Crossword

Ashish Mitter

Across
1.Planetary path 5. To express great sadness 10. Shashi Tharoor novel 11. Destiny 12. Himalayan beast of burden 14. Centre 15. Associated with birds 16. ____ Veda 18. Precious stone 20. Sicilian mount 21. Mathematical term 23. Droop 24. Paolini’s best-seller 27. Preposition 29. Bollywood idol 30. Size of battery 31. European river 33. Also known as 35. Conjunction 37. Explosive 39. Author Leon ____ 41. Stadium 43. Explorer ____ Hedin 44. In the past 45. Thin sheet of metal 47. Prepares a piece of writing for publication 49. Subhas’ army 50. To be 51. Spectre 53. Los Angeles 54. Charges for professional services.
Down
1. Monster from Lord of the Rings 2. ____ Ferdinand 3. To make a deep hole in the ground. 4. An article or object 5. Volcanic material 6. ____ the Hun 7. Alcohol made of honey and water 8.New York 9. Deposition on teeth 11. A long way away 13. Hollywood epic 17. General assembly 19. Part of the Old Testament 20. Indian corporate group 21. Type of coal 22. Islamic republic in Asia 25. To move from one place to another 26. Feelings of worry or anxiety 29. Hindustani musical note 32. supermodel Tara ____ 34. American state 36. Telangana leader Chandrashekhar ____ 38. Test 40. Pass a rude comment 42. Opposite of west 45. Used by a fish to swim and keep balance 46. Preposition 48. Definite article 52. Russian river.

Letter to the Editor

The Issue of the ‘Joint’
Hold on, before anyone gets any freaky ideas, I should, at the very outset, clear my intention behind the writing of this letter. It is not to excite your brain or give you a head rush or make you feel light! I am writing about the other joint; the joint ‘Editors-in-chief,’ joint ‘Secretaries,’ joint ‘Boys-in-charge,’ the list goes on. It is quite a perplexing proposition. Are we undermining the capability of an S former to head a publication or Society alone? Or are we trying to state that we cannot decide between two likely candidates and so, instead of ‘shattering’ one of them, decide that we might as well appoint both of them. Does this do justice to either of the two candidates? Can we not be more decisive and make a definite choice? This ‘joint’ responsibility could have productive as well as counter-productive effects. The S formers will, hopefully, work in tandem and share the load, but in some cases, they might blame each other for not doing the job at hand, which in turn will lead to lower efficiency levels.
I feel that, being given sole responsibility will promote leadership qualities. I hope that S formers agree with my theory and prove that they can go it alone!
(Abhishek Singhi)
 

The Divine Meeting
Arjun Sethi
(D form)

As I lay silently in my bed.
All strange ideas filled my head.
Is life always just?
Whom can I actually trust?
I wondered about them deeply
Until I was fast asleep.
I lay in a comforting darkness
And in front of me was light.
Just light and darkness, except for it,
There was nothing in my sight.
It was God, whom at last I could meet.
Alas! I forgot everything, even to touch His feet.
Then, His blessings did shower.
At that time, I felt His great power.
Suddenly, it came to an end.
I was back in the world without any friend.
What was it? Will it happen again?
I was feeling as if there was no pain.
I still remember,
For such memories cannot be forgotten.
Changed, my heart, earlier stone,
Now, accepts being alone.