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The Triangle was conceptualized one breezy summer night, days be-fore a final jury in the ITO girls’ hostel in 2013. After more than a year this seed of an idea has grown into an actual newspaper. It has been quite a bumpy ride from the apprehension of whether this pa-per is a good idea to the frustration when people fail to submit their articles on time and to the joy when they do. Everything from the name The Triangle (picked favourite from an assortment of names like The Courtyard Times, Ripples and The Parti) to the content of the paper have been mulled over for a long time. We plead guilty to procrastinating and to over-thinking the validity of The Triangle’s existence but we hope that this final realisation will be worth the wait and become a vital part of this college and an enduring tradition like regular fuzzball matches. ‘Why a newspaper, though?’ you might ask. ‘Does SPA re-ally need one? Will a traditional newspaper even work in this college since people are easily turned off by the prospect of reading large amounts of text?’ We, as the editors, firmly believe that yes, SPA does need a written and pictorial documentation of all its activities since we have never had any regular ones since Spaghetti in the 1980s. Since this

is the first edition, we have not really been able to realise the vision of all the SPA department activities under one literary umbrella but we will work towards it, next issue on. Short of writers, reporters, illustrators, and designers available at the right time and place we hope that this first issue will be like a foghorn announcement to all the people who want to contribute but are unaware of The Triangle’s existence or sceptical of it ever being printed. We hope that any mistakes you find peppered through the paper are overshadowed by the merits. We hope to make The Trian-gle not only a medium of connection between the various years and departments in our college but also a medium to reach out to other colleges. We hope to involve each and every member of this college in the production of several issues to come and make this paper a holistic synopsis of our college. For opinions, comments, or queries write to us at spa.triangle@gmail.com or at https://www.facebook.com/SPATriangle.

Student Council 2014-15?

Announcing the First Issue of The Triangle

New Student Council and The Open House.

The Why, What and How of SPA’s latest newspaper.

WHATSAY?

SNEAK-PEAK

SPA’S EURO TRIP

MEET THE CREATOR OF SPAGHETTI ‘87

The Student Council of SPA Delhi, according to the constitu-tion, “coordinates and organizes student activities and creates a spirit of unity among students”. Currently, the process of

selecting the council members happens internally within the third batch. That procedure of this step is not constitutionally defined. Usually there are intense discussions within the batch and democrat-ically chosen candidates emerge. This year, elections were held inter-nally, followed by discussions. Gaurav Jangid, Neena Joseph, Ayush Kamalia, Himanshu Singh Yadav, Dhruv Dhingra, Anurag Hazarika, Pounomi Kar were chosen to be council members. Word is yet to be recieved on the PG council. The candidates then face The Open House where they present their agenda and respond to any questions and objections regarding their candidature or agenda. This year, crowds filled the OAT but dwindled towards the end because the Open House began halfway into the lunch-break and continued through class time. Stu-dents who wanted to witness the whole event could not for fear of losing out on class time and attendance despite the fact that issues being discussed in The Open House will be persistent throughout the whole academic year and will have repercussion on the lives of student as well as faculty members. The Open House began with Kumund Kohul, General President of 2013-14, introducing the new council to an expectant crowd. Gaurav Jangid, well-meaning General President, stepped ahead with the agendas put forward by the whole third batch and presented it with words (which could have been better chosen) to the rest of the college. After a bit of confusion about whether the agendas being discussed were of the General Council alone or of the Undergraduate (UG) and General Council combined, the audience put forward a request for separation of agendas of General and UG council being presented. Gaurav Jangid and Neena Joseph (Gener-al Secretary), stepped forward with the General Council’s agendas which were transparency in marks and attendance. It was received

