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A collection of 20 issues

The Pandora’s Box.

In celebration of World Photography Day 2025, the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad (UoH), organized a campus-wide photography contest for all photography lovers. It ended with a vibrant photo exhibition on campus from August 19–23. I submitted one of the most ridiculous memories from 2019 - our all-night

The Guy With A Book.

A small story from my last flight. The plane had just landed. The guy two rows ahead of me shut his book. Slipped it into his bag. I only caught a one-second glimpse. Yellowish-orange cover. Bold black letters in ALL CAPS. Two rows. Short words. Something like: DO / DON’T

War.

Everyone’s cool with “an eye for an eye” - until the eye is theirs. I still tell myself: "I won’t become the monster that made me bleed.” But sometimes, peace is only possible when it's backed by power. Real power. The kind that makes your

Obvious Way to Do It

There should be one. Preferably, one obvious way to do it. You can reinvent yourself every six months. Rewrite your identity. Change careers. Move cities. But deep down, you know: That one habit you’ve been avoiding. That one hard conversation you keep postponing. That one #include you should’ve

When the Plan Doesn’t Go Your Way (And That’s Okay)

When it came to team outings, I was always the Resort guy—fresh air, blue skies, and the joy of spending a day out in the open. As usual, the vote happened. And guess what? We, the resort squad, lost—by just one vote. Instead of the open skies, we

Casio fx-991: The Calculator That Solved More Than Just Math

Reliability in its purest form? The Casio India fx-991ES PLUS. I got to see this guy again last week, after a long break and wow - so many memories came flooding back. It wasn’t just a calculator. It was: Your stress buster (Sliding the cover up and down all

Magadheera Taught Me This

Momentum. Remember that iconic scene from Magadheera? Kala Bhairava fights 100 soldiers and yells, “Send 100 more, Sher Khan!”. That’s momentum. When you keep moving, it’s like a snowball rolling down a hill - bigger, faster, unstoppable. It’s way easier to keep going than to start over.

Not Everything Needs a Label

When someone asks, “Do you like exploring ML & AI more than Linux device drivers?” it’s okay to say, “I don’t know.” Some things excite us, some leave us puzzled. But you don’t need to rate each and everything. Sometimes, just experiencing is enough. Explore your curiosity,

Bugs & Boomerangs

I shared a patch to fix a bug and it fixed two. Happy me 😄 But after a few weeks, the second bug reappeared. Sad me 😦 What went wrong? I made the wrong behavior go away, but I didn’t really fix the bug. It’s easy to patch things up

The Kerala Pazham Pori and the Secret to Happiness

Happiness is a finicky thing. The one who is happy, is just happy. He doesn’t try to be happy - he just is. The things we think will make us happy often don’t. And most of the time, it’s the little things that truly make us happy.