JC: Hello, sir. Could you tell us a bit about yourself, your background, where you’re from, your early journey, and how you ended up in BPHC? Prof. Sayan: I am basically from West Bengal. I did my schooling at St. Xavier’s, Haldia. It’s a small industrial town. I was there till class 12, and then... Continue Reading →
Insects@BPHC
It’s no secret that our campus harbours an entire ecosystem of plants, bugs, and reptiles alike. Most of us walk on the road at night, constantly praying that none of them jump onto our foot and claim us as their next terror target. Despite our distaste (or interest!) in these creepy crawlies, they are an... Continue Reading →
Freedom – A Dream Always Unfulfilled?
What does freedom really mean to each one of us? Is being able to breathe freely true freedom? Is being away from home freedom? Or is it something much more valuable in a larger sense? We attempt to follow rules, yet we constantly feel the urge to make our own decisions, but not entirely on our... Continue Reading →
Grading Policies: A Look into the Grading System on Campus
With Compres recently done and dusted, and us having received our grades, it felt a bit important to look at the grading system currently in place at our college, and address the issues that we face with what is currently being done. The grades that we receive are critical in terms of any further plans... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Sudhir Kumar Pathak
Sudhir Kumar Pathak is someone most of us have seen on campus. He stands near hostel entrances, walks the corridors at night, or sits quietly while students pass by, usually in a hurry. For a long time, he was just part of the background for us too. It took a conversation to realise how much... Continue Reading →
Rules and Guidelines: Only for students?
An analysis of the Institute's Academic Regulationsby Rishit Shah (2023) As students, we follow the rules and guidelines of the university and campus, for both academic and residential purposes. A lot of these are basic rules, to maintain the harmony on campus, and are not under study in this article. Here, the aim is to... Continue Reading →
The Art of Noticing
A thing of beauty is a joy forever -John Keats ‘Tired eye’ (Yes, this is a Last Christmas reference), although an apt synecdoche for the entire being, personally feels undermining to the eye's chores. The busy bee of the senses hardly ever rests given the fact that one's pupils still flutter past the closed and... Continue Reading →
the alt-right playbook
The word alt-right is a euphemism coined by the president of a well-known white supremacist think tank - the National Policy Institute; as a way to paint a happy face on racism. One of the listed goals of the NPI is to remove non-whites from America. The term alt-right was coined so that mainstream white... Continue Reading →
