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he day, 3 April 1984 is special to every Indian in a truly stellar sense. For it is the day, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet Soyoz-T11 into space, becoming the first Indian to do so. Hailing from Patiala, Punjab, Rakesh Sharma spent his childhood in Hyderabad, where his cousin was a pilot in the Indian Air Force. My childhood dream was to become a pilot of the Indian Air Force. I was all of five years old when my cousin made me sit in the cockpit of a Vampire Jet. I was hooked from then on, says Rakesh Sharma with conviction. However after the tragic death of his cousin, just three months into service, there was quite some opposition from his family. His mother who saw him enamored with the vampire jets hoped that he would grow out of it but it stayed with him and he couldnt think of anything else other than becoming a fighter pilot. Passion and the hunger to succeed in ones career can only be articulated if the curiosity and innovation of the mind are fueled with the application of knowledge in ones field of interest or else everything is just drudgery. A believer in chasing dreams, Rakesh Sharma says, The pre-requisite for success is that one has to be passionate about what one is doing! If youve been strait jacketed into a career that doesnt fire your imagination, then, depending on your personality you may perhaps reach just about an above the average level. But, you wont enjoy the time you are spending in that career and you are unlikely to excel. He adds, The path to realizing ones dream is filled with a lot of ups and downs and so, perseverance is an important quality to have! No matter what you do, always give it your best shot! The road to success is an eventful journey, Wg. Cmdr. Rakesh Sharma provides us students a few road makers, he stresses on the need for one to be systematic and the importance of having goals, A dream is visionary and goals are a means to get there. An innovator has to know the nuances of the subject, not only the letter but whats behind it and how it applies to real life. Coming on top in examinations is not enough, emphasizes Rakesh Sharma on the need for application of knowledge. He adds, Academics is one thing but life is all about application. Where does the student get the experience to apply his knowledge? Who is teaching him to apply his knowledge? Is he being allowed to experiment? Is there a technical flight of fantasy, which is encouraged? We are risk averse as a culture; failure is frowned upon. But the path to innovation is filled with strings of failures before success is achieved. Anything of value has to be worked upon over a period of time for success to come our way. On the need for obsession he says, You will need obsession, as passion alone will merely propel you along the path but, to over come ups and downs on the way, one has to be obsessed. But then, obsession is also a double-edged sword. It may also prevent you from seeing the truth. One has to be observant, analytical and open- minded to see things for what they really are!

Up in the cosmos, one as a visual field day about which he says, The beauty laid out by the earth is indescribable! One only wished, one had more time to admire the beauty. Watching a sunrise, a sunset from space are beautiful sights. India looks beautiful from space. Weve got everything, a long coastline, we can see the ocean on three sides, weve got hills which are green, plateaus which are brown, the desert appears golden, while the Himalayas which are snow capped look purple from space, as light doesnt get into the crevices. Ours is truly a beautiful country! says the fiercely proud Indian in him. On man made structures he adds, From space, any linear feature with a colour contrast is visible to the naked eye. One can see an airliner flying over an ocean, as the exhaust condenses to leave behind a trail, against the blue of the ocean. A railway line on a desert can be seen! But the thing about space flight is that it is crammed with work. When the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked how India looked from space. What followed was history, he beamed back the famous words Main binaa jhijhak ke keh sakta hoon.., Sare Jahan Se Achcha (a reference to an iconic poem used in Indias freedom struggle, usually referred to as Saare jahaan se achha Hindustan hamara, our land of Hindustan, is the Best in the Universe) On perhaps his most famous moment he says, When we were students, Saare Jahan Se Achcha was the de facto number two national anthem, we used to sing it all the time! As I grew up, I became a fiercely proud Indian, as I still am. The lyrics resonated with me, and its secular credentials appealed to me. It was top of recall! And here was the Prime Minister asking me how India looked from space. He jokingly adds, I was emboldened to reply in the way I did because only the audio feed was coming in; you dont see the Prime Minister every day! He was conferred with the honor of Hero of Soviet Union upon his return from space. The Government of India conferred its highest gallantry award (during peace time), the Ashoka Chakra on him and the other two Soviet members of his mission. Having said all this, I walk back from my interview inspired and proud having met a great man, a hero only baffled by his humility, and down to earth persona for he put his space flight as Just another day at the office!

Wg. Cmdr. Rakesh Sharma

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-Interviewed by S. Praveen Kumar Srinivas, 4th year E.C.E.

what you are doing!

(Wg. Cmdr. Rakesh Sharma now retired from the IAF lives in Coonoor, Nilgirs, where he fell in love with minty highland air on his first visit in the 1960s.)

