This article has been written by Mukta Joshi (Batch of 2019) and Aniruddh Nigam (Batch of 2019). In most crappy movies (looking at you, Lagaan), there is an increasingly common and tremendously infuriating plot device called a Deus Ex Machina. To put it simply (that is, to plagiarise a definition), a Deus Ex Machina is a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the unexpected intervention of a new event. Its function can be to re

This article was written by Geetha Hariharan (Batch of 2013) and was part of unpublished articles from the Quirk archives. She can be contacted at geetha.hariharan@gmail.com. In school, we were told that growing up is about responsibility. It’s a tricky word, responsibility. My earliest understanding of it comes from watching my parents: the primary job of providing for a family and being sincere to one’s chosen work. But definitions are meant to expand, and fourth year is ce

This article was written by Geetha Hariharan (Batch of 2013) and was part of unpublished articles from the Quirk archives. She can be contacted at geetha.hariharan@gmail.com. In school, we were told that growing up is about responsibility. It’s a tricky word, responsibility. My earliest understanding of it comes from watching my parents: the primary job of providing for a family and being sincere to one’s chosen work. But definitions are meant to expand, and fourth year is ce