A) A brief history of brutality:      Americans of various races, ethnicities, ages and classes have been subjected to police brutality over the course of history, yet the major victims of these incidents by far are the African Americans. One of the primary reasons for this is, unsurprisingly, anti-black racism, but there are other... Continue Reading →

Over the years, the Feminist movement has undergone a lot of changes, and the meaning and ideologies surrounding the movement have slowly evolved and expanded with time. This has often led to a lot of conflict between people due to the misrepresentation of terms and ideologies. This conflict has further been highlighted by the recent... Continue Reading →

Where and which programme have you been offered? Masters of Science in Analytics at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. It is an interdisciplinary analytics and data science program. What made you choose this particular field? I had always been interested in the field of data science. Eventually, I developed further interest in machine learning. To make a... Continue Reading →

आर्तरक्षणार्थ घेति शस्त्र देवही करीं / शस्त्र पाप ना स्वयेंचि / शस्त्र पुण्य ना स्वयें / इष्टता अनिष्टताहि त्यास हेतुनेंच ये To protect the oppressed, even the Gods wield weaponry. A weapon itself has no virtue nor any iniquity. Only its purpose gives it propriety or impropriety. -Veer Savarkar, an excerpt from Shastrageet (Ode to... Continue Reading →

When did you realize you wanted to get into consultancy? Why specifically did you choose consultancy? It all started in my second year when my interests were inclining towards finance.  As I understood finance and as I took up more courses, my interest started shifting towards business as a whole. While finance is just a... Continue Reading →

What was your master’s admission process like? How was it different from your undergrad admission procedure? For my undergrad admission at BITS, all I needed to do was write BITSAT and send in an application. Beyond that, there was nothing else I needed to do. A master’s admission procedure isn’t based on a ranking system... Continue Reading →

Where and for which programs did you receive offers? I received offers from George Washington University (MS CS), SUNY Stony Brook (MS CS), University of Utah (MS in Computing) and the University of Maryland (Masters in Human-Computer Interaction). I also received offers from Arizona State (Masters in Software Engineering), University of Buffalo (Masters in Engineering... Continue Reading →