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I Open At The Close

  The clock is ticking and time is fading. Not very slowly, but slow enough for the deep caverns in my heart to fill itself with that strangely marooned feeling, as if it were heavy with emptiness. Life has this really strange way of announcing

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ஜெயலலிதாவின் வாழ்வு உணர்த்தும் தன்னம்பிக்கைப் பாடம்

சரித்திரத்தின் பக்கங்களில் அன்று ஒரு முக்கியமான நாள்! ஏன், தமிழகச் சரித்திரத்தில் ஒரு கருப்புநாள் என்றுகூடக் கூறலாம். பல குழப்பங்களுக்குப்பின், அந்த இறுதி அறிவிப்பு இரவு 12 மணி அளவில் வருகிறது. மாண்புமிகு முதல்வர் செல்வி ஜெ. ஜெயலலிதா, 75 நாட்களாக மர

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MANGOLICIOUS... !

Summer has come, unheralded though, since we have had to face the heat earlier than  the usual scheduled time.  Also, we’ve become extra lethargic during the vacations , thanks to the surge in the mercury level due to global warming, or to make it so

Image is here

Kung Fu Panda 3 - Wooaah..Awesome

   Maybe a diehard fan of the Kung Fu Panda series isn’t the right person to write a review. But that’s not going to stop me from writing this one! Maybe I'm a crazy fan. Some may say outrageously so. But honestly, I will try to be as fair as my fan

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91ST ALUMNI DAY- REMINISCENCE OVERLOADED

As College of Engineering Guindy stands just two months away from completing its 222 years, the Alumni Association, AACEG celebrated their 91st Alumni Day  on 20th of March at CEG. There can’t be a more befitting description of being the Alumni of th

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The Alumni Column: Homecoming

When I started my job in July, a lot of my colleagues immediately took a few days or an extended weekend off to go to their respective colleges for their convocation. I knew Anna University would delay it, and like hundreds of other people, I thought

Image is here

A Ninja-powered start-up dream

Would you give up an opportunity that offers immediate gratification and a satisfactory salary for a chance to experiment with new ideas at the cost of your time and energy but yields returns on the long run? Kartheeswaran Kandasamy, an alumnus of o

Image is here

Glitz, Glam & Gala - Techofes Night 3

The most awaited bash of the year, the Techofes Awards kicked off at the grounds of Anna University on 5th March, 2016 by 7 pm. VJ Diya and Rakshan of Vijay TV fame hosted the ceremony. The show ignited with a classical performance by dancers from th

Image is here

Melody, Beats and Bass - Techofes Night 2

Music was in the air during the evening of the second night of Techofes. The audience cheered at the top of their voices when Haricharan, Bennet and the Band arrived. Of course, being the voice of many popular hit melodies anyone would get excited se

Image is here

Techofes Day 0

The 69th edition of Techofes, South India's largest cultural fest commenced with a bang on 3rd March, 2016. The inauguration ceremony was held at 6:15 p.m at the Main Gallery amidst the enthusiastic crowd and the warm sunset adding a sparkle to the g

Image is here

A-LIGUE 2K16 : A FOOTBALL OUTLET FOR 1ST AND 2ND YRS

The A-Ligue tournament is a football tournament held every year in Anna University, organized mainly by the third and fourth years with a little help from the second years. The A-Ligue takes place in every even semester and abides by all the offici

Image is here

Diffidence and Diligence?

