se?.
Wh?? A?e vot uev avd ?ouev
oth depevdevt ov eah othe? fo?
fulillivg ouived ?espovsiiliies
avd fo? pe?fo?uivg the ivdi?idual
duies of ?aisivg thei? fauilies?
It is of soue solae to kvo? that
the?e sill a?e people a?ouvd ?ho
fous ov e?ualit?, eliuivaiov of
ultu?all? estalished gevde?-
?oles, ?ighteousvess iv euplo?-
uevt, oupevsaiov, puli ?oie
avd ?ights iv soiet? the ?o?ld
o?e?. These a?e the feuivists, ?ho
suggest that soietal e?ualit? is a
ueasu?e of fai?vess. But thei? iv-
lueve has eev ?ate?ed do?v
? the eue?geve of a uisguided
soial g?oup- the pseudo-feuivists
~fo? the lak of a ete? ?o?d).
Feuivisu ?as a ?e?oluiova??
uo?euevt. It ?as ve?e? aout
pe?soval saisfaiov o? pe?soval
suess. It ?as aout i?il ?ights, it
?as aout allo?ivg e?tevded a-
ess, avd evdo?ivg ?ouev ?ith
all the ?ights avd ?espovsiiliies
that the uev iv that iue had. But
soue?he?e do?v the live, it got
uisivte?p?eted. This ?hole ov-
ept soueho? uo?phed ivto a
favtas? that ?ouev ?eated,
?he?e the? av ha?e e?e??thivg
the? ?avt. The avtagovisi uivds
of suh people ?ill ve?e? aept
?iiisu. The? a?e selish, avd
?avt to hea? thei? o?v high-
pithed ?ailivg, ?athe? thav ha?e
atual jusie. E?ualit? is the asi
esseve of feuivisu, ?hih has
appa?evtl? eev lost iv t?avsla-
iov. Ha?ivg a sepa?ate live fo?
?ouev at the pollivg ooth isv[t
e?ualit?. If uev av stavd uvde?
the s?elte?ivg heat, so av ?ou-
ev.
Both uev avd ?ouev should
kvo? ho? to ook avd leav. The?
should kvo? ho? to defevd thei?
houes. The? should kvo? ho? to
vu?tu?e avd ?ivg up a fauil?.
The? should e a fai? judge of
?hev to shit thei? fous f?ou av
ev?i?ovuevtal deuavd to av
euoioval deuavd. The? veed to
uvde?stavd suess, avd the?
veed to uvde?stavd poliial, euo-
ioval, avd p?ofessioval dis?iui-
vaiov. The? oth should e ale
to idevif? a th?eat ?hev the? see
it. This is supposed to e the uv-
de?l?ivg p?iviple of av egalita?iav
?o?ld, vot ?ese??aiov of a ouple
of seats iv a it? us. Wouev a?e
asked vot to sta? out of thei?
houes alove at vight, eause the
st?eets a?e ?a?livg ?ith a ?a?iet?
of lehe?ous people. The?e a?e
ivvuue?ale plaes that uev
dov[t ?isit at vight eause those
plaes a?e teeuivg ?ith d?ug-
deale?s avd uugge?s ?ho ould
pose a th?eat to thei? li?es. The?
dov[t ?hive aout it. It[s pu?el?
ouuov sevse.
Just posivg statuses ov so-
ial uedia ?ill ve?e? e evough.
The issues a?e fa? uo?e p?essivg.
Get up avd do ?ou? it. Beause
the?e is a speial plae ?ese??ed iv
the pits fo? those ?ho just sit avd
?ath avd oasiovall? ?oie thei?
opiviovs ? i?ivg a?a? at the
oupute? ke?oa?d.
Ka?l Ma?? ……..NITU KUMAR DAS
The ?o?ke? eoues all the poo?e? the uo?e ?ealth he p?odues, the uo?e his p?oduiov
iv?eases iv po?e? avd ?avge. The ?o?ke? eoues av e?e? heape? ouuodit? the uo?e
ouuodiies he ?eates. With the iv?easivg ?alue of the ?o?ld of thivgs p?oeeds iv di-
?et p?opo?iov to the de?aluaiov of the ?o?ld of uev.Laou? p?odues vot ovl? ou-
uodiies; it p?odues itself avd the ?o?ke? as a ouuodit? -- avd does so iv the p?opo?-
iov iv ?hih it p?odues ouuodiies geve?all?.
—Ma??, Eovoui avd Philosophi Mavus?ipts ~????
The philosophe?, soial sievist,
histo?iav avd ?e?oluiova??, Ka?l
Ma??, is ?ithout a dout the uost
ivluevial soialist thivke? to
eue?ge iv the ?9th evtu??. . His
fathe? ?as a la??e? ?ho aue
f?ou a lovg live of Rais, ut had
havged his faith to P?otestavisu
iv o?de? to keep his jo. Ka?l Ma??
?evt to the Uvi?e?sit? of Bovv to
stud? la? ?hev he ?as ?? ?ea?s
vits.a.iv ??
igvits[?5

40. old. Ate? a ?ea? at the Uvi?e?sit?
of Bovv ~du?ivg ?hih Ma?? ?as
iup?isoved fo? d?uvkevvess avd
fought a duel ?ith avothe? stu-
devt), his ?o??ied pa?evts ev-
?olled thei? sov at the Uvi?e?sit?
of Be?liv, ?he?e he studied la?
avd philosoph?. The?e he ?as iv-
t?odued to the philosoph? of the
late Be?liv p?ofesso? G.W.F. Hegel
avd joived a g?oup kvo?v as the
Youvg Hegeliavs, ?ho ?e?e hal-
levgivg e?isivg ivsituiovs avd
ideas ov all f?ovts, ivludivg ?eli-
giov, philosoph?, ethis avd poli-
is.
Iv ????, he ?eei?ed a doto?-
ate iv philosoph? f?ou the Uvi?e?-
sit? of Jeva. Iv ????, ate? a sho?t
spell as edito? of a lie?al ve?spa-
pe? iv Cologve, Ma?? avd his ?ife
Jevv? uo?ed to Pa?is, a hoted of
?adial thought. The?e he eaue
a ?e?oluiova?? ouuuvist avd
ef?ievded his life lovg ollao?a-
to?, F?ied?ih Evgels
. E?pelled
f?ou F?ave, Ma?? spevt t?o
?ea?s iv B?ussels, ?he?e his pa?t-
ve?ship ?ith Evgels ivtevsiied.
The? o-autho?ed the pauphlet
'The Couuuvist Mavifesto' ?hih
?as pulished iv ???? avd asse?t-
ed that all huuav histo?? had
eev ased ov lass st?uggles, ut
that these ?ould uliuatel? disap-
pea? ?ith the ?ito?? of the p?ole-
ta?iat
With ?e?oluiova?? up?isivgs
evgulivg Eu?ope iv ????, Ma??
let Belgiuu just efo?e eivg e?-
pelled ? that ouvt??[s go?e?v-
uevt. He ?iel? ?etu?ved to Pa?is
avd Ge?uav? efo?e setlivg iv
Lovdov, ?he?e he ?ould li?e fo?
the ?est of his life, despite eivg
devied B?iish iizevship. He
?o?ked as a jou?valist the?e, iv-
ludivg ?? ?ea?s as a o??espovd-
evt fo? the
Ne? Yo?k Dail? T?i-
uve, ut ve?e? ?uite uavaged to
ea?v a li?ivg ?age, avd ?as sup-
po?ted ivaviall? ? Evgels. Iv
iue, Ma?? eaue iv?easivgl?
isolated f?ou fello? Lovdov Cou-
uuvists, avd foused uo?e ov
de?elopivg his eovoui theo?ies.
Iv ????, ho?e?e?, he helped
fouvd the Ivte?vaioval Wo?kivg-
uev[s Assoiaiov ~kvo?v as the
Fi?st Ivte?vaioval) avd ??ote its
ivaugu?al add?ess. Th?ee ?ea?s
late?, Ma?? pulished the i?st ?ol-
uue of ^Capital_ ~Das Kapital) his
uaste??o?k of eovoui theo??.
Iv it he e?p?essed a desi?e to ?e-
?eal ^the eovoui la? of uoiov
of uode?v soiet?_ avd laid out
his theo?? of apitalisu as a d?-
vaui s?steu that ovtaived the
seeds of its o?v self-dest?uiov
avd suse?uevt t?iuuph of ou-
uuvisu. Ma?? ?ould spevd the
?est of his life ?o?kivg ov uavu-
s?ipts fo? addiioval ?oluues, ut
the? ?euaived uvivished at the
iue of his death, of pleu?is?, ov
Ma?h ??, ????.
His ollao?ato?
avd lose f?ievd F?ied?ih Evgels
deli?e?ed the follo?ivg eulog?
th?ee da?s late?:
Ov the ??th of Ma?h, at a
?ua?te? to th?ee iv the ate?voov,
the g?eatest li?ivg thivke? eased
to thivk. He had eev let alove
fo? sa?el? t?o uivutes, avd
?hev ?e aue ak ?e fouvd hiu
iv his a?uhai?, peaefull? gove to
sleep -- ut fo? e?e?.
Ma??'s ovt?iuiov to ou?
uvde?stavdivg of soiet? has eev
evo?uous. His thought is vot the
oup?ehevsi?e s?steu e?ol?ed ?
soue of his follo?e?s uvde? the
vaue of dialeial uate?ialisu.
The ?e?? dialeial vatu?e of his
app?oah ueavt that it ?as usual-
l? tevtai?e avd opev-evded.
The?e ?as also the tevsiov e-
t?eev Ma?? the poliial ai?ist
avd Ma?? the studevt of poliial
eovou?. Mav? of his e?peta-
iovs aout the futu?e ou?se of
the ?e?oluiova?? uo?euevt
ha?e, so fa?, failed to uate?ialize.
Ho?e?e?, his st?ess ov the eo-
voui fato? iv soiet? avd his
aval?sis of the lass st?utu?e iv
lass ovlit ha?e had av evo?-
uous ivlueve ov histo??, soiol-
og?, avd stud? of huuav ultu?e.
Soue popula? Ka?l Ma?? Quotes
a?e—
 Let the ?ulivg lasses t?eule at
a ouuuvist ?e?oluiov. The
p?oleta?iavs ha?e vothivg to
lose ut thei? haivs. The? ha?e
a ?o?ld to ?iv. Wo?kivguev of
all ouvt?ies, uvite.

 Histo?? ?epeats itself, i?st as
t?aged?, seovd as fa?e.

 Religiov is the sigh of the op-
p?essed ?eatu?e, the hea?t of a
hea?tless ?o?ld, avd the soul of
soulless ovdiiovs. It is the opi-
uu of the people.

 Wo?ke?s of the ?o?ld uvite; ?ou
ha?e vothivg to lose ut ?ou?
haivs.

 The ?ih ?ill do av?thivg fo? the
poo? ut get of thei? aks.

 The ueavivg of peae is the
aseve of opposiiov to soial-
isu.

 Neessit? is livd uvil it e-
oues ovsious. F?eedou is
the ovsiousvess of veessit?.

 The huuav eivg is iv the uost
lite?al sevse a poliial aviual,
vot ue?el? a g?ega?ious aviual,
ut av aviual ?hih av ivdi-
?iduate itself ovl? iv the uidst
of soiet?.

 Deuo?a? is the ?oad to so-
ialisu.
Sou?e---Wikipedia, Das Kapital ,Ka?l Ma??
The Fouvde? of Couuuvisu, Ivte?vet.
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

41. Eloto ~post ou?tship)
Eloto also popula?l? kvo?v as the
last iviiaiov, it[s a olo?ful avd a
?ell-fashioved e?euov? al?a?s
ele?ated ?hev a full g?o?v
~uatu?e) uav uakes a deisiov
th?ough ekitoe avgikaskou
~ouvil of elde?s) to ua??? apese
~pu?e gi?l).The gi?l ,a daughte?,
avd the ?ide-to –e, uust ha?e
eev ?aised th?ough a tho?ough
avd ?eive lav[s vo?us of oth
a?a?evess avd t?adiioval ailia-
iovs, she is ?e?ui?ed to e ?ell
fu?vished avd fa?iated iv the
?a?s of the t?adiiovs avd ultu?e,
he? deueavo? should e?posu?e
the p?oli?it? of the adulthood
avd ?oad idios?v?as? of uo?alit?
avd ei?uete. The ovset of the
ele?aiovs is g?azed ?ith a ou-
uuvit? talk avd a se?ies of disus-
siov ?ith the gi?l[s vgikau?iak
~pa?evts) the disussiovs evou-
passes auovg uav? othe? issues
the do???, fe?ilit? histo?? of the
fauilies, thei? ?elaiovships avd
ovfede?aiovs. All of these a?e
iupo?tavt st?ategi eleuevts of
ose??aiovs avd oth pa?ies a?e
oliged to adhe?e to, the elde?s[
ivfo?ued sagait? is sha?ed to the
t?o ve?l? ivtevded ?eds, avd
the p?eauiovs ov the ua??iage
ivsituiovs avd its savit? is illu-
uivated fu?the?. Besides uode?-
ate avd ivtevse disussiov, ov all
oasiov, the?e[?e la?iiaiovs ov
ovse?ueves of de?iaiovs f?ou
this vo?us, avd these a?e iv?a?ia-
l? a?iulated iv a dela?aiov
desigved f?ou the ?ishes of the
pa?evts avd the e?petaiovs of
the ouuuvit?. The devoue-
uevts should e ov?e?ed iv a
?egulato?? f?aue?o?k of te?us,
the judges a?e appoivted ? ua?-
?iage ouvil avd it ivludes the
pate?val uvle of the gi?l, uate?-
val uvle of the o?, avd a veut?al
?ep?esevtai?e of the ouvil of
elde?s. Iv ase
of av? peadillo,
st?ovg ovdeuvaiov avd se?e?e
e?ouuuviaiov ha?ges a?e
al?a?s le?ied agaivst the ?iius,
avd if fouvd guilt?, ?et?iuiov is
iuposed ov avd jusie ?ould e
se??ed fai?l? to the pa?ies iv-
?ol?ed .Ate? this stage, the ua?-
?iage date ?ill e deided avd
ag?eed upov ? the pa?evts.
The seovd phase of the el-
e?aiovs is assoiated ?ith
?ouths, f?ievds avd ?elai?es it[s
the last s?ivg of sivgivg, davivg
avd pa?t?ivg. Its also the last iue
of ivte?aivg ?ith the lad? avd
the ?ouvg uav efo?e the? e-
oues husavd avd ?ife .So, it is
al?a?s the ovl? have, vo ove
e?e? uissed this phase e?e??ove,
?ouvg avd old, uev avd ?ouev,
o?s avd gi?ls, avd e?ev suall hil-
d?ev all ?ould gathe? to get thei?
sha?e of the jolliiaiov. It ivo?-
po?ates uud paivivg, ?ate? soak-
ivg, d?ivkivg loal ?e?s, teasivg,
uokivg, jokivg avd est ?ishes,
ovt?iuiovs, ad?ie, va??aiov,
speial ?eitaiovs iv thei? fa?o?,
gits, avd also uakivg deuavds
di?etl? f?ou theu .The gi?l
auvies ?ould oue avd eu?ae
thei? iv-la? to e, the? ?ould ask
fo? a ?avsou f?ou the uav, avd
the uav uust gi?e othe??ise the
?eddivg ?ill e held up. Its al-
?a?s the hallevgivg pa?t, it all
depevds ov the vatu?e of the
auvies. But the gi?l ?ill ivfallil?
uake av appeal to he? auvies
efo?e iue iv a id to p?os?ie
the last uivute uess. Suse-
?uevtl?, the ouueuo?aiov
evds up iv a ig pa?t?,
eaivg ,people of e?e?? ?eed avd
all ?alks of life ?ill gathe? to pa?
houage to the ve? ~pai?) avdi-
dates fo? ua??iage. Heve, the
lad? ?ill e uagviievtl? aou-
te?ed iv a ovteupo?a?? t?adi-
ioval evseules to ?elets av
evd of a stage of ?outhfulvess avd
ivvoeve to the egivvivg of a
ve? phase of ua??iage avd i?ili-
t? .The uav[s t?avsfo?uaiov ?ill
e ogged do?v uvil ua??iage.
This litu?g? is av ivteg?al pa?t of
the ustou ?hih ivds avd
st?evgthevs the p?oedu?al p?ee-
deve to the ?eddivg ~akuuta).

Tu?kava ultu?e, P?eliuiva?y p?e-
s?ipiov of MARRIAGE.



vits.a.iv ?9
igvits[?5
ABONG BERNARD EKAI
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg

42. Stopo?e? iv Gu?ahai
Li?ivg iv NIT Silha? has its ups
avd do?vs. The g?eatest test of
evdu?ave of av NIT Silha? stu-
devt is the jou?ve? f?ou ollege
to houe avd ?ie-?e?sa, espeiall?
if the studevt elovgs to the All
Ivdia ?uota. All uost all ?outes
?e?ui?e a ?eathe? iv Gu?ahai,
sive the?e a?e fe? ?e?? plaes
di?etl? ovveted to Silha?.
Ho?e?e?, a stopo?e? at av uvfa-
uilia? it? av p?o?e to e ?athe?
t?ite; avd ?ith the kivd of sufo-
aivg t?ai that Gu?ahai has
vo?ada?s, it is ad?isale to vot
?evtu?e ivto GS Road uvless you
ha?e a lot of iue ov you? havds.
If ?ou[?e vea? the ?ail?a?
staiov avd ha?e ovl? fou? to si?
hou?s to kill, you should go to the
avks of the uight? B?ahuaput?a,
sit ? the ?ate?s, avd ua??el at
ho? ?eathtakivgl? eaui-
ful the ?i?e? looks glite?ivg
?ith a goldev sheev f?ou
the seivg suv. The?e a?e
t?o ?a?s to get to the ?i?e?
avks. You av ha?te? a
oat vea? the Vi?ekavavda
Kevd?a Ivsitute of Cultu?e
loated iv Kaha?i Basi, avd
go to the Peaok Islavd.
This pa?iula? islavd, ou-
uovl? kvo?v as Uuavavda
eause it houses a teuple ov its
soil ?ith the saue vaue, is the
suallest ivhaited ?i?e? islavd iv
the ?o?ld. It is populous ?ith lots
of uovke?s, espeiall? the Goldev
Lavgoo?, ?hih is ove of the ?a?-
est speies of uovke?s fouvd iv
Ivdia. The islavd also has a eaui-
ful ?i?e?side pa?k sp?a?led a?oss
aluost a kilouete?, doted ?ith
vuue?ous ?athto?e?s, ?ie?-
poivts, avd ?estau?avts situated
et?eev the Havuuav Mavdi?
avd the Raj Bha?av, ?hih is the

?esideve of the Go?e?vo? of As-
sau. The othe? ?a? to geivg to
the ?i?e? avks is ?ia the
Suk?esh?a? Ghat, ?hih is fauous
fo? the Suk?esh?a? Mavdi? avd
No?th?ook Gate. It is also ?e-
vo?ved fo? the ?uises avd the
?i?e?side ?estau?avts, avd lus
that it is laed ?ith. Auovg these,
the Alf?eso avd B?ahuaput?a
?uises, the South Coast ?estau-
?avt, avd the Kauakaze Diso a?e
the uost fauous. Goivg ov the
?uises a?e a g?eat oppo?tuvit? to
?ath the pla?ful ?i?e? dolphivs,
ove of the fou? f?esh?ate? dol-
phiv speies iv the ?o?ld.
All of these plaes a?e ?ithiv
a distave of ?.5 – ? kilouete?s of
the ?ail?a? staiov. You ?ill ivd
auto-?iksha?s a?ailale at the
evt?ave of the staiov. If ?ou p?e-
fe? to ?alk, the?e is a i?e-?a?
?oss?oad at the Rese??e Bavk
poivt i?e uivutes f?ou the sta-
iov. The ?oss?oads lead to dife?-
evt pa?ks. If you keep goivg
st?aight, ?ou ?ill ivd ?ou?self
?alkivg th?ough the aupus of
Cotov College, avd e?evtuall?
ouivg a?oss Neh?u Pa?k. Cotov
College, estalished iv ?9??, is
the oldest ollege iv No?theast
Ivdia. The?e is a hu?h situated
vea? the pa?k, ?hih is ove of the
oldest iv Ivdia. If ?ou tu?v ?ight at
the ?oss?oads, ?ou ?ill ?eah
P?ashaavi Ud?av, Dighalipukhu?i.
This pa?k is fauous fo? ?ate? a-
i?iies like ?o?ivg, oaivg, ?ate?
?alkivg all, et. Iv f?ovt of
Dighalipukhu?i, ?e ha?e the As-
sau State Museuu, the Dist?it
Li?a??, the Naiv Chavd?a Bo?do-
loi histo?ial uuseuu avd li?a??,
the Raivd?a Bha?av avd A?t
Galle??, ?hih is the uost
iupo?tavt evt?e of a?t avd
ultu?e iv the it?. The Gu-
?ahai Plaveta?iuu too is a
tev uivute ?alk a?a?.
All this ?oauivg a?ouvd
is ouvd to uake ?ou huvg??.
The?e a?e ?uite a fe? joivts
vea? these a?eas ?he?e ?ou
av g?a a ite. The?e[s a Ca-
f Cofee Da? outlet iv Dighal-
ipukhu?i. The a?ea is also fauous
fo? its duuplivgs, fovdl? kvo?v as
uouos, f?ou Silk Route avd Mo-
uo Gha?. If ?ou ?avt a uuli-
uisive ?estau?avt, ?ou av t?? out
the th?ee-sta? Hotel B?ahuaput?a
Ashok vea? the Plaveta?iuu. Iv
the saue a?ea, ?ou av also t??
G?ill Repulia, Litle Ivdia, svaks
avd s?eets iv JB[s, avd ie-?eau
iv Baskiv Roivs. The suoked
hikev avd u?ge?s iv G?ill Re-
pulia a?e highl? ?eouuevded.

P?ahu?yya Kaushik
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

43. If ?ou? ovveivg t?avsit is a light,
the?e a?e a ouple of plaes vea?
the ai?po?t fo? you to spevd iue
too. Ov the ?a? to the ai?po?t
the?e is Aolavd, the auuseuevt
pa?k. You av also ?ath uig?ato??
i?ds iv Deepo? Beel. Deepo? Beel,
the la?gest ?etlavd iv the ?egiov,
avd the ovl? Rausa? site iv the ?e-
giov fauous fo? its uig?ato?? i?ds,
is a ?ildlife savtua??. It is a hol?
sh?ive fo? all you photog?aphy ev-
thusiasts.
Iv ase ?ou? stopo?e? is at
least a da? o? uo?e, ?ou av ?isit
the Assau State )oo, the Kaua-
kh?a Teuple, Kalakhet?a, avd the
it? ?ie?poivts at Bhuavesh?a?i,
Naag?aha avd Gavdhi Mavdap.
If you[?e lookivg fo? sou?e-
vi?s o? the fauous pat-uuga silk,
?ou av ?isit A?fed, Jaga?av Eupo-
?iuu avd Pu?ash?ee vea? Dighal-
ipukhu?i. The ?o?ld-fauous Assau
tea av e ought at vuue?ous
sto?es, ut the tea shop vea? Kha-
dius iv Paltav Bazaa? is the est
plae to u? f?ou.
So, the ve?t iue ?ou[?e iv
the it?, take ?ou? iue to e?plo?e
the ivivite vuaves it has to ofe?.
You ?ill vot ?eg?et it.
The Sto?? of NITSMUN
*****This sto?? is as a pe?spei?e of a thi?d pe?sov*****
No?eue? ????

Piyush D?i?edi ?as stavdivg out-
side the gates of The UN head-
?ua?te?s, Ne? Delhi. F?ou the?e,
he ?avg up Niish Rajpu?ohit avd
said ^Bhai?a, avda? vahi ghusve
de ?ahe, K?a ka?u?_ This ?as the
egivvivg of the d?eau of ha?ivg
a Model Uvited Naiovs ovfe?-
eve iv ou? NIT.
Ma?h ????
Ate? that it took t?o yea?s
of delie?aiov avd disussiov to
f?aue the ouplete st?utu?e of
NITSMUN. The o?e ouvil deid-
ed to hek the diplouai avd
?aioval thivkivg of the to e dele-
gates, the evthusiast ?e?e asked
to p?esevt a stavd ov the u?vivg
topi ?elated to ivte?vaioval
afai?s of ou? ouvt??. E?e?? ?e-
spovse ?as e?aluated th?ough a
?iial e?e avd the delegates
?e?e seleted.
To a?uaivt the seleted del-
egates ?ith the ?ules avd ?egula-
iovs of the i?st e?e? NITSMUN, a
?o?kshop ?as o?gavized ov ??th
Ma?h, soov the delegates ?e?e
alloted thei? ?espei?e ouvt?ies
avd ivall? NITSMUN ?as ivalized
to ouueve ov ??
vd
Ma?h ov
The Agevda ^Poliial Refo?u
Mo?euevt of Middle East avd
No?th Af?ia avd Soluiovs to u?
]?X_ Ahisek Gupta, av e?-studevt
p?esided o?e? as the Se?eta??
Geve?al avd M?. Wasiu A?if, as-
sistavt p?ofesso?, ECE Depa?t-
uevt, as the Guest of Hovou? .
Sessiov ouueved ?ith a
speeh ? Avu?ag Avavd, the fo?-
ue? Lite?a?? Se?eta?? of the ol-
lege, follo?ed ? a ?oll all
th?ough displa? of plaa?ds. A
Mode?ated Cauus iv ?hih e?e??
ouvt?? p?esevted thei? ?ie?s
follo?ed ? av Uv-uode?ated
Cauus th?oughout ?hih the Se-
?eta?? Geve?al d?ated the ill
follo?ivg ?hih ?oivg ov the ill
took plae avd the ival ill ?as
passed.
Fivall?, NITSMUN ovluded
?ith a speeh ? a Nadhoui Yako-
o , a Ethiopiav studevt follo?ed
? ?eua?ks f?ou the Guest of
Hovou?. Iv the evd the uood
tu?ved euoioval as fo? uav? of
ou? sevio?s this tu?ved out to e
the i?st avd the last MUN that
the? ?ill atevd iv NIT Silha?.
With thei? p?aises avd evou?age-
uevt fo? futu?e sessiovs ?e id
theu good ?e avd p?ouised to
?o?k ha?de? to uake NITSMUN
^Bigge? avd Bete?_.
^Whev the po?e? of lo?e o?e?oues the lo?e fo? po?e?, ovl? thev ?ill the ?o?ld kvo? peae._
- Jiui Hevd?i?
Aklavk Jaiv avd
Yashash Gau?a?
Class of ????

vits.a.iv ??
igvits[?5

44. NITS CIT……..
As the full FORM goes, NATION-
AL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SILCHAR CERTIFICATE OF INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY,NITS-CIT
?as av iviiai?e ?
GYANSAGAR
,a ?isiova?? ?evtu?e
sta?ted ? the studevt ouuuvit?
?ith a ?ie? to ?itvess avd ale to
uake a havge iv the soiet?
a?ouvd us avd ?ithiv oveself.
GYANSAGAR ?as sta?ted ? AD-
ITYA CHOUDHRY, a pass out of
???? ath ?ith a ?isiov to sp?ead
the light of kvo?ledge auovg the
dep?i?ed seiovs of ou? soiet?.
The jou?ve? ?as vot eas?. Sive
its ivepiov GYANSAGAR has
?eahed evo?uous heights avd is
vo? o?e?ivg a?ouvd ??? ?illages.

NITS-CIT ?as ove suh iviiai?e to
p?o?ide IT eduaiov auovg the
uasses avd uakivg theu self
suiievt iv this ield. The i?st
ath ovsisted of ?? studevts.
BSF Ja?avs avd studevts f?ou
Halovg ?e?e also ev?olled iv this
ou?se avd it ga?e us iuuevse
pleasu?e iv teahivg theu. We
?e?e e?t?euel? p?i?ileged to ha?e
M? U.C.Haza?ika,IPS DIG
~Ope?a-
iovs) as ou?
studevt iv
the i?st
ath.

Classes
?e?e held
du?ivg ?eekevds. The studevt
?oluvtee?s took lasses ov e?e??
Satu?da? avd Suvda? avd the?
?o?ked i?elessl? fo? ? uovths
p?o?idivg theu the asis of ou-
pute? kvo?ledge. It ?as ivdeed
tough fo? theu to deal ?ith stu-
devts ?ho had asolutel? ze?o
kvo?ledge iv this ield ut the
zeal of the studevt ?oluvtee?s to
?o?k ?elevtlessl? fo? ? hou?s pe?
?eek uade the teahivg p?oess
eas? avd ivte?esivg. Regula? tests
?e?e ovduted to keep a t?ak
ov the pe?fo?uave of the stu-
devts. P?aial lasses ?e?e also
held du?ivg ?eekda?s to a?east
theu ?ith the p?aial
kvo?ledge of the hapte?s that
?e?e eivg taught iv the ?egula?
lasses. The studevts ?e?e p?o-
?ided the e?iiates of suess-
full? oupleivg the ou?se ov the
asis of thei? pe?fo?uave iv the
theo?? avd p?aial e?au. Out of
?? studevts ev?olled, ?? suess-
full? oupleted the ou?se.

Pooja Das, studevt of ?
th
se-
ueste? avd a studevt ?oluvtee? iv
NITS-CIT gushes he? e?pe?ieve as
suh ^Teahivg had al?a?s eev
u? passiov ut efo?e takivg up
this ?espovsiilit? I had douts iv
u? uivd. I ?as vot su?e ?hethe? i
?ill e ale to iupa?t oupute?
kvo?ledge as ?e had studevts
?avgivg f?ou all age g?oups. But I
?as ??ovg. The passiov auovg
ou? studevts to lea?v ?as ou-
uevdale. I got to
lea?v uav? thivgs
avd I ?ould he?-
ish the ?ovde?ful
uouevts avd e?-
pe?ieve ?ith u?
f?ievds avd stu-
devts teahivg at
NITS-CIT th?oughout u? life._
The a?ile ?ould e ivouplete
?ithout ueviovivg the vaues of
the people ?ho ?e?e iv?ol?ed
?ith NITS-CIT avd ?o?ked i?eless-
l? fo? the suessful oupleiov of
this ou?se. Di?eto? Si?,P?of N V
Deshpavde avd ou? fault? ad?i-
so? K. N. Das. Si? p?o?ided us e?e-
?? possile suppo?t fo? this vole
?evtu?e. Niish Rajpu?ohit,
Mukesh S?a?up avd Sh?e?a Dale-
la ?o?ked i?elessl? ?ight f?ou the
seleiov of studevt ?oluvtee?s
fo? this ou?se ill its oupleiov.
A speial ueviov of the
vaues of the studevt ?oluvtee?s
?ithout ?hou the oupleiov of
this ou?se ?ould ha?e eev iu-
possile- Pooja Das, Lo?ep?eet
Sivgh, Rajav Kuua?, Sh?ui Ma-
hesh?a?i, Suuav Bha?i, Ujj?al
P?ateek, P?i?esh Ravjav, P?adeep
Kuua? Sahoo, Atul Kuua? Sivgh,
Yogesh Chauhav, Sovau Rai, Vi-
?ek T?ipathi, Shi?au Sivgh,
P?ateek Gupta, Rohit Dalal avd
Geet Aga??al. The studevt ?oluv-
tee?s ?e?e ai?el? iv?ol?ed iv
NITS-CIT p?og?au of G?avsaga?,
NIT Silha? avd ?o?ked as a
ou?se desigve?, ook de?elope?,
uevto? avd uoi?ato? to the pa?-
iipavts held f?ou Jul?,???? to
Otoe?, ????. We hope that
G?avsaga? ovivues to light the
li?es of the people as it has eev
doivg fo? yea?s.
Pooja Das
Class of ????
Elet?ial Evgivee?ivg
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

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46. igvits[?5

47. igvits[?5
Light, Caue?a, Aiov!
Well its evteva?? avd the Ivdiav
ilu ivdust?? is l?ivg glo?iousl?
?ith the legay of tev deades
do?v the live, ele?aivg iv full
zeal the histo?i jou?ve? that peve-
t?ated deep auovg the uasses
sho?asivg uvevdivg shades of life,
ut all these iv the spi?it of evte?-
taivuevt. P?oduivg highest vuu-
e? of ilus avvuall? to e dist?i-
uted gloall?, the Ivdiav
ilu ivdust?? ate?s to
audieve e?ovd all
ouvda?ies avd iv the
p?oess ?eives avd
?edeives ive-
uai e?pe?ieve
?ith ?eai?e
s?eev g?auua?s
avd ivvo?ai?e
tehvi?ues. The
jou?ve? ov?e?ed a
uuli diuevsioval
app?oah iv ? E[s; the seguevts
pe?taivivg to evte?taivuevt, euo-
iov, avd euplo?uevt; ?hih
havged the outlook of soietal
st?utu?e avd ?elaiovs that ha?o?
?ithiv.
Evte?taivuevt
Filueiv teev heezo se
hali haiv…evte?taivuevt, evte?-
taivuevt au? evte?taivuevt. Vid?a
Balav popula?ized the stateuevt iv
he? ilu The Di?t? Pitu?e ut these
?o?ds av[t e ete? thav to de-
s?ie the esseve of Ivdiav ive-
ua. F?ou the da?s of Raja Ha?i-
shhavd?a hithe?to, evte?taivuevt
iv all its g?avdeu? has ?euaived a
deisi?e fato? iv the suess of av?
ilu. Whethe? it sta?ted as de-
piivg uale a?ists fo? feuale
?oles, the sto?? live, o? the ivo?po-
?aiov of souvd iv the fo?u of dia-
logue sive ?9??, evte?taivuevt
?euaived a le?ile g?aiiaiov
that havged ?ith the ad?evt of
iue avd tehvolog?. Iv the fo?u of
lauo?avt dave vuue?s, uelo-
dious sovgs, ?ouavi seves, las-
si ouedies, e?oi loales avd
ovt?asivg liua?, evte?taivuevt
evte?ed its ve?t le?el ut ?ith due
?eogviiov to the ivvo?ai?e ueth-
ods adopted to ahie?e the saue.
Covse?uevtl? uav? uo?e fea-
tu?es added the list
ivludivg avg??
?ouvg
uav
ai-
tude,
iteu
v?ur
e?s,
o?o?
sto?ies, pe?fet ight
se?ueves, e?tevsi?e lighivg, diso
t?aks avd vot to fo?get lip-
lokivgs. B? the evd of 9?[s the le?-
el of evte?taivuevt fu?the? height-
eved ?ith pe?fet u??es avd si?-
paks uakivg a lea? ?a? to the
ilu ivdust?? to d?i?e the geve?a-
?}v-X ?az? e?ev toda?, apa?t f?ou
fo?uulai sto?? tellivg, se?uels avd
?euakes. All iv all, evte?taivuevt iv
?hate?e? fo?u has eev the se?et
ivg?edievt that keeps the ?eipe of
iveua palatale to the Ivdiav au-
dieve iue avd agaiv.
Euoiov
Euoiov avd Ivdiav
ilus a?e t?o sides of saue oiv.
The audieve feels evth?alled, e?-
ited avd iuue?se iv the uake e-
lief ?o?ld of sto?? telle?, all these
thavks to the e?tevt of euoioval
ovtevt assoiated ?ith a ilu. Iv
fat, it av e ?ightl? said, iv toda?[s
ilus the ?eel life avd ?eal life lu?
seaulessl? avd it is the saue ?ea-
sov ?h? ?ou ivd ?ie?e?s seated
ve?t to you so o? laugh loudly as if
it[s thei? o?v sto??. Euoiovs a?e
all avd Ivdiav iveua ele?ates
the usage of saue, vot ovl? fo?
st?eaulivivg thei? sto?? ut also
help depit ?ealit? avd eduate
uasses. Though u?tholog? ?e-
uaived the ovl? gev?e at the iviial
?ea?s, ut ?ith ivlusiov of ?a?ious
sto?? lives the ?a?s of depiivg life
alovg ?ith ?a?ious gev?e too
havged, avd p?o?ided the audi-
eve dife?evt slies of thei? life
?ithiv a spav of ??? uivutes
~app?o?). Pa?allel iveua ?eju?evat-
ed the euoioval appeal iv ilus
avd di?eto?s like Sat?ajit Ra?, Mavi
Kaul, M?ival Sev, Rit?ik Ghatak,
Adoo? Gopalk?ishvav hu?ved the
hea?t ?ith thei? sevsii?e sto??
lives. Couue?ializaiov of iveua
did vot afet the euoioval ov-
tevt too ?hethe? iv the havds of
Raj Kapoo?, Gu?u Dut, H?isikesh
Mukhe?jee, Yash Chop?a to the p?e-
sevt ig shots like Raju Hi?avi, Ad-
it?a Chop?a, Ka?av Joha?, Vidhu
Vivod Chop?a, Savja? Leela
Bhavsali, P?akash Jha, just to vaue
a fe?. Ivdiav iveua ?ought to
liue light uav? uvseev, uvtold,
taoo avd e?ev supp?essed euo-
iovs avd ?elaiovships that ?e?e
e?ovd liuits hithe?to e?ev to dis-
uss iv vo?ual seivg. Happivess,
so??o?, jo?, pleasu?e, paiv, fea?,
lo?e, hate, lust, passiov, avge?, jeal-
ous?, ?ouave, pat?ioisu; the Ivdi-
av iveua sho?ased it all iv dife?-
evt st?les avd fo?uats iv dife?evt
oa?se of its jou?ve?. It[s eev
auazivg!

