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July 13 2005

Vol 3. Issue #2

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Whats Inside A plea against child It must have made the Principal beam with pride. Most of the final year junta turned labour up with clean pressed shirts all tucked. Well jokes apart this was an important Heard of Sudoku st Sarkar movie review day ,it was this sems 1 recruitment exercise. Everyone with above 60% gave the aptitude test. 78 of them qualified the aptitude test (which had technical,verbal,arithmetic). But the real fun was yet to come. The people who cleared the aptitude test had to clear two interviews namely HR & technical (not necessarily in Anniversary MGITians in another fort- that order). The students with backlogs were asked to leave in a rather resentful manner. night The MGIT Forums Few of the candidates who were interviewed were asked the weirdest of things.one will be successfully enof the interviewers was wondering why Nagarjuna was the most popular hero in the tering its 2nd year of industry today since many of the students he quizzed thought he was the coolest. The interactive fun . girls bore the brunt of the annoying inquiryone girl was asked who she wanted to Lets hope the admins have something planned marry ?? Another one was asked to sing to break the ice. Someone else was asked how she would react to harassment at any workplace. This probably tops it all he for this occasion. says Ok now a technical question WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF U.S.A ?? So if you are Much awaited mov- looking for a job make sure youre perfect with countries & capitals. Also we had a ies hitting the thea- sports enthusiast among the interviewers. This gentleman was more interested in how high a basketball ring is & how deep a swimming pool is rather than pointers, tres this week functions or unions !!! Finally at the end of the day only 14 of the 78 qualified, this in comparison to the 24 who were selected by the same firm last year. But all is not lost. There will be more companies heading our way. So to all who those selected on behalf of the team of the RetreatCongratulations !!!

Wipro was here

The B-block on the eve of our annual fest NIRVANA 2005. It was also the venue for the tests & interviews held by the software giant Wipro.

Sudoku -The 21st century Rubiks cube

Su Doku, is a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a number from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently a 99 grid made up of 33 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various numbers given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each number. Completing the puzzle requires patience and modest logical ability (although some puzzles can be very difficult). Its classic grid layout is reminiscent of other newspaper puzzles like crosswords and chess problems. First published in the United States, Sudoku initially became popular in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005. The word Sudoku means "single number" in Japanese. The numerals in Sudoku puzzles are used for convenience; arithmetic relationships between numerals are not important. Any set of distinct symbols will do; letters, shapes, or colors may be used without altering the rules. Indeed, Penny Press uses letters in their version called Scramblets. Numerals are used throughout this article. Solution in next weeks issue.

REHASH
The D-block has been completed. Though it is a mirror image of the Cblock it has an extra floor. All sorts of renovations are going on throughout college. Next issue well

let you know what exactly is goin on

Stop child labour- join the revolution.

How many of us have children much younger than us working at our homes? How many have ever given that child at home a second thought? Living under one roof, surprisingly, you leave for college and he, to do his daily chores. How many of you think you are but helping that boy make a living, instead of letting him suffer with his bed ridden mother and oh-so-many siblings? Then here are some facts you need to know. Article 21A makes right to free and compulsory education of every child in the age group of 6-14 years a fundamental right against the State. This means that no child needs to spend money for his education.it is provided for by the government.

It is estimated that about 10 crores children below the age of fourteen years are not attending full time formal school and are engaged in one or the other type of work. These children are nothing but child labour. Reason.. child labour is not abolished, but has been regulated. Like the flyover on a busy road we have just found a different route. The state also has the responsibility to provide for homeless/orphaned children up to 15 years of age.So, the next time you think you are helping the child, think twice. Because, instead of helping, you are suppressing talent, crushing hopes, killing a spirit. Trying to take the law into your hands, you are but destroying its structure. What we can do to stop child labour. MVF, a leading NGO in the city, along with many others across the country has started a campaign to abolish child labour. It is going to the parliament with a petition to amend the child labour act and to abolish child labour. Letters are being sent to ministers from people from all walks of life to amend the act. Also, letters are sent to the president of India explaining the urgency of the issue. What we, as students can do, is log on to www.mvfindia.org sign the petition. This petition will reach the president. The more the number of letters, the more the recognition for the issue. Come, join the revolution. Make every childs dream a reality.

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Sarkar fails expectations

Sarkar has an amazing opening sequence. From Frame One, where we

see a yellow and black auto rickshaw framed artfully between barbed wire, Ram Gopal Varma's latest film begins with a hapless man going to meet Sarkar, in search of retribution for his raped daughter. Sarkar could well have been an inspiringly awesome remake, but, as it gets increasingly diluted, it turns into The Godfather, rehashed. Flitting between Ramu's own take on an uber-powerful family and Francis Ford Coppola's classic, mixing mythology with masala, is far too ambitious a plan, and even a director as accomplished as Varma bites off far too much more than he can tolerably chew. Amitabh Bachchan is Sarkar, the Godfather. A Mafiosi leader with a strong NGO streak in him, he's effectively playing a grizzled, Marathi shahenshah, a man who essentially sits and listens to unjust tales, sending out a righteous army of goons. No immoralities for this soft dictator. He bears a resemblance to Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, but this is entirely superficial, confined to the rudraksh and the red tika. Amitabh is incredibly restrained, his character bereft of soliloquy and bluster, and his task is to sit there and look simmeringly angry. This he does pretty darn adequately, and it's good to see the old man underplay. Abhishek plays Michael Corleone. Only, in this case, he has been updated to a pink-shirted son studying abroad instead of Pacino's decorated army hero. In a film touting the young Bachchan as the best thing to happen to acting, he is given surprisingly little room to perform. His character, Shankar, toes dad's line with zealous loyalty. Which means he sits next to dad and tries to glare and look angry. Kay Kay, playing Vishnu, the older son, is marvelous. He glares with an intensity putting the rest of the cast to shame. Every scene he is in sizzles with manic energy, and his screen presence is spectacular. Sarkar is Coppola by numbers, Ram Gopal Varma tragically dumping down his film, taking it from high concept to nigh concept. He has added a slew of 'Indian' characters -- a Chandraswami: a Madrasi stereotype; a redundant politician (Anupam Kher) etc.. This is a Francis Ford Coppola film, as directed by Joel Schumacher, subtle as a sledgehammer. Sarkar suffers, horribly, from the increasing obsession with an overwhelming background score. By the time Abhishek is, with peculiar convenience, sprinting up prison stairways, we've already been assaulted by the Govinda Govinda Govinda theme at least 17 times, and we're tired. This is the point when you look at your watch, wonder why time is dragging so, and wonder whether, as the background theme incessantly chants, you ought not have gone to watch a Chi-Chi film instead. If this was a film made by a first-time director, I'd have smiled and called it a valiant effort. But when Ram Gopal Varma, crafter of Company, calls this his greatest film ever, I can't help but be dejected.

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