Did you know what is unique about the 1987 radio commercial of Allwyn’s trendy range of watches? It was A.R.Rahman’s first ever radio jingle. You would have known this and the answers to many more questions, difficult and interesting, if you were present at the IDEA Brand Equity Quiz 2009, the Hyderabad round on the 19th of April at the Taj Banjara. Having completed the regional rounds at Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi, BEQ arrived at Hyderabad and an unusually pleasant Hyderabad evening, a welcome break from the sizzling summer, set the mood... Read→
People are generally categorized based on their eating preferences as Vegetarians and Non-vegetarians. But what would you call a human being who feeds on dead bodies? Death is consciously or unconsciously feared by all. It is one part of life which cannot be comprehended. Every body knows that there are certain abnormally brained people who enjoy killing their own species and feed on them. These are the cannibals. But not many are aware of a tribe that dwells in India, whose people feed on dead humans. They actually worship death more than anything... Read→
Yeah, it’s a two-in-one word, but pretty apt. You will know what I am talking about if you go and check out Bank Street in Koti. Bank Street plausibly hosts the city’s best pirated DVDs and VCDs sale. Go to Koti and ask anyone on the road about cheap DVDs, they’ll usher you to Bank street. The entrance of the street is dingy and dirty, but you will be spellbound by the crowd there. You will not generally, even find place to stand. Every shop here owns and sells the latest movies to the most expensive games at the cheapest price. You don’t... Read→
The 26th of March, 2009, marked another day in the history of Malla Reddy Engineering College, the mother college of Malla Reddy Group of Institutions (MRGI) as the institute celebrated its 7th college day function, ‘Resonanzz – ‘09′. Despite being the last in the row of college day celebrations of the constituent colleges, the main campus jubilations proved next to none (sans the audience that seemed to have reduced a bit in number as compared to the previous year!!). Dr. Viswanath, Director of Evaluation, JNTU, Hyderabad... Read→
They came, they stayed and they conquered. Or did they? Guess this is just another one of those questions that’ll never be truly answered. What are being referred to here are the final examinations conducted by Osmania University for the under-graduation courses offered by it: B.Com, B.A and B.Sc.
The examination time table was issued to the students after a lot of speculation about the dates. The exams were finally scheduled to begin from the 21st of March with the first and third years having exams on the same day and the second years having... Read→
Malla Reddy Group of Institutions (MRGI) hosted the annual technical fest on the 13th and 14th of March, 2009. The tech fest conducted every year individually in the various colleges of the group of institutions was conducted this year on a whole new magnificent scale at a far greater level than expected by many!!
Previously known as ‘AKSHARA’, the tech fest of the mother college of MRGI, the fest was newly christened as ‘TECH-PRAGNA’…and not only the name but the conduct as well as the program saw a great number of... Read→
A couple of centuries ago, in the summer of 1884, a visionary Frenchman by name Paul Cambon, came up with a revolutionary idea that changed the way people, the world over, perceived French culture. The idea became an overnight rage and over a period of time rapidly expanded to incorporate more and more countries to its worldwide growing network. From its inception in 1884 to its establishment in India in 1889, Alliance Francaise has indeed come a long way to becoming the most established and reputed centre for learning French as a foreign language.... Read→
The logo of Awaaz. Credit: Dynamic Warrior
We say we are fed up of the system, had enough of all the problems around us, we cry for a change, but that’s all most of us do. But unlike most of us who grumble and whine, few people among us took pledge to stop complaining and work towards a change in the society in any way possible.
The brainchild of two youngsters, Kanchan Agarwal and Gaurav Kaushal, “AWAAZ” – a non profit oriented youth organization.It started on January 16th 2008, with a mission to do social welfare, asking the... Read→
It is that time of the year students dread most, yesss “EXAMS”. The problem is, it comes twice every academic year (two semesters) and thankfully not more than twice for engineering students, well because there are trimester exams too, which means you are fretting thrice (phew! It is a lot more disturbing and lots of mental agitation one wouldn’t want to face). “External exams” or “Externals”, that’s the word on everybody’s lips now, people have already started mediating with their books (We presume that at least the so called... Read→
“Hey fat guy! Come here and dance on zara zara touch me, just the way Katrina does!”, “Do what I say, you are a bloody junior!”, “Bend on your knees and sit for an hour. One jerk and I’ll kick on your willy!”, “Hey smart girl, go propose that loser over there.” These are just the initial scenes of the episodes of what the seniors call ‘interaction’ in colleges. They refuse to call it ragging since they think the word is offensive. For them all this is just a way to have a fun filled rendezvous with their juniors. But... Read→
