So why is gaming so popular? Ask a gaming enthusiast and he will invariably answer with “It’s fun.” Of course the fun element is what makes them hooked to their laptop screens for an average of 8-10 hours every week, some claiming the number to be 50!

It was the time, seniors said, where we get to act like kids and no one would judge us, where we can throw away our inhibition and enjoy loudly as we officially and socially become accepted as IITians.

NSS is one of the three optional courses that all the B. Tech. / Dual Degree / Integrated M.A. students have to get enrolled in their first year, but we, the “Family of NSS” consider it as much more than that. Though it is a course according to the academic curriculum, one can see a lot of enthusiasm in the freshers when they do something as a part of NSS, be it the events like DOS collection or the projects. NSS also provides ‘winternships’ (winter internships) and also conducts various lectures and skill –building sessions such as web-operations sessions for the volunteers enrolled in it.

The Internet, a vast pool of information unparalleled by any other entity, has become an integral part of our lives. Being students we should be curious enough to try to understand the basic functioning of the Internet, something that we take for granted. This article aims at presenting a general qualitative picture of the institute’s Internet facility while keeping the jargons to a minimum.

By Sharanya Haridas
ocooned in their island, the students of IIT Madras have over the years managed to develop their own language, one T5E hereby christens “Insti”. Insti was documented in …

1. Is there ragging at IITM?
No, Ragging is officially banned on campus. Along with that the IIT-Madras student community is averse to any indecent acts committed under the banner …

>- Nikhil ‘Sutta’ Joseph

[Below is an article that appeared in the first-ever issue of MAgazette, sometime between the Paleolithic Age and 2007. The level of authenticity and effectiveness of these …