Fierce #6               We would have all experienced this in class. Remember that time when your professor asked a trivial (yet tricky) question that most of us could have definitely attempted answering, yet, only that one outspoken girl

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From CEG to CEO - Interview with Airtel Broadband's CEO

The moment he is asked for an interview, Mr. Hemanth Kumar Guruswamy, CEO, Airtel Broadband, breaks into a smile and asks the first question. “Enna pa keka pora? Easy-a kelu, badhil solra maari.” Carrying with him his trademark witty demeanour from h

Image is here

Internet’s Colour Pencils

Colour pencils were a bliss to everyone as toddlers. I found my eternal joy in filling my sketches with the colours of my choice, scribbling and doodling over existing pictures in magazines and newspapers to give a hilariously revamped look to the mo

Image is here

Getting Ready To Live Your Dreams

We all have always dreamt vividly of how we would live our lives- plush, sophisticated, probably with unending cash, all successful and independent and very satisfied with ourselves. But only a few know the key to travel to the path of success. To n

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Cognitive Innovations: A Step Further

  On the 30th January 2016, the Robotics Club of CEG conducted a mini-project exhibition for its members. The members of the robotics club on joining the club, in their first year are taught basics of electronics, robotics, mechanics and computer

Image is here

Holidays - A Sweet Retreat

The sole reason why we all stay sane during our hectic academic year is because of the short sweet treats which are synonymous to heaven. Yes, I’m talking about the holidays, be it just a three or four-day-weekend when festivals are around the corner

Image is here

What’s Next Rather Than What’s Up!

                 The Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU) conducted a career guidance program for the students of CEG and ACT campuses on Tuesday (12th January, 2015). The session, titled What’s Next, was held at Room No.110 of the Science and

Image is here

Paris - The city of love and its Serendipity

The tales of Paris - the passionate love the city symbolises, the art, the history, have always made its way to our hearts and ears. Paris being so well told in its stories had made it to my to-do list a long time ago. With those high expectations an

Image is here

THULIR ‘15

It was a Sunday and I wasn’t really enthusiastic about covering up an event on a holiday. I dragged myself to the venue where Thulir ‘15 was happening with no sign of excitement on my face. But least did I know that what awaited behind those audito

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TO ALL THE GRE ASPIRANTS..

THE PERKS AND DOWNSIDES OF GRE VOCABULARY PERKS  - Flaunt your vocab in front of your friends and "baffle" them. Just like this! :D DOWNSIDE - Come to terms with the harsh truth that your vocab prior to the GRE was just 0.1 percent of the words in

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Double trouble or twice as nice ?

Close to leading the life of Tia and Tamera Mowry (notable for starring in the television movie Twitches ) are Jayapradha(JP) and Jayasruthi(JS), CS Graduates [2015] from College of Engineering, Guindy who now work in PayPal. The Chennaite sisters sh

Image is here

Champions Halted at Home

CHELSEA VS SWANSEA CITY REVIEW You never expect a team to start well, leave alone Chelsea, after having a winless pre-season. And it turned out to be the same for the neutrals, after failing to start their season with a home win against Swansea, in

Image is here

Twintastic / ctrl+c; ctrl+v

No! You are not seeing double in Twinsburg, Ohio. Holding the Guinness Book of World Records for the “Largest Annual Gathering of Twins in the World” Twins Days is a festival for twins (and other multiples) which takes place on the first full weekend

Image is here

APJ - MAN OF DREAMS

  I was seven when I first met our ex-president. It was right before he left to Delhi to move into the Rashtrapati Bhavan. They say you never remember the word a person says but rather how they made you feel. He made a little girl feel important a

Image is here

The Grad School Diaries #2 – Ezhilarasu Goutham

Many of us may dream of pursuing our higher education abroad, but Goutham Ezhilarasu has managed to safely secure his place in UCLA, one of the top ranked institutes in the world. As a EEE student who just completed his engineering this year from Col

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MY EXPERIENCE AT NSS CAMP

During the semester holidays preceding camp, I was haunted every night by restless thoughts of how my NSS camp would be. I had never been to any camp before, and was always allergic to them. So, when the date neared, my whinings became louder and lou

Image is here

Wage gap: Myth or Misery ?