with varied reception including a few amusing demands like, “if I submit my submissions on time, I should always get at least 50% marks for it.” Their agendas included merit based incentive for stu-dents of all years, college funded study trips and health insurance. Next up was the UG Council, Ayush Kamalia for UG Pres-ident and Himanshu Singh Yadav for UG Secretary, who wanted to set up placement and internship cells, invoke a passion for architec-ture in the dispassionate portion of the student body and to collab-orate with other architectural colleges. This session, though shorter than the General council session, was not without its moments. The two council members managed to conclusively respond to every is-sue and concern raised by the student body. Sports Secretary, Dhruv Dhingra wanted to improve the lagging quality of sports in this college. He proposed long term and short term infrastructural arrangements for all sports. Mini-Athlos for first-years was proposed to scout for fresh talent. Anurag Hazari-ka, Cultural Secretary, needed no agenda as he stepped out to a unan-imous burst of applause. His agendas were to activate societies by holding regular session and to organise inter-college fests. Pounomi Kar, Editor, wanted to increase written communication and docu-mentation among students and faculty members. She promised to release Spaced Out and start up a regular college newspaper (*wink* *wink*). After the proceedings, there was a demand by the students to the previous council members to give an account of their work during their tenure. Ex-General President Kumund Kohul evaded the question for the time being, promising answers at the next Gen-eral Body Meeting. It was mainly smooth sailing for the new Council as compared to The Open House of 2013.

By Pounomi Kar, B.Arch batch of 2012 Prithvi Hegde, B.Arch batch of 2012

By Pounomi Kar, B.Arch batch of 2012 Prithvi Hegde, B.Arch batch of 2012

Photo Credits Protyasha Pandey, B.Arch batch of 2010

Photo Credits Keshav Gangadhar

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Maharani Bagh Hostel—Screen set, lights dimmed and tables arranged. There was a buzz in the air and it wasn’t just about the upcoming Friday night party. It was time for the player auctions for the in-augural season of the Courtyard Premier League. The CPL, a spin-off of IPL, is a cricket tournament where teams are headed by managers who hand-pick their teams through an auction. The auction was inaugurated in the Central Courtyard which was abuzz with the expectant audience. The Court-yard Premier League or CPL was officially intro-duced to everyone. A total of 71 players went under the hammer. Rijul Singh and Maddu Shravan were responsible for the smooth conduct of the auction. The auction was held in three rounds with all the managers having a virtual amount of 700 credits to “buy” seven players. As the first round began, the managers began to shell out huge number of credits for the initial players. The first player to be auctioned was Rahul Chowdhary who was bought by Vatsalya Sharma for 150 credits. The first player to be bought for more than 200 credits was Priyank Jaiswal who was bought by

Shamil Khedgikar for 270 credits. Yogesh Saini, the prolific all-rounder was bought by Ejaz Abdul Fysel for a whopping 290 credits, the highest bid of the night. By the end of the first round all the managers had nearly exhausted their credits by buying one or two players each for more than half their credits. Consequently, the credit value of the players decreased and competition for buying the good players became more intense. As the second round came to a close Mohit, the only manager from the Postgraduation department became the first manager to complete his team. Slowly all ten teams took shape with Ejaz buying the last three players. The 71st player was to be allotted to a team through a lucky draw and Ejaz got him too. The auction came to an end with the joy-ous meeting of players and their new ‘managers’ as the teams came together. The outright success and popularity of the auction is only a step towards an exciting tournament that’s coming up ahead.CPL website: spacc.leaguerepublic.com

By Bhavya Hurria, B.Arch batch of 2012 Table Provided By Vishal Prasad, B.Arch batch of 2012*Arnab.M eighth player in lucky draw.

CROSSWORD Majnu Ka Tila: A little piece of TibetADDRESS: Tibetan Refugee Colony, New Aruna Nagar (don’t confuse with the Tibetan Market at Kashmere Gate)NEAREST METRO: Vidhan Sabha (yellow line), take an auto or rickshaw from here.