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Camp Galaata
The personality development courses is one of the highlights of our campus. Right after the examinations , various camps commenced.Apart from having fun,the students would have surely learnt something large,something for life.Here is a sneak peek into what those camps were all about... Youth Red Cross YRC organized week-long camps at Illalur, Kadapakkam and Poondi in the month of June with the objective of creating an awareness among the people of those villages about issues related to health, hygiene and nutrition. The student volunteers also took up activities like organizing tree plantation and career guidance for the higher secondary students. The camp succeeded in not just serving the three villages but also inculcating in them a sense of discipline and responsibility towards their nation.

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he Endowment lecture, held on 13th July, is raised as a toast to the greatness of the man, who built an institution that paved way for the creation of many centres of excellence and initiated the Institute-Industry collaboration. In honor of Dr. V.C.Kulandaisamy, former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University and a technologist, Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief controller, DRDO & Managing director, BrahMos Aerospace, presented the lecture on the topic The Nations Greatness- Empowering with Technology. He spoke of the great minds like Aryabhatta and Bhaskaracharya who contributed to Indias prosperity and reminded us about the hurdles in the path of development. Implementing the concept of the Brahmastra and the Sudharshan Chakra, BrahMos created Cruise Missiles that helped us turn into a self-sufficient nation technologically. Dr. Pillai was keen on motivating the young Engineers to contribute their potential to the nation so as to nurture it into a developed country within the next 10 years.

Dr. V.C.Kulandaisamy,
Former Vice-Chancellor Anna University

National Service Scheme National Service Scheme

NSS organized camps to villages around the city with the objective of enlightening the people of the village about how important education is, and to help the people of the village to do away with a few problems. These camps were conducted near places around the city like Tambaram, Red Hills, Porur, etc. As NSS volunteers, the students of our college organized medical camps, eye camps, veterinary camps etc. Almost all the units had organized a massive tree plantation campaign. Helping the students of the government school, and setting up planetariums in those schools were other activities.

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He concluded his speech by quoting Maharishi Patanchalis words which said, Let your thoughts take over you when you are inspired by some purpose and watch yourself break the bounds to discover yourself.Inspiring the young lot with his sheer brilliant lecture, one can definitely infer from Mr. Pillai that Indian minds not only work with great intricacy but also a high level of modesty! For all the budding engineers, the K13! Team has provided a platform via the TNEA 2012 Student Konnect programme. The programme aims to provide answers to the students stepping into the college. Apart from a stall put up in the campus, there is also the Student Konnect page on Face book wherein students coming for the counseling can post their queries. The CTF (CEG Tech Forum) which organizes Kurukshetra had put in lot of effort for putting up the stall and guiding the students who came from various parts of the state. And let us, the students of CEG hope that this programme evolves into a grand success.

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National Cadet Corps National Cadet Corps

Exhausting physical work and strident punishments are the most we would think off, about an NCC camp. But,the Navy cadets had quite an adventurous time handling naval equipments at the naval bases in Gujarat, Vizag and Mumbai.The army men had their organizing skills tested at camps in the outskirts of Kancheepuram. The wind once blew their tents off , introducing to them, the world of harsh realities. The cadets relished cultural programmes at night and slept in shifts , guarding their place. As the camp phased out, they all became experts at dealing with critical situations.

- Karthik (EEE, II yr)

Taste purity at Aavin

- Jai vasanth (CSE, II yr)

his new booth bloomed behind the Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) on 13th of this month. It was inaugurated by Mr.Kaliraj, Dean ACT in the presence of our registrar and other officials .Mr.C.Balu who owns this booth, was an alumnus (1976, ECE) of our college and he felt immensely proud to be a part of our AU family again. Light snacks, hot drinks, and a few milk sweets are available now and a lot more are to be made available soon.

Aavin booth - CEG

Page Incharge - Mukesh (ECE IV yr)

The CEGian with the OSCAR - a gist of his life!

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hen most of us had a regular summer vacation, some CEGians had an extremely different and useful vacation. More than 15 students had been selected for internships in India and abroad. This page comprises articles on their internship experiences. And what is all the buzz about the CEGian holding an OSCAR? Youll find it at the end of this page.

An internship abroad TARGET WITHIN REACH

Leibniz Universitt Hannover, Germany Purushoth and seven other students from CEG flew to Europe and spent two enlightening and fun filled months in different parts of the life. The next question arises, funding? This is where your CGPA plays its role. The universities abroad have scholarships for students based on their CGPA. Once you are in the university it is purely your work that would impress your professors. Purushoth did his internship on Artificial Intelligence, a very modern approach. The two months he spent there was mixed with work and fun. Every weekend he would go to visit neighboring countries like Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Austria with his friends from CEG. They had fun shopping and cooking together. Lunch was in the university cafeteria. They cooked their own dinner which according to him was the most fun-filled experience in the whole trip. He recalls travelling by tram and working all night. The quote Aim high and be patient is what has kept him driving through tough times.

