By Riya Sinha 2nd Year, B.Tech (ECS) Getting into a college in an all new city, far away from our beloved ones, our family, has happened with most of us from a lot. We meet new sets of people who no longer seem familiar. Their tastes, ideologies, strategies and mannerism vary but somehow we get along with them to see the onset of yet another chapter in our lives. Social isolation is terribly unhealthy and is now being touted as similarly detrimental to health as smoking or not taking exercise. We often yearn for someone’s company in our everyday life. Being [...]

By Pratyasha Sahu 2 nd Year, B.Tech (IT) Often said, friends make the world beautiful, with whom we smile brighter and laugh louder. But how about that feeling when you are pressurized by your peers for something, you aren’t willing? Yes, we call it PEER PRESSURE when our classmates or friends get themselves involved in our decision-making, try influencing us on how we should act or do something. They make us believe that whatever they are doing is right and start directing us to their path, a wrong path. Hey, we’re planning to skip the classes today, join us. How can [...]

By: Zenab Habib Waking up to a world where staying indoors is the new normal and skipping social gatherings is the new cool, no student envisioned college to pivot around hiding behind a laptop screen, mics off. With the unforeseen shift in lifestyle, students found themselves uprooted from the college experience they so lucidly dreamed of; going back to square one at home. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded through the past year, the economy wasn't the only thing left in shambles - our social and mental head-space languished too. The past nine months threatened our physical health, and in the [...]