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Kodi parakudha? MOVIE REVIEW: KODI

Cast: Dhanush – Kodi/Anbu Trisha – Rudhra Anupama – MuttaMalathi Director- R.S. DuraiSenthilkumar Music- Santosh Narayanan   As a huge Dhanush fan, I watched the trailer of Kodi more than a couple of times and was determined to watch it on the

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ROCKYing lessons

Unlike our generation where the reel action heroes have superpowers and wear masks, (being a comic fan, I am not complaining) our previous generation had ordinary human beings doing extraordinary things on screen and gaining cult status.    Stallon

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A Trip Down Memory Lane – Genesis Day 2016

Genesis Day marks the day the College of Engineering was founded back in 1794. The 222nd Genesis Day celebration took place in the Alumni Centre, CEG on May 17th,2016. The chief guest for the event was His Highness Mr Seiji Baba, Consul General of Ja

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Skyping with Martian on Earth: Angelo Vermeulen

Angelo Vermeulen is a multi-disciplinary visual artist. Biomodd is one of his most well-known projects and in 2013, he was the crew commander of HI-SEAS, the four-month Mars simulation mission funded by NASA. He is scheduled to speak at the Vivekana

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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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k!16 begins

Bring out your big guns, this year's online battle of Kurukshetra commences tonight when the clock strikes 8!                          'Riddles of Sphinx' aka ROS, is the largest online treasure hunt of Asia. If you are the kind who wants to ride th

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tRIP 2K15

tRIP  2            K         1         5       Did you know that all around the world only forty percent of new year resolutions are kept? So let this year’s new year resolution be to stick to our new year resolutions. But before we bid farewell

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Message for the New Year: Special year, this year.

I remember I once read a blog post long ago titled, ‘The days are long, but the decades short’. How true. Things are suddenly so different. After all the loud partying comes to an end, the air always seems heavy with thought. Talking about what is n

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Things We’re Doing This Extended Holidays (through puppy pictures)

Sleeping for insane number of double digit hours.                       Start checking out the stream of new memes when it starts raining.               Worry about how much you’re worrying about the exams that you kno

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‘STIMULATED’ BY THE CELL

At 9:30 am on a fine Monday morning, the KJ Auditorium of the SPIC Bioprocess Laboratory-Taramani Campus of Anna University was filled with voices of excited students and staff from the Center for Biotechnology (CBT). In the two hours that followed,

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On The Way To A New Gateway

In the early hours of August 8, R.Swathi, who had applied for counselling with a score of 1017/1200, came here to our campus with her mother Thangaponnu - a shepherd - all the way from Musiri in Trichy. On asking our guards for directions, mother and

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The Placement Parables - Shyam Sunder

If you’re a final year student, then the placement madness has already started. You must have already got topics to freshen up on for the mock tests – and very soon, the actual placement tests will begin. One of the best ways to go about this is to t

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என்னம்மா இப்படிப் பண்றீங்களேம்மா!

சென்னையின் தட்பவெப்பநிலை ஒரு எழுத்தாளரால் பின்வருமாறு வர்ணிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது; “சென்னையில் மொத்தம் மூன்று காலங்கள்தான்: வெயில் காலம், மிகுந்த வெயில் காலம், தாங்க முடியாத வெயில் காலம்.” இதேபோல் கிண்டி பொறியியல் கல்லூரியிலும் மூன்று காலங்கள் உள்ளன; கலந்தா

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14 Movies which changed my perspective on the world

Movies are an integral part of our lifestyle, and mould us in different ways. We imitate our favourite characters’ body language, speech, beard, hairstyle and much more - be it good or bad. Furthermore, they have shaped our thoughts and habits - our

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The Score Dilemma

You see that your results have been published. You nervously type out your register number and password. Your hands are shaking. You will it to calm down. You check your results. What I’ve noticed is that the days (or months after) nobody is happy,

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Pathuma Villain

என்னதான் நமக்கு நிறைய நண்பர்கள் இருந்தாலும், ஒரு 10-pointer நமக்கு நண்பனாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று உள்ளுக்குள் ஆசை இருக்கும்.  ஆனால், அதன் பின்விளைவுகளைப் பற்றியும் யோசிக்க வேண்டும்.  அவர்கள் செய்யும் அட்டகாசம் தாங்க முடியாது. அவர்களுடன் சேர்வதால் நாமு