Lying on the banks of river Yamuna and covered in white marble, Majnu-ka-tilla is a beautiful Gu-rudwara. It has an interesting story but that isn’t what we’re interested in. Cross the red light and across the foot-over bridge, there you see a gate in bright red inviting you into the Tibetan Refugee Colony. You look up and you see prayer flags flut-tering away from peoples’ windows, balconies, and the streetlights; one already knows this place is not exactly like the rest of Delhi! The Tibetan colony of New Aruna Nagar, Delhi was established around 1960. Today, it is home to a second generation of Tibetan Refugees who came here during the Sino-Indian war of 1962. It is also known as ‘Samyeling’ or ‘Mini-Ti-bet’. As you walk into the tiny lanes leading into the colony, brushing shoulders with trendy Tibetan teenagers and red robed monks you are reminded that this is not the Delhi you are used to. Walk around the monastery rotating the prayer wheels and into the tinier lanes. It has small street side shops selling trinkets and woolens, general stores stocked up with Wai-wai, shops selling fake brand t-shirts, shoes and funky outfits and along with this a plethora of cafes and Chinese and Ti-betan restaurants. Everything here comes with the trademark Tibetan hospitality and smiles to die for. If you can manage to bargain with such sweet faces

and smiles, this place is quite a shopper’s delight. Beads, bracelets, jewelry, stationery, showpieces, scarves, clothes and woolens line the tiny lane at-tracting your attention. This place is a paradise for food lovers and for those on a tight budget as well. While non-vegetarians are always excited with the variety they get, there is plenty for the vegetarians as well. Apart from the reasonably prized and very inviting restaurants in all the nooks and corners, one has to try Lhafin, which is Tibetan street food. You can also load up on your favorite Korean dra-mas and anime collection from the multiple DVD stalls in the lanes. As you walk around taking it all in, you can feel the strength of the community. Amongst all their struggle of leaving their country and setting up base in this strange land, the people of the com-munity have come together to create a charming nook for themselves. Traces of inner turmoil and anxiety are visible as a ‘Save Tibet’ poster sneaks out between fake Adidas shoes, as posters of miss-ing/dead/disappeared people and sermons of the Dalai Lama share space with a Tibetan film poster. Even though most of the younger generation has never seen their homeland, there is a strong sense of belonging. If you visit this colony on a Saturday night, you see the whole community, young and old alike, sitting together down in the chowk play-ing tambola. As a bunch of ladies sit and chat away, chopping vegetables on the benches, their kids run around playing amongst themselves and the stray dogs, someone sets up their momo stall and oth-ers lend a hand. Everyone here has a smile on their face.By Divya Chand, B.Arch batch of 2012

By Dhruv Dhingra, B.Arch batch of 2012Pounomi Kar, B.Arch batch of 2012

TEAM SELECTION IN PROGRESSPhoto Credits Andem Sai Srivathsav, B.Arch bacth of 2012

Going once, going twice, going thrice. SOLD.

CREDITSPounomi KarPrithvi Hegde

Moulshri Joshi Prateek Shankar Dhruv DhingraEditors Advisor Designer Comic Writer

A big thank you to the current third batch for funding this volume of the newspaper.Write to us at spa.triangle@gmail.com or drop a message at https://www.facebook.com/SPATriangle or just talk to the editors (we don’t bite).

Comments or opinions expressed in The Triangle are those of their respective contributors only and do not necessarily represent the views of the college, its management or employees.

2. Spandan put up a production called Jeff _____. (5)3. Aishwarya and ________ are responsible for the huge canvas featured in the Archi block canteen. (9)6. Abb. of location of SPA Residential Complex. (2)8. I am a Prince who visited SPA in 1992. (7)10. Annual college fest. (6)11. Informal name for market next to Vikas Minar. (3)14. _________ Times: An SPA students’ initiated publication of the past. (8)15. This individual is the oldest continuously pres-ent person in the SPA campuses. (6)

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evening, with the team from MNIT Jaipur coming a close second. The top 2 teams earned the chance to compete at the Nationals to be held in Banga-lore. The other team from SPA-D, Priya and Aditya also competed well and earned themselves the 4th position. The audience was not left behind; there were fun questions for the audience after every round with goodies and chocolates as prizes. The evening ended with Ar. Gita Bal-akrishnan congratulating the volunteers and the people behind the scenes for making the quiz a success, followed by the official prize distribution. The top 6 teams were rewarded with certificates, and cash prizes went to the top 3 teams of the event.