Fierce #3   The topic of ‘Gender pay gap’ has been up for discussion for quite some time. While statistics provide a substantial base stating that women only make 78% of what a man does, there are several who may argue or even refute that. At a g

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FAQS-All You Need To Know About ANNA UNIVERSITY, Chennai - 25

Am I in the right place? Without any doubt, yes. Apart from all the academic guidance and opportunities this institution offers, Anna University is the best place to have fun and explore new ideas. Is our campus really that big? Our college is

Image is here

TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND – SUJATHA

               There are certain writers who cannot be categorized into any particular genre. One of those distinctive, elite personalities in the Tamil literary world, is Sujatha. Born as Rangarajan, this prodigy with futuristic concepts in writin

Image is here

Kurukshetra Reimagined

It’s been almost two months since Kurukshetra'15 and yet Student Directors at CTF seem to be spending long hours on meetings and group discussions. Hari, Student Director (QMS) explains, “Soon after Kurukshetra’15, we had a series of discussions amon

Image is here

India vs Bangladesh: Match preview

“We’ll play the quarterfinal with India and sent them back to India.”, “We can beat any big country now.”, “We want Australia and Bangladesh in the final”. In case you are being made to guess, these are some celebratory words uttered by Bangladesh

Image is here

Let's Defend Ourselves

We all know that the world we are living in  is not all shy and nice. We can’t predict what is going to happen to us the very next moment, thanks to the speed in which we are living our lives. And we have very little time to master self defense whi

Image is here

A Japanese Adventure 2

Centre for International Affairs in association with the Department of English provides a one year Japanese course to UG and PG students of CEG/MIT/ACT/SAP. Classes are arranged thrice a week for two hours, with a routine assessment pattern ending

Image is here

A Japanese Adventure

In this competitive world, one needs to stand out if he/she wants to come out with flying colours. Your academic life is like a relay on a track where people miss the gold in milliseconds. Knowledge of a reliable foreign language is one among those

Image is here

The Internet got Greener with the Green Brigade Website

The launch of Green Brigade website http://www.greenbrigadeceg.in/ took place on 3rd February 2015 at 5:30 p.m at the Tag Audi, in CEG campus. It was launched by the honourable Chief Guest, Dr. M.B. Nirmal, Founder and Chairman, Exnora. The relatio

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Web Team

Every year K! prides itself in welcoming even more people to participate in its events – both online and off. With over 20,000 people in attendance and a reach of over 1200 colleges across India and over 800 overseas colleges spanning 75 countries,

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Media Team

                        With media becoming a force to reckon with these days, it is no surprise that there is indeed a media team for K! ’15. With big players like the Hindu and News7 in the mix, we rounded up the media team for an int

Image is here

Vidhaigal- Of innocence and inspiration

Vidhaigal ’15 was a cultural event conducted on January 9th at the TAG Auditorium by NSS UNIT 2 exclusively for the differently abled children. This is the third edition of this event and a lot of schools had taken part in it. This particular event

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Five Notable Figures Who Visited The Campus in 2014

G.Nammalvar - Organic Farmer We are in a era where the basic occupation of mankind- agriculture is looked down upon. In this tough time, we had in us a Pole star of Hope- organic farmer- G.Nammalvar. He graduated in BSc agriculture degree from Ann

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Nineties Kid Would Agree On This

                           Our World is coming to an end. I know you guys aren’t going to agree with me on this. But this is the hard core truth. I’m not talking about the physical world, but the world we used to live in where kids used to stare a

Image is here

Bucket Challenged

You’ve been sleeping under a rock if you haven’t heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge yet. This viral phenomenon has taken the internet by storm, with people from all walks of life emptying a bucket of ice and water over their heads. For the benefit of

Image is here

Musings of an Amateur Philosopher - #1 The CGPA mechanism

 After spending the last two years under continuous scrutiny, cracking all possible critical questions in the board exams, scoring very high marks,cutoffs, getting the crème de la crème tag, you have finally landed at the dream campus of TNEA aspir

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Flipper Fest'14 - A marine biodiversity conservation awareness mela

Tree Foundation is an organisation founded in 2002 with a primary mission of protecting fragile marine eco-system and the marine turtle popultion by developing education programs outlining the land-ocean connection. Environment education being the

