Editorial:March 2014


“The only thing that is constant”, said Heraclitus, “is change”. It is in its very consistency that inconsistency finds meaning, stays alive. The enigma of life, then, is entwined with the inevitability of its end, rescuing us from the trap of timelessness, from the twilight of a dusk that knows neither the thrill of the dawn, nor the lure of the dark. After much deliberation, this month, ReNews goes online – marking, perhaps, the beginning of an end. The digital shift ushers in many hopes indeed. It muses over the prospect of conquering hitherto unchartered readership territories, of reaching out to unsuspecting scores in the warmth of their social networking homes who are, perhaps, otherwise absorbed in typing their way to glory. All roads, they say, lead to Rome. Or do they? ………………..Continue reading

Editorial: February 2014


This month, we bring to you a rather interesting article on how bacteria moved continents, suggesting that without life – as Aditya argues – continents would cover only about 5% of the Earth’s surface as against the nearly 30% that we see today. Roodra passionately reports on the recent talks by Bharat Ratna Prof C N R Rao and the Nobel Laureate Prof Kurt Wurthrich in the campus. While Prof Rao quipped how creating new ideas are the only sure path to immortality, Prof Wurthrich insisted that researchers must go for the “big fish”, settling for nothing less. ………………..Continue reading

Editorial: January 2014


We bring to you this month’s issue with some interesting articles along with an anonymous write-up on the experiences incurred as an exchange student abroad. Sreejith gives us a curious glimpse of his diary as his words paint the invisible for us to behold – an attempt that finds visual fruition in Sindhoor’s cover art. The idyllic campus comes to life in the eyes of Varun and his camera while Suyash takes us for a fascinating trip to pre-natal DNA sequencing. In what is a hilarious tribute to Sheldon Cooper from the popular CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Alekhya and Karishma try to locate pleasure center neurons in the brains of our distant cousins – the monkeys.………………..Continue reading