Square on the Hypotenuse

Speak Up

I was barely a week old in SPA when I realised that my stay was going to be difficult. I discovered, to my horror, the amount of homework we were get-ting was reaching new peaks every day. Never used to staying up late during school days, the prospect of working through the night to finish the submis-sions was challenging. There were late night calls from my fellow classmates asking about the home-work and how to do it—unknown to the school kid who had not been allowed phone calls or texts after 9pm. For a month I juggled my meagre 24hours between travelling, homework, college and sleep before finally getting a room in the hostel. On the first night at my new home, I was welcomed into the family with warm hugs and a crazy shouting spree. The gossip sessions, roaming around Delhi, the maggi parties, the horrible mess food, helping each other with submissions, the topo times, get-ting up at 8.15 for an 8.30 class, lazing through-out the weekend, the no-mess-Saturday-nights changed to lets-go-out-together—all this was something I had begun to love. As I had initially been a day-scholar I never knew of the rift that existed between the seniors and the “fuchchas”. After the first set of holidays the first years were supposed to set up an exhibition in the MB Hostel. This little team work that we were successful in doing won us some re-spect in our seniors’ eyes. Suffocating under the pressure of work, we got to Mini Utopia. Staying in the college well into the night to paint the OAT and helping with the installations was a change that was welcome with relief. For the three day fest, the students left no stone unturned to make the college look pretty and their piece a success. This event ensured that now, we were a part of the SPA family. After our week long party, the piles of design projects and BC submissions attained new heights and not many of us managed to conquer that peak. It lead to the first jury I faced in this college. It was a terri-fying experience. While I sailed through the restless and dangerous seas, escaping each storm by submit-ting my sheets on time and slowly nearing the first checkpoint, I made a lot of unexpected friends, I learnt how to work with people, I learnt how to express what I felt, I learnt why the seniors told me that even though the college is not that great you are bound to fall in love with the people. Even though in the beginning I was apprehensive of this place, I can happily say that being a “fuchchi” here has been one of the best experiences of my eigh-teen-year journey in this world.

By Aditi Nagrath, B.Arch batch of 2013

By Aparajita Komanduri, B.Arch batch of 2013

SPA at KoWo 2014

Fifth Floor, Non Stop!

For the second year, students from the Department of Architecture participated in Fachhochschule Er-furt’s inter-university cultural exchange.[Ayush Narang, Tamanna Arora, Rahul Grover, Karishma Sehgal, Gunjan Aggarwal, Protya-sha Pandey, Prabhash Dhama, Albert Rajkumar, Ashveen Kaur, Sumedha Dua, Aishwarya Talluri, Anika Pahadia, Chander Kant Aggarwal, Michael Ekka, Ashima Garg] The summer of 2014 saw fifteen students accompanied by Profs Bahri and Sarkar traveling to Erfurt, the geographical heart of Germany. We were received on the 11th of June at Frankfurt by Maria Chernysheva and Robert Baumgart, who had been part of the delegation that visited us in the previous semester. We were briefed by the Prof Gruber, in charge of the Indian students; the director, heads of departments and senior faculty about the program that we would be part of – the Kompactwoche or Compact Week, a week much like Utopia (except with credits), where regular classes and seminars are suspended, and all students of the Architecture and Planning programmes work on projects with a common theme. Students are free to form groups of twos and threes outside of their years and se-mesters. We were informed that the semester’s KoWo was scheduled to coincide with the city’s

