Babies are a well of knowledge, or at least they motivate you to learn more. An entire week of my Spring-break was spent with one, my darling niece. And I learned a lot more about babies than I bargained for because they are a group of aliens on their own.

You're mundane like the mosaic, yet every design is never alike
The painting we pose is one to never see the light of day

Avani Lekhara is an Indian rifle shooter and Paralympian. She was born on November 8, 2001, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. After suffering from a catastrophic car crash as a child, she went on to win Paralympic gold for India in the 2020 Paralympics.

When I come back home from a trip,

Carrying a bag full of wonderful memories,

I want to conclude that it is not just about being called the father of the nation, it is more about the power that a single man adorned in khaki wielded. He was too much of a human rather than how he was perceived, and his presence must not be the reason for overshadowing the fight and hardships of other fighters who fought for freedom. Religion, caste, sexuality, the color of our skin are not how we are separated, but by the people whom we choose to follow and their political ball game. Hitting a target called Gandhi on a newspaper might end me up with a sentence in jail if I ever did this in India, but I think the freedom of speech and freedom of the press is still a freedom that every human being can enjoy. I am not being biased into a fact that the entirety of Gandhi was wrong, but all I am saying is that the teachings of a person and the knowledge imparted are not bad, it is how we perceive and worship them, and that is the perspective with which I saw Gandhi. Not as Mahatma but as a teacher who had his own qualms in life, but chose to teach good and spread nonviolence. Who are we to bestow a title on someone who wielded so much power that Gandhi himself despised the moniker and its sainthood overtones. He was acutely aware of his numerous failings, as he openly admitted in his autobiography, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth." He was more accepting of the honorific title conferred upon him later in life: Bapu (Beloved Father). Fathers can be kind, understanding, kind, and sympathetic — but they are not supposed to be perfect, as saints are.

This January, Leadership Academy’s Executive Director (George M. Langlois, Ph.D.) and Program Manager (Alexandra S. Bullock, M.A.) presented “Building High Performing Teams” to approximately 60 IIT students.

Now I see you for what you are
The light that made you gleaming bright
Is now a broken lamp

I have been actively searching for internships for this summer. When I spoke to a few of the connections, most of them suggested to me about the professional certifications. Professional certifications cost hundreds or thousands of dollars along with the consequential investment of time and energy. So, are professional certifications actually necessary for the career path?