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I'm 20 years old. I shouldn't already be tired of life. <\/p>
But I am, so tired, it aches to even lift my head. I'm tired of arguing, of telling people that they the world is, as much as they'd like to believe, not as hunky dory as they think it is. The men in my life do not understand, some of the women in my life are too blind. They do not see, they cannot see. <\/p>
For I Am A Woman. I am guaranteed freedom by constitution and by the law and yet my parents worry every time I even look at the door. My vagina is my family's honour, I am told. I have to hide who I am from those who raised me just to so I have the freedom to be who I am. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505481694188","data":"59bbd76430080"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505481690930","data":"
And what freedom is that? Always shackled to society's expectations, always seen as vulnerable. Men walk on the street at night freely, but when I do the same, it is seen as an invitation to molest me, to harass me, to rape me. <\/p>
Yet the very same men, benefiting from their privilege, tell me that they are the real victims! I am denied jobs because 'I will get married and quit anyway', but men are the real victims? If I'm ambitious, they talk behind my back saying I'm exchanging sexual favours in return of promotions, and yet men are the real victims? When I express my displeasure, they wonder loudly if I'm on my periods, and yet men are the real victims? When I get on the bus after a long day of work, I cannot even stand properly because a man behind me is trying to pinch my buttock, and yet, men are the real victims. <\/p>
For I Am A Woman. My vagina makes me a property to be owned, a property to be fought over. It is ironic, men think that women are expensive and 'hard to maintain', in the same breathe they claim they are the victims and accuse me of only running after 'bad boys' and their wallets. The same men tell me that they are actually nice guys. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505482016951","data":"59bbd7bd9f45e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505482019318","data":"
I Am A Woman, and I refuse to be bowed by your sexism. I will fight and I will break these shackles society places on me so both you and I, my dear men, can be finally equal. I Am A Woman, I'm not your object, I'm not your whore, I'm not your slave. <\/p>
And I will fight back. <\/p>"}]
I like my job here at stuMagz. Between interviewing and telling the stories of people whose stories need to be told, I also get paid for what I usually do on social media for free: having an opinion. I'm not sure I have a particular writing style that I follow, it goes without saying that whether I'm aware of it or not, those who read my work regularly can identify how I write. Or at least I'm hoping, please let me have this ego-boost. <\/p>
What I don't do here, however, is deliberately lie and post half-truths intended to cause fear and panic, especially not on the backs of a horrific incident that has already shaken Hyderabad. I certainly want to build a career in the business of the written word, but not by being a vulture descending on a tragedy and writing story so horrendously researched and published, I have to stop and question the reality I'm living in. <\/p>
On Tuesday, the decomposed body of 17-year old Chandini Jain was found in the Ameenpura Hillock just outside Hyderabad. The police quickly swung into action and arrested a minor and a long time friend of hers, who later confessed the crime. <\/p>
It is said that the heaviest coffins are the smallest. The shock of losing a child at such a young age cannot be quantified in words, and my heart goes out to Chandini's family. On behalf of Team stuMagz, I offer my sincerest condolences. <\/p>
The following is a video posted by Telangana Today News pertaining to the case. <\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1505473094616","data":"DZ3gsfBnnpo"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505473098236","data":"
Which brings us to Times of India and the direction this blog piece - which I'll freely admit is more of a rant - is heading. <\/p>
On the 14th of September, yesterday during the time of this piece's publication, the Times of India, an organisation that has been around since the 19th century, posted a piece titled, '3-day party, 52 minors, flowing booze: Chandini death exposes dark underbelly of social media.'<\/p>
If you thought that headline is bad, the article itself reads like it was written by an old man yelling at smartphones for not having a circular dial. You can read the travesty of an article here. <\/a><\/p>Initially, this blog piece was supposed to be a point by point deconstruction of the reporting published in the above-mentioned article. But as I kept reading, it kept getting progressively worse, its content ranging from half-truths to outright lies. <\/p>As the article opens, it informs the readers that investigation into Chandini Jain's murder has revealed the harmful effects of Social Media, which is fine so far, considering that social media is indeed dangerous if you are friends with the wrong sorts, especially for impressionable teenagers. Following this, however, the article goes on to describe a 52 member party in a Hotel in the city. The way it is described, the report for Times made it sound like it was a hedonistic paradise where underaged kids were served alcohol and - I need you to sit down for this because it is quite earth shattering - where boys and girls shared rooms for three straight days. <\/p>What the report describes is a Model United Nations, which the report does mention and then promptly ignores for the rest of the article, which spends half its words describing it like it was a hippie party straight out of the 1960s. The reporter didn't even bother googling Model United Nations, the first result on google is the following: Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically role-play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN conferences, which is usually organized by a high school or college MUN club <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505474634718","data":"59bbc0dce7c05"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505474638927","data":"The report then goes on to say that the minors were served alcohol by the hotel authorities during the evening parties, of which there is zero evidence. There is absolutely nothing that suggests that the hotel authorities specifically served the kids alcohol, and come to think of it, why would a hotel risk doing such a thing? This is a country where a couple cannot rent a room in a hotel without showing a marriage certificate, why on earth would they risk serving minors alcohol?<\/p>It is possible, and I'm saying possible, not probable, that a few of the 52 teenagers present for the MUN could have sneaked in some alcohol because surprise! teenagers aren't exactly known for their critical thinking skills and you try telling a teenager not to do something, that does not mean that the hotel authorities are responsible, nor am I absolving them of guilt. <\/p>From here on, the article goes on to accuse the teenagers of being addicted to social media like Snapchat, Facebook and Whatsapp (where the target audience of this article will share it fervently because irony died a thousand deaths already), even going as far as saying that the number of likes matters to such teenagers. I do not even know where to begin with this. <\/p>Which teenager isn't social media savvy these days? All of them are online, all of them have moved on from Facebook because their families are on it and are on Snapchat or Instagram because a teenager needs and deserves their privacy, even if it is to make mistakes. Considering the overbearing nature of Indian parents, are you really surprised that Indian teens actively seek solace online, among equals who are also going through the same issues they are? <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505475357899","data":"59bbc109b24eb"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505475361581","data":"When it comes to the writing process, especially about topics I do not know about, I spend nearly an hour or two on google, hunting down whatever I can read about a certain issue before I write about it. Now, I understand that this might not always be the case, especially for those working in the print or online media, when they have to churn out an article as soon as possible. Considering how much I've heard that Times of India is a high-pressure workplace (as it should be), I understand that it is not always possible to sit down and research about something before writing about it. <\/p>But to this level? This doesn't read like an objective article written by a reporter, it reads like someone with an agenda and outdated notions of today's youth wrote it with an obvious bias, painting teenagers as uncontrollable rage monsters who care about their appearance and social media more than their own lives. The target audience of this 'news' article, once you retrospect after reading, seems clear: the Whatsapp Uncle Network filled with fake forwards believing uncles and overbearing aunties with more concern than brains. I won't be surprised if this makes it to your family's WhatsApp group, even as you roll your eyes and groan. <\/p>This is the era of post-truths. The lie is the truth and the truth doesn't matter. Times like these, I'm reminded of the saying, 'In the Age of the Internet, ignorance is a personal choice'. A hit piece so obviously worded to appeal to the overly patriarchal and conservative society will only serve to further alienate teenagers from their parents in a time when teens and parents need to work together and actively try to understand each other. <\/p>Hit pieces like these will continue to find traction as long as parents treat their teenagers like babies that just crawled out of the crib and not like actual people with likes, dislikes, desires and crushes. It's perhaps time for parents to trust their children so they open up to them more than to read hit pieces like these and decide, just like the last time when drugs were the talk of the town in Hyderabad, that their children are doing everything that is being reported on the news. <\/p>I know you're reading this, mom. <\/p>"}]