^Life is sho?t. If the?e ?as e?e? a uouevt to follo? ?ou? passiov avd do souethivg that
uate?s to ?ou, that uouevt is vo?._
vits.a.iv ?5

48. Euplo?uevt
E?ev ?ith ?uite high uveu-
plo?uevt ?ate iv Ivdia, ho? av
ilus e of av? use avd to ?hat
e?tevt? The ?uesiov souvds p?a-
ial ut the avs?e? is ?eall? sig-
viiavt. This uuli ?o?e ivdust??
f?ou the egivvivg has ?euaived
a ueavs of li?elihood fo? uav?.
Though iviiall? the ?etu?v ov iv-
?estuevt has eev lo? avd the
vuue? of tehviiavs uuh less
ut if ?e oupa?e the p?esevt
seva?io the ovl? avs?e? that ove
av iuagive is just ?o?! Withiv
these deades the ivdust?? has
g?o?v phevouevall? avd iv due
ou?se has tu?ved to e ove of the
ostliest ivdust?ies e?e?. Lookivg
iv te?us of tehvial assistavts,
ua?keivg plavs, ad?e?isivg i?us,
fashiovs avd st?le stateuevts,
aesso?ies avd p?ops, stuvt pe?-
sovaliies, itvess lus avd g?us,
po?folio ovsultavt, salovs avd
spas, ?esea?h ?ivgs, ?aivg de-
pa?tuevt, sot?a?e de?elope?s,
et., the list av go ov. Ove av
easil? iuagive the vuue? of
?o?ke?s uvde? eah uevioved
a?eas. Iv fat, ilu has tu?ved out
to e a sujet of its o?v ~as iv-
o?po?ated iv uav? uvi?e?siies),
lou?ishivg iv the fo?us of ivsi-
tutes like FTII ~Filu avd Tele?isiov
Ivsitute of Ivdia), KFTI ~Kolkata
Filu avd Tele?isiov Ivsitute), SRF-
TI ~Sat?ajit Ra? Filu avd Tele?isiov
Ivsitute), Whistlivg Woods, Ato?
P?epa?es to ueviov a fe?. P?ivt
?e?siovs, ovlive updaivg, pulii-
t? iv elet?ovi uedia, uavagivg
uuliple?es; the a?ea has takev a
olossal shit f?ou its ea?lie? da?s
avd is e?pavdivg uvhaived.
The?e ua? e huvd?ed
?easovs to ele?ate Ivdiav ive-
ua, huvd?ed ?a?s to selet top
huvd?ed ilus, avd huvd?ed faes
to e ?edited fo? it; ut ?hat as-
pet these ?E[s va??ate ?euaivs
e?e?lasivg fo? uo?e huvd?ed de-
ades to oue. Su?p?isivgl? ?e just
su?uise ?hat havges the ve?t
evtu?? allu?es ut fo? the iue
eivg g?a a pak of pop o?v avd
evjo? the uagial ?o?ld alled
iveua. Light, aue?a, aiov!
^You fo?got evte?ivg the out
iue agaiv,_ A huuu? ?oie
alled ehivd ue. As I tu?ved avd
ad?aved to?a?ds u? ?oouuate,
I sa? he? s?athivg ou? vaues
hasil? iv av uvdul? o?e?used ?eg-
iste? ov a tale avd ?e?? soov ?e
let the hostel gate ov the seovd
da? of pa?ade p?aie. Yes, it ?as
veessa??, ?athe? oligato??, fo?
e?e?? gi?l ?ho has to lea?e he?
hostel p?euises e?ev fo? the
uost f?i?olous of ?easovs should
ha?e he? vaue joted do?v. Avd
I ?asv[t austoued to, alike al-
uost all of the i?st ?ea?s.
Re?ivdivg iue a litle fu?-
the?, I[ll a??i?e ov the da? I plaed
u? step iv NIT Silha? fo? the i?st
iue. I ould sevt the e?oi a?o-
ua of ivdepevdeve- the kivd
gi?ls avd gu?s iv thei? late teevs
so lovg to e?pe?ieve. The
thought of ha?ivg vo ?est?iiovs
o? ouvds, vove to gua?d ho? ?e
eat, sleep o? li?e; is like av ivto?i-
avt ov its o?v. But the?e a?e
fea?s too, fo? a gi?l espeiall?,
?ho has ve?e? let the p?otei?e
ooov f?ee f?ou a?es avd ?o?-
?ies, ovl? to li?e auovgst all
st?avge faes, iv av aliev it?, a-
solutel? uvsu?e of ?hat lies ve?t.
Ho?e?e? the ?e?? i?st glave of
this ollege took a?a? u? hea?t
avd I kve? I lo?ed it; the uvevd-
ivg g?eev, the dazzlivg ?ate?, the
t?av?uilit? of vatu?e iv the gevtle
zeph??, the luf? ?hite louds iv
the uvdeiled lue ao?e, avd
uost of all the o?avge sk? at
dusk!

Life iv NITS...
Bavavi Medhi
Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve Evgi-
vee?ivg
igvits[?5
A?pav Paul
Assistavt P?ofesso?
Dept. of Huuaviies
vits.a.iv ??

49. Pa?ade sessiovs ?e?e uavdato??
ill the Ivdepevdeve Da?. Not
that e?e??ove lo?ed those ?et it
?as a ?elief ?e ould ivall? pull
iv oufo?tale jeavs ate? spevd-
ivg av evi?e da? lad iv a sal?a?
suit euellished ?ith av uv?ul?
dupata. It ?as ustoua?? uvil
the f?eshe?[s soial ?e?ev[t o?e?.
Beivg iv uivo?it? had soue ill
efets. Sa? it e those ivovg?u-
ous e?es ?hih soueiues ueek-
l? follo?ed, soueiues halted us
iv the uiddle of the ?oad fo? a
?ief ivt?oduiov, o? else the uv-
?uled sho?e? of ?e?al ?eua?ks
?hih oasiovall? d?evhed us.
It ?asv[t that ?e ?e?ev[t ale?ted
efo?ehavd. Bak iv hostel, the
evi?e ath had to gathe? e?e??
vight to e told aout these ?ules
avd soue uo?e ?ules avd ho? ?e
should ha?e eha?ed du?ivg the
da?. Seovdl? the?e ?asv[t a
hoie gi?ev to pa?iipate iv av?
ollege e?evt ?hih iv?ol?ed
sivgivg avd davivg.
Ruuou?s he?e sp?ead ?uik-
l?. Mav? a iues, ?e hea?d tales
iv?ol?ivg ou?sel?es. Follo?ivg
that the?e ?as vothivg let to do
othe? thav povde?ivg o?e? ?hev
ov ea?th that had happeved to
us. We had ou? p?i?ileges though.
The sho?t ?ueue fo? gi?ls p?ai-
all? sa?ed a lot of ou? iue avd
?heve?e? ?e had to atevd soue
fuviov ivtevded to?a?ds siupl?
auguevivg the ?o?d, ?e ould
?eede ea?l? eause of the iv
?u iuposed ov the gi?ls.
The i?st ?ea? ?as a litle
e??ai fo? e?e??ove. Dife?eves,
fea?s, lovel? tea?s of houesik-
vess avd f?ust?aiov ould vot e
a?e?ted at a ?hisk. But iue
uade ?a? fo? ve? thivgs avd life
he?e eaue siuple?. Beauiful.
We all uade f?ievds avd those
f?ievds a?e fo? a life iue. The
ea?l? uo?vivg ?oes fo? ath?oou
avd late? ?eakfast, ?isk ?alks
follo?ivg a ?uv to ?eah lasses
ov iue, e?evivg tea ov the te?-
?ae ?ith the added svaks of
laughte? avd the e?ellevt ?ie?
f?ou ?he?e ?e sat avd ivall? the
late vight addas iv eah othe?[s
?oous eaue a vo?u of the da?.
We lea?ved. We g?e?.
Bet?eev all these, a ?ea?
passed ? avd ?e had to shit
f?ou ou? he?ished hostel to av-
othe? ove. Fo? people ?ho ua?
vot kvo?, it is paivful to sta?t
e?e??thivg f?ou the s?ath. Yet,
? this iue, fo? those ?ho had
ad?oitl? uaste?ed the kvak of
adjustuevt, seivg up a ve?
?oou didv[t ause uuh of a dii-
ult?. Most of all, the?e ?e aue
a?oss suh av afeiovate sevio?
ath ?ho ?e?e vot ovl? the?e to
guide us ut ado?ed us like ou?
o?v siste?s avd veedless to sa?
hostel felt like houe agaiv.
Alovg ?ith iue, ?espovsiil-
iies iv?eased too. The di?isiov of
e?e??ove ivto ivdi?idual ?avhes
added a load to studies. Fo? soue
it uate?ed, fo? the oolest oves-
it is vothivg to e othe?ed aout
e?ev toda?! The uo?e ?e lea?vt
aout eah othe?, the lose? ?e
aue avd the oves ?ith ouuov
ivte?ests fo?ued the est of
f?ievds. Avd i?thda?[s ?e
plavved, akes ?e suea?ed,
p?oleus ?e sha?ed, tea?s ?e
shed; uav? of jo?.
F?ou all the iue I ha?e
eev he?e, this ollege has gi?ev
ue a lot of ?hat I au toda?. Iv
fat, it has havged ue iv soue
?a? o? the othe?, pe?haps all of
us. Be it ivall? diso?e?ivg the
pu?pose of ?hat ?e atuall?
?avted f?ou life o? uvo?e?ivg
av e?epioval talevt ?ithiv ove-
self ?hev ove ?asv[t ?uite a?a?e
of, o? ovf?ovivg ou? sho?tou-
ivgs, st?evgths, tole?ave avd
?eakvesses.
Hea?ts ?eak, people fall iv
lo?e, people g?o? iv lo?e. The?e[s
hat?ed, jealous? avd oupeiiov
too. E?e?? suall avd ig thivg is
like av iv?igo?aivg jou?ve?.
I ha?e had soue of u? est
da?s iv this plae avd I deeu
uav? othe?s ha?e had too. It is
aluost uviuagivale ?hat tu?v
life ?ould ha?e takev if toda? I
happeved to e iv soueplae
else. All the ueuo?ies he?e, e?e?
so lissful, a?e ?o?th t?easu?ivg.
Lastl? elie?e iv the ove
thivg people sa? avd to ?hih
uav? ag?ee:
^?e ha?e fou? ?ea?s
to e i??espovsile he?e. Wo?k is
fo? people ?ith jos. The ?o?k
ve?e? evds, ut ollege life su?e
does_!
v]??..]v ??
THE WOLVES OF NIT SILCHAR
Beivg av evgivee? ?hat is the ovl? thivg that ?e a?e good at? It doesv’t uate? iv ?hih ?avh ?ou a?e;
?ou ?ill al?a?s keep ?ou? ?o?k to e dove fo? the vight efo?e it is ?e?ui?ed. This had vothivg to do ?ith
ue. I, eivg too uuh se?ious, ve?e? uo?ed ?ith this lo?. I ?euaived aloof f?ou the uaivst?eau avd al-
?a?s took the ?edit of doivg u? ?o?k ? u? o?v, lovg efo?e the sipulated iue. But ove I ould vot
esape the luth of this d?aua, avd that’s ?hev I eaue av evgivee? too.
igvits[?5

50. It ?as the ZPROJECT[ of ?th se-
ueste? that a?akeved this evgi-
vee? ivside of ue. This p?ojet
?o?k ?as to e pe?fo?ued iv
g?oups. All it ?e?ui?ed ?as sleep-
less vights efo?e it had to e
p?esevted. M? g?oup pa?tve?s
?e?e ?ell a?a?e of it ?hile I ?as
vot avd so the? uavipulated ue
th?ough ovstavt ut s?eet adg-
e?ivg, ^Bhai tujhe itva k?a poivte?
hahi?e? Lea?e it fo? vo?. Baad
ueiv ka?evge. Tujhe ?aise hi ??
uilega!!” avd I fell fo?
those s?eet ?o?ds.
Whev soueove sa?s
^Tujhe ?? uilega_, I
sta?t feelivg good. Avd
u? pa?tve?s used that
seviuevt of uive e?e??
?u.
Ou? e?aus had iv-
ished ? ?th Deeue?
avd p?ojet ?as to e
suuited ov 9th. Oh,
just t?o da?s ovl?! Ov
?th[s e?evivg I alled up
ove of u? pa?tve?s avd
he said, ^Wo? hai, ? div... sa-
uajhle ohot iue hai._ So ?e all
deided to take ou? o?v iue avd
had let the ?o?k to e sta?ted ?
the ve?t uo?vivg.
B? the ate?voov ?e ?ealised
that ?e had dove vothivg. We
fouvd ou?sel?es helpless avd de-
ided to ueet ou? guide, ut uv-
fo?tuvatel? he ?as out of to?v
that uo?vivg. That ?as like losivg
all uove? iv gaulivg. Ho?e?e?
?e uavaged to ovtat hiu avd
got soue guidave. Whev it[s
you? fault avd you? teahe?
doesv[t sold you, you a?e luky.
We felt that uost of the ?o?k had
eev dove ? thev, so ?e deid-
ed to sta?t ate? suppe?.
It ?as ?? p.u. ?hev ?e sta?t-
ed. As ?e kept ov ?o?kivg, the
task iv havd sta?ted to get uo?e
avd uo?e oupliated. That vight
I sta?ed at u? f?ievd[s avd kept
ov ?o?kivg ill the ve?t da? ate?-
voov. Takivg a ouple of hou?s of
u? o?v I sta?ted to ?o?k agaiv,
?hile u? pa?tve?s ?e?e us? ?ith
thei? ?espei?e tasks. Fivall? ?e
?ealised that ?e veeded to ??ap
up avd all it a da?.
It ?as old outside. I let thei?
hostel avd ?as ov u? ?a?. It ?as
da?k ut the?e ?as a it of uoov-
light avd vo elet?iit?. Suddevl?,
I sa? e?e??thivg ?ight fo? aout
a seovd avd felt a suddev spike
iv the teupe?atu?e. It ?as ?ei?d.
The ?oad seeued lovg
evough, ut I kept ov ?alkivg.
Ate? takivg soue uo?e steps I
?ealized that the?e ?as vo ove to
aoupav? ue iv that da?kvess, I
?as all alove, ov u? o?v. The
old ?eeze of ?ivte? pie?ed u?
fae. Sive I let u? ?oou at da?-
iue, I had to put ov light lothes
avd it ?as this uouevt ?hev I
?eg?eted vot ?ea?ivg the jaket.
The?e ?as this ig pla?g?ouvd.
College studevts ?a?el? go the?e
to pla?. ZWhoa, e?e??thivg
seeued to e so dife?evt thav
vo?ual.’ Ov u? ?ight the?e ?as
this ... ZHo? oue I ha?e ve?e?
voied this juvgle?’ I hea?d soue
?ei?d sto?ies ?hev I joived this
ivsitute avd ua? e those sto?ies
had souethivg to do ?ith this
pa?t of lavd. Souethivg ?as
??ovg that da?. Sileve p?e?ailed.
The sileve ?eseuled to that of a
fuve?al.
It ?as a?ouvd ?:?5 a.u. I felt
that I had ?alked ?uite a sigvii-
avt distave ? vo?. Wh? the
?oad seeued so lovg, I had vo
idea, ua? e eause I had ve?e?
?alked ov this ?oad. No? I sa?
fou? dife?evt ?oads. Ov u? ?ight,
the?e ?as a ?a? to the fo?est. To
u? let, a suall ?oad to the ?illage
avd the ove I had takev
?hih ?ould ha?e lead
ue to u? hostel. Soue
uo?e distave I had to
stop. I thought I sa? a
svake, possil? a o?a
?ossivg the st?eet avd
uakivg its ?a? to the
juvgle. Fea? had st?ikev
ue, vot ? seeivg the
svake, ut ?hat I had
seev ve?t. The?e ?as
this ig dog ov the ?oad.
The fog did vot allo? ue
to ha?e a lea? ?ie?, ut
the dog seeued to ha?e a lot of
hai?. Beivg a dog lo?e?, I ould
easil? aviipate av? taued dog[s
eha?io?.
igvits[?5
KUMAR PIJUSH
KATAKY
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
v]??..]v ??

51. At that poivt of iue I felt
souethivg odd avd a it ho??id. It
?as too ig to e a dog like that,
the t?pe I had ve?e? seev efo?e.
Was it e?ev a dog?
I halted, deided vot to uake
av? fu?the? uo?e. I tu?ved u?
e?es to u? let avd the?e I sa?
avothe? ?eatu?e ?ith a siuila?
deueavou?. I ?as su?e that those
?e?e vot dogs. The? ?e?e soue-
thivg else, souethivg uo?e fe?o-
ious elovgivg to the saue geve-
alog? like the fo?es o? the
ZWOLVES’.
Oh vo! I had ve?e? thought
u? death ?ould feed t?o ?ol?es.
I hea?d souethivg f?ou u? ak;
the?e I sa? t?o uo?e of theu iv
the juvgle, pla?ivg ?ith eah oth-
e?. The logial pa?t of u? ?aiv
?as jugglivg et?eev the ?o?k I
?as us? ?ith a fe? hou?s ak
avd the g?ie?ous situaiov I ?as iv
at that uouevt. M? uivd ?as
oggled avd ovfused. I t?ied to
igu?e out ?hih pa?t of u? od?
?ould the? like the uost.
ZNONSENSE[. I ould vot e?ev iu-
agive the pitu?e that aue ivto
u? uivd.
I thought aout goivg ak
the ?a? I took avd just ?hev I ?as
aout to ?uv, I sa? t?o uo?e of
theu. That vight, the da?kvess,
the uoovlight avd the ?ol?es
?ould e the last thivgs that I
?ould see efo?e u? ho??ile
death. A Nat Geo douuevta??[s
lashak aue a?oss u? uivd iv
?hih I sa? ho? the ige?s de?ou?
the huuavs. M? ovdiiov ?ould
e like that ufalo, fat avd sad;
uoavivg iv paiv ill it loses its last
?eath. The agovizivg paiv f?ou
the ?ol?es teeth pevet?aivg iv-
side u? od? uade ue shi?e?. M?
th?oat ?evt d??.
I had seev all si? of theu. I
au vot a ?uvve? so I ouldv[t ?uv
ak o? ?uv to?a?ds u? hostel. I
had a feelivg that I ?as stuk. I
thought of shouivg out fo? help,
ut I ?ouldv[t e hea?d. ZM?
death ?ould eu?ae ue so soov!
Oh God ?h? vo??!’
Yeah, I ?ill die. I ?ill die
?ithout ha?ivg the thivg ?hih
e?e?? o? ?a?es fo? ?hev he
sta?ts kvo?ivg stufs. I ?ill die
efo?e I av fulil u? ?ish list.
That kivd of uade ue sad. I deid-
ed to e happ? efo?e I die. So, I
should thivk of souethivg s?eet-
e?. What should I thivk aout? M?
gi?lf?ievd? Of ou?se vot, I dov[t
ha?e a gi?lf?ievd. Thev I should
thivk of the gi?l I lo?e. It is said
?eal lo?e happevs ovl? ove, ut I
had this p?oleu of kvo?ivg ^Real
Lo?e_. I lo?e so uav? of theu. M?
f?ievds; the? ua? uou?v ut vot
to that e?tevt. M? hate?s a?e go-
ivg to like, at least u? death ?ill
uake soueove happ?. This uade
ue suile. But ?h? should I suile. I
au goivg to die.
Ahh! I should thivk of
****sta?s thev!! Euu, if ?ou
kvo? ?hat I ueav to sa?… I had
sta?ted thivkivg aout soue of
theu ut that ha?dl? uade ue
happ?. No! I should thivk of soue-
thivg hol?. I should p?a?. Me, e-
ivg a B?ahuiv, kve? uav?
ZMavt?as[ avd ZTavt?as[. Ma? e
?eiivg soue ZShlokas[ ould e of
soue help[. I sta?ted to ?eite ?ith
the hope of sta?ivg ali?e. But I
?as havivg theu all ??ovg. I
thought of u? uothe?[s fae ??-
ivg avd u? fauil? ?eakivg do?v.
But I sill a??ied ov ?eiivg.
M? hea?t sta?ted to ?ae
?hev I sa? theu uo?ivg. Thev
ove of theu ?oke the sileve ?
his ho?l. Avd othe?s too uade
the saue ??. Soue e?ev ?espovd-
ed f?ou the juvgle. I got sa?ed, I
had to ovsole u?self. So I as-
suued that vove of theu had
seev ue, a h?pothesis agaiv.
I thought of uakivg a all to
u? pa?evts avd tell theu ho?
uuh I lo?ed theu. Toda? I au
lea?ivg fo? the ete?vit?, ut I ?ish
that u? fauil? al?a?s ?euaiv hap-
p?. The sileve g?e? deepe? ivside
ue. The sevsaiov of u? hot tea?s
o?e? u? heeks had tu?ved old.
The ve?t thivg I ?eueue?ed
?as that I had ollapsed due to
e??uiaivg paiv iv u? gut. I ?as
vea?l? sevseless. I sa? the ?ol?es
app?oahivg ue. A voise ?oke
the sileve, a voise follo?ed ?
soue ?ight light f?ou ove side.
But I ould vot keep u? e?es opev
av? uo?e. M? od? sta?ted e?pe-
?ievivg e?t?eue teupe?atu?e
havges.
I got up iv shok. Suvlight shove
o?e? u? fae. I ?as iv u? ?oou,
?ith the doo? let opev. I sa? u?
shi?t; it had lood staivs all o?e?.
E?ev I had soue s?athes. But vo
tooth ua?ks o?e? u? od?. I de-
ided to igu?e out ?hat had hap-
peved. I t?ied to ?eueue? e?e??-
thivg step ? step- I ?as ?aiivg,
the paiv, the ?ight light… Wait!
What efo?e the ?ight light.
The?e iv the juvgle, I sa? soue-
thivg app?oahivg to?a?ds ue
?ith g?eat speed. M? hea?teat
g?e? faste?. It uade the leap avd
at the saue iue the light ap-
pea?ed. Iv the light I sa? its ho??i-
f?ivg fae avd hea?d its souvd of
kivgship. THE LION WITH A SYM-
BOL OVER HIS CHEST. The s?ath-
es that the liov ga?e Me.!!!
E?e??thivg puzzled ue avd
thev I ?eueue?ed ZThe?e ?as vo
juvgle iv u? ollege ut the?e ?as
ove ?? ?ea?s ak.[
I heked u? phove. I had ??
uissed alls. I uight ha?e ve?e?
seev av? ?olf, thev ho? did I
?eah u? ?oou? Wh? ouldv[t I
v]??..]v ?9
igvits[?5

52. ?eueue? u? jou?ve? ak to u?
?oou? Souethivg happeved
?hih ?as out of u? kvo?ledge. I
deided vot to ueviov av?ove
aout it.
Tiue leap is itself a u?ste??…
Wate?, Its Qualit? avd Essevialit?:
A ase stud? ?elaivg NIT Silha? aupus
Ivt?oduiov
Auovg the i?e essevial ?e-
?ui?euevts fo? the e?isteve of
life iv this plavet, ?ate? has its
depth esseviall?. The othe?s a?e
vaued as Ai?, Food, Teupe?atu?e
~i.e. Heat) avd shelte?. Wate? is
?e?? iupo?tavt ?a? eleuevt fo? a
life to e?ist. The?e, the pu?it? avd
?ualit? of a?ailale ?ate? is also
av iupo?tavt issue. The pu?it? of
?ate? a??ies the saue potevial
as a??ied ? ?ate? iv the li?ivg
s?steus.
P?eseve of uive?al ovsitu-
evts iv ?ate? is ?e?? uuh essev-
ial. But if the? a?e p?esevt iv
highe? auouvts thev the? ?ill
ause ouuov health p?oleus
iv the soiet? as ?ell as iv eos?s-
teus. He?e, ?e a?e goivg to
hek the ?ualit? of ?ate? a?aila-
le iv ou? aupus ?ualitai?el?
avd ?uavitai?el? avd uake the
people a?a?e aout the veessit?
of ?ualit? of ?ate? avd o??e-
spovdivg p?oleus. While e?au-
ivivg the ?ualit? of ?ate? the fol-
lo?ivg tests should e dove

 Test fo? P
H
~Alkavit? & Aidit?)

Ha?dvess avd D.O.
 Test fo? Mg, Ca, Na avd Fe
 Test fo? total solid, dissol?ed
solid avd tu?idit?
 Test fo? vit?ite oupouvds,
phosphate avd luo?ide et.

But as the iue ?as ?e?? less
avd ?oad stud? is a?oided, soue
of these tests a?e dove avd t?ied
to aval?ze the ?esults ?ield.
Dife?evt uive?als p?e-
sevt iv ?ate? avd the?e
o]u]??
As pe? the use of ?ate? fo?
li?ivg is ove?ved, it is essevial
that soue uive?-
als should e p?e-
sevt iv it. As ?e,
the huuavs av[t
p?odue av?-
thivg, so it is ?e-
?ui?ed to ov-
suue e?e??thivg
?e veed. Fo?
suooth li?ivg,
soue uive?als a?e also essevial
avd soue of these a?e a?ailale
iv ?ate? vatu?all?. But, fo? the
uive?als the?e a?e e?taiv liuits
up to ?hih its p?eseve iv ?ate?
is fa?o?ale.
If these liuits a?e
?ossed, thev these uive?als ua?
ause se?ious health haza?ds vot
ovl? to the huuavs ut also to
the aviuals avd plavts, uaivl? to
those a?e li?ivg iv the ?ate? ev?i-
?ovuevt avd heve to eos?s-
teus. The follo?ivg tale p?o-
?ides dife?evt uive?als/
pa?auete?s p?esevt iv ?ate? avd
thei? allo?ale liuits as ?eou-
uevded ? WHO:
Deepjyoi Nath
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

53. Alovg ?ith this, the othe? ou-
uov ui?o-o?gavisus that ua? e
fouvded iv ?ate? a?e listed elo?
alovg ?ith diseases aused ?
?ZuW
F?ou the tales, it is seev
that, efo?e usivg ?ate?, ?e ha?e
to uake evsu?e that it is f?ee f?ou
av? ui?oial avd it should ov-
taiv desi?ed auouvts of uive?al
ovsituevts as the? pla?s a ?ital
?ole iv uevtal avd ph?sial de?el-
opuevt of ou? od? alovg ?ith
suooth huuav ?ae.
Wate? of ou? aupus:
The uaiv sou?es of ?ate?
a?ailale iv ou? aupus a?e
G?ouvd?ate? ~e.g. deep ?ell)
Su?fae ?ate? ~e.g. lakes, Ba?ak
?i?e?* )
Raiv?ate? p?ese??aiovs.
But, to test the ?ate? ?ualit?,
?ate? is olleted f?ou dife?evt
sou?es avd the? a?e tested ?uali-
tai?el? avd ?uavii?el?. Ph?sial,
heuial avd iologial tests a?e
a??ied out iv Geve?al Cheuist??
La. uvde? theo?eial asis fol-
lo?ed ? e?auivaiovs ? vaked
e?e avd oupouvd ui?osope
avd ?esults a?e olleted. The fol-
lo?ivg t?o tales sho? the dife?-
evt uive?als p?esevt iv olleted
?ate? avd thei? ?uavit?:

Geve?al ?ate? p?o?ided fo? ?ash-
ivg pu?poses:
D?ivkivg Wate?

Sl
No
Min-
erals/
Pa-
rame
ters
Allow-
able
limits
In
favour
of
Havocs
1 P
H
6.5 -
8.5
- Improper
for drink-
ing
2 TDS <500
mg/L
- Uneconom-
ic
3 Hard-
ness
61-120
mg/L
No
health
hazards
Uneconom-
ic
4 D. O. > 7
mg/L


Fresh-
ness of
water
Temp.
increases,
effects
Fresh water
species
5 Mag-
nesiu
m
30-100
mg/L
Protein
Const.,
DNA
Repli-
cation
Causes
hardness
6 Cal-
cium
75-200
mg/L
Bones
and
teeth
constit-
uents
Causes
hardness
7 Po-
tassiu
m
2.5-10
mg/L
Main-
tains
water
level,
blood
pres-
sure of
body
Causes
hardness
8 Chlo-
ride
< 250
mg/L
Preser-
vation
of food
Heart
failure
9 Ni-
trite
< 10
mg/L
- Shortness
of breath,
blue baby
syndrome
10 Iron < 30
µg/L
- Warding of
fatigue
11 Fluo-
ride
< 2
mg/L
- Pits in
tooth
enamel,
cosmetic
effect
12 Lead <45
µg/L
- Delays in
mental and
physical
develop-
ment
13 Arse-
nic
< 10
µg/L
- Harms
nervous
system,
birth
defects
along with
reproduc-
tive defects
Sl
no
Dis-
ease
Micro-
bial
agent
Sources of
entrance
1 Ameo
biasis
Enta-
miba
histolit-
ica
Non-treated
drinking wa-
ter
2 Chol-
era
Vibrio
chol-
erae
Drinking
water con-
taminated by
bacteria
3 Dys-
entry
Various
species
of gen-
era
‘shigell
a’
-DO-
4 Sal-
monell
osis
Various
species
of gen-
era
‘Salmo
nella’
-DO-
5 Ty-
phoid
Salmo-
nella
typhi
-DO-
6 E-coli
infec-
tion
Esche-
richia
coli
-DO-
7 Hepa-
titis A
HAV Can manifest
itself in water
8 Polio
etc.
Polio
virus
Enters water
through the
faces of in-
fected indi-
viduals
Sl
N
o
Parameters/
Minerals
Result/
Amounts
1 P
H
7.1
2 TDS* 10 mg/l
3 Hardness 93-82 mg/l
4 Mg 48-50 mg/l
5 Ca 108-140 mg/l
6 D.O. 8.9
7 Fe(II) 0.46 mg/l
8 Arsenic NIL
Sl
no
Parame-
ters/
Minerals
Result/Amounts
1 P
H
6.8
2 TDS* 2 mg/l
3 Hardness 40-75 mg/l
4 Mg 51-59 mg/l
5 Ca 84-92 mg/l
6 D.O. 6.1 mg/l
7 Fe(II) 0.344 mg/l
8 Arsenic NIL
vits.a.iv ??
igvits[?5

54. igvits[?5
Alovg ?ith this the olleted ?a-
te? sauples ?e?e olo?less, odo?-
less avd lea? ~iv uost ases i.e.
tu?idit? due to la? ?as asevt).
No suh ui?oo?gavisus ?e?e
fouvd ~du?ivg its e?aluaiov uv-
de? ui?osope) ?hih ua? lead
to se?ious disease.
Suuua?y: A Coupa?isov
No? oupa?ivg the ?esults
fouvded f?ou tesivg ?ith the
stavda?d auouvts, it av e stat-
ed that ?ate? that ?e a?e usivg
vo?-a-da?s iv ou? aupus is of
stavda?d ?ualit?. It doesv[t ov-
taiv av? ha?uful ui?oo?gavisus
avd uo?e iupo?tavtl? it is also
ueeivg the ?e?ui?ed auouvt of
dife?evt uive?als as speiied ?
WHO avd Soial Welfa?e Depa?t-
uevt, Go?t. of Assau. Ov the
othe? havd it doesv[t ovtaiv la?
as vo TDS ?as fouvd du?ivg test.
The ?ate? also ovtaiv suiievt
auouvt of dissol?ed o??gev to
keep the ?ate? f?esh evough. The
?ate? is the?efo?e f?ee of pollu-
iov avd the?e? of good ?ualit?.

Covlusiov:
Polluiov f?ee ?ate? is essev-
ial fo? the ovivuaiov of hu-
uav ?ae iv this uothe? ea?th.
Alovg ?ith this, speiied uive?-
als should e p?esevt iv the ?a-
te? iv speiied auouvt. Mo?eo-
?e? it should also e f?ee f?ou
ha?uful ui?oo?gavisus. H?giev-
i avd f?esh ?ate? is f?ee f?ou
these agevts of ovtauivavts
avd also ovtaiv dissol?ed o??-
gev iv e?taiv auouvt. That is
?h? it is ?e?ui?ed to hek fo?
p?eseve of uive?als avd its
auouvt alovg ?ith ?hethe?
ha?uful ui?oo?gavisus a?e
the?e o? vot. Av? avoual? fouvd
should e uiviuized efo?e dis-
t?iuiov avd p?ope? hekivg
should e evou?aged.
Notes
?.Ba?ak Ri?e?: Ove of the t?o
uajo? ?i?e? of Assau, Situated
a?ouvd ?.5 ku a?a? f?ou au-
pus, ?ate? is otev olleted f?ou
the ?i?e? fo? use iv ou? aupus.
?.TDS: Total dissol?ed solid p?e-
sevt iv speiied auouvt of ?ate?

Refe?eves:
?.Guidelives fo? d?ivkivg ?ate?,
WHO, thi?d ediiov, ????
?.htp://ods.od.vih.go?/
?.Puli Health Evgivee?ivg
Dept., Go?t. of Assau
?.~htp://aphe.go?.iv/~S
~?dkzoe?5ouf?u??df??hi55))/
?ate??ualit?p?lu.asp?)
5.Dept. of Cheuist?? , NIT Sil-
ha?, Silha?-??
INDIAN CULTURE---A MYTH OR A REALITY
Cultu?e is av a?t of li?ivg. Cul-
tu?e iv its ?oade? sevse ?elets
the g?eat pageavt?? of the peo-
ple oupled ?ith thei? ?eligiovs,
lavguages, dialets, ideas avd
uisives.
^Uvit? iv Di?e?sit?_— these
?o?ds a?e highl? p?udevt to a
ouvt?? like Ivdia that is iv?edi-
l? ?ih iv ultu?e avd he?itage.
The Ivdiav ultu?e has ve?e?
eev so ?igid avd that is ?h? it is
su??i?ivg ?ith p?ide iv the
Mode?v e?a: - The Ivdiav
ultu?e has av ivhe?evt apail-
it? that has led uav? poets to
pev do?v ?o?ds iv he? vaue. A
poet of Ivdiav soil ?ith out-
stavdivg ali?e ?hose poet?? is
evilled ?ith spi?itualit?, Tago?e
?as g?eatl? iup?essed ? the
?alues, aitude avd aesthei
idious of Ivdiav ultu?e. He sa?s
Blessed au I o?v to this lavd
avd that I
Had the Luk to lo?e he?;
What a?e I if ?ueevly t?eas-
u?e is vot iv
he? sto?e ut p?eious evough
is fo? ue the lea?ivg ?ealth of
he? lo?e;
The est git of f?ag?ave to uy
hea?t is
F?ou he? lo?e?s avd I kvo?
Not ?he?e else shives the
uoov;
-----Gu?ude?

The Ivdiav ultu?e iuies
?ithiv itself the t?aits of uuliliv-
gual ultu?es avd ouuuviies
avd eue?ges out as a ovteupo-
?a?? avd aeptale t?adiiov.
The p?oposiiov that ?hethe?
CHIRANJIB BHOWMICK
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd ou-
uuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

55. igvits[?5

56. igvits[?5

57. Ivdiav ultu?e is a u?th o? a ?e-
alit? itself is asu?d sive it is
the uajesi Ivdia ?hih has
shaped up the lassial i?iliza-
iov sive the ad?evt of huuav
?ae iv this gloe. It is Ivdia
?hih has evlighteved the ev-
i?e huuavita?iav soiet? ?
gi?ivg i?th to th?ee ?eligiovs --
Hivduisu ~Savatava Dha?ua)
Buddhisu avd Sikhisu.
The histo?? of Ivdia dates
ak to a ?hoopivg 9,5?? ?ea?s.
It egav ?ith the lou?ishivg of
Ivdus Valle? i?ilizaiov follo?ed
? the Vedi i?ilizaiov. Uli-
uatel? uav sta?ted to e?plo?e
the t?uth ehivd his e?isteve
avd ga?e theo?ies to deive
t?uth. At the saue iue the?
?eated a set of ?ules fo? ^good
li?ivg_ ov this ea?th. The philo-
sophial ovepts that Ivdiavs
ga?e to uavkivd a?e ete?val avd
ovsitute vo ?eligiov ? theu-
sel?es. Ho?e?e? the ?ules fo?
good o? ^Dha?ui_ li?ivg that
the? laid do?v ovsitute the
Hivdu ?eligiov. The evi?e os-
uos is sujeted to pe?iodi
?le of ?eaiov ~sh?isthi) avd
dissoluiov ~p?ala?a). It is e?ev
said that Ch?istaivit? a?ose iv
south Ivdia. Thus iv the p?esevt
Ivdiav ultu?e the?e ha?e eev
uav? u??evts, ?oss u??evts
ut the? ha?e eev levded,
s?vthesized avd digested ivto
ove o?gavi ?hole of Ivdiav-
vess.
Ivdia is e?t?euel? ?ih iv its
a?t avd ultu?e. The Bhaga?ad
Gita avd the Mahaha?ata
teahes us the ?a? of life iv to-
da?[s ?o?ld ~kal?uga).
Ivdiav ultu?e is a oupo-
site ultu?e,a ouuov ivhe?-
itave of ?hih all a?e e?uall?
avd iuuevsel? p?oud iv spite of
?eligious, livguisi, ?egioval, o?
geog?aphial ?a?iaiovs. The
lassial daves ---Kathakhali,
Kuhpudi, Mavipu?i, Bha?atvat-
?au all a?ose f?ou ou? so alled
Ivdiav ultu?e avd a?e vo?
highl? applauded th?oughout
the ?o?ld. The deep faith iv the
?alues of life avd ethos uake
Ivdia a ev?iale vaiov .
But toda? ?e all a?e li?ivg iv
a ?o?ld of sk? ?okeivg teh-
vologies avd ut th?oat oupe-
??}vX
The ?o?ld has vo? ?edued
to a gloal ?illage. So ,it is the
fo?euost dut? of all Ivdiav ii-
zev to p?ese??e ou? ?ih he?it-
age avd glo?if? it. Yes, I do e-
lie?e that ou? ultu?e too has
soue sho?touivgs ?hih ha?e
to e up?ooted out. Ivdia is uv-
de?goivg a state of t?avsiiov
?he?e ?e a?e t??ivg to aou-
uodate ve? ?alues avd ?ules
ivto ou? soiet? . This ua? ha?e
va??o?ed o? ?eplaed ou? ul-
tu?al ethis. But as the sa?ivg
goes
^Chavge is the la? of life
avd those ?ho look to the past
a?e e?taivl? to uiss the futu?e_
We av ovl? ?el? ov this ?uote
avd let havges ?ivg the ete?
of Ivdiav soiet?. At the saue
iue ?e avvot afo?d to aept
souethivg that ?ill ?euodel the
assets of Ivdiav ultu?e. Da?s
ua? tu?v ivto ?eeks, ?eeks ivto
uovth avd uovth ivto ?ea?s
ut sill ?e should p?ese??e ou?
?ih ultu?e avd he?itage fo? the
geve?aiovs to oue.
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ?5
The Xe?os – Av Aluost Wate?less Washivg Mahive
Ho? do ?e ?ash ou? lothes
?hev the? a?e di?t?? Add dete?-
gevts to ?ate? avd soak theu,
?u ?ith a ?ush, avd ?ivse tho?-
oughl? ?ith ?ate?; o? put theu
ivto av autouated ?ashivg ua-
hive...?es that is ?hat ?e ha?e
eev doivg fo? ages. Cav you iu-
agive ?ashivg theu ?ith-
out ?ate?? E?e? sive the i?st
elet?i ?ashivg uahive ?as iv-
?evted iv ?9?? ? the Chiago-
ased Hu?le? Elet?i Lauvd??
E?uipuevt Coupav? evgivee?
Al?a J. Fishe?, fo? a evtu?? ?e
ha?ev[t seev av? igge? ?e?olu-
iov iv it. E?ev the ?ashivg ua-
hives that a?e iv use a?ouvd the
?o?ld ?o?k ov the saue old p?iv-
iple of usivg agg?essi?e uehavi-
al aiov alovg ?ith ?ate?. But
he?e, ate? a lovg ?ait of iue,
ivall? ?e ha?e souethivg ?e?olu-
iova?? iv this ield that uses
a totall? dife?evt tehvolog? f?o
u the ov?evioval ?ashe?s. This
diso?e?? ?as uade ? P?ofesso?

