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Are you unique??Then why do you hesitate to show your uniqueness?<\/p>
In my view,<\/p>
Ideas and ideals are the two most important things which reflects your inner potential and shows how different you are from others.<\/b><\/p>
If you have any idea on the thing you would like to do,just stick to it.If you follow your own ideal principles,no one else can stop you to be what you like.Knock the door of your own existing talent and potential,and you will see you are growing like the ever strong human being by combining and releasing all the energies you have.<\/p>
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No great person on this planet has become great without expressing their ideas and following their own ideals.This world is huge,if you are purposeful,then why do you panic to get lost in the huge crowd?<\/p>
If you are really captivating and alluring,don't wait for the second opportunity and just travel in the path of attracting others with your ideas keeping your ideals in view.The world is trending to develop itself,so it is the right time to thrive to develop yourself.<\/p>
You are not studious in studying?don't worry at all.Be studious in the things you are interested ,your presence of mind makes you shine wherever you go.<\/p>
You are in a conference?Keep you presence ,keep your mind and thoughts at work,then you can present your ideas which no one in the hall can.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517549554930","data":"5a73f8e9a97d9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517549571415","data":"Don't let yourself to wake from the dream of your beautiful destination and successful career which can only be achieved through your well formed ideals.
Life is never easy. When you think you had it all figured, it goes ahead and becomes the most complicated thing ever. One minute everything seems happy and blissful and in the next, things go downhill and everything is chaotic! <\/p>\n
Usually, aspects like bullying, trauma, betrayals, heartbreaks and failures throw people off the track. Despair and hopelessness take over you. Pessimism and perplexity cloud your rational thinking. Your emotions go overdrive and push you into an abysmal darkness. Even simple tasks seem frustrating to accomplish. Your anger notches up-to a whole new level, trust issues arise and irritability sees no end. Shutting people out becomes your defense mechanism and you turn into an empty shell. This emptiness overwhelms you and pushes you over the edge. <\/p>\n
And you start searching for ways to let your frustration out. You get addicted to drugs, alcohol and whatnot! You even try and hurt yourself and suicidal thoughts cross your mind frequently. <\/p>\n
Depression is a nasty feeling to go through. Do not let it over power you and your will to succeed. Let someone in and try speaking to them. It's not an easy thing to do, I know, trust me I do. But it really helps. Go to a therapist or do something that will keep you off that emptiness you feel. Get help before you succumb to it. <\/p>\n
Folks, there might be people right next to you who are falling prey to depression. Observe them, take a closer look, you'll understand their struggle. Try and help them. It's not easy to crack them but baby steps, it'll get you there. Help them fight depression and conquer it! <\/p>\n","id":"1517585847182","type":"txt"},{"data":"
\"Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is\" <\/i><\/p>\n
-Atticus. <\/i><\/p>\n","id":"1517585847185","type":"txt"}]
It's that time of the year again when the finance minister carries an all-important looking briefcase into the parliament and announces a lot of stuff in hopes of impressing the voter base and furthering the interests of our nation but often end up being mocked on Whatsapp groups by middle-class folks (like, I'm assuming, a lot of us) and called 'anti-middle class'. <\/p>
Whatever the reception, it is no secret that understanding the Union Budget can be slightly intimidating because it is a wealth of information thrown at the average citizen who often has no point of reference to even begin to decipher the data. While news websites and hawk-eyed market watchers have already written their analysis of the budget and what it means for the future of the country - at least until next year- there are still a vast majority of people who are left questioning how or more specifically what effects them. This article is our attempt to simplify the salient points in the budget that apply to students specifically. Do note, I'm no expert in economics but I will, to the best of my abilities, present to you the facts as is and welcome any corrections should I happen to make an error, just leave a comment! <\/p>
But first, the basics. In our less than ideal world, the powers that be remember that they were only elected to power in the first place because of the people and focus on the vast majority of the country before a major election, and since we are rapidly headed towards a general election next year, the 2018 Union Budget was going to be Narendra Modi's first post GST and pre-Election budget. Those who were looking for something bombastic to drop as Arun Jaitley droned on on the floor were disappointed, but there were interesting bits that I want to highlight here, starting with the first one<\/p>
1. Tackling Brain Drain Through Fellowships: <\/b><\/p>
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced a program that aims at identifying the best and brightest from premier B.Tech courses and provide an opportunity to pursue their higher studies in the best of the IITs and IISc Bangalore. The students who are selected via this program can also expect a handsome fellowship to come their way and are required to teach in higher education institutions weekly. <\/p>
Now, it's no secret that the state of research and development in our country is abysmal. For a nation obsessed with engineering, our homegrown products are embarrassingly bad, although an argument can be made that living with Indian Engineering makes you immune to any form of embarrassment for the rest of your life. That was a joke. <\/p>
Coming back to the point, I believe this initiative is a positive step towards improving research in our higher education institutes. Research scholars have complained for quite some time that the research grants provided by the centre are simply not enough. Many within academic circles have pointed out that this is one of the primary reasons India's brightest leave our shores to pursue research abroad. Here's hoping we can slow that down, I mean, there's only so much a hyper-nationalistic meme calling for research scholars to come back to the country can do. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517557916507","data":"5a744a0dc4a68"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517557918385","data":"
2. Cryptocurrency finds a mention in FM Jaitley's Speech: <\/b><\/p>
2017 saw a massive surge in Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies in general and it was only a matter of time before Arun Jaitley addressed rumours of outlawing the unregulated currency. While there was some misinformation on the internet as soon as the Budget hit the news cycles, Arun Jaitley didn't say anything new on the issue apart from reiterating the government's stand from earlier last year, stating that the government would look to curb usage of Bitcoins in illegal transactions but at the same time, harness the blockchain technology as a means to usher in a digital economy for India. <\/p>
The entire point of cryptocurrencies was that it was an unregulated currency that did not fall under the purview of any government in the world while also being legal tender to buy and sell. It is true that Bitcoin is the preferred currency for less than desirable social elements like hackers and drug peddlers online but the fact remains that Bitcoin will continue to grow as more people invest into it hoping to get rich quick. Using blockchain to regulate currency seems very redundant. <\/p>
I actually need to research further into this topic, this will make a fine feature later this month so keep an eye out for that. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517566567494","data":"5a744a356b612"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517566569226","data":"
3. Mobile Phones get more expensive: <\/b><\/p>
