AvantGarde

Editorial (Feb’10)

Dear Readers,
WELCOME to a Brand New, Revamped edition of Avant Garde !!
WikiPedia defines the term as “people or works that are experimental or innovative”. Well, in this issue, which comes after a long gap of 2 months, we have decided to incorporate both: experimentation, with respect to content and layout, and innovativeness, in the form [...]

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Born Victims – the plight of a tribe

Born Victims – the plight of a tribe
Before they fought with the British for the freedom of their country and now, when the country is free, they are fighting for their own freedom!

What an irony!!
Let us focus our attention on the infamous and less blessed Paradhi Tribe. Instead of celebrating the heroic heritage of [...]

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Where have the Jingles Gone?

Where have the Jingles Gone?

A few days back while surfing the Internet I came across an old advertisement for Bajaj – the “Hamara Bajaj” commercial, and as soon as I saw the ad I started to sing along with it. It was an old advertisement, but strangely I realized that I was able [...]

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Climate Change: An ignored crisis?

Climate Change: An ignored crisis ?

When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves – David Orr
For the past couple of years, we have witnessed many global financial economies in free fall. Living had become a fight for survival. Every possible resource was dedicated towards supporting and strengthening the economies. Now we hear that we [...]

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The Interpretation of Dreams

THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS – SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939)

Sigmund Freud has always been one of the most controversial thinkers in history due to his theories based on psychoanalysis and sexuality. The book ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ is one work which contributes to this image: this text is vehemently criticized and at the same time one of [...]

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‘Fiery’ Journalism!

Brand New Year, same old antics!
This phrase sums up pretty much all of what the MBA batch of IITK has been up to the entire month. With a brand new semester (which was incidentally started 4 days before 31st – the administration was really keen on making us celebrate the new year together – or [...]

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