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ROTALYST
The Annual magazine
Issue 2018

Inspire the Change

Within
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Editorial Squad

Rtr. Arvind Rishi Rtr. Allbright Dsouza Rtr. Anurag Chandra

Literary Service Personnel of Rotaract Club of RVCE|2018-19(left to right): Rtr. Achhit

Kumar, Rtr. Adarsh Agrawal (Editor-in-Chief) and Rtr. Snigdha Pandey (Co-Editor)

Rtr. Pruthviraj Deshmukh Rtr. Aishrith Rao

4 Front Page Design | Photograph Courtesy On the Cover
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Communiqué from the President

I find immense pride and pleasure in writing one gets to build one’s own network within the
this to you. With the motto “Aspire to Learn. institution and outside as well. Events like BDC
Inspire to Serve”, the club excelled in making (Blood Donation Camp) and R-EVOLUTION
the world around us a better place in all alone have witnessed massive collaborations
possible ways. The club not only focused on with other clubs and organizations. This is just a
the welfare of the community, but also on the small pixel in the whole picture! On behalf of the
individual development through diverse projects entire club, I express my hearty gratitude to our
and events. I’m proud to say that the ardent Principal, Management, the faculty coordinator,
Rotaractors with open hearts and ready hands Rotary Bangalore South, DRR, ZRR and all
have strived to uphold the prominence of the those who stood with us in this glorious journey
club both in the college and district. If Rotaract of being one of the best clubs in the district. I’m
Club of RVCE stands where it is today, the truly delighted to present to you “ROTALYST
incredible Rotaractors who joined us in large 2018”, the official annual magazine of Rotaract
numbers are to be thanked. All the events we Club of RVCE, as it is composed by some of
organized witnessed overwhelming responses the finest talents of RVCE and the endeavors of
leading to their resounding success. It is because all Rotaractors. We are indeed pleased to see
of them that RaC-RVCE has set the records that it is finally in your hands in its perfect form.
and benchmarks that it had dreamt, after its
inception. Not only did we bag numerous awards I wish a great success to the
and recognitions, we also attained valuable club and its board of 2018-’19.
experience both as a club and as individuals. Happy Rotaraction!
I can certainly say that RaC-RVCE has had
an incredible impact on my own personality, Rtr. Abhishek Hondad
perspectives and life as a whole. With Rotaract, President | 2017-18

Under Rtr. Abhishek’s presidentship,

the club was profusely awarded in the
RADAR, the annual award ceremony
arranged by Rotary International
District 3190. Rotaract Club of RVCE won
a total of 10 awards, and the hearts of
the fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors
on that very lovely evening. Here, he
seems to swagger, however with a
modest smile on his visage, for it was
jollifying moment for him and all of us.
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The Secretary Speaks!

Dear Rotaractors, Donation Camp, Ethnic day to name a few.

It has been an absolute honour and pleasure The good part about Rotaract club is that
being associated with Rotaract Club of RVCE whenever we conduct an event, the phase
as a crucial part of all its before and during the event is always
achievement in past three years. challenging and fun. So, we never feel any
stress and exasperation, since we are already
Rotaract has given me and my fellow prepared with an optimistic mindset. Everyone
Rotaractors a great opportunity to serve the takes it as a challenge and does one’s tasks,
society. It has always been a great platform but the best moment arrives after when
to develop and improve one’s leadership we get to see our efforts bearing fruits. We
qualities and professional skills along with that find the contentment in bringing
it has taught me how important community smiles on people’s faces.
service is in one’s life. It has also helped me
build my network in and around Bengaluru. -With the huge support that we have from you,
our fellow Rotaractors, let’s create a better
The Theme of our club has been “Aspire to tomorrow and have fun while we are at it.
Learn, Inspire to Serve”. As a social team, Let us focus on the things that matter
we definitely work with the motive to serve. the most and help each other to find
It perfectly defined the club’s objectives. one’s way to be a gift to the world.
Our parent Rotary club, Rotary Bangalore
South has supported and encouraged us Rtr. Piyush Medikeri
throughout our journey. We conducted Secretary | 2017-2018
various events; Paper Drive, Akshara, Blood

Rtr. Piyush avidly contributed to the

project Akshara, where rotaractors
teach children in financially modest
schools. Here, he is seemingly
“scrutinising” a volunteer’s teaching
skills.
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Editorial Team
Time, the fourth dimension of our physical world, has got a very unique property.
It always moves unidirectionally, in forward direction. However, humans have
been gifted the ability to remember and they use it pretty well to reminisce their
past. With the medium of this publication, we try look back into the golden days
of the Rota-Year 2017-18 with a high zealotry and benevolence. This magazine
is a medium to relay the club’s past activities and to enchant its readers with
quality content. This very treatise is a “souvenir” for the outgoing board and at the
same time a way to “showcase” the talents of the Rotaractors who will take the
lead now. This year’s issue has been designed and curated in an innovative and
disparate manner, and is based on the theme of “general chemistry” whose main
focus is “catalyst”. A brief account of the name “Rotalyst” has been penned down
below in a rather “subtle” manner, and gives justification to the former statement.
We thank the board to give us the opportunity to outperform ourselves
in curating this magalogue. A lot of grinding has gone into the making of
it, and we believe it will enchant you to the core. Hereby we present to you

“ROTALYST” | 2018
Lettura felice! Grazie

Silhouette of Rotalyst

~Adarsh Agrawal
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Last year of rotaraction

~By our dear tough grinding Rotaractors

Paper Drive
The renowned paper drive was an awe-inspiring experience! I had never harboured feeling
of gratification of such extent. In working with a huge crowd towards a motive to help build a
better life for thousands of orphans, I learned a new side of me. While going house to house
to ask for old newspaper, I observed an enlightening change in my confidence and vocational
skills for which I am extremely grateful to Rotaract RVCE. On witnessing the colossal
amount of paper collected I was delighted to be a part of the team to make that happen.

~ Rtr. Aryan Agarwal

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Blood Donation Camp

When I think about Blood donation camp, it brings out the awesome memories and loads of
fun we had during its preparation phase. Working day and night to decorate the whole campus
and coming up with such invigorating ideas to spread the message of Blood Donation. Needles
and injections scared me no more. The count of blood collected that day and dedication
of my teammates inspired me to continue to pursue this road of simple appeasement.

~ Rtr. Shivam Gaur

Uptown Junk
In Uptown Junk, I was amazed to see the innovative ideas of the participants, being
moulded from literal junk. It indeed gave the engineer in me an enticing challenge that I
have always wanted to take up. The whole amphitheatre was set up like a small workshop
wherein the teams of devoted contestants kindled the brilliant models out of Junk.

~ Rtr. Ujjwal Bansal

Mega Trek
I had never been trekking, and when Rotaract RVCE announced about Mega Trek and the
plethora of opportunities that accompany it. I could feel the adrenaline rushing up my heart.
The event had an amazing start and a memorable ending. The long trek seemed inconceivable,
but the enthusiasm and vigour of my friends & seniors annihilated my uncertainty. On
completing the Trek, we were informed that we had secured a record in the India Book
Records. This was just icing on the cake! I will always cherish the memories of the amazing feat.