Initially, this blog piece was supposed to be a point by point deconstruction of the reporting published in the above-mentioned article. But as I kept reading, it kept getting progressively worse, its content ranging from half-truths to outright lies. <\/p>
As the article opens, it informs the readers that investigation into Chandini Jain's murder has revealed the harmful effects of Social Media, which is fine so far, considering that social media is indeed dangerous if you are friends with the wrong sorts, especially for impressionable teenagers. Following this, however, the article goes on to describe a 52 member party in a Hotel in the city. The way it is described, the report for Times made it sound like it was a hedonistic paradise where underaged kids were served alcohol and - I need you to sit down for this because it is quite earth shattering - where boys and girls shared rooms for three straight days. <\/p>
What the report describes is a Model United Nations, which the report does mention and then promptly ignores for the rest of the article, which spends half its words describing it like it was a hippie party straight out of the 1960s. The reporter didn't even bother googling Model United Nations, the first result on google is the following: Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically role-play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. This activity takes place at MUN conferences, which is usually organized by a high school or college MUN club <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505474634718","data":"59bbc0dce7c05"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505474638927","data":"
The report then goes on to say that the minors were served alcohol by the hotel authorities during the evening parties, of which there is zero evidence. There is absolutely nothing that suggests that the hotel authorities specifically served the kids alcohol, and come to think of it, why would a hotel risk doing such a thing? This is a country where a couple cannot rent a room in a hotel without showing a marriage certificate, why on earth would they risk serving minors alcohol?<\/p>
It is possible, and I'm saying possible, not probable, that a few of the 52 teenagers present for the MUN could have sneaked in some alcohol because surprise! teenagers aren't exactly known for their critical thinking skills and you try telling a teenager not to do something, that does not mean that the hotel authorities are responsible, nor am I absolving them of guilt. <\/p>
From here on, the article goes on to accuse the teenagers of being addicted to social media like Snapchat, Facebook and Whatsapp (where the target audience of this article will share it fervently because irony died a thousand deaths already), even going as far as saying that the number of likes matters to such teenagers. I do not even know where to begin with this. <\/p>
Which teenager isn't social media savvy these days? All of them are online, all of them have moved on from Facebook because their families are on it and are on Snapchat or Instagram because a teenager needs and deserves their privacy, even if it is to make mistakes. Considering the overbearing nature of Indian parents, are you really surprised that Indian teens actively seek solace online, among equals who are also going through the same issues they are? <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505475357899","data":"59bbc109b24eb"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505475361581","data":"
When it comes to the writing process, especially about topics I do not know about, I spend nearly an hour or two on google, hunting down whatever I can read about a certain issue before I write about it. Now, I understand that this might not always be the case, especially for those working in the print or online media, when they have to churn out an article as soon as possible. Considering how much I've heard that Times of India is a high-pressure workplace (as it should be), I understand that it is not always possible to sit down and research about something before writing about it. <\/p>
But to this level? This doesn't read like an objective article written by a reporter, it reads like someone with an agenda and outdated notions of today's youth wrote it with an obvious bias, painting teenagers as uncontrollable rage monsters who care about their appearance and social media more than their own lives. The target audience of this 'news' article, once you retrospect after reading, seems clear: the Whatsapp Uncle Network filled with fake forwards believing uncles and overbearing aunties with more concern than brains. I won't be surprised if this makes it to your family's WhatsApp group, even as you roll your eyes and groan. <\/p>
This is the era of post-truths. The lie is the truth and the truth doesn't matter. Times like these, I'm reminded of the saying, 'In the Age of the Internet, ignorance is a personal choice'. A hit piece so obviously worded to appeal to the overly patriarchal and conservative society will only serve to further alienate teenagers from their parents in a time when teens and parents need to work together and actively try to understand each other. <\/p>
Hit pieces like these will continue to find traction as long as parents treat their teenagers like babies that just crawled out of the crib and not like actual people with likes, dislikes, desires and crushes. It's perhaps time for parents to trust their children so they open up to them more than to read hit pieces like these and decide, just like the last time when drugs were the talk of the town in Hyderabad, that their children are doing everything that is being reported on the news. <\/p>
I know you're reading this, mom. <\/p>"}]
We've let mass media, print media and even people around us tell us that we need to stay motivated to achieve our goals and become successful. <\/p>
Well guess what, motivation is overrated. It is a fickle beast that abandons you when you need it the most. This is in no way saying that motivation doesn't work, it does work and wonderfully at that, but when you need it the most, it is gone. You can't find it, you then proceed to tell yourself that because you are not motivated, you cannot finish certain task or your body refuses to go on. <\/p>
Which is why motivation is so unreliable, and also why we must develop a system that ensures we do what we are meant to do on time. There's a simple answer to this. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505466288574","data":"59bb9f035be6c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505467105037","data":"
Motivation is a passing cloud that provides shade from the unforgiving Sun very briefly, but to achieve actual shelter and be comfortable with who you are as a person, you need fortitude, moral and physical, both of which can be achieve by one singular trait that so many of us lack: Discipline. <\/p>
This is not to say Motivation is useless, it is still a very useful feeling\/emotion that pushes you to do your best, but it is not omnipresent. Try as we might, humans simply cannot be machines of positivity, we have our moods and they sour or gladden depending on the day or our surroundings. There is a certain process to this thing. <\/p>
Use your motivation to develop a set of things you do with perfect discipline, that you do no matter what happens, every day. Like sleeping on time, or brushing twice a day, or showering twice a day. Or resolving to yourself that you will have non-zero days and actually going through with it. <\/p>
Develop discipline, motivation will automatically follow, it is just that simple. <\/p>
So the next time you're waiting to do something and complain about the lack of motivation, remember that even when you do have motivation there is no guarantee that it will stay with you for a long time. Which is why it is essential for you to put a system in place where you not only finish tasks on time, but you get to keep your own word to yourself, ensuring you have a more positive outlook on life in general, which further translates into you becoming a more positive and motivated person. <\/p>
Motivation is overrated, develop discipline today. <\/p>"}]
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th-century American poet declared that \"a friend may well be reckoned as the masterpiece of Nature\". Most of us have a small group of people that we call our Best Friends, each of us would be ready to swear by our friendship and sanguinely claim that their friendship would last a lifetime. But give it a thought and be more practical, how sure can you be about a friendship to last forever? Just like every other fervor, the fury slowly starts to die with time. The only thing that\u2019s constant in our lives is the change that comes, and like every other feeling, emotion or relation, Friendship is also volatile. The life of a friendship can be increased by preserving it carefully or by taking corrective measures to counter the loss as and when it might happen. When we make new friends and get unbelievably close to each other, we get the positive vibes which scream happiness that we hope would last enduringly. <\/p>
A book by Digby Anderson, Losing Friends, argues that the pressures of modern life cause many people to see friends as a nuisance rather than a blessing. Everyone has a different perception of friendship, some get too possessive of their friends while others look for their own space. Each has their own way of justifying the possessiveness or the lack of it. However, everything in life has a saturation point and so does tolerance. When this saturation point is reached, a warning gets triggered and that\u2019s your last call for disaster management, if the right counter measures are not taken, the friendship might be a part of the history.<\/p>
But when exactly do you know that a friendship is coming to a slow death? Luckily, unless your friend is a master of deception, you will get certain cues that you can intelligently catch hold of and make the required changes to extend the life of your friendship. But what if you\u2019re on the receiving end? Or rather dramatically told, what if you\u2019re the victim of a rough friendship? Maybe you\u2019re the one who needs to take a call and decide if you want to keep the friendship alive by further pumping in your efforts or just let the ship sink. <\/p>
