Stephanians

Alumni News: St Stephen's, Delhi | by alumni | email: [email protected] | For official College handle pls follow: @StStephensClg

[Stephanians @CafeSSC]

Delhi's St Stephen’s College appoints first woman principal in 145-year history: Dr Susan Elias takes over from Dr John Varghese on June 1, 2026. https://t.co/j7CgFVo1pp
@VThampu @StStephensClg

[Kamala Thiagarajan @Kamal_t]

The @TOIIndiaNews has plagiarised my recent article NPR, republishing a terrible AI version of it. After I complained, the article was taken down hastily. https://t.co/tVfdHtjpzg

[Rahul @co_rahul]

Stephania News 🗞️: Sad news 🙏🙏
@CafeSSC @StStephensClg

[Stephanians @CafeSSC]

RiP Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy | Stephanian, class of '65
(1962-1967 in @StStephensClg) https://t.co/2Tag0vD0yF

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

From my college alumni group:
Picture ab bhi bAQI hain!

[Rahul @co_rahul]

Stephania News 🗞️: By senior alum DGP Hardi Singh “Pleasure to address the 14th Balipara Foundation Awards and see Assam Police being honoured with the ‘Guardians of the Wild’ Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Wildlife. @CafeSSC @StStephensClg

[G Taylor @GTaylor23500135]

From the Book of Disk, Chapter 3

In the beginning there were the First Drives, and their names were A: and B:, and they were the floppies. They were not elegant. They were thin, fragile, and demanded constant sacrifice disk swaps, write protect tabs, the ritual of “please insert the disk labeled” performed under fluorescent lights. To them the early machines bent the knee, for without them there was no boot, no data, no word processor.

Then came the hard drive, and it was called C:, for it arrived third. It did not ask to be first. It merely sat in the bay and spun, and the people saw that it was good, and that it held far more than any floppy, and that it did not rattle when you walked too fast. So they installed the operating system upon it, and called it the system drive, and the old gods were not cast down but simply… left in the BIOS, still reserved, still acknowledged in the table of letters, though no one invoked them anymore.

And Microsoft looked upon the generations that followed, who had never known the click of a 5.25-inch disk or the careful alignment of a 3.5, and it said: The children must not be shown the old gods.

For if the new ones learned that A: and B: once ruled, they might ask why the alphabet begins elsewhere. They might attempt to summon the floppies by force, or rename the world so that C: was no longer first. And the installers would break, and the paths would fracture, and the registry would weep. So the letters remain sealed, A: and B: still written in the book but never spoken aloud by the system, while C: stands in the open as if it had always been the beginning.

Thus it is written, and thus it remains; the hard drive is C:, and the old gods sleep in the assignment table, undisturbed, so that the children may believe the world has always started with the letter that came third.

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Cyberattack on France’s national blood service (EFS) via its refrigeration contractor Coolworld. Hackers reset freezers keeping blood donor samples at -30°C to a target of 110°C. The thing that stopped it from destructive impact was an on-call technician who noticed the temperatures going up. Frozen plasma intended for transfusion was stored there too. Fortunately nothing was destroyed. This was a cyberattack on a sensitive layer of healthcare. From frozen peas to boiling plasma in three weeks...?

[Hiteshwar Sharma @hiteshwar180]

Chandy Oommen sir to Stephanians today - ‘Become global leaders like Dr. @ShashiTharoor’.

@ShashiTharoor sir is truly an inspiration to me and many youngsters.

[Rahul @co_rahul]

https://t.co/x2eE0PTlo6

@CafeSSC @StStephensClg

[Ashish Joshi @bismil_prasad]

Mr. Chandrachud, fellow Stephanian,

You yourself brought an institution down. Sanjay Kaul, also a fellow Stephanian, has completely exposed you.
@CafeSSC

[PKR | প্রশান্ত | پرشانتو @prasanto]

A century before the term Gen Z was created (and long before the Delhi Police began directing protests to Jantar Mantar for better crowd control and traffic management in the 1990s), the British imperial government in Delhi had been terrified of student dissent in the center of the capital city.