This one is bound to hurt a bit. The teaser of this move was dropped by Prime Minister Modi at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he went on record to say that protectionism was as bad as terrorism, mere days before Arun Jaitley announced a whopping 5% increase in custom duties on mobile phones - increasing it from 15% to 20% - to boost 'Make in India'. I mean, if that isn't protectionism, I don't know what is. I hope our Prime Minister can explain this misdirection as soon as possible. <\/p>
It's not just mobile phones, however, spare parts for TVs and other accessories are currently at 15% which also means that I, as a PC gamer, will find that PC parts have gotten even more expensive. Hooray! <\/p>
So yeah, if you were waiting to buy that expensive iPhone that you don't really need, it just got a bit costlier. But then again, if you're buying an iPhone X, price really isn't an issue, is it?<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517567941301","data":"5a744a52d20b2"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517567943236","data":"
4. A Prototype for India's Universal Healthcare: <\/b><\/p>
In what is being touted as the biggest healthcare plan in the world, Arun Jaitley announced that half the population of the country, specifically those who could not afford to get health insurance or afford hospital visits, would be provided with health insurance. With 10 crore families planned to be covered, this is the biggest healthcare plan in the world that has sent economic experts and common people in a tizzy, especially over reports that this plan was only allocated Rs. 2000 crore. <\/p>
As the news cycle rolls by, we now have reports suggesting that this new healthcare plan, which is being named Modicare much like the popular Obamacare from the United States, would cost the government Rs. 11000 crores annually. Whether the government goes through with this allocation of funds or not remains to be seen. <\/p>
I'm keeping details sparse because this is something I'm quite interested in and this definitely deserves a massive article of its own, so yes, keep an eye out for this one too later this month. It will also allow me to dig up more information as the government figures out where to go with this. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517569430033","data":"5a744a8e5e265"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517569431753","data":"
5. Cigarette prices to remain the same: <\/b><\/p>
Breathe a sigh of relief and some tobacco (actually, don't, like seriously) because this is the first budget in 6 years that left tobacco prices alone. Now, I wouldn't have really included this but cigarettes are to students what popcorn is to movie-goers: You don't really need it, it's super expensive, but it makes getting through college\/a movie more tolerable. <\/p>
As much as our elders like to pretend that their precious sons and daughters are the paragons of virtue, fact remains that our young folk have one vice or another, the most common of them being cigarettes. Now, I managed to quit after a struggle for years and this is in no way an encouragement but take this spurt of happiness that you feel at the fact that prices are not going up and use it to finally quit smoking. Trust me, it's the best decision you'll make for yourself. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517569905645","data":"5a744aa90a8ff"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517569908270","data":"
My final thoughts on this budget are that it is a very farmer friendly budget that focuses more on consolidating votes from rural areas - and I don't blame them for it, rural areas are the keys to the throne - while inconveniencing the middle-class voters. Now, stuMagz is not a political soapbox but allow me to make this very obvious prediction that the current administration already believes they have middle-class votes in the bag and are focusing on consolidating the rural votes for a majority next year. <\/p>
So, there you have it, the Student's Guide To Union Budget 2018. Let me reiterate that I absolutely welcome comments that highlight something I've missed or corrects a mistake that I've made, I'll credit you guys as well with the corrections and for helping make stuMagz a platform where you folks can come for reliable information and some fun reading. <\/p>
I will continue to add to this article as I find mistakes to correct or some important factor that I've missed, thank you for reading through my very informal article on making sense of this budget. Frankly speaking, I'm still lost on some aspects of the budget and am hoping I can find out more in the coming days. <\/p>
Do leave your comments and remember, we love you, folks. <\/p>"}]
Yugam\u201918 which is the annual Techno-cultural Fest of Kumaraguru College Of technology, Coimbatore is expected to prove it\u2019s success as with every year! It\u2019s becoming bigger and better with more than 15000 participants for 150+ events, 30+ workshops and proshows. The fest happens on the second week of Feb i.e from 5th Feb. 2018 to 10th Feb. 2018 during which students from all the corners of the state come under one roof to show their potential and have a fruitful time to grab the prizes of worth 1.2 Million <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517569314463","data":"5a744615ea30d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517568637125","data":"
Flagship events:<\/b><\/p>
1. Y-talks<\/b>, on 8th Feb. 2018 is one among many feathers to the crown of yugam, that unleashes the unheard and undiscovered success stories of special persons of the society. <\/p>
2. Proshow :<\/b> A musical concert of the famous Indian playback singer Chinmayi Sripada with the non-violonist band is about to shake the hearts on 10th Feb. 2018 <\/p>
3. SA RE GA;medy :<\/b> A musical comedy show by the well known stand up comedian Alexander Babu on 9th Feb. 2018 <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517569322038","data":"5a74461cc8377"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517569154133","data":"
Mark your calendars from 5th to 10th Feb. 2018, without fail!<\/p>
Know the reason here<\/a>, www.kctyugam.com <\/p>"}]
AAKAAR aims at creating a platform to compete, learn and promote Civil Engineering amongst the education fraternity through Competitions, Events and ICES, IIT Bombay (research paper conference) and also to make a festival of all and for all the Civil Engineering students. Announced back in 2009, Aakaar has gone on to become the undisputed frontruner among civil engineering festivals. <\/p>
\nThis year Aakaar has come with much bigger aims with the Theme of Resource Optimization<\/i>. <\/p>
Aakaar 2018 has numerous events, competitions and workshops that you must participate into.<\/p>
Check out the list here.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517563657672","data":"
BRIDGEIT:<\/a> <\/b><\/p>Designing Bridge for the hilly area is very challenging as land is too much undulated therefore designing of the bridge with footings at different levels is required for such areas. For such kind of bridge, we need to consider horizontal sway forces along with dead and live forces. Thus we are launching the competition to design Trussed Arch Bridge with different level of footings. <\/b><\/p>Simple engineering and intricate design is all you need to win INR 15,000 at stake. <\/p>\nYou can participate in a maximum of 4 member team.<\/p>Application Deadline<\/b>: February 20, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/bridgeit-popsicle-bridge-making-competition\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517563986965","data":"5a74314fcf922"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564004291","data":"CONQUERIT:<\/a> This year's AAKAAR has chosen to investigate into another measurement of concrete, i.e. Load bearing capacity of floating concrete.<\/p>Prizes worth INR 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Application Deadline: February 12, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the following link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/conquer-it-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517564570461","data":"5a7433923d8f9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564622766","data":"Poster Presentation: <\/a>We bring you Poster Presentation to enhance your abilities to deliver visual presentation along side sharpening your technical knowledge. <\/p>\nParticipate now and enhance your knowledge in the field of civil engineering. \n\nPrizes worth INR 6000 at stake.