58. Stephev Bu?kivsha? avd his pa?t-
ve?s at the fauous Shool of Te?-
iles, Uvi?e?sit? of Leeds, Evglavd
?hile the? ?e?e t??ivg to get d?es
at?ated to pol?ue?s. The? fouvd
out that the ?e?e?se p?oess ould
atuall? e used to ?euo?e d?es
avd di?t out of fa?is.
It is the f?uiful outoue of ?? ?ea
?s of ha?d ?o?k. No?, ho? does
this tehvolog? ?o?k at the uo-
leula? le?el? It is auazivg that
soue pol?ue?s ~e.g. N?lov ?, ?)
ha?e the apait? to aso? aout
??% of thei? ?eight of ?ate?.
Whev ivt?odued ivto the huuid
ev?i?ovuevt ivside the ?ashivg
d?uu, the v?lov eads e?pavd,
?eaivg ui?osopi a?iies avd
t?appivg ?ate? avd staivs ivto
theu, p?e?evivg thei? ?edeposi-
tov iv the fa?i. Milliovs of v?lov
eads a?e pou?ed ivto the ?ash
d?uu ?hih ui? tho?oughl? ?ith
the lothes avd at ov theu. Ate?
the ?ash, the? a?e sepa?ated out
avd get ollet-
ed ]v?} a dife?evt haue? to e
uade ?ead? fo? the ve?t ?ash. Th
us, the Xe?os Ltd. Coupav? ?as
fouvded iv ???? to ?ivg out the
po?e? of pol?ue? ead leavivg
ivto ouue?ial use. Cu??evtl?
Xe?os ?ashe?s a?e a?ailale iv the
No?th Aue?iav avd the Eu?ope-
av ua?kets fo? ivdust?ial & ou-
ue?ial use. D?? leavivg, lauvd??
ua?kets avd hotels a?e iv?esivg
ov it as the? ha?e seev ete?
p?odui?it?, ost sa?ivgs avd ?e-
duiov iv a?ov footp?ivt. Cou-
pa?isov aval?sis sho?s that a ov-
?evioval ?ashivg uahive uses
aout ?5? lit?es of f?esh ?ate? pe?
?ash, ?hile the Xe?os uahive
uses ?5 to ?5 % less ?ate?. It also
?o?ks ov a lo?e? teupe?atu?e,
the ?ash ?les a?e faste? avd
??% u??evt is sa?ed. The Xe?os
?e?ui?es ovl? half the dete?gevt
used iv ov?evioval ?ashe?s avd
it gi?es supe?io? ?ash ?esults avd
the uvi?ue ead aiov p?ese??es
the ?ualit? of lothes. Avothe?
good thivg is, the eads
?o?k fo? a huvd?ed ?ashes avd t
hev the? av e ?eyled to e us
ed iv ivdust?ies. If ?e talk of the
uivus poivts, ?ou ua? ?ovde?
aout leavivg up the uess if the
?.? uilliov eads uvfo?tuvatel?
out spill. Ove uo?e thivg is that
these uahives a?e aout t?ie
the size of the u??evt oves that
?e use toda?, avd heve uoilit?
avd spae is av issue ?hih uavu-
fatu?e?s a?e ?o?kivg upov. But
?ith so uav? eveits, it su?e is a
?e?oluiova?? p?odut, av eo-
f?ievdl? ove, ?hih is ouivg iv a
ouple of yea?s to ou? douesi
households at av afo?dale p?ie
avd ?ill havge
the ?o?ld of lauvd?? leavivg.
igvits[?5
S-A-S-I ….. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN !!!
Walkivg do?v the ueuo?? lave
iv lashak, I otev get evtav-
gled ?ith the iue I ha?e spevt iv
this ivsitute avd ivd it the uost
diiult task to deide ?hih the
est ove ?as. Well, it ?ill al?a?s
e hallevgivg p?oal? fo? e?e-
??ove ha?ivg e?pe?ieves siuila?
to those of uive.
I ev?isage the iue ?hev ?e
?e?e eivg shited f?ou ou? ou-
uov vest to ?a?ious hostels, the
uost allu?ivg of all. Right f?ou
the egivvivg of lovg lasivg e?-
euov? as ?elease of hostel allot-
uevt voie, ill the uouevt ?e
hea?d geivg pu?vas?a?aj as
evd. It ?as all levd of feelivg of
dife?evt tastes, fuvv? fea? uov-
ge?s avd a fe? uve?peted ev-
ouvte?s ?ith ou? sevio?s. With
passage of iue ?e ?ealized that
all these evouvte?s ?e?e pa?t of
st?atageu e?ol?ed out of lovg
iue, p?aied avd tested vu-
ue?ous iues ? ou? sevio?s avd
the?e sevio?s as ?ell ;)
Soue people uight ha?e
?epugvavt opiviovs ov this issue
ut I au puivg ?i?id iuages of
thivgs atuall? happevivg, so that
people av put deua?aiovs ov
?hat is deeued avd ?hat is p?ag-
uai.
We li?e iv e?a of tehvolog?
?ith ou? sueedivg geve?aiovs
ov ?e?ge of evte?ivg ev?i?ov-
uevt of ivte?vet-of-thivgs, ?hih
has iuuevse potevial to evgulf
ou? soial avd pe?soval spae.
Not ovl? the fats uevioved
Ha?i Mohav Sha?ua
Class of ????
Elet?ial Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?6

59. igvits[?5
ao?e ivites av?iet?, the fallivg
?he?e?ithal of ovteupo?a??
athes alovg ?ith sueedivg
oves is ?eall? ala?uivg.
The ?easovs a?e p?et? lea?
as less e?posu?e to soiet?, ivad-
?e?tevt sh?vess, fea? as ?ell as
lak of oppo?tuviies to ivte?at
seeus the uajo? ?easovs ehivd
pluuuet of thei? evdu?ave. This
?ill se?iousl? afet theu ?hev
the? ?ill sta?t ?o?kivg iv av iv-
dust?? pa?iula?l? ?ith o?po-
?ates. A health? ivte?aiov ?ith
sevio?s ?ill deivitel? help juvio?s
to o?e?oue thei? fea? avd sh?-
vess avd ?ill at as a ?idge e-
t?eev juvio?s avd sevio?s.
People ?ho deeu this as uale?o-
levt avd a?gue that ehivd the
façade of ?elouivg ve? stu-
devts, ?ou kvo? ?hat I ueav ;) is
a voto?ious p?aie. All the? just
veed to ha?e a sessiov of
SWEET AND SIMPLE INTRO-
DUCTION ……. :)
vits.a.iv ??
COMMUNAL HARMONY AND MEDIA : EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES
F?ou the ?e?? da?v of ou? spe-
ies, ?e ha?e eev ighivg. We
ha?e atled vatu?e, the easts
avd uav? othe? at?oiies of
God. Thev ?e ?e?e atlivg fo?
p?oteiov avd su??i?al ut ?ith
havgivg iues avd esalaivg
huuav egos ?e vo? fae a te??i-
le apoal?pse ause ?e stavd
di?ided, pited agaivst eah oth-
e? ighivg ?a?s ased ov vov-
e?istevt issues thus ?e a?e s?s-
teuaiall? ?uivivg ou? ?ae.
People a?e fast aavdovivg the
ovept of peae avd
^COMMUNAL HARMONY_ is a
fa? ??.
Toda? at the age of uode?vi-
zaiov avd de?elopuevt the
gaps iv ou? soieies ha?e so
uuh evla?ged that ?e ha?e
th?o?v soial tole?ave at a?
avd iv the vaue of ou? ?eligiov
avd ouuuvit? a?e p?epa?ed to
pe?fo?u g?uesoue tasks that
?uesiovs the ?e?? fuvdauevtals
of huuavit? let alove ?eligiovs.
Media, a gevius iv?eviov, a sigv
of ou? e?oluiov avd av uvfailivg
efo?t o? a??avgeuevt uade to
?idge the ?ast di?ide auovg us.
It p?oal? is the uost po?e?ful
tool iv a deuo?a? to uaivtaiv
stailit? avd hek despoisu
avd yet it stavds as a defaulte? iv
the soiet?. Whev suh la?ge
uahive?? upov ?hih the ev-
i?e ouvt?? depevds, fails o?
tu?vs ?ogue it jeopa?dises the
?e?? idea of the ouvt?? avd
pushes its deuo?a? to?a?ds
?eduvdavy.
Iv a uassi?el? di?e?siied
ouvt?? like ou?s, soial uedia
shoulde?s a uo?e ulk? ?espovsiil-
it?. E?ev the slightest of uisivte?-
p?eted o? p?o?oai?e ivfo?uaiov
ua? fuel ?iolevt disivteg?aiov
?hih ua? s?ell ivto ugl? ?iots avd
avg?? lashes. P?ivt avd elet?ovi
uedia possess the po?e? to ivlu-
eve avd uould peoples uivdsets
avd if the? happev to spie up
fats, ?oadast ivfo?uaiov fa?
f?ou the t?uth avd ivdulge iv p?o-
?oai?e ?epo?ivg that appeals to
the uasses thus u?s the ve?s
Avsuuav Chavd
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd ivst?u-
uevtaiov Evgivee?ivg

60. havvels puliit? avd TRP, this e-
oues a shee? de?isiov of thei? du-
ies to?a?ds a vaiov avd its peo-
ple. We the people al?a?s hoose
to aept souethivg that ?e ?avt
to, ve?e? ?evtu?ivg ivto the t?uth of
the idea o? ivfo?uaiov avd the ue-
dia ?uthlessl? uives ov suh pe?-
epiov of the people, sho?ivg avd
p?ivivg ?hat the people ?avt to
elie?e. The? shauelessl? de?ail
f?ou thei? ethis avd uli?ate ov
soial ste?eot?pes avd siguas to
fulil thei? ?uests of ivavial gaivs
avd p?oits. Iv a ouvt?? ?ith ?i?id
ultu?es suh as ou?s avd ?ith f?ee-
dou of speeh avd e?p?essiov
the?e is ouvd to e soue uisal-
ulated ?eua?ks f?ou soue pa?t? to
the othe? ,
the?e is ouvd to e soue euoiov-
al ovlits et?eev g?oups o?e?
issues gi?ev ou? to?uevted past.
But aepivg peoples uisguided
seviuevts as fodde? fo? thei? es-
talishuevts , the uedia g?oups
shaue thei? ouuuvit? ? sellivg
suh ve?s to the ivvoevt people
?ho d?i?ev ? ouuuval solida?it?
spa?ks pavdeuoviuu avd haos
a?oss ouuuviies. It seeus the
uedia houses a?e ov a pe?sistevt
uissiov to e?adiate Gavdhi[s vo-
iov of Ivdia ased ov t?uth avd
vov-?ioleve.
We as people uust eduate ou?-
sel?es avd uust ?ealise the fat
that peaeful oe?isteve is possi-
le ovl? if ?e thivk f?ou ou? uivd
avd vot d?i?ev ? ou? hea?ts. We
uust ovteuplate ov
?ealit? avd
should vot let ou?sel?es get s?ept
? the ?a?e. The?e is vo dev?ivg
the fat that uedia has fa? g?eate?
iupo?tave to us thav pla?ivg ?ith
ou? uivds avd at the saue iue ?e
uust vot fo?get, it is ou? deuavds
that d?i?e thei? ovtevt avd it is
thei? ovtevt that uvleashes di?e
ovse?ueves upov the soiet?.
We av al?a?s peaefull? oe?ist if
?e follo? the ?eligiov of huuavit?
i?st. If ?e t?ul? ?espet ou? ou-
uuvit? thav autouaiall? ?e av
?espet othe?s also. Whev suh av
ev?i?ovuevt e?ist avd ?hev peo-
ple t?ul? uvde?stavd the ovept of
ouuuval di?ide e?ev av uvstop-
pale fo?e like uedia avvot
ludgeov av iuuo?ale ojet like
ou? soiet?. Uvit? ?ill evale ou?
soiet? ve?e? to fall e?ev ?hev the
?iious of fo?es t?? to top-
ple it.
igvits[?5
Potpou??i of thoughts
Behivd e?e?? pulh?itudivous
tapest?? is a ha?o of th?eads
ivte??o?ev ivto eah othe?; a
thivg of eaut? av oue ivto
e?isteve th?ough av o?e?-
?heluivg fo?e of tu?uoil. The
aseve of la? iv av ojet of
adui?aiov is itself a la? to its
uost fuvdauevtal le?el eupha-
sisivg the ?e?? fat that ?ou
?eap ?hat ?ou so?. Th?ough
the th?eada?e i?e of iue, all
?e av ?uefull? ivt?ospet that
the?e shall ?ill al?a?s e?taiv
faets of life ?hih ?ill al?a?s
ueav to e ivoup?ehevsile
to the huuav uivd. The?e is
al?a?s a alave of e?e??thivg
?e la? ou? e?es ov as death sill
livge?s iv the utopiav soiet?;
ou? uvi?e?se is vothivg ut a
ovoiov of suo?gaso?d elu-
si?e uate?s. Soueiues e?taiv
?esplevdevt e?a iv the sivil-
laivg past seeu to just a ig-
uevt of huuav iuagivaiov e
it the ?eigv of the eupe?o?
Cha?leuagve ?hih has eev
alled the phavtou ages as e?-
taiv ovspi?a? theo?ists ha?e
postulated that the ?ea?s e-
t?eev AD ??? avd 9?? ve?e?
e?isted!! It ua? so happev that
the ?ealit? ?e a?e so fauilia?
?ith ould e a ?eaiov of ou?
uivd ?ead? to ?uule do?v
av? seovd, a lovg ?ol? sik
alavivg itself iv the he?agoval
pilla? of the giavt-ause?a?. Iv
this ?ealit? ?e ha?e a ?oof o?e?
head oupletel? oli?ious of
the fat that ?e a?e iuages that
is al?a?s ueavt to e?avesevt
ivto the ?oid ?eated iv the
?aivs pe?haps soaked iv fo?ua-
liv fo? piovee?ivg e?pe?iuevt ?
a eivg elovgivg to le?el-? Ka?-
MAITREYEE DUTTA
Class of ????
Elet?ial Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

61. dashe? ?o?ld. The illusiov ?eat-
ed ? us is so ov?ivivg that it[s
like ?e a?e t?apped ivto a
T?oupe-l[oeil paivivg. It[s ua?-
e eause ?e pe?haps elovg
to the houuvulus le?el iv the
hie?a?h? of ivtelligeve that ?e
dov[t uvde?stavd it[s oupletel?
ludi?ous ho? ?e evgage iv
skulldugge??; ete?val pav-
touiue of people lokivg
ho?vs iv ull ight ?hile
deadeve feigvs as the
uatado? atal?zivg the
p?oess all o?e? agaiv.
Ho?e?e? e?ev a litle iv-
ovspiuous thivgs av
ha?e uajo? ?epe?ussiovs
iv the h?oviles of ou?
e?isteve. A iv? pele
?eates ?ipple a?oss the
t?av?uil ?ate? of iue
?ead? to d?o?v av? Zvov-
su?efooted[ ?ithiv its uvfathou-
ale depth. If ovl? the assassiva-
to? had uisi?ed the ullet that
hit F?avz Fe?divavd ? fe? ivh-
es thav ua?e the ?o?ld ?a?
?ould ha?e ve?e? evte? ou? le?i-
ov!! We ha?e ivhe?evt tevdev-
? to lo? alovg ?ith ide ut
the?e does e?ist e?taiv ide-
?eake?s ?ho ?uesiov ou? uuv-
davel? e?isteve, da?ede?ils
?ead? to hoke iv thei? lood avd
s?eat if the veed e?e? a?ises.
The t?agi sto?? of Oto Lilievthal
?ho pe?ished due to the ivju?ies
sustaived iv the failed light iv
his glide? uuh efo?e the iue
of W?ight ?othe?s. No? does the
fat that thei? o?v iv?eviovs
ould eoue a F?avkevsteiv
iviuidate theu. This ?ivgs
?euivises of P?ouetheus so
?ought light to the uavkivd avd
iv ?etu?v had to fae life illed
?ith ve?e?-evdivg agov?; soue
of the Lovg lost ueuo?ies of the
Auld-Lavg-S?ve ?euivded ? the
sovgs of the t?ouadou?. If ?e
ould just fo? ove shuv the
sh?oud of igot?? avd hau?iv-
isu avd lea?v the the?apeui
ailit? of self-loathivg. We a?e
the ?avde?e? auovg the uist
eause the path ahead is al-
?a?s u?ste?ious. This fog al?a?s
ies its puppet?? st?ivgs o?e? ou?
soul, uliuatel? tesivg the le?el
of pe?se?e?ave ?ithiv us. Sadl?
?e ovl? elie?e that thivgs ?e
see ?ith ou? ?e?? o?v e?es;
soueiues ?e ould ovl? e fe?
ivhes a?a? f?ou the uilestove
?e ?a?ed fo? avd he?e ?ou gi?e
up eause ?ou av[t see it. We
fu?the? u?? the skeletovs iv ou?
upoa?d ivstead of doivg soue-
thivg aout it. The uvde?u??evt
of e?il lu?hivg eveath us a?e
ve?e? to e ?av?uished ivstead
the? a?e ?ouavized so that ?e
av uo?e ov ?ith ou? oupai-
le li?es. Auovg the people of
Poupeii ?ho ?e?e suothe?ed
avd u?ied uvde? the la?a of the
ap?iious Vesu?ius, ?as the
ute? astovishuevt avd sadvess
of the uothe? eu?aivg he?
ivfavt as the? suuu to death.
No? people ha?e tu?v theu ivto
the ojets of uoke?? evitlivg
theu as the people f?ozev ivto
iue ?ho ?e?e al?a?s ueavt to
lo?e eah othe? fo? ete?vi-
t?...Avothe? ado?ale Disve?
fai?? tale suitale fo? kids ? o?-
e?ivg the g?otes?ue o?igival
Giauaista Basile ?e?siov. Iv
the p?e-Edisov ?hev people
huddled togethe? iv the light of
da?kvess, iv soue vook avd o?-
ve? at the othe? side of the
?o?ld, uki?o vaka?a
i?st a?iiiall? ?eat-
ed pe?fetl? s?uuet-
?i fe?vlike devd?ite
svo?lake f?ou ?a-
te?, souethivg ?e
look at too f?e?uevt-
l?, ?et it ?a?el? ?oss-
es ou? uivd that
soue e?ithivg
??stal ould e
uade out of it. The
eaut? of se?evdipit?
avd the a?t of ?eaivg soue-
thivg f?ou vothivg ju?taposed
ivto eah othe?. To av? t?ue a?t
ovvoisseu? it ua? e too appa?-
evt the uessages let ehivd ?
the g?eat uivds of the past iv
thei? uagvuu opus se?etl? t??-
ivg to ?euivd us the atual ?ai-
sov d[!t?e of ou? li?es like a spa?-
klivg s?uol iv the da?kest o?-
ve? of hia?osu?o paivivg. All
?e av e?e? do as ?e ?a?fa?e?
th?ough the Z?ou-?ake-up-avd-
fo?get[ d?eau? t?eahe?ous
?oute is vot to e fooled ? the
uotle? uasks ov displa? iv av
Veveiav a?vi?al of teuptaiov
?o?v ? s?ophavts ?ho ?eate
a uouvtaiv f?ou a uoth-hill o?e?
a sivgle posii?e ?ualit? avd
leivg da?kvess ?eate a gossa-
ue? a?ouvd ou? soul to slo?l?
o??ode to the ?e?? o?e: a ove
?iuuivg ?i?e? all set to ueet
the oeav avd lose its idevit?.....
vits.a.iv ?9
igvits[?5

62. igvits[?5
The No?theaste?v pa?t of Ivdia
oup?isivg of the eight states of
Assau, A?uvahal P?adesh, Naga-
lavd, Mavipu?, Mizo?au, T?ipu?a,
Meghala?a avd Sikkiu is a pletho-
?a of vatu?al eaut?. With uvdu-
laivg hills avd ?i?e?ive plaivs,
deep da?k a?es avd ?oa?ivg ?a-
te?falls, this ?egiov jusiies the
tag gi?ev ? Ivdiav Tou?isu Se-
to?: "A Pa?adise Uve?plo?ed_. Be-
sides that the No?th East is a pot-
pou??i of ultu?es avd lavguages,
?ith o?e? 5?? dife?evt ethvi
g?oups ?esidivg iv the ?egiov. It is
uvi?ue as the ?egiov has so uuh
di?e?sit? ?ithiv a liuited geo-
g?aphial a?ea.
Ho?e?e? the di?e?sit? is
slo?l? p?o?ivg det?iuevtal fo? the
No?th Easte?v people. Ivstead of
assoiaivg avd uaivtaivivg uvit?
?ith dife?evt ouuuviies, the
ethvi g?oups a?e ighivg ?ith
the go?e?vuevt o? evgagivg iv
ouuuval lashes allivg fo? sep-
a?ate states o? deuavdivg ?egiov-
al autovou?. Iv fat, se?e?al
a?ued faiovs ha?e eev fo?ued
iv ?a?ious pa?ts ?hih a??? out
uilitavt ai?iies. The o?gaviza-
iov of ULFA ~Uvited Lie?aiov
F?ovt of Assau) fo?ued iv ?9?9
av e ovside?ed as av e?auple
?hih ?as fo?ued ?ith av ivtev-
iov of sepa?aivg Assau f?ou
Ivdia avd a???ivg out se?e?al
ataks ov i?iliavs th?oughout
the yea?s. NDFB is avothe? pe?-
fet e?auple, ?he?e? the uili-
tavts a?e deuavdivg "Bodolavd"-
a sepa?ate state to e a??ed out
f?ou Assau fo? Bodos avd ta?-
geivg the ivvoevt i?iliavs. Iv
?eevt yea?s, the Ka?i Lovg?i
N.C.Hills Lie?aiov F?ovt ~KLNLF)
has eev ?uite ai?e iv Ka?i Av-
glovg avd Diua Hasao dist?its of
Assau, deuavdivg ?egioval au-
tovou? avd up lituevt of t?ies.
This uilitavt g?oup has ?eated
ha?o auovg the ?illage?s ? a-
duivg hild?ev fo? ?e?uituevt
iv thei? g?oups, ouivg ?ail
t?aks et. Siuila? is the situaiov
iv Mavipu? ?he?e te??o?ist g?oups
like UNLF, PLA, PREPAK a?e ?e-
aivg ha?o iv the state ?ith siui-
la? ivteviovs as that of ULFA. Na-
galavd has eev ?itvessivg the
te??o?ist ai?iies of NSCN-IM
?hih is fousivg ov ?eaivg
G?eate? Nagalavd, evoupassivg
evi?e Nagalavd, soue pa?ts of
Assau avd Mavipu?. The? ha?e
also eev evgagivg iv e?to?iov,
ouuuval lashes et iv the o?-
de?ivg dist?its of Assau avd Ma-
vipu?. Though Meghala?a avd
A?uvahal P?adesh ha?e vot seev
suh uilitavt ai?iies, ut latel?
the loal people ha?e sta?ted
ouuuval lashes avd a?e t??ivg
to ev?oah eah othe?'s lavd.
Se?e?al ivstaves of ouuuval
lashes et?eev Assauese avd
Ga?os li?ivg ov the Assau-
Meghala?a o?de? avd et?eev
Assauese avd A?uvahalis ha?e
eev ?epo?ted. The ?eevt ivi-
devt of ouuuval lash ?hih
had shakev Ivdia ?as et?eev
the Bodos avd Muslius iv Bodo-
lavd, ?he?e a la?ge vuue? of
people of oth the ouuuviies
evgaged iv killivg eah othe?...
E?e???he?e people a?oss the
levgth avd ?eadth of No?th East
a?e ighivg. The ?u?al avd ?euote
?egiovs ha?e tu?ved uvstale avd
a?e iv a state of tu?uoil.
Will this e?e? stop? Isv[t it
ove of the p?ivipal ?easovs ?h?
uav? people of the uaivlavd look
do?v upov the No?th-East? Isv[t
this tu?uoil avd uv?est the uaiv
?easov fo? No?th-East's ak?a?d-
vess? Reevtl? a f?ievd of uive
stud?ivg iv St. Xa?ie?s College,
Muuai ?as su?p?ised ? uav?
people's ?ague ?et i?u opiviovs
aout No?th-East. The? sill ov-
side? No?th-east as a totall? ak-
?a?d a?ea. The? fea? to oue
he?e due to te??o?ist ai?iies.
Well to soue e?tevt the? a?e o?-
?et. Most pa?ts of the No?th East
a?e sill eovouiall? ak?a?d.
The uilitavt ai?iies avd ou-
uuval lashes ha?e loked the
?a? fo? de?elopuevt. People
should e uade a?a?e that ev-
?oahivg lavds o? deuavdivg
sepa?ate states ?ov[t lead to
thei? p?ospe?it?, ?athe? logial
thivkivg avd uviivg ?ith othe?
ouuuviies avd disussivg
aout de?elopuevt is the ovl?
soluiov if the? ?avt ?eal de?el-
opuevt. Else if the p?esevt situa-
iov pe?sists, a da? ?ill oue
?hev No?th-east ?ill e f?ag-
uevted ivto la?ge vuue? of
suall states ighivg ?ith eah
othe? avd ua?e Caha? dist?it
too ?ill e a state soov.
The No?th East Hu of p?isive eaut? avd tu?uoil
Bha?a?va Gautau
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv 5?

63. Wheve?e? the te?u Zgevde?[ is
used iv ovteupo?a?? disou?se,
ove aluost iuuediatel? d?a?s a
ovlusiov of ?hat is to oue as
eivg aout o? ?elated to feui-
visu o? ?ouev[s issues. The fat
that a ^gevde?ed pe?spei?e_ av
also speak fo? the uale popula-
iov, o? t?avsse?uals ,is av out-
lavdish idea.
Befo?e I ovivue, I uust state
plaivl? that I au vot speakivg fo?
o? agaivst ei-
the? se?es. I
ue?el? ha?e
a
p?oleu ?ith
the p?e?alevt idea that
se?ual ?ioleve is ta?geted ovl? at
the ?ouev, avd that too uev
?ape – eause the? av. The fat
is that iv all soieies – su?p?isivg-
l?, espeiall? iv ?este?v soieies
– uev a?e e?uall?, if vot uo?e,
se?uall? aused thav ?ouev. This
is vot to uake light of the se?ual
ha?assuevt of the ?ouevfolk,
ut to poivt out that ove uust vot
take a livd ?ie? of the fats.
Iv the light of the out?age iv
Ne? Delhi o?e? the Deeue?
gavg ?ape of a ?? ?ea? old ?ou-
ev , the popula? ovept of
[?ouev ?ights[ has t?isted feui-
visu as deivivg the ?ights of a
?ouav agaivst a uav – ho? is a
soiet? that fuvdauevtall? pits
ove se? agaivst the othe? sup-
posed to e kvo?v as Zi?il[? Avd
lea?e aside feuivisu fo? a uo-
uevt, does that vot take the ?e??
ovept of huuavit? tev steps
ak? The ?iiu[s uale f?ievd,
?ho ?as eatev , aused avd let
vaked ? the ?oad at the ue?? of
Ne? Delhi[s hillivg ?ivte?, ?as
igvo?ed vot just ? the doto?s at
the hospital ao?divg to his
stateuevt , ut also the uedia,
?ho ovl? shited thei? fous to
hiu ate? the ?ape ?iiu su-
uued to he? ivju?ies. She e-
aue ZIvdia[s daughte?[ ut this
?ouvg uav, ?ho ov top of e?e??-
thivg vo? had to deal ?ith
the death of his f?ievd ,
?as vot ovside?ed
ZIvdia[s sov[.
This ?ivgs to fo?e
the fat that the?e is uuh
uo?e to se?ual assault thav
just ?ape, avd the gevde? dis?iui-
vaiov ~agaiv vot just ?ouev)
goes deepe? thav passivg fe? leg-
islaiovs. B? talkivg aout the sev-
saiovalizivg Z?ape ultu?e[, se?e?-
al othe? e?uall? iupo?tavt issues
of ?ioleve agaivst ?ouev get
side-lived, avd se?ual ause
agaivst uev is evi?el? igvo?ed. Iv
av a?ile fo? the ?esite ^A Voie
fo? Mev_, Ell? Taues ??ote,_ The?
~feuivists) av ovivue to p?e-
sevt gevde? poliis as a iva??
opposiiov et?eev uev
~potevial ?apists) avd ?ouev
~pe?petual potevial ?iius of
?ape). Basiall?, the ovept of
?ape ultu?e is uisavd?ist, avd it
does vot allo? fo? the fat that
?ouev a?e soueiues pe?pet?a-
to?s of se?ual assault, avd uev
a?e soueiues ov the ?eei?ivg
evd_. This goes to sho? that the
?e?? idea of ?ape depevds upov
?ouev eivg ?eak avd po?e?-
less. But uev a?e se?uall? avd
ph?siall? aused, avd the igge?
ove?v he?e is that gi?ev ho?
soiet? e?pets a uav to e a
ueue? of ph?siall? avd euo-
iovall? st?ovge? se?, uev do vot
?aise thei? ?oies agaivst suh ?io-
leve. The sevse of shaue, la?gel?
plaed ov thei? shoulde?s ? a-
st?at soial vo?us, leads theu to
ea? appallivg huuiliaiovs alove
avd iv sileve.
I au vot sa?ivg ?ape is vot a
se?ious p?oleu aliivg soiet?.
It is! I au vot sa?ivg that ?ouev
eivg ?aped o? iv av? ?a? se?uall?
assaulted is vot a ig issue. It iv-
deed is! I au ue?el? t??ivg to
poivt out that this Z?ape ultu?e[
pa?iula?l? igvo?es ^a sigviiavt
po?iov of its o?v e?isteve, avd
this iv fat leads to a fu?the? pe?-
petuaiov of st?utu?al se?ist
u?ths suh as ?ouev eivg the
?eake? se?. The?e is vo ?eake?
se?. What atuall? is? A sustav-
ial lak of kvo?ledge aout se?
avd se?ualit?. The soove? ?e av
?id ou?sel?es of taoos ?elaivg to
se?ualit? , the lose? ?e ?ill e to
uvde?stavdivg the ?easovs fo?
suh ?ioleve avd pe?haps e?ev
to ivdivg a soluiov fo? the saue.
INTERPRETATION OF RAPE ON GENDERED PERSPECTIVE
AYUSHI KALWAR
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd ou-
uuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv 5?
igvits[?5

64. igvits[?5
Kashui? ovlit is a uajo? te??i-
to?ial dispute et?eev Ivdia, Pa-
kistav, Chiva avd the People of
Kashui? that dates p?io? ak to
ivdepevdeve. Ivdia avd Pakistav
has fought ? ?a?s o?e? Kashui?.
Both ouvt?ies laiu thei? so?e?-
eigvt? o?e? Kashui? iv thei? o?v
?a?s. Befo?e ?9?? J&K ?as ?uled
? Maha?aja Ha?i Sivgh uvde? the
ovt?ol of B?iishe?s.

Cu??evt geog?aphial situaiov of
J&K
Ivdia aluost o?e?s all the
southe?v pa?ts of J&K ivludivg
Jauuu, Ladakh, avd soue pa?ts
of Kashui? ?alle? ?hih e?tevds
up to Siahiv Glaie? ?hih is ??%
of total a?ea of J&K. Pakistav o-
?e?s ??% a?ea ?hih is uaivl? the
Kashui? ?alle?. Chiva o?e?s the
Aksai Chiv pa?t ?hih it aptu?ed
du?ivg ?9?? ?a?.

Rise of the ovlit
Iv ?9?? ?hev "Ivdiav Ivde-
pevdeve At" ?as passed lead-
ivg to ?eaiov of t?o ivdepevd-
evt states the "douiviov of Paki-
stav" avd the "Uviov of Ivdia".
The othe? 5?? p?ivel? states got
the ?ight to go eithe? ?ith Ivdia o?
Pakistav.
Ha?i Sivgh eivg the Hivdu
kivg of J&K, ha?ivg Musliu uajo?-
it? av't deide eithe? to go ?ith
Pakistav o? Ivdia the?e? dela?ivg
the deisiov. Pakistav ?hih ?as
iviiall? su?e aout avve?aiov of
J&K to its te??ito?? ate? pa?iiov
eaue ?o??ied avd ataked J&K
?ith its soldie?s iv fo?u of loal
t?ial ?eelliovs.
The a?u? of Ha?i Sivgh ?as
vot ale to ope ?ith theu so he
le? to Ivdia avd sought help ut
Ivdia eivg a so?e?eigv ouvt??
avd due to its poli? of vov-
agg?essiov ,it ?as vot ale to iv-
te?fe?e iv the uate? of t?o ivde-
pevdevt states. So ov the ad?ie
of Sa?da? Vallahai Patel avd NC
leade? Sheikh Adullah, Ha?i
Sivgh sigved the "Ivst?uuevt of
Aessiov" the?e? ivteg?aivg
the state of J&K to the Uviov of
Ivdia.
The Ivdiav A?u? ?ith the
help of Naioval Covfe?eve ?ol-
uvtee?s ?o?ked ha?d to d?i?e out
the Pakistavis. Iv the uid of the
?a? ?hev Ivdiav a?u? ?as doivg
?ell, Pt. Neh?u took the ??ovg
deisiov to sought ?esoluiov of
the issue at UN Seu?it? Couvil.
Sheikh Adullah avd othe? lead-
e?s ?e?e vot iv the fa?o? of UN
ivte??eviov as the? ?e?e su?e
the Ivdiav A?u? ould f?ee evi?e
state f?ou iv?ade?s.

Pleisite Issue
UN passed the "Resoluiov
??" ov ?? Ap?il ?9?? iuposivg av
iuuediate easei?e avd alled
ov Pakistav go?e?vuevt to ou-
pletel? ?ithd?a? its t?oops avd
also told Ivdia to ?edue its fo?es
to uiviuuu st?evgth so that av
ev?i?ovuevt av e ?eated to
hold a "Pleisite", ?hih Pt. Neh-
?u has p?ouised to the people of
Kashui?. The Pleisite ofe? the
have to the people of J&K to
hose thei? desiv? eithe? ?ith
Pakistav o? Ivdia o? ?euaiv ivde-
pevdevt. But it ?euaivs ovl? a
da?d?eau fo? Kashui?is eause
Pakistav ?efused to d?aiv its a?u?
f?ou POK ~Pak Oupied Kash-
ui?) ov the asis of g?ouvds that
people of Kashui? ?ill vot feel
f?ee to ?ote iv p?eseve of Ivdiav
A?u? avd iv the light of f?ievdship
et?eev Sheikh Adullah avd Pt.
Neh?u. A p?oposal aue f?ou Pa-
kistav that oth Ivdia avd Paki-
stav should ?ithd?a? thei? t?oops
follo?ed ? a pleisite uvde?
ivte?vaioval aegis ?hih Ivdia
?ejeted thus ?ivgivg J&K to to-
da?s ovdiiov.

Rise of Ivsu?gevy avd AFSPA
The failu?e of pleisite avd
uilita?izaiov of Kashui? Valle?
spa?ked the g?ie?aves iv the
uivds of Kashui?is agaivst the
Ivdiav Go?e?vuevt. Sheikh A-
dullah ?as appoivted the P?iue
Miviste? of J&K .Asseul? ele-
iovs ?e?e held at ?egula? ivte??al
ut peoples pa?iipaiov ?e?e
?e?? lo? avd vove of theu ?as
told to e fai? avd deuo?ai.
Mostl? NC avd ovg?ess ?e?e iv
?ule ?ith uiviual de?elopuevt
?hih ovl? iv?eased the g?ie?-
aves.
Iv ?9?? asseul? eleiovs
Yasiv Malik ,the ?ell kvo?v sepa-
?aist leade? fo?ued av o?gavisa-
KASHMIR CONFLICT
vits.a.iv 5?
ABHISHEK ANAND
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg

65. igvits[?5

67. iov "Jauuu Kashui? Lie?aiov
F?ovt" to ight the ele-
iovs .Soue of the ?esults ?e?e
disputed avd soue of the avdi-
dates of JKLF ?e?e et?a?ed avd
fouvd uissivg ?hih spa?ked av
a?ued ?e?olt avd this ?as the
egivvivg of popula? Muja-
hadeev Ivsu?gevy. The Ivsu?-
gevts ?ith the help of Pak a?u?
sta?ted d?i?ivg out all Kashui?i
Pavdits f?ou the ?alle? avd sta?t-
ed atakivg ov go?e?vuevt ivsi-
tuiovs ?hih fo?ed Ivdiav go?-
e?vuevt to gi?e its uilita?? spe-
ial ?ights th?ough av at alled
AFSPA ~A?ued Fo?es Speial
Po?e? At).
The deadl? ovlit sta?ted
avd vea?l? ?????? people ou-
p?isivg of soldie?s, ivsu?gevts
?e?e killed avd a vuue? of peo-
ple soueiues ivvoevt also
?e?e a??ested avd uolested iv
ivt?ospeiov evte?s uakivg
theu uevtall? o? ph?siall? disa-
led .A lot of ?uesiovs ?e?e
?aised o?e? uilita?? ats, fake
evouvte?s ? dife?evt huuav
?ights o?gavisaiovs.
A lot of people let Valle?
avd a?e lea?ivg as ?efugees iv
POK o? othe? pa?ts of Ivdia .Iv
Pak Aduivist?ated Kashui? the
situaiov is uo?e ?o?se as the?e
is a uilita?? ?ule avd ha?dl? av?
eleiovs took plae ?ith ze?o
de?elopuevt .