Purushoth Mahendran, a final year CEGian of

Sadhana Rajan III yr, CSE

IT department has completed an internship in Leibniz Universitt Hannover, Germany. As believed by Purushoth, anyone can try for an internship abroad. It is not restricted to the ones who have got a CGPA of 9 and above. When questioned about how he started the whole process, he said he wrote to a few professors of the universities in Germany. He did a lot of groundwork before he actually wrote to them. According to most of our friends here, Germany is meant for students from mechanical and related courses. But the one who has been in Germany for two months said that it was apocryphal. It is also a training ground for students of any engineering course with innovative ideas, dedication and self motivation, he said.

SIX WEEKS AT IISc BANGALORE

As soon as my exams got over on the 15th of
TRULY CHERISHABLE
to lightning fast internet (vis--vis Anna WiFi) and with that my key to all the latest movies, games and TV series. This is when I realized what RESEARCH really was!! Then suddenly one day, my guide, who until that moment seemed very friendly, asked me to give a presentation of my work there (in other words NOTHING). So I had to make cock and bull stories about the cryptography techniques used in quantum computers by rephrasing Wiki articles, at the same time watching random movies and trying to portray a larger than life picture of myself on Facebook. On a serious note, one thing that I enjoyed throughout my internship was the opportunity to meet so many fellow interns from various colleges and regions of India and getting to interact with them. Thanks to the Indian Academy of Sciences and IISc, Bangalore for providing me with my first hostel experience. May, I left for Bangalore the very same night and reached there early next day (feeling like a mad scientist). I took an auto at 4:30 AM to the Raman Research Institute, where I met three guys. I had an inner feeling that they were nerds from some IIT. Having this in mind, I initiated a conversation with them in heavy North Indian English, but to my utter surprise they were juniors from CEG (who later became my very close friends)!! As I stepped into my hostel, I could not take my eyes off the magnificent view of the city from my balcony on the 11th floor. In the following week I allowed myself the luxury of roaming around the 400 acre campus aimlessly, discovering in the process many restaurants, canteens and cafes. As a part of my internship, I gained access Rajesh G - IV yr, ECE

Indian Academy of Sciences and IISc, Bangalore

From CEG to Hollywood!

Most people who graduate from an Engineering College either pursue
Higher Education or get themselves employed in an outsourcing company. Few choose alternate paths in life, choosing to tolerate and solve the problems that they face. Fewer still, rise like the Batman.

Mr. Praveen Ilangovan did just that. The story of our local Indian

boy begins in the quiet town of Kanchipuram. Praveen studied at Infant Jesus Matriculation School and soon, through hard work, he entered into College of Engineering Guindy in 2004. He graduated with a first-class degree in Printing technology in 2008. This was followed by a Masters in Computer Animation at Bournemouth University and culminated to working at the renowned TATA Elxsi at Mumbai as an FX programmer. From this point on, a snowball effect took place and Praveen never looked back. Among his notable works are Prince(2010), Arjun(2010), Gullivers Travels(2010) and even, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (as a a programmer in Stereo conversion department). He joined Double Negative (A UK based Enterprise) and has provided FX to movies like John Carter (2012) and most recently, the critically acclaimed The Dark Knight Rises (2012). It does feel good to know that someone who grew in a similar environ like us can achieve something this humungous. Adding another feather to his cap is the fact that Double Negative won both Oscar and BAFTA awards for his work in Inception. As he stands here holding the accolades close to him, his heart must have whispered, WELL DONE! So do we. Mohit Bagde - III yr IT

Page Incharge Keerthi Suria Kumar

(ECE IV yr)

Mr. Praveen Ilangovan

BE Printing Technology (2004-2008)