\n\n <\/p>Application Deadline: February 10, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/poster-presentation-at-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565254368","data":"5a74369f627e9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565386879","data":"Smart Pitch:<\/a> This Competition aims at providing a strong sharing platform and offers a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurs, alumni, corporate people and college students alike to get involved in the development of smart cities, to exchange ideas and foster the new integrated approaches in India. <\/p>Deadline for registration:<\/b> February 18th 2018, 11:59 PM. (No Registration Fees). <\/p>\nPRIZES worth 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/smart-pitch-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565543345","data":"5a7437602e670"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565592725","data":"<\/b>CENEx 2018: <\/a>A unique opportunity to all civil engineering students across India by facilitating them to showcase their research projects incorporating new technology via different models, prototypes, simulation models in front of eminent professors and professionals. It invites all students to establish a link which connects their research with the practical world. <\/p>Click to know more!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/civil-engineering-national-exhibition-cenex-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565805843","data":"Stay connected for more, workshops are yet to come!<\/p>NOTE:<\/b> To participate in any of the events\/competition\/workshop of Aakaar, one must have Aakaar ID. Follow the steps to create Aakaar ID:<\/p>Steps to create Aakaar ID: <\/b><\/p>\n1. Go to AAKAAR<\/a> website www.aakaariitb.in <\/p>\n2. Click on Login\/Signup <\/p>\n3. Login with either Facebook or Google <\/p>\n4. Fill information in the new tab opened, and submit it <\/p>\n5. Your AAKAAR Id will appear just after submitting information. <\/p>"}]
Designing Bridge for the hilly area is very challenging as land is too much undulated therefore designing of the bridge with footings at different levels is required for such areas. For such kind of bridge, we need to consider horizontal sway forces along with dead and live forces. Thus we are launching the competition to design Trussed Arch Bridge with different level of footings. <\/b><\/p>
Simple engineering and intricate design is all you need to win INR 15,000 at stake. <\/p>
\nYou can participate in a maximum of 4 member team.<\/p>
Application Deadline<\/b>: February 20, 2018.<\/p>
Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/bridgeit-popsicle-bridge-making-competition\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517563986965","data":"5a74314fcf922"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564004291","data":"CONQUERIT:<\/a> This year's AAKAAR has chosen to investigate into another measurement of concrete, i.e. Load bearing capacity of floating concrete.<\/p>Prizes worth INR 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Application Deadline: February 12, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the following link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/conquer-it-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517564570461","data":"5a7433923d8f9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564622766","data":"Poster Presentation: <\/a>We bring you Poster Presentation to enhance your abilities to deliver visual presentation along side sharpening your technical knowledge. <\/p>\nParticipate now and enhance your knowledge in the field of civil engineering. \n\nPrizes worth INR 6000 at stake.\n\n <\/p>Application Deadline: February 10, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/poster-presentation-at-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565254368","data":"5a74369f627e9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565386879","data":"Smart Pitch:<\/a> This Competition aims at providing a strong sharing platform and offers a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurs, alumni, corporate people and college students alike to get involved in the development of smart cities, to exchange ideas and foster the new integrated approaches in India. <\/p>Deadline for registration:<\/b> February 18th 2018, 11:59 PM. (No Registration Fees). <\/p>\nPRIZES worth 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/smart-pitch-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565543345","data":"5a7437602e670"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565592725","data":"<\/b>CENEx 2018: <\/a>A unique opportunity to all civil engineering students across India by facilitating them to showcase their research projects incorporating new technology via different models, prototypes, simulation models in front of eminent professors and professionals. It invites all students to establish a link which connects their research with the practical world. <\/p>Click to know more!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/civil-engineering-national-exhibition-cenex-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565805843","data":"Stay connected for more, workshops are yet to come!<\/p>NOTE:<\/b> To participate in any of the events\/competition\/workshop of Aakaar, one must have Aakaar ID. Follow the steps to create Aakaar ID:<\/p>Steps to create Aakaar ID: <\/b><\/p>\n1. Go to AAKAAR<\/a> website www.aakaariitb.in <\/p>\n2. Click on Login\/Signup <\/p>\n3. Login with either Facebook or Google <\/p>\n4. Fill information in the new tab opened, and submit it <\/p>\n5. Your AAKAAR Id will appear just after submitting information. <\/p>"}]
Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/bridgeit-popsicle-bridge-making-competition\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517563986965","data":"5a74314fcf922"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564004291","data":"
CONQUERIT:<\/a> This year's AAKAAR has chosen to investigate into another measurement of concrete, i.e. Load bearing capacity of floating concrete.<\/p>Prizes worth INR 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Application Deadline: February 12, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the following link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/conquer-it-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517564570461","data":"5a7433923d8f9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564622766","data":"Poster Presentation: <\/a>We bring you Poster Presentation to enhance your abilities to deliver visual presentation along side sharpening your technical knowledge. <\/p>\nParticipate now and enhance your knowledge in the field of civil engineering. \n\nPrizes worth INR 6000 at stake.\n\n <\/p>Application Deadline: February 10, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/poster-presentation-at-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565254368","data":"5a74369f627e9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565386879","data":"Smart Pitch:<\/a> This Competition aims at providing a strong sharing platform and offers a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurs, alumni, corporate people and college students alike to get involved in the development of smart cities, to exchange ideas and foster the new integrated approaches in India. <\/p>Deadline for registration:<\/b> February 18th 2018, 11:59 PM. (No Registration Fees). <\/p>\nPRIZES worth 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/smart-pitch-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565543345","data":"5a7437602e670"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565592725","data":"<\/b>CENEx 2018: <\/a>A unique opportunity to all civil engineering students across India by facilitating them to showcase their research projects incorporating new technology via different models, prototypes, simulation models in front of eminent professors and professionals. It invites all students to establish a link which connects their research with the practical world. <\/p>Click to know more!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/civil-engineering-national-exhibition-cenex-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565805843","data":"Stay connected for more, workshops are yet to come!<\/p>NOTE:<\/b> To participate in any of the events\/competition\/workshop of Aakaar, one must have Aakaar ID. Follow the steps to create Aakaar ID:<\/p>Steps to create Aakaar ID: <\/b><\/p>\n1. Go to AAKAAR<\/a> website www.aakaariitb.in <\/p>\n2. Click on Login\/Signup <\/p>\n3. Login with either Facebook or Google <\/p>\n4. Fill information in the new tab opened, and submit it <\/p>\n5. Your AAKAAR Id will appear just after submitting information. <\/p>"}]