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At this point, it gets immensely difficult because you know that you will end up blaming yourself for the misjudgment if anything goes wrong in the future as a direct result of the path you now choose. I believe that any friendship that has lasted for at least 6 months needs a second chance, for a long friendship that you value more, you might consider giving it yet another shot and hope for things to fall in place. But if it appears that you\u2019re the only one who\u2019s putting in efforts for the better, then probably it\u2019s time to stop. If it\u2019s a one-sided effort that\u2019s being put in, then the efforts cannot propel the ship of \u2018Friendship\u2019 and keep it moving and at some point, you will finally realize that all your efforts have gone futile! For once the fuel reading might read nil and the ship just keeps floating without any movement, that\u2019s the right time to decide and make your choice as there\u2019s hardly anything to lose then. You know it\u2019s not going anywhere without your efforts, and despite many efforts, you cannot be sure if you can propel the ship all the way to the destination. In such a situation, you essentially have two choices, to toil in the sea and hope for the ship to reach the shore or to get out of the ship and swim to the shore and gradually let the ship disintegrate. <\/p>
End of the day, the ball is in your court, you need to take the call and weigh your options to decide if it\u2019s worth the extra move and struggle or you should just let go of things and people for the better. <\/p>"}]
To say Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an interesting man would be an understatement of epic proportions. <\/p>
Born on September 15, 1861 in Mysore, Visvesvaraya had a privileged upbringing, about as privileged as anyone can get under the yoke of the British empire. His father, a noted Sanskrit scholar, was well respected for his work. After losing his father at a young age, Visvesvaraya went on to study Bachelor of Arts in Central College, Bangalore, before studying Civil Engineering at the prestigious College of Engineering in Pune (which still stands to this day), his legend would only grow from here. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1536908698476","data":"59ba822822ee4"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1536908698477","data":"
After working in the PWD department in Bombay for a while, he went on to design and patent a system of automatic weir water floodgates that were first installed in 1903 at the Khadakvasla Reservoir near Poona. These gates were employed to raise the flood supply level of storage in the reservoir to the highest level likely to be attained without causing any damage to the dam. Based on the success of these gates, the same system was installed at the Tigra Dam in Gwalior and the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) Dam in Mandya\/Mysore, Karnataka. <\/p>
He went on to design a system that would prevent Hyderabad from being flooded, which in turn made him a legend in the Indian Engineering Circles. He also designed a system to prevent soil erosion in the port of Vishakapatnam, thanks to which the port still stands to this day. The natural lagoon enclosure for the Vizag port did the further job of protecting the shores. He went on to supervise the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam on the Kaveri River from concept to inauguration. This dam created the biggest reservoir in Asia when it was built. M. Visvesvaraya gave his valuable technical advice for the location of Mokama Bridge over the Ganga in Bihar. At the time, he was over 90 years old.<\/p>
For his services to the Empire before Independence, he was Knighted and made Knight Commander of the British Indian Empire, and post-independence, awarded the Bharat Ratna for his various contributions to India, in 1955. <\/p>
His illustrious career is an example for every engineer to take inspiration from. There was none like him but, due to the simple fact that he exists, here's hoping we see more such men and women walk out from our engineering colleges in the days to come. <\/p>
So today, on the anniversary of his birth, let us remember to learn how to be an effective engineer from the prime engineer himself. <\/p>
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Affiliate Marketing Fest-II is here again with the aim to educate and aware youth on self employment career opportunities and discuss on industry updates.<\/p>
Schedule:<\/b><\/p>
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM \u2013 Registrations & Networking <\/b><\/p>
Come early to collect your entry badge. Also catch up with other participants and start networking over a cup of coffee.<\/p>
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM \u2013 Welcome Note & Announcements <\/b><\/p>
Welcome note by the organizers, a short and crisp dialogue, setting the pace for the day.<\/p>
Speakers on board:<\/p>
1. How to Start A Successful Affiliate Career from Scratch <\/i>by <\/i>Rajesh Arya<\/b> <\/p>
2. Fastest Way to start making 1000 dollars and scale to 10,000 dollars per month with affiliate marketing <\/i>by Gaurab Borah<\/b><\/p>
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Lunch Break<\/b><\/p>
3. How To Create A Passive Income Source With Amazon Affiliate Program That Pays For Months And Years To Come!<\/i> by Sankar Datti <\/b><\/p>
4. How To Become A Paid Marketing Ninja and Make Millions In Affiliate Marketing<\/i> by Siddharth Bagga<\/b><\/p>
04:00 PM to 4:15 PM \u2013 Tea Break <\/b><\/p>
\n04:15 PM to 4:45 PM \u2013 Open House: Q & A <\/b><\/p>
The most important session of the day, will have free chat with all speakers to answer any questions you have on affiliate marketing.<\/p>
04:45 PM to 5:00 PM - Networking\/Closing Note\/Photo Op.<\/b><\/p>"}]
Picture the Sitar. Chances are you're thinking of some middle-aged person, in traditional attire, holding up the magnificent instrument as they play in tandem with the rest of ensemble in an Indian classical music concert, strumming away and producing soul touching tunes with practised ease picked up over multiple years of making music with the instrument. This image of a traditional sitar player has been given to us through our own experiences, or through mass media. We have been led to believe, through our own experiences and mass media, that the Sitar is an instrument used only for the ethereal, and often surreal, tunes of Indian classical music.<\/p>
That is until you meet Rishabh Seen. This 21-year old from Jalandhar, Punjab is an accomplished sitarist who has done what no other sitarist, in fact, nobody in the world, has done before: he plays Metal music with it. <\/p>
We caught up with the young man over the phone for a chat about his journey so far, his influences and the road ahead. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505375806839","data":"59ba370be983b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505375808792","data":"
\"I started learning the sitar 10 years ago,\" he says, answering our question on when he started learning the instrument, \"My father is a sitar player himself, and when I was 10, he started teaching me how to play and perform with the instrument.\" <\/p>
Rishabh Seen comes from a family immersed in music. His grandfather, Ustad Lachhman Singh Seen, is a noted tabla maestro and eminent scholar of music, whose works have been preserved in the national archives. His son, and Rishabh's father, Manu Kumar Seen, following his father's footsteps, went on to become an accomplished sitarist and, as Rishabh tells us, is history, \"I was about 6 years old when I learned vocals, 4 years later my sitar practice began and I've been dedicated to it ever since.\" <\/p>
\"We're a proper Indian traditional family,\" laughs Rishabh, \"I didn't even know that there was a genre of music called metal until much later. I've grown up among classical musicians and classical Indian instruments.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505376757410","data":"59ba4343caaa7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505376759780","data":"
Following an introduction to The Foo Fighters, a band headlined by former Nirvana drummer and all around awesome person Dave Grohl, Rishabh says his life was never the same again, \"Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, that was the album that changed everything and put things in a new light for me,\" he says, referring to the band's 2007 album, \"It was such a fantastic experience, I even remember the time and the day I first heard it. It was one of those moments where you just know that you're experiencing something that will change you forever.\" <\/p>
Rishabh then proceeded to discover more of the heavier genres of music, from Kurt Cobain's Nirvana to Slipknot's high octane riffs and lyrics. He talks about how listening to metal was more of a personal experience, until he decided to blast it on his speakers at home, \"It was around 2011, I think, when I just played a metal song on the speakers. My dad, wondering what on earth was happening, came by to check on me. What was surprising was that he really enjoyed what he was listening to.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505389074787","data":"59ba6a7dd0362"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505379255138","data":"
\"It was then I realised that there needs to be something that bridges the gap between Indian classical music and metal music,\" Rishabh says, talking about when he started playing metal on the sitar, \"I realised that nobody had ever used the sitar in metal before, and all I could think was 'what if?'\"<\/p>
\"I decided then, that it was probably better if I cover songs first before putting my original creations online. The songs by Metallica, Meshuggah and Animals as Leaders seemed to be a perfect fit. So in 2015, I released the first cover I did, of Tempting Time by Animals as Leaders.\" <\/p>
