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A few days ago, I had a dream. One in which I was not in the usual rollercoaster of books, professors or food.  This time, unusually, I was on the banks of a river. It was eerily silent & uncannily rippling. When I tried to go closer to peek beyond the bank's edge, I found it difficult to move. My hand was gripping the handles of a very heavy bag & my feet were shackled to it. Surprised, I tried to free myself from the burden, thumping around my legs on the banks, extricating my grip from the bag's handle. Just when I managed to loosen myself, I heard a small crack - the rockmass in front of me was breaking apart. Startled, I remained still - the crack disappeared. "Oh give me a break! ", I sighed in frustration. Having spent the previous weeks breaking my head over case studies, projects and assignments, the least I had wished for was deep sleep, if not a pleasant dream. I opened that bag with my other hand. It contained a life jacket, a few packets of maggi ...

Hello dear readers! Long time no see - clearly. Well, as always, I'm here to tell you about my recent escapades with anything and everything that fascinated and piqued me. I have a whole lot of things to share, but let me start with the elephant in the room - CHAT GPT Chat GPT is apparently the saviour of students when it comes to completing their assignments, providing ideas and direction for their projects and basically is that good samaritan hated by teachers and loved by all. I was fascinated by its capabilities and had reviewed articles that sung its praises to the heavens. I decided to challenge GPT by asking from it the one thing I was confident it could not provide - Creativity. To start off, I wanted to understand how it worked, so I gave a very simple prompt. excuse my grammar - but hey it was smart enough to understand me The A.I model came up with 4 of the most popular short story prompts - and it made sense to me. These were the tried and tested models that convenientl...

Welcome dear readers, To the post – auction article for the 2023 IPL Auction!!!  It was held on 23 rd December at Kochi, and I must say there was no shortage of excitement. As is the case in most auctions, the all rounders went for the highest prices, and Sam Curran broke all records by going to PBKS as the most expensive player in the history of IPL.  The owner of Punjab Kings, Ness Wadia, has reportedly told after the auction that letting go of Curran in 2020 ‘was a mistake’, and that the mistake was corrected this year. Well, at least he publicly accepts ONE of the million mistakes they’ve made in terms of releasing players and in the auction. With some expected bidding wars, some unexpected ones, unknown domestic talent going for sky high prices, known international talent going for base price, some reversed bidding decisions, the auction was filled with fun, furor and drama.  Without further ado, let’s see how each team fared at the auction table. 1. Chennai S...

Hello dear readers!!! Welcome to the 2023 IPL auction special article of our Parinaama Sports Blog. I’m gonna be sharing a few things that I feel about this year’s auction, which is going to be a mini one. That’s because we had a mega auction last year, and the next mega auction isn’t likely to come up anytime soon. Ok let’s take a step back.  Mini and mega auctions?! What’s that?! Well, you see, as I’d mentioned in the previous article, last year saw the introduction of 2 new teams, making IPL a 10-team tournament. That’s when the BCCI said to all teams – guys, mandatory shuffling of teams.  The scenario became similar to primary classes, when the principal instructs shuffling of sections, and existing students cry about missing their friends while new entrants are eager to make new friends.  Existing teams could retain only a maximum of 4 players from their squad, while the 2 new teams could randomly pick 3 players as their initial signings before the auction. F...

Hello dear readers of Parinaama!!!  Your editor here!  Glad to meet y'all in another post (after quite some time I must say), that too in this special one. Why do I call it special? – because it indeed is - to me, to the blog, and by the end of this article, to you as well. A quick glance into my profile on our home page will tell you that I’m an avid sports fan, with specialization in cricket. It was a long time thought of mine that I should express my sports enthusiasm in a form of art that I’m fond of – writing. After lots of thinking, hesitation, and taking inputs from our very own Author, I decided that the splendid combination of my 2 amazing hobbies shall take place in none other than the ever-safe space of Parinaama. * manifesting a job like this * So, readers, it is with great happiness and joy that we, at Parinaama, present to you the very first article of our Sports Blog. Let me give you a little background t o present an insight into how the Sports Blog shall proce...

It's 12:38 AM in my clock.  I'm on holidays.  Ideally I could be asleep. But I'm not. I honestly miss the life at campus, where, on a regular day, I'd be in a frenzied brainstorming session with my group mates, trying to squeeze our collective brain cells to come up with a presentation for the 8 AM lecture next day.  I've had plenty of ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, core memories and gut wrenching experiences in a bundle of mere 6 months with this course. Each day would be different in its challenges. Navigating everything  - new approaches to lectures, discussions, interpersonal relationships, the dynamic campus layout (it deserves a Marauder's Map), being boxed into a solo room, finding friends, finding yourself... the list goes on!! - and trying to stay afloat without nearing burnout is an achievement of its own. I was foolish enough to think I could glide through this with grace. I had accumulated so many useful mindsets, techniques, tools and...

Hello Readers! It's been a while since I showed up here (2 months to be exact) and its with good reason too - I was trying to settle into my new life here, at my PG. I say trying  because I'm not sure if I've settled or will ever settle at all, or maybe by the time I settle, I'll have my graduation certificate. (Actually not kidding). This new spot, this new ambience, this new style of living, screams independence. And as the great nobody ever said, (nobody is ever credited for saying this, but its something everyone says) - With a good deal of independence comes a great deal of responsibility .  I thought I was ready to handle this. I really did. Surely, practicing sleeping alone, washing my clothes by hand, eating whatever was put on my plate would have been enough for a basic foundation 101 on how to take care of yourself living alone, right? Wrong. It wasn't. I felt sheepish even writing that sentence, thinking how naïve I was in assuming these should be enough ...