Prizes worth INR 25,000 at stake.<\/p>
Application Deadline: February 12, 2018.<\/p>
Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the following link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/conquer-it-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517564570461","data":"5a7433923d8f9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564622766","data":"Poster Presentation: <\/a>We bring you Poster Presentation to enhance your abilities to deliver visual presentation along side sharpening your technical knowledge. <\/p>\nParticipate now and enhance your knowledge in the field of civil engineering. \n\nPrizes worth INR 6000 at stake.\n\n <\/p>Application Deadline: February 10, 2018.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/poster-presentation-at-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565254368","data":"5a74369f627e9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565386879","data":"Smart Pitch:<\/a> This Competition aims at providing a strong sharing platform and offers a unique opportunity for the entrepreneurs, alumni, corporate people and college students alike to get involved in the development of smart cities, to exchange ideas and foster the new integrated approaches in India. <\/p>Deadline for registration:<\/b> February 18th 2018, 11:59 PM. (No Registration Fees). <\/p>\nPRIZES worth 25,000 at stake.<\/p>Register Now!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/smart-pitch-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517565543345","data":"5a7437602e670"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565592725","data":"<\/b>CENEx 2018: <\/a>A unique opportunity to all civil engineering students across India by facilitating them to showcase their research projects incorporating new technology via different models, prototypes, simulation models in front of eminent professors and professionals. It invites all students to establish a link which connects their research with the practical world. <\/p>Click to know more!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/civil-engineering-national-exhibition-cenex-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565805843","data":"Stay connected for more, workshops are yet to come!<\/p>NOTE:<\/b> To participate in any of the events\/competition\/workshop of Aakaar, one must have Aakaar ID. Follow the steps to create Aakaar ID:<\/p>Steps to create Aakaar ID: <\/b><\/p>\n1. Go to AAKAAR<\/a> website www.aakaariitb.in <\/p>\n2. Click on Login\/Signup <\/p>\n3. Login with either Facebook or Google <\/p>\n4. Fill information in the new tab opened, and submit it <\/p>\n5. Your AAKAAR Id will appear just after submitting information. <\/p>"}]
Follow the following link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/conquer-it-aakaar-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517564570461","data":"5a7433923d8f9"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517564622766","data":"
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Deadline for registration:<\/b> February 18th 2018, 11:59 PM. (No Registration Fees). <\/p>
\nPRIZES worth 25,000 at stake.<\/p>
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<\/b>CENEx 2018: <\/a>A unique opportunity to all civil engineering students across India by facilitating them to showcase their research projects incorporating new technology via different models, prototypes, simulation models in front of eminent professors and professionals. It invites all students to establish a link which connects their research with the practical world. <\/p>Click to know more!<\/a><\/p>Follow the link: https:\/\/www.stumagz.com\/civil-engineering-national-exhibition-cenex-2018\/<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517565805843","data":"Stay connected for more, workshops are yet to come!<\/p>NOTE:<\/b> To participate in any of the events\/competition\/workshop of Aakaar, one must have Aakaar ID. Follow the steps to create Aakaar ID:<\/p>Steps to create Aakaar ID: <\/b><\/p>\n1. Go to AAKAAR<\/a> website www.aakaariitb.in <\/p>\n2. Click on Login\/Signup <\/p>\n3. Login with either Facebook or Google <\/p>\n4. Fill information in the new tab opened, and submit it <\/p>\n5. Your AAKAAR Id will appear just after submitting information. <\/p>"}]
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I was famished. <\/p>
I didn't realise that the running and gunning across an massive island had left me famished and weak, the sight of the chicken dinner in front of me reminded me that this is what food looked like. I did not remember the last time I ate. <\/p>
It only seemed like it was yesterday, but I wasn't sure. <\/p>
I grabbed the spoon and grabbed a decent dollop of the chicken dinner before stopping, my eyes open wide. <\/p>
Where was I. What was this. Why am I still in my home clothes and not the outfit I found. Where were my guns. Was the food poisoned. <\/p>
These weren't questions, these were statements that my brain was registering. The sleek and dark room offered no explanations. I screamed. <\/p>
The silence was maddening. <\/p>
After a few more hours of trying to look for an exit out of the room, I knew I had to give up at some point. I was feeling what felt like solar flares of hunger in my stomach. I reached for the food and ate it, hoping that if it was indeed something that'll kill me, better get it over with. <\/p>
Before long, the bottom of the bowl was scraped clean and the bottle of water that came along with it drained. I was normal, rejunivated. But I was still trapped. <\/p>
The corner of the room hissed. <\/p>
I whipped around, expecting snakes or worse in the room trapped with me. The noise came from a wall that seemed to be moving. The panel moved aside and a man walked in. <\/p>
\"Congratulations,\" he said. There was no emotion in his voice. His eyes were worse, \"You are the only candidate to have been the last person alive in the simulation. You truly are the last woman standing. the rest will be sent back to their prison cells.\" <\/p>
\"Who are y-\" I began. <\/p>
\"This is a video game, my dear, you were in a simulation. A simulation in which you do experience real pain. Not enough to kill you, mind, we would lose our ratings if we killed our...participants,\" the corners of his mouth twitched, as if suppressing a smile. Participants indeed, \"I suppose volunteering is mandatory\", it wasn't a question. The man took notice. <\/p>
\"Of course it is voluntary. People can chose to lose and be sent to the mines for years of hard labour, we're doing you a favour by keeping you here.\" <\/p>
He laughed. The eyes were still dead, it was a emotionless laugh, the kind lawyers and serial killers have. <\/p>
\"No, you see, people like watching our little Battlegrounds. It's the mist viewed game on Twitch! People do not know, however, that you are real people, real prisoners.\" <\/p>
\"Why are you telling me this?\" I asked, eyes narrowed. <\/p>
\"We need your help to train the Leader's son. He has to win his Battlegrounds match, you know, put on a show for the people so he can pretend to be brave and strong. That of course, is your official designation.\" <\/p>
I suddenly had an inkling of why this man seemed familiar, he reminded me of the Vizier from Aladin cartoons, the evil court minister with his own designs for the Kingdom and Princess Jasmine. Something told me he was in a similar position with our current dear administration. <\/p>
\"And what about my unofficial designation?\" I asked, knowing the answer already. <\/p>
\"Why, my dear lady, you must kill him.\" he said, rubbing the lapels of his coat with his thumbs, \"and then, you lay down your life for the good of the realm. Your son and husband walk free.\" <\/p>
He was alive...my husband was alive. I tried to keep my face devoid of any shock or relief, but - <\/p>
