Fundamatics

Category: Editorial

  • From the Beehive

    From the Beehive

    June – July, 2017

    As demonetisation and its consequences hit news headlines in India again last week, we thought the time was ripe to bring you an issue focussed on the topic. This issue explores various perspectives on different aspects of the note ban – the background, the implementation process, the long-term impact, the possibility of going cashless etc. We have a variety of articles to suit every mood – knowledgeable thought pieces and informed views for when you’ve got your thinking cap on, to humorous ones in a lighter vein that will have you laughing out loud.

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  • From the Beehive

    From the Beehive

    May – June, 2017

    This month we present a  hobby-themed issue which will be enjoyed by all those who love tinkering in their leisure hours. Meet alumni with unusual interests or rediscover a familiar batch mate in a new light. There are all types of hobbyists – amateurs, experts and those who have taken their hobbies to the next level.

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  • From the Beehive

    From the Beehive

    April – May, 2017

    From our first print edition, to a webzine in issue.com, to our very own e-zine which won an award but no moolah, Fundamatics has constantly morphed to ensure that it does not become the latest casualty of the unsure world that we call the publishing business.

    So this new look should not come as surprise to you, dear readers.

    A lot has happened in the world since we surfaced last. (more…)

  • From the Beehive

    There is certain serendipity in writing an editorial on an education themed issue of Fundamatics on the eve of the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence. All the issues that we sought to escape from with the founding of the Indian state in 1947 are, bafflingly enough, still in place. The nationalities problem, as represented most starkly in Kashmir and Manipur; the native Hindu vs.the alien Muslim problem in other parts; the uncertain fate of our underclasses; all of it persists. So one is forced to ask, how fragile – if not failed a state are we? (more…)

  • From the Beehive

    B2B

    Hallo! I am Gujjubee phellow. Queenbee ben called me and had a bee-to-bee toke with me. She asked me to write the aditorial.

    “Give us an aditorial,” she said.

    “How much you will geeve?” I asked. We are gujju phellows and will not geeve anything if there ij no bijnej. After all, it is B2B, bijnej to bijnej, no?

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