Their initial plan was to have a 'Great College Street' at the core of the city, with St. Stephen's College, and other institutions to come later, all in Lutyens' Delhi.

They were all moved to the 'University Enclave' in North Delhi, a much safer distance from the imperial hub. It was a clear political decision driven by fear of student and youth power.

The intersection of today's Kasturba Gandhi Marg (formerly "Great College Street") and Feroze Shah Road was originally intended to be called University Square.

The British Raj’s fear of having a hotbed of political dissent and intellectual rebellion so close to the seat of their power on Raisina Hill was driven by their knowledge of the students of St. Stephen’s being actively involved in agitations and movements led by Mahatma Gandhi, who spent some time living in the college campus; and the British feared the potent mix of academic ferment and revolutionary fervour in the heart of their new capital.

'After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same,' sang Simon and Garfunkel in 1969.

Why Didn't the British Allow St Stephen's College to Be a Part of Lutyens' Delhi? Historian Dr Swapna Liddle explains to @delhicircuit in @thewire_in | @CafeSSC
https://t.co/CVPcR85MtT
@seemay @ShashiTharoor @BDUTT @GargiRawat @SalmanSoz @paranjoygt

[Rahul @co_rahul]

Stephania News 🗞️: Awesome Alums 🌎“Mandip Singh Soin class of 1977, has spent his life exploring the worlds wildest places from the Himalaya to Antarctica! His workplace at Ibex Expeditions allows him to curate unusual journeys for across the 🌍 “. @CafeSSC @StStephensClg

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

St Stephen’s College breached assistant professor shortlisting rules, finds Delhi University panel

@gargiiishukla ✍🏻

https://t.co/691GBtesaZ

[Flightdrama @flightdrama]

When an air traffic controller remarked on their unusually high altitude, the captain’s explanation was casual: “We don’t have any passengers on board so we decided to have a little fun and come on up here.”

It was October 14, 2004. Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, a Bombardier CRJ200 registered N8396A, was being repositioned from Little Rock to Minneapolis with only its two pilots aboard.

They climbed to 41,000 feet, the aircraft’s maximum operating altitude. Investigators later documented an informal “410 club” among some company pilots who had flown that high.

But the crew allowed their airspeed to deteriorate during the climb. Shortly after reaching altitude, the aircraft stalled and both engines flamed out.

The pilots recovered from the stall, but could not restart the engines. The aircraft crashed near Jefferson City, Missouri, killing both men. Nobody on the ground was injured.

The NTSB identified unprofessional behaviour, departures from operating procedures and poor airmanship, alongside inadequate training. Delayed emergency-landing preparations and mishandling of the engine-failure checklist compounded the crisis. An engine core-lock condition prevented at least one engine from restarting.

The aircraft was permitted to fly at 41,000 feet. The fatal mistake was treating that limit as a challenge without maintaining the conditions needed to operate there safely.

#AviationHistory #FlightSafety #PinnacleAirlines

[Rahul @co_rahul]

Stephania News 🗞️: Annual reunion @ Jaipur
@CafeSSC @StStephensClg

[Stephanians @CafeSSC]

A century ago, the Brits worried about student protests near the seat of power at Raisina Hill. So they moved the planned university far away, to the north of Delhi.

Why Didn't the British Allow @StStephensClg to Be a Part of Lutyens' Delhi? Swapna Liddle (Hist '89) explains:

[PKR | প্রশান্ত | پرشانتو @prasanto]

A century before the term Gen Z was created (and long before the Delhi Police began directing protests to Jantar Mantar for better crowd control and traffic management in the 1990s), the British imperial government in Delhi had been terrified of student dissent in the center of the capital city.

Their initial plan was to have a 'Great College Street' at the core of the city, with St. Stephen's College, and other institutions to come later, all in Lutyens' Delhi.

They were all moved to the 'University Enclave' in North Delhi, a much safer distance from the imperial hub. It was a clear political decision driven by fear of student and youth power.

The intersection of today's Kasturba Gandhi Marg (formerly "Great College Street") and Feroze Shah Road was originally intended to be called University Square.