Ol ympic spirit
Olympic Spirit
about pushing the limits of human performance the best of the best competing to prove who moves faster, jumps higher and is stronger. Blood, sweat and toil is what each Olympic athlete puts in. Representing ones country in the Olympics is a moment of pride. Nathanael Koilpillai of 3rd year-ECE writes about three atheletes -the undisputed world champions for whom success comes after overcoming many hurdles in life. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) is the current world record holder in womens pole vault, and is the only woman in history to have crossed the 5m mark. From the age of 5 till 15, she trained to realize her dream of being a gymnast, but at 59, she was told to give it up because she was too tall to be competitive. Undaunted, she switched to pole vault. At the Sydney Olympics (2000), Yelena failed to make it past the qualifying round. Not being one to settle for defeat, she continued training and perfecting her technique. In spite of stiff competition, she clinched the Gold in 2004. She moved from strength to strength, and by the time she claimed the Gold in 2008, her margin of victory exceeded 41 cm! Her success is attributed to her early gymnastics training. Her setback in gymnastics turned out to be her asset in pole vault. I wanted the world to know that my country, Ethiopia, has always won with determination and heroism, said Abebe Bikila, the first African to win an Olympic gold medal. Hailing from a small village in the hills of Ethiopia, Abebe spent his childhood as a shepherd. His prodigious talent as a runner was recognised and he was selected for the 1960 Olympics. Unable to get the right size shoes in Rome, Abebe ran the marathon barefoot, a feat unheard of at the Olympics. To the amazement of the world, Abebe won the Gold! Six weeks before the 1964 Olympics, he was forced to undergo surgery for Appendicitis. Nobody expected him to run; not only did he win, but he set a new world record, becoming the first man ever to successfully defend his marathon title in the Olympics. The last time the Olympics were held in London in 1948, an athlete from namma Tamil Nadu represented India. Eric Prabhakar of Salem was the national sprinting champion in the 100m and 200m events. Eric also represented Madras Christian College as the opening bowler in cricket and hockey captain. He completed his Masters in Economics with the third rank in the University! He qualified in the IAS in 1948, but chose to pursue higher studies at Oxford University as a prestigious Rhodes scholar. The same year, Eric was one of the seven athletes to represent independent India at the London Olympics. Eric made it to the quarterfinals in the 100m event with a time of 10.6s, just 0.3 seconds behind the eventual winner. Eric had given it his best effort and made India proud. From gymnastics to pole vault, from bare feet to gold medal, from Salem to London, the Olympic spirit is captured in the words of Eric Prabhakar: Once you have tasted victory, you know what it is to excel in what you are doing, and you will want to succeed in whatever you do.

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Controversy

Every Olympics face controversies and scandals, Ijaz Ahmed of from Manufacturing talks about how they have become the albatross Olympics neck. The Olympics- from its inception as a religious festival in ancient G the huge celebration in the twenty-first century seen on television by b people, it has been quite rare for Games to be immaculate without contro One such acrimony is the Black Power Salute of African American Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Tomm won the 200 meter race in a then world-record time of 19.83 seconds, w tralias Peter Norman second and John Carlos in third place. After the completed, when the three went to collect their medals at the podium, U.S. athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to r black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent bla Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue coll ers in the U.S. and wore a necklace of beads which he described were individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in dle passage. All three athletes wore Olympic Project for Human Rights badge. It was indeed an outburst of the discrimination of African Ame U.S. Besides this, the expulsion of South Africa from Games from 1964 because of apartheid exhibits that Games is not all about sports. In 1936 Berlin Olympics, which was regarded as the Hitlers Olymp took it as a chance to show-off the post first world war Germany and show Aryan ideals and prowess, was noted for the infamous snub by Hitler to A athlete Jesse Owens. Owens won four gold medals in the Games but Hitle to shake his hand or hand him his medals. Berlins Olympics witnessed ma controversies too, like Spain boycotting the Olympics and French and C Olympians giving what appeared to be a Nazi Salute at the opening cerem The Israel and Palestine rivalry led to a nightmare in the history of O The Munich Massacre. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, tinian group Black September held hostage members of the Israeli Olym on 5th September. The Palestinians demanded the release of 234 prisoner Israeli jails. In the process the kidnappers had killed eleven Israeli athl coaches and a West German police officer. Its quite unfortunate that even before the 2012 London Olympics h menced, controversies revolving around Dow Chemical Company, Game sponsor, hit the 2012 London Games with many calling for the withdraw said company as its sponsor. Critics argued that the top Olympic sponso not be involved in the project because of its links to a company accuse 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India. Olympic controversy continues to remain an integral part of the Gam shaping the Games and reminding spectators and commentators that it to assume the Games could ever be apolitical. It is an exciting spectac idealism clashes with practical manifestations of politics, racism, national economics.

Momentous Moments
India first participated in Olympics in 1900
in Paris. The country was represented by Norman Pritchard, an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time. He bagged two silver medals in 200m dash and 200m hurdles. In 1928,Amsterdam, Indian Hockey team participated in their first Olympic hockey event and won the gold medal under the captaincy of Jaipal Singh. For the next 6 successive Olympics spanning 28 years from 1928-1956, Indians retained their gold medal for the hockey event. 1928-1956 was the golden era of Indian Hockey in Olympics during which India played 24 matches and won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals. India again won two more gold medals in Olympic hockey in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In athletics, six Indians have made us proud ; Norman Pritchard in 1900 (two silvers in sprint

C. Shravan Santosh

(3rd yr, ECE)

and hurdles), Henry Rebello in 1948 London (Triple Jump), Milkha Singh 1960 Rome ( fourth place in 400 metres), Gurbachan Singh Randhawa 1964 Tokyo (fifth place in 100 m hurdles), Sriram singh 1976 Montreal ( seventh in 800m) and P.T Usha in 1984 Los Angeles ( fourth in 400m hurdles) who unfortunately lost her bronze by 1/100th of a second and the 4 member squad of the 400m. womens relay P.T.Usha, M.D.Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham reached seventh place, the same year. Vijender Singh is the first Indian to win a medal at the world meet. He won a bronze in 2009. In the London 2012 Olympics Saina Nehwal became the first person from India to win a medal for Badminton. Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt, Gagan Narang won bronze medals. Vijay Kumar, Sushil Kumar made the Indians proud by winning the silver medals.