~ Rtr. Piyush Eklavya

Akshara
I was always captivated by the profession of teaching. And Akshara was one such event that
gave me the platform to experience the immense pleasure of going to a school and teaching the
kids who embraced the quality education. I took a class on basic mathematics and feedback
was heartening. The smiles I was gifted with, the joyous crackles of the children; all of it was
heartwarming. Stepping into the shoes of my teachers made me respect them even more.

~ Rtr. Vaishnavi GP

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 Periodic

PS: The table has been customised to our needs. Look out for the
similarities of the elements of the chemistry’s periodic table with that of a
Rotaractors ability. The atomic number here refers to the serial number of
the chapters.
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Table

Turn over and unleash the fun of

Rotaraction! Happy Reading :)

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Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table

and most abundant element in the universe. Likewise,
Rotaract club of RVCE boosts of being the world’s
largest club with more than 5000 rotaractors in the 01
H
campus.

Abort
Mission
~ Sadguna Srinivasan

It was a regular Monday morning. The even weirder? I couldn’t read his mind!
atmosphere was chilly and foggy. I pulled That’s a first. It has never happened before.
my sleeves up to my fingertips and hugged
myself. I loved winter. Winter is serene and As they say, curiosity killed the cat,
beautiful. Winter offers things that summer so I stopped on my tracks and tried
surely can’t. I would prefer wrapping myself concentrating. Just when I thought he
in my favourite cashmere shawl, sipping was cracking, his eyes flashed up and
hot coffee and watching shows rather than he looked at me. Damn, a fine creation,
being all sweaty and cranky. Taking in all the I thought. He smiled crookedly. Funny,
beauty that this city could offer and with the because it seemed like he heard me which
earphones that offered loud music, I pulled was impossible since I didn’t speak aloud.
my bag strap higher on my shoulder and
continued walking to my college. I was in C’mon, show me what’s going on in that pretty
my tiny little happy bubble until I heard a little head of yours, I thought to myself. He
voice. Specifically, a mind voice. Not mine. looked down, smiling at nothing in particular.

Yes, I’m a mind reader. Looking closely, I noticed a blue shiny

device attached to his ear which resembled
Being a mind reader is pretty annoying. Oh a Bluetooth headset, which I’m sure is
wait, I know you want to say I’m lucky and not. Suddenly I heard a voice ‘Humans are
gifted. Absolutely not. Try being me for a weird, man. Two legs just doesn’t seem
minute and listen to all the crap that people comfortable to me. The most amusing thing
think. Like now, the girl in white dress, is is that the psychic girl is trying to crack our
crazy if she thinks putting a whole tube of defence, which I’m trying hard to keep up.’
foundation could get her any attention. I roll
my eyes and continue walking down the road. My eyes widened at what I heard and
his head snapped up. Before I could
I see a guy walking on the opposite side with comprehend on what’s going on, ‘Abort
his hoodie and huge headphones around his mission’ is all I heard before I got knocked out.
neck. He had his hands buried in his pockets.
I was a bit too curious and tried to see his face
and read his mind. From what I could see, he
was concentrating really hard on something.
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Helium is one of the most noble element in the periodic

table. Similarly, Rotaract club of RVCE has always held
noble intentions for the betterment of the society with an
aim to promote peace. 02
He
Enigmatic
Dan Brown
~Mushtaq Ahmed Shaikh
The Illluminati Ambigram, featured in Dan
Brown’s book “Angels and Demons”

Dan Brown sure knows how to make anything sound mysterious. He also knows
EXACTLY when to reveal the facts behind the mystery. We all love mystery,
we love to figure it out as we go, it’s human nature. How is this going to work
out? What will happen next? And Dan Brown seems to be able to manage
this basic engagement with same suspense. He also knows how to create a
believable but extraordinary world – a fusion of hi tech stuff, spies, assassins
and secret societies, fused with the ancient and mystical, even paranormal.

My first encounter with his mysterious world was in 11th grade when my friend
suggested me to watch ‘The Da Vinci Code’. Professor Robert Langdon is an
excellent character. I’m not aware of any other symbologists in fiction (before
Langdon anyway) and there are certainly enough symbols to make for many
sequels. I just loved the character and ended up watching another one of his
masterpiece - ‘Angels and Demons’. I liked the same things about ‘The Da Vinci
Code’ and ‘Angels and Demons’ that everyone else did. It is really interesting
to read about all of these true historical facts about these familiar landmarks
and pieces of art. It is fun to know the conspiracies of Bernini or Da Vinci,
and also to hear about these real organizations and locations and get these
inside takes. I was so fascinated by his writing and when I googled for more, I
discovered that he spent a year researching before writing ‘The Da Vinci Code’.

Just like every coin has two sides, his work was subjected to a lot of criticism too.
‘The Da Vinci Code’ had a lot of people upset about the divinity of Jesus and even
the Catholic Church. This got a lot of publicity for the book and the author (ironic).

Now here’s what I don’t like about Dan Brown, and this has NOTHING to do with
him. I don’t like the way he is attacked by so many people online who should really
take a chill pill. Do a quick Google search on his name and you will find an endless
list of blogs and critic reviews just having a pop. I guess success breeds envy and
contempt. I don’t know what makes something ‘great’, but I do know this – if a
lot of people like it, then surely that is an implication of some kind of greatness.

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Lithium is among the most reactive elements in the

periodic table. This unique property high reactivity can
03 be seen among the rotaractors who are always active

Li and energetic to carry out any event, making the event

very much enjoyable.

The day began with no sign of the might make. Being a budding
catastrophe to come. The winds cat lover, it was, of course,
refused to reveal the tidings of obligatory for me to rush to the
fate, merely content with cryptic window and peer out scanning the
whispers through tree leaves. The perimeter for a frolicking feline.
gift of prophecy having eluded me After a couple minutes of frantic
for so long, I remained content searching, I was rewarded by the
to live as any other human being sight of a wee little kitten sitting
and therefore the peril that was to on a wall, the source of the little

CAT assault me came as a gory surprise.