street festival – Das Krämerbrückenfest, named af-ter the merchant’s bridge spanning the Gera river in the city centre. The medieval festival occupies the main public squares and grounds and for a weekend, the inner city, Altstadt, is suspended in a perpetual fair-like state. The focus of the KoWoSS2014 was de-clared Stadtheilen – Heal the City, with the festival providing a backdrop for the urban interventions suggested in student projects. The Indian students were dispersed, forming groups of three with students from the FHE. Here we encountered a vastly different ap-proach to architecture. While our institutional approach is centered around programmatic el-ements, that of our German counterparts pays much greater attention towards formal and expres-sive elements. Being grouped with the Germans also gave us an insight into their work ethic, which is extremely self-driven, and meticulous. They’re big on punctuality. They’re also extremely accommo-dating. Prof Gruber went out of his way to procure vegetarian food and non-alcoholic beverages so as to include everyone in their welcome barbeque, Frank at the computer department saved many lives. After-hours at the university spill-out are just as important as working studio hours, with stu-dents and staff coming together for performances,

and screenings, as called for by the World Cup sea-son. Barbeque, beer and football are to be taken seriously. We fared well at the KoWo jury, with four of our delegates (Rahul, Albert, Dhama and Protyasha) winning jury prizes, with their respec-tive group members. The city of Erfurt itself offers diverse, traditional European experiences. Erfurt is a great place to understand inner-city living, with its pub-lic squares, extensive tram network and virtually car-free districts. Through our week at the university, we also made the pilgrimage out to Weimar, home to the Bauhaus and edgy, decadent, modern Berlin. Our week at the university concluded with a night at an Erfurt club. It must be remembered here that Germany was among the first places where clubs and discotheques became a cultural phenomenon, in the late 60s, and nightlife remains important to-day. The following week saw us in Europe’s greats – Paris, Zurich, Venice and Rome.

By Albert Rajkumar, B.Arch batch of 2008 Protyasha Pandey, B.Arch batch of 2010

By Bharat Agarwal, B.Arch batch of 2009

In an attempt to better acquaint ourselves with the walking-talking compendium of SPA -- Dhaniram-ji or the man in charge of the lift, we approached him for a small interview. Here’s his story. After short stints at the Central Reserve Police Force and the Delhi Home Guard, Dhani-ramji joined SPA in 1981 as a security staff, serving at both the ITO and MB campuses as well as at a temporary hostel setup at Pragati Maidan before finally being transferred to his current position

in 1986. “Tab college bahut alag tha”, he says. “Un dino mein staff, faculty aur student ke beech mein itni tension nahi thi. Sab ek family jaise rehte the.”I ask why he thinks that SPA, today, has become so tense, to which he responds, “Tab log kam the, sab miljhul kar rehte the. Aaj kal toh ye marks-at-tendance ke chakkar mein, student-faculty dono hamesha pareshaan lagte hain. Ek-do number se baccho ka saal barbaad ho jata hai. Mujhe aake batate hain. Culture program, study tour ke liye time pe permission nahi milti. Bacche ghumte re-hte hain. Itna tense ho kar jayenge, toh kya hi study karenge. Management ko aise delay nahi karna chahiye. Bacche accha karenge toh college ka hi naam badega.” He continues, “Mujhe bahut dukh hota hai. Ek-do number toh grace de dena chahiye. Fac-ulty ko sochna chahiye, agar unka khudka baccha aise fail hota, toh unhe kaise lagta!” Just then, a student comes up to him and asks, “Dhaniramji, Bhagwanji kahaan honge?” After he clears yet another query, I ask him how he manages to keep track of so much information about so many things to which he says, “SPA meri family jaise hai. Jitna mein guide kar sakta hun apni family ko, utna hi accha hai. Mujhe toh ye meri duty lagti hai.” The conversation progresses and I am surprised to find out that Dhaniramji has been an