Indias association with the Olympics started

when the country was still striving for its independence and since then India has won 8 gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals in Hockey, two silver medals in athletics, bronzes for wrestling ,shooting ,tennis and the count goes on.

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Indias glorious
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All that glitters is not gold

Nothing is impossible!

DO HOST CITIES EVER WIN?

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from EEE

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shares his thought on this years edition.

2012 Logo
The London Olympics logo was officially unveiled this years logo with the five interlocked rings inside the zero. This logo was represented in four different colours: blue, green, magenta and yellow, aiming to appeal amongst the youth. When the officials were expecting this to stir waves in the British circle, it has turned out to be the main theme of British humour in the recent past. While monuments like the London Eye, Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace could have been incorporated into the logo, The British created this rather uninspiring logo.

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from manufacturing talks about the economic impacts of hosting the Olympics. There is no doubt that hosting an Olympic festival produces a large measure of civic pride and psychological satisfaction. When a host city is placed before the television eyes of two-thirds of the worlds population, the event becomes a magnified public relations and advertising phenomenon. Host cities spend millions/billions of dollars lobbying to be chosen as a host city for the Olympics, improving infrastructure, and providing security, all of which is funded by its government. When a city is confirmed, hoteliers start putting up new locations in and around the city like mad-scrabble. This is all for an immediate gain: tons of tourists come to see the games, they spend money on hotels, souvenirs, food, parking, transport, etc. and all of that money gets taxed. But they do not come with long term guarantees. If making money were an Olympic event, no city hosting the games would win a gold medal. Or silver. Or bronze. Many Olympic cities justify the spending and the risk to reputations because they gain new highways, transit systems, affordable housing, sports facilities and other infrastructure improvements. Some cities end up with Olympic venues that have high operating costs and little practical utility after the games. But some venues become cherished recreation centers and major competition sites with heavy use. A comparison of 2 host cities of the past, gives a clear indication of what a city stands to gain or lose. Greece lost billions

of euros on the two-week sports event. By 2008, 21 of the 22 venues built for the 2004 Games were unused and were in various state of disrepair yet Greece taxpayers were paying for some sort of maintenance at the venues and that too was very costly. Barcelona on the other hand is held up to be the prime example of how the Olympic Games can regenerate and revive a city. The games enabled Barcelona to achieve 50 years of infrastructure improvements in just eight years in areas such as the airport and road, sewage systems. There was also a rejunvenation of run-down locations such as the harbor area into modern, commercial zones. Barring something like the terrorist attack in Munich in 1972 or the bombing in Atlanta in 1996, host cities always experience some benefits. But with all the risks, the process of bidding for and hosting an Olympics should probably come with this warning: Satisfaction NOT guaranteed.

The ArcelorMittal Orbit

The mind-boggling orbit tower comprising the five rings, 22m higher than the Statue of Liberty, designed by Turner-prize winning artist Anish Kapoor has been declared as the landmark of the London Olympics. The orbit tower is first of its kind in Olympics history and it displays awe and artistic brilliance which is a joy to be seen in the Olympic Park. This spiralling tower at the Olympic Park is just a watchtower to view the stunning beauty of London City , costing over 130 crores my question is was this actually needed?

Did you know

Prashanth Ananthraman
(2nd yr, CSE)

Boxing and wrestling are now the only sports whose competitors must be amateur. (Or else we would have people from the WWE and TNA in Olympics). Australia, the Swiss and the UK are the only nations to go to every Games since 1896. In the 1900 Olympics in France, the winners got paintings instead of medals (The french probably thought they were more valuable, at least now they are!). At the first olympics, in 1896, the first place got the silver medal, second place bronze, third- NOTHING. (Not even the pink participation ribbon?). China did not win their first olympics medal until 1984. (They say history doesnt matter. Quite understandable, because they win hundreds and hundreds of medals now, probably to make up for all that they lost). The Discovery Channel reported recently, that the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi reported the Los Angeles Games in 1932.

2012 Mascots
Two mascots were chosen to represent the Games this year with oldfashioned but appealing names, Wenlock and Mandeville. Surprising was the fact that these two alienlike creatures were identified from an open survey conducted by the U.K. Government. With these two aliens falling out of favour for most of the public, these might be sent into the Orbit (Tower) to form an Olympic Sanctuary!