Humming one of my favorite
tunes, I proceeded to claim my
rightful place on a cushy sofa
mews. I mentally aww-ed and
went back to my initial stagnancy
on the sofa. When the mewing
continued in a more desperate
with a laptop perched on my lap. thread, it dawned on me that
All ready to type down a piece of the kitten was probably stuck up
~Anupama Nayak aspiring literature, maybe even there on the wall; all alone and
a vague limerick if the mood hungry. Back at the window, my
hit me. The morning went by in suspicions were confirmed. It was
hazy comfort with nothing more indeed a classic case of kitty-in-
distressing occurrence than the distress. Normally I’d put on my
occasional frustration at not super hero cape and get right
finding the right words to make down to rescuing it in a blaze of
a sentence sound just so. The glory. Unfortunately, the frail thing
clouds breezed past in a slow was on a wall on the other side of
march, birds twittered their strange the house, virtually inaccessible.
songs and I went ahead with my Resigned to my helplessness, I
unwary humming and typing. moped around the room in quiet
My delicate senses were misery. The haunting mewling did
suddenly assaulted by a soft nothing to ease my troubled mind.
crooning. A sound that was a I wondered how long the kitten
mix of an inexperienced flute had been stranded up there, left
player and one of those squeaky to battle the elements and fend for
dolls that scream ‘Mamma!’. itself. Parched and starved with
Paying it little heed, I went ahead the cruel sun glaring down upon it
trying to figure out if I should use with no sign of help in the distant
an ‘its’ or ‘it’s’ in my sentence. It’s horizon. My mind conjured images
always important to keep one’s of large brown eyes in a delicate
grammar in check. Just when I fuzzy face, soft eyes swirling with
was about to turn to Google for a deep emotion, pleading for help.
gentle nudge in the right direction, Here I was, a barbaric monster,
I heard it again, a little louder this wallowing in comfort while a sad,
time. I steered my eyes away from young thing slowly wasted away
the screen and looked around in to death right in my vicinity. Bards
mild curiosity. The sounds began would compose poetic tales about
14 again, now clear enough for me my wickedness, children around
to identify them as mews a cat the country would be told horror
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stories about the cat demon. My soul was for it stopped its mewing to stare at me in
doomed. The mewing never stopped. confused interest. To get to it, I had to skip
No. I’d never forgive myself if I didn’t do this across to another wall and scramble across
now. It was time to protect my code of honor, a tin sheet that bridged the gap. All this was
to fulfill my destiny as the stars had foretold. done in a long terrifying breadth of time, my
With nary a tremble I stepped out my door mind has blocked out most of the memories
to contemplate my bold rescue mission. so all I remember is finding myself nest
A gristly patch of foliage would first have to the kitten who seemed happy enough
to be navigated to get to the back of my to trot around my feet and get petted.
house. It was a battle against nature. I I sat down and stroked the kitten for a
blindly pushed my way through tall grass while trying to get back my bearings and
and a few malicious plants that took great figure out how I was to make the journey
joy in scratching my arms. The fauna back holding a squirmy creature. But it
wanted to do its part too, somewhere a had to be done or it was all for naught.
barrage of red ants greeted me and I had Gently picking up the kitten, I got back up
to wildly wave my arms in an eerie dance and readied myself to make the dreaded
to get them off. Having finally made it to walk. Kitty decided it was fun to dig its
firm, concrete ground, my next challenge little claws into my skin, but hey, what’s a
was getting up on the wall. Being just a few scars for a Samaritan. So i delicately
little taller than an average leprechaun, stumbled back down the wall, all the while
here, I was at a great disadvantage. Gritting cradling the kitten in my arms. Once down,
down my teeth, I managed to haul myself I placed the animal down on terra firma and
up there after a few floppy attempts. hissed a sigh of relief. A thorough job done
Balancing up on the narrow wall, a to perfection. As I straightened back up,
flood of adrenaline hit me, making my the kitten looked at me with expressionless
mind a bit woozy and dazed. On second marbles and before I could react, it jumped
thoughts, it was probably just vertigo. back up the wall and sat back down on the
With great effort I put one foot before another exact same spot it had occupied before.
and made my way across. Almost at the Now this may sound crazy, and it might
end of the wall, my foot slipped a little and I have been extreme exhaustion and
saw my life flash across my eyes. But I still frustration talking, but I could have
kept on at it. Finally, the little critter came sworn the kitten was grinning at me.
in sight. It must have found me peculiar

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Beryllium has a high thermal stability which symbolises the

cool and calm behaviour of our members to successfully
04 carry out any event under pressure.

Be
Memories
~ Snigdha

No matter what I do
Everything reminds me of you.
Physics classes about rectifier,
Which was a project of yours.
Looking out of the bus window,
With my hair flying all over,
And you asked why I liked
my hair on my face so much.
Passing through liquor shop
Thinking of how you laughed
When you said it tastes so bad
That I would surely make a face.
When people talk about teachers
and class
It reminds me of the past
Like that day when English teacher
said
That you had an amazing smile,
And I couldn’t agree more.
Thinking of lollipop,
How it made you look like a kid of
class four.
Talking about your ex
And break-ups, some hilarious, some
sad.
Of my failed attempts of teasing you
Which you won’t even acknowledge
Ignoring them like you’re deaf
All those songs about waiting
Which I don’t know why you like
listening
They just make me depressed

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Those times when I thought And now I miss you so much

you were being so cute And I don’t know what to say
And I just blurted out To make it all okay.
something rude. I’m trying really hard
I swear, I didn’t realise it then. Not to look desperate.
Stalking you on facebook I’m thinking about you all
And realising I don’t really day.
know you Thinking of those memories
There isn’t a single photo make me smile like crazy.
That’s not the person I know And sometimes I feel dumb
And what’s more surprising, For feeling a little hurt
I’d still like to know you That you don’t give me a
How I would mess everything thought.
up And look at me ...
And you would just sigh, I guess if you only knew
Then say it’s alright. You would’ve been so
It left me amazed creeped out
Every single time. I couldn’t have helped
The 2 am conversation laughing at you :p
When you said Tell me, what do I do
You would talk whole night So everything doesn’t remind
And I told you me of you?
about exams and importance
of sleep
and good night.

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Boron occurs in nature in combined form. The same way

Rotaract club of RVCE cannot stand alone without
our college’s support. Rotaract Club of RVCE is an 05

B
institutional based club, a Rotary club partner.

Nought to “A Lot”

~ Mayur Prakash

It was my first day at RVCE. I was having a lot resource to the fullest. Why paper drive is crucial
of hopes and I aspired to extract the most, out for me and for the club in general; is because of
of my four years of college life. Since the college the reason that the money that is accumulated
has always been known to boast about the by selling the newspaper in bulk, is donated to
healthy culture of student clubs, I was willing orphanages. So ultimately, I felt at the top of the
to participate in them. I was least interested in world with what I did, I reaped happiness in a child
technical teams even though my field of study who was bereft of everyone in this stark world.
was mechanical engineering. One day, I was just Then came the day when we were invited to the
loitering in and around the campus, when a senior orphanage, for the not so lofty but generous
introduced me to Rotaract. It was a mere twelve- contribution. I was in shambles, to see the
minute interaction with him, whence I realised the children whom people envision as God; in shoddy
plethora of opportunities being rendered to me. hospitality. But when we arrived, the furore of the
The decision of joining this club changed my life. children was utterly amazing and awe-inspiring.
I joined Rotaract and had a ton of questions in They all enveloped me in a group, for I was
the back of my mind. I volunteered in a multitude showing my mobile phone to them. The titter on
of events. I was able to add value to myself and their visage has left a permanent imprint on my
attained skills in varied fields. Then came the event, mind and my soul. Then onwards, I have made
Paper Drive, where volunteers are mobilised to numerous trips to meet the heavenly angels.
different parts of the city to collect newspaper and Looking back at that day, I feel wiser
other unwanted paper related articles. I was sent now since I am aware of the affairs that
to Koramangala in the college bus with one of our the society needs dire resolution to.
seniors. I was shy and hesitant to speak to people. Our seniors came up with the idea of educating
We were supposed to go from door to door to ask for students at schools through a program named
newspapers. To my embarrassment, I stammered “Akshara”. That was a real class apart event. That
at the first house I was sent to collect paper from gave a legit opportunity not only to me but to
and was not able to ask the oblivious person for it. hundreds like me who were able to teach something
I gathered experiences in brevity, door to door and to the children in such a manner that was easy to
my confidence was building up fast. It came down digest and comprehend. We lived up to our dream
to me like a surprise, when I was able to speak and aspiration of teaching something to children
appropriately at the third house. Same event, the in such a way that we desired from our teachers.
very next year I was one of the organisers and I In the aftermath, I was able to finally give something
learned how to manage and exploit the human back the society and at the same time nurtured my