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I daresay the rest, as the saying goes, was history. Rishabh's playing style and the fact that he was playing metal on a sitar attracted audiences from all over the world. Along with the views came the acknowledgements, \"Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders reached out to me, I'm still in shock about that,\" he laughs, \"Steven Wilson shared my cover of his song 'Perfect Life', and there was a video of Metallica's frontman James Hetfield briefly talking about me. All of it feels very surreal, these are my personal heroes and they acknowledged my work!\" <\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1505381146487","data":"cvEFwtFnqNU"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505380839828","data":"
We ask Rishabh about his band, called Mute The Saint, and the road ahead, both with the band and as a solo artist, \"I'm at a very weird phase in life right now. I do know that there is a long way to go before something amazing happens,\" he says, \"With Mute The Saint, we're here to show that we're doing something new, something different, hopefully, something that will attract enough attention,\" he laughs. <\/p>
The band, with members from India as well as the United States, posses the unique distinction of being the first in the world to be headlined by a sitarist, \"We're an Indian classical - Progressive rock band, but yes, this is the first time in the world a metal quartet has a sitar as the lead instrument.\"<\/p>
At 21, Rishabh has already set two records by being the first metal sitarist in the world and being a part of the first metal band headlined by a sitarist, there's absolutely no telling how much more we'll see from this young man, \"I have something really great lined up, scheduled to happen soon. I'm not at liberty to talk about it right now, but there are some collaborations coming up that I think people are going to really like,\" he says, as you can see neither is he telling us. <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505383013514","data":"59ba52e691687"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505383015929","data":"
In conclusion, we ask Rishabh about his sitar and learning how to play it in general, \"I know it looks intimidating and scary, but it is really very easy to play once you nail the basics,\" says Rishabh, \"One thing is for sure, you'll have deep cuts on your fingers and they hurt.\" <\/p>
\"The thing about Indian classical music and western music is, according to my father, western music is hard to pick up but gets progressively easier as time goes by. Indian classical music, on the other hand, might be difficult to pick up, but it's like finding yourself on an island and then discovering that there's a sea of music all around you. It is infinite, all encompassing. To bridge a gap between the two forms of music, which seem so diametrically opposite, was something that feels like I was meant to do. All that's left to see is where this goes,\" he concludes. <\/p>
Comments on YouTube have called his music unique and eye-opening, many more have called him the Tosin Abasi of India. One thing is for sure, there's only one Rishabh Seen in the world at this moment. In many ways, Rishabh's experimentation and skill with the sitar and the involvement with metal music will only inspire many more to come, making him a pathfinder in a unique genre of music. This is one young man you should definitely keep an eye out for. <\/p>
Rishabh Seen is scheduled to perform in Hyderabad this Saturday, September 16, at FUBAR in Jubilee Hills. Click here<\/a> to check out the Infinite Cartwheels event page on Facebook. Do check out Rishabh's facebook page by clicking here<\/a>, and his website by clicking here. <\/a><\/i><\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1505383770133","data":"NaH-RWVJ9Ww"}]
Engineers Hub presents one of the most exciting and largest technology and career conference for students, The Tech Fest 2017. A two day conference that gives platform to students to learn, experience and connect with the latest technologies, meet experts and mentors from diverse industries. The event will have 50 Speakers, 20 Workshops, 10 Prototypes, Tech Experience Zones, Internship opportunities at reputed organisation, Competitions, Hackathon, Gaming, Networking, Tech Hub and much more.<\/p>
Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Below is the scroll of eminent personalities who would interact with the gathering at the conference.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505127700707","data":"1. Dr. Martin J Aichmayr:<\/b> General Manager of the Data Center services at IBM<\/i>, brings with him a background in Physics coupled with an MBA, and also has PHD from the University of Cologne in the field of Future Communication Technologies, Energy efficiency and regenerative energies. Over a career spanning over multiple decades, Martin has been deeply involved with Green and Sustainable technologies. Notable among these were the Heliotrop, which was first of a kind, and was followed by the plus energy concept by the world renowned architect Rolf Disch<\/i> way back in 1994. Martin was also involved in the European Union Commissioned Green Energy Project, which was a research project to gauge the power cost of data centers where they had to recommend energy savings potential of upto 50% via optimized cooling, green energy utilization, un-uninterruptible power supply technology, consolidation and virtualization of mini data centers of less than 10 servers upto major data centers of thousands of servers. He is also a seasoned writer and has authored numerous papers and articles on Green technologies.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505128366613","data":"2. Ankur Mehra: <\/b>Head Media Partnerships (Regional Marketing) at Facebook. With 14 years of work experience ranging from the Army to Entrepreneurship to Corporate environs, Ankur have carved a niche in New Business Develpment, Strategic Alliance, Media Partnership, Business Environment Analysis, Fund Raising, Analytical interpretation, Venture Turnaround and Client Relationship Management. Mr. Mehra is the alumni of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Symbiosis Institute of Management and initially has worked as Non-Executive Director and Country Manager (India) - Rightster, COO - Whacked Out Media Pvt Ltd and Head- Strategic Business Development - A2V Infosolutions Pvt Ltd.\n<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505287860872","data":"3. Ritesh Modi:<\/b> Ritesh is Technology Architect and Senior Technology Evangelist with Microsoft having 14+ years of experience in industry. He is a known Industry leader, published author and well know speaker at multiple national and international events. He\u2019s an expert on Azure, DevOps, Bots, Cognitive, IOT, PowerShell, SharePoint, SQL Server and System Center. He has authored multiple books and \u201cDevOps with Windows Server 2016\u201d is his latest one. He has spoken at multiple conferences including TechEd and PowerShell Asia conference and is a published author for MSDN magazine. He has more than a decade of experience in building and deploying enterprise solutions for customers"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505285911958","data":"4. Hemanth Satyanarayana: Mr. <\/b>Satyanarayana serves as the Managing Director of Imaginate. He has over 11 years of experience working in lead development roles in high technology Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) platforms in USA and India. He won the prestigious MIT TR35 India Innovator award and also got featured as a technology pioneer on Lufthansa - Pioneering Spirit TV show by Economic Times NOW. At Imaginate, Hemanth spearheads the strategy formulation and overall technology development. In AR, Hemanth is an early researcher (in 2005) who pioneered the development of Image guided Liver Surgery apparatus for a renowned Children\u2019s Hospital in Buffalo, USA. Besides working for top MNC, he worked in VR startups in New York in multiple capacities, delivered successful product demonstrations to the US Department of Defense and helped raise over $500K in research grants.<\/b>Hemanth is also a co-inventor of a couple of patents (in Virtual Collaborative Shopping and Virtual Locomotion Controller) filed in US and India. Hemanth holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Madras, a Masters in Research (Augmented Reality) from State University of New York at Buffalo, a PG Diploma in Patent Law from NALSAR University of Law. He is also an alumnus of Indian School of Business CEE. Hemanth is a speaker and mentor at several educational and entrepreneurial organizations and served as a global judge in Google Cloud Developer Challenge in 2014.<\/div>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505286830880","data":"5. Susurla V S Suresh: <\/b>An Electronics Engineer, Author, Inventor and Mentor. He has M.S (by research) degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Before joining the Institute for higher studies, he worked for a couple of years in multinational companies in the field of electronics, industrial automation systems and automotive embedded systems' hardware and software. His M.S. thesis involved the complete design, development and testing of a portable handheld bio-medical device (Wireless ECG system). This led to an industrial grade product, the technology being approved and taken over by an indigenous company working in the field of medical electronics. His areas of research include medical electronic systems design, analog signal processing, and digital signal processing and satellite hardware \/ software technology. He traveled abroad to present his work at reputed International conferences. His research work was published by Springer and IEEE (conference proceedings). After graduating from IIT Madras, he worked in the Institute's Department of Electrical Engineering where he played a key role during the design and development of indigenous satellite systems along with his team. Apart from being passionate about designing and building electronic systems, his interests include teaching, reading biographies of scientists and mathematicians, listening to soulful music and playing classical piano. "},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505370728316","data":"59ba22dc6fe96"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505370743651","data":"59ba22e64be33"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505287764350","data":"Arijit Bhattacharyya- Founder & CEO, VirtualInfoCom, <\/i>Dr. Vikas Kumar Saxena- Director, DRDO, <\/i>Ankur Mehra-Head Media Partnerships, Facebook, <\/i>Dr. S. M. Ahmed -Ex Scientist,VSSC ISRO, <\/i>Amit Sharma-Sr Director - Data Science, ADP, <\/i>Abhijith Naraparaju-Region Head, Blockchain Education Network, <\/i>Hitesh Ramani- Product Head, GrabOn <\/i>and many other such eminent personalities will interact with the gathering.