The Paralympics are the games that are conducted for athletes with various physical disabilities. In 2001, the International Olympics Committee and the International Paralympic Committee Signed an agreement, which meant that the host cities would be contracted to manage both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic rings cover every flag in the world. They picked yellow, green, red, black and blue because at least one of those five colors appears in every flag in the world. (The five rings also allegedly represent the five continents of the world. Wait, didnt geography teach us seven continents? To appease everyone, they had to clarify saying Five Inhabited Continents. A Black Person first won the Marathon only in 1960. But no white person has ever run 100 metres within 10 seconds. No wonder its hard to find any person from any other race, running the final 100 metre race!

The Torch
The Olympic torch is one in which the flame is lit up by the suns rays and it marks the beginning of the historic Olympics once in four years. This torch started its procession at Olympia, Greece and went around the globe before reaching London. The torch looks majestic and is awaiting to be lit.

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Higgs Boson, the God Particle

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- Ijaz Ahmed

ith cheers and standing ovations from the scientists, the worlds biggest atom smasher claimed the discovery of a new subatomic particle, the Higgs boson popularly known as the God particle that helps explain what gives all matter in the universe size and shape. Higgs is the crucial missing link in a theory of the known fundamental particles and forces of nature called the Standard Model of particle Physics. As we all know, Atom is made up nucleus (protons and neutrons)

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ver wonder if your family has a Viking ancestry? Are you sure that you do not belong to a mixed-race? Ever thought about getting back with distant relatives who had branched out of the family tree, centuries ago? Recent developments in DNA testing have made it possible to answer the above queries. These DNA tests, which are now commercially available, priced at a little more than Rs. 6000 can raise your eyebrows to extents they have never been to! So, are you curious? If you are, all that you have

to do is pay the fee and wait for the experiment kit; spit into a special test tube and courier it back in a bio-hazard bag. Your results come in four weeks time. The results, although criticised by a few medical practitioners as inaccurate, are in fact very interesting. The results commence with known information like the colour of your eyes and your blood group. The next to show up is the riskfactor table, which tabulates 200 different diseases and their corresponding percentage risk of occurrence. Finally the most awe inspiring conclusions appear. The growth rates of your nails (each nail grows with a distinct rate), your earwax type are a few of those spectacular findings. There is another option that enables you to find your family lineage. You could be a distant relative of Adolf Hitler if you are classified a pure Aryan. Or you could be one of the branches of the worlds longest known family tree, the lineage of Confucius. You could even be a distant cousin of some political leader, a sportsman, an astronaut, a celebrity or maybe all of the above. Have fun exploring your bloodline at the cost of a few thousand bucks!!

and electron and the Electromagnetic force, Strong and Weak nuclear forces hold the nucleus and electron in the atom. It was found the elementary particle quarks which constitute the proton and neutron, leptons which constitute the electron are massless. While the theory gives a unified description of the disparate forces of nature, the underlying mathematics requires all particles to be massless, which is certainly not the universe we live in. In the early 1960s, Peter Higgs, among others, hypothesized the existence of an energy-field and an associated particle the Higgs field and the Higgs boson respectively. The Higgs boson is important in the Standard Model because it implies the existence of a Higgs field, which enables the particles to acquire mass without destroying the unification of forces in a single mathematical framework. Without the Higgs field, elementary particles such as quarks and electrons would flit past each other at the speed of light. The elementary particles that make up you, me and the visible universe would consequently have no mass. Without the Higgs field mass could not be constructed and nothing could be. In March 2010, CERNs Large Hadron Collider was set in a mission to discover the last missing piece in the jigsaw of the Standard Model. The quality of data that it has produced in such a short period is certainly unprecedented. The extraordinary performance of the accelerator and the detectors, and the high quality data extracted through improved analytical techniques was possible entirely due to the pooled-in skill and brains of thousands of scientists from all over the world, including India. True, this is just the beginning of a long journey when other properties of this new particle will be scrutinized to see what kind of Higgs boson is seen and there is hope for more surprises yet to come. After all, the quest for exploring the universe is never-ending.