active social servant, fighting for the welfare of SC-ST communities since 1991. He joined the Apradh Mukht Bharat, an anti-corruption organization in 1997 which went on to become an internation-al venture in 2001. “Red light waali gaadi mein ghumte the, un dino mein!” he says.Interestingly, Dhaniramji is an avid reader, and has actively trained himself in medicine and yoga. “Jab tak insaan padh sakta hai, apne aap ko sikha sakta hai, tab tak woh student rehega. Mujhe toh lagta hai ki hamari student life tabhi khatam hogi jab hamari life khatam hogi.” “Agle saal toh retire ho jayenge. Pata hi nahi chala kab time beeth gaya.” I ask him what his plans for post-retirement are. He shoots off his trademark smile and says, “Politics, shayad. Bahut offer aa chuke hai pichle kuch saalo mein. Par pata nahi, dekhte hain kya hoga.” To many, Dhaniramji is just the Architec-ture Department liftman. But to most, he remains a strong, reliable voice, a constant source of infor-mation and advice, an integral part of every stu-dent’s college life. He is an inspiration, living proof that the direction of a man’s life lies in his hands alone—only you decide whether your lift goes fly-ing up or comes tumbling down.

By Prateek Shankar, B.Arch batch of 2012

SPA-D Conquers Archumen

New Delhi — The Northern Phase of India’s big-gest Architectural quiz, Archumen, was hosted by Ethos and Roca at the School of Planning and Ar-chitecture (New Delhi) Auditorium on 19th Sep-tember. The event started off with 2 book launch-es. The first was the official launch of the book titled – “Archumen: Questioning Architecture”, a compilation of quiz questions from previous Archumen competitions in the past 12 years. The book was launched by various dignitaries and the authors – Gita Balakrishnan and Ankon Mitra. The second book was “Miracle minds”, a compilation of inspiring stories from 15 young undergraduates all over the country. It was launched by various digni-taries, the author Nikhil Kumar Jha and The Saajan Varanasi, whose story also features in the book as the ‘miracle mind’ behind organizations like De-

sign Mafia. Being one of the hosts of the evening, Saajan also ‘entertained’ the audience with stories and jokes, leaving the audience spellbound and shocked at the same time. The Quizmaster for the day, Lloyd Sal-dahna, enthralled the audience with a fun filled day of information and knowledge. The quiz start-ed with a preliminary round in which over 150 teams from colleges all over North India partici-pated for a place on the stage. After a tough and close first round, 2 teams from SPA Delhi emerged – Faizan Zahid, Akrisht Pandey and Priya Vash-ist, Aditya Kumar, along with teams from Delhi Technical Campus, Surya College of Architecture, MNIT Jaipur, and Giani Zail Singh CET. The top teams battled on stage for the ultimate prize and after a few nail-biting and close rounds; Faizan and Akrisht from SPA-D emerged as Champions of the By Fahim Abdul Rahman, B.Arch batch of 2012

By Keshav Gangadhar, B.Arch alumni

doing my thesis and dissert to pass out. Having safely kept all the twenty four issues I had with me, I scanned them to post in a page on Facebook in order to network the folks that worked together to produce them. Spaghetti began with hand-cyclos-tyled pages which then evolved into Xerox masters that were off-set printed on coloured pastel and parchment paper to be stapled and distributed. The 25th issue brought out for the Reunion last year was done with Photoshop and saw sponsor-ship through an advertisement to get it printed and spiral bound. Though handcraft lost its power to technology like the drafting boards had become dining tables. This astonished modern SPA-ites when old Spag’s were exhibited with election and event posters from the 80’s when most exclaimed, ‘You mean you used to hand draw, sketch, paint and even hand-letter magazines in those days?’ Sure things have changed, but I’m not sure if some old skills lost can ever be replaced by ‘compooters’ like pdf ’s ringing the death-tolls for books. How could you replace a bunch of us doing the rounds of Purana Dilli scouting for dif-ferent kinds of paper to print on, rewarded at the Paranthewale Galli, getting back to SPA to scav-