<\/i><\/div>Buy Ticket for INR 650 Exclusively on stuMagz.\nApply coupon code TECHSTUMAGZ and get INR 50 off.<\/div>Hurry Up!<\/div>Book Now!<\/a><\/div>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b9aabf19207stryimg","category":"Blog","is_vip":"0","title":"Halt the Haste","title_id":"halt-the-haste","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"Yash Jain","authorUserName":"yashjain2","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/58fe71f29f5ffprofilepic","authorMagzName":"Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Hyderabad","authorCity":"Hyderabad","like_count":11,"cmnt_count":1,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Hyderabad","publishedInLink":"bitshyd","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/591d682d5d474profilepic","publishedInCode":"bitshyd","country":"IND","keywords":"Spontaneous,Stop,Think,Structure,Knowledge","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/halt-the-haste\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505339292246","data":"\"As I write this, I can see how fluently, yet mindlessly, the words are jumping in front of me, without sparing any second thought. What if I tell you that I haven't deleted a single letter from this draft? The punctuations, however, were added in the second go. They are meant to break the flow anyway. \nWhat is more important is how well you go about the idea that you have in your mind, or has been impinged about your mind. The latter one, I tell you, is the possibility you encounter when you randomly write a word or phrase in front of you and shoot off. What essentially you forget is whether or not the audience will relate to it. It's like a written extempore. You cannot go back and change whatever you've presented. Instead, you need to cover it up in the next few lines before the readers lose you. The efforts have to be made in order to carry on with the topic itself. But is it really worth it? Does that really provide an insight of how you actually feel about the topic? Or it's just one minute of your time that you want to spend making up all the pleasing sentences and punchlines in between to let the audience know that yes, you're still in the game. And wrap it all up as the buzzer rings.\" <\/p>As I start with this stanza, I've started to ponder over what I've written quite dynamically. Was it important, yes? Because now it'll all start to make sense. It's good to be spontaneous. You deliver of what is expected from you. And that too with all ease and actions. <\/p>But do you really think that was the best shot that you could've given? And if you believe that you've mastered the topic just by expressing your views on it for a given time interval, then I'm afraid, you're living a lie. <\/p>My point here is, in such scenarios, the time is the most vital component of your performance assessment. Failure to fulfill that would make all your efforts go in vain. But there's something that can't be bound by the time constraints, and that's knowledge. <\/p>What matters is how well the content connects with the concern. And what structure of information has been made to finally come up to the desired conclusion. If not for time, the complexity of these structures can go up to any level of understanding and thus, the time helps in keeping it concise. But not always the sample identifies with the whole. <\/p>Keep in mind that being spontaneous is not the solution but the first step of gathering the audience. What holds them is the manner in which you structure the sequence of relevant information.\n<\/p><\/p>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b95b6bb91b9stryimg","category":"Humour","is_vip":"0","title":"Things You Can Buy For The Price Of An iPhone X","title_id":"things-you-can-buy-for-the-price-of-an-iphone-x","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"Naresh Pallishetty","authorUserName":"nareshpallishetty","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/stumagzprofilepic","authorMagzName":"CBIT","authorCity":"Hyderabad","like_count":17,"cmnt_count":3,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"CBIT","publishedInLink":"cbit","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/5824281a09fd5profilepic","publishedInCode":"cbit","country":"IND","keywords":"iPhone X,1 lakh rupees","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/things-you-can-buy-for-the-price-of-an-iphone-x\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505318615491","data":"You're probably thinking, 'not one of these articles again', but since the ridiculous price of the iPhone X is trending everywhere, I decided to write about it. <\/p>With the 256 GB version of the iPhone X being priced over Rs. 1 lakh rupees in India, and the fact that it can only be unlocked by FaceID, a technology deemed too unreliable to be left as the only way to unlock a phone some years ago (of course Apple lifted it), and the fact that the camera is always on and that is super creepy, it would obviously be target of many jokes online. In fact, Twitter is absolutely on fire with every joke under the sun. I even asked my friends what they would do with 1 lakh rupees and I'm getting hilarious suggestions on the screen as I type this. So here's what you can do with 1 lakh rupees. Or at least, a very limited number of things you can do, because time is money and we have none of that to write the entire list. <\/p>1. A trip to Goa with 6 of your friends: <\/b><\/p>Sponsored by you, with everything from hotel rooms to quenching your thirsts covered, if you know what I mean. <\/p>From beach parties, water sports, gambling at the casino and living in comfortable hotels for multiple nights, live that high life in Goa for the price of just one iPhone X and come back with many memories. I also thought of including more holidays (like going to Tbilisi, Hong Kong or Vietnam), but this is funnier. At least, according to me. <\/p>Now, considering that an iPhone user is most likely a privileged guy with a high social status, it is more likely than not possible that all your friends are also people who use iPhones and would probably buy the iPhone X. Now pause, look at your friends, and imagine what you could do with 7 lakh rupees instead. <\/p><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320476472","data":"59b95e97f01c5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320478483","data":"2. Buy a phone AND a Laptop AND a pair of wireless headphones:<\/b><\/p>Did you know that the writers over at stuMagz work with just their phones, laptops and headphones\/earphones? That's all they need to start writing their stories. I went to the office and saw it myself. So if you invest 1 lakh rupees wisely, not only can you start your writing journey, you can make money out of it! How crazy is that! <\/p>(Fun fact, the MacBook Air in the photo below and a great pair of wireless headphones will still leave you with over 10 to 20k)<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320616128","data":"59b960a86df6e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320622716","data":"3. Funding Cancer Research: <\/b><\/p>This isn't here to guilt trip you. This is here just because everyone needs to be told that cancer research must be funded. This disease has taken way too many people from my life and considering how much we like to smoke and be as exposed to cancer causing elements as possible, this might be the only hope of our survival in the future. No Shave November is coming, considering donating to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Check out their website here.<\/a><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321156184","data":"59b96178599fe"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321238665","data":"4. A Gearless Vehicle: <\/b><\/p>Even the annoyingly expensive Vespa, which as fate would have it is bought by the same kind of people who think iPhones are good phones, is cheaper than the iPhone X. Normally, I wouldn't encourage buying a vehicle to screw up the already screwed up beyond repair situation of our traffic, but hey, that's what it is. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321356091","data":"59b9620f49987"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321389609","data":"5. Mutual Funds: <\/b> <\/p>Are subject to market risks, I know, but they are much safer than directly investing in the stock market, trust me on that one. <\/p>Investing your money wisely can net you a much higher yield which will then allow you to purchase more than 1 iPhone X, but by the time that happens, the phone will be outdated and you would be saving up to buy a house or something worthwhile. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321475499","data":"59b96285d74f5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321477707","data":"That really is it, right? I could go on about literally the humungous amount of things you can buy in India with 1 lakh rupees. In many cases, that amount of money is the annual income of some households in India. A recent report said that the gap between the rich and poor is growing exponentially and has reached pre 1923 levels. Pre 1923 levels was the same time a revolution was sparked off due to inequality, and about a century before that, the bourgeois were put to the guillotine by the peasants of France because they had no food to eat and no money to afford it while the nobles hogged all their wealth. <\/p>Obviously, if you're an iPhone fan, nobody is going to stop you from buying the phone, but as a favour to me, before you do, just pause and consider what you're doing. I won't tell you what to think, just hope that you do, in fact, think this through. <\/p>Cheers!