Renesa | Spring Edition 2022

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RENESA Spring Edition 2022

Editorial We love to complain. All the time. To anyone and everyone who is patient enough to tolerate our tantrums. Maybe because we are entitled and think that our problems are bigger than everyone else’s. But if there’s one thing we have realized over the past couple years, it is that we aren’t really that special. Don’t get me wrong. We are great. And unique. And we should celebrate who we are, but our problems are just more of the same really. Ctrl C, Ctrl V, ad infinitum. And it has become more obvious than ever before with all of us patiently waiting for some vaccine-shaped Noah’s Arc to save us all from this travesty.

So let’s not address the horrible C-word this time. Let’s stay in denial. For a bit. Let’s pretend everything’s okay and that we are back in the 60s before the invention of the internet. And the radio. Let’s pretend that there are no other distractions, and that our primary source of entertainment is reading.

Read along also to learn the stories of the infamous Alfredo Martinez and the boy-scout Baden Powell. While you’re at it, you might feel like checking out a wellcurated piece on the art of manipulation from our team of in-house deception specialists.

For all of you philosophy-heads, we have a piece on the classic conundrum of free will and determinism to offer.

For the politically-minded, we delve into the world of hate speech and government-control.

But if all this seems a bit too heavy for your taste early in the morning, fret not. Don’t bother brewing that coffee yet. Jump to the review section. Check out what we think about the Malayalam-language thriller movie Churuli, or get out of your reading slump with our review of the Murakami book - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

If you’re like us, you love to read. And you’d be in for a penny, in for a pound, as you ravenously ride through the various articles contained within. But maybe, you’re different.

This edition of Renesa is dedicated to you, the reader.

And the love of reading. You could be doing literally anything right now - Netflixing, Amazon Priming, Huluing, or gaming, but you choose to do this instead. It speaks volumes about you as a person. Your choice to slow down and read is commendable.

We don’t know you, not personally, atleast. But if there’s one thing we can guarantee, it is that we have got you covered. There’s definitely something for everyone in this Spring Edition of Renesa, pretentiously themed “Obfuscation”.

So, thank you for sharing your time with us. We are a validation-hungry, approval-seeking bunch. So write to us, and tell us how amazing we are. Or kill us softly with thinly-veiled criticisms. We promise to be only mildly hurt.

Maybe, you’re intrigued by deception in the world of sports and parlour games. Or perhaps, you are high on EQ and would emapthize with the kid whose brain seems befuddled all the time. Surely, you’ve wondered about the real-world application of mathematics, and would love nothing more than to discover how the Bayes’ Theorem has been the source of several legal mishaps globally. Or you’d like to deep dive into the world of blur photography. Did time stretch out for you while you were reading this bit? Probably check out how and why our perception of time is shaped the way it is.

Yours Truly,

RENESA Spring Edition 2022

Shivansh Shandilya Chief Editor - Renesa

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