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Get ready for a Disneyfied Tomorrow(land)

                                                      Director: Brad Bird   Cast: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy   Rating: 3.2/5   An overly-optimistic teenager heads out with a former child-genius on a mission to  uncover s

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Movie Review - Mad Max

Director: George Miller Cast: Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy Rating: 4.8/5 The story is set in post-apocalyptic Australia years after the death of “Mad” Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy). The land is ruled by Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a heartless lea

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MAKING POSSIBILITIES SINCE ‘70s

A cheerfully upbeat person, Krishnakumar Natarajan, fondly called ‘KK’, is a MechE alumnus of the 1979 CEG batch. A 35-year-veteran of the IT industry, he has played several key roles in the growth of Wipro, India’s largest IT services firm. He is,

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An Ode To A Mother

As I look into my mother’s withered eyes, I see pain. More than physical pain, it is the agony borne out of the fact that she has been reduced to a shadow of her once vibrant self. My mother met with a car accident in the recent past which rendered h

Image is here

Blast from the Past

Mrs.Sharada and Mrs.Kamala are one of the first few female graduates from CEG belonging to the Telecommunications batch of 1953. Aged over 80, the two engineers were more than enthusiastic to sit down with a couple of us for a chat filled with witty

Image is here

Techofes Diaries - The 'Food' Feed

Mr.Foodie was a happy guy once. He was that kind of student whose classroom was the Cafeteria/Canteen. If there was a course in 'Food tasting', he would be its topper. But for a while now, his reputation has been slowly sliding down the graph as

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T+ Run - The Runners' Account

The T+ Run was organised as part of the social initiative of Techofes and it was a tremendous success. With excellent marketing, good planning, a strong turnout and great management, all the elements for such success were already present. The follo

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Excessive use of the Phrase “Adhukum Mela” Forecasted in Coming Weeks

Any festival is of course accompanied by big budget and much anticipated movies. This Pongal was no different, as we all found ourselves scrambling for tickets to sold out shows of the latest Shankar film, “I”. And naturally, like any self-respecting

Image is here

Pattanathil Pattikaadu~Celebrating Pongal with RCEG

Events that happen all over our campus are one of the main features that make this place lively. The events which are much noticed are the ones that are held in the ground. One such event which happened recently, on Jan 8 was the Pattanathil Pattik

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Finance Team

With the 9th edition of Kurukshetra just around the corner, we bring you an exclusive interview with the Student Directors of the Finance Team. Despite their busy schedules Dhivya and Indrapradap obliged by giving us an insight into the functioning

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Food For Thought - A Lunch Interview With Dr. Bedi

                          Dr.Kiran Bedi, an inspiration and role model for many across the country, especially women, was at CEG for the launch of e-Glove, an innovation by the students of the ECE department, as part of the 9th edition

Image is here

Gone Girl – Sharp Killer Instinct?

After The Fault In Our Stars comes the next most awaited movie release of this year - Gone Girl. To those of you who are unaware, Gone Girl is an adaptation of Gillian Finn’s book of the same name. It follows the story of Nick Dunne, who finds his wi

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Juggling AU & AIESEC

Between one and infinity there are infinite numbers. Between one day and the next there are infinite moments. The fault in our stars author wasn’t the only one who believed in that. Priyadarshini Sivakumar, a 4th year Manufacturing department stude

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A Relevant Challenge –The Clean India campaign!

                    ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’ we’ve all recited this saying in kindergarten over and over again. Now it’s time to apply it. The clean India campaign goes like this, if you see dirt anywhere, take a picture and po

Image is here

To anyone who says blackholes don't exist: Think Again!