<\/p>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b965295e0b4stryimg","category":"Human Interest","is_vip":"0","title":"I am an Introvert","title_id":"i-am-an-introvert-","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"mrudula","authorUserName":"mrudula2","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/stumagzprofilepic","authorMagzName":"AEC Bhongir","authorCity":"Bhuvanagiri","like_count":22,"cmnt_count":3,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"AEC Bhongir","publishedInLink":"aurb","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/591c36e4788d6profilepic","publishedInCode":"aurb","country":"IND","keywords":"personality,notshy,introvert","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/i-am-an-introvert-\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505315920771","data":"I'm not the one who doesn't like people rather I like myself more.I might seem so Serene but there is always a storm going down inside my head. I want to be alone because all my thoughts are inwards. And projecting them outwards is changing my personality. <\/p>Every time when I'm being asked ' why do you keep so silent?' my answer would be like ' hey! I just don't want to waste my energy in talking nothing useful'. Whenever you pressurize me to talk more 'I feel guilty of being what I'm. It's not that I'm afraid of group meetings or socializing and I'm definitely not feeling shy. I enjoy sitting alone at home watching tv, cooking food, talking to my friends so much but wanting them to leave soon, morning walks, reading books but don't mistake it with my shyness.It's just that I don't feel the need to exhaust myself when I'm actually hunting my passions in my imaginary world.<\/p>If you are an extrovert go exhaust yourself exploring others but being an introvert I'm gonna explore myself in attempts to make myself better.<\/p>I nowhere think introversion needs to be cured instead it's a gift. You read yourself more than you concentrate on the world. Don't point us out on our quietness for not listening to the sound of the city because our mental life fascinates us more.<\/p>\n"}] Published in clg-short-name Waiting for the approval by Admin Terms and conditions Message OK
Below is the scroll of eminent personalities who would interact with the gathering at the conference.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505127700707","data":"
1. Dr. Martin J Aichmayr:<\/b> General Manager of the Data Center services at IBM<\/i>, brings with him a background in Physics coupled with an MBA, and also has PHD from the University of Cologne in the field of Future Communication Technologies, Energy efficiency and regenerative energies. Over a career spanning over multiple decades, Martin has been deeply involved with Green and Sustainable technologies. Notable among these were the Heliotrop, which was first of a kind, and was followed by the plus energy concept by the world renowned architect Rolf Disch<\/i> way back in 1994. Martin was also involved in the European Union Commissioned Green Energy Project, which was a research project to gauge the power cost of data centers where they had to recommend energy savings potential of upto 50% via optimized cooling, green energy utilization, un-uninterruptible power supply technology, consolidation and virtualization of mini data centers of less than 10 servers upto major data centers of thousands of servers. He is also a seasoned writer and has authored numerous papers and articles on Green technologies.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505128366613","data":"
2. Ankur Mehra: <\/b>Head Media Partnerships (Regional Marketing) at Facebook. With 14 years of work experience ranging from the Army to Entrepreneurship to Corporate environs, Ankur have carved a niche in New Business Develpment, Strategic Alliance, Media Partnership, Business Environment Analysis, Fund Raising, Analytical interpretation, Venture Turnaround and Client Relationship Management. Mr. Mehra is the alumni of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Symbiosis Institute of Management and initially has worked as Non-Executive Director and Country Manager (India) - Rightster, COO - Whacked Out Media Pvt Ltd and Head- Strategic Business Development - A2V Infosolutions Pvt Ltd.\n<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505287860872","data":"3. Ritesh Modi:<\/b> Ritesh is Technology Architect and Senior Technology Evangelist with Microsoft having 14+ years of experience in industry. He is a known Industry leader, published author and well know speaker at multiple national and international events. He\u2019s an expert on Azure, DevOps, Bots, Cognitive, IOT, PowerShell, SharePoint, SQL Server and System Center. He has authored multiple books and \u201cDevOps with Windows Server 2016\u201d is his latest one. He has spoken at multiple conferences including TechEd and PowerShell Asia conference and is a published author for MSDN magazine. He has more than a decade of experience in building and deploying enterprise solutions for customers"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505285911958","data":"4. Hemanth Satyanarayana: Mr. <\/b>Satyanarayana serves as the Managing Director of Imaginate. He has over 11 years of experience working in lead development roles in high technology Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) platforms in USA and India. He won the prestigious MIT TR35 India Innovator award and also got featured as a technology pioneer on Lufthansa - Pioneering Spirit TV show by Economic Times NOW. At Imaginate, Hemanth spearheads the strategy formulation and overall technology development. In AR, Hemanth is an early researcher (in 2005) who pioneered the development of Image guided Liver Surgery apparatus for a renowned Children\u2019s Hospital in Buffalo, USA. Besides working for top MNC, he worked in VR startups in New York in multiple capacities, delivered successful product demonstrations to the US Department of Defense and helped raise over $500K in research grants.<\/b>Hemanth is also a co-inventor of a couple of patents (in Virtual Collaborative Shopping and Virtual Locomotion Controller) filed in US and India. Hemanth holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Madras, a Masters in Research (Augmented Reality) from State University of New York at Buffalo, a PG Diploma in Patent Law from NALSAR University of Law. He is also an alumnus of Indian School of Business CEE. Hemanth is a speaker and mentor at several educational and entrepreneurial organizations and served as a global judge in Google Cloud Developer Challenge in 2014.<\/div>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505286830880","data":"5. Susurla V S Suresh: <\/b>An Electronics Engineer, Author, Inventor and Mentor. He has M.S (by research) degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Before joining the Institute for higher studies, he worked for a couple of years in multinational companies in the field of electronics, industrial automation systems and automotive embedded systems' hardware and software. His M.S. thesis involved the complete design, development and testing of a portable handheld bio-medical device (Wireless ECG system). This led to an industrial grade product, the technology being approved and taken over by an indigenous company working in the field of medical electronics. His areas of research include medical electronic systems design, analog signal processing, and digital signal processing and satellite hardware \/ software technology. He traveled abroad to present his work at reputed International conferences. His research work was published by Springer and IEEE (conference proceedings). After graduating from IIT Madras, he worked in the Institute's Department of Electrical Engineering where he played a key role during the design and development of indigenous satellite systems along with his team. Apart from being passionate about designing and building electronic systems, his interests include teaching, reading biographies of scientists and mathematicians, listening to soulful music and playing classical piano. "},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505370728316","data":"59ba22dc6fe96"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505370743651","data":"59ba22e64be33"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505287764350","data":"Arijit Bhattacharyya- Founder & CEO, VirtualInfoCom, <\/i>Dr. Vikas Kumar Saxena- Director, DRDO, <\/i>Ankur Mehra-Head Media Partnerships, Facebook, <\/i>Dr. S. M. Ahmed -Ex Scientist,VSSC ISRO, <\/i>Amit Sharma-Sr Director - Data Science, ADP, <\/i>Abhijith Naraparaju-Region Head, Blockchain Education Network, <\/i>Hitesh Ramani- Product Head, GrabOn <\/i>and many other such eminent personalities will interact with the gathering.<\/i><\/div>Buy Ticket for INR 650 Exclusively on stuMagz.\nApply coupon code TECHSTUMAGZ and get INR 50 off.<\/div>Hurry Up!<\/div>Book Now!<\/a><\/div>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b9aabf19207stryimg","category":"Blog","is_vip":"0","title":"Halt the Haste","title_id":"halt-the-haste","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"Yash Jain","authorUserName":"yashjain2","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/58fe71f29f5ffprofilepic","authorMagzName":"Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Hyderabad","authorCity":"Hyderabad","like_count":11,"cmnt_count":1,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Hyderabad","publishedInLink":"bitshyd","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/591d682d5d474profilepic","publishedInCode":"bitshyd","country":"IND","keywords":"Spontaneous,Stop,Think,Structure,Knowledge","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/halt-the-haste\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505339292246","data":"\"As I write this, I can see how fluently, yet mindlessly, the words are jumping in front of me, without sparing any second thought. What if I tell you that I haven't deleted a single letter from this draft? The punctuations, however, were added in the second go. They are meant to break the flow anyway. \nWhat is more important is how well you go about the idea that you have in your mind, or has been impinged about your mind. The latter one, I tell you, is the possibility you encounter when you randomly write a word or phrase in front of you and shoot off. What essentially you forget is whether or not the audience will relate to it. It's like a written extempore. You cannot go back and change whatever you've presented. Instead, you need to cover it up in the next few lines before the readers lose you. The efforts have to be made in order to carry on with the topic itself. But is it really worth it? Does that really provide an insight of how you actually feel about the topic? Or it's just one minute of your time that you want to spend making up all the pleasing sentences and punchlines in between to let the audience know that yes, you're still in the game. And wrap it all up as the buzzer rings.