enge for articles to print and then resort to over-night productions in the hostel mess, on-the-spot. Articles handwritten by legible lalloo prasad’s let-tering, graphics by the gurus of cartooning and doodling and down to putting the pages in order to be stapled as birds chirped in the chill of anoth-er early morning. This also inspired us to bring out the first student magazine produced by NASA called ‘Indi-an Arch’ in 1986 sponsored by advertising revenue and articles by leading architects of the time with student work from across India via snail mail be-fore mobile phones and the internet. This inspired me to a career as a correspondent for ‘Indian Ar-chitect & Builder’ where I also sketched, cartooned and photographed for a living. And now it brings me great joy to reminisce about those days because they will be the best days of my life! Let old tradi-tions continue, however new the methods to the same madness.Do check out https://www.facebook.com/SpaGang.

It’s retrogressive really after having ‘paused to rewind’ about a magazine called ‘Spaghetti’ in December 2012 when there was this reunion of batches from 1987 to 1992, ‘bees saal baad’ who had gathered to go the ‘Mayan’ way but that failed to happen. Instead we celebrated our rediscovery over two days with an exhibition in the Art and Graphics Room of hand drawn posters, old issues of Spaghetti and some samples of work done by those gathered since graduation. There were rumi-nating talks, illuminating heritage walks, dinner in the canteen, dance in the auditorium and then tea like old times with Dhyani-ji in the hostel. The precursor to this grand reunion was a Spaghetti reunion that happened 3 years ago, to celebrate twenty five years since its birth—one balmy over-night in the ITO Hostel when 5 insane cooks got together to churn out a newsletter-ish gibberish with the poetic license for noodly-doodly informal literature. Fact is that it lasted seven years till the end of 1992 and saw at least four generations of cooks across batches who brought out twenty four issues, that averaged almost 3.5 issues per year as a quarterly wannabe. I had worked on at least 17 issues before

Snacks to Help you Stay upIndia’s biggest Architectural Quiz held at SPA Delhi.

The creator of Spaghetti, Keshav Gangadhar shares his story.

Hunger. For some of us, it interferes with work but for most, it is a chance to eat good food. Our work demands us to stay awake all night sometimes and there a point when the stomach starts grumbling. It is import-ant to eat something to keep up our metab-olism so we do not feel sleepy.

So what should this ‘something’ be?Most of us don’t think about it and order a pizza. Or go to Dhyani’s and eat biscuits and chips.Deciding what to eat for a snack is a small but an important choice, and most of us dismiss it out of laziness, or the craving for tasty food.A thumb rule for deciding what is healthy can be: • Not packaged or processed• Not sugary• Not greasy• Not having maida as its main component• Whole grains and protein containing

A healthy body makes you sharper. And stuffing your body with greasy/packed/sugary snacks everyday is harmful. • Think of food as a source of nutrition, and not a source of taste.• Be conscious of what you’re putting into your body• Remind yourself that you can feel more energetic daily just by making these chang-es in your snacking habits.• Don’t think that going to the gym/exercis-ing gives you the liberty to eat un-healthily.• Drink sufficient water

Some relatively healthy snacks:• Cereal• Nuts and dried fruits• Fruits• Chana• Popcorn (the plain variety)• Sweet corn (or bhutta)• Bread (make sandwiches) • Eggs • Milk (make flavored milk, or eat with ce-real)• Yoghurt (make yoghurt cubes using the ice tray)

By Divleena Singh, B.Arch batch of 2012

they teach us about bricks with holes, about lives with holes,

but leave us with questions about it all

[this is the secret they hide intheir silences,

wedged between the answers never given:

these monuments are sure to fall].

PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANISERSPhoto Credits Kiran Babu, B.Arch batch of 2012

A First-Year’sExperience

SPA’s European Summer

An exclusive interview with Dhaniramji

WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN YOUR WFSUJDFT DON’T MATCH?PTOBQ! _ _ _ _ _! HINT: b becomes a

DHANI RAM JIPhoto credits Pounomi Kar, batch of 2012

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