A?ile ?6?
A?ile ??? is av at iv Ivdiav
ovsituiov ?hih p?o?ides spe-
ial status to J&K. It status that
la?s uade ? Ivdiav pa?lia-
uevt a?e vot appliale
o?e? J&K e?ept soue su-
jets ?hih a?e of vaioval
ivte?est avd it also states
that Ivdiavs ?esidivg iv oth-
e? states of Ivdia has vo
?ights o?e? J&K avd the?
av't li?e avd u? p?ope?ies
he?e. Ate? the ?9?? ?a?
aue to av evd avd Ivdiav
ovsituiov ?as eivg f?aued,
the?e aue a disussiov o?e?
J&K. Pt. Neh?u has p?ouised
Sheikh Adullah to gi?e speial
status to J&K ut thev la? uivis-
te? B.R. Auedka? ?efused. Thev
Adullah ?evt to Neh?u, ?ho
di?eted hiu to N. Gopalas?aui
A??avga?, ?ho app?oahed Sa?-
da? Patel askivg hiu to do soue-
thivg as it ?as a uate? of p?es-
ige fo? Neh?u, ?ho had p?ou-
ised Adullah ao?divgl?. Patel
got it passed ?hev Neh?u ?as ov
a fo?eigv tou?. Ov the da? this
a?ile aue up fo? disussiov,
D?. Auedka? did vot ?epl? to
?uesiovs ov it though he did
pa?iipate ov othe? a?iles. All
a?guuevts ?e?e avs?e?ed ?
Gopalas?aui A??avga?. Mostl?
all Ivdiavs a?e agaivst it avd
the?e's al?a?s a deuavd ? soue
seiov to aolish this at ut
ve?e? dove avd it ovivues.

Ka?gil ?a?
Du?ivg the ?ivte? sea-
sovs ,Ivdiav fo?es ?egula?l?
uo?e do?v to lo?e? alitudes
due to se?e?e liuai ovdiiovs
ov the uouvtaiv peaks. Takivg
ad?avtage of this, Ivsu?gevts avd
Pakistavi soldie?s f?ou Pak Ad-
uivist?ated Kashui? ivilt?ated
avd aptu?ed the ?aavt uouv-
taiv peaks iv the Ka?gil ?egiov
o?e?lookivg the ovl? high?a?
?hih ovvets S?ivaga? avd Leh.
B? lokivg the high?a? the?
ould ut of the ovl? livk e-
t?eev Kashui? ?alle? avd
Ladakh.But Ivdiav a?u? fought
?a?el? avd ?eaptu?ed all the
peaks. Ivdia avd Pakistav oth
faed a lot of asualies avd the
?est of the ?o?ld ?as aught iv
the fea? of vulea? ?a? as oth
Ivdia avd Pakistav a?e vulea?
?eapovs ?ih ouvt?ies.

P?esevt Situaiov
Ate? Ka?gil Wa?, Ivdiav go?-
e?vuevt uvde? PM Atal Viha?i
Vajpa?ee p?o?ided a se?ious
ateviov to Kashui? avd the ?e-
?olt avd evouvte?s alued
do?v ut soueiues it has
e?upted out as iv ???? ?ith Paki-
stav avd its agevies ?ith the
help of te??o?ist g?oups iv POK
al?a?s t?ies to spa?k ovt?o?e?-
sies iv Valle?. But vo? due to
ouivg up of youvge? geve?a-
iovs ?ho elie?es iv deuo?ai
?a?s of ?e?olts avd de?elopuevt
?o?ks eivg a??ied out ? stale
go?e?vuevts the ivsu?gevy has
?eahed to its lo?est le?el avd
leade?s f?ou J&K a?e t??ivg to
?esol?e the issue peaefull? .Let[s
hope ouivg da?s ?ill e peae-
ful avd de?elopuevtal fo? Kash-
ui?.
vits.a.iv 55
igvits[?5

68. igvits[?5
The Bali
t?ade
failita-
iov ag?ee-
uevt is ove of the ?e?? fe? t?ea-
ises of Wo?ld T?ade O?gavizaiov
that has at?ated so uuh atev-
iov, e?ev f?ou the ouuov folk.
The?e ua? e uav? ?easovs fo?
the saue, ut the fat avvot e
igvo?ed that Ivdia[s stavd iv ov-
te?t of the ag?eeuevt had a dou-
ivavt ?ole to pla? iv ?eaivg suh
u?iosit? ?ega?divg the ag?ee-
uevt. Iv o?de? to ha?e a lea? pev
pitu?e of the seva?io, it is iu-
pe?ai?e to de?elop avd uvde?-
stavd a ?ief o?e??ie? of the situ-
?}vX
T?ade failitaiov oosts
t?ade ? ?eduivg osts avd de-
la?s fo? t?ade?s, th?ough
ueasu?es that p?o?ide p?edita-
ilit?, siupliit? avd uvifo?uit? iv
ustous avd othe? o?de? p?oe-
du?es. It uakes it easie? fo? usi-
vesses ig avd suall to pa?ii-
pate iv t?ade a?ouvd the ?o?ld –
avd to suppo?t jos th?ough that
t?ade. The WTO T?ade Failitaiov
Ag?eeuevt ?eates ivdivg ou-
uituevts a?oss ?59~+) WTO
Meue?s to e?pedite uo?euevt,
?elease avd lea?ave of goods,
iup?o?e oope?aiov auovg WTO
Meue?s ov ustous uate?s,
avd help de?elopivg ouvt?ies
full? iupleuevt the oligaiovs.
The ag?eeuevt ?ill iv?ease us-
tous eiiev? avd efei?e ol-
leiov of ?e?evue, avd help suall
usivesses aess ve? e?po?t
oppo?tuviies th?ough ueasu?es
like t?avspa?ev? iv ustous p?a-
ies, ?eduiov of douuevta??
?e?ui?euevts, avd p?oessivg of
douuevts efo?e goods a??i?e.
The Bali T?ade Ag?eeuevt ?as a
?esult of the Nivth Miviste?ial
ueet of the WTO ueue?s at Bali
iv Ivdovesia f?ou ??d to ?th De-
eue?, ????. The p?o?isiovs iv-
lude lo?e?ivg iu-
po?t ta?ifs avd ag?iultu?al susi-
dies, ?ith the ivteviov of uakivg
it easie? fo? de?elopivg ouvt?ies
to t?ade ?ith the de?eloped
?o?ld iv gloal ua?kets. De?el-
oped ouvt?ies ?ould aolish
ha?d iupo?t ?uotas ov ag?iultu?-
al p?oduts f?ou the de?elopivg
?o?ld avd ivstead ?ould ovl? e
allo?ed to ha?ge ta?ifs ov
auouvt of ag?iultu?al iupo?ts
e?eedivg speii liuits. Avothe?
iupo?tavt ta?get is ?efo?uivg us-
tous u?eau?aies avd fo?uali-
ies to failitate t?ade.
Couivg to the ovte?t of Iv-
dia[s st?ovg stavd, Ivdia has uade
its stave lea? that it ?ill vot eas-
il? gi?e iv to p?essu?e f?ou the
Weste?v ?o?ld o?e? t?ade p?oto-
ols of the Wo?ld T?ade O?gaviza-
iov, as ?as also disussed du?ivg
the talks iv Bali iv Deeue?
????. Ivdia fea?s that ag?eeivg to
the t?ade failitaiov ag?eeuevt
~TFA) ould oup?ouise its o?v
food seu?it?. Ivdia's Food Seu?i-
t? At, ?hih is ivdivg ov the
go?e?vuevt ? la? vo?, iuplies
that the go?e?vuevt ?ill p?o?ide
?e?? heap food to the uost ?ul-
ve?ale pa?t of the populaiov at
e?t?euel? lo? p?ies. Apa?t f?ou
p?o?idivg susidies to the ov-
suue?s, th?ough the puli dist?i-
uiov s?steu, it also p?o?ides
susidies to the p?odue?s of food
g?aivs. So it u?s food g?aivs f?ou
fa?ue?s at a uiviuuu suppo?t
p?ie, avd susidizes ivputs like
elet?iit? avd fe?ilize?.
The i?st p?oleu is ?ith the ??%
ap ov susidies ?hih ?ill vot e
possile fo? Ivdia to ahie?e. Add-
ivg to the ?oes is the fat that
the ??% ap is alulated ased
ov ?9??-?? p?ies ?hev the p?i-
es of food g?aivs ?e?e uuh lo?-
e?. So the ap has to e updated
takivg ivto aouvt the p?esevt
p?ies of food g?aivs.
The seovd p?oleu is that
e?ev fo? p?o?idivg susidized
food, Ivdia ?ill ha?e to opev up
its o?v stokpilivg to ivte?vaiov-
al uovito?ivg. It ?ill vot e ale
to add p?oteiv hea?? g?aivs like
sa?, levils, if it ?avts to, due to
?ide?s iv the peae lause.
Thi?d, it uight seeu uvfai? to
de?elopivg ouvt?ies to vot ?ak
do?v ov fa?u susidies that the
Uvited States p?o?ides to its
fa?ue?s to the tuve of uo?e thav
$?? illiov pe? ?ea?. While the
WTO is ivdivg the de?elopivg
ouvt?ies to p?otools, the issue
of susidies ? de?eloped giavts
like US seeus to e of the tale.
Ivdia vo? ?avts a pe?uavevt
soluiov to the issue of puli
stok holdivg of food g?aivs. G??
ueue?s ivludivg Chiva ha?e
suppo?ted Ivdia's stavd ov the
ailit? to susidize ag?iultu?al
p?oduiov avd dist?iute it to the
poo? at lo? ost. WTO a?gues
that if the de?elopivg ouvt?ies
ovivue to gi?e p?ies to fa?ue?s
?hih a?e highe? thav the ua?ket
p?ies, it uight ha?u the poo?
fa?ue?s iv othe? pa?ts of the
?o?ld. It also sa?s the deal ould
add $? t?illiov to gloal g?oss do-
uesi p?odut avd ?? uilliov
jos, ? uivg do?v ?ed tapes.
Also ao?divg to uedia ?epo?ts,
the de?eloped ?o?ld ?avts the
issue of food seu?it? to e de-
livked f?ou the TFA, avd ould e
disussed late?.
WTO T?ade failitaiov Ag?eeuevt .....A?ivdau Chak?ao?t?
vits.a.iv 5?

69. igvits[?5


Mav? se?ious thivgs a?e goivg
?ouvd the gloe ut toda? ove
thivg has paused ue to povde?
avd ??ite aout i.e. the ve? saga
^Modi Wa?e_.

^A ki Baa? Modi Sa?ka?”

I au thivkivg that ?hethe? - Cu?-
?evtl? iv Ivdia, is ?eall? a ?a?e
lo?ivg, iv the vaue of Modi?
Is it ivsigated ? hiuself o? his
follo?e?s?
Huu ….. It[s ?e?? ovfusivg…….
This ?a?e ?as i?st ose??ed
?hev ate? vea?l? si? ?eeks of
?oivg, the ?e?dit ?as out avd
Ivdiavs th?e? out the Covg?ess-
led go?e?vuevt of Mavuohav
Sivgh iv fa?ou? of the ovse??a-
i?e Bha?ai?a Javata Pa?t? ~BJP),
led ? Na?evd?a Modi, a ovt?o-
?e?sial ut ha?isuai poliiiav
f?ou the state of Guja?at.
B? the iue all the ?otes
?e?e ouvted, the BJP avd its
pa?tve?s iv the Naioval Deuo-
?ai Alliave evded up iv ?iv-
vivg uo?e thav ??? seats iv a 5?5
-ueue?ed lo?e? house. The BJP
alove ipped to ?iv a?ouvd ???
seats, gi?ivg it uajo?it? ovt?ol of
the house – souethivg that
vo
siv-
gle
pa?t?
had eev ale
to ahie?e
sive ?9??.

It av e ?ightl? said that the
slogav gi?ev ? the pa?t? is
?eleivg a
havge iv
the poliial
seva?io. Eleiov aupaigv has
eoue a ove uav sho? avd iv-
stead of pa?t? pe?sovalit? is gi?ev
uouevtousvess. BJP as a pa?t?
has ?edued to a suse??ievt. The
tove avd tevo? of Modi[s au-
paigv f?ou its iviiaiov has ?e-
leted ivdi?idualisu avd self ?eli-
ave that ua?ks the US P?esidevt
polls.
He ?ought a d?asi havge
iv the theo?? of eleiov au-
paigv ? seekivg ?ell o?gavized
plavs avd full uilizaiov of ps?-
holog? of ?ouths avd veeds of
ouuov people. His seeuivg
popula?ity auovg the youths has
tu?ved hiu ivto av idol fo? theu.
He ?eai?it? thivkivg av e seev
f?ou the fat that he full? uilized
the t?evdivg soial uedia to ?eah
dife?evt seguevts of the youvg
populaiov. A fous ov de?elop-
uevt avd a st?ovg soial uedia
p?eseve ?as e?ploited to uild
his pe?sova. Mav? puvdits voted
that poll puliit? u?ged ?ote?s to
?ote vot so uuh fo? the Lotus
s?uol ut fo? Modi. It has eev
aepted that the ?avd ^NAMO_
?as euplo?ed fo? the ivfatuaiov
of BJP th?oughout the ouvt??.

Ate? a lovg deate ovl? fe?
?eep ivto u? uivd avd also iv
the ?eade?[s uivd :
->Has eev the ?a?e lo?v ? us
"ouuov people" o? has eev
v]u?M
->Is ou? ouvt??[s eleiov au-
paigv avd theue is havgivg fo?
de?elopuevt of the soiet??
No? people a?e su?el? ?oivg ov
the ivdi?idual asis avd vot ov
the pe?fo?uave of the pa?t?.
Hope that this havgivg t?evd iv
poliis avd aupaigv ovivues.
"Modi Wa?e" ~Ne? T?evd iv Poliis)
vits.a.iv 5?
RISHU KUMAR
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg

70. igvits[?5
Mav? of the Studevts ouivg to
NITs took ai?e pa?t iv the ?ae
to ?ak the e?au fo? ^Ivsitutes
of Ivivite Tevsiov_ avd ha?e had
thei? d?eaus shate?ed. Mav? of
theu ?ill e?ev e saisied ?ith
the so alled top NITs, ut NIT
Silha?!! It[s like he??? ov the
^Mud ake_.
Whe?e?e? you go you ha?e
studevts ?avivg aout the sho?t
ouivgs of this ivsituiov, li?ivg
thei? o?v ?o?ld of ZWhat-Ifs[ .If
?ou e?e? ?avt to ?itvess the
euoiovs of a t?pial f?ust?ated
NITiav ,?e iv?ite ?ou to ?itvess
the GDs ov vo?ualizaiov that
takes plae iv the Huuaviies
lass. The euoiovs that lo?, if
put uodestl?, a?e vothivg sho?t
of hea?t ??evhivg. Sill uvov-
?ived the? a?e f?ust?ated
evough? T?? sta?ivg a disussiov
?ith these studevts ov plae-
uevts avd o-u??iula? ai?iies
iv ou? NIT; you[ll get a good
gliupse ivto thei? uivds fo? su?e.
BUT, let us ask ou?sel?es a ?ues-
iov, ^Ha?e ?e ?eall? uissed ou?
goldev oppo?tuvit? ? ouivg to
NIT Silha?? O?, is NIT Silha? the
goldev oppo?tuvit? ?e all ha?e
eev lookivg fo??a?d fo??_
Let[s look at this NIT th?ough
av oppo?tuvist[s avd opiuist[s
levs.
NIT Silha? is Zthe[ pe?fet
plae to hove ?ou? uusi skills.
Fo? ove, the people he?e ha?e a
po?e?ful ovveiov ?ith uusi.
You oue iv ovtat ?ith suh
gev?e ?hih ?ou uight ve?e?
ha?e listeved to o? e?pe?ieved
efo?e. The head avgivg iv
Thuvde?ua?h is fo? uav? the
i?st e?pe?ieve of a ?eal ?ok ov-
e?t.
Aadeuiall?, ?e ha?e a ?e??
evou?agivg Resea?h avd P?o-
uoiov Cell that evou?ages peo-
ple to thivk out of the o? like vo
othe?. You ?ill ve?e? e faivg
sho?tage of apital fo? ?ou? p?o-
jets.
Ove fat that ?e a?e su?e avvot
e deated, is that ?e ha?e a
?e?? evou?agivg Head of Aduiv-
ist?aiov. The stagge?ivg ?ate at
?hih ou? NIT is de?elopivg is
vothivg sho?t of ouuevdale.
The auouvt of suppo?t that
ou? dea? sevio?s avd the aduiv-
ist?aiov gi?es us is ?uite o?ious
as iv this seueste? itself IAS Clas-
ses, TOEFL Classes, MUN sessiovs
?e?e iviiated. The o? of oppo?-
tuviies, if siupl? put just ?aiivg
to e opeved.
Iv the evd to alu ?ou do?v the
seve??, espeiall? at da?v ?ill
ve?e? disappoivt you, espeially
the o?e?vight ?o?k uost of us Zto
e evgivee?s[ tevd to do so otev.
All iv all , ?ou[ll fo?e?e? ?etaiv iv
?ou? ueuo?? the fou? ?ea?s ?ou[ll
spevd iv NIT Silha? avd its up to
?ou ?eathe? ?ou av uake ?ou?
sta? he?e Legev- ?ait fo? it- Da??
o? ha?e the life of The F?ust?ated
NITiav.
Life of a F?ust?ated NITiav: What ?e e?pe?ieved iv ou? Fi?st Yea?
Fo?get ?hat ?ou ha?e lost so that ?ou av ahie?e ?hat sill ?euaivs.
-Avov?uous
B? Aklavk Jaiv avd Yashash
Na?veet Gos?aui
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
THE DEAR DEPARTED
With the ad?evt of uode?v sieve
avd tehvolog?, the ?o?ld has e-
oue a gloal ?illage. The ?o?ld iv
fat has eoue a ?i?tual atleield
?he?eiv eah ove of us a?e ?a??io?s.
Of late, it has eev seev that uo?e
the st?ess, uo?e has eev the esap-
ivg tevdev? of the huuav soul. The
?esult is that people ha?e ?eso?ted to
t?a?ellivg all a?ouvd the gloe avd
?ith it, the tou?isu seto? has takev
a oost uavifold. Natu?e lo?e?s, ad-
?evtu?e?s avd ??ite?s ivludivg ou-
uov la?uav ha?e se??ed as stake-
holde?s iv this ?ega?d.
Let us ?ivg a t?ist to the tale. Ho?
aout goivg av e?t?a uile avd ha?e a
date ?ith the people ?ho ?eside iv
the ?o?ld e?ovd???Seeus to e a
oupletel? ghoulish idea at i?st iv-
stavt ut ?es, g?a?e?a?d tou?isu has
vo? eoue a uzz?o?d iv p?esevt
da? tou?isu ?ith Ivdia eivg vo e?-
epiov.
Ivdeed, the?e a?e ivdi?iduals
?ho do vot look at euete?ies o?
g?a?e?a?ds as solita?? desivaiovs
vot ovl? to se??e the pu?pose of
uou?vivg the dead, ut as
vits.a.iv 5?

71. igvits[?5
a?evues fo? lea?vivg histo??, a?-
hitetu?e o? the ats of g?eat
uev. Mo?e otev thav vot, these
av also at as a sou?e of ?ela?a-
?}vX
Wh? g?a?e?a?d tou?isu?
Fo? evthusiasi euete??
tou?ists, the th?ills of ouivg to a
euete?? a?e vuue?ous. These
g?oups of eullievt tou?ists a?e
pa?iula?l? alled ^taphophiles_;
^g?a?e huvte?s_; ^euete?? tou?-
ists_ avd ^g?a?e?s_ ?ho del?e
deep ivto photog?aph? avd ap-
p?eiaiov of the pulh?itudevess
of the eauiful a?hitetu?e,
puzzlivg s?uols, et.
While gevealog? is a ke?
d?i?e?, othe?s p?efe? iue t?a?el
fo? a tete-a-tete ?ith thei? fa-
?ou?ite ha?ate?s f?ou histo?? -
f?ou ?oke? Jiu Mo??isov avd
autho? Osa? Wilde iv Pa?is' Pe?e
Lahaise euete?? to Williau
Shakespea?e avd Cha?les Da??iv
iv Lovdov's faued Westuivste?
Ae?.
Whe?e to go?
The Cevt?al Ceuete??
~)evt?alf?iedhof) iv Vievva avd La
Reoleta Ceuete?? iv Buevos
Ai?es a?e t?o ?e?? fauous desi-
vaiovs ?hih ?eloue av a??a?
of g?a?e?a?d tou?ists.
Du?ivg the ?9th evtu??, ga?-
dev euete?? eue?ged out as a
good evdea?ou?. Auovg theu is
the ?eputed Pe?e Lahaise Ceue-
te?? iv Pa?is, F?ave ?hih hous-
es ivvuue?ale g?a?es of the de-
eased. The A?livg-
tov euete??,
Aue?ia[s p?euie?
euete?? is ^a va-
ioval sh?ive- a li?-
ivg histo?? of f?ee-
dou- ?he?e digvit?
avd hovou? ?est iv
soleuv ?epose_.
Iv Ivdia, the ?oots of
g?a?e?a?d tou?isu
o?es to the p?es-
eve of the B?iish.
Ho?e?e? ate? the?
?ithd?e?, it ?as
avvouved iv pa?-
liauevt that g?a?e-
?a?ds ?ould vot e
takev a?e of ? the go?e?v-
uevts of Ivdia avd Pakistav ut
at the saue iue it ?as also told
that these sites ?ould vot e
dest?o?ed. As pe? the G?a?es
Couuissiov, the?e a?e plaes like
Ag?a Cavtovuevt, Allahaad
Ne? Cavtovuevt, Bevgalu?u
~Hosu? Road) ?hih ovtaiv u?i-
als daivg ak to the Wo?ld Wa?
II.
Hiuahal P?adesh al?ead? a
po?e?house of tou?isu due to
the eaut? avd ouvt? of vatu?e
?esidivg ov its lap, has also
looked fo??a?d to ouue?ialize
this ve? ?avd of tou?isu follo?-
ivg the ?ue?ies of the B?itovs
?ho ?avt to t?ae thei? fauil?
?oots avd pa? houage to thei?
avesto?s. Al?ead?, fe? plaes
like Shiula, Dagshai, Dalhousie
avd Kasauli ha?e eue?ged f?uiful
iv this ?ega?d.
As ?e tu?v ou? heads iv the
di?eiov of the No?th-East, the
?esults a?e posii?e. It itself has
i?e ?a? ueuo?ials, t?o of ?hih
fall iv Assau; t?o iv Mavipu? avd
the last ove iv Kohiua, Nagalavd.
Iv Assau, the?e a?e t?o ?a? ue-
uo?ials-ove at Naag?aha iv Gu-
?ahai avd the seovd ove iv the
oil ?ih to?v of Digoi. Both the
euete?ies ea? houe to g?a?es
of ivdi?iduals dead ?ho died du?-
ivg the Wo?ld Wa? II. Mavipu?
also has u?ials of Ivdiav Naiov-
al A?u?, Japavese avd B?iish
soldie?s.
^Whev ?ou go houe, tell
theu of us avd sa?, fo? ?ou? to-
uo??o?, ?e ga?e ou? toda?,_
?eads the epithet at the Kohiua
Wa? Ceuete?? iv Nagalavd. Iv
fat, Kohiua Wa? euete??
ofe?s a spae fo? a ?uiet uo-
uevt of a ovteuplai?e st?oll
?ith f?ievds & fauil?. A s?uoli
ueuo?ial ?aised as a itaiov fo?
the sup?eue sa?iies uade ?
the oie?s avd uev of the allied
fo?es, to halt the ide of the Jap-
avese ovslaught du?ivg the Se-
ovd Wo?ld Wa?; it sp?eads o?e?
?? a?es, houses vea?l? ?,???
g?a?es avd also the?e is a hea??
?ush of ?isito?s du?ivg Ap?il, at
the iue of the speial e?euov?.
Do?v is su?el? vot out avd
that, headstoves a?e deivitel?
tu?vivg thei? heads ?ith the ad-
?evt of g?a?e?a?d tou?isu. If
tou?isu avd t?a?ellivg ovsitute
au?osia, thev Ivdia[s up is
?iuuivg. Avd, this idios?v?ai
fo?u of tou?isu av o?iousl?
help the ause. No?th-East av
also ?oo ho?des of tou?ists if it
?evtu?es iv this di?eiov avd
eoue a ete? plae to li?e iv
spite of the pe?evvial haught?
ats of poliis avd ?ioleve.

vits.a.iv 59

72. igvits[?5
Does life egiv ?ith i?th avd evd
?ith death? Ha?e ?e li?ed efo?e?
Suh ?uesiovs a?e vo?uall? idev-
iied ?ith ?eligiovs of the East,
?he?e the life of uav is kvo?v to
evdu?e vot ovl? f?ou the ?adle to
the g?a?e, ut th?ough uilliovs of
ages, avd aeptave of the idea
of ?ei?th is vea?l? uvi?e?sal. As
A?thu? Shopevhaue?, the g?eat
v]v?v?Z-evtu?? Ge?uav phi-
losophe?, ove ose??ed, "We?e
av Asiai to ask ue fo? a deivi-
iov of Eu?ope, I should e fo?ed
to avs?e? hiu: It is that pa?t of
the ?o?ld ?hih is hauvted ? the
iv?edile delusiov that uav ?as
?eated out of vothivg, avd that
his p?esevt i?th is his i?st ev-
t?ave ivto life."
Ivdeed, the douivavt ideolo-
g? of the West, uate?ial sieve,
has fo? se?e?al evtu?ies siled
av? se?ious o? ?idesp?ead ivte?est
iv the p?ee?isteve avd su??i?al of
ovsiousvess e?ovd the p?esevt
od?. But th?oughout Weste?v
histo??, the?e ha?e al?a?s eev
thivke?s ?ho ha?e uvde?stood avd
ai?ued the iuuo?talit? of ov-
siousvess avd t?avsuig?aiov of
the soul. Avd a uulitude of phi-
losophe?s, autho?s, a?ists, siev-
ists, avd poliiiavs ha?e gi?ev the
idea thoughful ovside?aiov.
Avievt G?eee
Auovg the avievt G?eeks,
So?ates, P?thago?as, avd Plato
ua? e vuue?ed auovg those
?ho uade ?eiva?vaiov av ivte-
g?al pa?t of thei? teahivgs. At the
evd of his life, So?ates said, "I au
ovidevt that the?e t?ul? is suh a
thivg as li?ivg agaiv, avd that the
li?ivg sp?ivg f?ou the dead." P?-
thago?as laiued he ould ?eueu-
e? his past li?es, avd Plato p?e-
sevted detailed aouvts of ?eiv-
a?vaiov iv his uajo? ?o?ks.
B?iel?, he held that the pu?e soul
falls f?ou the plave of asolute
?ealit? eause of sevsual desi?e
avd thev takes ov a ph?sial od?.
Fi?st, the fallev souls take i?th iv
huuav fo?us, the highest of ?hih
is that of the philosophe?, ?ho
st?i?es fo? highe? kvo?ledge. If his
kvo?ledge eoues pe?fet, the
philosophe? av ?etu?v to av ete?-
val e?isteve. But if he eoues
hopelessl? evtavgled iv uate?ial
desi?es, he desevds ivto the avi-
ual speies of lite. Plato elie?ed
that glutovs avd d?uvka?ds ua?
eoue asses iv futu?e li?es, ?io-
levt avd uvjust people ua? take
i?th as ?ol?es avd ha?ks, avd
livd follo?e?s of soial ov?ev-
iov ua? eoue ees o? avts.
Ate? soue iue, the soul agaiv
ataivs the huuav fo?u avd av-
othe? have to ahie?e lie?aiov.
Soue shola?s elie?e that Plato
avd othe? ea?l? G?eek philoso-
phe?s de?i?ed thei? kvo?ledge of
?eiva?vaiov f?ou u?ste?? ?eli-
giovs like O?phisu, o? f?ou Ivdia.
Judaisu, Ch?isiavit?, Islau
Hivts of ?eiva?vaiov a?e
also ouuov iv the histo?? of Ju-
daisu avd ea?l? Ch?isiavit?. Ivfo?-
uaiov aout past avd futu?e li?es
is fouvd th?oughout the Caala,
?hih ao?divg to uav? He?ai
shola?s ?ep?esevts the hiddev
?isdou ehivd the s?iptu?es. Iv
the )oha?, ove of the p?ivipal
Caalisi te?ts, it is said, "The
souls uust ?eevte? the asolute
sustave ?heve the? ha?e
eue?ged. But to aouplish this,
the? uust de?elop all the pe?fe-
iovs, the ge?u of ?hih is plavted
iv theu; avd if the? ha?e vot fu?
illed this ovdiiov du?ivg ove life,
the? uust ouueve avothe?, a
thi?d, avd so fo?th, uvil the? ha?e
a?ui?ed the ovdiiov ?hih its
theu fo? ?euviov ?ith God." A-
o?divg to the Uvi?e?sal Je?ish
Evylopedia, the Hasidi Je?s
hold siuila? eliefs.
Iv the thi?d evtu?? A.D., the
theologiav O?igev, ove of the fa-
the?s of the ea?l? Ch?isiav Chu?h,
avd its uost aouplished Bilial
shola?, ??ote, "B? soue ivliva-
iov to?a?d e?il, e?taiv souls ...
oue ivto odies, i?st of uev;
thev th?ough thei? assoiaiov
?ith the i??aioval passiovs, ate?
the alloted spav of huuav life,
the? a?e havged ivto easts, f?ou
?hih the? sivk to the le?el of ...
plavts. F?ou this ovdiiov the?
?ise agaiv th?ough the saue stages
avd a?e ?esto?ed to thei? hea?evl?
plae.?
The?e a?e uav? passages iv
the Bile itself ivdiaivg that
REINCARNATION
Avkit Sai
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

73. Ch?ist avd his follo?e?s ?e?e
a?a?e of the p?iviple of ?eiva?-
vaiov. Ove, the disiples of Je-
sus asked hiu aout the Old Tes-
tauevt p?ophe? that Elias ?ould
?eappea? ov ea?th. Iv the Gospel
of St. Mathe? ?e ?ead, "Avd
lesus avs?e?ed theu, Elias shall
t?ul? i?st oue, avd ?esto?e all
thivgs. But I sa? uvto ?ou, that
Elias is oue al?ead?, avd the?
kve? hiu vot.... Thev the disi-
ples uvde?stood that he spake
uvto theu of Johv the Bapist." Iv
othe? ?o?ds, Jesus dela?ed that
Johv the Bapist, ?ho ?as e-
headed ? He?od, ?as a ?eiva?-
vaiov of the p?ophet Elias. Iv
avothe? ivstave, Jesus avd his
disiples aue a?oss a uav livd
f?ou i?th. The disiples asked
Jesus, "Who did siv, this uav, o?
his pa?evts, that he ?as o?v
livd?" Rega?dless ?ho had
sivved, Jesus ?eplied, he?e ?as a
have to sho? a ?o?k of God. He
thev u?ed the uav. No?, had
the uav eev o?v livd fo? a siv
of his o?v, it uust ha?e eev a
siv dove efo?e his i?th-that is,
iv a p?e?ious life. Avd this ?as a
suggesiov that Jesus did vot dis-
pute.
The Ko?av sa?s, "Avd ?ou
?e?e dead, avd He ?ought ?ou
ak to life. Avd He shall ause
?ou to die, avd shall ?ivg ?ou
ak to life, avd iv the evd shall
gathe? ?ou uvto Hiuself." Auovg
the follo?e?s of Islau, the Suis
espeiall? elie?e that death is vo
loss, fo? the iuuo?tal soul oviv-
uall? passes th?ough dife?evt
odies. Jalalu 'D-Div Ruui, a fa-
uous Sui poet, ??ites,
I died as a uive?al avd e-
aue a plavt,
I died as a plavt avd ?ose to
aviual,
I died as aviual avd I ?as uav.
Wh? should I fea?? Whev
?as I less ? d?ivg???
The iueless Vedi s?ip-
tu?es of Ivdia ovi?u that the
soul, ao?divg to its ideviia-
iov ?ith uate?ial vatu?e, takes
ove of ?,???,??? fo?us avd, ove
euodied iv a e?taiv speies of
life, e?ol?es autouaiall? f?ou
lo?e? to highe? fo?us, uliuatel?
ataivivg a huuav od?.
Thus, all of the uajo? West-
e?v ?eligiovs-Judaisu, Ch?isiavi-
t?, avd Islau-ha?e deivite
th?eads of ?eiva?vaiov th?ough-
out the fa?i of thei? teahivgs,
e?ev though the oiial ustodi-
avs of dogua igvo?e o? dev?
theu.
Lea?vivg is a asi p?oess ?hih
usuall? sigviies gathe?ivg
kvo?ledge. Usuall? the?e a?e
th?ee ?a?s iv?ol?ed iv the p?o-
ess of lea?vivg .the? a?e ?oadl?
lassiied as seeivg, hea?ivg avd
e?pe?ievivg.
Elao?aivg this a litle fu?the?
soue of us lea?v just ? seeivg
othe?s avd thev a?e ale to judge
that ho? the? uust at iv a e?-
taiv speiied ?a? so as to pa?e
path fo? ?hat is e?peted out of
theu. The? a?e also alled as i?st
lass lea?ve?s. Ne?t atego?? is
the ove ?ho lea?v ? the p?oess
of hea?ivg the? av also e alled
as seovd lass ?ho veeds to e
told usuall? that ?hat is e?peted
out of theu. The last lass of
lea?ve?s a?e oves ?ho gaiv
kvo?ledge ? the p?oess of e?-
pe?ievivg. Beause e?ev ate?
seeivg avd hea?ivg the? a?e vot
ale to get ?hat is to e e?peted
out of theu the? a?e also kvo?v
as thi?d lass of lea?ve?s.
Like soueiues ?hev a hild
is ?e?? uuh osivate to kvo?
aout i?e thav i?st lass of lea?v-
ivg av e he av just take out
f?ou the fat that ho? his uothe?
is dealivg ?ith the i?e he ?ill uv-
de?stavd that i?e is souethivg
?hih is davge?ous ?hev di?etl?
touhed avd av ause u?vs e-
ivg iv the seovd lass of lea?vivg
p?oess he veeds to e told ? his
pa?evts that i?e is davge?ous ut
that saue o? eivg iv the thi?d
lass of lea?vivg stage e?ev ate?
seeivg his pa?evts dealivgs ?ith
that avd e?ev ate? ?epeatedl?
tellivg ? his ?ell-?ishe?s he ?ill
vot uvde?stavd avd ?ill touh the
i?e avd ?ill lea?v ? geivg se-
?e?e u?vs to hiu .
But the?e is sill a fou?th
lass ?hih a?e of those ?ho e?ev
ate? seeivg, hea?ivg avd e?pe?i-
evivg also dov[t lea?v at all avd
a?e to e ovside?ed fou?th lass.
Lea?vivg p?oesses ….Avkit Sai
vits.a.iv ??
igvits[?5

74. igvits[?5
Flippivg th?ough the pages of u?
hildhood aluu t?apped ue ivto
u? ivto?ial sojou?v .
Se?ueste?ivg f?ou the vot so
us? shedule , I sta?ted ?eueu-
e?ivg those he?ishivg uouevts
of u? life … Ahh! … u? shool
life .
Avd I t?avsfused it ov a pape?
…
With a lot of seuolivas
th?oughout , u? shool ueuo??
is a seupite?val ove . The haste,
hustle – ustle, a?ef?ee avd the
jo?ial life of the iv? tots ?euivd-
ed ue of those da?s ?hev I used
to go to shool ?ith ve?e? the
idea of so alled Zp?o??[ . It ?as a
peit ?o?ld ?ithout uass uvks.
The asseul? hall ?ith all iv the
shool aout?e, holivg ?ith
the esie avd pla?ivg ov the sa-
?avva , the vov stop gossip ses-
siov du?ivg the ?eess ?ith the
ga??ulous pals, yellivg at the top
of ou? ?oie at the ele?evth hou?
of the lass ?hev the i?st ell
goes ov… uade a pe?fet da? .
The i?thda? hoolates dist?iu-
iov, fav? d?ess oupeiiov, the
sieve t?ips, the te??o? of pa?evts
– teahe?s ueet a?e vo? a ase-
ous ueuo??. The voto?ious
p?avks, gaues like hide avd seek,
spo?ts da?s, teahe?s da?, hil-
d?ev[s da?, dave ?ehea?sals, puv-
ishuevts et … oh ?o?! ?eall?
?ivg a suile. Beivg a lass uovi-
to? avd ??iivg the vaues of
those vaught? studevts ov the
lakoa?d ?as so fuvv?. Fauous
?uotes of soue teahe?s like
^uivd avd od? hea?t avd soul
ovl? thev ph?sis hol” avd
^stupids studevts ?ill e the?es
!??” ~guess dipsites uvde?stavd
a?e sill pleasavt to ea?. Speial
pe?iods suh as ph?sial
eduaiov is a ouvivg
eleuevt iv u? goldev dia-
??. ^ Ea?l? to ed avd ea?l? to
?ise _?as ove av apho?isu
iv u? life. Ne? ?ea?
g?eeivg a?ds a?e a
uate? of past.
I au glad
that
I too
had a
hildhood
?ithout a fae-
ook aouvt. I
?ish I ould ?eit-
e?ate those
da?s. Beholdivg
ak gi?es ue
a eaitude
to u? solita?? .
So d?oppivg do?v the pev
vo? though ouldv[t evd up
svugl? as a daedal ??ite? I ?avt to
sa? that I au p?oud to e av
aluuvus of u? alua- ua-
te?s ^THE LITTLE STARS
SENIOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL_ & ^Delhi
Puli Shool ,Digoi”.
Vigvete of those Goldev Da?s
Ma??y Haza?ika
Class of ????
Elet?ovis avd
Couuuviaiov
Evgivee?ivg
What is G?eev Ceuevt?
Gloall?, the uost ouuovl? used
ovst?uiov uate?ial toda? is e-
uevt ov?ete. Geve?all? it is p?o-
dued ?ith the help of OPC , O?di-
va?? Po?tlavd euevt as the ivde?.
Use of OPC is ov iv?ease to ueet
av? de?elopuevts. Its deuavd ?ill
iv?ease uo?e iv futu?e. But the
du?ivg the p?oduiov of euevt a
la?ge auouvt of vatu?al ?esou?es as
?ell as eve?g? is eivg depleted avd
also a la?ge ?oluue of CO? iv atuos-
phe?e is ?eleased du?ivg u?vivg of
liuestove. It has thus a g?eat iupat
ov gloal ?a?uivg . Geo-pol?ue? is
a ield of ?esea?h ivte?est ?eevtl?
that uses ?-p?oduts as the sou?e
uate?ials. Geo-pol?ue? euevt ?as
i?st de?eloped ? J Da?ido?its iv
?9??s .Geo-pol?ue? ?e?ui?es av
aluuiva siliate uate?ial ai?ated
? st?ovg alkali suh as NaOH o?
KOH soluiovs . The use of Geo-
pol?ue? euevt av ?eplae OPC
avd uo?eo?e? it av p?o?ide ete?
?ualit? thav OPC.As its p?oduiov is
ev?i?ovuevtal f?ievdl? it is ?ega?ded
as g?eev euevt. Fivd uo?e aout it
ov ivte?vet….
— Hiuavgshu Bhu?av, ?
vd
?ea? Ci?il
v]??..]v ??

