Initially conceptualized in August 2009 by two 11th graders, the first issue of dfuse.in was released in October 2009 in an e-book format. It was succeeded by two more issues in the same format until it lay dormant for a while.
Reason?
Exam pressures, coaching classes, college-hunting and what not.
In January 2011, it was rebooted by a team led by Aniket Dasgupta, one of the founders of dfuse.in with Lipi Mehta as it’s Editor-in-Chief . With a new staff and newer ideas, dfuse.in launched itself as a complete online magazine on the 14th of February, 2011.
Run solely by college students, it now is a youth-oriented e-magazine. A pun on the word ‘diffusing’, it ‘diffuses’ or ‘spreads’ its opinions with the identity of being a cross between the alternate and the mainstream.
Currently, the site is home to the following categories; all of which provide a wide range of content.
1. Features - focuses on book reviews, author profiles, interviews and explores various genres and categories.
- Movies
- Music
- Books
- Techknow
2. Reviews
- Movies
-Music
-Books
3. Interviews
4. In.Sight – focuses on photography. The features consist of a set of photos which are generally theme-oriented. We have a space for new and upcoming photographers under our ‘Featured Photographer’ section.
6. WTH – focuses on interesting people, places, events or just phenomena at large. Initially thought of as ‘What the Hell’, the beat has now ventured into ‘Where’ and ‘Who’ also. Till date, it remains one of our most popular beats.
7. Dscribe – focuses on creative writing and other opinionated articles. Take any issue or happening and write about it! Create something of your own!
- Politico
- In.Campus
8. Counter Culture – focuses on all things that are anti-establishment against popular belief or consent. This beat writes about people, events or phenomena that we don’t hear or read about every day.
9. FYI – something that will enrich your knowledge greatly in just a few words.
Watch | Listen | Read | Know | Go | Do-it-Yourself
Well, we’re honest; we’re outspoken. We want our views to reach a wide spectrum of people and we’re inching towards that. Till then, just click around the site, will you?
