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By Vinayak Prabhu On 29 May, 2013 At 10:53 AM | Categorized As Featured, The Manipal Experience | With 0 Comments
MIT Results

So, waiting for those dreadful results? 218.248.47.9 trolling you much? Well, you aint alone friend. My heart’s been pumping like a jackhammer since MIT trolled us with a sneak peak of the results last night at 11. So anyways, I came up with a list of to-do things while the portal comes back online. 5. [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 22 Apr, 2013 At 09:29 PM | Categorized As Featured, India and World | With 0 Comments
sanjay-dutt-not-a-criminal

This past weekend I was in Mangalore and happened to catch a movie called “Jolly L.L.B.”, starring Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani. The movie was a satire on the Indian Judicial System and featured Jolly (Warsi) as an upstart Lawyer who engages in a battle of wills and wits against the highly experienced and renowned [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 7 Feb, 2013 At 07:04 PM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 0 Comments
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So this is a true story that involves me and my mom. It’s a bit of a long read but it will be worth your while. Yesterday, I came back to my flat after classes and opened the door only to see my mother at the threshold. I was pleasantly surprised. The next few hours [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 1 Feb, 2013 At 09:35 AM | Categorized As Columns, Featured, Lifestyle, Rambling Thoughts | With 0 Comments
Tamil Nadu Government has decided to ban the movie on the basis of these fringe elements - this in spite of the fact that the Censors have already given certification to Viswaroopam.

At the start, I wish to make a confession. I am an unabashed Kamal Haasan fan. I mean, who isn’t? Okay, maybe people who haven’t watched his movies aren’t. And such people have probably lived under a rock all these years. Kamal Haasan has had an unbelievably rich and storeyed career in filmdom. He is [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 3 Sep, 2012 At 09:34 AM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 2 Comments
I am not really an Engineering Student; I’m yet another confused youngster who’s just smiling and waving at an uncertain future.

I have a confession to make. I am not really who I seem to be. No, I’m not trying to imply that I’m some secret Government spy or whatever. Just that I’m not what the world considers me to be. And no, I’m perfectly sane, thank you. What I’m trying to say is that I’m [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 28 Aug, 2012 At 07:41 AM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 2 Comments
Is Manipal as we know it is dying? Or are people just over reacting to some much needed enforcement of the rules that was long overdue?

It’s been three years since I began my life in Manipal. Three whole years. And I just can’t believe that I’ll be passing out in a year’s time. If feels like it was the other day, I happened to be a nervous first year who just wanted my orientation to get over and go explore [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 14 Jul, 2012 At 04:50 PM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 2 Comments
In a civilized society any dispute on a controversial depiction or content of a work of art can be dealt with through dialogue and consultation with experts in the field rather than left to self-appointed moral police employing coercive means.

I am shocked. Outraged. Angered. Furious. And you must be wondering why. Well, let me enlighten you. A few days back, reports had emerged in the national media that a girl had been molested, that too in full public view by a group of 30 (The exact number of men varies from channel to channel) [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 5 May, 2012 At 01:58 PM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 2 Comments
The Manipal ENAT: It's a lot more than that. A hell Of a lot more than that.

May. What a month. It’s the only month of the year which has the most varied amount of perceptions by a vast cross section of youngsters in India. To the average school going student, May is the last month of a summer vacation which ought to be spent having the maximum amount of fun, watching [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 1 May, 2012 At 07:42 PM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 1 Comment
The old man, who had been the epitome of serenity and bliss up until now, was suddenly jerked back into the confines of our materialistic world. | Photo: Sunil Kumar

My friends, first, I would like to thank you all for your kind support and encouragement that you have given me in response to my earlier writing endeavors. I have to say that I really didn’t expect such a response to my efforts when I had started out. Now that my sorry excuse of an [...]

By Vinayak Prabhu On 23 Mar, 2012 At 09:18 PM | Categorized As Columns, Rambling Thoughts | With 2 Comments
Shirt of Bhagat Singh – Full sleeves Khaki shirt with Italian collar, market Bhagat Singh on the collar.  Source:  http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/sciphoto/photo_m1.html

Okay guys. I want you to do one thing first. Whip out your phone calendars, and check the date. If you aren’t the sort who dropped your mobiles while drunk/asleep/being stupid, your calendar should read the following date: 23rd March 2012. Now, think about the significance of this day. What could have possibly happened today? [...]