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A space that makes you believe in, question and challenge yourself—the feeling they call the magic of LSR

- By Unnati Singhal

LSR—THESE THREE letters beautifull­y summarise three crucial years of life. When I joined, I remember being filled with scepticism and uncertaint­y, wondering if I would be able to fit in. The experience was consistent with what I thought—LSR challenges you with fierce competitio­n, and awes you with the brilliant minds who have travelled here from across the country. It is a place where you first crave and then end up striving for your own personal identity. It intimidate­s and demolishes students’ assumption­s that they

IF YOU ARE FROM LSR, YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN ASKED FOR EXTRA PASSES—AT LEAST ONCE IN THREE YEARS—TO THE ANNUAL FEST, TARANG

are ‘something’; every other person in this space seems far better, in their unique ways.

LSR slowly takes you in, giving you the space to find your own rhythm, and then challenges your notions. It teaches you to embrace difference­s, to acknowledg­e the culture of dissent, to question, discuss and deliberate. An encouragin­g set of professors, batchmates and the myriad opportunit­ies and exposure that the various societies of LSR offer—I think that’s the magic that powers us us in the congregati­on of thoughts, intellectu­al discourse and creative stimulatio­n. Rightly described as ‘Leadership with Social Responsibi­lity’, LSR gives its student body a sense of power, and to each student as well, empowering us to make a difference. Along with 31 societies, there are also student initiative­s like Basta, the Because You Matter campaign and the Peer Support Programme which aim to make small yet significan­t changes.

A slow unconsciou­s process of evolution becomes evident by the

end of the second semester, and then one comes to terms with the reality of carving out one’s uniqueness. It’s a surreal feeling—from juggling attendance criteria, extra-curricular activities, class schedules, recurring internals and assignment­s, all the way to experienci­ng one’s own evolution. LSR is about the survival of the fittest; it is a roller coaster ride, but in the end, one cannot even begin to imagine how much the memories of these three years come to mean.

LSR shatters each student’s confidence and then rebuilds it to the extent that we all become ready to face the world and any challenges that come our way. Summarisin­g my time at LSR, I would say that I haven’t ever been so self-deprecatin­g; but at the same time, today, I couldn’t be more elated that I belong to this space, that LSR is and will always remain an inseparabl­e part of me.

Forever in love with the space that makes me believe in, question and challenge myself, this is the beautiful feeling they call the magic of LSR.

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STUDENTS PRACTISING FOR LSR’S ANNUAL DAY
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STUDENTS PREPARING ARTWORK FOR COLLEGE FEST

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