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professional skills. I was able to bind myself to Learn, Inspire to Serve”. I cannot
with a colossal community whose sole emphasize enough on how beneficial and
objective is to do community service. I was gratifying it could get to be a Rotaractor.
able to brag around as a “Proud Rotaractor”.
With all that addition, I uplifted the introvert Jollify yourself by becoming a Rotaractor
in me and got engaged in numerous and live up to the new Rota Year’s
events. With perseverance and dedication theme “Inspire the Change Within”.
(all of which I got from the club), finally I
was presented with the opportunity of
becoming the President for Rotaract RVCE.
It was a two-year journey, from an
incompetent loner to a responsible
leader, I went through a skyrocket change
in my personality. So, I had literally
lived this year’s theme, and “Aspire

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Carbon and its compound forms largest number of

compounds known to man and herein Rotaract clubs all
over the world are interconnected to each other via 06
Rotary international and forms a chain of more than 34,000
associated clubs spread over in more than 190 countries
C
Shades of Winter
which are just a phone call away from each other.

~ Aryan Agarwal

I
When gloomy was the sky
And stars adorned the night
He glanced at her gleefully
With his moonlit eyes
When the village brimmed with beauty
In lustrous silver light
He smiled at her musings
Which swirled with the breeze as bleak as crystals of ice.

II
I stood there with my dream-dimmed eyes
When the blowing leaves came to rest
And the serenity sang the verses of the woods
Filled with the colours yellow, green
And grass painted in crimson, rustic hue.
The shades of winter were reflected everywhere
Like the pearly dewdrops that holds on to the leaves
Until they become fragile
And kiss the blooms, a goodbye of vivid hues.

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Nitrogen in liquid form, is used as refrigerant to preserve

food products from spoilage. We try to preserve the mother

FIFA FEVER nature by promoting sustainable development through our 07

N
events like eco-friendly Ganesha.

~ Vaibhav Shresth

The game that requires hardly any equipment world’s most valuable (and richest) players.
is played and followed with equal passion. But Brazil underachieved in the World Cup,
The vagaries of it — much like life — will keep and Neymar’s two goals and one assist did
you hooked once you have fallen prey to its not impress. Worse, he was frequently cited
charm. The biggest pinnacle of football is held as one of the tournament’s most egregious
every four years, with the world celebrating divers, not something to polish a legacy.
as if it’s the second homecoming of Christ.
The FIFA World Cup 2018 was held in Russia France won the World Cup for the second
from 14 June to 15 July. FIFA 2018 was the time after beating Croatia 4-2 in the FIFA
21st edition of the World Cup. A total of World Cup 2018 final. France benefited
twelve stadiums in eleven Russian cities were from a stroke of luck in the 18th minute
built and renovated for the FIFA World Cup. with the World Cup seeing yet another set-
piece strike — 69th of this competition
Germany has become the fourth European — as Mario Mandzukic, with his back to
World Cup winner in a row to see their title the goal, turned in an innocuous free-kick
defence fall at the first hurdle. The 2014 floated from the right by Antoine Griezmann,
champions finished bottom of Group F with who had also drawn in the foul after a
a 2-0 defeat to South Korea. Germany is rare early French counter. But the Balkan
unaccustomed to such failure - this is the first nation, always more lethal when behind in
time they have been knocked out in the first this edition, restored parity with a minute
round since 1938. That dawned as a huge left for the half-hour mark with Ivan Perisic.
disenchant to the German football fans.
Mbappe, after a pass from Paul Pogba, soon had
Croatia - it’s odd to call a team that space to exploit, but Subasic came out strong
just lost the biggest game in its history to narrow the angle and then deflect the shot.
a winner, but even if Croatia didn’t win
the cup, it won hearts all over the world. In the 65th minute, the 19-year-old Mbappe
— already a star — became the first teenager
Everyone expected Belgium to break through to score in a final since Pele in 1958 with
one day, and this was the tournament, a well-placed shot from outside the box.
with a run to the semi-final that included
a signature quarter final win over Brazil. A brilliant tournament deserves a brilliant
Some nations’ Golden Generations are finale. It may sound pithy given that they
busts; though it did not win the tournament, have won the trophy, but France deserved
this one lived up to expectations. this World Cup success. Their performances
against Australia and Denmark were sluggish,
World Cup 2018 has said no to the quarterback and their group-stage victory over Peru was
culture in football. We were told that this World not without discomfort, but Didier Deschamps’
Cup will stage the denouement of the Messi team have grown in and into this tournament.
vs Ronaldo debate. Instead, in the grand
unveiling of things, (and in the many twisting The reason for inserting this statement of the
of plots to the point the narrative went out and bleeding obvious is that France have just won
did the tango): the trapdoor gave way under a World Cup without playing at their best. They
them. On this occasion the spotlight was are a team that too often performs – or is made
turned off and the stage lights were turned to perform – with the handbrake applied. And
on, and the cast and crew came to the fore. yet they beat Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium
and Croatia. There is so much potential here.
The Messi vs Ronaldo debate is
lamentable. It’s a sickening saturation
point of the modern football conversation.
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Oxygen is the life line of human beings without which one

cannot survive. In the same way, our club cannot exist
without the support of its parent Rotary, Rotary Bangalore 08

O
South. Our parent Rotary is very supportive and acts as a
backbone of our club.

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LOCUS of INGENUITY ~ Curated By: Akemi Kudo

Ceinder(Welsh) – Elegance

Pratishtha Rawat

Stjerneklart (Norwegian) –
A clear night sky
illuminated with stars only

Rajat Keshri

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“Relativity”
December, 1953
Lithograph print

MC Echer
It depicts a world in which the normal “laws of gravity” do not
apply. The architectural structure seems to be the centre
of an idyllic community, with most of its inhabitants casually
going about their ordinary business, such as dining. There are
windows and doorways leading to park-like outdoor settings.
All of the figures are dressed in identical attire and have
featureless bulb-shaped heads. Identical characters
such as these can be found in many other Escher works.

