

TEDxSIUHinjewadi: “Brave Your Voice Amongst the Chaos” – Deeksha Burugadda & Mohammad Adib Aslam
The D-Day has finally arrived! The Date was 5th of March 2022, timing being 10 AM, and the spectacular TEDxSIUHinjewadi was ready for us. The 8th edition of TEDxSIUHinjewadi 2022 was organized & hosted by Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune; a constituent of Symbiosis International University, as an initiative by iTELF Committee under the […]
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Shane Warne: The Pied Piper of Cricket – Pratik Deshpande
Fourth march will go down as one of my darkest days as a cricket aficionado. My mind is still not able to digest the fact that the world’s greatest leg-spinner is no more. “It is Shane Warne, he is supposed to be invincible. How can he disappear in a whisker?”, the heart-wrenched mind kept talking […]
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International Women’s Day – Mohd. Ali Dashti
International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th, is a day to celebrate women’s social, economic, and political achievements, reflect on progress, and urge gender equality. For more than a century, International Women’s Day has focused attention on issues impacting women worldwide. Today, International Women’s Day belongs to everyone who thinks that women’s rights are human […]
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A Rundown on Kisan Diwas – Mohd. Ali Dashti
- Suraj Shrivastava
- December 23, 2021
- #Farmers
- #FarmersDay
- #KisanDiwas
- #TeamReflections
National Farmers’ Day, or Kisan Diwas, is observed across the country on December 23rd to honour India’s farmers and to commemorate the birth anniversary of the country’s fifth Prime Minister, Choudhary Charan Singh, who was dedicated to the welfare of farmers. Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was born into a farming family, was well-known for his […]
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World AIDS Day: End Inequalities, End AIDS – S Sahana
- Suraj Shrivastava
- December 1, 2021
- #AIDS
- #AIDSAwareness
- #Reflections
- #TeamReflections
- #WorldAIDSDay
“HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug.Heaven knows they need it.” Princess Diana World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988 and was the first-ever international day for global health. Each year, this theme is different, but the purpose remains the same, to […]
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A Recap on the Integrity and Ethics Conclave 2021 – Mohd. Ali Dashti
- Suraj Shrivastava
- October 22, 2021
- #6thEdition
- #IntegrityAndEthicsConclave
- #TeamReflections
- #VirtuousConcord
- SCIT
Like every year, the flagship event of the Guest lecture Committee (ITBM), i.e., the Integrity and Ethics Conclave, was organized on the 16th of October 2021. This time it was the 6th Edition and the theme for this year’s conclave was Virtuous Concord: Practicing Morality for Peaceful Co-existence. “The theme encompasses the areas where there is a […]
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Dussehra and India – Deeksha Burugadda
- Suraj Shrivastava
- October 15, 2021
- #Dussehra
- #TeamReflections
- SCIT
Dussehra celebration in India is definitely a spectacle to behold! This festival is celebrated in myriad ways in the country but at the core of them all lies the same essence of celebrating the victory of good over evil. People in different states celebrate it in their own unique ways. What remains the same across […]
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An Excerpt on World Mental Health Day – S Sahana
- Suraj Shrivastava
- October 9, 2021
- #MentalHealth
- #TeamReflections
- #WorldMentalHealthDay
- SCIT
- Symbiosis
“Hey, it’s me… Do you not recognize me? I am you; I am your mind. Are you confused as to why I am talking to you now? It is because I have something to say… Something important to both you and me. You see, we are inseparable. We have stuck together through it all, the […]
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“Bapu” was his name – Mohammad Adib Aslam
- Suraj Shrivastava
- October 1, 2021
- #Bapu
- #GandhiJayanti
- #Gandhiji
- #TeamReflections
- SCIT
As I was growing up, I saw him on all currency notes. We even had chapters about him and his achievements in our school days. And not to mention, I was highly impressed with the 1982 film Gandhi. But I realized, it was not the achievements of Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi that made him great, […]
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Hey Angel, I Wish – S Sahana
- Suraj Shrivastava
- September 14, 2021
- #angel
- #poem
- #Poetry
- #TeamReflections
- SCIT
Hey Angel, I wish there are no tears in this world. Do tears make you stronger or weaker? And if it is meant to make you stronger, why does it make you feel so vulnerable? Hey Angel, I wish there is no pain in this world. People say pain teaches you a lesson, that it […]
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