Comments on: That’s no way to make a geek

By: piyush

piyush — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:43:59 +0000

Being a recent grad frm the iit-guwahati, I can attest to the internet addiction thingy…but cmon, you can’t force us off PRon….and regarding geek culture, well you can find the geekiest creatures but at the same time, there are many people here who have found their calling in things like theatre, music (rock mostly) and so on….and they keep the rest of us interested in non-geeky stuff that exists in the real world.

By: Sadaiyappan

Sadaiyappan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:13:20 +0000

Having been an 18-22 year old, I certainly wouldn't trust them to act like adults.

Yeah I totally agree.. Kids can be evil..

I think it's really cool that even in colleges in India there are kids that are in bands.. But what kind of music are they making / playing ?

By: circus in jungle

circus in jungle — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:45:00 +0000

I didn't care for well roundedness. I slogged my ass off so that I can get a decent prospects in the world. I am sure most of the IITians from middle/lower middle class background felt the same around the time I went to IIT. I think it is a little bit different now in India.

In US you don't have to slog your ass off just as long as you have some talent at something to have materially successful life.

By: glass houses

glass houses — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:26:45 +0000

“24-hour internet access is hampering studentsâ€™ academic performance and overall personality development”

Personality Development....I'm not going to touch that one

By: Umang

Umang — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:13:26 +0000

Having been an 18-22 year old, I certainly wouldn’t trust them to act like adults.

By: Ennis

Ennis — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:21:20 +0000

They should just make a class called “Socializing” or “how to get game for engineers” at IIT, perhaps bus in some girls from some local state school, lol. T

MIT has a charm class, although it’s not for credit. Engineers, don’t worry, Anna finds you charming whether you’ve been to charm school or not

By: Neale

Neale — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:19:32 +0000

Is this true only in India or in the US too ? I did a lot of studying for my ACT/SAT but apparently not as much as students in India do..

50k apps for 11k seats - UCLA 250k apps for 4k seats - IIT

By: milieu

milieu — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:54:11 +0000

After being a TA here in the US, I feel that the undergrads at IITs have far less ‘academic load’ than the ones at US (top 10) engineering schools…… 50% attendance.

I agree with that B_F pretty much. I guess the real hard work that people do is to get into it. After that things are generally much more laidback in terms of work though not in terms of competition. While here it seems the work and competition really starts in the undergrads. As for the ‘well-rounded’ personality thing, I will quote Musharraf, “one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter’

By: sakshi

sakshi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:42:41 +0000

Incidentally, there used to be this bicycle manufacturer in India called Hamilton (no kidding).

Pedantic DDiA, I believe they are still around, but as bicycle parts suppliers to other bigger companies.

By: get a job

get a job — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:03:16 +0000

This is a hilarious post, they should cut internet access! as a technonerd myself, i think there will be lashback, its hard enough to get away from technology now.

life should not be lived through a computer...right or am i crazy? There are many who will argue this, but my best bet is that they're prolly just ugly and would rather reinvent a cyber image doctored up with photoshop.

They should just make a class called "Socializing" or "how to get game for engineers" at IIT, perhaps bus in some girls from some local state school, lol. T