[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A fun tale from Meghalaya that tells why the Tigers and Monkeys cannot stand each other.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Listen to the Tale” color=”success” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7xd77_XGv5g%26feature%3Dyoutu.be||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Category: 2020
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The Cry Of the Crow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Cry of the Crow is a beautiful tale told among the Sumi Naga tribe. It is about the strange experience of an orphan called Kohito who they believe turns into a black crow. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Listen to the Tale” color=”green” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FIXcCdOJDxEg|title:Listen%20to%20the%20Story|target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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This and That
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Brush Strokes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”1″ element_width=”6″ initial_loading_animation=”none” grid_id=”vc_gid:1627018602281-8fffb15b-11f9-5″ taxonomies=”487″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8793″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Books Are Windows” link=”https://fundamatics.net/books-are-window/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8774″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://fundamatics.net/being-wise-is-knowing-what-to-look-at/” title=”Being Wise is Knowing What to Look At”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8787″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Sailing into the Wind” link=”https://fundamatics.net/sailing-into-the-wind/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8766″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://fundamatics.net/sunrise-in-an-unknown-mountain-valley/” title=”Sunrise in an Unknown Mountain Valley”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8780″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Sunrise Landscape” link=”https://fundamatics.net/sunrise-landscape/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8962″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Locked In and Locked Out” link=”https://fundamatics.net/?p=8960&preview=true”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”9051″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” title=”The Tiger and the Monkeys” link=”https://fundamatics.net/the-tiger-and-the-monkeys/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8823″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”The Cry of the Crow” link=”https://fundamatics.net/the-cry-of-the-crow/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8808″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Be a Player” link=”https://fundamatics.net/be-a-player/”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8944″ img_size=”full” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Beauty Lies in the Details” link=”https://fundamatics.net/beauty-lies-in-the-details/”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
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Thereby Hangs a Tale
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Foreword
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Childhood, that chimeric phase in one’s life, where the one going through it, just wants to get done with it and those who have emerged on the other side wish to return to. All at once enchanting, perplexing, astonishing, amusing and challenging, this chapter of our lives is the longest and an often visited one. It is also the most important, as the experiences that shape childhood is the basis or building block of adult life. It is the foundation stone so to speak and, therefore, it is only natural that the Fundamatics team decided to dedicate an entire issue to this magical theme.
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A Treasure Hunt
Once upon a time, there was a small boy who lived in a big city. But he wished to live by the big, blue sea. One day, something wonderful happened. His parents took him to the seaside. The boy’s heart danced with joy.
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Our Green Campus
April, 2020
No one knew that it would be like this. The reality of a pandemic is also the stillness of silence.
The nature of this silence is different; it is more an absence of manmade noise. Now there are no errant voices drifting across from the hostels, no sound of autos and sundry other vehicles laboring up the Sameer hill, the distant sound of traffic and horns that drift across the lake, not even the occasional construction equipment.
This is not the first time Fundamatics has dedicated an issue to the campus. This, after all, is not a typical university green space with formal, manicured gardens and lawns but a more naturalistic biodiverse landscape – a beautiful anachronism placed smack dab in the middle of an urban megapolis of Mumbai.
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Declining Biodiversity in IIT Bombay
Maps of the institute invariably show a spur of land jutting out into the Powai Lake from the place where the trio postgraduate hostels stand. Upon this piece of land lies an impressive forest extending to the shores of the lake. This forest is part and parcel of IIT Bombay but rarely frequented by campus residents because the entrance to it is subtly hidden away from view. In fact, this peninsula, which has been known as Kol Dongri for long, can be considered an extension of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to the north. Dubbed the El Dorado of birdwatching by none other than Dr Salim Ali (1896-1987), the “Birdman of India”, Kol Dongri is important for the unique geography that it sits on: it provides a woody and marshy ecosystem and is a waypoint for several species of migratory birds. Over the last couple of decades, Kol Dongri has been chipped away at for various purposes, most notably to build three student hostels and to house a construction workers’ camp. Today, the Kol Dongri forest has been reduced to nearly half of what it used to be just two decades ago.