Curiosity Rover
Curiosity is, according to Wikipedia, a car-sized Mars rover currently exploring Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. It still could kill a cat, if it happened to land on one on Mars Curiosity is basically a souped-up science lab, with dozens of instruments, sent as part of NASAs MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) mission. As part of this mission, the Curiosity is meant to study the climate on Mars, to determine whether Mars could have ever supported the existence of life (including an investigation of the role of water), and to collect data for future, perhaps manned, missions to Mars. NASA launched the Curiosity (aboard an MSL spacecraft), from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 26th November 2011, and completed the galaxys most epic sixer, when the Curiosity landed on Mars, on August 6th, 2012, travelling a whopping 154 million miles. Captain Vijaykanth, eat your heart out. Now, I could rattle off a list of meaningless specs for this 1 ton space Ferrari, or I can compare it to the iPhone.lets go with the second one. The $2.5 million Curiosity has one-fourth of the processing power, and half the RAM of a $600 iPhone. In a fight with a 64GB iPhone, the Curiosity gets trounced 32 timesover. But lets consider two things,

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Youve heard that curiosity killed the cat? Now,

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1. The Curiosity is powered by a Plutonium reactor (fission, baby), which would last, at its minimum, for 14 years, while iPhone users are running around at the end of the day, looking for a charger. 2. Every single one of the Curiositys parts was designed to survive the descent and landing on the Martian surface, at about 1.7 times the speed of sound. The iPhone, sadly, cracks after being dropped on any surface at, say, 5m/s. Sorry iPhone users, your phone isnt get you to space anytime soon. Also, for all those social network addicts out there (yes, I know youre reading this), the Curiosity sends tweets regarding upcoming technical procedures and mission statistics. If someone asks a question it likes, the Curiosity may answer that too. (No answers for your Aeronautics homework though, I wager) Fun facts aside, for the next few weeks, the Curiosity will be on self-test mode, during which, several NASA engineers will be checking out all of the stateof-the art equipment onboard the rover, to ensure the Curiosity is completely functional and intact, before beginning its fieldwork of the Martian terrain. To finish off, heres an epic line from Project Scientist John Grotzinger-This whole enterprise, if you divide by every woman, man and child in this country (USA) comes out to be the cost of a movie (about $7). I speak on behalf of all my colleagues in science, thats a movie I want to see!

ou may soon be able to fold your mobile handset in half or keep it rolled up in your pocket, as scientists have now invented a battery that can be folded. Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a flexible battery that can be bent and twisted giving the possibility that phones of the future could be flexible and hold more capacity. The batteries that power many devices have not seen improvement in capacity through the years, while continuing to be inflexible and rigid. The technological advancement of thin and light flexible display has encouraged the development of flexible batteries with a high power density and thermal stability. The team, led by Professor Keon Jae Lee has developed what they call the high-performance flexible all-solid-state battery, which is stable enough to power our phones while still remaining stable. This opens up the possibility that phones and other devices such as tablets or e-book readers could be folded in half or rolled up for easy storage in your pocket. Although rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have been regarded as a strong candidate for a high-performance flexible energy source, compliant electrodes for bendable LIBs are restricted to only a few materials, such as organic materials or micro-structured inorganic materials mixed with polymer binders, the researchers were quoted as saying by the paper. However, until now, the performance of LIBs has not been sufficient either, thereby making it difficult to apply flexible consumer electronics including rollable displays.

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Vaishnav Davey (3rd yr, Manu) Karthik Kumar (3rd yr, EEE)
or definable. It is not something that is quantifiable. Basically it is not something like engineering. It is an art form. There is no parameter on which a paintings worth can be measured. So there is nothing called a good or a bad painting. It is all based on opinion. So this suits the thinking of lot many people. The uncertainty of success of the painting till the finishing touches are given , paintings sublime nature , the thrill , the excitement combined with the patience, skill, perseverance required attract many people . And most important, Love is one thing that inspires many artists. Beauty on paper comes from the beauty of the heart and its love. I say, If love inspires artists, Engineers can be the best artists. They of all people know what love is. So, Let us see what you got .Why dont you pick up a brush today?

PAINTING - Unreeling your emotions

e it the nomadic cave paintings or the Mona Lisa or the modern arts of the recent times, painting has fascinated people round the globe. Painting is an expression of human emotions rather than an art to be exhibited in museums. Paintings are the reflections of human soul The above statement can be understood from many examples. Our Ancestors in the stone age filled the walls of the caves where they dwelled with many vivid paintings which were nothing but their emotional output. The paintings in short serve to be an emotional mirror, wherein the emotions are etched in the form of paintings, relieving your mind from the painful emotions. A mock model of aeroplane was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, a long time before the Wright Brothers invented a real time aeroplane. Da Vinci, a famous painter by himself is famous for many art works, the prominent being The Mona Lisa which still holds many unanswered questions. The Mona Lisa is believed to be a self potrait of Leonardo Da Vinci who potrayed his own emotions in form of a lady. Painting makes a man relieve his emotional stress. The emotions are brought in the form of an art. Be it happiness, gloominess, vengeance and whatever else, paintings are the best medicines for relieving the hearts burden. Painting serves to be an emotional regulator. It serves as a virtual human being in times of loneliness.