Image is here

I Open At The Close

  The clock is ticking and time is fading. Not very slowly, but slow enough for the deep caverns in my heart to fill itself with that strangely marooned feeling, as if it were heavy with emptiness. Life has this really strange way of announcing

சரித்திரத்தின் பக்கங்களில் அன்று ஒரு முக்கியமான நாள்! ஏன், தமிழகச் சரித்திரத்தில் ஒரு கருப்புநாள் என்றுகூடக் கூறலாம். பல குழப்பங்களுக்குப்பின், அந்த இறுதி அறிவிப்பு இரவு 12 மணி அளவில் வருகிறது. மாண்புமிகு முதல்வர் செல்வி ஜெ. ஜெயலலிதா, 75 நாட்களாக மர

Image is here

MANGOLICIOUS... !

Summer has come, unheralded though, since we have had to face the heat earlier than  the usual scheduled time.  Also, we’ve become extra lethargic during the vacations , thanks to the surge in the mercury level due to global warming, or to make it so

Image is here

Kung Fu Panda 3 - Wooaah..Awesome

   Maybe a diehard fan of the Kung Fu Panda series isn’t the right person to write a review. But that’s not going to stop me from writing this one! Maybe I'm a crazy fan. Some may say outrageously so. But honestly, I will try to be as fair as my fan

Image is here

91ST ALUMNI DAY- REMINISCENCE OVERLOADED

As College of Engineering Guindy stands just two months away from completing its 222 years, the Alumni Association, AACEG celebrated their 91st Alumni Day  on 20th of March at CEG. There can’t be a more befitting description of being the Alumni of th

Image is here

The Alumni Column: Homecoming

When I started my job in July, a lot of my colleagues immediately took a few days or an extended weekend off to go to their respective colleges for their convocation. I knew Anna University would delay it, and like hundreds of other people, I thought

Image is here

A Ninja-powered start-up dream

Would you give up an opportunity that offers immediate gratification and a satisfactory salary for a chance to experiment with new ideas at the cost of your time and energy but yields returns on the long run? Kartheeswaran Kandasamy, an alumnus of o

Image is here

Glitz, Glam & Gala - Techofes Night 3

The most awaited bash of the year, the Techofes Awards kicked off at the grounds of Anna University on 5th March, 2016 by 7 pm. VJ Diya and Rakshan of Vijay TV fame hosted the ceremony. The show ignited with a classical performance by dancers from th

Image is here

Melody, Beats and Bass - Techofes Night 2

Music was in the air during the evening of the second night of Techofes. The audience cheered at the top of their voices when Haricharan, Bennet and the Band arrived. Of course, being the voice of many popular hit melodies anyone would get excited se

Image is here

Techofes Day 0

The 69th edition of Techofes, South India's largest cultural fest commenced with a bang on 3rd March, 2016. The inauguration ceremony was held at 6:15 p.m at the Main Gallery amidst the enthusiastic crowd and the warm sunset adding a sparkle to the g

Image is here

A-LIGUE 2K16 : A FOOTBALL OUTLET FOR 1ST AND 2ND YRS

The A-Ligue tournament is a football tournament held every year in Anna University, organized mainly by the third and fourth years with a little help from the second years. The A-Ligue takes place in every even semester and abides by all the offici

Image is here

Diffidence and Diligence?

Fierce #6               We would have all experienced this in class. Remember that time when your professor asked a trivial (yet tricky) question that most of us could have definitely attempted answering, yet, only that one outspoken girl

Image is here

From CEG to CEO - Interview with Airtel Broadband's CEO

The moment he is asked for an interview, Mr. Hemanth Kumar Guruswamy, CEO, Airtel Broadband, breaks into a smile and asks the first question. “Enna pa keka pora? Easy-a kelu, badhil solra maari.” Carrying with him his trademark witty demeanour from h

