A whirlwind journey through the world of musical instruments—from the sympathetic buzz of the Sitar to the otherworldly, contactless hum of the Theremin.
Why your main quest needs a side quest. Explore the deep structural similarities between music and physics, and how cross-pollinating ideas can ignite creative breakthroughs.
The Global Positioning System relies on billion-light-year-distant quasars to keep your phone's location honest. Discover the unlikely connection between black holes and Google Maps.
Through conversations with eight third-year undergraduates at Indian Institute of Science, Rahul captures the anxieties, ambitions, and quiet joys that define life at IISc today. Spanning research, internships, friendships, and life beyond academics, these reflections reveal students balancing the rigour of science with the search for purpose, belonging, and identity.
The final year at IISc’s UG program is a time of crucial decisions, deep reflection, and a mix of pride, gratitude, and uncertainty about the future, as captured through interviews with nine diverse students.
An introspective train vignette where a brief nap unfolds into reflections on memory, music, anxiety, and identity. A quiet portrait of restlessness and the search to understand oneself.
Life at IISc is a whirlwind of deadlines and laughter, but the hardest part is realizing when a chapter is finally closing. A tribute to the people who became 'home'.
Beyond grades and CGPAs lies the real soul of IISc. From midnight relativity sessions to radioactive rocks in the Main Building, this is how learning actually feels.
Quarks, the IISc UG magazine, stands as a collective voice of undergraduates, capturing their science, stories, struggles, and creativity across generations.
A historical account of the Old Physics Building (OPB) at IISc, tracing its origins, founding departments, and its role in the institute's early controversies.
The first year at Indian Institute of Science is a whirlwind of change — new academics, new friendships, and a completely new way of life. Through conversations with students across the batch, one thing becomes clear: amidst the chaos, stress, and uncertainty, IISc gradually turns into a second home. From discovering independence to finding a community bound by curiosity and passion for science, the journey leaves every student transformed in their own unique way.
A natural aspect of human life is aging, but coming to terms with it, is a very complicated process. This wonderful piece explores and builds a very beautiful, yet poignant image.
The appeal to rationality, has become something of a very popular phrase in the recent past. But, in some sense, how do we even know if the basis of such appeals, is logical in itself!
In this very monotonous life, students require the daily help for myriad of tasks, this article wonderfully elucidates and interviews many such people.
In an increasingly hedonistic world, the urge to consume and seek gratification often raises the question: Am I truly happy with who I am or what I have?