\"You can see her eyes betray what she's thinking, Commander,\" came a voice, a very familiar voice, from the shadows of the door way. <\/p>
The man walked forward, dressed in the same uniform as the Commander who spoke to me, and I felt the ground beneath my feet disappear. <\/p>
My husband was a government operative. <\/p>
Next Week: The thrilling conclusion to our 10 chapter series. <\/i><\/p>"}]
Satire is one of my favourite forms of humour, sharp enough to cut through the target's skin and funny enough to make people unfortunate enough to be in terrible positions due to the target's actions to laugh, and remind them what they are fighting for. Khushwant Singh, born on this day in 1915, was exceptionally gifted at this. I'd go as far as saying he was probably India's premier satirist. <\/p>
His quotes not only made people laugh, they presented reality as it was to people without having to rely on hyperbole. This short article is my tribute to the man who was never afraid of writing what he wanted to write about, one who saw the injustice and increasing inequality around him and couldn't keep quiet. Here's some of his favourite quotes that I believe everyone must be acquainted with. <\/p>
1. The Do-er must do only when the receiver is ready to receive, otherwise the effort is wasted: <\/b><\/p>
This one is one of my favourite Singh quotes because it is a philosophy that I've come to terms with over the years. I was one of those people who was never ready to receive, until one day I was. Life hasn't been the same since then. <\/p>
2. Love is an elusive concept and means different things to different people: <\/b><\/p>
This quote is so relevant even in modern context it is hilarious. <\/p>
3. We are of the mysterious East. No Proof, Just Faith. No Reason, Just Faith. <\/b><\/p>
Also a personal favourite, this is both an appreciation of our lands as well as a criticism. No proof, just faith, the magic of our land. Whether for the good or bad. Hope, happiness, regression, everything has no rhyme or reason in the mysterious east. <\/p>
4. The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned: <\/b><\/p>
Like really, don't talk behind people's backs. <\/p>
5. Morality is a matter of money, the poor cannot afford it and the rich do not need it.<\/b> <\/p>
This is my favourite Khushwant Singh quote. A recent Oxfam report suggests that the 1% of the country hold 73% of the wealth. The rest of us are left running for the trees to cover only to find that the trees have been chopped down by the rich to build their shelters and are defended by governments, guards and conditions. The same people will go one to dictate moralities to us while also not believing in it themselves so they can have the illusion of keeping the sheep under control. Rise above the conditioning, rise above the hate, know who benefits when you lose. <\/p>
It's absolutely fantastic that a visionary like Khushwant Singh so astutely observed these in his time. <\/p>"}]
1. The Pre-Election Year Budget was unveiled today in the Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. Keep an eye out on your discover tab tomorrow for our analysis on the Budget 2018!<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517491164637","data":"5a7314da955af"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517491187204","data":"
2. Amid the excitement of 2018 Union Budget, bypoll results for five seats in two states were announced on Thursday. The Congress and TMC performed a clean sweep in Rajasthan and West Bengal respectively, while the BJP failed to open its account in all seats, including three it previously held in Rajasthan. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517491289577","data":"5a73155462a10"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517491311566","data":"
3. The CBI today filed a charge sheet against rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and two doctors for allegedly forcibly castrating 400 followers of the sect, officials said. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517491340124","data":"5a73157814ea4"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517491344923","data":"
4. The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday made public its resolution recommending the name of Uttarakhand high court chief justice KM Joseph for appointment as an apex court judge, saying he is \u201cmore deserving and suitable in all respects\u201d than other chief justices and judges of the high courts. <\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517491365810","data":"5a73159170e7d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517491370921","data":"
5. With the Test series now done and dusted, India and South Africa have shifted their focus towards the One-day International series, with the first match of the six-game series to be played in Durban on Thursday. India will be bolstered by the arrival of the limited-overs experts, not least Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who seems to be able to infuse new confidence into the side with just his presence. That, added to the fine win in the last Test at Johannesburg, make India at least equal foes if not better when they take on South Africa. With only 14 months to go for the 2019 ODI World Cup, India will also look to kick off their preparations in earnest during the series.<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517491407928","data":"5a7315bb6abca"}]
Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer\/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally good voice in order to perform, thereby redefining the vocalist's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations, as many of his songs became popular standards and his best albums became undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence rarely lagged, and his commercial revival in the 2000s proved his staying power.<\/p>
For a figure of such substantial influence, Dylan came from humble beginnings. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Bob Dylan (b. Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) was raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, from the age of six. As a child he learned how to play guitar and harmonica, forming a rock & roll band called the Golden Chords when he was in high school. Following his graduation in 1959, he began studying art at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. While at college, he began performing folk songs at coffee houses under the name Bob Dylan, taking his last name from the poet Dylan Thomas. Already inspired by Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, Dylan began listening to blues while at college, and the genre wove its way into his music. He spent the summer of 1960 in Denver, where he met bluesman Jesse Fuller, the inspiration behind the songwriter's signature harmonica rack and guitar. By the time he returned to Minneapolis in the fall, he had grown substantially as a performer and was determined to become a professional musician.<\/p>
Dylan made his way to New York City in January of 1961, immediately making a substantial impression on the folk community of Greenwich Village. He began visiting his idol Guthrie in the hospital, where he was slowly dying from Huntington's chorea. Dylan also began performing in coffee houses, and his rough charisma won him a significant following. In April, he opened for John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City. Five months later, Dylan performed another concert at the venue, which was reviewed positively by Robert Shelton in The New York Times. Columbia A&R man John Hammond sought out Dylan on the strength of the review, and signed the songwriter in the fall of 1961. Hammond produced Dylan's eponymous debut album (released in March 1962), a collection of folk and blues standards that boasted only two original songs. Over the course of 1962, Dylan began to write a large batch of original songs, many of which were political protest songs in the vein of his Greenwich Village contemporaries. These songs were showcased on his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Before its release, Freewheelin' went through several incarnations. Dylan had recorded a rock & roll single, \"Mixed Up Confusion,\" at the end of 1962, but his manager, Albert Grossman, made sure the record was deleted because he wanted to present Dylan as an acoustic folkie. Similarly, several tracks with a full backing band that were recorded for Freewheelin' were scrapped before the album's release. Furthermore, several tracks recorded for the album -- including \"Talking John Birch Society Blues\" -- were eliminated from the album before its release.<\/p>