In the world of Relativity, there are three sources of gravity,

each being orthogonal to the other two. There are sixteen
characters, spread between each gravity
source, six in one and five each in the other two.
The lithograph is a versatile proof that everyone has their
own lives and people have different perspectives about the
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Waldeinsamkeit (German)
– Solitude in the woods

Rithwik Goel

Merak (Serbian) – Feeling

of bliss and oneness with
the universe

Raghavi CH

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Acaronar (Catalan) - To
gently pull someone closer

Krupa Jain

Loup(French) – Wolf /
Haneul(Korean) - Heaven
(Because wolf seems
pretty obvious ;)

Rajat Keshri

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Behold the pièce de résistance!

© 2018 The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers)

1991
Art Piece at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York

Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Felix Gonzalez-Torres made Untitled (Perfect Lovers) at
the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in America. He had lost his
boyfriend of eight years (Ross Laycock) to AIDS-related
illness the very year he fabricated this piece of art. While
Untitled (Perfect Lovers) grew out of his own experience
of love, partnership, and loss, it is universal. Simple in its
construction, it consists of two clocks hung side-by-side
and touching each other on a pale blue wall. Gradually, the
clocks go out of sync. This subtle but elegant presentation
may be interpreted as a metaphor for the progress of the
life of a couple and the consequences of time; which can
eventually introduce disharmony and illness, and that might
decay the piousness of relationship. “We…have to trust the
viewer and trust the power of the object,” Gonzalez-Torres
once said about his choice of imagery. “And the power is
in simple things….It keeps thought from being opaque.”

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Suaimhneas (Irish)- Peace,

tranquillity

Balaji Bhandari

Duende (Spanish)- The Myste-

rious power that a work of art
has to deeply move a person.

(Yes, it’s for you Dragon Ball

fans out there!)

Hemanth SG

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Fluorine is the most electronegative element with a tendency

to combine with noble element to form unique and rare
compound. Our Rotaractors put their heart and soul in the 09
events to come out with distinctive results with a motive to
promote good will and friendship among each other.
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Neon lamps produce orange colour discharge which

illuminates the surrounding area. Here ,we try to lighten up
the lives of people through our awareness programs and 10
initiatives and make the Earth a better place to thrive.

Howl of Ne
COMPASSION
~ Rohan BS

People always told you not to be stupid. Little assumed that it was true but you just didn’t
did they know that you were already smart. understand why. You stopped believing
that you were smart. Days seemed longer.
They prompted you to believe that you needed Nights turned sleepless. You took every
to create an identity to survive. But all you relationship you had and bashed them into
ever wanted was to live your life in your way. unbelievably small chunks, irrespective of
amount of love they had poured onto you.
They said you needed to surpass the
average. It’s one heck of a made up lie. You will become selfish, impatient and
There’s no mediocre life in this world. insecure. You will make mistakes, you will
go out of control and at times it becomes
They tagged you as an abnormal, psychotic really hard for people to handle you.
and they made you feel sorry for that,
when in reality you were just unique. But after everything you’ve been through,
you will sigh with relief. There comes the
If you are a boy, you need to make enough time when you won’t be left with anything
money to leave behind for your family when to screw up. You will realize that you are
you perish, even if it tears your life apart. not hard to love. You are just not easy
Because they don’t give a damn about you. like others to be loved. You will see all the
And if you are a girl, you need to have enough corresponding encounters varied in content.
vigour to serve your family for all eternity,
even if serves you a life full of burden. You will finally survive through loneliness.
You will struggle no more. Everything
They said they loved you but they don’t inside you gets healed. You might feel
know how. Tried their best, yet they you’re going to die. But something in you
failed to show. The situation demanded keeps you alive. Your heart keeps beating.
that you fight their demons for them. Your mind doesn’t care what you’ve
While you ended up tricking yourself into been through. You will stop regretting.
believing that they were your true demons. You would still be breathing, at the end.

You thought you were kind. You will live through the darkness. If you
Yet no one bought it. fall, you will want to get up. There’s no
value for light in the absence of darkness.
The ground beneath you slowly started You just need little light to be shed on
to change its pace fiercely. Doubts began your murked soul. Just stop fretting about
to sow the seeds of toxicants in you. You everything you do in life and start living.
started to believe that being quirky is just a
named psychotic thing. Maybe you already
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Sodium is a soft metal which can be easily cut with a knife.

We here, have soft corners for the poor and the needy
which we serve through our services for the benefit of the 11
society.

:A Pleasure Forever Na
~ Sai Supreeth K
Lullabies that helped me sleep in the cradles,
Songs that flew from stories and fables,
Childhood mine filled with melody and hymn,
And I grew up enjoying the beautiful rhyme.
Then it did flash that these were indeed music,
Never knew it would play on my heart a fine magic,
Mesmerizing is its melody play,
Unto my soul extends its tranquil way.

Seldom was I used to find inner peace,

Chaotic world this, never tends to please,
Music this, makes the path to peace easy,
No luxuries seem to be so cozy.

Instruments few have helped expressed my love for

music,
Without which even my dreams seem to end up tragic,
Blessed I am for this gift so wonderful,
Forever I am grateful to the Eternal!

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Magnesium is a metal which ignites spontaneously when

exposed to air just like our Rotaractors; who get charged
every time where we find an opportunity to serve the 12
community.

SERENDIPITY- Let it find YOU! Mg

~ Ishita Agarwal

Do some people have a special talent letter, Walpole suggested that this old
for serendipity? And if so, why? tale contained a crucial idea about
human genius: “As their highnesses
In 2008, an inventor named Steve travelled, they were always making
Hollinger lobbed a digital camera across discoveries, by accident and sagacity,
his studio toward a pile of pillows. “I of things which they were not in quest
wasn’t trying to make an invention,” of.” And he proposed a new word
he said. “I was just playing.” As his — “serendipity” — to describe this
camera flew, it recorded what most of princely talent for detective work. At its
us would call a bad photo. But when Mr. birth, serendipity meant a skill rather
Hollinger peered at that blurry image, than a random stroke of good fortune.
he saw new possibilities. Soon, he was We can slip into a twisted logic in which
building a throwable video camera in we half-believe the penicillin picked
the shape of a baseball, equipped with Alexander Fleming to be its emissary,
gyroscopes and sensors. The Squito or that the moons of Jupiter wanted
(as he named it) could be rolled into a to be seen by Galileo. But discoveries
crawlspace or thrown across a river — are products of the human mind. As
providing a record of the world from people dredge the unknown, they
all kinds of “nonhuman” perspectives. are engaging in a highly creative act.
Today, Mr. Hollinger holds six patents What an inventor “finds” is always an
related to throwable cameras. expression of him- or herself. Martin
A surprising number of the conveniences Chalfie, who won a Nobel Prize for his
of modern life were invented when work connected with green fluorescent
someone stumbled upon a discovery protein — the stuff that makes jellyfish
or capitalized on an accident. While glow green — told me that he and
researching breakthroughs like these, several other Nobel Prize winners
I began to wonder whether we can benefited from a chain of accidents
train ourselves to become more and chance encounters on the way to
serendipitous. How do we cultivate their revelations. Some scientists even
the art of finding what we’re not embrace a kind of “free jazz” method,
seeking? Today we think of serendipity he said, improvising as they go along:
as something like dumb luck. But its “I’ve heard of people getting good
original meaning was very different. results after accidentally dropping
In 1754, a belle-lettrist named Horace their experimental preparations on the
Walpole retreated to a desk in his gaudy floor, picking them up, and working
castle in Twickenham, in southwest on them nonetheless,” he added.
London, and penned a letter. Walpole So how many big ideas emerge from
had been entranced by a Persian spills, crashes, failed experiments
fairy tale about three princes from and blind stabs? One survey of
the Isle of Serendip who possessed patent holders (the PatVal study of
superpowers of observation. In his European inventors, published in
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2005) found that an incredible 50 percent of patents resulted