75. igvits[?5
Avupau Duta
Class of ????,
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
Hiuavgshu
Bhu?av
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg

77. igvits[?5
A?e you af?aid to fail???
All the people I ha?e uet as a stu-
devt avd a lassuate, I ua? las-
sif? theu ivto th?ee atego?ies.
Ove, ? fa? the la?gest: the ou?-
geoisie: the? a?e veithe? too opi-
uisi aout pe?fo?uivg too high,
veithe? ha?ivg av? ?easovs to e
app?ehevsi?e aout a possile
disast?ous pe?fo?uave. The? a?e
the uiddle lass of the lass?oou,
oooved a?a? f?ou the e?t?eue
evds. Well, I al?a?s despised
theu fo? the ha?ate?isi ivdo-
leve that the? had ivulated iv
thei? vatu?e o?e? the iues. But
toda?, I ??ite this essa? ?ith ev-
?y.
Du?ivg u? shool da?s, I ?i?-
idl? ?eall the iues, ?hev ove
?eek o? so ate? the e?auiva-
iovs, ove ouivous pe?iod the
teahe? ?ould evte? ?ith a uv-
dle of ?hite, th?eaded sheets
?olled ivto av olate ?livde?; avd
?eloued ?ith a ollei?e gasp
of ve??ous e?iteuevt f?ou the
lass! Although I used to e the
toppe?, I uust ovfess that I si-
levtl? ute?ed u? p?a?e?s as the
teahe? uvdid the uvdle avd
egav allivg out the vaues, ove
? ove, glave ? glave ov that
pa?iula? o?ve? of the sheets as
the? appea?ed. Ove pa?iula?
e?evt ?as ouuov to all suh
sessiovs: tea?s ?ould ?oll. Soue-
od? o? the othe?, gi?ls espeiall?,
?ould u?st ivto tea?s hea?ivg he?
ua?ks. A litle ?o?d of he?
f?ievds, ?ho vo dout ?ould
ha?e so?ed ete?, ?ould fo?u,
ollei?e iv thei? geve?osit? iv
ovsolaiov ?hih otev oues
?ith happivess. What I failed to
uvde?stavd ?as ?hat uade this
ve?s suh a shok to he?? This
e?evt laked the eleuevt
of uve?petedvess, fo? e?auple,
iv a stok ua?ket ?ash o? ve?s of
assoiated ?ith soue death;
?hih uight deli?e? suh a shok!
Deep do?v, she uust e a?a?e of
the ??iivg ov the ?all. Pe?haps it
?as ovl? he? devial to fae the
state of ?ealit? as it hu?led do?v;
avd heve the shok ?hev it i-
vall? shate?ed iv he? fae.
Iv past fe? yea?s, I ha?e had
the oppo?tuvit? to oue a?oss
Failu?e ?athe? ov a ?egula? asis,
avd as it happevs ?ith huuavs, I
gathe?ed uo?e aout it as ?e
spevt uo?e iue togethe?. He?e, I
uust ?eua?k that ?ealists ivd it
the easiest to g?eet Failu?e ?hev
the? ueet he?. Realisu is vothivg
ut opiuisu kept iv hek. Fail-
u?es ?ov't e as ha?d to s?allo?
if ?ou kvo? that ?ou'?e s?e?ed
souethivg up avd thus a?e p?e-
pa?ed fo? the outoue; thav
?aiivg avd p?a?ivg fo? a ui?ale!
Fo? soueod? austoued to
a lovg t?ail of suesses do?v his
p?ofessioval ladde?, a spell of fail-
u?es usuall? takes a ha?d toll.
Wh??
I thivk, the ?e?? i?st ause,
the iggest ause of all, is the so-
ial fato?. It ua? e the pa?evts,
o? the pee?s, o? the soiet? at
la?ge. Whev I had got ?5/??? iv
Savsk?it ove iv 9th Std., I ?asv't
shoked ut aluost dead ?ith
av?iet? as to ho? ?as I supposed
to go houe ?ith these! I ?as eu-
a??assed to ?etu?v the suile of
the gu? ?ho got ???, avd ouldv't
fae the teahe? e?e-to-e?e fo? a
fe? da?s! Avd late? at houe, it
?as a seve! Fo? uost people at
ollege, CPI follo?s the saue
avalog?. The toppe?s ?avt to
keep the ?espetale pedestal
?ith theu; the 'voles' ?avt to
e ovsistevt iv fulillivg the CPI
deuavds f?ou the houe. The
soial sigviiave of suess has
eguv to out?eigh its spi?it.
People a?e people, ate? all. It
is ouuov fo? theu to uvde??ate
?ou ate? a se?ies of uise?ale
failu?es. This is a lessov I ha?e
lea?ved iv u? life: ve?e? let ?ou?-
self e late?ed ? applause, ve?-
e? let ?ou?self e disou?aged ?
?iiisu. Iv fat, the est ove av
do, if ove av, is to ?euaiv iv-
dife?evt to the geve?al opiviov
avd selei?el? pikivg avd ?o?k-
ivg upov the eleuevts e?posed
? posii?e ?iiisu. I got uodest
ua?ks iv ??th Std., failed to ?uali-
f? JEE, got a uodest ?avk iv AIEEE,
avd of ou?se, ollege is a ou-
pletel? dife?evt all gaue. M?
d?eaus appea? ivovg?uous to
the d?eaus of the people a?ouvd
ue, avd I au ?athe? su?e that
the?'d laugh out aloud ?e?e I to
ovide it to theu. But that has
ve?e? dissuaded ue f?ou
Agvi K? Jha
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?5

78. igvits[?5
d?eauivg ig.
The ?o?st thivg aout a lovg,
d?? spell is that it egivs to suk
d?? ?ou? self-elief. Soue?he?e,
that faith that ?ou had iv ?ou?
ailiies egivs to go slak. Most
of the iues, ?ithout ?ou ?ealizivg
it, uvil its too late! I ha?e eev
th?ough this phase. The uost ov-
lusi?e s?uptou is, ?ou egiv to
look at suessful people a?ouvd
?ou as deuigods, avd suess as a
ui?aulous phevouevov! If ?ou
happev to thivk this ?a?, it is
suiievt fo? ?ou to ovlude that
?ou ha?e lost that st?ovg self-
elief, that ovideve that used
to e ?ou? p?opelle? to suess.
You veed to ivd it ak. Uvless
?ou do, ?ou shall ovl? sivk deepe?
?ith iue.
Ivdoleve vou?ishes failu?e,
?ie-?e?sa. The? p?ospe? o?e? a
s?uioi ?elaiovship. Ha?d ?o?k
is av o?deal fo? uav?. Ivdoleve
uakes the tho?vs ?hih la?
sate?ed ov ?ou? ?a? to suess,
avd ?ou ha?e to pik theu up ?
?ou? heels. The?'ll leed, ut uv-
less ?ou ?euo?e all those tho?vs,
the ?oad is ve?e? goivg to e
eas?. Did av?od? sa? suess
avd liue light oues eas??
Life is otev like a ?iket
gaue. Despite a lot of ha?d ?o?k,
otev it happevs that souethivg
o? the othe? goes ??ovg all the
iue. Ove ?eakth?ough is all that
a seasoved o?le? veeds to set
those slivgivg ?o?ke?s ak ivto
efet. Ove ?eakth?ough is all
that ?ou veed to t?auple the
lovg, e?hausi?e live up of fail-
u?es. Just the ?eakth?ough. No
uate? ho? uuh people uoi-
?ate ?ou o? tell ?ou stuf f?ou
Plato o? A?istotle, this ?ould get
?ou ak iv ?ou? old spi?its faste?
thav av?thivg. It gets ?ou uzzivg
?uike? thav a shot of ?odka ?ith
f?uit juie. Wo?k fo? the ?eak-
th?ough. Seek fo? it. Madl?. It
shall oue, avd ?hev it does, just
g?a the live that havgs the?e. It[s
?ou? iket to fai??lavd.
Till thev, keep ?ou? e?es opev,
?ou? ea?s losed, avd spi?its
alaze. The soiet? is suh a iv?
spek! The pee?s, the ouuevta-
to?s, ho? do the? uate?! If su-
ess ?e?e to e dete?uived ?
popula? opiviov, ah!
I just voied that I d?ited to
the use of seovd pe?sov iv u?
??iivg! It uight e due to the
fat that I ?as t??ivg to talk to
u?self. A lovg sessiov of st?uggle
?ith studies had let ue ?ea??,
avd I veeded a litle of self-
uoi?aiov. What ould e ete?
thav the lovg lost glo??!
Well, if Wivte? oues, av
Sp?ivg e fa? ehivd?
De?elopivg Lavguage Skills iv Evglish: P?ospets avd P?oleus
— Avu?ag Avavd
Class of ????, Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??
Da??iv[s theo?? of e?oluiov ould pe?haps e ?ell
e?tevded to lavguages – ?hile othe? Eu?opeav lav-
guages like G?eek tu?ved uo?e avd uo?e ovev-
t?ated iv ivlueve if vot ?eall? osolete, Evglish, su?-
?i?ivg as the itest, has ovl? e?ol?ed. The ?o?ld to-
da? is a gloal ?illage, avd Evglish is its ?e?vaula?. If
uatheuais is the lavguage of sieve, Evglish, e?-
taivl? is the dialet iv ?hih sievists put thei?
uatheuaial lavguage fo?us. Boa?d ?oou disus-
siovs of o?po?ate di?eto?s to a i?e-avd-?iposte ?all?
iv the ivte??ie? ?oou, Evglish is ouvip?esevt. Good
Evglish speeh uakes av eduated uav u?ave, avd
a ?ih uav sophisiated. It[s a ui?uitous uilit?
?ested ivto pavopl? of uses; ea?vivg a vive-to-i?e
susisteve fo? av a?e?age IT ivdust?? ?o?ke? to e-
ivg the eliist vuleus of a ovvoisseu? of Evglish lit-
e?atu?e.
Whev I ?as ?ouvg, u? pa?evts suvg iv uvisov
?ith u? teahe?s aout the iupo?tave of Mathe-
uais avd Sieve – the? ?avted ue to e av evgi-
vee?; avd those sujets alove ?ould uake ue ove.
I ?as ve?e? pa?iula?l? evou?aged to de?elop ?ead-
ivg haits. I ?eueue? the i?st iue I ?ought a vo?-
el houe f?ou the shool li?a??; it ?as T?easu?e Is-
lavd ? Roe?t Louis Ste?evsov. Da?e I spevd uo?e
thav a ouple of hou?s at st?eth ?eadivg the vo?el; I
?ould ivd u? uothe? gla?e ste?vl?, dela?ivg that it
?as evough avd I ete? ?esuue u? stud?. Iv hivd-
sight, vo? I uvde?stavd thei? ?easovs; lite?atu?e ?as
ue?el? Zsto?? ooks[ fo? theu; avd ?hat t?easu?es did

79. igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??
sto?ies hold fo? a fauil? ?hih
ovstavtl? st?uggled th?ough the
avaliies of uiddle lass life,
ouvivg upov its p?ogev? to
?ivg a ete? sevse of ?ell-
eivg? The ?o?ld of iuagivaiov,
as the? elie?ed, ?as fo? leisu?e;
avd leisu?e ?as a lu?u?? fo? the
auiious uiddle lass. Rathe?,
the? ?e?e ekoved ? uo?e
ueavivgful sujets like uathe-
uais. It uade ue ?ueas? to see
that u? pee?s avd lassuates e-
lie?ed the saue, as did u? teah-
e?s. The studevt ?ho so?ed high-
est iv uatheuais ?as held as
the ?ightest, the fa?o?ite of ou?
lass teahe?. Evglish ?as taught
avd studied ue?el? fo? the uate?
of ueuo?izivg avs?e?s avd ?e-
p?oduivg theu iv the e?auiva-
iov to get ua?ks. Whev I topped
u? lass otaivivg the highest
ua?ks iv uatheuais avd ph?s-
is, u? pa?evts ?e?a?ded ue ?ith
a i?le; pe?haps the? ve?e?
seeued to voie that I al?a?s
got the highest iv Evglish. Thus
g?e? the uost of us, g?eat at
hu?vivg suus avd sol?ivg e?ua-
iovs, although uedio?e iv ou-
uuviaiov skills, pa?iula?l? so
iv Evglish.
While the
fo?ue? got
u? f?ievds,
u?self iv-
luded, ivto
evgivee?ivg
avd uedial
olleges; u?
pee?s ?ho
used to
suugl? sit iv
evte? of
g?oup photo-
g?aphs as
toppe?s, to-
da? a?e
faed ?ith a ghastl? ?ealizaiov
that thei? head sta?t has eguv to
?uv out avd souethivg that the?
al?a?s esaped f?ou has vot ovl?
aught up ?ith theu, ut is
th?a?ivg thei? auiiovs! Ha?ivg
sat lueless th?ough plaeuevt
g?oup disussiovs has uade theu
f?ust?ated, avd the? ha?e g?o?v
?e?? self-ovsious aout ho?
the? ha?e to sea?h fo? ?o?ds iv a
fo?ual ov?e?saiov, ?hih to
thei? loathivg, is al?a?s iv Evglish.
The? veed othe?s to help theu
??ite thei? ?esuue avd ?aiovale,
avd the? hate to liu up the
stage to add?ess a gathe?ivg e-
ause the? evd up t?isivg thei?
oat-evds iv ve??ousvess uo?e
thav the? speak. We ha?e e-
oue ?ualit? evgivee?s, g?eat
doto?s, ovl? that ou? ?oie is
uuted. Gi?ev the po?tevtous fat
that Evglish alove, f?ou the Uvit-
ed Naiovs to the Uvited Cofee
Ba?, shall e the ou?ie? of ou?
ideas avd a p?iua faie tokev of
ou? ?o?th, the p?oleus avd p?o-
spets of de?elopivg skills iv Evg-
lish a?e ivdeed ?o?th ovteupla-
?}vX
The vatu?e of iupa?taiov of
eduaiov iv ou? ouvt?? is as di-
?e?siied as the ouvt?? itself. Iv
the uet?opolitav iies, ?e ha?e
shools like the DPS haiv ?he?e
the studevts laugh iv Evglish,
?eep iv Evglish, ight iv Evglish,
eat thei? iiv iv Evglish avd go
houe iv Evglish; thei? speeh
?ea?ivg av iuitaiov ?evee? of
the aevt f?ou the Holl??ood
uo?ies the? g?o? up ?athivg.
While I stood ?aiivg outside St.
Xa?ie?[s Shool, Kolkata fo? ove of
u? evgivee?ivg evt?ave e?aus, I
sa? a lad? eue?ge out of he?
Hovda Ao?d. A la?ge Roe?to
Ca?elli ag davgled ? he? a?u
?hile she ajoled he? litle gi?l out
of the a?, ^Let hiu sta? iv the
a?, da?livg! Coue, vo?! A hoo-
late fo? u? S?eet? ?hev she
oues houe_, she ooed. The
litle gi?l pouted. ^No, Mouu?!
Please let ue take To? alovg!_
Although I had vo idea ?ho o?
?hat To? ?as, it ?as appa?evt
that Evglish aue as vatu?all? to
this litle kid as ?ate? aue to
duks. I ?ovde?ed if e?e? a da?
?ould oue ?hev, iv u? ?illage,
the uilkuav[s ?ife ?ould ask he?
sov, iv Evglish, to pass he? the
uilk uket.
Iuuediate-
l?, I suiled
at ho? ?i-
diulous the
thought
?as – fo?
vot e?ev
ou? Evglish
teahe?
a?ed to
speak to us
iv Evglish,
uvless he
?as ?eadivg
a hapte? to
the lass. To

80. date, iv uost go?e?vuevt
shools, Evglish speeh is a fav?
thivg. It is usuall? ?ese??ed fo? the
Ivdepevdeve avd Repuli Da?.
It uust e ?ealized that a lav-
guage is uo?e thav ue?el? a ue-
diuu to e?p?ess ou? ideas; ovl? if
the uahive?? of uevtal ovep-
iov is livked ?ith the loou of a
pa?iula? lavguage, av a seau-
less ?a?v of speeh e p?odued.
But the ?uivtessevial lavguage
pedagog? iv uost Ivdiav shools
depevds hea?il? ov the tool of
t?avslaiov. We ovei?ed ideas iv
ou? o?v uothe? tovgue, t?avslat-
ed theu ivto Evglish, avd ?ep?o-
dued theu. Avd this ?eleted
ivto ou? speeh iv fo?u of eua?-
?assivg pauses avd stute?s. E?ev
iv u? ollege, aluost e?e?? stu-
devt ?ith a ?e?vaula? uediuu of
shoolivg has his speeh ?iddev
? suh fuulivg avd this spoils
his haves ?he?e?e? Evglish o-
upies the spea?head of i?st iu-
p?essiovs. Not ovl? iv speeh, this
tool of t?avslaiov et?a?s itself
e?ev iv ou? ??iivgs ?hev ?e iv-
ad?e?tevtl? ouit a?iles ~Gi?e ue
ie ?eau, fo? e?auple). It uust
e ?ealized that ?hile t?avslaiov
?euolds ideas f?ou ove lavguage
to avothe?; it is ute?l? havdi-
apped to a??? o?e? the saue
esseve avd o?igivalit? – Haulet,
fo? e?auple, is est ?elished ovl?
?hev ?ead uva?idged; vot e?ev
a p?osai a?idguevt a??ies the
saue eaut?. Thus, ivstead of
usivg a ovspiuous, je?k-sta?ivg
uevtal t?avslato?, ?e uust iuue
the ?e?? pa?adigu of s?vthesis of
the Evglish lavguage itself. T?avs-
laiov av e used iv the egiv-
vivg to poivt the livguisi avalo-
gies, ut ove a th?eshold of fa-
uilia?it? ?ith the lavguage is
?eahed, ove uust e evou?aged
to de?elop av ivdepevdevt avd
o?igival app?oah to the lav-
guage. Look at the ?o?ld th?ough
glasses ivted Evglish: feelivg i?e-
soue ?hile ?ou a?e ??iivg ?ou?
t?avslaiov houe?o?k, pee? out-
side the ?ivdo?s; does the pla?-
g?ouvd ekov to ?ou? Ah, it
does! But fathe? is at houe! Re-
lutavtl? though, ?ou ovivue to
do ?ou? houe?o?k.
Ti?esoue, pee?, ekov, ?e-
lutavtl?; as soov as ?ou av lea?v
to feel these ?o?ds just e?atl?
ho? ?ou felt the euoiovs assoi-
ated ?ith theu, kvo? that ?ou?
uivd has eguv to sp?out
?eepe?s that a?e ?apidl? liuivg
o?e? the livguisi to?e? of Evg-
lish. Thivk avd ?ep?odue. Efe-
i?e speeh is a ovsious e?e?-
ise; t?avslaiov ?edues it to ?ol-
uvta?? aiov ?hih is sujet to
its o?v iupe?feiovs.
A useful e?e?ise th?ough
?hih the uivd av e ovdi-
ioved ivto thivkivg iv Evglish is
th?ough ose??ivg ho? people
?ho a?e aouplished iv this do-
uaiv go aout it. Wathivg ve?s
deates avd uo?ies is the easiest
?a?; although a uo?e eveiial
?a? ?ould e to ivulate a hait
of ve?spape? ?eadivg. No?els avd
uagazives also help uild a solid
livguisi ivtuiiov. Just like a litle
hild g?o?s to speak iv the uav-
ve? of the people a?ouvd hiu
~dov[t sta? auovg people too old-
e? to ?ou is ?hat u? pa?evts told
ue, avd it ?as fo? good ?easov),
ou? speeh e?ol?es iv the saue
?a?. Heve, p?aiivg ovivu-
ousl? to talk avd thivk iv Evglish is
ovdui?e to?a?ds the ojei?e
?e ha?e eev talkivg aout.
Readivg haits, of ou?se,
shall ?euaiv the uost iupo?tavt
pilla?s upov ?hih the so alled
livguisi to?e? of Evglish stavds.
No uate? ho? uav? uo?ies ove
has ?athed, his o? he? lavguage
skills av ve?e? ?eah thei? epoh
uvless avd uvil he is ?ell ?ead.
Lite?atu?e is the ui??o? of the so-
iet?; ?eadivg ?o?ks ? g?eat au-
tho?s help us ev?ih ou? o?v ?o-
aula??, thivkivg pa?adigu avd
g?avts us avothe? pe?spei?e. As
I ha?e euphasized th?oughout
this essa?, lavguage is ue?el? a
ueavs of ?ep?oduiov of ideas,
ut ho? shall ove ha?e ideas if
the ?isiov of the uivd is liuited
? the ?isiov of the e?es? Books,
vo?els, epis; ?ead, avd ?ou shall
see. Siivg iv ?ou? o?v ?oou, The
Iv?isile Mav ~H. G. Wells) takes
?ou a?oss dife?evt e?as of the
?o?ld ?ou av ve?e? possil? go.
Read She?lok Holues, avd ?ou
shall e takev a?oss st?eets of
Lovdov, lea?vivg aout the life-
st?les of the people, thei? ?a?s to
ea?v a li?elihood, thei? food ha-
its, avd sujets of thei? fea? avd
jo?s. Lite?atu?e is like t?a?ellivg
?ithout ha?ivg to uo?e a foot!
Lite?atu?e is aout feelivg euo-
iovs ?ithout eivg sujet to the
atual siuuli; the opevivg hap-
te? of D. H. La??eve[s Wouev iv
Lo?e uakes ?ou sit iv?isil? e-
hivd the B?avg?ev ousivs U?sula
avd Gud?uv ?hile the? ike?
auovg theusel?es, ?athivg a
ua??iage p?oessiov th?ough thei?
?ivdo?. Readivg puts ?ou ivto
the agile, ose??avt uivd of a
sleuth; ehoes iv ?ou the hea?t
?evdivg uelavhol? of a e?et
lo?e?; avd uakes ?ou a ?itvess to
the glo?ies of kivgs avd thei?
atles avd the uvlivhivg ?esili-
eve of the huuav spi?it to ?a?e
failu?es. Whih of these ?ould ?e
e?pe?ieve iv ou? o?v sho?t, ov-
ived li?es? God ?eated uav, avd
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

81. uav ouldv[t e e?e???he?e, so
he ?eated lite?atu?e. Ha?ivg
gaived ?a?ds upov the ho?izovs of
pe?spei?e ~avd all iv Evglish),
good ?eadivg haits a?e g?ist to
the livguisi uills of av ivdi?idual.
Readivg ?ualit? lite?atu?e also
helps us de?elop av ivtuiiov
aout ovfo?uit? ?ith g?auua?.
Iv ou? shool da?s, ?e ?e?e uade
to ueuo?ize the ?ules of g?au-
ua?, sujet ?e? ag?eeuevts, et
al. While a asi uvde?stavdivg
avd kvo?ledge of the g?auua?
?ules is ivdeed essevial, ueuo?iz-
ivg theu like alevda? dates
uakes it suh a uo?ose, olossal
task that it egivs to dishea?tev
the uost evthusiasi of us. I ha?e
ose??ed fo? u?self that the Evg-
lish g?auua? is vot ?igidl? ast ut
it ?ests upov pliavt fouvdaiovs;
avd uost eas? avd ivte?esivg ?a?
to uvde?stavd g?auua? is e?tev-
si?e ?eadivg: it ills us ?ith av ivtu-
ii?e sevse of the ?ights, ??ovgs
avd the a?dival sivs. A uode?v
ivdi?idual is e?peted to e g?au-
uaiall? p?eise; ?et lite?atu?e
evjoivs us to eshe? f?ou tu?vivg
ivto a s?o?v pu?ist; fo? the le?iil-
it? is av ivhe?evt eaut? of this
lavguage avd pu?itavisu ?ipples
it. Had Jaues Jo?e gi?ev ?a? to
the pu?ist so?ls of his ?iis, ?e
?ould ha?e ve?e? seev a uaste?-
piee like Ul?sses, voted fo? its
uvov?evioval st?les of e?p?es-
siov like st?eau of ovsiousvess.
Uvfo?tuvatel?, ou? shool u??iu-
luu has eev so desigved that the
?ole of lite?atu?e is liuited ue?el?
to oup?ehevsiov, evou?agivg us
to uug up passages to ??ite av-
s?e?s f?ou; avd ouuit to hea?t
the votes that ou? teahe?s gi?e
aout the poeus ?hih, allegedl?,
a?e too diiult avd sophisiated
to e uvde?stood ov ou? o?v.
Ho? fuile! Wh? ?ould ove veed
votes to eupathize ?ith the la-
uevts of Shelle?, as he ?ies to the
West Wivd, ^I fall upov the tho?vs
of life, I leed!_ Poet?? avd lite?a-
tu?e a?e vot vuue?s to e
?uvhed, veithe? a?e the? dates
to e ueuo?ized. The? a?e euo-
iovs to e eupathized ?ith, ideas
to e uvde?stood ?ith a ve? pe?-
spei?e. Let us vot e uahives
?hih t?eat e?e?? ivput iv ?hite
avd lak. Lite?atu?e is aout life,
avd life has shades of g?a?.
Nothivg has a uo?e di?et
ivlueve ov ou? ??iivg st?le as
the haits of ou? ?eadivg. Most of
us, eithe? due to ou? up?ivgivg o?
due to ou? dife?eve iv tastes avd
ivte?ests, a?e poo?l? ?ead. The
??iivg ov the ?all ditates that a
pe?sov ?ho has vot ?ead uuh
?ill ve?e? ??ite uuh. E?ev if ?ou
a?e a poo?l? ?ead pe?sov ut ?ith
?agivg, ivgevious ideas, ?ou?
??iivgs shall ue?el? e lavd if
av?thivg at all, just pea?ls of ?is-
dou sate?ed e?e???he?e ov the
pape? ut e?evtuall? of litle a-
laiu. Just as a diauovd veeds to
e ut avd polished to shive ?il-
liavtl?, ou? uivd veeds to e se?-
?ated uvde? the stove of ooks
avd avgled avd jagged th?ough
the ivisi?e ??iivgs of othe?s e-
fo?e it av e used as a lazivg
lite?a?? spea? ?hih av sta
th?ough the ovsieve of its ?ead-
e?s avd sufuse its uessage ?ight
ivto thei? hea?ts. Good ?eadivg
haits st?ivg those sate?ed
pea?ls of ?isdou ivto a ive ga?-
lavd that ado?vs e?e?? sheet of
pape? it is put a?oss. Needless to
sa?, g?eat ??iivg skills a?e of g?eat
deuavd iv the uode?v ?o?ld. A
poo?l? ??itev ?esuue av ost
?ou jo oppo?tuviies, avd a uivo?
glith iv a p?ofessioval euail av
get ?ou i?ed f?ou ?ou? jo!
Whethe? ?e like it o? vot, it is ?e-
?ui?ed of us to ha?e a good le?el
of oupeteve ?hev it oues to
??iivg st?le, avd it av ovl? e
de?eloped th?ough good ?eadivg
haits suppleuevted ? lots of
p?aie iv ??iivg.
Talkivg aout p?aie, I voted
that ovl? a havdful of us a?e iv a
ovsistevt hait of uaivtaivivg a
dia?? o? a jou?val. Eithe? ?e a?e
held up ? ai?iies that appea?
uo?e ivte?esivg, o? ?e ve?e?
a?ed to gi?e it a t??. A ?e?? pe?-
soval ?elaiovship et?eev the
uivd avd the pev lossous ivside
the pages of ove[s dia??, avd like
e?e?? ?elaiovship, it ovl? g?o?s
uo?e avd uo?e iviuate. This ivi-
ua? opevs the loodgates
th?ough ?hih a deluge of euo-
iovs pou?s do?v iv ivk, ?esulivg
ivto a ?e?? eauiful, pe?soval
st?le of efo?tless ??iivg. It also
helps as a ??ite? if ove gets assoi-
ated ?ith aupus uagazives,
??iivg ?epo?ts avd essa?s ov u?-
?evt e?evts avd de?elopuevts.
Just like the havd??iivg of av iv-
favt, the ??iivg st?le of av ivdi-
?idual egivs f?ou a luus?, uv-
st?utu?ed avd ivhoate fa??ago of
ideas; ut iue avd p?aie pla-
ate it ivto a luid, ueavde?ivg
lo?.
Roue ?as vot uilt iv a da?,
avd the adage goes apt fo? ove[s
?oaula??. Just as vo t?ivs a?e
ideviall? saue, vo t?o s?vov?us
a?e idevial eithe?. Sive ?o?ds
ovsitute sevteves avd sevtev-
es ovsitute ??iivg o? speeh, it
is of fuvdauevtal iupo?tave to
ha?e a good stok of ?o?ds iv
ove[s uivd. A p?eise kvo?ledge
of ?o?ds avd thei? ueavivgs lead
to ou? o?v uevtal de?elopuevt;
?e av thivk avd e?p?ess uo?e
p?eisel?, ?hih is the ve?t step
f?ou a good ??iivg to a shola?l?
luu?aiov. Ho?e?e?, otev I ha?e
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ?9

82. seev studevts t??ivg to juup
feves avd ut o?ve?s; usivg a
thesau?us as a ??iivg aid; ?epla-
ivg ouuovl? used ?o?ds ?ith
?hat the? pe?ei?e as faviful,
o?vauevtal susitutes; ?hih is
ovl? ?et?og?essi?e. Like the al-
loused palus of av old fa?ue?, a
suuptuous ?oaula?? oues
ate? ages of ?o?aious ?eadivg.
W?iivg ?ith a thesau?us at ove's
side is vot ??iivg, ut ue?el? av
ostevtaious avi, a g?eatest
sa?ilege of its kivd; to e uvde?-
stood as a lite?a?? uagiiav ?hile
?ou a?e ue?el? pullivg t?iks. Ke?
to a good ?oaula??? Read, ?ead
avd ?ead. Take votes. Use the
ve? ?o?ds iv ?ou? o?v ??iivgs.
Fivall?, ?ead, ?ead, avd ?ead.
The ke? to luevt speakivg iv Evg-
lish is vo dife?evt f?ou ?hat has
al?ead? eev disussed, e?ept
that it veeds uo?e p?aie. Ove
veeds to ouvte? ivhiiiovs,
ouple?es, ovideve issues
efo?e ove av e la? his laiu to
the skills of Ma?k Avtov?. G?oup
disussiovs, Jo ivte??ie?s,
p?esevtaiovs – e?e?? p?ofessiov-
al a?eva is ?eplete ?ith ivstaves
?he?e ove has to ?ise avd speak
fo? hiuself. A good speake? has
av iup?essi?e pe?sovalit? ~avd
ov?e?sel? so), he ea?vs uo?e
adui?aiov soiall? avd uo?e
oppo?tuviies p?ofessiovall?. But
agaiv, it is a g?adual p?oess. Ove
uust tu?v a livd e?e to jests ?
lesse? evlighteved pee?s ~the?
e?ist e?e???he?e) ?ho lo?e to
uok at ove[s efo?ts at de?elop-
ivg good speakivg skills. Takivg
pa?t iv deates, delauaiov ov-
tests, e?teupo?e speehes ?ight
f?ou the shool le?el helps ove
get ?id of the stage f?ight ?hih a
ve?ie is t?piall? g?ipped ?ith.
P?ovuviaiov is avothe? fato?
that g?eatl? t?oules uost of the
studevts ?ho ha?e g?o?v up
uo?e o? less ?ith thei? tovgues
s?athed iv a ?e?vaula? o? a dia-
let. While the?e does e?ist a
?avh of livguisis alled Pho-
veis, avd a stavda?dized ueth-
od of p?ovuviaiov laid do?v as
RP ~Reei?ed P?ovuviaiov);
the? a?e to e pe?used ovl? ? a
studevt ?ho ha?o?s a desi?e fo?
a g?eate?, ?uasi-pe?fet ivesse.
Ove should vot ove?v hiuself
uvdul? uvless the aevt is laid
?ith a hea?? ?e?vaula? t?avg,
as fo? uost of us, the e?posu?e
that ?egula? speakivg ~alovg ?ith
?athivg othe?s speak ov tele?i-
siov, ve?s avd uo?ies) gi?es
usuall? se??es as a vatu?al ?eii-
e? of aevt.
Evglish is a fuvv? lavguage. It has
g?auua? that has uo?e e?ep-
iovs thav ?ules; it deuavds of us
otev to spell dife?evtl? thav ?e
??ite; it sa?s thivgs it does vot
ueav ~havgivg out, fo? ivstave),
avd it al?a?s seeks sho?t uts
~aiv[t it?). But the eaut? of Evg-
lish lies iv the ?e?? fat that it
does vot seek to ovfo?u to the
ov?evioval ?a?dsiks of a
eauiful lavguage. This is the
t?ait that has helped Evglish last,
e?ol?e avd p?olife?ate iv ivlu-
eve o?e? evtu?ies. If ?e a?e to
seek aeptave iv a uuh Avgli-
ized e?a of toda?, ?e uust e
?ell ?e?sed avd adept iv the
tovgue that the ?o?ld speaks iv.
Lea?vivg, ??iivg iv, speakivg iv
avd uvde?stavdivg Evglish is vot
diiult; ovl? that ove veeds to
e paievt avd pe?sistevt. If a
vu?se?? kid f?ou Kolkata ould
speak Evglish, I av ??ite ?ith
e?itude that all of us, vo uate?
?hat ou? akg?ouvd has eev,
av e adept iv this lavguage
that has oue to e ?eogvized
as the livgua f?ava of the su-
essful.

Refe?eves: Based solel?
upov pe?soval ivt?ospeiov.
igvits[?5
vits.a.iv ??

