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Archive for April, 2006

The Hitchhiker’s guide to IIT-Madras. Part-1

IIT Madras refers to the 640 acre piece of land in the south Indian city of Madras that every nine and a half out of ten telugu parents want their child to go to college at. The city that IIT Madras is located in has since changed its name to Chennai; nonetheless, having been established [...]

Reservations. To have or not to have.

It took a determined effort not to blabber about the reservation policy. I concede to the urge today. When I first ‘understood’ the concept of reservation about ten years ago, I instinctively felt it was an absurd thing to have. Ten more years of ‘education’ since did not change my view too much. When I [...]