\" <\/p>As I start with this stanza, I've started to ponder over what I've written quite dynamically. Was it important, yes? Because now it'll all start to make sense. It's good to be spontaneous. You deliver of what is expected from you. And that too with all ease and actions. <\/p>But do you really think that was the best shot that you could've given? And if you believe that you've mastered the topic just by expressing your views on it for a given time interval, then I'm afraid, you're living a lie. <\/p>My point here is, in such scenarios, the time is the most vital component of your performance assessment. Failure to fulfill that would make all your efforts go in vain. But there's something that can't be bound by the time constraints, and that's knowledge. <\/p>What matters is how well the content connects with the concern. And what structure of information has been made to finally come up to the desired conclusion. If not for time, the complexity of these structures can go up to any level of understanding and thus, the time helps in keeping it concise. But not always the sample identifies with the whole. <\/p>Keep in mind that being spontaneous is not the solution but the first step of gathering the audience. What holds them is the manner in which you structure the sequence of relevant information.\n<\/p><\/p>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b95b6bb91b9stryimg","category":"Humour","is_vip":"0","title":"Things You Can Buy For The Price Of An iPhone X","title_id":"things-you-can-buy-for-the-price-of-an-iphone-x","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"Naresh Pallishetty","authorUserName":"nareshpallishetty","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/stumagzprofilepic","authorMagzName":"CBIT","authorCity":"Hyderabad","like_count":17,"cmnt_count":3,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"CBIT","publishedInLink":"cbit","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/5824281a09fd5profilepic","publishedInCode":"cbit","country":"IND","keywords":"iPhone X,1 lakh rupees","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/things-you-can-buy-for-the-price-of-an-iphone-x\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505318615491","data":"You're probably thinking, 'not one of these articles again', but since the ridiculous price of the iPhone X is trending everywhere, I decided to write about it. <\/p>With the 256 GB version of the iPhone X being priced over Rs. 1 lakh rupees in India, and the fact that it can only be unlocked by FaceID, a technology deemed too unreliable to be left as the only way to unlock a phone some years ago (of course Apple lifted it), and the fact that the camera is always on and that is super creepy, it would obviously be target of many jokes online. In fact, Twitter is absolutely on fire with every joke under the sun. I even asked my friends what they would do with 1 lakh rupees and I'm getting hilarious suggestions on the screen as I type this. So here's what you can do with 1 lakh rupees. Or at least, a very limited number of things you can do, because time is money and we have none of that to write the entire list. <\/p>1. A trip to Goa with 6 of your friends: <\/b><\/p>Sponsored by you, with everything from hotel rooms to quenching your thirsts covered, if you know what I mean. <\/p>From beach parties, water sports, gambling at the casino and living in comfortable hotels for multiple nights, live that high life in Goa for the price of just one iPhone X and come back with many memories. I also thought of including more holidays (like going to Tbilisi, Hong Kong or Vietnam), but this is funnier. At least, according to me. <\/p>Now, considering that an iPhone user is most likely a privileged guy with a high social status, it is more likely than not possible that all your friends are also people who use iPhones and would probably buy the iPhone X. Now pause, look at your friends, and imagine what you could do with 7 lakh rupees instead. <\/p><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320476472","data":"59b95e97f01c5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320478483","data":"2. Buy a phone AND a Laptop AND a pair of wireless headphones:<\/b><\/p>Did you know that the writers over at stuMagz work with just their phones, laptops and headphones\/earphones? That's all they need to start writing their stories. I went to the office and saw it myself. So if you invest 1 lakh rupees wisely, not only can you start your writing journey, you can make money out of it! How crazy is that! <\/p>(Fun fact, the MacBook Air in the photo below and a great pair of wireless headphones will still leave you with over 10 to 20k)<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320616128","data":"59b960a86df6e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320622716","data":"3. Funding Cancer Research: <\/b><\/p>This isn't here to guilt trip you. This is here just because everyone needs to be told that cancer research must be funded. This disease has taken way too many people from my life and considering how much we like to smoke and be as exposed to cancer causing elements as possible, this might be the only hope of our survival in the future. No Shave November is coming, considering donating to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Check out their website here.<\/a><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321156184","data":"59b96178599fe"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321238665","data":"4. A Gearless Vehicle: <\/b><\/p>Even the annoyingly expensive Vespa, which as fate would have it is bought by the same kind of people who think iPhones are good phones, is cheaper than the iPhone X. Normally, I wouldn't encourage buying a vehicle to screw up the already screwed up beyond repair situation of our traffic, but hey, that's what it is. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321356091","data":"59b9620f49987"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321389609","data":"5. Mutual Funds: <\/b> <\/p>Are subject to market risks, I know, but they are much safer than directly investing in the stock market, trust me on that one. <\/p>Investing your money wisely can net you a much higher yield which will then allow you to purchase more than 1 iPhone X, but by the time that happens, the phone will be outdated and you would be saving up to buy a house or something worthwhile. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321475499","data":"59b96285d74f5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321477707","data":"That really is it, right? I could go on about literally the humungous amount of things you can buy in India with 1 lakh rupees. In many cases, that amount of money is the annual income of some households in India. A recent report said that the gap between the rich and poor is growing exponentially and has reached pre 1923 levels. Pre 1923 levels was the same time a revolution was sparked off due to inequality, and about a century before that, the bourgeois were put to the guillotine by the peasants of France because they had no food to eat and no money to afford it while the nobles hogged all their wealth. <\/p>Obviously, if you're an iPhone fan, nobody is going to stop you from buying the phone, but as a favour to me, before you do, just pause and consider what you're doing. I won't tell you what to think, just hope that you do, in fact, think this through. <\/p>Cheers!<\/p>"}] {"cover_pic":"https:\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/59b965295e0b4stryimg","category":"Human Interest","is_vip":"0","title":"I am an Introvert","title_id":"i-am-an-introvert-","isEdit":0,"isAdmin":0,"authorFullName":"mrudula","authorUserName":"mrudula2","authorProfilePic":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/stumagzprofilepic","authorMagzName":"AEC Bhongir","authorCity":"Bhuvanagiri","like_count":22,"cmnt_count":3,"type":1,"isApproved":2,"publishedInName":"AEC Bhongir","publishedInLink":"aurb","publishedInLogo":"\/\/cdn.stumagz.com\/images\/591c36e4788d6profilepic","publishedInCode":"aurb","country":"IND","keywords":"personality,notshy,introvert","isBookingEnabled":0,"privacy_status":"1","url":"https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/i-am-an-introvert-\/","has_form":0,"is_appln_closed":0,"max_no_of_applns":0,"likeStatus":0} [{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505315920771","data":"I'm not the one who doesn't like people rather I like myself more.I might seem so Serene but there is always a storm going down inside my head. I want to be alone because all my thoughts are inwards. And projecting them outwards is changing my personality. <\/p>Every time when I'm being asked ' why do you keep so silent?' my answer would be like ' hey! I just don't want to waste my energy in talking nothing useful'. Whenever you pressurize me to talk more 'I feel guilty of being what I'm. It's not that I'm afraid of group meetings or socializing and I'm definitely not feeling shy. I enjoy sitting alone at home watching tv, cooking food, talking to my friends so much but wanting them to leave soon, morning walks, reading books but don't mistake it with my shyness.It's just that I don't feel the need to exhaust myself when I'm actually hunting my passions in my imaginary world.<\/p>If you are an extrovert go exhaust yourself exploring others but being an introvert I'm gonna explore myself in attempts to make myself better.<\/p>I nowhere think introversion needs to be cured instead it's a gift. You read yourself more than you concentrate on the world. Don't point us out on our quietness for not listening to the sound of the city because our mental life fascinates us more.<\/p>\n"}] Published in clg-short-name Waiting for the approval by Admin Terms and conditions Message OK