83. igvits’??
The Ai?Ivdia Ai?us ??? hit the
ruv?a? real suooth avd iuuedi-
atel? all kivds of uehavial
gea?s avd laps ?e?e set iv uo-
iov to ?est?it the gigavi east
frou e?eedivg the ruv?a? avd
uakivg a hosile evt?? ivto the
adjoivivg huuav haitat. It ivall?
stopped avd audio igvo?avt pas-
sevge?s pouved upov eah oth-
e? fo? a ?ivve? takes it all atle
of havd aggage. Soov the uad
?ush thivved a?a? avd half a doz-
ev of ?euaivivg huuav life ov
the plave ivludivg ue egav ou?
lovel? diseuarkivg proess. The
uouevt sola? light uade ovtat
?ith ue, the spetale that la?
ahead astouvded ue. It had eev
?? ?ea?s sive I had last ?isited
this plae avd sive thev it had
Zte??afo?ued[ ivto a gloss? high
lass pitu?es?ue ai?po?t studded
?ith so uav? ?a?ieies of ai??ats
pa?ked iv the havga? ?hih uade
ue i?ul? elie?e that a litle de-
tailed sea?h uight ?e?eal av uv-
de?g?ouvd ase housivg ivte?ga-
lai spaeships. Botou-live
Kuuhi?gau Silha? Ai?po?t had
tu?ved to Silha? Ivte?vaioval
Ai?po?t.
The a ?ide ?as uve?evful
avd dull apa?t f?ou ?ealizivg that
Silha? vo? had av uvde?g?ouvd
su?a? s?steu, fe? dozevs of
g?a?it? def?ivg st?utu?es o? sk?-
srapers, uvharaterisiall?
leav avd ?ide ?oads de?oid of
uu?de?ous t?evhes, plush uuli-
ple?es sreevivg Christopher No-
lav avd Mihael Ba? uo?ies, Piz-
za joivts f?ou all o?e? the ?o?ld
ivludivg USA, Chiva, Japav
Vevezeula, Soualia et, the
115th uavufatu?ivg uvit of Ap-
ple that p?odued the IPad Heli-
uu avd ?eah it housed the ig-
gest, g?avdest avd the ueavest
asivos iv the ?o?ld. Silha? ?as
vo uo?e it[s pathei self like I
had ?itvessed it ?? ?ea?s ago. It
?as a s?uol of e?t?a?agavt life-
st?le, lauo?ave avd av epi
aualgauaiov of the est f?ou
all o?e? the ?o?ld. The it? e?ev
had its o?v votu?val aped ?u-
sade? ?ho used to ?oau the
st?eets ighivg thie?es, pikpok-
ets avd st?eet hoodluus ut ?as
sadl? doivg jail iue u??evtl? fo?
ha?ivg aeivg the ?iues of av
ugl? la??e?. Although the it?
had uutated ivto a uet?opolitav
?ith vuue?ous at?ai?e plaes
u? ivte?ests ?e?e foused ov
ove sivgle evit?, u? alua uate?,
NIT SILCHAR. Aviipaiov avd
av?iet? evgulfed ue as the a
d?i?e? avvouved that it ?ould
take 5 uo?e uivutes to ?eah ou?
desivaiov. I ?as av?ious ov-
teuplaivg the p?esevt seva?io
e?ovd the uaiv gates avd thev
the?e it ?as.
I ?as stavdivg iv f?ovt of the
uassi?e pilla?s of the uaiv gate
that ?epo?tedl? saled 7? feet
avd ?epliated a uo?e elegavt
avd lassie? ?e?siov of the Ivdia
gate ?hev suddevl? the ?ealiza-
iov aue to ue like a gut puvh
of ho? uassi?el? the it? had
havged f?ou a dust? oule?a?d
to a uagviievt suess sto??.
M? aupus tou? egav ?ith a
ste?v look f?ou the Ma?ive st?led
seu?it? p?ofessioval ?ho
?hisked a?a? u? iv?ite a?d avd
lashed it iv f?ovt of a uahive
uvil it gla?ed g?eev avd sigvaled
ue to ovivue ?ith a fo?ed
suile. Sadl? the iuid ut hea?t-
?a?uivg Zseu?it? dada[ had
eev ?eplaed ? this uaho a?-
?ogavt lookivg Spa?tav. M? au-
pus guide iuuediatel? joived ue
ate? the evt?? avd ?e e?havged
fake pleasavt?ies studded ?ith
dupliate suiles. We got ivto a
fuvv? lookivg pod that rested ov
t?o ?heels avd had t?o seats
ak to ak. I ?ode pilliov. The
?ehile uo?ed ?ith uiviuuu
voise avd vil suoke, ?epo?tedl? it
?as ruvvivg ov solar po?er avd
?as ivdigevousl? uilt iv the
aupus. I al?a?s kve? ?e NIT-
INTO THE FUTURE
vits.a.iv 71
ANSUMAN CHAND
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd Ivst?uuevta-
iov Evgivee?ivg

84. Siavs had a feish fo? sola? po?-
e?. ZThe guide[ said that the ?ehi-
le ?as vo? a ouuov t?avspo?t
uode fo? people iv the aupus
avd the auazivg piee of teh-
volog? ?as fa?iated ? a uvh
of evthusiasi uehavial evgi-
vee?s of the ivsitute iv av auto-
uoile desigv hallevge held
du?ivg the last ediiov of Tevoe-
sis. Yeah I ?eueue?ed that, it
?as ou? teh fest ?he?e I had
uilt a live follo?e? ?oot ~ate?
?athivg plevt? ?outue ?ideos
?hih e?evtuall? ?as dis?ualiied
? o?gavize?s fo? ha?ivg de-
st?o?ed half of the a?eva avd
the?e u? guide told ue that just
last ?ea? a CSE gu? had uilt a
?oot that sivgle havdedl? de-
feated the hess legevds of all
the hostels ?hile pla?ivg theu
siuultaveousl?. Meav?hile ?e
?eahed the Boat Clu ?he?e a
luvh had eev a??avged ?ith
othe? ?isiivg ueue?s of u?
ath. The t?avsfo?uaiov ?as
epi. The a?ea had eev ou-
pletel? uode?vized ?ith evh-
es, desigve? laup posts, avd e?-
oi plavts ? the lake avd e?ev
the st?utu?e of the lake ?as ?e-
?auped ut the iggest su?p?ise
?as the?e ?e?e vo uo?e uavual
paddle oats ut at least half a
dozev Jet skis zoouivg at high
speeds avd splu?givg ?ate? all
a?ouvd. The ?est of the da? ?as a
?uest that aled ue to the full-
est. The studevt st?evgth of the
ivsitute had iv?eased evough to
uild av a?u? to take out a uid-
sized vaiov. I aue to kvo? that
the 1st ?ea?s ?e?e eivg kept iv
ve?l? uilt hostel ?? avd hostel
??. These hostels oasted of ai?
ovdiioved ?oous, high speed
ivte?vet, atahed ath?oou,
dave ?oou, uusi ?oou, allet
hall, asketall ou?t, uo?ie the-
at?e, av?uet halls se??ivg Thai,
Italiav, Ivdiav avd Mughlai,
s?iuuivg pool avd lit failit?. I
?as duufouvded ? the u?thi-
al g?o?th of u? ivsitute. The?e
?as vot a sivgle uvuilized g?eev
pastu?e to e seev a?ouvd avd
the ovl? ove I aue a?oss hap-
peved to e a golf lu ?he?e
p?ofesso?s ?e?e ha?ivg a good
iue. You ould ha?e ?ou? ?eak-
fast at Bu?ge? Kivg o? evjo? ?ou?
e?evivg at Sta?uks o? st?oll
a?ouvd the aupus ?ith the
hoiest K?ushe?s f?ou KFC. You
?ish avd the? got it.
As ?e ?evtu?ed fu?the? ivto
the sophisiated aliev te??ito?ies
uo?e e?iivg t?uths ?e?e uv?a?-
eled. Ove of theu eivg the uas-
si?e ivlu? of votale pe?sovali-
ies ?ho had loked the ivsitute
to get a gliupse of the elite stu-
devt uasses avd e a pa?t of the
uivg edge ?esea?h that ?as
goivg ov iv the las. The?e ?e?e
vole p?ize ?ivve?s teahivg
uatheuais, ph?sis avd eo-
vouis, Tu?ivg p?ize a?a?dees
takivg algo?ithu lasses avd ?es
the?e ?as a top se?et uvde?-
g?ouvd uedial failit? ?he?e
Uvited Naiovs alleged of illegal
huuav lovivg avd ivte?-galai
uutaiovs eivg a??ied out. Ap-
pa?evtl? the alievs aptu?ed fo?
e?pe?iuevts otev esaped the
high seu?it? p?euises avd ?ev-
tu?ed ivto hostels p?e douivavtl?
hostel ? avd 7 avd ?e?e fouvd
looivg the p?e-histo?i avteevs
of thei? p?eious oiled eggs avd
aloo pa?athas. NITS ?as vo uo?e
just a tehvial ivsituiov, it ?as
the uea of ovteupo?a?? edu-
aiov avd a evhua?k iv si-
eve avd tehvolog?. The? had
lauvhed p?oes ivto spae, de-
sigved uissiles that ould deto-
vate evi?e vaiovs, uade tele-
po?taiov a ?ealit? avd ?e?e vo?
ov ou?se to uake a iue t?a?el
possile. It had t?avsfo?ued ivto
souethivg uviuagivale ?et so
fasivaivg, I ?ished it ?ould
ha?e eev suh du?ivg u? iue
ut agaiv I ?as happ? sive I ?as
fo?tuvate to e pa?t of the e?olu-
iov of this g?avd sheue avd
uo?e ?elie?ed that I ould ?it-
vess it i?sthavd. Iv the p?oess
of e?oluiov NITS hadv[t lost its
o?e p?iviples, it sill st?i?ed fo?
iup?o?euevt ?o?kivg ?ith pas-
siov avd aiuivg fo? pe?feiov.
igvits[15
vits.a.iv 7?

85. Naisa Barlaskar
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
igvits’??

86. Kuuar Pijush Kataky

87. igvits’??
I ha?ev[t ?itvessed ho? a ?eal
happ? evdivg looks like. But otev
?ead aout it. I[?e ?athed it ov
the s?eev too. Tehviall? vot the
?hole of it ut ho? the ??ite?s
laiu thei? sto?? evded avd the
?est ?e a?e to ovjetu?e ~the data
?euaivs evapsulated!. So ?hat
?eall? is this happil? e?e? ate??
Iv the deliveaiov of soue-
od?’s real life it is di8ult to predit
avd ho? av av?ove if ou? p?otago-
vist ?e?e a ?ape ?iiu, a hild of
uu?de?ed pa?evts, the uothe? of a
kidvapped sov, av ivdi?idual ivfeted
?ith a fatal disease; u? list is evdless.
Avd ?ith suh a ouuoiov goivg ov
u? uivd, I uet this gi?l, u? f?ievd,
fo? the i?st iue. With a s?it good-
?e, she sepa?ated f?ou a gu? avd
thev tu?ved to?a?ds the side faivg
ue; fe? iv? d?oplets ?e?e eue?givg
f?ou he? ?eall? so?e e?es avd ?uikl?
t?ikivg a?oss he? heek thus ?e-
aivg ?oute fo? ve? oves. I ?as pe?-
ple?ed. Whev lose?, I asked he?,
^Souethivg ??ovg?_ M? suddev iv-
te??ogaiov ua? ha?e sta?tled he? fo?
she tote?ed, ?egaived he? alave
avd spoke, ^We had eev togethe?
fo? ?ea?s avd lavded up fo? ou? de-
g?ee iv the saue plae too. But sud-
devl? he has sta?ted feelivg he is
ete? of ?ithout ue. He doesv[t
?avt to e ?ith ue av?uo?e_. _Is
that e?ev a reasov?_ I ovivued, ^Hit
hiu ov the fae, ?ill u? It[s uvfai?_.
She shot a ?eak suile avd spoke, ^It
just taught ue vot to let people easi-
l? iv u? life. Lo?e is a lo?el? thivg. If it
fo? ue, I[u e?taiv to ivd the ?ight
pe?sov. _ I f?o?ved.

Late? that uovth I diso?e?ed the gi?l
?as ?ought up solel? up ? he? ?id-
o?ed uothe?.
^M? fathe? ?as a vole pe?sov,
let fo? hea?ev. M? uothe? ould
ha?e ve?e? igu?ed out ho? st?ovg
she ?as uvil I eaue he? ?espovsi-
ilit?. She eaue av ivspi?aiov lat-
e?, fo? the ?ouev of u? plae, ?ho
thivk the? a?e ?ulve?ale avd ?e-
pressed. E?erythivg happevs for a
?easov, ?ou see._
Ove da? ?hev she ?as sik,
^What av this good fo?? ^I ev?ui?ed.
She uu?uu?ed, ^Well the efets of
u? aviiois shall last this uovth so
I av gi?e u? e?aus ?ithout av? fea?
of ?i?uses._ I laughed u? head of.
She ?as ?ight.
Whev the?e ?as a po?e? ut
the vight efo?e ou? e?aus, fo? he? it
ueavt, it is av ivdiaiov to e siv-
e?e avd e p?epa?ed fo? e?aus ea?l?
avd vot the last uouevt. That vight
?as ueavt to e to e spevt sleep-
ivg. ^Ho? aout de?isivg plavs fo?
su??i?ivg tovight?_ I ivte??upted,
^Oh!_ avd ?ith the ?iked sui?k, she
?ithd?e? se?e?al avdles f?ou he?
d?a?e?, ^Re?a?d fo? eivg o?de?ed
to lea?e ?o?k late du?ivg Di?ali._ We
su??i?ed the vight.
Avothe? da? she evte?ed lass
?ith a f?esh set of ?uises avd asual-
l? stated that she ?as ivhes lose to
eivg hit ? a a? ut luk ?as ov he?
side. Iv fat, it ?as a good da? fo? the
d?i?e? as he slo?ed do?v ?as sa?ed
f?ou ollidivg ?ith avothe? ?ehile
?ith vo ho?vs! ^Avd this ovtusiov is
a lessivg, of ou?se._ I said iv a sa?-
dovi tove. ^A?ev[t u e?e? i?ed?_ I
ivall? asked. She ?as silevt ut she
kve?. I didv[t eluidate. ^I dov[t ?avt
to e, e?e?, avd I au thavkful suh a
state ve?e? a?ose. I dov[t ?avt to
?eg?et avd feel so???. Nood? has a
pe?fet life. I uake it avd ovt?ol it
?hev it goes ast?a? avd if I au uva-
le, I go alovg ?ith it avd g?eet those
iupediuevts like the? happeved fo?
a ?easov, the avs?e? to ?hih I shall
uvo?e? soove?. Ovl? death, luk avd
loss a?e e?ovd uav[s ovt?ol. C??ivg
uakes vothivg easie?. So, ?h? dov[t
I, ?ou, uake the uost that is p?esevt,
?hih ?e av p?ese??e.
Sho?t sto?? ? ?ohit sha?ua
Rohit Sha?ua
Class of ????, Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
बात बतात/ हं एक लड़क/ की,
ल*ग बुलात/ थ/ कह क/ उस/ रानू,
कम द/खी थी दुननया उसन/,
इसललए चुप-चुप रहता था रानू
vits.a.iv 75
Beaut? of the east

88. igvits[15
Like all the othe? hild?ev, Ravu has
also d?eaut of g?avd thivgs th?ough
the suall e?es avd liuited ?aiv of
hiu. Ho?e?e?, his d?eau havges ?e??
f?e?uevtl?. ?hate?e? he likes, he
faues of eouivg like that.

ज* भी उस/ भाता था,
उसी तरह बनना चाहता था रानू,
अपन/ छ*ट/-छ*ट/ नयनं स/,
बड़/-बड़/ सपन/ द/खता था रानू
Ravu is li?ivg iv a suall to?v
ZNaga?[ of Ivdia. His fathe? ?as a ue-
diuu ea?vivg pe?sov avd has t?euev-
dous e?petaiovs f?ou his ovl? ove
hild. His fathe? taught hiu good
uavve?s avd al?a?s oupels hiu to
stud?. He ?as told that thivgs ?ill get
eas? ove he stud? this iue. Ravu
lo?ed his uothe? ?e?? uuh. Rajjo
?as the vaue of his uothe?. She is
?ell eduated avd ?e?? ?eligious
?ouav. She ?avted to tou? a?ouvd
the ?o?ld ?ith his sov.

्वाब सजाय/ अपनी आँखं मं,
हरदम पढ़ता रहता था रानू,
कुछ और न जाता करन/ क*,
बस ककताब मं डूबा रहता था रानू
Iv Ivdia, a uiddle lass pe?sov
does vot kvo? the thousavds of op-
po?tuviies iv ?hih he av uake his
a?ee?. Ivstead the? st?ess uo?e ov
the stud?. All these e?evts ha?e uade
Ravu a uugge?. He is av a?e?age
uivd avd te??il? ?o?kivg ha?d o?.
He is uvsoial avd do vot kvo? to
pla? av? gaues. So he has ?e?? fe?
f?ievds.

यूं त* करना चाहता था अन/क चीज़ं,
खुलकर गान/ क*, मु्कुरान/ क* जी
करता था उसका,
और किर बहुत अक/ ला ह* गया था
रानू,
त्हा ह*कर कभी त* र* ही पड़ता था
व*,
पर पढ़ता ज?र था रानू
Dep?essed Ravu has vo? ou-

pleted his shoolivg ?ith good
g?ades. He has vo idea ?he?e to di-
?et his life oat. Covfused f?ou all
the thivgs, he had deided to sit fo?
the evgivee?ivg evt?ave e?auiva-
iov avd has lea?ed it too. Iv Ivdia,
e?e?? othe? ?ouvg pe?sov is eithe? av
evgivee? o? a doto?. Lakh avd lakh of
studevts aspi?e fo? the saue.
Ravu is vo? evte?ivg ivto the
ve? phase of his life, ?he?e he has to
li?e iv a ig it? a?a? f?ou his e-
lo?ed pa?evts.

जगह नयी थी, ल*ग नए थ/,
द/खी ही कहाँ थी दुननया उसन/,
डरा-डरा सा रहता था रानू,
किर स/ ककसी न/ कहाँ था उस/,
बस पार कर ल* य/ दीवार,
नयी दुननया तु्हारी राह द/खती उस
पार,
उस पार की आशा मं चल त* रहा था,
पर थका-थका रहता था रानू
Ravu is a it happ? vo? as he is
li?ivg iv a hostel ?ith t?o of his
?oouuates. The? al?a?s sta? ?ith
hiu avd as suh Ravu has got soue-
ove to talk. Ivdeed uo?e ga??ulous is
his f?ievds, lesse? ?elutavt ?as he to
talk ?ith theu.
Most of us kvo? the li?ivg iv av
evgivee?ivg ollege, ?he?e vot ovl?
lasses ut thivgs like ?athivg uo?-
ies, listevivg uusi evdlessl?, gossip-
ivg iv a g?oup, lots of gaue e?posu?e
avd a ?a?iet? of tehvial avd othe?
e?evts a?aits ?ou.
But Ravu is a it dife?evt pe?-
sov. Sill, he is ?e?? sive?e & studious
avd has all his d?eaus euedded iv
his uivd. He skips uost of the othe?
ai?iies avd goes to ollege li?a??
all the iue, ?he?e he falls deep ivto
the ooks. Not kvo?ivg of his desi-
v?, he uugs all da?.

य/ कहाँ आ गया हूँ मं,
करना ्या चाहता हूँ मं,
और कहाँ जा रहा हूँ मं,
यही स*चता रहता था ददनभर,
ख*या-ख*या सा रहता था रानू
Ravu is vo? doivg his jo as a
sot?a?e evgivee? f?ou the vaioval
apital Delhi. Ate? passivg f?ou the
ollege, he has havged to a uuh
soial pe?sov. He has shited his pa?-
evts f?ou his houe to?v Naga? to
Delhi & li?ivg iv his ve?l? ought
apa?tuevt. But, at last soue ?ues-
iovs sill havg.
Is this Ravu ?avted ?ith his
life? Has Ravu evjo?ed his life as a
huuav eivg? Is he happ??
We all kvo? the avs?e?.
ब मं पर/शान ह* गया हूँ,
सब कुछ ह0, पर कुछ भी नहीं,
्या किर स/ ब्चा नहीं बन सकता,
किर स/ द*्तं क/ साथ हंस-ख/ल नहीं
सकता,
याद करता हूँ पुरान/ ददन त* खालीपन
्यूँ लगता ह0,
बस यही स*चता रहता ह0 रानू
vits.a.iv 7?

89. igvits’??
The Da?k Night C?isis.
Madhurjya Nath
Class of ????, Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
"We veed to do it". ?as ?hat
Jessie ?ished.
It ?as the vight of Ma? ???5. The
ai? ?as uoist avd hea??. Avd the
fat that D?. T Joshua[s od? ?as
u?ied didv't veessa?il? ueav he
?as dead.
People laiu to ha?e voied
the doto? ?oauivg the Ch?isiav
?illage. Of late, this ve?s of the
doto?'s e?evts has eev the talk
of e?e?? household so uuh so
that people atuall? aue up ?ith
the ovept of ?eu??ivg his
o?pse. But vo ?illage? set a
foot fo??a?d to e?a?ate the
od?.
This is ?hev Jessie sp?uvg up.
"We e?a?ate the od?. We
veed to do it?.
Although the idea ?as to e?a-
?ate it, ?e[?e vot upto av? ?e-
u??ivg ?ap. We just had to
steal it avd e?auive it.
We[?e ?ouvg studevts f?ou
a uedial ollege a fe? uiles
a?a?. We uavaged to get Ned to
?o?k. Fo? uav? ?ea?s, Ned had
eev euplo?ed aout the eue-
te?? as a uav -of-all-?o?k avd it
?as his fa?ou?ite pleasavt?? that
he kve? 'e?e?? soul iv plae`. We
otev uet hiu at ollege; deli?e?-
ivg deads.
It ?as a da?k suuue? vight,
shot th?ough ?ith ivf?e?uevt
shiuue?s of lightvivg silevtl? i?-
ivg a loud l?ivg lo? iv the ?est
avd po?tevdivg a sto?u. These
?ief, stauue?ivg illuuivaiovs
?ought out ?ith ghastl? disivt-
vess the uovuuevts avd head-
stoves of the euete?? avd
seeued to set theu davivg. It
?as vot a vight iv ?hih av? ?ed-
ile ?itvess ?as likel? to e st?a?-
ivg aout a euete??, so ?e felt
?easoval? seu?e.
The ?o?k of e?a?aiov ?as
vot diiult; the ea?th ?ith ?hih
the g?a?e had eev loosel? illed,
ofe?ed litle ?esistave avd ?as
soov th?o?v out. Reuo?al of the
asket f?ou its o? ?as less eas? ,
ut it ?as takev out fo? it ?as p?e
-?e?uisite of Ned, ?ho a?efull?
uvs?e?ed the o?e? avd laid it
aside , e?posivg the od? iv lak
t?ouse?s avd ?hite shi?t.
Ne?t uo?vivg, efo?e ?e
ould go to the euete?? ate?
lasses , iupaievt Ned al?ead?
sho?ed up at the ollege; sat iv
osu?it?, he ?ose avd g?ivved , "
I'u ?aiivg fo? u? pa?uevt".
St?ethed ov a lovg tale la?
the od? of the doto? ivtevded
fo? us to e?auive it. Studevts
gathe?ed; ?illage?s ivfo?ued.
^Couldv't ?ou ?ait at the eue-
te???"
Ivtelligevt Ned sre?ed up the
?hole plav. Without su?p?ise, ?e
ouldv't e?auive the od? se?et-
l?.
The od?, vo? set ov the
?illage?s disposal, the? o?gav-
ised a g?avd ?e-u??ivg of the
doto?. No ove ?avted the do-
tor to returv. So the? deided
upov a eiivg fa?e?ell.
The od? vo? ?ested iv a
ive uahogav? oiv ited ?ith
a plate of glass. The disto?ted
fae, as it sho?ed uvde? the
glass, ?as vot disag?eeale to
look upov; it o?e a faivt skele-
tal suile, avd as if the death had
eev paivless. At ? at vight e?e??-
ove ?e?e to asseule to pa? thei?
last t?iute of ?espet to the ove,
?ho had vo fu?the? veed of
f?ievds avd ?espet.
As the hou? of eight ap-
p?oahed, ?e ?eahed the spot;
e?e??ove soleuvl? seated theu-
sel?es aout the ?oou ?ith av
auguuevted ovsiousvess of
thei? iupo?tave iv the sheue
fuve?al. Whev the uiviste? had
vits.a.iv 77

90. ivished his eulog? ?ith p?a?e?, a
h?uv ?as suvg avd the pole-
ea?e?s took thei? plaes eside
the ie?.
The people spravg for?ard
to the oiv avd as the lok
st?uk ?, all ?e?e sta?ivg do?v
upov the fae of D?. Joshua.
The? tu?ved a?a? sik avd
faivt. Ove old uav, t??ivg iv his
te??o? to esape the a?ful sight,
stuuled agaivst the oiv so
hea?il? as to kvok a?a? ove of
its f?ail suppo?ts. The oiv fell to
the loo?; the glass ?as shate?ed
? the ovussiov.
F?ou the opevivg, ?a?led
D?.Thouas Joshua, ?ho lazil?
leapt to the loo?, stood up, t?av-
?uill? ?iped his fae ?ith his
palu, avd thev ?alked ?ith digvi-
t? iv a path th?ough the sto?uivg
fo?est, to?a?ds the ?okev uoov.
igvits’??
Souu?adip Saha
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd Ivst?uuevta-
iov Evgivee?ivg
The lost ovveiov…
^Coue do?v avd ha?e your divr
ve?!_ ?elled a ?e?? eage? g?avd-
uothe?, Madhu?i, ?ho ?as o?e?-
jo?ed as he? ? ?ea? old g?avdsov
Rahul had oue to ?isit he? that
da? fo? the i?st iue.
Rahul ?as ?isiivg Silha? fo?
the i?st iue, ha?ivg spevt uost
of his life iv Delhi ?he?e his pa?-
evts had setled do?v. Rahul ?as
to sta? ?ith his g?avdpa?evts fo?
just ove da?, so, his g?avdpa?evts
uade uav? a??avgeuevts to
uake his da? speial avd spevt
soue ?ualit? iue ?ith thei? litle
g?avdsov efo?e he avd his pa?-
evts depa?ted fo? the US.
^I[u us? Navi! I[u pla?ivg
?ith u? f?ievds!_ ?eplied Rahul,
lea?ivg his Navi ?uite pe?ple?ed.
^With f?ievds? But ?ou ?e?e
alove iv the house, ?hev did ?ou
?ivg ?ou? f?ievds houe? I ould
ha?e prepared divver for theu
too eta_
^No Navi! I[u pla?ivg ?ith
theu ov u? uoile!_
Navi eaue ?uite ovfused
avd ?evt upstai?s to ?isit Rahul
avd his f?ievds. She ?eahed his
?oou ovl? to ivd Rahul, l?ivg
oufo?tal? iv his ed, hooked ov
to his iPhove, gited to hiu ? his
dad ov his i?thda?, ut ?ithout
av? of his f?ievds.
^Whe?e a?e ?ou? f?ievds Ra-
hul? A?e the? all hidivg?_ said a
ovfused Navi, ?ovde?ivg if she
had f?ighteved his f?ievds avd
the? all hid theusel?es iv the
?oou.
^No Navi! I[u pla?ivg av
ovlive gaue ?ith theu! See Navi,
u? f?ievds a?e sill iv Delhi ut ?e
a?e pla?ivg ?ith eah othe? o?e?
the ivte?vet_ said a hee?ful Ra-
hul, feelivg p?oud of his ua??el-
ous iPhove that kept hiu ovvet-
ed to his est f?ievds e?ev though
the? ?e?e uo?e thav a thousavd
uiles apa?t.
^Beta, tell ?ou? f?ievds to
?ait fo? a ?hile, please ha?e ?ou?
divve? vo?, I ha?e p?epa?ed ?ou?
fa?o?ite dish – ute? pavee?. Hu?-
ry up avd ha?e your divver or else
it[ll eoue old._
^Oka? Navi!_ said a disg?uv-
tled Rahul, th?o?ivg his phove
ivto the ed avd ?av hu??iedl?
to?a?ds the divve? tale.
Navi ?as ?athe? shoked
?ith his eha?io? avd kept ?ov-
de?ivg ?hat ??ovg she had dove
?ith he? litle g?avdsov. She sat
?uietl?, ?ovde?ivg ?hat othe?ed
litle Rahul so uuh. Suddevl?,
Rahul[s g?avdfathe?, Ra?i, aue
avd asked he? ?h? she ?as siivg
a?ouvd so ?uietl?.
^I dov[t kvo? ?h? Rahul
seeus to e so upset, I asked hiu
to put a?a? his uoile avd oue
fo? divve? ut he eaue avg??
avd ?evt a?a?_ said av upset
Navi
^ Dov[t e othe?ed
Madhu?i, he is just a litle hild,
I[u su?e he[ll e happ? if I tell hiu
soue hildhood sto?ies of his fa-
the?, I[u su?e that ?ill put a suile
upov his fae._ said a juilavt
Nava, eage? to evhavt his g?avd-
sov ?ith the uav? sto?ies he ?as
?eolleivg p?io? to his ?isit.
Rahul ?uikl? ?etu?ved to his
?oou avd juuped ovto his ed,
?uikl? g?aivg his phove avd
pla?ivg his fa?o?ite gaue agaiv.
vits.a.iv 7?

91. ^Beta Rahul, do ?ou ?avt to kvo?
ho? uishie?ous ?ou? dad ?as
?hev he ?as of ?ou? age?_ said
Nava.
^Nava! Stop talkivg! Cav[t
?ou see I[u us?!_ said Rahul av-
g?il?, tu?vivg his fae a?a? f?ou
his g?avdpa?evts avd geivg
uo?e evg?ossed iv his ve? phove.
Litle Rahul had vo idea ho? his
ha?sh , so?hivg ?o?ds had
uade a huge devt iv the hea?ts of
his g?avdpa?evts ?ho eaue
?e?? upset seeivg ho? a litle uo-
ile phove av ause thei? e-
lo?ed g?avdsov to eha?e iv suh
a uavve?.
His g?avdpa?evts sat togeth-
e? avd sta?ted thivkivg aout the
hildhood of Rahul[s fathe?, Rohit.
E?e?? suuue?, the? ?ould d?op
Rohit of to his g?avdpa?evts[
house avd he ?ould happil?
spevd iue ?ith theu, listevivg to
sto?ies, talkivg evdlessl? avd
eaivg deliious laddoos ?hih his
g?avduothe? uade, spevdivg the
evi?e da? iv the kithev avd thev
goivg to the ua?ket ?ith his
Nava , ?ho ?ould u? hiu uav?
to?s avd tell hiu ouvtless sto?ies
at ediue! Avd ?hev his ?aa-
iovs evded,Rohit ?ould vag ?e-
levtlessl?, eggivg vot to lea?e his
g?avdpa?evts[ house efo?e ival-
l? lea?ivg ?ith tea?? e?es avd
s?eet ueuo?ies to he?ish ill the
ve?t suuue? ?hev he ?ould
agaiv, happil? ?isit his g?avdpa?-
evts[ house.
Suddevl? Nava[s telephove ?uvg.
It ?as a all f?ou Rohit.
^Hello Papa, I[u af?aid ou?
light got ?esheduled, ?e ?ill e
lea?ivg fo? Delhi tovight ivstead
of touo??o?. Tell Rahul to pak
up his ags, I au ouivg to pik
hiu up ?ithiv av hou? ^said Rohit.
^But eta it eev ovl? a fe? hou?s
sive Rahul aue he?e, he ?as
supposed to sta? he?e fo? a da?,
?h? a?e ?ou all lea?ivg so soov?_
^I[u so??? Papa, ou? light to the
US ?as ?esheduled avd the ou-
pav? ?asv[t ?illivg to ofe? ue
avothe? joivivg date. That[s ?h? I
ha?e to lea?e ? toda? itself, I au
also plavvivg to ev?oll Rahul iv a
shool o?e? the?e, so he also has
to oue alovg ?ith ue as his ad-
uissiovs a?e sheduled fo? the
ve?t uovth. I hope ?ou uvde?-
stavd Papa_
^It[s oka? eta, ?hev ?ill
?ou all oue ak avd ?isit us
agaiv?_
^I dov[t kvo? Papa, the ou-
pav? ?ill p?oal? vot gi?e ue
uav? lea?es fo? the i?st 5 ?ea?s
ut ate? that I[u su?e I ?ould
oue to ?isit ?ou f?e?uevtl? alovg
?ith u? ?ife avd Rahul_
^It[s oka? eta, I ?ish ?ou all
the est fo? ?ou? a?ee? avd fo?
Rahul[s eduaiov too_ said Nava
?ith tea?s slo?l? ?ollivg f?ou
oth of his e?es avd evdivg the
phove all.
Navi, seeivg Nava tea??
e?ed, asked hiu ?hat happeved.
^The?[?e goivg to lea?e tovight
itself Madhu?i, alovg ?ith Rahul.
The? ?ill vot e ouivg ak to
Ivdia fo? the ve?t 5 ?ea?s. The?
a?e also plavvivg to aduit Rahul
to a shool o?e? the?e_ said Nava.
Hea?ivg this, Navi too sta?ted ??-
ivg, he? hea?t uvale to ea? the
fat that he? sov, daughte?-iv-la?
avd he? g?avdsov, Rahul, ?ho had
just aue to thei? house, ?as
lea?ivg fa? a?a? f?ou theu, fo? 5
lovg ?ea?s. Both Nava avd Navi
eaue hea?t?okev avd uvale
to aept the ha?sh ?ealit?. The?
?evt to?a?ds Rahul avd asked
hiu to pak his ags as his pa?-
evts ?ould e he?e av? uouevt
to pik hiu up.
^Oka? Nava-Navi_ said a jo?-
ous Rahul, seeuivgl? e?ited to
uo?e to the US , ?hose pitu?es
he ?egula?l? sa? iv his phove avd
suiled iv e?iteuevt hopivg to
?isit the vuue?ous plaes like Dis-
ve?lavd o?e? the?e.
Rahul paked his ags ?uik-
l?, got d?essed up avd agaiv got
glued to his phove as he ?aited
fo? his pa?evts to pik hiu up
?hile sevdivg good?e uessages
to his f?ievds iv Ne? Delhi.
^Beta, ?ov[t ?ou oue to
ueet us iv the futu?e?_ said a
tea?? e?ed Navi ?ith Nava stavd-
ivg esides, ?ipivg his tea?s ?hih
?e?e sho?ivg vo sigvs of stop-
pivg.
^Yes , I ?ill_ said Rahul, sot-
l?, ?ith his e?es sill glued ov to
his uoile.
Rahul[s fathe? a??i?ed sho?tl?
avd Rahul?uikl? hopped ov ivto
the a?. His g?avdpa?evts ?a?ed
hiu a tea?? e?ed good?e ut
Rahul[s ea?s ?e?e al?ead? su?-
?ouvded ? the souvd of his ea?-
phoves avd e?es glued ovto his
?Z}vX
^Kids these da?s ha?e eoue so
addited to uoile phoves that
the? dov[t ha?e iue to thivk
aout us_ said Navi.
^I guess ?e ha?e failed to update
ou?sel?es iv this uode?v age_ said
a hea?t?okev Nava.
The ?apid g?o?th of tehvol-
og? has uade it e?t?euel? eas? to
sta? iv touh ?ith ou? f?ievds avd
fauil? f?ou all o?e? the ?o?ld ut
iv spite of this, e?evts like these
ha?e eoue ?uite ouuov iv
ou? soiet?. Auovgst the uidst of
all these tehvologial ad?ave-
uevts, ha?e ?e all fo?gotev the
jo?s of ivte?pe?soval ivte?aiov?
Is the pe?soval ovd us huuav
eivgs so lo?ivgl? sha?ed ?ith ou?
f?ievds avd fauil? fo? geve?a-
iovs, eivg slo?l? ?okev due to
ou? e?e? iv?easivg addiiov to
tehvolog?? Let's all gi?e a se?ious
thought to it...
igvits[15
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92. igvits’??
It ?as a ??stallive vight, ?illiavt
?ith sta?s. The ai? ?as f?esh avd
ool. O?e?head the ?esevt uoov
huvg ushe?ivg its pale light...
As A?ia la? peaefull? ov the ed,
uddlivg he? doll lose, he? e?es
soov eaue hea?? avd she fell
fast asleep. Just ate? a fe?
uivutes, a faivt giggle fell ov he?
ea?s. The giggle kept ov ?ivgivg...
loude? avd loude?... avd it felt as if
it aue ?ight f?ou he? o?v ?oou.
She ?as su?e it ouldv[t e Flo?ie,
he? doll. But sill she didv[t uake
the slightest efo?t to opev he?
e?es, fea?ivg that sleep ?hih at-
ed like a ?e?italise? ?ould ?uv fa?
a?a? f?ou he? luthes. She
pressed her e?elids hard avd the
ha?de? she p?essed, the lea?e?
she ould see.
A?ia didv[t othe? to kvo? if
she ?as favtasizivg ut she kve?
she had lavded iteev ?ea?s ak
?hev she ?as just fou? ?ivte?s.
The?e she sa? he?self iv a pivk
vight suit ?ith he? papa eside
he? iklivg he? sides that p?o-
dued those giggles. Ah! What a
lo?el? sight to ehold... she la?
ul? avd pla?ful avd he? papa
eside he? looked so ?ouvg avd
havdsoue. A?ia had a?el? pe?-
ei?ed the seve ?hev u?ste?i-
ousl? the seivg havged avd
took the fo?u of the divivg ?oou
of he? g?avv?[s house. The?e she
ould see he?self siivg eside
he?, us? uakivg pape? oats,
?hile g?avv? st?uggled ha?d to
go?ge a olus of food ivto he?
uouth. The seve e?oked a spov-
taveous suile ov he? fae.
Suse?uevtl? the seve
shited avd she fouvd he?self a
litle olde? avd happ?-go-luk?
auovg he? veigho?hood f?ievds-
Ria, Lisa, R?av avd uav? othe?s,
?aivg do?v the ?-laves ov i?-
les. Ove ate? avothe?, se?e?al
seves of he? hildhood lashed
a?oss avd iv ove she ould see
he?self ?ith he? dad siivg eside
he? ov a hot loudless suuue?
vight, ?athivg the sil?e? uoov,
the lavket of sta?s that laued
out aross the hea?evs! Aria iv-
deed had a st?avgel? eauiful
ovd ?ith he? fathe?. E?e? sive
hildhood, he? papa ?as he? su-
peruav. She kve? iv his preseve
she ould t?? out all odds, fo? he?
papa ?ould al?a?s e
the?e fo? he? ?esue.
With hiu she had the
have to taste the
^pulse of life_, e it all
the fauil? t?ips
the?[?e had o? a lovg
d?i?e ov a ?illiavtl?
suvv? ate?voov...
Yes, A?ia had atuall?
stepped ivto he? past
avd th?ough the ?el-
lo?ed pages of he?
?eueu?ave she ?as ?isualisivg
gliupses of he? hildhood e?pe?i-
eves. The seves follo?ed ove
ate? avothe? avd iv the late?
oves, she ould see he?self as a
uo?e uatu?e gi?l ?ho vo lovge?
?evt to a kivde?ga?tev avd ?as
vo lovge? a sivgle hild. She ?as
the siste? of a vive uovth old
?othe?. As he? pa?evts paid uo?e
ateviov avd a?e to the ve?
oue?, she lea?ved to take a?e of
he?self. He? g?avv? vo? vo lovge?
had to feed he?. Iv o?de? to p?e-
?evt he? f?ou ouuiivg uis-
hief, he? pa?evts sevt he? to a?t
avd dave lasses. She sat ?o-
uavivg ?ith the paivt ?ushes,
olou?s, avd the av?as fo? hou?s
ut ov the ovt?a??, dave lass
?as suh a o?e!
Soov the loo? shited,
seivgs havged avd she kve?
she ?as ad?avivg iv age avd so
?as Vi?aav, he? ?othe?. The su-
WHISPERS OF LIFE...
Mavdo?i Borthakur
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd Couuuvia-
iov Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

93. Prahakar Sarua Neog
Assistavt Professor
Couputer Sieve avd Evgiveerivg

94. Partha Duta
Pravjal Sev
Ahivavdav Mazuuder

95. se?uevt seves po?t?a?ed av epi-
sode of lood avd thuvde?- ?ua?-
?el seves ?ith Vi?aav avd he?self
eivg pevalised fo? eivg the old-
e?. G?avdua avd G?avdpa al?a?s
safe gua?ded he? ut he? Mou
avd Papa stood ? Vi?aav. But sill
she kve? it ?as all theat?ial avd
all of theu lo?ed oth of theu
e?uall? avd uost iupo?tavtl?
oth of theu had a ?ate?fall of
afeiov fo? eah othe?.
E?plo?ivg he? past iv he?
d?eau, she ?ealised she had e-
oue a teevage?. It ?as a uagial
e?pe?ieve fo? he? to e?plo?e ve?
?ovde?s avd uvtavgle the u?ste?-
ies avd ?eah out to the sho?es
?he?e desivies ?ossed avd
hea?ts ivte?uivgled. While iv he?
d?eau, she uvde?stood that the
gi?lish spi?it ivside he? ?as geivg
st?ovge? to fae the fe?oious
gales iv the evsuivg ?ea?s. As a
?ouvg gi?l, A?ia lo?ed to ?ath he?
uou. She ?as evhavted ? he?
poise, eaut?, elegave, ouvd-
less ?italit? avd uost iupo?tavtl?
he? shivivg e?es! She aspi?ed to
e like he? avd se?etl? ?ovde?ed
if she ?ould e as luk? as he?
uou to get a p?ive just as p?o-
tei?e avd dashivg like he? papa.
But life ?as vo? havged fo?e?e?.
A da?ke? avd silevt spi?it glooued
he? f?ee spi?ited e?e? ?iuuivg
self. Tests, a?ee?, auiiov, ev-
t?aves, studies... ?e?e pe?haps
the ovl? ?o?ds iv A?ia[s ?oau-
la??.
Gove ?e?e those da?s ?hev
she as a hild ?ould sit ?ith he?
uou ?athivg the ?aiv d?ops- as
ig as pea?ls, o? the pivkish ?ash
of the seivg suv o? ight ?ith
Vi?aav. Vi?aav vo? otev asks he?
-^Wh? ha?e ?ou g?o?v up? Wh?
dov[t ?ou pla? ?ith ue? Do ?ou
vo lovge? lo?e ue?_ She ?ould
luth hiu ight, holdivg hiu i?u,
half ??ivg, half laughivg. E?ev he?
teevage lo?e afai? got s?ept ivto
a fo?gotev o?ve? of he? uivd. O?
ua?e it sill e?ists, soue?he?e iv
the old da?k depths. She ?ould
vo? vo lovge? ?alk alove iv he?
te??ae o? look up to the lovel?
sta?s to seek avs?e?s fo? he? uv-
setlivg ?uesiovs. Life had ou-
pliated itself so uuh as she
g?e? up. She had eoue so iu-
ue?sed iv the past avd the futu?e
that she failed to realise that a
^toda?_ ?as slippivg ?. She
?ished that soueda? he? ui??o?
?ill vot e a shate?ed glass...
soueda? he? pillo? ?ill vot e
?et... soueda? she ?ould ?ide
ha?iots of uoovlight avd ?oss
kivgdous of gold... soueda?...
Ove da? this ?h?thu of life
?as ?okev- suddevl?, ut fo? a
s?eete? ause! Movths of ha?d
laou? avd all of A?ia[s sa?iies
illed he? ?ith the pe?fet liss!
But she didv[t ?avt to lea?e houe
- he? ha?ev of peae. But she
kve? that ^vo ?oad ?as fo?e?e?_
avd all the glite? avd glauou?
that she had al?a?s ?avted, la?
a?oss the sho?e. She fell uvde?
the spell of av uveas? uagi. But
to ?eah that th?eshold ?as the
uost uagial d?eau she had e?e?
?athed avd so she ?as dete?-
uived to ua?h ahead....

vits.a.iv ??
igvits’??
…………...
Prakash Sivgh
Class of ????, Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
Ok, thev ha?e ?ou oupleted ?ou? Matheuais
assigvuevt??
?Uuuuuu.......vooooo..... I dov?t like the su-
jet at all ^?eplied hesitaivg Rid?ik ?ho ?as ad-
uited iv a ?ell ?eputed uvi?e?sit? ate? so?ivg dis-
ivtl? iv his Highe? seovda?? sujets ivludivg
Matheuais.
He?e ove ua? thivk he uight e just e?usivg iv
o?de? to get esaped f?ou the ?esulivg huuiliaiov
he ?ould ha?e sufe?ed f?ou.
Though it is litle ovt?adiivg let us assuue
that Rid?ik ?as hovest at his jo so uuh that he
didv't da?e to op? the assigvuevt just eause he

96. igvits’??
?as vot 'NOT INTERESTED'.
But ?hat the hell this
'ivte?est' is avd ?h? Rid?ik laked
it avd disliked the sujet ?hih
?as ?e?? dea?e? to hiu so uuh
that he otev pla?ed ?ith it iv his
leisu?e?
Well the?e ua? e dife?evt
?easovs fo? ha?ivg o? lakivg lo?e
avd ivte?est fo? av? ojet o? su-
jet of stud?. It ua? depevd ov
ove's hoies, past e?pe?ieve o?
futu?e auiiovs. Ove uight ha?e
lo?ed the sujet iv its goldev da?s
ut failed to so?e ?ell ov 'the
judguevt da?' ?hev he o? she
should ha?e e?t?ated the uost
out of it. So ea?ivg the situaiov
as that of a hea?t?okev lo?e? the
?iiu sta?ts feelivg heated as his
elo?ed ~the sujet has et?a?ed
hiu iv the iue of veed. Covse-
?uevtl?, the lo?e avd ivte?est fo?
the sujet gets ?ashed a?a?. So it
ua? e?ev go pe?soval.
Though this is av estalished
fat that fo? a p?ofessioval ou?se
stud?ivg the sujet takivg ivte?est
is vot of uuh iupo?tave. Mav?
sho? thei? ivte?est that uuh ovl?
so that the? av so?e fai? iv it.
The reuaivivg lo?e avd ivterest
ua? e lost iv the ?astvess of the
sujet o? ?oadvess of the u??i-
uluu ut uav? a iues '?iius'
theusel?es ua? vot seeu to e
ivte?ested to sho? the
'ivte?est' fo? the sujet.
The ?a? of th?o?ivg the
kvo?ledge ? the e?pe?ts, ueav-
?hile ?espovses gi?ev ? theu avd
illust?aiovs p?esevted uate?s a
lot sive the? av oupel the lis-
teve?s to thivk avd ?aise ?ue?ies iv
thei? uivd avd the so alled
??iius? to re?ivd their pasiues
ueuo?ies ?ith the sujet ?hih
ua? e follo?ed ? the ?e?i?al of
lo?e avd ivte?est et?eev
the t?o.
Waiivg.....
Waiivg fo? a us
Distu?ed ? the ?evdo?s.
Whe?e a?e the eauiful gi?ls?
P?oal? takev the light
Who t?a?els da? avd vight.

