Prithwiraj is upset with IISc’s plans to restrict internet access to it’s denizens. An interesting read.

In the recent past there has been a flurry of articles (press releases?) in various sections of the media, hailing J.N. Tata’s gift to India on its centennial year, and the high quality of academic research being performed by the faculty here, and all of this is indeed true. But, does faculty research alone make an institution great? Unfortunately no.
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MIT is known for its high quality of research in physics, engineering, economics, and a variety of other subjects. But, its students are better known for their annual April Fools pranks that have an astonishing degree of innovation in them. Recently, some students hacked into the Institute’s website and posted the headline that Disney would acquire MIT for a few billion dollars.
Now, not only would an IISc student ever be capable of such a prank, they would probably be expelled if they did execute it. MIT officials, on the other hand consider it a sporting challenge to thwart such attacks, and publicly share a laugh with the community when such a thing is perpetrated.