from what could be described as a serendipitous process. Is
this pattern-finding ability similar to the artistic skill of a painter
like Georgia O’Keeffe? We still know so little about creative
observation that it’s impossible to answer such questions.
That’s why we need to develop a new, interdisciplinary field —
call it serendipity studies — that can help us create a taxonomy
of discoveries in the chemistry lab, the newsroom, the forest,
the classroom, the particle accelerator and the hospital.
A number of pioneering scholars have already begun this work,
but they seem to be doing so in their own silos and without much
cross-talk. In a 2005 paper (“Serendipitous Insights Involving
Nonhuman Primates”), two experts from the Washington National
Primate Research Centre in Seattle catalogued the chance
encounters that yielded new insights from creatures like the
pigtail macaque. Meanwhile, the authors of a paper titled “On the
Exploitation of Serendipity in Drug Discovery” puzzled over the
reasons the 1950s and ’60s saw a bonanza of breakthroughs in
psychiatric medication, and why that run of serendipity ended.
What could these researchers discover if
they came together for one big conversation?
Of course, even if we do organize the study of serendipity, it will
always be a whimsical undertaking, given that the phenomenon is
difficult to define, amazingly variable and hard to capture in data.
The clues will no doubt emerge where we least expect them,
perhaps in the fungi clinging to the walls of parking garages or the
mating habits of bird-watchers. The journey will be maddening,
but the potential insights could be profound: One day we might
be able to stumble upon new and better ways of getting lost.

The discovery of the anti-bacterial properties

of the Penicillium chrysogenum or P. notatum
was a seredipitous one, by Sir Alexander
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Aluminium is a metal which is highly resistant to corrosion. Our

club too, is immune to jealously, corruption and any other
negative aspects of the society. We always try to motivate 13
Forgotten each other and believe that the real happiness lies in the
happiness of others.

Al
~ Snigdha

You can think so much more clearly in just felt tired of people, of everything.
the darkness. She wasn't sure if that No wonder it felt like they didn't want
was good or bad. But right now, she her around. She could feel herself
thought it was really bad. pushing people away. Just how much
of that is anyone going to take before
I'm not going to cry over such stupid leaving?
things! She told that to herself, but a
tear or two still escaped. It was nothing, "Hey, you're still awake?" She was
really. Just the feeling that everyone was surprised for a moment to hear the
drifting away from her. And she didn't voice. Damn, why didn't I lock the door?
care enough to do anything about it. She couldn't very well now pretend to
Well, maybe she cared, otherwise she be asleep when her mother had already
wouldn't be feeling so depressed about seen her staring blankly at the roof lost
it right now. But she felt too tired. It's in her thoughts.
so tiring to try to make people stay.
Especially when it feels like that they "Can't sleep. "
don't really want to and you're just
holding onto them. Her mother came closer to the bed,
getting a better look at her. "What
The people who had been her great happened?" She asked gently. She
friends, now she could barely keep up didn't know why that just made her
conversations with them. She didn't want to cry more.
know what was happening. It just felt
like they were just somehow tolerating "Nothing."
her presence, and didn't really want to
be around. Oh, she had tried to change "You were crying?"
these things, first telling herself that she
was just imagining it, and then trying "No. "
harder to fit in, to get back things to the
way they were, when she actually felt "Your pillow is wet." Her mother sat
nice being around them, and felt they beside the pillow, and she wondered
did too. how she would respond to that. She just
kept her head in her lap.
Now, she has just given up. She
was tired. And it didn't feel the "No, I wasn't. " It was an obvious lie,
same... not good, just forced - forced but her mother let it go, just softly
conversations, fake smiles. Not caressing her hair.
something she wanted to do anymore.
And it was mostly her own fault. It felt "Okay, whatever you say." She paused
like she didn't have anything to say, and for a while. "How's school going?"
wasn't interested in anything anyone She looked at her then, waiting for a
else had to say. So just how do you response.
keep a conversation going that way?
She pretended to listen for a while, but "Fine," she kinda shrugged.
now she was done with even that. She
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"You don't really tell me things anymore." Was You wouldn't want to fall asleep in your
it sadness in her voice? " You know you can classes now, right? Good night, sweetie!" She
tell me anything." caressed her hair again.

Well, that was tempting. She would have told "Good night, mom! "
her right then , if there had been anything to
tell at all. She didn't know how to explain that And as she was walking towards the door, she
she felt her friends didn't want her around turned around again." Hey, if you wanna talk,
anymore. I'm always here, okay? "

"Nothing happened. I guess that's the thing. "Okay. " Her mother smiled at that, and she
Nothing is happening at all." She found it smiled back at her as she left the room.
weird herself how emotionless she sounded.
She took a deep breath. She felt a little bit
"I don't know what to say to that." Her mother silly now. It's okay. Maybe I just need a little
smiled. bit of time, some solitude. It'll be all back to
normal in a while. And meanwhile, I should
"Mom, go to sleep." stop worrying so much about my 'friends' that
I had forgotten about people who are always
She just looked at her for a while. "Okay." She there for me, no matter how much I push
got up from the bed. "And I think you should them away... my family.
sleep as well now. It's 2 a.m. And you have
school tomorrow.

