[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When a friend asked me to write about the role of caste in education in India, or whether IIT education stifles creativity, like a true despo I pounced on the opportunity and instead of choosing one over the other, decided to open the windows and peep into a room full of memories of a life lived in a world which may look utopian. Especially when viewed with the lenses that cover our eyes today.
Author: Devanshu Narang
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Rendezvous
“Hey man, it’s such a long time!”
“Twenty-seven years. Wow!”
“You have not changed a bit. Ditto IIT looks. And you, you are now bald and have, err, gained weight. And you! What happened to your specs? Oh, contact lenses! Hey come in…….”
In many such rendezvous of old IIT friends, the introductions are similar. We get engrossed in our lives, lose touch and then we meet years, decades, nay life time after and feel excited as if we are living those magical IIT days again. (more…)