What’s On From Mobile InThe Kolaveri Your List? App to Quest of Microsoft Real Passion pg 2 pg 3 pg 4 pg 10 Work For The Joy, Not For The Applause! Inspiration can arise from places least to be meaningful in quality, like the mother who expected. I happened to watch an award ceremo- strives to bring up her children with love and pro- ny on television which recognized distinguished tection. Mothers are the success stories in every personalities in all fields. It fascinated me. What household. A mother does not claim to change the better way to define success than to be applauded world but she makes life beautiful for her chil- for your work among such an august gathering! dren. All of us have been made with a purpose to I dream of a day when I would be on such a por- do the things we love and to do it with great love. tal, which made me think. Winning is huge – no doubt. But is it taken in the right spirit? Recogni- Quoting Rashmi Bansal: tion and fame are seen as the parameters of suc- “The journey of a million miles starts cess but are they the only standards? If I am go- with a single step. A casual conversation, a ing to measure success by the appreciation I get, stray thought. You may start barefoot, without I am never going to be fully satisfied. It is a nev- a map, but somewhere along the way you find er ending loop. If, at every step I take, I expect your rhythm. And fellow travelers join in step” someone to say I’m doing great, who am I work- ing for? That pride in one’s work should originate does plenty of extra reading in order to ensure a I hope you find your journey of success from within us. Awards can add to it, but they good lecture to the child who saves up his pocket and pursue it with the right spirit. To the ones who should not enslave us. As Steve Jobs rightly put it, money to give it to the pauper on the street. Yes, have found their calling, I wish you the very best. “Being the richest man in the cemetery does not these are ALSO success stories. Success is the On this note, on behalf of Team Imprint I wish matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve capacity to effect or bring change. We all have you all a very happy new year. May this year done something wonderful… that’s what matters.” the capacity to do that. The method we choose to bring you all that you wish and may the Almighty implement it and our magnitude varies. The child shower his infinite mercy on us. Have a great year. When I look around, I find people doing makes a vast difference to that pauper through amazing work on a daily basis - there are success his thoughtful act. The change we generate has -Asma Afreen S.A. stories all around us - from the professor who III ECE What’s New In Canopy? 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For the uninitiated, • Justin Beiber will never be able to record would still be shamefully ranked 70th in the list this particular date is the sole focus of a vari- another album! That deserves a huge hurrah. of corrupt countries. 70th from bottom, that is. ety of eschatological beliefs. It started quite a And we never have to hear about his gender I think. Oh how does it even matter, we’re all few years ago when archaeologists discovered test, though most of us already have a vague going down anyway. Literally this time though. that the Mayans were supercool people who idea. He’s still doubtful though. And it’s only • Grandparents will never get to know had an awesome method to document their fair. I mean, er, well… you know, that thing. what happened to the protagonist of ev- calendar years. But instead of focusing on the • We never have to see the mas- ery single lame mega serial on TV, though highly civilized Mayan people, a set of dooms- ter blaster take his final bow. He would Kolangal, with its declining TRPs might day prophets started proclaiming the end of have played cricket till the end of time. give the Paatis something to cheer about. the Mayan long count as the end of the world • We can quit worrying about the os- • I can never watch the Bachchan baby as we know it. Adding fuel to the fire was the cillating markets, the dwindling number make her debut movie with a 60 year old SRK or marketing campaign by the makers of the movie of job, inflation and spend money on all a far older Rajnikant. Then again, Rajni can stop 2012 on YouTube which went viral. Some peo- those worthless things we wanted to do. the apocalypse by just telling it once. And his ple even went to the extent of asking astrono- • We can all start a record breaking TV sit- trademark “Chumma Adhurudhila” phrase would mers if all the hype around the date was true. com marathon to finish watching every single actually make sense then. You know the rest. episode of every TV series ever released. Start- When I saw the movie 2012, I freaked out that I was ing with the one about the world about to end. So, going with the original premise that the world is going to die either because of the ground beneath But then, halfway through making this list I real- going to end, let us live every moment to the fullest. me ripping apart so as to drown me in hot molten ized there were so many things I was going to miss lava or due to the subzero temperatures. But then • I will be dead on the day of my convocation HAPPY NEW YEAR! I thought it wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all. and will not be able to wear a yellow graduation So I made a list of the “pros” in the event of the gown after years of slogging. Nor will I be able to world being annihilated on December 21st 2012 throw my mortar board high in the air and watch it get stuck in the pandal that has been erected. -Shruti Srinivasan • Nobody is going to ask you the annoying • It is really hard to feel good about not III BioE “what is your SGPA?” question when the results submitting assignments when you and pile What’s in a Resolution ? What’s in a resolution? That illuminates a bleak future sponta- A mere thought in your head; neously, A path you wish to follow; Yet garlands your soul satisfying your An idea you believe would enhance inner self; your well-being, A thought that crosses your mind as An idea you believe would make a lightening, difference! An idea you believe would make a What’s in a resolution? difference! That momentarily gives you the urge What’s in a resolution? to prove, A question to ponder upon; That envisions a temporary change, A motive that instigates the inner fire, That brightens your path and lightens A thought that gives you the courage So What’s Your List? your face; To step forward ,to lead ahead An idea you believe would make a A medium to answer all the questions Just as every other year, -Follow my intuitions.