Entirely comprising original songs, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan made a huge impact in the U.S. folk community, and many performers began covering songs from the album. Of these, the most significant were Peter, Paul and Mary, who made \"Blowin' in the Wind\" into a huge pop hit in the summer of 1963 and thereby made Bob Dylan into a recognizable household name. On the strength of Peter, Paul and Mary's cover and his opening gigs for popular folkie Joan Baez, Freewheelin' became a hit in the fall of 1963, climbing to number 23 on the charts. By that point, Baez and Dylan had become romantically involved, and she was beginning to record his songs frequently. Dylan was writing just as fast.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517489882268","data":"5a731261b8e62"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517489884224","data":"
By the time The Times They Are A-Changin' was released in early 1964, Dylan's songwriting had developed far beyond that of his New York peers. Heavily inspired by poets like Arthur Rimbaud and John Keats, his writing took on a more literate and evocative quality. Around the same time, he began to expand his musical boundaries, adding more blues and R&B influences to his songs. Released in the summer of 1964, Another Side of Bob Dylan made these changes evident. However, Dylan was moving faster than his records could indicate. By the end of 1964, he had ended his romantic relationship with Baez and had begun dating a former model named Sara Lowndes, whom he subsequently married. Simultaneously, he gave the Byrds \"Mr. Tambourine Man\" to record for their debut album. The Byrds gave the song a ringing, electric arrangement, but by the time the single became a hit, Dylan was already exploring his own brand of folk-rock.<\/p>
Inspired by the British Invasion, particularly the Animals' version of \"House of the Rising Sun,\" Dylan recorded a set of original songs backed by a loud rock & roll band for his next album. While Bringing It All Back Home (March 1965) still had a side of acoustic material, it made clear that Dylan had turned his back on folk music. For the folk audience, the true breaking point arrived a few months after the album's release, when he played the Newport Folk Festival supported by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. The audience greeted him with vicious derision, but he had already been accepted by the growing rock & roll community. Dylan's spring tour of Britain was the basis for D.A. Pennebaker's documentary Don't Look Back, a film that captures the songwriter's edgy charisma and charm.<\/p>
Dylan made his breakthrough to the pop audience in the summer of 1965, when \"Like a Rolling Stone\" became a number two hit. Driven by a circular organ riff and a steady beat, the six-minute single broke the barrier of the three-minute pop single. Dylan became the subject of innumerable articles, and his lyrics became the subject of literary analyses across the U.S. and U.K. Well over 100 artists covered his songs between 1964 and 1966; the Byrds and the Turtles, in particular, had big hits with his compositions. Highway 61 Revisited, his first full-fledged rock & roll album, became a Top Ten hit shortly after its summer 1965 release. \"Positively 4th Street\" and \"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35\" became Top Ten hits in the fall of 1965 and spring of 1966, respectively. Following the May 1966 release of the double album Blonde on Blonde, he had sold over ten million records around the world.<\/p>
During the fall of 1965, Dylan hired the Hawks, formerly Ronnie Hawkins' backing group, as his touring band. The Hawks, who changed their name to the Band in 1968, would become Dylan's most famous backing band, primarily because of their intuitive chemistry and \"wild, thin mercury sound,\" but also because of their British tour in the spring of 1966. The tour was the first time the British had heard the electric Dylan, and their reaction was disagreeable and violent. At the Manchester concert (long mistakenly identified as the show from London's Royal Albert Hall), an audience member called Dylan \"Judas,\" inspiring a positively vicious version of \"Like a Rolling Stone\" from Dylan and the band. The performance was immortalized on countless bootleg albums (an official release finally surfaced in 1998), and it indicates the intensity of Dylan in the middle of 1966. He had assumed control of Pennebaker's second Dylan documentary, Eat the Document, and was under deadline to complete his book Tarantula, as well as record a new record. Following the British tour, he returned to America.<\/p>
On July 29, 1966, he was injured in a motorcycle accident outside of his home in Woodstock, New York, suffering injuries to his neck vertebrae and a concussion. Details of the accident remain elusive -- he was reportedly in critical condition for a week and had amnesia -- and some biographers have questioned its severity, but the event was a pivotal turning point in his career. After the accident, Dylan became a recluse, disappearing into his home in Woodstock and raising his family with his wife, Sara. After a few months, he retreated with the Band to a rented house, subsequently dubbed Big Pink, in West Saugerties to record a number of demos. For several months, Dylan and the Band recorded an enormous amount of material, ranging from old folk, country, and blues songs to newly written originals. The songs indicated that Dylan's songwriting had undergone a metamorphosis, becoming streamlined and more direct. Similarly, his music had changed, owing less to traditional rock & roll, and demonstrating heavy country, blues, and traditional folk influences. None of the Big Pink recordings was intended to be released, but tapes from the sessions were circulated by Dylan's music publisher with the intent of generating cover versions. Copies of these tapes, as well as other songs, were available on illegal bootleg albums by the end of the '60s; it was the first time that bootleg copies of unreleased recordings became widely circulated. Portions of the tapes were officially released in 1975 as the double album The Basement Tapes.<\/p>
While Dylan was in seclusion, rock & roll had become heavier and artier in the wake of the psychedelic revolution. When Dylan returned with John Wesley Harding in December of 1967, its quiet, country ambience was a surprise to the general public, but it was a significant hit, peaking at number two in the U.S. and number one in the U.K. Furthermore, the record arguably became the first significant country-rock record to be released, setting the stage for efforts by the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers later in 1969.<\/p>
Dylan followed his country inclinations on his next album, 1969's Nashville Skyline, which was recorded in Nashville with several of the country industry's top session men. While the album was a hit, spawning the Top Ten single \"Lay Lady Lay,\" it was criticized in some quarters for uneven material. The mixed reception was the beginning of a full-blown backlash that arrived with the double album Self Portrait. Released early in June of 1970, the album was a hodgepodge of covers, live tracks, reinterpretations, and new songs greeted with negative reviews from all quarters of the press. Dylan followed the album quickly with New Morning, which was hailed as a comeback. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517489972267","data":"5a731315b989b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517489974054","data":"
