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Reflections On The Indian Education Sector

Pratyush Nalam — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:43:28 +0000

September 5. Teachers’ Day. Well, at least in this part of the world, it is a day where we honour our teachers or gurus (गुरवः), bestow lavish praise on them for making us who we are, show them our love through cards, emails (snail mail anyone?) or gifts and then (sadly) promptly forget about them […]

One Year. Wow!

Pratyush Nalam — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:12:15 +0000

Yes, ladies and gentlemen. It has been one year! One year of ReflectionsPN! One year back, I started ReflectionsPN as a blog just to rant my mind. You can see it here. Well, it has grown much and today we are a team of three. No more is ReflectionsPN just a random blog. In one […]

G. Veda Vyass and Vishnu Supreet – “I am an Engineer sigh”

Pratyush Nalam — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:21:23 +0000

You all must be knowing G. Veda Vyass from the three posts he has written for us as a guest contributor. He is back again with an incisive post on higher education in the field of engineering in India. And, this time, he has written it along with his good friend, Vishnu Supreet. Vishnu too […]

2012′s Geeky Summer

Pratyush Nalam — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:21:13 +0000

Summer of 2012. What an exciting summer it turned out to be in geekland. The fanboy in us was aroused on more than one occasion by more than a single company. Apple, Microsoft, Google. Amazing products by the big three in the world of technology. Starting with Apple’s WWDC 2012, Apple made quite a splash […]

5 Reasons for why is Instagram still exploding with users?

Prathamesh Shanbhag — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:01:49 +0000

Recently, the ace photo editing app, Instagram was in news for being acquired by Facebook for a mammoth one billion dollars equivalent of cash and equity, and for its sheer number of users! How much? Well more than 45million! Just as one reads those numbers, there’s a thought – how do you value it? While […]

Save The JEE – An Appeal To The Powers That Be

Pratyush Nalam — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:44:47 +0000

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Human Resources & Development headed by Kapil Sibal took a resolution to “amend” the present system of entrance to engineering colleges. It was proposed to unify the IIT-JEE and AIEEE through a common exam called the ISEET which also took into account the marks secured in the board examinations. […]

A Pressing Need For Afforestation

Prathamesh Shanbhag — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:36:54 +0000

The world is getting tougher to live into by each passing day. And never till date, has humanity being faced with so many natural adversities. Earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, all have been grappling the world too hard! Which, therefore questions us on how sustainable was our development, and where are we headed? The present developments in […]

From one to three and more….

Pratyush Nalam — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:52:19 +0000

Hello everyone!! First of all, please accept my humblest apologies for being out of action for so long. ReflectionsPN is now truly back and there are a host of changes which you need to know! So, here we go! First and foremost, ReflectionsPN has added 2 new authors! Say hello to Prathamesh Shanbhag and Sanchit […]

Pratyush Nalla – Planned Obsolescence

Pratyush Nalam — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:39:26 +0000

Pratyush Nalla (no, not me ), a first year undergraduate student doing Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay shares his thoughts with us today on “planned obsolescence”. He gives a different point of view on why products become (or made to become) obsolete. Enjoy the article and leave your comments below. Or, join the discussion on […]

Windows 8 – Game Changer Or Damp Squib?

Pratyush Nalam — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:39:54 +0000

February 29, 2012 saw the release of the Consumer Preview of the most hyped, feature-rich and the most controversial Windows ever – Windows 8. I have installed it on my laptop alongside Windows 7 and after almost three weeks of fiddling with Microsoft’s latest baby, it is time to pen down a few impressions and […]