The?e is a fauil?
Ha?ivg a ueal,
The? seeu fai?.
A st?avge ?ouev ? u? side
Sta?ivg at u? lovg hai?.

The st?avge us stavd a?oua
avd the dirt? roads
Sill I t?a?el ? us
Avd the ?ivdo? seat
Is ?hat I ?ill laiu.
Atul Sethia
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd Couuuvia-
iov Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

97. igvits’??
DESTINY
Heuavt K?. Jha
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd Ivst?uuevta-
iov Evgivee?ivg
D?eauivg vo? avd d?eauivg thev,
Without a pape? o? a pev,
To get to sho?,ho? uuh I kvo?,
Avd thev ?eueue?,the ?akivg d?eaus,
Ha?e to fulill,ut ha?d as though.

All e?petaiovs vea?,ivfat e?e???he?e ,
Tiklivg the ?aiv,uakivg it tea?,
With hopes a?ouvd ut vo sopes fouvd,
Askivg ou?sel?es ?hat ?e av?
Rushivg hopelessl? ?ith vothivg iv havd.

Whev full iv da?kvess the light oues,
Alovg ?ith it a ?oad ?uvs,
F?ou sadvess to fo?tuve, despai? to hope,
B?ivgs us ak to the ?eal life,
At the pe?fet plae ?he?e ?e suit the est. —Desiv?
C
lueless i sit,sta??ivg at the oa?d,
The uav is t??ivg so ha?d ut fo? ue he is ?a? too old.
Auovg a uvh of aspi?ivg idiots,i ivd u?self at a?,
Au i govva ?aste u? life o? is the?e av? othe? ?a??
This pev isv[t ueavt fo? fo?e, t?uss o? f?iiov,
Boll??ood avd Filus a?e the thivgs ?he?e i ha?e av
addiiov.
This is vot a fai?? tale avd i au vot a iioval ha?ate?,
M? d?eau is like a ilu, ?ou ?ill ivd it at ?ou? vea??
theat?e.
—D?eaus
DREAMS
Mahesh Yada?
Class of ????, Elet?ov-
is avd Couuuviaiov
Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?5

98. igvits’??
F?ust?aiov
Deepavka? Malaka?
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd
ouuuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
Wh? gi?e up?
Eah ?eathe u?vs ue uo?e,
?ishes for the raiv to pour..
Avythivg, li?uid you see is s?eatJ
Wate? ivds its use ovl? to keep ?ou? th?oat ?et.
The fav seeus deh?d?ated,
Gluov-d avd o?s is ?hat it veeded!
the ?eathe? avd this life seeu saue,
e?e??thivg old avd just so laue.
The jou?ve? seeus to e uvevdivg
gu?s! Whev is this lood? suv seivg!!?
Suv does set, ut happivess sill iv ?ait
its heat hasv?t leL yet
despe?aiov, f?ust?aiov avd e?apo?aiov.
Life ivds it ha?d to e iv uoiov!!
Thev, ?hev ?e sta?t gi?ivg it up all..
Suddevl? god's lessivgs fall..
D?essed iv?isile ut eauiful,
souethivg aue avd uade life feel so ool.
Davivg all its ?a? it le?,
f?ou ue u? death fa? it le?.
—F?ust?aiov
Waiivg for it for se?eral years,
The da? that aue ov the t?evt? se?evth
B?ought the da?kest light to u? life.
Me goivg deepe? avd deepe?
Could vot ?eathe out;
The sa?s ov u? uivd.
Fl?ivg hithe? avd thithe?,
Wevt do?v the ?ell of sadvess avd g?ief.
The sta?s vea? ue
Fle? highe? avd sha?pe?;
Thei? glo? u?vt ue do?v to dust.
I lauevted to God fo? takivg u? life a?a?;
Avd God aue iv d?eau speif?ivg a iue,
Waiivg fo? it I felt the ZBalu[ that uelted
ue,
Iv u? hea?t;
It uu?uu?ed ^Eupe?o?s dov[t die_.
Thev He aue ?ithiv ue,
Took ue ov His ak,
Avd aLer se?eral years frou thevV
I uvde?stood that;
^I Au Ali?e_......—I au Ali?e
^I AM ALIVE_
KUMAR PIJUSH KATAKY
Class of ????, Mehavial
Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ??

99. igvits’??
I uet hiu
Neelakshi Chakraort?
RPC NIT Silha?
I uet hiu ?he?e the side?alk evds.
I uet hiu vot kvo?ivg ?hat[s ve?t;
We stood the?e, sa? the sk? tu?v lead,
We stood the?e, ?uiet, sill.
Avd ou? uusles suiled.

He lo?ed ue ?ith his hildhood[s faith.
He lo?ed the pilg?iu soul iv ue.
He lo?ed ue like the skiv ov u? ove
Avd he lo?ed the so??o?s too, iv u? g?o?ivg e?es.

His light fell ovto ue, ivto ue.
I athed iv that.
He o?e?ed ue ?hev the lak suoke le?.
He held ue i?u ?hev thik ?o?d d?e?.

He lo?ed ue like the ?o?v ?ose.
Breathivg seretl?, safe.
He uade lo?e, iv?isile, sa?ed…
Whev ou? e?es avd faes uet,
We ?e?e uelivg.

I[?e eev li?ivg ?ith a luup iv u? th?oat-
Sive the da? he died,
I a??? sa?s vo?, a lot of sa?s.

His ashes lo? a?a? f?ou ue, fa?the? uo?e;
I ?uv to get theu togethe?,
I ruv to?ards hiu agaiv,
This iue ?hat ?euaivs ehivd ue
Is a litle loud of dust. —I uet hiu
M? Livdsa? Lohav Kiss.
Madhurjya Nath
Class of ????, Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
^We uet, ut ove, as though ? have
We didv[t date, o? did ?e dave
We looked ivto eah othe?[s e?es ?ithout deepiov
o? disguise.
A silevt uessage passed et?eev
u? huvg?? hea?t ?as pu?el? seev.
I had desi?e, I ouldv[t hide.
You looked at ue avd sa? ivside
Ho? ould a glave ha?e said so uuh
Avd ause a hill ?ithout a touh?
What ?as that heuist?? that vight,
that p?ouised ?hat ?e felt ?as ?ight?
What saisfaiov ?e[d ha?e uissed
Had ?e vot ?eahed out avd kissed.
I uust ha?e kvo?v ?ou f?ou efo?e,
ho? else ould I ha?e ?eahed ?ou? o?e?
With ?hat I felt euoiovs ?ast,
I uust ha?e lo?ed ?ou iv the past._

Whev u? head ?as do?v, u? ?othe? kiked f?ou
ehivd
With a lo? to the ?ea?, I ?ake up to ivd-
the?e[s so?t of ?hite uist iv f?ovt of u? e?e.
Avd u? tovgue[s gove ?ue?? avd u? uouth ?as so
d??!
—M? Livdsa? Lohav Kiss
Tiue: ?
th
stavda?d.
...Soueiues ?ou fall iv lo?e ?ith soueove so uuh
that ?ou evd up dreauivg aout her. Happeved to
ue ?athivg Livdsa? iv Meav Girls. I lo?e ?ou!

vits.a.iv ?7

100. igvits’??
N?tophili Ret?eat
M?igavka Nath
Class of ????,
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
Th?ough ?ou, I ?ea?v fo? the ?a?s
But ?ou[?e o?e? avd a?ouvd ue,
Refusivg to pa?t ?a?s.
Avd iv ?ou? oupav?, I see vot ?hat[s ahead
Avd I a?e vot ?hat ?evt ?.
Well, I[u th?ust th?ough ?ou, dead.
But I[u ?eathivg ?ou iv death.
But O dea? death, ?ill ?ou ?eathe ue iv?
No? Fai? evough, I[ll li?e u? death.

—N?tophili Ret?eat
The _INNOCENCE_ g?aed ? the_REALITY_…
Ayushi Kal?ar
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd
Couuuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
^What happeved hild?_ the isheruev asked, _Wh? do
?ou shed these tears_?
She dried her e?es ?ith her sot loose ist avd told theu
of her fears.

The? said, ^?e’ll ivd hiu dov’t r?..._Avd fueled her
hopes to e
There ferries sailed the ?ater deep searhivg a stra? iv
sea.

She ?athed theu slip e?ovd the horizov e?ovd the
?orld she kept
Meuories aue, loodivg her e?es of vight her father
let.

The storu had raged for t?o full da?s …vothivg ?as let
to eat
There hut soueho? held out the raiv that seeped iv
ovstavt d?ips.

Huvgr?, old shi?erivg all o?er…. Huddled iv rugs she
slept
Her father la? esides ivtovivg Agov? avd huvger kept.

He had uade her eat to the ?er? last uorsel of the litle
let fo? theu
Avd had gove of to a huvgr? sleep to paiv avd old
ovdeuved.

She kve? his paiv avd it stuvg her deep; She ouldv’t
just let hiu e
She sraped all ?essels of graivs of food ut ouldv’t
uake evough to eat.

She slipped outside the door iv raiv avd pluked fe?
lades of g?ass…...
Drevhed all o?er she shook her father ^You veed to eat..?_
She asked.

Her father looked it up spellouvd as tears ?elled up his e?es
He put hiu to his hest, as soul ehoed ?ith sos avd sighs.

He took his oars got up avd said, ^I uust go out to sea_.
^I’ll get for us the iggest ish Avd ?ill feast just ?ou avd
ue!_

^I’ll oue ?ith ?ou ^she said ut , he kissed her heek avd
said,
^I lo?e ?ou uore thav av?thivg, ?ou ?ait for ue ivstead_.

Sa?ivg so he let the hut to ra?e the ra?ivg sea.
That ?as the last she sa? of hiu Last gliupse e?er to e…

No? as she sat alove iv the shore ?ith ueuories of her fa-
ther
She sa? isheruev’s oat oue ak frou distaves of ?a-
ter.

Av?ious, afraid ?ith pouvdivg heart she stood for theu to
oue,
She rav the eah to ?ath her father et?eev the sea avd
suv……….

vits.a.iv ??

101. But thivgs ?ere vot pleasavt as ?et …The isheruev aue alove
The? said the? ouldv’t ivd her father avd headed ak to houe.

But ove of theu held ak arouvd avd ?ipivg her tears said,
^God kvo?s all, ?ou arev’t alove I’ll are for ?ou ivstead_.

The voov suv diuivished avd illed the sk? ?ith ?iravt hues of e?e,
She turved to hea?evs avd pra?ed to God soueove she sill elie?ed…

She looked at sea ove last iue as the Suv savk ?ith her ovd
Just thev she spoted a suall lak dot ouivg frou e?ovd

She juuped ?ith jo? for shore avd rav ivto the sea,
She ?aited as the oat gre? loser …She ?aited suilivgl?.

She rav to it all uad iv uirth …She s?au of ?a?es ahead,
But all jo? ?avished ?hev she sa? her father her father l?ivg dead.

He didv’t reathe, he didv’t speak, Huvger avd old took hiu.
A suall ish s?au ivside the oat vo? aluost illed ?ith riu.

Her teardrops fell upov her father’s fae ut he ?asv’t ouivg ak
Her tear slid do?v his fae all lifeless His fae all shaded lak.

His last ?ords ?ere to ?ait for hiu …She ?aited all the iue
He lo?ed the sea avd the sea had takev her father avd her suile.

She pushed the oat ak to the deep avd the ish ?ee ought to e
Uvkvo?v to life avd death soueho? that suall girl suiled at sea…

—The ”INNOCENCE” grabbed by the”REALITY”…
igvits’??
O Mothe?,O Avgeli Light...
Suprakash Das
Class of ????,
Coupute? Sieve avd Evgivee?ivg
O Mothe?,O Avgeli Light,
Evlightev us ?ith ?ou? u?vivg laue,
Guidev ou? stolev spi?its,
So that ?e ua? ahie?e the goal of life's gaue...
O Mothe?,O Di?ive Light,
Di?et ou? deleted ?ills,
Kivdle ou? do?uavt skills,
So that ?e ua? he?ish ou? lost d?eaus......
O Mothe?,O F?ag?avt Soul,
Igvite ou? ledgivg laues,
Evgulf ou? tu?uoil uivds,
So that ?e ua? o?e?oue all e?il ies..
O Mothe?,O Soothivg soul,
Coufo?t us uvde? ?ou? avop? of lo?ivg shade,
Sa?e a?a? all ou? f?ail fea?s,
So that ?e hold ou? head tall avd high....
O Mothe?,O Avgeli Light,
Evlightev us ?ith ?ou? u?vivg laue,
Guidev ou? stolev spi?its,
So that ?e ua? ahie?e the goal of life's
gaue.....
—O Mothe?,O Avgeli Light...
vits.a.iv ??

102. igvits’??
A poeu ov ullies avd people ?ho stood up to theu
Priyavgshu Gogoi
Class of ????, Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
With so uav? thivgs iv uivd
Avd a ovidavte ha?d to ivd
He ?ould s?eau out fo? ateviov
He is assuued to e ?az?
Lookivg fo? soue lo?e, ua?e?
O? pe?haps a s?eet ovsolaiov
Lo? ov ovideve
Avd speakivg stuf that uakes vo sevse.
Self aduitedl? goivg ov a path of ovteuplaiov.
He ?ould look fo? soueove to lo?e
Soueod? kvo?v evough
Lookivg fo? souethivg that av lead to his ?esu??e-
?}vX
B?okev hea?ted, he stood
He did all thivgs he ould
Lovged fo? his ete?val saisfaiov
I au u? o?v uaste?, he said
B? vo ueavs I'u dead
Let the ?o?d judge
Not ove to take a g?udge
Lookivg deep iv the ullies e?e
With a ?oie ala?uivg high
He stood up fo? hiuself
Iv ?ou? ?o?ld, I uight e av elf
But iv u? ?o?ld, I'u the est.
Avd it doesv't uate? ?ho a?e the ?est
I av e a litle dife?evt
Yet, I dov't uake it appa?evt.
His ?oie shate?ivg the ?alls
I dov't veed ?ou? aeptave, ?az?
I shall s?ipt u? o?v lega?.
—Priyuvkush Gogoi
THE GIRL IN PINK
BORNOJIT DEB
Class of ????, Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
SOMETIMES I THINK , I CAN RESIST MYSELF
TO ALL EVILS, ALL RUSH AND
TO MOVE INTO A PLEASANT HOUR OF GOOD-
NESS
TO RUN TO THE BOX OF HAPPINESS
TO MAKE THE FAIRY TALE TO REAL ONE
^TOWARDS THE TYPICAL NERD WHICH WAS
MY FIRST REMARK
THOSE GLASSES NEVER NEGATE
5[7_ TALL, WHITE COMPLEXION
THE PRETTY SMILE BESIDE THE LATHE
~MACHINE WAS ITS CONFIRMATION…
I dov[t kvo? so uuh uo?e aout he?,

At?aiov is ?hat I so uuh feel fo? that gi?l.

I WANT TO STAND BY HER SIDE ALL DAY
BUT I DON[T KNOW HOW TO REALLY SAY,,
EVERY NIGHT AS I LAY ON MY BED,,
THE GIRL IN PINK FILLS MY HEAD…
I KNOW IT[S TOUGH OR IMPOSSIBLE KIND OF
THING,,
BUT LOOKING AT HER I FEEL SOMETHING
SOMETHING…
EVEN THOUGH IF IT TAKES A THOUSAND
YEAR,,
REACHING YOU, FOR ME WOULD STILL BE
NEAR………………………………….._
—THE GIRL IN PINK
vits.a.iv ??

103. igvits’??
Wishes
THIRTEEN YELLOW ROSE WITH RED TIPS
Covivuivg ?ith u? last ?o?ds
Covsolivg u?self ?ith uvh of thi?teev ?ello? ?ed ip ?ose
Washed f?ou the ?ed ove ?ithout av? ause..
The t?ae of ?ed iv ?ello? sho?s u? uv?illivgvess
As I ?eall? ?avted to ovfess..
Though I kvo? this ?ill e ?e?? fe?
As I see ?ou, the odo?less suell iv pivk let ue thivk of ?ou..
You a?e like that ou?uet of lo?e?s
Spreadivg suell all arouvd like sho?er..
You a?e like that se?et ga?dev
That lets ue to e u?self..
I ?avt to sa? ,I a?e aout ?ou
But I ha?e the fear of loosivg you..
I ?avt to sa? ,I'll ve?e? lea?e ?ou
But thev I ?ovde? do I hold ?ou …?..
I se?etl? ?avt ?ou avd I se?etl? desi?e ?ou
Ho? far I thivk of you
That ?ou ha?e vo lue..
It's a se?et &I ?avt ?ou to e happ?,
I ovl? ?ish it ould e ?ith ue..
Well that's all that u? hea?t has got to sa?
But I ?ill vot stop lo?ivg ?ou iv av? ?a?………….
—Bo?vojit De
The seat iv the t?aiv ?as ig to aouuodate
ue...
But ua?e his hea?t ?asv't.
The ?ate? otle he had ?as fo? ovl? ove thi?st?
The food he ?ought ?as fo? ovl? ove huvg??…
The ?o?ds he spoke ?asv't fo? the hol?...
Huuavit? didv[t disg?ae hiu.
Shaue didv[t o?e? hiu…
No? did life puvish hiu...
The staiov he got do?v ?as the ove I did...
Avd it ?as ?hev i had all u? avs?e?s to u?
?h???
He ?as ov soue pilg?iuage iv sea?h of the hea?-
evl?...
Whe?e he o?e?looked the huvg?? avdthi?st? li?ivg
to feed the dead stoves ?ith est of uilk avd
ghee…
—?ishes
Deepavka? Malaka?
Class of ????, Elet?ovis avd
Couuuviaiov Evgivee?ivg
vits.a.iv ?1

104. igvits’??

The Si? Silevt Tea?s :
Ahishek Raj
Class of ????,
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
Last vight efo?e I ?evt to ed,
You? thoughts illed u? head .
Though I ha?e vot ?ied fo? ?ea?s,
Ovto u? pillo? fell si? silevt tea?s.

The i?st ?as fo? ?ou? suile that I uiss,
Avd ?ou? tevde? lips I lovg to kiss.
The seovd ?as fo? ?ou? avgel fae,
Avd thoughts of your lo?ivg eurae.

The thi?d aue as vo su?p?ise,
As I thought of ?ou? eauiful e?es.
The fou?th ?hev aue ?ollivg do?v,
I iuagived u iv ?eddivg go?v.

The ith aue fo? ove ?easov alove,
I felt u? lo?e fo? ?ou ?asv't full? sho?v.
I ?eall? lo?e avd uiss ?ou u? dea?,
Avd the?e just fell the si?th silevt tea?.

—Raj
Me avd u? hildhood f?ievds,
A p?ouise, this lo?e ve?e? evds.

Both g?o?ivg ?ith the elapsivg iue
Ou? dife?eves did g?e? –
Avd g?o?ivg iv the hea?t ?as the ego!

Fo? the ?ead that seeued the saue,
Is vo? di?ided avd lo?d ?hou to laue?
The lo?e ?e sha?ed ?evt past,
I lost u? pal at last.

Mav? ?ea?s heve, ove da? so ive
I fouvd the saue old f?ievd of uive
T?o Li?es that ove seeued uvited
Self passiov toda? ha?e had theu ifu?ated
Neithe? lo?e vo? hat?ed ve?, g?e? appa?evt,
No? teavs did ?oll iv the past lauevt.

The pape? eats ?e pal?ed ?e sill ?eueue?;
The hildhood lo?e ?e sha?ed ?e sill ?eueue?;
But ove[s p?ide the ulp?it uade the f?ievdship haupe?.
Diupi Ba?uah
Class of ????,
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
THE FRIEND
vits.a.iv ??

105. igvits[??
At Last

A sho?t poeu ate? a lovg iue. Ove of the ediue dog-
ge?el ?ou s?ile as ?ou t?? to sleep.

You said that it ?as desiv?,
Fo? hea?ts avd souls to ueet,
Avd ?hih ove shall the uo?tal t?ead,
Its paths that hoose, vot feet.
Avd desiv? it is, alas,
Fo? us to pa?t toda?,
The path I lovg to t?ead has vo?,
Refused to pe?uit ?a?.
At loss of ?o?ds I ?as ?hev it
Uvited ue avd ?ou,
Avd vo? it lea?es ue g?ippivg fo?,
Ho? shall I id adieu!

Shall this e like a seasov-havge,
With ivdife?eve uvkeev,
Eah litle d?it that takes afa?,
Igvo?e it like ?ouive,
Till suuue? lue of e?e has tu?ved,
A f?ozev, loud? sheev,
No voie shall eholde? take,
It all e just ?ouive.
Will it e like a death, a loss,
Of soueove fovdl? seev,
C?ies of feth hiu ak! though the?
Well kvo?, f?ou ?he?e he's eev,
The?e is vo ouivg ak agaiv,
So ?hat lies iv lauevts?
Evjoivivg pape? dafodils,
To sp?ivg a thousavd sevts!

Euoiovs a?e a ashful lot,
The? take the ?eil of speeh,
Thei? supple, lissoue fo?u ?euaivs,
Fore?er out of reahJ
Avd poets a?e the lehe?ous folk,
Iv lust the? ga?k avd sta?e,
Mo?e gited uo?es, a step ahead,
The? t?? to st?ip he? a?e!
Fo? soue ua? all it ?ass, avd ?et,
Tis ive ua? othe?s oast,
Just ?o?ds that uake vo sevse a?e just,
The ?o?ds that ueav the uost.

—Anurag Ananad




Phoves a?e o?dless
Ca?s a?e ke?less
Couuuviaiov is ?i?eless
Cookivg is i?eless
Ou? food is fatless
Ou? s?eets a?e suga?less
Ou? aitude is a?eless ou? a?guuevts a?e ae-
less
Ou? ?elaiovships a?e ueavivgless poliis soue-
iue eoues shaueless
Eduaiov is soueiues ?alueless ?outh is jo-
less
Ou? veeds a?e evdless sala?ies a?e less avd less
Life eoues hopeless avd ?e ouplaiv that
oh!!! look the soiet? is godless'''
avd poivivg this vo? I eoue speehless.

—Avkit Sai
vits.a.iv ??

106. igvits[??
दहंदी अनुभाग
म/री कॉम
^म/री कॉम_ एक स्य कथा हं, यह कहानी हं पांच बार बॉक्संग
च0क्पयन रही म0री कॉम की, ज* कक मणिपुर मं रहने वाली
साधारि सी लड़की थी, ?जसने जीवन मं कई संघषं क* पार
कर दुननयाँ मं अपनी एक अलमट पहचान बनाई | कजन
पररक्थनतयं मं म0री कॉम ने इस बुलंददयं क* पाया उन
पररक्थनतयं मं एक साधारि लड़की पढ़ ललख तक नहीं पाती|
म0री एक ऐस/ इलाक/ से हं जहाँ लड़ककयं की अपनी खुद की कही
जाने वाली क*ई कज्दगी नहीं | ऐसी मुकककल पररक्थनतयं मं
भी म0री ने अपना सपना पूरा ककया और अपन/ साथ, द/श का
नाम भी बढ़ाया | साधारि लड़ककयं की तरह म0री के भी सपन/
थ/ पर ह्ारे द/श मं लड़ककयं के ललए खुला आसमां नहीं हं | म0री एक बॉ्सर बनना चाहती थी पर उसक/ अ्पा इसक/
णखलाि थ/ ल/ककन माँ के सप*टट से म0री अपन/ इस सपन/ क* पूरा करती हं |
कि्म मं म/री कॉम का ककरदार रियंका च*पड़ा ने ननभाया ?जसे कािी पसंद ककया गया | रियंका ने भी इस
ककरदार के ललए बहुत ्ेहनत की और कि्म मं उनकी यह ्ेहनत ददखाई द/ रही हं | रियंका लू्स मं त* म0री कॉम नहीं हं
पर उ्हंन/ अपन/ आपक* क* एक बॉ्सर बनान/ मं क*ई कसर नहीं छ*ड़ी | बाहरी शरीर के साथ इस ककरदार के ललए
अ्दर से एक आ्म रवकवास क* जगाना भी बहुत ज?री था | पर रियंका ने एक िशसनीय काम ककया हं | एक ररयल
हीर* की लाइि क* ननभाना आसान नहीं ल/ककन रियंका के ज्ब/ क* द/ख कर कह सकते हं कक नामुमककन भी नहीं | अब
तक कि्म क* ? ्टार लमल चुके हं |
कि्म ओमंग कुमार ने बनाई | उ्हंन/ अपनी पूरी ्ेहनत से कि्म क* बनाया | असल कज्दगी पर बनी कि्म*
मं कािी बंददश/ ह*ती हं| इम*श्स क* दशटक* तक पहुँचाना और एक सही ददशा मं उनका पहुंचना बहुत ज?री हं | कि्म
क* ना ररयाललटी से दूर ककया जा सकता हं और ना हर बात क* ददखाया जा सकता हं | सभी चीजं क* ्यान मं रखकर
बनी यह कि्म दशटक* क* बहुत पसंद आई हं|
रियंका च*पड़ा के आउट ्टंडडंग परिॉरमंस के बाद बात आती हं दशटन कुमार की, कज्हंन/ म0री के पनत का र*ल
ककया इनका काम भी बहुत पसंद ककया गया |क*च का ककरदार सुनील थापा ने ननभाया, इ्ह*न/ ने भी अपन/ ककरदार के
साथ ्याय ककया | म0री की माँ का ककरदार रजनी बासुमटराई ने ननभाया | कजस तरह का यह चररर था रजनी ने इस/
अपनी ्ेहनत से सिल बनाया और अ्पा की भूलमका रॉबबन दास ननभाई ?जसे कि्म का रवल/न कह सकते हं |
कि्म के कई दह्स/ मणिपुर मं ही कि्माय गए हं ?जसे द/ख दशटक कािी खुश हं उतर- पूवट के ृकय भाव रवभ*र हं|

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107. igvits[??
म+त
म+त भी हसीन ह*ती ह0
ये दुननया ब/वजह र*ती ह0
पहली बार ?ह का अहसास ह*ता ह0
साँस धीमी और धीमी ह*ती जाती ह0
आँखं स/ डर का अँध/रा गायब ह* जाता ह0
सामन/ त* बस कजंदगी की त्वीरं ह*ती ह0
लहू धीर/-धीर/ पानी ह*ता ह0
धड़कनं भी कब तक साथ ह*ती ह0
्+त से ह# त* व* शा2?त भ्लत" ह0
कजसकी हमं कजंदगी मं तलाश ह*ती ह0
म+त भी हसीन ह*ती ह0
य/ दुननया ब/वजह र*ती ह0।


राहुल श्ाा
एनआईटी लसलचर
..............
कज्म बदल/, ?ह बदली, साँस/ अब तक बदल न पाई
?प बदला, रंगार बदला, बात/ अब तक बदल न पाई
बरस* स/ ्यासी बाहं म/, अरसं स/ भरी आहं म/
गीत बदला, मीत बदला, रात/ अब तक बदल न पाई
तुम गई संग सपनं क/ महल, म0 वही करता इंतजार रहा
याद/ रह गई, वाद/ रह गए, संग म/रा ्यार रहा
नई मंकजल क* तुम ननकल गए, म/री मंकजल वही रही
तु्हं द/खता रहा बरबस, खाली महकिल वही रही
चीख/ म/री दब कर रह गई ननपट अक/ ल/पन क/ श*र म/
डाललयं स/ िुल ज0स/ गगरन/ लग/ ह* भ*र म/
अकक बन/ पहचान म/री, नाम त/रा इंकार रहा
याद/ रह गई, वाद/ रह गए, संग म/रा ्यार रहा
याद तु्हारी ददल म/ ललए जान/ कब पागल ह* ब0ठ/
रवरहा की अकनन म/ तप कर और भी शीतल ह* ब0ठ/
आस लगाए ब0ठा य+वन च्दन पावन ह* गया
नीर नयन* स/ ऐस/ छलक/ म+सम सावन ह* गया
सुन न पाई तुम गीत म/र/ या म्धम म/रा पुकार रहा
याद/ रह गई, वाद/ रह गए, संग म/रा ्यार रहा

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108. igvits’??
बंद कमरा
बंद कमरा, हाँ, कमरा आजकल बंद ही रहता ह0. मंन/ उस/ बंद कर ददया ह0, उसकी मायूसी क* दूर करन/ क/
ललए. मं स*चता हूँ, इस कमर/ न/, न जान/ ककतनी पीदढ़यां द/खी हंगी. जब मं पहली
बार इस कमर/ स/ लमला था, तब भी इसक/ चहर/ प/ मु्कान न थी. शायद इसन/
गुजरत/ व्त मं, कुछ बहुत ही भयानक द/खा ह0.

एक 16ft का कमरा, इक णखड़की और एक दरवाजा. द*नं क* ज*ड़ती इक र्सी
और र्सी प/ कुछ म0ल/-कुचल/ कपड़/, ज* महीनं स/ पड़/ हं. ज* न ध*बी क* ददए, न
खुद ही ध*य/. छत और िशट सि/ द , ऐसा लगता था की बनान/ वाल/ न/ जान बुझ
कर सि/ द संगमरमर लगाई ह*, शायद उस/ लगता था कक संगमरमर की चमक स/
कमर/ की मायूलसयत कम ह*. पर उस/ ्या पता था, उसका ददया छत क* सि/ द
रंग भी कमर/ क/ ललए किन का काम कर सकता ह0. कमर/ मं एक म/ज और एक
पलंग कहीं ककसी क*न/ मं पड़/ रहत/ हं. म/ज पर रहती हं म/री ककताबं. एक क*न/ मं
बनी अलमारी कजसमं रखन/ क* कुछ नहीं, लगभग खाली ही पड़ी रहती ह0. ककताबं
त* कुछ म/ज पर त* कुछ म/र/ साथ पलंग पर रहतीं हं. मं अ्सर कजन ककताबं
क* पढता हूँ, उ्हं बब्तर पर ही छ*ड़ द/ता हूँ. व* ह्तं तक म/र/ साथ स*ती और
उठती रहतीं हं.

कमर/ की छत और िशट क/ बबच संपकट करती नीली दीवारं. दीवार मं एक णखड़की. जब मं पहली बार इस
कमर/ मं आया था तब णखड़ककयाँ जाम थीं. मान* बषं स/ ककसी न/ इनक* ख*ला न ह*. णखड़की स/ न धुप आती
ह0 और न ही हवाएं. ददखाई भी द/ती हं इन णखड़ककयं स/ त* लसिट ह*्टलं क* अलग करती दीवारं. दीवारं, ज*
ताज़ी हवाओं क* बाहर ही र*क ल/तीं हं. कभी कभी अगल-बगल क/ कमरं स/ लड़न/ और चीख़न/ की आवाजं
इनस/ आती रहती हं. हाँ, अ्सर इन णखड़ककयं स/ इक, एक प0र वाली गचडड़या अंदर आ जाती ह0. हर शाम व*
गचडड़या णखड़की पर आ कर ब0ठ जाती ह0. शायद व* इसी कमर/ मं रहती ह*. जब कभी भी णखड़की का शीशा
लगा रहता त*, व* अपनी चंच स/ णखड़की ख*लन/ का आद/श करती. मं जब भी शीश/ क* ख*लन/ जाता तब व*
उड़ जाती और किर थ*ड़ी द/र बाद णखड़की पर आ कर ब0ठ जाती, और धीर/-धीर/ कमर/ क/ एक क*न/ मं चली
जाती. ऐसा लगता ज0स/ उस/ कमर/ का स्नाटा पसंद ह0. या व* इस स्नाट/ क/ बार/ मं मुझस/ कुछ कहना
चाहती ह0, पर कह नहीं पाती.
मुझ/ नहीं पता उसकी एक टाँग क0 स/ टूटी !

मंन/ पहल/ ददन इस कमर/ की जम कर सिाई की थी. तब मंन/ स*चा था, अगर मं इस कमर/ क* र*ज़ साि
क?ँ त* शायद इसकी मायूलसयत कम ह*. तब म/र/ रवचार कुछ और थ/ और अब कुछ और, शायद इसललए
्यंकक तब मं खुल/ घर मं रहता था और अब एक छ*ट/ कमर/ मं. म/र/ रवचार पहल/ खुल/ थ/ और अब संकुगचत
स/ लगत/ हं.

कमर/ मं ददन की शु?आत ह*ती ह0 सायरन की आवाज़ स/, पहल/ मुझ/ य/ अ्छा तरीका लगता था बबना
Ahiva? Raj
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
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109. अलामट जगन/ का, पर अब लगता ह0 ज0स/ य/ सायरन
मजदूरं क* काम पर बुला रह/ हं. अब म/री नींद सायरन
की आवाज़ स/ ही खुलती ह0, इसललए म/री पहली ्लास
अ्सर छूट जाती ह0. पहल/ मं हॉ्टल स/ कॉल/ज खुशी-
खुशी ननकलता था. अब भी म/र/ कदम कमर/ स/ भागन/ क*
हॉ्टल स/ त/जी स/ ननकलत/ त* हं, पर कॉल/ज पहुंत/-
पहुंत/ सु्त पड़ जात/ हं. क़दमं की वही क्थनत ह0 ज*
नल स/ ननकलत/ धार की ह0. धारा ननकलती त* नल स/
िवाह मं ह0 ल/ककन बा्टी तक पहुंत/-पहुंत/ टूट जाती ह0.
एक अजीब सी घुटन लगती ह0 इस कमर/ मं. पहल/ मं कॉल/ज जात/ व्त सारीं णखड़ककयं क* ख*ल कर जाता
था. बती और पंख/ भी ददनभर ऑन रहत/ थ/. मं स*चता था, शायद र+शनी और हवायं कमर/ क/ ब*झ क* कुछ
कम कर सकं . पर शायद य/ काम इनक/ बस का नहीं.

एक बार कॉल/ज स/ ल+टत/ व्त ्याल आया, शायद म/र/ जूतं क/ साथ सारीं उमंगं, सारीं खुलशयां कमर/ क/
दरवाज़/ पर ही छूट जाती हं. य/ बड़ी ही बचकानी स*च थी, पर किर भी मं नहीं माना. तब मंन/ कमर/ मं जूतं
क* लाना शु? कर ददया. इसस/ िशट की सि/ दी त* कम ह* गई, ल/ककन कमर/ का ब*झ अब भी भारी था.