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Silicon is the principal component of glass, ceramics,

cement and most semiconductor devices which forms the 14
backbone of semiconductor industries. The true strength of
Rotary International lies in its people i.e. Rotaractors and
Rotarians who forms the so called “charge carriers” in the
clubs. (Pun intended) Si
Wisdom to Appeasement
~ Anonymous

When I was in school I got interested everything. Especially the feature

in Science because I admired my Cosmic Calendar, which simply blew
subject teacher. I used to do small my mind. In the next week, before the
demonstrations and experiments on next episode was going to be aired, I re-
the topics that I had learned in her watched the first episode many times,
class, just to impress her. Unfortunately, hoping to understand everything in it. I
she left the school when I was in 6th had 256kbps dial up connection at that
standard. After that I just went on in time. After I had dug around more about
life with no goals, no dreams; my love the show, I found out that the it was
for Science was obscured within me. actually being telecast a week later in
India. Then I started downloading it as
After 12 years of my life in a small school soon as it was released in USA. With my
where the maximum strength of the Internet speed, it took almost 10 hours
class was 25 to 30, I got in my PUC. to download for each episode. I used
There I witnessed a class of about 80 to leave the system on for the whole
people, strangers from CBSE or ICSE night, hoping it will be downloaded by
Board. It was the perfect environment the morning (which was a rare scenario).
for the introvert in me to come out and
bond with people. But again, I just went I am from a family background where no
on with life for another two years with one has a hobby of reading books. So,
slight trouble in Maths (which I always naturally I did not have the habit of reading
had since my childhood). And the worst either. But my whole family watches a lot
of it turned up in my second PU result. of movies; at least one in a day. The little
I had failed in Maths. This was the first interest I had in science in my childhood
failure I encountered in my life. Everyone led me to watching shows on NGC and
around me was expressing their support Discovery channel. Another show that
and trying to cheer me up, but I had lost taught me how laws of science works,
all hope. There was a two-month break in an intriguing way, is Mythbusters.
before I can take the supplementary
exam. It was a dark and depressing time. Inspired from the show COSMOS, I
Then there was light, a ray of hope, rooted discovered a new hope and entered
in the fact how insignificant we all are a diploma program. Life was so easy
in the magnificence of the Cosmos. My during the first year as I knew most
perspective of considering failures was of the stuff that was taught in course.
changed by Neil deGrasse Tyson in the Once COSMOS was over, I wanted
show COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey. something more, something with deeper
inquisitiveness. Then I remembered a
One night, an episode on NGC(National show called Through the Wormhole with
Geographic Channel) changed Morgan Freeman which I tried watching
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in my school days tirelessly, but called YouTube. All my time after

dozed off in just few minutes discovering it, was spent watching
most of the time. The content Science panels, Insightful talks,
simply went over my head! Educational shows etc. This
lasted for a couple of years until
I hit my saturation point. The
videos seemed boring and were
not able to quench my thirst for
knowledge. I wanted something
more, something that gives me a
zeal for information. This pushed
me into reading non-fiction.
But still visual aid was more
compelling to me. Today I am
proud owner of almost 15 non-
fiction books out of which I haven’t
completed even one to this date!
Then I did a basic course in
Astronomy and Cosmology.
Life was going good,
happy and peaceful.

But then I joined Engineering

and lost that peace!

I hope that I can go back to

the state of mind where I do
Science just for the joy of it.

These were some of the “What”

and “Who” that had piqued my
After sometime I started recalling interest in space and astronomy.
some stuff from the show as I There are many others as well,
was able to make some sense whom I cannot enlist within
out of it. So, I started with it the scope of an article, that
again. It covered everything from have influenced me knowingly
quarks to quasars. It also gave and unknowingly, to this path
an insight on few topics related that I have chosen today. I am
to Neuroscience. The best thing eternally grateful to them for it.
about the show was that they
interviewed real scientists and
explained the experiments they
did. Eventually I got a faster
internet connection at home and
discovered the magical portal

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Phosphorus is a very reactive element which is very much

similar to our Rotaractors who pump up the energy to carry 15
out any task and do justice to it. The work undertaken

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by our members are highly admired making us even more

Prison of Thoughts enthusiastic to outperform ourselves.

~ Mubasshir Hussain

The power to question existence,

The determination to find out,
The continuous struggle to acquire supremacy
That feeling of immense ecstasy
All begins from a mere thought
Carrying us to the apex that we ever sought.

From being a simple breed of animals

To biologically advanced beings,
It took years of elevation
Going through paths unseen.
Neglecting the false perceptions
With ideas both psychic and technical
In which, the Earth acted as a lab for human’s inspections.

Now we stand in the mid of development.

Among changing policies and governance
Promising us the life full of contentment.
The world being designed to satisfy our needs
Restricting us from choosing the un-trodden paths,
That might lead to life’s impairment,
Making us prisoners of our own judgement.

Today’s feeling and perception of life

Are both optimized to the lowest extents
That molds our unique mindset
In the manner we are ignorant.
Society’s demand affects our identity:
Our bodies clocked in a specific sequence,
Our minds trained not to think out of the box
Rather keep it shackled in its own lock.

Life is full of things that hold us down

Sharp criticisms that has no bound
Emotions that brakes the efforts put in
Nightmares that haunt us from within.
Responsibilities stop us from trying anything extraordinary
Expectations make us fear the chance of loss
These are some of the minds’ dreadful thoughts
Making us the prisoners with its extreme potency.

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We must escape this confinement

Break any fear that breaks us.
Choose to do that is righteous
Keep over-thinking miles away,
Decide on to do what our heart say.

Must fuel our talent with ignited mind

Walk on roads that were until now closed,
Explore the greatest possibilities that are like gifts
divine
Buried deep somewhere in the sands of time.
Hope is not the thing to decide our decree,
As it balances itself on the fine line
Between Fate and Destiny.
Virtues needed for living are a lot
But they are the ones who hold the key,
Out of the Prison of Thoughts.

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Sulphur is used in manufacturing fertilisers which increases

the yield of crops. Our club acts a bit like fertiliser for entire 16
community across the college and even beyond to carry

S
out the community service with an aim to promote positive
change in the lives of others.

Power, Order, Chaos

&
Delusion
~Amit Kumar Singh

Everything in Indian electoral politics core political beliefs and ideology of

is about caste. Except caste. Caste is the party in power seemingly tend
about Power. That's about it really. So towards the idea of abolition or at
millions of those protesting for their least a re-evaluation of caste-based
right to equality, for logic, for fairness reservation? Everything can be
- forget about the slightest prospect waylaid in the pursuit of power. Such
of a reservation free India, for the is the overwhelming sense of fear,
time being. Possession of knowledge, which also corrupts people. The fear of
access to education and proximity to losing power, and not power itself. And
power in a democracy delude most reciprocatively, people corrupt power.
into believing they actually wield it.
Politicians like to put an end to that Risk aversion is a defining feature
sort of thinking before it begins. And of political (un)willingness. Political
we aren't even close to wielding power. willingness is there, but only for the
politicians to exercise power. For
Knowledge is not power. It is a that is their form of pride. It is their
delusion. Power is power. It is the strength and weakness too. Ours is
greatest addiction amongst those humility and protest. Those striving
at the top of the food chain. And for "order", hoping to strike a balance
those who actually wield power, - between humility and power,
cannot ever so slightly, for a single between protest and political will,
instance, resort to the prospect of must understand that the universe
forgoing it, whatever the cost may be, always tends to move in the direction
whatever the casualties may be. In of increasing entropy, of disorder, of
fact, the road to power is paved with chaos. Reversing this ever increasing
hypocrisy and casualties. So what tendency toward disorder requires
if the partisanship unravels from the the input of energy, of protest. Order
provision of the constitution itself? itself ensues from chaos. But it never
So what if the casualties today are really replaces chaos. It just becomes
millions of peoples being structurally ordered chaos. The same organized
discriminated and lawfully prejudiced chaos where millions of young,
against, as an affirmative measure talented, innocent and hardworking
of course correction, as if by a citizens find themselves today; the
means of seeking moral retribution same predicament, which in varying
for those who have faced societal, degrees, forces them to exercise
cultural and historical discrimination humility and protest - instruments of
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But what is order for one, can be disorder for the other. The
energy put into preventing disorder in one place simultaneously
increases it somewhere else. Overall, ordered chaos prevails,
rendering one's actions insignificant, exposing them to the
perpetuality of a closed self-fulfilling loop, an eternal delusion.

