Forms out!

Announcing the beginning of inductions for the academic year. The Induction Form is available with our second-year members (names listed at the end of this post) or you could leave a comment on this post, along with your e-mail address, if you want us to mail the form to you. The last date for submission is the 4th of August, Monday. Some clarifications:

We will be allowing applications from second year Junior Members as well, regardless of whether or not they are applying for the second time.

Our talks are held at 8 p.m. For day-scholar members of the IDG, arrangements are made so that they may stay the night in Residence on the day of the talk. Presently, two of the four Second Year members and one of our Vice-Presidents, are day-scholars.

Breaking with the past, the Economics Society and the IDG have decided to lift the restriction on membership of both these societies simultaneously. Members of the Ecosoc can now apply and be members of the IDG as well.

The essay topics? You have license to innovate. The 'Get Smart' section? Just follow the clues, the answers are in the questions. Remember, though, that you may be questioned in the interview on what you've written in Sections II and IV. The procedure? Forms, Group Discussions, Personal Interview.

If you have any other questions you want to ask, do get in touch with:

Arjun, II Eng, W22: 9811053951.
Gurnoor, II BA Prog, V12: 9811932135.
Nithya, II Hist: 9718058991.
Roshni, II Hist, 9818494292.

Good luck!

Finally, available.

We've finally managed to get the blog link posted onto the College Website, so, in case this is your first visit, welcome.

The Blog is only three months old and we're still trying to work our way around things. Once college re-opens in July, we will be holding discussions here about issues we've dealt with in our talks, as well as those we haven't been able to take up yet.

If you want to see the kind of work we do, feel free to look at our annual reports: 2006-2007, 2007-2008.

This is where you go if you want to see who we are, who we were and how it all began.


Have fun, scout around, don't litter, keep the Blog clean.

The Informal Discussion Group, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Poll Results

"Does anyone read the blog except for us?"

A. Yes
B. No
C. There are no absolutes
D. But Sir, don't you think?

All votes to option D, except for one to A.

I think Akash's fame spreads. Or is it the same person voting again and again, and again? Who is this secret voter? Will he succeed in this battle of good against evil?

The suspense continues. The blog continues. A day shall come when we figure out how to get this link onto the college website. A day shall come when a human bean will read this blog.

To Glory of the highest!

(We were so worried B would win.)

Errata

"Hey, that doesn't look like Dodi!"

"Yeah, hardly."

"The expression, though?"

"Ah, thaaaat."

"And the beak, of course."

"Of course."

News Flash: Fringe Benefits

Dodi Menon, Right Honourable President, has gone bald!
Her most recent photograph has been posted below.

On a lighter note

As always, the Bongs provide the entertainment. Abhishek (pronounce: Oh-bhishek) demonstrates his appreciation after the Anoushka Shankar talk. But Grandma, what red ears you have!

About

The Informal Discussion Group is a student forum, which initiates discussion on pertinent issues with experts in the field. We also interact with eminent personalities to gain an insight into the ideas and interests that contributed to their achievements.

The uniqueness of the discussion lies in its relaxed and informal nature. Following opening remarks made by the guest, the house is thrown open to questions. Questions range from the brilliant to the worthless, from the profound to the mischievous. Everything discussed is strictly ‘off-the-record’ and media representation is not permitted.

IDG talks usually last for an hour and a half, though some talks have gone on till past midnight. All members of the college are welcome to attend, regardless of whether of not he/she is a member of the IDG. There is, of course, a separate procedure to apply for membership to the IDG which is usually undertaken in the first or second week of August.