मंन/ कमर/ क* लुभान/ क/ ललए कई गचर बनाकर उसकी दीवारं पर टाँग/. मंन/ कई करवताएं भी दीवार क* भंट
की, ल/ककन बात कहीं न बन सकी. कमर/ मं हर पल कहीं न कहीं सूनापन लगता रहा. और धीर/-धीर/ य/
सूनापन म/र/ गचरं मं, म/री करवताओं मं, और अंततः मुझम/ घर कर गया.

अब मंन/ कमर/ क* उसक/ हाल पर छ*ड़ ददया ह0. मंन/ णखड़ककयं क* बंद करक/ उनक/ ऊपर अख़बार और परद/
लगा ददए हं. अब बती भी कभी-कभी ही जलती ह0. मं अ्सर अँध/र/ मं ब0ठा रहता हूँ. शायद यही काम म/री
रपछली पीढ़ी न/ भी ककया ह*गा, तभीं त* मुझ/ णखड़ककयाँ जाम लमलीं थी. अब मुझ/ इंतज़ार ह0 कक कब कमरा
अपनी हीं मायूलसयत स/ ऊब/गा और कब कमर/ मं चमक आएगी. शायद इसी इंतज़ार मं म/री रपछली पीढ़ी न/
कई ह*्ट/लं म/ कई कमर/ बदलं हं.

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साँझ की याद
ढ़लती-ढ़लती शामं मं
जब हवा त/ज सी ह*ती ह0,
म/र/ मन की यादं मं
एक नया सव/रा पलता ह0.
अ्सर उस पथ की ख़ाम*शी
मुझस/ य/ कह जाती ह0,
बंद ककय/ हाथं मं सूरज
तू, ्यं र*ज अक/ ला चलता ह0.
-अभिनव राज
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110. द/ख ज़रा इन हाथं क* तू
मंहदी की लाली आई ह0,
जान/ क+न नछपा ह0 भीतर
ककतनी त/री गहराई ह0 ?

बंद मु्ठी क* जब भी ख*लूं
पंख लगा उड़ जाता ह0,
उड़ता जाता, उड़ता जाता
अ्बर पर जा टंग जाता ह0.
सूरज की मंहदी की लाली
तब धीर/-धीर/ गहराती ह0,
इतनी गहरी भी नहीं ह*ती
पर काली पड़त/ जाती ह0 !
आसमान पर टंगता सूरज
म/र/ मन मं गगर जाता ह0,
म/र/ यादं की नगरी मं
किर उठ कर बाहर आता ह0.

साँझ बनी ्यं इतनी क*मल,
पल-भर मं मुरझाती ह0 ?
आसमान क* चंदा द/कर
मुझक* सूरज द/ जाती ह0.
यादं की इस नगरी मं किर
क*मल ककरिं बबछ जातीं हं,
जाग रहा हूँ बषं स/ मं
अब नींद कहाँ मुझ/ आती ह0.

********

कजञाशा
घनघ*र-घ*र वन मं
्यूँ ह0 वृष च्दन ?
ऋचा पड़ी ह0 उलझी !
्यूँ टूटता ह0 दपटि ?
कयाम की ह0 वंशी ,
मृिालं स/ ्यूँ जलज ह0 ?
रज मं कई ह0 बाला
्यूँ रागधका अलग ह0 ?
्यूँ-्यूँ ह0 आणखर ्यूँ ह0
ह*ठं प/ सबक/ लाली ?
िभात त* ह0 जग-मग
ननलश बनी ्यूँ काली ?
णखलती न कललयाँ ्या ज*
ह*ता न यूँ ज* माली ?
र*ता ्या य/ उपवन
ज* न ह*ती श/िाली ?
द/ दीं हम/ ज* खुलशयां
यं खुलशयं मं ही ग़म ह0 !
ररव पड़ा ह0 र+शन
्यूँ चंदा थ*ड़ा कम ह0 ?
बनायीं ज* तून/ धरती
चंदा गगन य/ तार/
स*त/ नहीं ह0 ्या वं
ज* रातं क* जगत/ सार/ ?
दीपक ज* जल रहा ह0
िकाश बढ़ रहा ह0.
दीवाना हुआ िनतंगा
्यूँ उसप/ मर रहा ह0 ?
कीचड़ मं ज* कमल ह0
की पंखुड़ी गजब ह0 !
च/हर/ प/ ह0 लकीरं
और लाललमा अज़ब ह0 ! ओम-ओम ्यूँ ह0 जपना
जब ह0 स*म का सहारा ?
मंकज़ल खड़ी ह0 दूर,
्यूँ लमलता नहीं ककनारा ?
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111. ज्दी नहीं ह0 कजसक*
व* आशुत*ष ्यूँ ह0 ?
बबलखन/ लगी ह0 खुलशयां
य/ मन मं र*ष ्यूँ ह0 ?

मं राज़-राज़ का किर राज़ मांगता हूँ,
द/-द/ मुझ/ ज* उतर आवाज़ मांगता हूँ,
अधरं मं कजञाशा का आगाज़ किर सबल ह0.
ह0 जानन/ की इषा,
की इषा बड़ी िबल ह0.

*******
-अलभनव राज

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T??? ?? ????????? ?? ???????y….
पवटत िद/श की दहम बरस/ ,
पु्प अलभन्दन क* तरस/
लता झुरमुट* की बना डाललयाँ
तुझ/ झुलान/ क* तरस/ ,
्याग काललमा दी्त ह* उठ/ अमावस
ह* ऐसा त/रा ज्म ददवस
रपहू त/र/ सहन मं कूक/
राबर गाय/ ददवस रागगनी
बरसाए सुर मधु कलस
ह* ऐसा त/रा जनम ददवस
णखलत/ पु्पं का य+वन
जगती सररता का दपटि
ददवा ननलश का अवगुनठन
य/ सभी तुझी क* ह* अपटि
हरस म? मं म/घ ज0स/ बरस
ह* ऐसा त/रा ज्मददवस
This poem dedicated to present political
?????????………………
चल* अ्छा ह0
त/र/ कुछ नाम त* हुए
कल पता नहीं कहा थ/
आज "आम" त* हुए
माह+ल तू भी जनता ह0
माह+ल हमभीजानत/ ह0
चल* अ्छा ह0
ज* गुमनाम थ/ व* सार/ "आम" त* हुए
त/री चढ़ती उिान प/ त*
लसिट नाललयाँ ही गगरर ह0
चल* अ्छा ह0
ककसी क/ काम त* हुए
मुझ/ पता नहीं था आजकल
त/र/ भी खास वाल/ रसूख ह0
चल* अ्छा ह0
कम स/ कम इतन/ दाम त* हुए
म/री कीमत यहाँ
क+न इतनी लगाय/गा
चल* अ्छा ह0
हम आवाम त* हुए

नाम: Rishu Kumar
Rishu Kuua?
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
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112. igvits’??
!lZ]o !v??P
Class of ????
Mehavial Evgivee?ivg
अब व* ददन ना आएंग/, अब व* रात/ ना आएंगी
संग ज* लमलकर बबताई व* मुलाकात/ ना आएंगी
कल हक़ीक़त म/ लमलत/ थ/, आज ्वाबं म/ लमलत/ ह0
अब किर स/ व* ख्टी मीठी बातं ना आएंगी

व* द+र भी गज़ब था हर व्त म/ मुसकुरात/ थ/
छ*ट/ छ*ट/ जंग जीत कर लसकं दर ह* जात/ थ/
जब हर गम स/ भी मु्कुरा कर लमलत/ थ/ हम
संग एक दूज/ क/ ककतना णखलत/ थ/ हम
यारी की महक म/ डूबी हुई अब रात/ ना आएंगी
अब व* ददन ना आएंग/, अब व* रात/ ना आएंगी

चंद ?पयं म/ शहंशाही का म*ल लगात/ थ/ हम
हर गुम क* यूं बस धुए म/ उड़ात/ थ/ हम
जब नशा शराब म/ नहीं महकिल म/ ह*ता था
हर राज एक दूसर/ का हमार/ ददल म/ ह*ता था
छ*टी छ*टी खुलशयं म/ ललपटी बड़ी स+गात/ ना आएंगी
अब व* ददन ना आएंग/, अब व* रात/ ना आएंगी

समझदारी क/ इस दलदल स/ व* नासमझी ब/हतर थी
हर किरं गम स/ अपनी द*्ती ब/खबर थी
जब चंद की छांव तल/ सारा जमाना स*ता था
शराब त* साथ व्त बबतान/ का बहाना ह*ता था
अब ना किर जाम की व* बरसातं ना आएंगी
अब व* ददन ना आएंग/, अब व* रात/ ना आएंगी

कजंदगी की बड़ी खूबसूरत ककताब ह0 हम
ज* अब भी हमारी आंख* म/ ह0, व* ्वाब ह0 हम
दुननया क/ आईन/ म/ अलग अलग ददखत/ हंग/ शायद
वरना त* एक ही च/हर/ क/ अलग अलग नकाब ह0 हम
नम ह* चली आंखं म/ अब याद/ ना आएंगी
अब व* ददन ना आएंग/, अब व* रात/ ना आएंगी

—अणखल अनुराग “अनम*ल
ददल म/ रहना सजनी, आंख* स/ कहना र/
कहना क0 स/ बीती ह0 य/ रात/ म/र/ बबन
करवट बदलत/ या त/र/ म/र/ ्वाब गगन
या बरसती रही ह0 य/ आंख/ हसीन
लब* की हर बात साँस* म/ कहना र/
ददल म/ रहना सजनी, आंख* स/ कहना र/
्या ्या करती ह* मुझस/ जुदा ह*कर
खुश ह* या नहीं यूं खिा ह*कर
बात/ अधूरी, रात/ अधूरी, जज़बात* स/ ब/विा ह*कर
कुछ ददन और य/ पागलपन सहना र/
ददल म/ रहना सजनी, आंख* स/ कहना र/
ददन त* म/री ह* चली, रात/ त/री ह0
आंख/ ही ह0 म/री, बरसात/ त/री ह0
ददल म/ उतर क/ द/ख* हर जगह बात/ त/री ह0
म/री त/री खाम*शी स/ न टूट/ चाहत का गहना र/
ददल म/ रहना सजनी, आंख* स/ कहना र/
द/ख* हमार/ अकक बरसत/ ह0 तु्हारी छत पर
क0 सा लमला ह0 अंजाम इस चाहत पर
जुदा ह* गए इतनी छ*टी शतट पर
हम द*नं न हंग/ जुदा, बात* म/ कहना र/
ददल म/ रहना सजनी, आंख* स/ कहना र/
Akhil Anurag
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113. २ साल पुरानी बात ह0 य/,
ल/ककन लगता ह0 अब त*...
कक १ अरसा सा ह* गया ह0।

दद्ली पीछ/ छ*ड़क/...
लसलचर क* गया था म0 जब।
बात तभी की ह0 य/।

बहुत दूर था लसलचर।
बहुत दूर था।
दद्ली स/ भी...
और म/र/ ददल स/ भी।

ना स*चा था म0न/ य/ कभी...
कक जाऊँ गा म0 उस ओर कभी।
ककंतु ननयनत का य/ ख/ल त* द/ख*।
उस ददन म0 वहाँ ना लसिट जा रहा था...
बक्क...
१ ल्ब/ अंतराल क/ ललए जा रहा था।
४ वषट...
हाँ ४ वषट।

बचपन मं जब म0 पढ़ता था...
पूवोतर भारत क/ बार/ म/...
मंरमुनध म0 ह* जाता था।
अन*खा लगता था व* ष/र मुझ/।
पूिटत ?प स/ अचंलभत करन/वाला।

यह व* जगह ह0 -
जहा प/ सवाटगधक वषाट ह*तीह0।
यह व* जगह ह0 -
जहा स/ र्मपुरा...
प्थर* क* त*ड़ती हुई...
च्टानं स/ टकराती हुई...
िवादहत ह*ती ह0।

उ्मीद/ त* कम थी लसलचर स/ बहुत।
ज* सिर क/ द+रानऔर कमह*ती जा रही थी।
परंतु ज0स/ हीम0 लसलचर पंहुचा,
त* लसलचर क* थ*ड़ा रवकलसत द/ख,
उ्मीद/ म/री ककसी िकार कायम रही।

आजतक म/रीय/ उ्मीद/ कायम ह0।
और इ्ही उ्मीदंप/...
२ वषट बीत चुक/ ह0...
२ वषट और ्यतीत करन/ ह0।

ल/ककन आज मुझ/ क*ई ख/द नही...
की म0 इस ओर आया।
शायद आज भी दद्ली स/ त* बहुत दूरह*गा लसलचर...
ककंतु अब म/र/ ददल म/ बस चुका ह0 लसलचर।
Aman Mehara

igvits’??
!uv २Z?
Class of ????
Coupute? Sieve Evgi-
vee?ivg
लसलचर
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114. igvits[??
खीर की लमठास का मजा व* ्या जान/,
लमचट का शरबत कजसन/ रपया ना ह*,
और जीत क/ जकन का नशा व* ्या समझ/,
हार का क्वा घूंट कजसन/ रपया न ह*।

साथ चलन/ का मजा व* ्या जान/,
अक/ ल/पन की आग म/ ज* जला न ह*,
और ्यार, ि/म कक भाषा व* ्या समझ/,
निरत कक आग म/ ज* जला न ह*।

ददट की गहराई का एहसास व* ्या जान/,
इजहार/ इकक़ कजसन/ ककया ना ह*,
और रह्य ककसी हसत/ च/हर/ का व* ्या समझ/,
ददट क* ददल म/ द्न कजसन/ ककया न ह*।

म*ह्बत क/ प0गाम का मजा व* ्या जान/,
ददल प/ ककसी का नाम कजसन/ ललखा ना ह*,
और हयात की ज?रत क* व* ्या समझ/,
म+त का सामना कजसन/ ककया ना ह*।
—Vi?ek Kr. Pathak
व* ्या जान/……
Mr Vi?ek Kr. Pathak
Assistavt P?ofesso?
Dept. Of Mavageuevt
Studies
14 Fe
कमर/ मं ब0ठा था की, ्याल एक आया
तारीख ्या ह0 आज, य/ स*च थ*डा मं मुरझाया

ल्हं क/ मजमं मं स/ ,ज* कुछ ल्हं क* चुराया
ल्हा हुआ किर म/रा, मं ल्हं मं समाया
किर व्त था य/ साककत, मं पीछ/ मुड़ रहा था
अरस/ स/ ज* था छूटा किर उसस/ जुड़ रहा था
यादं क/ नगमं मं स/ एक न्म ऐसी आयी
ललखी थी कजसकी खानतर किर याद उसकी आयी

यादं न/ मुझक* ट*का, थम जाओ ्या ह0 ज्दी
क0 स/ गए तुम भूल ,इतना कुछ, इतनी ज्दी
यादं न/ मुझक* किर स/ त्वीर व* ददखाई,
हम साथ मं थ/ कजसम/,
पर अब व* धु्धली ह0,
अब द/ती नहीं ददखाई.

किर व्त न/ मुझक* एक क*न/ मं बबठाया ,
यादं न/ एक-एक कर, हर णख्सा मुझ/ सुनाया
किर व्त उठ ललया और धीम/ स/ चल पड़ा था
अब सामन/ थ/ मंज़र, सब साि ददख रहा था
त्वीर चल पड़ी थी, आवाज़ चल पड़ी थी
चाहा था मंन/ कजसक* व* सामन/ खड़ी थी
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किर व्त न/ ली करवट, या यूँ कहं अंगड़ाई
ज* ि/म कक ह0 गाथा, अब अंत क* ह0 आयी
आज किर पड़ी ह0 ,यादं मं उसकी छाया
मंज़र क* द/खन/ क*, आंसू भी अब ह0 आया
...................................................
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अब भर चुक/ थ/ आंसू, धु्धला पड़ा था मंज़र
ह0 पीर द/त/ मन क* व* न्म बनक/ खंज़र
मं कजन ल्हं मं डूबा था अब उनस/ ही लड़ा था
अब मं पड़ा था साककत और व्त चल पड़ा था.

**************
—अभिनव राज

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115. igvits’??
आलशक़ी
!v??P !vv
Class of ????
Ci?il Evgivee?ivg
फुरकत
आँखं बुझीं, साँसं का सूरज ददन-ब-ददन
ढलता रहा,
पलकं तल/ किर भी कहीं इक ख़ाब-सा पलता
रहा।

हम खुदा क* भूल उनका नाम गच्लात/ रह/,
हमदम/-ब/ददट ज्मं पर नमक मलता रहा।

राह मं मजे-म*ह्बत स/ ज* हम ब/सुध हुए,
हमक* मरता छ*ड़ उनका कारवां चलता रहा।

व* लमलं त* साथ मं हरदम रक़ीबं क* ललए,
अपना इज़हार/-म*ह्बत अगल/ ददन टलता
रहा।

रात भर यादं मं उनकी न्म हम ललखत/
रहे,
खून मं डूबी थी बती, और दीया जलता रहा।

लाख छुपाया, अखबारं न/ कक्सा किर भी जान ललया,
तुमन/ चल* जाना त* सही हम भी हं चाहन/ वालं मं।

एक नज़र मं कहत/ ज* इंसान की कितरत ्या ह*गी,
समझ न पाय/ हाल/-ददल व* इतन/ महीन/-सालं मं।

द* ददन तक दमक/ गा, किर मुरझा ?सवा ह* जाएगा,
कुछ अपन/ ददल-सा लगता व* िूल तु्हार/ बालं मं।

ज़्मं पर किर ज़्म कर* ज* कुछ आँसू गर छलकं
त*,
ठंढक थ*ड़ी-सी लमल जाए ददल क/ जलत/ छालं मं।

दुननया भर क/ नातं मं हम ककतन/ भी मस?ि रहं,
िुरसत लमल जाती ह0, ख* जात/ हं त/र/ ख़यालं मं।

उर हुई इक त/री चकम/-साकी का दीदार ककय/,
किर भी त/रा अ्स उभर जाता ह0 म/र/ ्यालं मं।

मुझस/ रंकजश ह0 किर भी व* पास म/र/ आ जात/ हं,
तानं मं, और ग0रं क/ हमददी-भर/ सवालं मं।

जीत/-जी नाकाम रह/ किर भी साँसं मं नाम वही,
जान/ क0 सी उ्मीदं बाकी हं मरन/ वालं मं।
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116. igvi?s[??
স ঁফ৕ণহ৕প ৕ প঩ তবফ ৕------
ভচিফপস ৖ ৕ পম়চত৕পদ঺খ৕হয় পব জবফ ব৕প
সদ ল পচদপম য়পভ ৕পচ জ ত,,,,,,,,

দ঺ফচ৕৕পস ভলপদচলি তপচ য়৕৕প
স ঩ লপ ৕ পসদ বভ চল,
এছ িপ঱হতলপভলয় ৕প঩৕঱তপ
জহ঩ লপহয়প ়চি৕প জহফ হ,
এফ঺ুপ ত঺ পআ঱ ৕পব ৕পদ঺ফ ুত
দ঺িুতপ ৕ঙহপ ব঩ ৕পছ িপপ঺ ি,,
-------------------------
লচ পহয়প ঻৕঺ম৕পচিচত
ফ ৕চহপঅহ পত ঩৕পৰব ঩,
স ল হল৕পঘ঻চণিপ
ধ঺ ৕ত ৕পঘ পআফ৕ প
চ য়৕পগি প
দ঺বচ৕৕পতল঺৖ তপ
আঘ ত৕পসিুঁ ৕ প,
তথ চ঩বত পঅচফ৕তপএইপম ৰ প
ল্যপভ বথ পস঱লপচফদ঺প,,,,,,
---------------------
঻৕঺বমপলচহয় ইপ
অ৖ ত ৕পএিপ ঺ঁচতপবফপম য়,
ব গ৕঺৖ প ভয়৕পসহত ঩৕ পহ ঁচহপ
উ঩লচি৕পএিপুভ঺চ য় হ,
আ৕঺বত প ইপএব প,,,,,,,,
অব঩্ পভ বথ ঁপ
স ইপচভল ৕প
ফ়ত৕পআচদপআ৕঺পঅত।।

—-Anupam Deka

চ ফ পফ঺চজপউিচছলপচ হঁবত,
গভপ঩ ইচছল,ৰ ব঱য…
চ হঁতপঅৰ ঱য
ব৕প থ চ লপচ হঁত,
ব পবহপফ’ফপচফছ চ৕চছলপচ হঁবত
ি঺ইপম ফপচফছ চ৕চছল
চ হঁত৕পগতফযি
ঠ঺ ৖ প঩ ৕তপআঘ তপ চ৕ফপচফছ চ৕চছল
ক ,

চ঩বছ,
চ হঁতপব পবহপবফপ গ’ল
জল ঱য়পবহপথ চ পগ’ল,
এব ণত
চমপল্যপল্যপসম জ পদ঺৕ত,
স ইপ ঠ঺ ৖ প঩ ৕৕প঩৕

—লি?ব যবব
শদব োবেপনৈপনৈপ ’
পব ছোবেবছল
,,,,,,,অ ঺ব৖ এই জহ৖ ৕,,,
Avupau Deka
/ਕ ਸ਼ਸ਼পਣৎপ????,
Couputer Scievce avd Evgiveerivg
vits.ac.iv 1?4

117. igvits’15

118. igvi?s[??
Wasiu Arif
Assistavt Professor
Electrovics avd Couuuvicaiov Evgiveerivg

119. igvi?s[??
নেপ‌বট-ৌ
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ভ ব ি ৕পস ইপগচলব প঩ ইচছবল কগবহ,পঅ ঺ব৖পহ’লপচ঩ছপ ল৕঩৕ পসজব ব তপ চ প
ধচ৕বছচহপস ব ফ ই। “ফ ইবদউপচ ফ পখ ফকলপচদয় ”। প পভচলয় পসি ল পচ঩ধ পএ প
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ত ৕পচ঩ছবতইপচ পহ
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লপতচকি ফইপস ৖ চ৕বল পআচভ। এব পফয় ব৕পআ৕঺প৏-৐ পল
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সছ ৖ লহবয়প আচহপ সফচ৕প ধচ৕বলচহ। ঩চ৕চিচতব প সদচখপ অচতঠপ বহপ এ প ৰ ৕প ঩ল ইপ
সম ৖ চদপগবল ফফ

নেপ‌বট-্
ু৖ হ ীপ স৕লব৖প সিি । এ প জ ৕ চলপ চ ঱ । ঩ট প ফজ ৕প চিতপ সিি ব তপ অগণ প ভ ঺হপ আচহবছ,প বগবছ।
বল ব৕প অচফ৕তপ ব ব৖প িচলপ থ প প ম চি প জহ৖ |প স ব ফ প জব প স৕ল৕প ঩৕ প চভবছ,প স ব ফ প স৕ল৕প
অব঩্ ত,প স ব ফ ইপ সিি বতপব৕প আবছপ আমহয়৕প ৕বণপ ভিি ৕হবফ ৕৕পল৕ -ঢ঩৕ ,প সিি ব বতপ প ত৕হ৕প
অব পসদ -স঩ হ ৕,পস ব ফ পজব পearphone লগ ইপগ পু তপভন,পআ ব পি঺ তপদ঺ ভ পচ঩চলঙ পসি ইপ
আব ৌপসছ ৖ লহপসজ ইবছ। ভ঺ঠবতপচফচিৰপভ ঺হ-চফচিৰপজহ৖ । চ ুপত ৕পভ জবতপহঠ বতপসভ ৕পিুতপ঩চ৕লপস ইপ
সঠ ঺ ক৖পলগ পজ ৕বত পস ব ভবতপসদহ ব পঢ ক পভচলয় পৰ পএ তপএজ হপ ৕঺পসছ ৖ লহবয়পআ৖জি বফ ৕৕পভ জ৕প
঩৕ পচ ফ পস ব঩ ল পএ পফ঺ চলপআচ বছ। হয়বত পত ই৕পচ ঱ ৕পআহ ৕৕পসম গ ৕পবহপগ
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ল|প
এইয় প আভ ৕প ফ বফপ চি৕প ঩চ৕চিতপ অচতপ ধ ৕ণপ দ঺িপ চিৰ। ি ,প ভয়প চববেপ আচভপ বল ব৖প হয়বত প
এব ধ৕ণ৕প঩চ৕চিচত৕প ম঺খহ পবহবছ |পফ ব -঩বথ,পফজ ৕প বল বতপআচভপসদচখফকলপ঩ ওঁপদচ৕ৰত ৕পঅচব঱ ব঩ব৕প
ঘ঻চ৕পপ঺ ৕ প ণ- ণপচ঱ু,প ধতপচ ত ঩৕পস ব঩ ল ৕প লচ পথ ব পআ৖জি ৕পফত । স ণ লহপব঱঱৖৕পফ চলঘ৕প
চজপসখল পফয় বতপচ হঁবতপথ ব পদ঺বফল পদ঺ভ঺িপআহ ৕পসম গ ৕প ৕ ৕পচিত ত|প ‘চ঱ুপচদ৖ ’পঅথফ পসতব ু৖ প
চ ফ পচফব঱লপচদ তপচ হঁত৕পৰচতপআভ ৕প বল ব৕প঩঺বতৌপজবম,পখবত হয় পআব৖গতপউিপম ওঁপ বল |পি ঙ৕প
সল গ প স঩ ৖প ম য়|প গবজপ ঩ৰইপ আিঁচ প বতয় ৕প হয়,প ি৕ ৕হপ চহি ঩প ভবতপ বল প চ঱ুপ চফদয লয়কলপ ম য়,প
ব ্৕ত ৕পহ ৕পফ়চিপহয়|পইয় ৕পসপ ব঩ ল পব৕঻঩বত পজ চ ওপ বল পচ ভ ত|প ৕ণপআচভপস ব প৕ জ হচতচফদপ
ফ পভিহপ হওঁপসদ঱৕পচিত তপভ঻৕পঘভ ফকল|পসভলপচভিঙতপি ঙ৕পি ঙ৕প থ পব প৕ ত তপস ইপচ঱ুপস ই প
“খ঺ি঺৕ প ই”পফ঺চলপব পসখচদপ঩িও৖ পবব ৖৕পফ বফপস ইপচ঱ুপস ই পচদফপ঩৕ প ইপএ পজহ৖ |পদ৕ িলবতপ
আভ ৕প ভ জপ ফয৖ি ইপআভ প এব দব৕প স ঙ প চ৕প স঩ল ইবছপ সমপচ হঁত পচ঱্ প চদফপ ঩৕ ব প সম প ৰহণবম গযপ
ভ ধ প হয়|প ঘ৕তপ ফ প সহ ব লতপ ফ ৕ প চহি ব঩প ৕ চখপ ঩ইি প স ই প চদয় বতপ সম প দ চয়বপ স঱ল|প স ৖লপ
ি৕ ৕ পসদ লপচদবলইপ ভ ধ পস঩ ৖ প ম য়|প
ুধ৕চণব পৰ ়তবতপএইচখচ বতপসহ-প“Ifপweপcan’tপbeginপtoপagreeপonপfundamentalsপsuchপasপtheপ
elimination of the most abusive forms of child labour, then we are not ready to march forward
into future.
Dibavgava Mohav
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আমুধ৕চণ৕পচিত
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120. ਃ৶ਜਃੀਸ਼[??
ফতি ভ
“ত঺ চভ আভ ৕দব৕ ভ ঺হ ভ চ৕ স ব ক অ ভ ব ধহ চ৕ফ ?” িুত বয়, তথ চ঩ উদ ত
ঠ । আচজকল বভও ৌ্ জ ভ উ৕ , চফহ ৕হ৕ দব৕ চফবদ঱হ ভ চ৕বছ আ৕঺ ত ব৕ ফুবতই
এইব ৰন চ৕বছ, চ ু এইজ ভ ঺হ৕ দব৕ হয় । চ হঁবত চব্ ব৕ চ জ৕ জহ৖ ফি ফবল,
চ ু ৰ ব঱ সম ৕ ই ? ভই জ ব এইব ৰন৕ V঺খহ স ব ক হফ ল বগ ।
“তহবতই আভ ৕ ভ ঺হ ঩ংু চ৕ছ । তহঁত৕ উৎ঩ তত স ব অ ভহয় ই অ ভত এব
চ৕ফ স ৖ ব৕ । তহঁত আচভ সখচদ স ণ৕ অ ভ গচিভ ।” সভ ৕ চ বহবছ?সভ ৕ সম চ জব
সদ লহ সদ লহ ল চগবছ । এব ু৖ ল চগবছ সম চ বজই চ জ চভছ ভ চত আবছ ।

ি বয়৕হ
্োবেখ — ৎো অবটো ে
঩ ঁি ফছ৕ আগবত ধ ৕ ফ চহ সফ ভ চফবফ ৕ণত ভ়ত ল৕ আম ৕ ঱ চত৕ ফ বফ ফিধভীয়
ৰ থি ৕ বল ঁ । “চি৕ সিব হহ সভ ৕ ব ল জ হ” গহত গ ওঁবত ভ ত সম ত঺ উদযভ
আচহল চ জ৕ অ ভহ আই জগত৕ লগত চি হ ৕ ফবল । আবফচল “আই” ভ৕ অ ঺ঠ ব আ৕U চ৕ফবল ৕ ুল ফ৕঺৖
দ ৕ লগত থ হ’সল । “আই” ি বগ অহ জ ঺৖ ৕হত আ৕U চ৕ফ ঩ চ৕ভ । অ ভ৕ বল চ঱ুব চ঱্ চদয় ৕ বগীয় বব৖ৰ
থ ঱ই হয় ৕ ব঩ ৕ ব বলচখচ “আই”স৕ই ঩঻৕ণ হ’ফ ।
ফতি ভ
ৰ ঱ ঝ ,”আচভ ঩ংু চ৕বছ অ ভ ? সজয চতৰ দ আগ৕৖ ল ৕ আচদফং঱ ’ত আচছল? সতওঁ৕ অচফহব জ ব অ ভত
আচহল হয় িলচিৰ । আ৕঺ শং ৕বদ৖ ? ত঺ চভ জ ব শং ৕বদ৖৕ ঩৖ি঩঺৕঺ল ’৕ ঩৕ আচহচছল ? সতওঁবল ৕ থ ফ দ চদ জ ব
অ ভ ফচ ফ ?” সভ ৕ হ তত থ ভ ৕ণ ৰব সদবখ ঁ চ঩ফ ধচ৕বছ । জ ব ি চ য়ফ ঁ ঩ লবত ঘ ভ বচ৕ ঩চ৕বছ । চ ু
ৰ ব঱ সম V঺খত ভ়ত঺ য সদচখও বয় সখ ৖ ই । চ এব ফ ব৕ ুি অ ভহয় বতই সম ব বগবছ, “স ণ৕ অ ভ চ঩ছত গচিফ ,
ৰথবভ ভ ি৕ অ বভই গি । চ জ৕ ব ইহঁত চ঩ছত সখচদফ , ৰথবভ ি঺ফ঺৕হ৕ ঩৕ অহ চ঱য় লজ সখদ । অ ভ স ৖ল
সত ভ ৕ ফ বফ হয়, অ ভ হ বড়-চহভজ঺ব৖ ব ল স঩ ৖ আভ ৕ দব৕ ভ ঺হব৕ ।” ইয় ৕ থ বফ ৕ সম ফ঺ুত চফচধ বগবছ, ই ঁি
ব বছ স চ ? চ য় চল ঩ি ি বয়৕হ৕ এ এ ঱দ ভ ত ঩চ৕বছ ?

ি বয়৕হ
্োবেখ — ৌ্ ৈবৱবে
চদ ব ত ফুত সদৌচ৕ফ লগ হ’ল । সদ খ঺চলফ বগ সদচখবল ঁ সদ ৕ V঺খবত এজ ফ঺ি ভ ঺হ৕ দ঺ঘি হ’ল । সফবি৕ বল
গ’সল সভচিব লকল । খফ৕ বল গ’ভ ঩ বল , ফ঺ি ৕ ফ’সল এজব ই ল’৕ আচছল, ৕ জহ৖ ফ঺চল । চ ওঁ “অ ভ-ব ধহ ” ৕ ৕ ভত
স ব ফ উৰফ দহ দলত সম গ চদবল । ব঻ ব঩ দ ৕ গ এিবল ভ ত ঩চ৕ গ’ল, “আচজ৕ অ ভহয় ই চ জ চ চিচ বল অ ভ
৕ তবল ম ফ ।” ফ঺ি অল঩ চদ আচহবল ঁ । বগ৖ ৕ আগত এয় ই ৰ থি সম ৕ জহব৖ স বল ঘ঻চ৕ আবহ ।




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121. ফতি ভ
হয়, ভই ইভ দ঻ফিল হ’সল হ’ফ । অ ভ উি ৕ চ৕বভই, অ ভ ৕঻঩হহ হ’ফ । ইহঁত ভ চ৕ ঩ঠ ভ ইয় ৕ ঩৕ । ঁ চ঩ থ
হ বতব৕ হ’সলও ভ ৕ণ ৰ আব ৌ স ৖ বল ঁ ৰ ঱৕ ভ঻৕বল । হঠ ৎ দ঺৖ ৕ত স ব ফ ই থ঩চ৕য় বল । ভই অল঩ থৎভৎ খ বল ।
ৰ ঱, “সভ ৕ ল’৕ ব আচহল ি বগ, চিত চ৕ফ , ভই ত ঩ঠ ই চদভ ।” ভই চ য়ফ , ত চফব চ৕ ল’সল ঁ আ৕঺
ভ ৕ণ ৰব ঩ব ত স ভ বল ঁ । ৰ ব঱ দ঺৖ ৕ খ঺চল চদবল । এি ৌ্ ফছ৕ভ ফয় ৕ চ঱ু স ভ ই আচহল, ত ৕ হ তত দ঺ি
সগ ল ঩ ।
ৰ ঱, ” চ চখল, আং ল ভক ৕ ৕ ।”
ল’৕ , ‘ ভক ৕ খ঺ড় , এয় এি সগ ল ঩ সল ৖ । আচজ সম Republic Day আচছল, আভ ৕ ক঺লত আ ইব সগ ল ঩ চদবল ।
আ৕঺ চ জ , আভ ৕ সভি বভ ’সল সম, চ ফ আতংফ দহব৕ হয়, আচভ ভ চ৕বলবহ অ ভ ধ঺ হয় হ’ফ । আচভ চ৕ভ স
সদত , চ ু সদত , আতং ফ দহ ভ ব চ ?”
ৰ ঱, “চ চখল, ত঺ চভ এচতয় ফ চহ৕ত সখল , সত ভ ভই চ঩ছত ফ঺জ ভ চদয় ।”
এইফ঺চল ৰ ব঱ চ চখল ফ চহ৕বল ঩ঠ ই চদবল আ৕঺ চ বজও দ঺৖ ৕ লগ ফ চ঩বছ চ঩বছ গ’ল । ভই সম চ঱ল ঩৕ ব঩ৌ৕ দব৕
ত বতই ফচহ ৕’সল । সভ ৕ ভ বল আচহল ৌো চদ আগত ৕ জ ুত ভ চ৕ফবল লওঁবত ত ৕ ভ঺খত অহ বয়৕ স৕ঙচ , ত ৕ ঩৕
বল অ ত ৕ ি বয়৕হখ ৕ ৰচতব ফ য, ৰচতব ফ যত থ অ ভবৰভ৕ ধ ৕ । ভই িু ভ঺চদ চদবল ঁ, অ ঺ব৖ চ৕বল ঁ িুব৕
বফ আচহবছ দ঺ব ঩ ল ঩ হ । ফ ওঁহ বতব৕ সগ ল ঩ি ফ঺ুত ৕ চখবল , স হ ঁবতব৕ ভ৕ণ ৰব চ জ৕ ঁ ঩ লত লগ বল ঁ । এি চিঞ৕
ুচ বল সম ৰ ব঱ সভ ৕ ভ চিঞচ৕বছ, “৕ জহ৖…..” আ৕঺ চিগ ৕ দফ ই চদবল ঁ ।
ਃ৶ਜਃੀਸ਼[??
অ বভযপচিতহয়পফঽঽতভপ঱ঽযপচ঱লিয
ত঺ চভপধ যপত঺ চভপধ য।
ত঺ চভপযবয়ছপফয প দহযপতহবয
চদবয়ছপ তপ ঽরপভ ঺লব পবয঩঺বযপ হবযপপ।
সত ভ য়পসদবখচছপ তপূব঩
আবল চ তপ বযছপসত ভ যইপৰদহব঩পপ।
঩ঁচি঱পফছযপআবগপত঺ চভপসমভ পচছবলপসতভ ইপএখ ও
চ ুপসত ভ যইপফ঺ব পগবড়ছপ ত঺ পসমভ পসগ লচদঘহপভল
চফ঱ লপসভগ ভ য্পআযপসগ লবি পচ ব ভ ঽল।
সত ভ যইপফ঺ব পগবড়পউবঠবছপচফচফধপচ঱্ পৰচতঠ
ত঺ চভপ বযচদবয়ছপ তপঅজরপ য যহযপ ভি ংি ।
এ্আইি,পএ্এচিপআযপআ ভপচফ঱ফচফদয লয়
সগ প঱ঽযফ হপগচফিতপসত ভ যইপএইপ ঺ ভয়।
ত ইপ঱ঽযপচ঱লিযপত঺ চভপধ যপত঺ চভপধ য।
ত঺ চভপমচদ পথ বতপভ঺চিপসভথযপস থ য়পস঩তপি
জ তধভিপফণিপচ চফিব঱বলপ ফ ইপস঩বয়বছপসত ভ যইপ
আ ।
বতযহপ বযছপ তপঅজরপি ত য-ইচজচ য় য
ৰবয় জ প঩঻যণপ বযছপআভ বদযইপ ফ য।
ত঺ চভপচদবতপস঩বযছপ তপভ঺ভ঻লিপভ বফযপৰ ণ
সত ভ যইপবতযহপইচজচ য় যপয পব঻ বেযপবয়পপপপ
সথব পয্ পআজওপ যবছপ তপৰ ণ
ফুচদব যপ ংৰ বভপ঩চযর তপসগ পচ঱লিযফ হ
঩চযব঱বলপু বতপস঩বযবছপরিপসগবজযপভ়দ঺পফ ঁ঱হ।
আজব যপসত ভ যইপফচধিতপভ঻লযপরিপসগবজযপ
আগভব
গবহযপ ড় চদবয়বছপসগ প঱ঽযফ হযপভব ।
ত ইপ঱ঽযপচ঱লিযপত঺ চভপধ যপত঺ চভপধ য।
স যচ঱লিয
নোঃ‌নোঽ‌আবল‌নিৌর
এভব চਛিতহয়ফলি,এ আইিপচ঱লিয
বডপোরটবট‌অবসসবল‌
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