How Well Do You Know Your Alma Mater?
Dear Readers, We had started this Quiz series in the first volume of Kattangal Chimes, dt. October 2025. The previous three editions of this series can be accessed by following the below links. https://kattangalchimes.in/how-well-do-you-know-your-alma-mater/ https://kattangalchimes.in/how-well-do-you-know-your-alma-mater-2/ https://kattangalchimes.in/how-well-do-you-know-your-alma-mater-3/ There were no clear winners for the previous editions of the quiz. So you can continue sending your answers […]
On the Summit of Mera Peak
My fascination towards the snow-capped mountains started after I went for the Kailash–Manasarovar trip. Even though I had been thinking about Kailash trip for more than 5 years, I could take it only in 2012. That trip gave me a feel of the high altitude, and the beauty and almost non-polluted atmosphere of the mountains. […]
If AI Had Come to REC Calicut in 1980
Manish Chakraborty (1985) Every generation thinks it lived through interesting times, and I suppose ours has a decent claim — we started out with slide rules and have somehow lived long enough to have actual conversations with AI. So every now and then I find myself wondering, half seriously, what would have happened if AI […]
Jayaraman the Energy Man
Latha K Chirayil (1996) Co-founder and Managing Director of EQUINOCT, two-time Fulbright Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and author of award-winning book Oorjaayanam, Dr. Jayaraman Chillayil has carved a niche for himself in the public life of Kerala, as a writer and a crusader for causes of contemporary relevance like energy conservation, climate change […]
Madhavikkutty’s Visit to REC
The Gate She Asked Us to Close Rajeev Sunu (1981) Madhavikutty addresses students at the Ragam Festival, Regional Engineering College, Calicut · August 1981 It was drizzling in Kozhikode that August morning in 1981 — the kind of rain that does not so much fall as breathe, a fine wet exhalation of the monsoon, softening […]
Two poems: Home; 4 My Son Who Turned 4
Indran Sasidharan (2013) Image: AI generated Home It was never just a place Where I was raised somehow, It is a world of quiet grace That lifts me without knowing how. It was never just a place Where stories were made, It is a timeless, tender space Where memories never fade. It was never just […]
Voting Machines !
Rema Premnath (1985) Image from the Internet It was election time once again. The actual announcement of the dates is becoming less and less significant nowadays because political parties announce their candidates and start their campaigning even months earlier. The months leading to the actual date are very hectic, and, particularly for the assembly election, […]
A Certification Paradigm for Enabling Value Chain Growth
Kallol Roy (1984) 1.0 Introduction : Apart from the need for growth of the technology and building the necessary value chains through multiple small & medium scale industries, meeting the safety requirements & quality levels demanded by aero, nuclear, maritime industries, there is a significant need for the industry to augment the existing qualified manpower. […]
The Purloined Crystal
Chandra Shekhar (1985) “The best place to hide something is in plain sight.” — Edgar Allan Poe Illuatration: Vallabhi Shegaonkar “Aren’t they pretty?” said my chemist friend, pointing to an assortment of brick-red, peanut-sized crystals. “I’ve named the mineral chocolite.” Lustrous, twinkling, and occasionally flashing as if lit by an inner fire, the crystals were […]
ഉണ്ണിയിലെ കുഞ്ഞുണ്ണി (The Kunjunni in Unni)
Unnikrishnan Edathatta (1970) The legendary Malayalam poet Kunjunni Master is celebrated for his ability to convey profound thoughts in minimal, simple words. His poems are enjoyed by children and adults alike for their clever wordplay and rhythmic charm. Unnikrishnan Edathatta has adopted that distinct style for the verses below – a tribute reflected perfectly in […]