Michaelangelo said A man paints with his brains and not with his hands . So what makes the brains of men who paint, paint? Why do some people give so much importance to it that some people completely dedicate their life to the ultimate perseverance testing art form; painting. Only a few people have the ability to think out of the box. Only a few people have the capacity to transfer or communicate what they think to other people ; some people through words, some through sound , some through dance , but a very few through a picture not photographed but crafted by hand .What drives these unique elusive and mysterious brains ? Some people paint to create, some to feel good, to have a sense of achievement, to express ideas, feelings, emotions, to communicate, to decorate ,to find peace . A few insecure brains paint to have a sense of belongingness or worthy existence in the eyes of their fellow patrons and in front of the society. A few find painting relaxing and a few say that it helps in increasing concentration power, focus and also to control the mind and its flow of thought. Many enjoy expressing themselves; so paint as it is one form that needs pure creativity and skill rather than eloquence in speech and excellence in the interpersonal communication .So a few introverts who have a wavy hand resort to painting. Creativity is a part of being human .Painting is not binary

BEAT BOXING - THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE

and jaw, pushing your tongue forward from the back of your mouth and closing your opened jaw at the same time. Let your lips part toward the side for just a moment so the air can escape, and it should make for a good bass drum sound. One of the proponents of beatboxing was the king of pop himself, MJ who used to to record himself beatboxing on a dictator tape machine as a demo. Modern beatboxing culture has got a huge impetus in the form of websites such as HumanBeatbox.com and BeatBoxbattle TV. Over the years there have been radical advancements in the beatboxing arena with beatboxing conventions being held right down to Beatboxing championships where eminent beatboxers from around the world are pitted against each other. Beatboxing is something that can get quite addictive once you get yourselves into the groove and it quite frankly is the music of the future. So, what are you waiting for? Grab a pair of headphones and start drumming to the beat.

BOOK REVIEW
AUTHOR GENRE : Irving Wallace : Political thriller The Second Lady is themed around the battle between the United States and the Soviet Union to become the superpower nation in the world. The plot revolves around two bold and beautiful ladies- Billie Bradford, the First Lady of USA and Vera Vazilova, an amateur Russian actress who is a body double of the presidential wife The First Lady is kidnapped by the Russians and replaced with the look alike Vera where she begins her life time role of Billie. Veras aim is to seduce the US president to reveal a secret to tip the balance of power towards the Soviet while Billie tries to escape Moscow with the help of a Soviet Agent. The Second Lady is ably aided by her secretary Nora and Guy Parker (biographer), who play pivotal roles. Nora and Parker soon discover about the impostor, but they face the uphill task of making the President and the world believe this farfetched tale.Two ladies on either side of the world play a deadly gamble with the help of each others lovers in a fight for survival of the self and the world. An action-packed novel with unexpected turns and twists, Irving Wallace has maintained the break-neck tempo throughout. The author has thrown in a fair share of suspense, drama and explicit passion. This book, which came out in 1980 is a testament to the fact that good books never have a sell by date. A page turner of the finest nature, it is surely worth a read.

Archana Rajendran

(2nd yr, CSE)

If music be the food of love, play on said Shakespeare. Music has evolved by leaps and bounds over the centuries and even Shakespeare couldnt have envisaged such a rare and unique form of music created solely by the use of ones vocals. Beatboxing is one of those extra-ordinary art forms where creating music is possible sans the use of instruments. It is considered one of the elements of hip-hop culture, but it is not inhibited by hip-hop alone. It is the purest form of vocal percussion where music is produced with the help of ones voice, mouth, nasal passage, lips and tongue. One of the earliest known occurrences of imitated percussion can actually be traced back to India in the form of bol, an ancient art of vocal percussion. To get started, one must master the three basic sounds of beatboxing: the classic kick drum {b}, the hi-hat {t}, and the classic snare drum {p} or {pf}. It is imperative that one develops a good bass drum sound. This is done by pressing your lips together and building up pressure with your tongue

BOX OFFICE RECORD

The Dark Knight Rises to Beat BFI Imax Record Dark Knight Rises Earns an Estimated $75 Million on Opening Day Pre-bookings for Christopher Nolans Batman finale break Avatar record at the venue. Christopher Nolans The Dark Knight Rises has booked an eyepopping 1 million ($1.5 million) in advance booking at BFI Imax, breaking all previous sales records for the venue.

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The estimated Budget is about $250,000,000 The Dark Knight Rises Now Looks Set For A $163 Million Weekend The Dark Knight Rises grossed a whopping $30 million from its midnight screenings, which is the second best result of all time, just behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($43 million) In India , The Dark Knight Rises has received an amazing response at the Indian Box Office. Opening to house-full theaters across the country, the movie did exceedingly well in the metros on Day 1. The two centres where the movie did exceedingly well were Mumbai with 1.75 Crores and Delhi with 90 lacks. The Dark Knight Rises was on course to be this summers biggest blockbuster with worldwide box office takings due to surpass $1 billion (640 million)

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