  You need not read the work of Stephen Hawking to realise that blackholes indeed exist. I have the strongest, one-word proof: YouTube, popularly known as ‘that site that destroys all your ideas of being productive’. Every time I go onto YouTube

Image is here

Kodi parakudha? MOVIE REVIEW: KODI

Cast: Dhanush – Kodi/Anbu Trisha – Rudhra Anupama – MuttaMalathi Director- R.S. DuraiSenthilkumar Music- Santosh Narayanan   As a huge Dhanush fan, I watched the trailer of Kodi more than a couple of times and was determined to watch it on the

Image is here

ROCKYing lessons

Unlike our generation where the reel action heroes have superpowers and wear masks, (being a comic fan, I am not complaining) our previous generation had ordinary human beings doing extraordinary things on screen and gaining cult status.    Stallon

Image is here

A Trip Down Memory Lane – Genesis Day 2016

Genesis Day marks the day the College of Engineering was founded back in 1794. The 222nd Genesis Day celebration took place in the Alumni Centre, CEG on May 17th,2016. The chief guest for the event was His Highness Mr Seiji Baba, Consul General of Ja

Image is here

Skyping with Martian on Earth: Angelo Vermeulen

Angelo Vermeulen is a multi-disciplinary visual artist. Biomodd is one of his most well-known projects and in 2013, he was the crew commander of HI-SEAS, the four-month Mars simulation mission funded by NASA. He is scheduled to speak at the Vivekana

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

k!16 begins

Bring out your big guns, this year's online battle of Kurukshetra commences tonight when the clock strikes 8!                          'Riddles of Sphinx' aka ROS, is the largest online treasure hunt of Asia. If you are the kind who wants to ride th

Image is here

tRIP 2K15

tRIP  2            K         1         5       Did you know that all around the world only forty percent of new year resolutions are kept? So let this year’s new year resolution be to stick to our new year resolutions. But before we bid farewell

Image is here

Message for the New Year: Special year, this year.

I remember I once read a blog post long ago titled, ‘The days are long, but the decades short’. How true. Things are suddenly so different. After all the loud partying comes to an end, the air always seems heavy with thought. Talking about what is n

Image is here

Things We’re Doing This Extended Holidays (through puppy pictures)

Sleeping for insane number of double digit hours.                       Start checking out the stream of new memes when it starts raining.               Worry about how much you’re worrying about the exams that you kno

Image is here

‘STIMULATED’ BY THE CELL

At 9:30 am on a fine Monday morning, the KJ Auditorium of the SPIC Bioprocess Laboratory-Taramani Campus of Anna University was filled with voices of excited students and staff from the Center for Biotechnology (CBT). In the two hours that followed,

Image is here

On The Way To A New Gateway

In the early hours of August 8, R.Swathi, who had applied for counselling with a score of 1017/1200, came here to our campus with her mother Thangaponnu - a shepherd - all the way from Musiri in Trichy. On asking our guards for directions, mother and

Image is here

The Placement Parables - Shyam Sunder

If you’re a final year student, then the placement madness has already started. You must have already got topics to freshen up on for the mock tests – and very soon, the actual placement tests will begin. One of the best ways to go about this is to t

சென்னையின் தட்பவெப்பநிலை ஒரு எழுத்தாளரால் பின்வருமாறு வர்ணிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது; “சென்னையில் மொத்தம் மூன்று காலங்கள்தான்: வெயில் காலம், மிகுந்த வெயில் காலம், தாங்க முடியாத வெயில் காலம்.” இதேபோல் கிண்டி பொறியியல் கல்லூரியிலும் மூன்று காலங்கள் உள்ளன; கலந்தா

Image is here

14 Movies which changed my perspective on the world

Movies are an integral part of our lifestyle, and mould us in different ways. We imitate our favourite characters’ body language, speech, beard, hairstyle and much more - be it good or bad. Furthermore, they have shaped our thoughts and habits - our

Image is here

The Score Dilemma

You see that your results have been published. You nervously type out your register number and password. Your hands are shaking. You will it to calm down. You check your results. What I’ve noticed is that the days (or months after) nobody is happy,

Image is here

Pathuma Villain

என்னதான் நமக்கு நிறைய நண்பர்கள் இருந்தாலும், ஒரு 10-pointer நமக்கு நண்பனாக இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று உள்ளுக்குள் ஆசை இருக்கும்.  ஆனால், அதன் பின்விளைவுகளைப் பற்றியும் யோசிக்க வேண்டும்.  அவர்கள் செய்யும் அட்டகாசம் தாங்க முடியாது. அவர்களுடன் சேர்வதால் நாமு

