Month: March 2012

Yesterday, after the loud success of the MIT Revolution, there has been a mixture of emotions on display. The celebration of the success, the sorrow of a demise, the joy of bringing justice to Ishan Nihalani,  the lost emotions of a family, the mourning by friends, the rage of the wronged students, the hooligan insensitive… Continue reading Dear well wishers of Ishan, are your eyes capable of seeing another reality?

“Kumkum Garg hai hai!! Kumkum Garg hai hai!!” This is what I heard in the evening when I was sitting in the KMC Greens. A huge crowd of MIT students was heading towards the Edu Building and all of them looked as if they have serious issues with the management. Upon asking they explained the… Continue reading The Siege of Edu: A Report from an Outsider

Tie us up with sheets, and hang us by your rules We’ll stay out here all night, it doesn’t even matter As long as we are together, holding on to hope As you are on a slippery slope Don’t cut us down just yet, We’ll make things right again Don’t close your blinds on us,… Continue reading The Ides of March: A Poem for MIT by the Manipal Monk

Dear Ishan, I do not wish to use the words that the authorities had used to describe your death “A Great Departed Soul” because, although great, your soul hasn’t departed, for it’s still living on in us, your friends, classmates, batch mates, and college mates. I did not have the honour of knowing you. As… Continue reading The MIghTy revolution – I was there

There can not be a greater agony for any parents in this world to witness their child’s death before themselves. Oh God why did you create this world if one has to behold such a moment. I am still unable to forget Ishan’s mother’s face crying endlessly and his father not shedding a single tear… Continue reading Yet again..What is Life? -A tribute to Ishan Nihalani