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When

many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion. And when
all people suffer from a delusion, it is called consciousness, (or in
this case: political awareness). So don't be delusional. Reservation
might never get regulated or abolished. Not in the near future. Not
until the machines take over. You can still protest if you want to,
but remember - Nobody can hear you. Nobody cares about you.
Nothing will come of this. There is no solace, above or below.
Only us. Small. Solitary. Striving. Battling one another. Pray to
yourself for yourself. Don't chase your dreams. Chase your reality.

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Chlorine is used to disinfect water likewise Rotaract club

of RVCE sterilises the negative feelings among its members
and encourage them to work for happiness of others and be 17
motivated at all times.

Cl
The Journey
at Dawn
~ Shweta Kallapur

Black is the colour of sorrow and pain

Black was the colour outside the rain
The sky above was deep black
As the train moved along the railway track
Mother Nature seemed fast asleep
Thoughts arose in my mind, dark and deep
The stillness of the trees, the silence of the seas
Through my hair flowed the cool scented breeze
Suddenly the clouds tore apart
A ray of hope touched my heart
The first rays of the sun sparkled the stream
It was more beautiful than the most beautiful dream
Birds began to fly as came the dawn
With a lot of hope, a new day was born
Within a few minutes, my destination I reached
I realised how much a small journey can teach.

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Argon does not react with filament in the

light bulb even under high temperature.
Members of this community never run out of 18
Inspire the Change energy by the intense work that is needed
during and before any event.
Ar
Within
~ Achhit Kumar
Rotary International President, Barry Rassin laid out his vision for the future of the
organisation ‘BE THE INSPIRATION’. Going with the same motto, Rotaract Club of RVCE
decided upon its theme for the Rota year 2018-19 to be ‘Inspire the Change Within’.

Mahatma Gandhi said, ’Be the change that you want to see in the world’. Here at
Rotaract club of RVCE, we inspire such changes. Every moment of Mahatma Gandhi’s
life is inspiring. In his young age -the drama of ‘Harishchandra’ was the inspiration
for him to speak the truth. In other words, although life changes are inevitable, we can
also initiate change at an individual level, so that we can rise higher and higher and
surpass the gruelling challenges. This makes us bigger and better of a person by the
denouement of life. Well, the question is, how do we do this? We believe the best ways
are to recognize that change is inevitable, that there is always a potential for positive
change in every aspect and to stay grounded with a modest attitude towards everyone.

We, at Rotaract Club of RVCE, try to transform fear into courage, selfishness into
kindness and loss into fresh beginnings, just as palm trees transform muddy rainwater
into sweet coconut milk. The clue to transformation is being able to move with the waves,
to paddle in the dip so we are ready to ride the next crest. Rotaract Club of RVCE tries
to enable other to be present with whatever is and to accept, honour and move with
change. Just as the breath comes in and out, so it is like coming and going of all change.

In order to do something, one has to long for it, have a strong desire for it. If one
craves for something, one has to endure all the struggles and pain that come with
it. A change can only happen if one wants to envision as it happens, and that change
could be brought to fruition only if efforts are implied in the smartest possible way.

The Club works on the formula – “Clear Goals”, “A Pragmatic Plan of Action” and “Strong
Conviction”.

Inspire by what you Believe In

Inspire by Leading
Inspire by Listening
Inspire by the Courage to Change Course
Inspire by Sharing Credit
Inspire by Teamwork
Inspire by recognising Good Work

Lastly,” To inspire the change within…” means to notice what is happening around us and
to take powerful, solid steps towards constructing the life and world of our imaginations.
Seeing the change, you want to happen will take much of the efforts of wanting, choosing,
and committing the actions to stand for what is right and encourage that change

Be the Inspiration and remember that “Together we can, and we

will inspire the World. 45
 26th installation ceremony: swayam

Photo Courtesy of Mr. Sakshya Deep & Mr. Hindupur Rohitraj

Board of Rotaract Club of RVCE|2017-18 (left to right):

Last Row (Standing):
Mrs. and Mr. Hondand (Ceremony Attendees), Rtr. Supreet Chandrashekar (Sergeant at Arms), Rtr. Soumya Sharma (Joint Director of Professional Services), Rtr. Arvind Rishi (Director of Literary Services), Rtr. Harsh Srivastava (Joint Director of Professional Services), Rtr. Akshit Jhamb (Joint Director of
Club Services), Rtr. Chetan VT (Director of Club Services), Rtr. Shivani H (Director of International Services), Rtr. Kaustubh Agarwal (Treasurer), Rtr. Vaibhav Gupta (Vice-President), Rtr. Vinayak Kulkarni (Joint Secretary), Rtr. Vishal Pandey (Joint Secretary), Rtr. Shreyas Gaikwad (Director of Community
Services), Rtr. Abhinith A. (Joint Director of Community Services), Rtr. Harsh Tuli (Joint Director of Community Services), Rtr. Kirti (Joint Director of International Services), Rtr. Rohith Y. (Director of Public Relations, Rtn. Dr. HV Kumaraswamy (Faculty Coordinator), Rtr. Ankit Yadav (Director of Web
Services), Rtr. Piyush R Medikeri (Secretary) and Rtr. Krutika VH (Joint Director of Club Services)

Middle Row (Sitting):

Rtr. M Thridev (Immediate Past President), Rtr. Naveen P (District Rotaract Representative), Rtn. Balaraj PC (President of Rotary Bangalore South), PRID Rtn. Dr. MK Panduranga Setty (President of RSST | Chief Guest), Rtr. Abhishek B Hondad (President), Dr. KN Subramanya (Principal of RVCE), Rtn.
Shashank Kekre (District Youth Service Director), Rtn. MV Gopalkrishna (District Rotaract Committee Chairman) and Rtn. Jayachandra Aradhaya (Guest of Ceremony)

First Row (Sitting):

Rtr. Anurag Chandra (Joint Director of Literary Services), Rtr. Govind Nayak (Director of Professional Services), Rtr. Gopal Kumar (Joint Director of Public Relations), Rtr. T Yathin Sai (Joint Director of Community Services), Rtr. Ayush Jain (Joint Director of International Services), Rtr. Allbright Dsouza (Joint
Director of Literary Services), Rtr. Sandeep Kumar (Joint Director of Public Relations) and Rtr. Sachin HR (Joint Director of Professional Services)