“For the first few kilometres, I overdrove the car, snatching at corners, trying to predict the
boost, failing. And then, I got into the groove, and the front wheels started to be where I wanted
them and I found the right gears, the chassis started being less intimidating. And I simply...
disappeared up the road.”
through the mill. It was glorious. Come next
semester and it turned. The Press was confronted
with more responsibilities – not massive, though very
volatile – and all of a sudden, we were back to square
I compose the parting issue of the semester and mail it to the team with a note one: unsettled and nervous. Cue the dhobi issue and
of thanks for the year-long rendezvous on fabulous, wriggle-strewn paths laid the QED, BITSMUN cancellation. Testing times,
out across this little town called Pilani. A beloved editor of yore has just mailed letting us push through to unchartered territories.
me citing edits. I'm smiling. No time for melancholies.
The Achilles’ Heel
So, here, I document the enlightening journey that ends (not quite) with this The Press requires more of you as a decision-maker
particular iteration of The Fine Print.
than a writer, which is both its genius and its Achilles
heel. A wee bit too clever for the thick-headed me.
Suspended Time Capsules
If you had cared to rummage through the print issues that popped up over the There's more nuance to this than just stats, I was
past year or so, you might’ve heard faint echoes of what the experience entailed. taught. But there’s a conclusion – nit-picky though it
Well, firstly, not many would care enough to do so, is what I learned in my early is. Now, I’m tempted to think the idea of a studentdays. But, over the course of the last six months, I have been pleasantly surprised managed Press as an all the more essential cog in the
(for instance, refer to the survey results, page 4-5). The BITSian, though it takes me an campus machinery.
immense effort to stifle this sentence, does take genuine interest in making
changes happen in a constructive way. Call me an optimist, for I think the
current crop of BITSians is opinionated, calculated and brimming with radical
thoughts. Our issues bear testimonial to the same.
Short Shifting
The idea of taking the reins from an established norm was moderately terrifying.
Sweet as Honey
It’s the end of the semester and I feel like doing an
end-of-term-tribute special issue. But, this editorial
space would perhaps serve much better, given the
time constraint. I want to extend my heartfelt
gratitude to the profoundly kind bunch of soul