Following the release of New Morning, Dylan began to wander restlessly. He moved back to Greenwich Village, he finally published Tarantula in November of 1970, and he performed at the Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971. During 1972, he began his acting career by playing Alias in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, which was released in 1973. He also wrote the soundtrack for the film, which featured \"Knockin' on Heaven's Door,\" his biggest hit since \"Lay Lady Lay.\" The Pat Garrett soundtrack was the final record released under his Columbia contract before he moved to David Geffen's fledgling Asylum Records. As retaliation, Columbia assembled Dylan, a collection of Self Portrait outtakes, for release at the end of 1973. Dylan only recorded two albums -- including 1974's Planet Waves, coincidentally his first number one album -- before he moved back to Columbia. The Band supported Dylan on Planet Waves and its accompanying tour, which became the most successful tour in rock & roll history; it was captured on 1974's double live album Before the Flood.<\/p>
Dylan's 1974 tour was the beginning of a comeback culminating with 1975's Blood on the Tracks. Largely inspired by the disintegration of his marriage, Blood on the Tracks was hailed as a return to form by critics and it became his second number one album. After jamming with folkies in Greenwich Village, Dylan decided to launch a gigantic tour, loosely based on traveling medicine shows. Lining up an extensive list of supporting musicians -- including Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie, Mick Ronson, Roger McGuinn, and poet Allen Ginsberg -- Dylan dubbed the tour the Rolling Thunder Revue and set out on the road in the fall of 1975. For the next year, the Rolling Thunder Revue toured on and off, with Dylan filming many of the concerts for a future film. During the tour, Desire was released to considerable acclaim and success, spending five weeks on the top of the charts. Throughout the Rolling Thunder Revue, Dylan showcased \"Hurricane,\" a protest song he had written about boxer Rubin Carter, who had been unjustly imprisoned for murder. The live album Hard Rain was released at the end of the tour. Dylan released Renaldo and Clara, a four-hour film based on the Rolling Thunder tour, to poor reviews in early 1978.<\/p>
Early in 1978, Dylan set out on another extensive tour, this time backed by a band that resembled a Las Vegas lounge act. The group was featured on the 1978 album Street Legal and the 1979 live album At Budokan. At the conclusion of the tour in late 1978, Dylan announced that he was a born-again Christian, and he launched a series of Christian albums that following summer with Slow Train Coming. Though the reviews were mixed, the album was a success, peaking at number three and going platinum. His supporting tour for Slow Train Coming featured only his new religious material, much to the bafflement of his long-term fans. Two other religious albums -- Saved (1980) and Shot of Love (1981) -- followed, both to poor reviews. In 1982, Dylan traveled to Israel, sparking rumors that his conversion to Christianity was short-lived. He returned to secular recording with 1983's Infidels, which was greeted with favorable reviews.<\/p>
Dylan returned to performing in 1984, releasing the live album Real Live at the end of the year. Empire Burlesque followed in 1985, but its odd mix of dance tracks and rock & roll won few fans. However, the five-album\/triple-disc retrospective box set Biograph appeared that same year to great acclaim. In 1986, Dylan hit the road with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers for a successful and acclaimed tour, but his album that year, Knocked Out Loaded, was received poorly. The following year, he toured with the Grateful Dead as his backing band; two years later, the souvenir album Dylan & the Dead appeared. <\/p>
In 1988, Dylan embarked on what became known as \"the Never-Ending Tour\" -- a constant stream of shows that ran on and off into the late '90s. That same year, he appeared on The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 -- by the supergroup also featuring George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne -- and released his own Down in the Groove, an album largely comprising covers. The Never-Ending Tour received far stronger reviews than Down in the Groove (the Traveling Wilburys album fared much better), but 1989's Oh Mercy was his most acclaimed album since 1975's Blood on the Tracks, due in part to Daniel Lanois' strong production. However, Dylan's 1990 follow-up, Under the Red Sky (issued the same year as the second album by the Traveling Wilburys, now a quartet following the death of Roy Orbison shortly after the release of the Wilburys' first long-player in 1988), was received poorly, especially when compared to the enthusiastic reception for the 1991 box set The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased), a collection of previously unreleased outtakes and rarities.<\/p>
For the remainder of the '90s, Dylan divided his time between live concerts, painting, and studio projects. He returned to recording in 1992 with Good as I Been to You, an acoustic collection of traditional folk songs. It was followed in 1993 by another folk record, World Gone Wrong, which won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. After the release of World Gone Wrong, he released a greatest-hits album and a live record.<\/p>
Dylan released Time Out of Mind, his first album of original material in seven years, in the fall of 1997. Time Out of Mind received his strongest reviews in years and unexpectedly debuted in the Top Ten, eventually climbing to platinum certification. Such success sparked a revival of interest in Dylan, who appeared on the cover of Newsweek and began selling out concerts once again. Early in 1998, Time Out of Mind received three Grammy Awards -- Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Album, and Best Male Rock Vocal.<\/p>
Another album of original material, Love and Theft, followed in 2001 and went gold. Soon after its release, Dylan announced that he was making his own film, to star Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, John Goodman, Val Kilmer, and many more. The accompanying soundtrack, Masked and Anonymous, was released in July 2003. Dylan opted to self-produce his new studio album, Modern Times, which topped the Billboard charts and went platinum in both America and the U.K. It was Dylan's third consecutive album to receive praise from critics and support from consumers, and it was followed three years later in 2009 by Together Through Life, another self-produced effort (as Jack Frost) that also featured contributions from David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. He capped off the year with an old-fashioned holiday effort, Christmas in the Heart. Proceeds from the album were donated to various charities around the world.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517490355590","data":"5a731332e87ad"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517490357711","data":"
Dylan released the self-produced (again as Jack Frost) Tempest on September 11, 2012; it debuted at three on both the Billboard 200 and the U.K. charts. The next two years brought acclaimed entries in the ongoing Bootleg Series -- 2013 saw the release of Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), which restored the reputation of a much-maligned era, and 2014 saw the long-awaited appearance of The Basement Tapes Complete -- and then Dylan threw a curve ball for his next studio album. Released in February 2015, Shadows in the Night found the singer\/songwriter devoting himself to selections from the Great American Songbook in the pre-rock & roll era. Every one of the ten songs had previously been recorded by Frank Sinatra, and Dylan's album was his version of Sinatra's saloon songs, arranged by his own touring band. Shadows in the Night debuted at seven in the U.S. and at number one in the U.K. It was followed in the autumn by the next installment in The Bootleg Series, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966. Available in three editions -- a double-disc distillation, a comprehensive six-disc box, and a complete, limited-edition 18-CD set -- The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 collected unreleased (and unbootlegged) outtakes from the recording of Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde.<\/p>