Image is here

Internet’s Colour Pencils

Colour pencils were a bliss to everyone as toddlers. I found my eternal joy in filling my sketches with the colours of my choice, scribbling and doodling over existing pictures in magazines and newspapers to give a hilariously revamped look to the mo

Image is here

Getting Ready To Live Your Dreams

We all have always dreamt vividly of how we would live our lives- plush, sophisticated, probably with unending cash, all successful and independent and very satisfied with ourselves. But only a few know the key to travel to the path of success. To n

Image is here

Cognitive Innovations: A Step Further

  On the 30th January 2016, the Robotics Club of CEG conducted a mini-project exhibition for its members. The members of the robotics club on joining the club, in their first year are taught basics of electronics, robotics, mechanics and computer

Image is here

Holidays - A Sweet Retreat

The sole reason why we all stay sane during our hectic academic year is because of the short sweet treats which are synonymous to heaven. Yes, I’m talking about the holidays, be it just a three or four-day-weekend when festivals are around the corner

Image is here

What’s Next Rather Than What’s Up!

                 The Computer Society of Anna University (CSAU) conducted a career guidance program for the students of CEG and ACT campuses on Tuesday (12th January, 2015). The session, titled What’s Next, was held at Room No.110 of the Science and

Image is here

Paris - The city of love and its Serendipity

The tales of Paris - the passionate love the city symbolises, the art, the history, have always made its way to our hearts and ears. Paris being so well told in its stories had made it to my to-do list a long time ago. With those high expectations an

Image is here

THULIR ‘15

It was a Sunday and I wasn’t really enthusiastic about covering up an event on a holiday. I dragged myself to the venue where Thulir ‘15 was happening with no sign of excitement on my face. But least did I know that what awaited behind those audito

Image is here

TO ALL THE GRE ASPIRANTS..

THE PERKS AND DOWNSIDES OF GRE VOCABULARY PERKS  - Flaunt your vocab in front of your friends and "baffle" them. Just like this! :D DOWNSIDE - Come to terms with the harsh truth that your vocab prior to the GRE was just 0.1 percent of the words in

Image is here

Double trouble or twice as nice ?

Close to leading the life of Tia and Tamera Mowry (notable for starring in the television movie Twitches ) are Jayapradha(JP) and Jayasruthi(JS), CS Graduates [2015] from College of Engineering, Guindy who now work in PayPal. The Chennaite sisters sh

Image is here

Champions Halted at Home

CHELSEA VS SWANSEA CITY REVIEW You never expect a team to start well, leave alone Chelsea, after having a winless pre-season. And it turned out to be the same for the neutrals, after failing to start their season with a home win against Swansea, in

Image is here

Twintastic / ctrl+c; ctrl+v

No! You are not seeing double in Twinsburg, Ohio. Holding the Guinness Book of World Records for the “Largest Annual Gathering of Twins in the World” Twins Days is a festival for twins (and other multiples) which takes place on the first full weekend

Image is here

APJ - MAN OF DREAMS

  I was seven when I first met our ex-president. It was right before he left to Delhi to move into the Rashtrapati Bhavan. They say you never remember the word a person says but rather how they made you feel. He made a little girl feel important a

Image is here

The Grad School Diaries #2 – Ezhilarasu Goutham

Many of us may dream of pursuing our higher education abroad, but Goutham Ezhilarasu has managed to safely secure his place in UCLA, one of the top ranked institutes in the world. As a EEE student who just completed his engineering this year from Col

Image is here

MY EXPERIENCE AT NSS CAMP

During the semester holidays preceding camp, I was haunted every night by restless thoughts of how my NSS camp would be. I had never been to any camp before, and was always allergic to them. So, when the date neared, my whinings became louder and lou

Image is here

Wage gap: Myth or Misery ?

