Category: Memoirs of IIT
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A world full of urban “ganwars”!
Ganwar (गंवार) is a Hindi word, which literally refers to the person living in villages. But, often, it is used in the negative sense meaning someone who is illiterate, ill-mannered and foolish! But, I often think that the actual गंवार is far better than the people living in the urban areas in many dimensions. The…
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The taste of failure (or near misses)– a bitter sweet experience!
Failure to achieve some goal or a target, of any nature, is often looked down upon and is best seen as something to be avoided. Even in the young age, people around you don’t encourage you to take risks, lest you could fail and fail hard! This is one of the big reasons why we…
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Water, water everywhere. Not a drop to drink!
Of all the issues that I hold dear to my heart on the subject of sustainability, water availability, conservation and its proper usage is a special one. On the face of it, it may seem a very trivial issue to many, but somehow it is not as trivial as it seems and no one should…