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What kind of a DU-ite are you ?

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1. What is the first thing that you do when you wake up?

a. Drink a warm glass of water and head to the park for morning exercises.

b. Paint my nails a fresh pink to match with my pink hot pants.

c. Switch on the television to do pranayam with Baba Ramdev.

d. Curse at the alarm, nearly breaking it in annoyance.


2. What time do you usually reach college?

a. I am always on time; coming in after the professor is the highest form of discourtesy.

b. I am usually tied up in some event meeting or the other; but I make sure that I get all the notes photocopied regularly.

c. Er college, eh? I am not really sure…usually in time for the next class.

d. I like to saunter in late, though just in time for the attendance.


3. How did you spend your summer vacations?

a. I went to Goa and shopped till I dropped! I am going again in October; really holidays here get so dull.

b. I joined the Art of Living and took to Vegetarianism.

c. They were quite fruitful, I deem. I interned at a company for two months, worked on my College Magazine and joined Alliance Française.

d. Uh, well, I slept, watched movies, ate and slept.


4. How did you do in your final exams?

a. The marking was decidedly unfair! I think I’ll file an RTI.

b. Are they out?

c. Oh, I don’t study at all, ya know? I mean who does, in college?

d. I managed to do fairly well. Of course, had it not been for the umpteen societies that I am a part of I might have topped the University.


5. What do you usually do in your free time?

a. I like to read, write poetry, catch up on all my assignments, meet up with school friends, watch tennis and play scrabble.

b. I like to go for long walks and delve deeper into the many mysteries of life.

c. I like to pamper myself at the salon; head massages are a must. At night, I absolutely love to go clubbin’.

d. I’m not sure…sleep some, maybe?


6. What do you plan on doing after college?

a. I want to see the world. There is so much suffering; I’d like to make a difference.

b. I am working on building a stout CV for campus placements in case I don’t get into IIM Ahmedabad.

c. Dad said there was something in the offing, can’t bother to remember right now.

d. I am looking for my fairytale; I am convinced that I am meant for grander things in life.


Check your answers. Whichever of the following occurs most often is your result.

The harried over- worked DU-ite- 1. a, 2. b, 3. c, 4. d, 5. a, 6. b.

The glassy- eyed idealist- 1. c, 2. a, 3. b, 4. a, 5. b, 6. a.

The languid DU-ite- 1. d, 2. c, 3. d, 4. b, 5. d, 6. c.

The simpering jobless DU-ite- 1. b, 2. d, 3. a, 4. c, 5. c, 6. d.

Journalism has been called the “first rough draft of history”. D.U.B may be termed as the first rough draft of DU history. Freedom to Express.

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