<\/p>
As I start with this stanza, I've started to ponder over what I've written quite dynamically. Was it important, yes? Because now it'll all start to make sense. It's good to be spontaneous. You deliver of what is expected from you. And that too with all ease and actions. <\/p>
But do you really think that was the best shot that you could've given? And if you believe that you've mastered the topic just by expressing your views on it for a given time interval, then I'm afraid, you're living a lie. <\/p>
My point here is, in such scenarios, the time is the most vital component of your performance assessment. Failure to fulfill that would make all your efforts go in vain. But there's something that can't be bound by the time constraints, and that's knowledge. <\/p>
What matters is how well the content connects with the concern. And what structure of information has been made to finally come up to the desired conclusion. If not for time, the complexity of these structures can go up to any level of understanding and thus, the time helps in keeping it concise. But not always the sample identifies with the whole. <\/p>
Keep in mind that being spontaneous is not the solution but the first step of gathering the audience. What holds them is the manner in which you structure the sequence of relevant information.\n<\/p>
You're probably thinking, 'not one of these articles again', but since the ridiculous price of the iPhone X is trending everywhere, I decided to write about it. <\/p>
With the 256 GB version of the iPhone X being priced over Rs. 1 lakh rupees in India, and the fact that it can only be unlocked by FaceID, a technology deemed too unreliable to be left as the only way to unlock a phone some years ago (of course Apple lifted it), and the fact that the camera is always on and that is super creepy, it would obviously be target of many jokes online. In fact, Twitter is absolutely on fire with every joke under the sun. I even asked my friends what they would do with 1 lakh rupees and I'm getting hilarious suggestions on the screen as I type this. So here's what you can do with 1 lakh rupees. Or at least, a very limited number of things you can do, because time is money and we have none of that to write the entire list. <\/p>
1. A trip to Goa with 6 of your friends: <\/b><\/p>
Sponsored by you, with everything from hotel rooms to quenching your thirsts covered, if you know what I mean. <\/p>
From beach parties, water sports, gambling at the casino and living in comfortable hotels for multiple nights, live that high life in Goa for the price of just one iPhone X and come back with many memories. I also thought of including more holidays (like going to Tbilisi, Hong Kong or Vietnam), but this is funnier. At least, according to me. <\/p>
Now, considering that an iPhone user is most likely a privileged guy with a high social status, it is more likely than not possible that all your friends are also people who use iPhones and would probably buy the iPhone X. Now pause, look at your friends, and imagine what you could do with 7 lakh rupees instead. <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320476472","data":"59b95e97f01c5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320478483","data":"
2. Buy a phone AND a Laptop AND a pair of wireless headphones:<\/b><\/p>
Did you know that the writers over at stuMagz work with just their phones, laptops and headphones\/earphones? That's all they need to start writing their stories. I went to the office and saw it myself. So if you invest 1 lakh rupees wisely, not only can you start your writing journey, you can make money out of it! How crazy is that! <\/p>
(Fun fact, the MacBook Air in the photo below and a great pair of wireless headphones will still leave you with over 10 to 20k)<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505320616128","data":"59b960a86df6e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505320622716","data":"
3. Funding Cancer Research: <\/b><\/p>
This isn't here to guilt trip you. This is here just because everyone needs to be told that cancer research must be funded. This disease has taken way too many people from my life and considering how much we like to smoke and be as exposed to cancer causing elements as possible, this might be the only hope of our survival in the future. No Shave November is coming, considering donating to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Check out their website here.<\/a><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321156184","data":"59b96178599fe"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321238665","data":"4. A Gearless Vehicle: <\/b><\/p>Even the annoyingly expensive Vespa, which as fate would have it is bought by the same kind of people who think iPhones are good phones, is cheaper than the iPhone X. Normally, I wouldn't encourage buying a vehicle to screw up the already screwed up beyond repair situation of our traffic, but hey, that's what it is. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321356091","data":"59b9620f49987"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321389609","data":"5. Mutual Funds: <\/b> <\/p>Are subject to market risks, I know, but they are much safer than directly investing in the stock market, trust me on that one. <\/p>Investing your money wisely can net you a much higher yield which will then allow you to purchase more than 1 iPhone X, but by the time that happens, the phone will be outdated and you would be saving up to buy a house or something worthwhile. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321475499","data":"59b96285d74f5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321477707","data":"That really is it, right? I could go on about literally the humungous amount of things you can buy in India with 1 lakh rupees. In many cases, that amount of money is the annual income of some households in India. A recent report said that the gap between the rich and poor is growing exponentially and has reached pre 1923 levels. Pre 1923 levels was the same time a revolution was sparked off due to inequality, and about a century before that, the bourgeois were put to the guillotine by the peasants of France because they had no food to eat and no money to afford it while the nobles hogged all their wealth. <\/p>Obviously, if you're an iPhone fan, nobody is going to stop you from buying the phone, but as a favour to me, before you do, just pause and consider what you're doing. I won't tell you what to think, just hope that you do, in fact, think this through. <\/p>Cheers!<\/p>"}]
4. A Gearless Vehicle: <\/b><\/p>
Even the annoyingly expensive Vespa, which as fate would have it is bought by the same kind of people who think iPhones are good phones, is cheaper than the iPhone X. Normally, I wouldn't encourage buying a vehicle to screw up the already screwed up beyond repair situation of our traffic, but hey, that's what it is. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321356091","data":"59b9620f49987"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321389609","data":"
5. Mutual Funds: <\/b> <\/p>
Are subject to market risks, I know, but they are much safer than directly investing in the stock market, trust me on that one. <\/p>
Investing your money wisely can net you a much higher yield which will then allow you to purchase more than 1 iPhone X, but by the time that happens, the phone will be outdated and you would be saving up to buy a house or something worthwhile. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1505321475499","data":"59b96285d74f5"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1505321477707","data":"
That really is it, right? I could go on about literally the humungous amount of things you can buy in India with 1 lakh rupees. In many cases, that amount of money is the annual income of some households in India. A recent report said that the gap between the rich and poor is growing exponentially and has reached pre 1923 levels. Pre 1923 levels was the same time a revolution was sparked off due to inequality, and about a century before that, the bourgeois were put to the guillotine by the peasants of France because they had no food to eat and no money to afford it while the nobles hogged all their wealth. <\/p>
Obviously, if you're an iPhone fan, nobody is going to stop you from buying the phone, but as a favour to me, before you do, just pause and consider what you're doing. I won't tell you what to think, just hope that you do, in fact, think this through. <\/p>
Cheers!<\/p>"}]
I'm not the one who doesn't like people rather I like myself more.I might seem so Serene but there is always a storm going down inside my head. I want to be alone because all my thoughts are inwards. And projecting them outwards is changing my personality. <\/p>
Every time when I'm being asked ' why do you keep so silent?' my answer would be like ' hey! I just don't want to waste my energy in talking nothing useful'. Whenever you pressurize me to talk more 'I feel guilty of being what I'm. It's not that I'm afraid of group meetings or socializing and I'm definitely not feeling shy. I enjoy sitting alone at home watching tv, cooking food, talking to my friends so much but wanting them to leave soon, morning walks, reading books but don't mistake it with my shyness.It's just that I don't feel the need to exhaust myself when I'm actually hunting my passions in my imaginary world.<\/p>
If you are an extrovert go exhaust yourself exploring others but being an introvert I'm gonna explore myself in attempts to make myself better.<\/p>
I nowhere think introversion needs to be cured instead it's a gift. You read yourself more than you concentrate on the world. Don't point us out on our quietness for not listening to the sound of the city because our mental life fascinates us more.<\/p>\n"}]
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