Author: Sambit Dash

Times have changed. Quite literally. A major change that students (those residing in MU Hostels) experienced was a notice announcing the change in curfew hours. The upper limit of Hostel entry time, which was 12 o’ clock midnight, was changed to 11 o’ clock. Likewise the Health Sciences Library had its time of closure reduced… Continue reading 11 – the new 12

After a show of grandeur in the presidential procession from Raisina Hills to the Parliament, the 13th President of India, Pranab Mukherjee signed on the dotted line after being sworn in. And then the president spoke. In all that I heard on the news channel, there was one of the preliminary sentences that stuck out,… Continue reading And the President spoke

It is that time of the year again. Manipal is swarmed with a very characteristic species of people – parents. For the thousands of boys and girls getting admitted to various courses in various colleges, counseling followed by commencement of classes sees thousands of parents accompanying their children, spending a day or two, sometimes more,… Continue reading Manipal Admission Yatra: Should parents accompany their children?

It could not be more ironical than the fact that India is a nation where world’s largest population of hungry people live and yet also the nation where for the lack of proper storage systems, billions worth of food grain gets destroyed due to getting wet in the rainy season. The Indian government drew flak… Continue reading Rain,Grain and Drain