Fierce #3   The topic of ‘Gender pay gap’ has been up for discussion for quite some time. While statistics provide a substantial base stating that women only make 78% of what a man does, there are several who may argue or even refute that. At a g

Image is here

FAQS-All You Need To Know About ANNA UNIVERSITY, Chennai - 25

Am I in the right place? Without any doubt, yes. Apart from all the academic guidance and opportunities this institution offers, Anna University is the best place to have fun and explore new ideas. Is our campus really that big? Our college is

Image is here

TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND – SUJATHA

               There are certain writers who cannot be categorized into any particular genre. One of those distinctive, elite personalities in the Tamil literary world, is Sujatha. Born as Rangarajan, this prodigy with futuristic concepts in writin

Image is here

கடவுள் வந்திருந்தார்

Image is here

Kurukshetra Reimagined

It’s been almost two months since Kurukshetra'15 and yet Student Directors at CTF seem to be spending long hours on meetings and group discussions. Hari, Student Director (QMS) explains, “Soon after Kurukshetra’15, we had a series of discussions amon

Image is here

India vs Bangladesh: Match preview

“We’ll play the quarterfinal with India and sent them back to India.”, “We can beat any big country now.”, “We want Australia and Bangladesh in the final”. In case you are being made to guess, these are some celebratory words uttered by Bangladesh

Image is here

Let's Defend Ourselves

We all know that the world we are living in  is not all shy and nice. We can’t predict what is going to happen to us the very next moment, thanks to the speed in which we are living our lives. And we have very little time to master self defense whi

Image is here

A Japanese Adventure 2

Centre for International Affairs in association with the Department of English provides a one year Japanese course to UG and PG students of CEG/MIT/ACT/SAP. Classes are arranged thrice a week for two hours, with a routine assessment pattern ending

Image is here

A Japanese Adventure

In this competitive world, one needs to stand out if he/she wants to come out with flying colours. Your academic life is like a relay on a track where people miss the gold in milliseconds. Knowledge of a reliable foreign language is one among those

Image is here

The Internet got Greener with the Green Brigade Website

The launch of Green Brigade website http://www.greenbrigadeceg.in/ took place on 3rd February 2015 at 5:30 p.m at the Tag Audi, in CEG campus. It was launched by the honourable Chief Guest, Dr. M.B. Nirmal, Founder and Chairman, Exnora. The relatio

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Web Team

Every year K! prides itself in welcoming even more people to participate in its events – both online and off. With over 20,000 people in attendance and a reach of over 1200 colleges across India and over 800 overseas colleges spanning 75 countries,

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Media Team

                        With media becoming a force to reckon with these days, it is no surprise that there is indeed a media team for K! ’15. With big players like the Hindu and News7 in the mix, we rounded up the media team for an int

Image is here

Vidhaigal- Of innocence and inspiration

Vidhaigal ’15 was a cultural event conducted on January 9th at the TAG Auditorium by NSS UNIT 2 exclusively for the differently abled children. This is the third edition of this event and a lot of schools had taken part in it. This particular event

G.Nammalvar - Organic Farmer We are in a era where the basic occupation of mankind- agriculture is looked down upon. In this tough time, we had in us a Pole star of Hope- organic farmer- G.Nammalvar. He graduated in BSc agriculture degree from Ann

Image is here

Nineties Kid Would Agree On This

                           Our World is coming to an end. I know you guys aren’t going to agree with me on this. But this is the hard core truth. I’m not talking about the physical world, but the world we used to live in where kids used to stare a

Image is here

Bucket Challenged

You’ve been sleeping under a rock if you haven’t heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge yet. This viral phenomenon has taken the internet by storm, with people from all walks of life emptying a bucket of ice and water over their heads. For the benefit of

Image is here

Musings of an Amateur Philosopher - #1 The CGPA mechanism

 After spending the last two years under continuous scrutiny, cracking all possible critical questions in the board exams, scoring very high marks,cutoffs, getting the crème de la crème tag, you have finally landed at the dream campus of TNEA aspir

Tree Foundation is an organisation founded in 2002 with a primary mission of protecting fragile marine eco-system and the marine turtle popultion by developing education programs outlining the land-ocean connection. Environment education being the