In May of 2016, Dylan returned with Fallen Angels, his second Sinatra-inspired collection of songs from the Great American Songbook; it debuted at number seven on the Billboard charts. Later that year, Columbia\/Legacy released The 1966 Live Recordings, a 36-disc box set containing every known recording from that pivotal year, but its release was overshadowed by Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in the autumn of 2016. Dylan continued his exploration of the Great American Songbook with the March 2017 release of Triplicate, a triple album containing three thematically arranged collections of pop standards. Entitled Trouble No More 1979-1981, the 13th volume of The Bootleg Series spotlighted Dylan's Christian era in the early '80s and arrived in November 2017. <\/p>"}]
Telangana's Biggest Youth Festival<\/a> is here again!<\/p>Impact fest<\/a> is youth festival where youth can interact with their icons through talks, Can get exposed to the cutting edge inventions through exhibitions, witness their creativity come to life with workshops and can have entertainment through Scintillating shows thus making it festival of infotainment.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476430672","data":"Impact fest<\/a> has started in 2017, it has branched out into diverse genres attracting a Footfall of more than 4500, reach of more than 200 Colleges in South India. This year, Impact fest aims at reaching out to all the Colleges in India with a vision of promoting Innovation & Technology. Impact influencers will be playing a pivotal role in fulfilling this vision. <\/p>The basic agenda of this youth festival is to Inspire, Innovate and Build, \"Let Us Infotain You\". <\/i><\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476649385","data":"It gives a platform to the young crowd to hear brilliant stories from youth icons of various sectors that would genuinely stand as inspiration, to exhibit their extraordinary world. It's a casket of passion and inspiration and has something for every young person to bask in. <\/p>Following are the powerful orators inspiring todays youth would be at the youth festival this year!<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517477154408","data":"5a72de341b95e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517477217900","data":"What are you waiting for?<\/p>Book Now<\/a> for your space! <\/p>Stay Tuned for more updates!<\/p>Till the keep booking!<\/p>"}]
Impact fest<\/a> is youth festival where youth can interact with their icons through talks, Can get exposed to the cutting edge inventions through exhibitions, witness their creativity come to life with workshops and can have entertainment through Scintillating shows thus making it festival of infotainment.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476430672","data":"Impact fest<\/a> has started in 2017, it has branched out into diverse genres attracting a Footfall of more than 4500, reach of more than 200 Colleges in South India. This year, Impact fest aims at reaching out to all the Colleges in India with a vision of promoting Innovation & Technology. Impact influencers will be playing a pivotal role in fulfilling this vision. <\/p>The basic agenda of this youth festival is to Inspire, Innovate and Build, \"Let Us Infotain You\". <\/i><\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476649385","data":"It gives a platform to the young crowd to hear brilliant stories from youth icons of various sectors that would genuinely stand as inspiration, to exhibit their extraordinary world. It's a casket of passion and inspiration and has something for every young person to bask in. <\/p>Following are the powerful orators inspiring todays youth would be at the youth festival this year!<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517477154408","data":"5a72de341b95e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517477217900","data":"What are you waiting for?<\/p>Book Now<\/a> for your space! <\/p>Stay Tuned for more updates!<\/p>Till the keep booking!<\/p>"}]
Impact fest<\/a> has started in 2017, it has branched out into diverse genres attracting a Footfall of more than 4500, reach of more than 200 Colleges in South India. This year, Impact fest aims at reaching out to all the Colleges in India with a vision of promoting Innovation & Technology. Impact influencers will be playing a pivotal role in fulfilling this vision. <\/p>The basic agenda of this youth festival is to Inspire, Innovate and Build, \"Let Us Infotain You\". <\/i><\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476649385","data":"It gives a platform to the young crowd to hear brilliant stories from youth icons of various sectors that would genuinely stand as inspiration, to exhibit their extraordinary world. It's a casket of passion and inspiration and has something for every young person to bask in. <\/p>Following are the powerful orators inspiring todays youth would be at the youth festival this year!<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517477154408","data":"5a72de341b95e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517477217900","data":"What are you waiting for?<\/p>Book Now<\/a> for your space! <\/p>Stay Tuned for more updates!<\/p>Till the keep booking!<\/p>"}]
The basic agenda of this youth festival is to Inspire, Innovate and Build, \"Let Us Infotain You\". <\/i><\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517476649385","data":"
It gives a platform to the young crowd to hear brilliant stories from youth icons of various sectors that would genuinely stand as inspiration, to exhibit their extraordinary world. It's a casket of passion and inspiration and has something for every young person to bask in. <\/p>
Following are the powerful orators inspiring todays youth would be at the youth festival this year!<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1517477154408","data":"5a72de341b95e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1517477217900","data":"
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The Townhall event is normally a meeting in which renowned officials address the crowd and also interact with them just so to clarify their doubts, answer their questions and analyse their opinions. A Townhall meet is usually conducted in business meetings and political gatherings but the team of StuMagz brought this event up into colleges as well. This will give the young aspirants an opportunity to look into the industry and its demands more closely. <\/p>\n
Townhall was conducted in Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology on 30th of January,2018. The CEO of StuMagz, Mr. Sri Charan Lakkaraju and the CEO of VDeliver, Mr.Srinivas Madhavam were the orators of the day.<\/p>\n","id":"1517398817945","type":"txt"},{"data":"5a708bdf10a61","id":"1517398817946","type":"img"},{"data":"
There were two sessions in the event: Pre Lunch and Post Lunch.<\/p>\n
Morning session witnessed the deliverance of Sri Charan Lakkaraju, in which he spoke about not just entrepreneurships but also many generic topics like education system, student psychology and shared his experiences in his journey to become a CEO as well. That was a 2 hour long session from 11:30AM to 1:30PM which included a panel discussion where many questions from the audience were answered and suggestions were given to them on looking at life with a different perspective. <\/p>\n","id":"1517398817946","type":"txt"},{"data":"5a708bce55978","id":"1517398817947","type":"img"},{"data":"
The morning session was followed by lunch from 1:30PM to 2:10PM and then Mr. Srinivas Madhavam, CEO of VDeliver took over the charge and spoke about the idea which made him set up his startup, VDeliver and also the challenges he faced during his journey throughout. He answered many questions posed by the audience as well as Charan, post his deliverance along with analysing the ideas coming up from the crowd and telling them the pros and cons in it. <\/p>\n","id":"1517398817947","type":"txt"},{"data":"5a70906043a20","id":"1517398817947","type":"img"},{"data":"
On a whole, the event was calm, composed, subtle and at times, also extravagant. There were many useful questions asked by the crowd, relevant opinions were kept forth and thoughts were shared. The CEOs were patient enough throughout the event reverting to each and every person who came up with their doubts.<\/p>\n","id":"1517398817947","type":"txt"},{"data":"5a7091c4aa15d","id":"1517398817947","type":"img"},{"data":"
The first Townhall in VBIT is definitely a day to remember and cherish!!!!! <\/p>\n","id":"1517398817947","type":"txt"},{"data":"5a71ab8689812","id":"1517398817947","type":"img"},{"data":"
StuMagz Avengers - VBIT❤️<\/p>\n","id":"1517398817947","type":"txt"}]
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