The British Raj’s fear of having a hotbed of political dissent and intellectual rebellion so close to the seat of their power on Raisina Hill was driven by their knowledge of the students of St. Stephen’s being actively involved in agitations and movements led by Mahatma Gandhi, who spent some time living in the college campus; and the British feared the potent mix of academic ferment and revolutionary fervour in the heart of their new capital.

'After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same,' sang Simon and Garfunkel in 1969.

Why Didn't the British Allow St Stephen's College to Be a Part of Lutyens' Delhi? Historian Dr Swapna Liddle explains to @delhicircuit in @thewire_in | @CafeSSC
https://t.co/CVPcR85MtT
@seemay @ShashiTharoor @BDUTT @GargiRawat @SalmanSoz @paranjoygt

[Sanjoy K Roy @SanjoyRoyTWA]

Thanks @CafeSSC all of this can be blamed squarely on college and its prof like Vijay Tankha and so many friends who rallied around. @shrabanibasu_

[Stephanians @CafeSSC]

Congratulations @SanjoyRoyTWA

[Shrabani Basu @shrabanibasu_]

Great to see my friend @SanjoyRoyTWA receive the King Husain Global Business & Interfaith Peace Prize in the fabulous surrounds of Mansion House today in the presence of the Lady Mayor and other dignitaries. Many congratulations and thank you for inviting me. Lovely evening.🙂

[Neha Bora Team @NehaAisa]

🚨 ATTENTION, EVERYONE!

Unusual activity is taking place around CP. Delhi Police is giving goons a free hand to target protesters. Cars carrying sticks and stones are not being checked, even after repeated requests. We fear Delhi Police and Amit Shah may be planning something to derail the protest. THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Yesterday, the nation's young came out in Delhi to peacefully protest. They came with love in their hearts, not hatred or anger. They were beaten, both by cops and BJP goons.

This is not the India we want.

Tomorrow, we will march to the Supreme Court as Indians, united beyond party, gender, caste, community and state.

Youth, all opposition parties, civil society groups, all those who believe in democracy and stand by the Constitution of India, will walk with us.

We will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice on behalf of the nation, demanding an end to vote chori, halting of SIR and the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Ajit Doval and Mohan Bhagwat cannot silence India's voice. These cowards cannot intimidate us. They will have to step aside.

We will march together, with love, brotherhood and patriotism.

Daro mat.

Tomorrow, all of India will march to the Supreme Court.

कल दिल्ली में देश का युवा शांतिपूर्ण विरोध के लिए सड़कों पर उत��ा। उनके दिलों में नफ़रत या गुस्सा नहीं, मोहब्बत थी। लेकिन उन्हें पुलिस और BJP के गुंडों, दोनों ने पीटा।

ऐसा भारत हम नहीं चाहते।

कल, सोमवार 12 अक्टूबर को, हम भारतीय होने के नाते सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक मार्च करेंगे। पार्टी, महिला-पुरुष, जाति, समुदाय और राज्य की हर दीवार से ऊपर उठकर, हम सब एक साथ चलेंगे।

देश का युवा, तमाम विपक्षी दल, सिविल सोसाइटी और लोकतंत्र में विश्वास रखने वाले, भारत के संविधान के साथ खड़े सभी लोग हमारे साथ चलेंगे।

हम देश की ओर से मुख्य न्यायाधीश को एक ज्ञापन सौंपेंगे। हमारी माँग है - वोट च���री बंद हो, SIR पर रोक लगे और ज्ञानेश कुमार इस्तीफ़ा दें।

नरेंद्र मोदी, अमित शाह, अजित डोभाल और मोहन भागवत भारत की आवाज़ को दबा नहीं सकते। ये कायर हमें डरा नहीं सकते। इन्हें पीछे हटना ही होगा।
हम सब साथ चलेंगे - मोहब्बत, भाईचारे और देशभक्ति के साथ।

डरो मत।

कल पूरा भारत सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक मार्च करेगा।

#ChaloDilli