Image is here

Get ready for a Disneyfied Tomorrow(land)

                                                      Director: Brad Bird   Cast: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy   Rating: 3.2/5   An overly-optimistic teenager heads out with a former child-genius on a mission to  uncover s

Image is here

Movie Review - Mad Max

Director: George Miller Cast: Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy Rating: 4.8/5 The story is set in post-apocalyptic Australia years after the death of “Mad” Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy). The land is ruled by Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a heartless lea

Image is here

MAKING POSSIBILITIES SINCE ‘70s

A cheerfully upbeat person, Krishnakumar Natarajan, fondly called ‘KK’, is a MechE alumnus of the 1979 CEG batch. A 35-year-veteran of the IT industry, he has played several key roles in the growth of Wipro, India’s largest IT services firm. He is,

Image is here

An Ode To A Mother

As I look into my mother’s withered eyes, I see pain. More than physical pain, it is the agony borne out of the fact that she has been reduced to a shadow of her once vibrant self. My mother met with a car accident in the recent past which rendered h

Image is here

Blast from the Past

Mrs.Sharada and Mrs.Kamala are one of the first few female graduates from CEG belonging to the Telecommunications batch of 1953. Aged over 80, the two engineers were more than enthusiastic to sit down with a couple of us for a chat filled with witty

Image is here

Techofes Diaries - The 'Food' Feed

Mr.Foodie was a happy guy once. He was that kind of student whose classroom was the Cafeteria/Canteen. If there was a course in 'Food tasting', he would be its topper. But for a while now, his reputation has been slowly sliding down the graph as

Image is here

T+ Run - The Runners' Account

The T+ Run was organised as part of the social initiative of Techofes and it was a tremendous success. With excellent marketing, good planning, a strong turnout and great management, all the elements for such success were already present. The follo

Image is here

Excessive use of the Phrase “Adhukum Mela” Forecasted in Coming Weeks

Any festival is of course accompanied by big budget and much anticipated movies. This Pongal was no different, as we all found ourselves scrambling for tickets to sold out shows of the latest Shankar film, “I”. And naturally, like any self-respecting

Image is here

Pattanathil Pattikaadu~Celebrating Pongal with RCEG

Events that happen all over our campus are one of the main features that make this place lively. The events which are much noticed are the ones that are held in the ground. One such event which happened recently, on Jan 8 was the Pattanathil Pattik

Image is here

K! - The Inside Story - Finance Team

With the 9th edition of Kurukshetra just around the corner, we bring you an exclusive interview with the Student Directors of the Finance Team. Despite their busy schedules Dhivya and Indrapradap obliged by giving us an insight into the functioning

Image is here

Food For Thought - A Lunch Interview With Dr. Bedi

                          Dr.Kiran Bedi, an inspiration and role model for many across the country, especially women, was at CEG for the launch of e-Glove, an innovation by the students of the ECE department, as part of the 9th edition

Image is here

Gone Girl – Sharp Killer Instinct?

After The Fault In Our Stars comes the next most awaited movie release of this year - Gone Girl. To those of you who are unaware, Gone Girl is an adaptation of Gillian Finn’s book of the same name. It follows the story of Nick Dunne, who finds his wi

Image is here

Juggling AU & AIESEC

Between one and infinity there are infinite numbers. Between one day and the next there are infinite moments. The fault in our stars author wasn’t the only one who believed in that. Priyadarshini Sivakumar, a 4th year Manufacturing department stude

Image is here

A Relevant Challenge –The Clean India campaign!

                    ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’ we’ve all recited this saying in kindergarten over and over again. Now it’s time to apply it. The clean India campaign goes like this, if you see dirt anywhere, take a picture and po

Image is here

To anyone who says blackholes don't exist: Think Again!

  You need not read the work of Stephen Hawking to realise that blackholes indeed exist. I have the strongest, one-word proof: YouTube, popularly known as ‘that site that destroys all your ideas of being productive’. Every time I go onto YouTube