The Fifth Estate: A Letter to Kapil Sibal from the IITKFF

Saturday, September 19, 2009

A Letter to Kapil Sibal from the IITKFF

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The views and opinions expressed in this post are solely those of the writers and not of The Fourth Estate or The Fifth Estate. The statements made by the writers have not been verified in any manner by TFE or T5E .

T5E would like thank Dr. Brijesh Eshpuniyani, IITK for helping us obtain a copy of the above letter.

Quotable Quotes

"Welcome to IIT Himalaya"
- Himalaya notice board with a sense of humour or a grim prediction

"It might be some small gesture or something that your genes are just coded to release a lot of melanin or seratonin or whatever."
- A lovelorn, hormonally imbalanced correspondent trying to explain love and lust and getting his hormones very wrong

"For those of you who don't know where CRC is, it is the one next to the left of MSB, as you go from ESB to MSB."
- A very quotable Elec Prof

"So you go to the Placement Office just to work."
- A surprised BT Placement Coordinator dismissing the BT Branch Counselor during a discussion regarding placement goodies and the AAS' new haircut

"All the MA students divide yourselves into two groups. And all the B Tech students divide yourselves into one group."
- A very quotable HS Prof

Announcements

_______________________ Faculty Hunger Strike on Sept 24th. Classes not to be affected.

Faculty members of IITs across the country, 450 of them in Chennai, have decided to go on a hunger strike on Thursday to express their disappointment over several recommendations made by the Sixth Pay Commission

_______________________ S.R.I. Endowment Prize 2009-10

Prizes for the best Inter-Disciplinary Project. Request for Inter-disciplinary project proposal from VII Semester B.Tech students. Read more

_______________________ The Third Temasek Foundation - NTU(LEaRN) Programme

AY2008/09 Sem 2 (Jan-May 2010) for Undergraduate Students is calling for applications. The programme provides a total experiential learning platform for the talented Asian undergraduate young leaders with good academic standing to study a semester at NTU.

_______________________ Swine Flu Alert

Please report to the hospital if symptoms are suggestive of cold, cough and fever, in particular travellers from Western and North India.

Helpline
1. Communicable Disease Hospital
Contact : 94444-59543 (Mr. Murugesan)

2. King Institute of Preventive Medicine
Phone : 2250 - 1706 / 1520 / 1521 / 1522
Phone : 2251-1778 (for results)

http://www.swinefluindia.com/
http://www.chennaionline.com/SwineFluAwareness/index.aspx

_______________________ Attention Final Years!

Final years are recommended to check the Placements website, http://www.placement.iitm.ac.in, regularly.

Upcoming Events

_______________________ LitSoc

Tuesday, 22nd September - Queen of Sheeba

Friday, 25th September, Choreo

Monoacting postponed indefinitely

_______________________ Sports

20th-24th September: Sportsfest
2009 (Schedule)

_______________________ Tech

Sunday, 20th September: Contraptions

_______________________ Release of the 'India Venture Capital and Private Equity Report 2009'"

22nd September 2009, 6 pm, Central Lecture Theatre (C.L.T). By the Sangam Team, Department of Management studies and C-TIDES. Contact vcreport2009 at iitm dot ac dot in for details.

_______________________ GiveLife Chennai International Half Marathon

(In support of GiveLive charity), 27th September 2009. To register, send in your Name, Age , Contact Number, Event, and the amount you pledge towards charity to ss@iitm.ac.in. Register online at www.givelife-chennaimarathon.com.

_______________________ Introduction to Meditation: A Lecture

A lecture by Swami Atmashraddhananda (Editor of Vedanta Kesari, Monk of Sri Ramakrishna Order). Vivekananda Study Circle.

Venue: HSB 333
Date:20.09.09, Sunday
Time: 09:30 AM
Contact for details:
Mayur Vaidya
9840130276
347, Godavari

Gaurav Agarwal
9884254405
251, Narmada

Viswanath
9092684801
357, Narmada

_______________________ Auditions for Dramatics Team for Unmaad '09

When: Wednesday, 16th of September, 10 PM
Where: Students' Activities Centre (SAC)
Pick up copies of the script: Corporal Punishment - Blackadder Goes Forth from Gurunath Xerox. All Male Cast.
For queries, contact:
Kaushik "Pinky" Viswanath: 09383393038

_______________________ Thomso'09

IIT Roorkee is holding its annual cultural festival, Thomso'09 from 29 October to 1 November.
Visit www.thomso.in
or email thomso09.helpdesk@gmail.com.

_______________________ Film Club Screenings

September 25, 2009: Special Malayalam Movie - Passenger
September 26, 2009: English Movie - Watchmen

Saturday, September 19, 2009

A Letter to Kapil Sibal from the IITKFF

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