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February 24, 2012

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WESTERN VOCALS (Solo)

  1. Nirupan – Hansraj
  2. Shreya Adhikari – Venky

WESTERN VOCALS (Duet)

  1. Nirupan and Devika – hansraj
  2. Ketan and Malvika – VENKY

WESTERN VOCALS (Group)

  1. Kirori Mal College
  2. Lady Shri Ram College for Women

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (SOLO)

  1. Dhruv – Hindu ( Sitar)
  2. Sagar – Hansraj (Piano)

INDIAN VOCALS (Group)

  1. KMC
  2. LSR

Special mention – Venky

LIGHT INDIAN VOCALS (SOLO)

  1. Shalini- Venky
  2. Prachi – LSR

Indian Classical Music (Solo)

  1. Risha – LSR
  2. Ananya – Hindu

WESTERN DANCE (Solo)

  1. Gaurav Mankoti – Venky
  2. Mohit – Dronacharya College of Engineering

 

FOLK DANCE (Group)

  1. SGND Khalsa
  2. JMC

RAZZMATAZZ – WESTERN DANCE (Group)

  1. Hansraj
  2. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College and I.P. College (Tie)

CHOREO

  1. Hansraj
  2. Hindu

CREATIVE WRITING (English)

  1. Riddhi – Venky
  2. Rahi Punyashloka – Venky
  3. Kapil Joshi

GENERAL QUIZ

  1. Shankhayan Dutta, Nishit Jain – IIT Delhi
  2. Ishit Gupta – CBS

STREET DANCE (Group)

  1. Fair Field Institute of Management

STREET PLAY

  1. Maharaja Agrasen
  2. Shivaji College

MR. AND MS. NEXUS

  1. Tanvi Metre
  2. Joshua Haokip

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

  1. The Uncertainty Principle

Raghav Meattle-Vocals

Abhishek Rajan-Lead guitar

Nishant Kurup-Rhythm Guitar

Siddharth Rajan-Bass

Keith Peter-Drums: Best Drummer

Genre- Rock/Alternative/Progressive 

       2. Mutiny in March

Aman Bharti-Guitars (Maharaja Surajmal, IP Univ.)

Jatin Chabbra-Bass (Chitkara univ.)

Tushar Saxena(fill in)- Bass(Amity)

Shoumitro Roy- Guitars (Amity)

Abhijeet Sanyal-Vocals- (Jims,IP univ)

Abhijeet Baneerjee-Drums (Arena Animation)

Genre-Metal/Hardcore

DELHI QUIZ

  1. Shubham Prakhar – NSIT ,Shashank Malik – IGNOU
  1. Shashank Ojha, Soumya Sagar – AIIMS

“Out of Focus” – PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION cum EXHIBITION

  1. Chaarvi Mathur – Gargi College
  2. Nikita Malik – NIFT
  3. Yamini Yogya – Hindu College
DEBATE (English)
Best Team – Aisha and Gauri Chauhan, Maitreyi College
Best Speaker – 1. Gauri Chauhan, Maitreyi
                              2. Robin, Dyal Singh
DEBATE (Hindi)
Best Team – 1. Jainendra Kumar, Jamia Milia and Adarsh, SGND Khalsa
                         2. Aarti, South Campus and Manoj Yadav, North Campus
Best Speaker – Jainendra Kumar, Jamia Milia

Mutiny In March, a metal-rock band, were the first to perform. Though their performance was laden with synchronised head-banging by the band members, their music seemed to not rouse the audience a great deal. They were followed by the rock group which calls itself Uncertainty Principle, who started a teeny bit shakily with their Nescafe jingle but their subsequent songs were immediate hits with audience, with many standing up even on their seats. [caption id="attachment_3611" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Uncertainty Principle"][/caption]

Swarantara was next in line, and they had a large ensemble of musicians with guitarists, tabla players, a drummer, pianist and both Indian and Western singers. They performed the popular Bollywood number, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. However, they too failed to enrapture the hordes of students who had been in their element for the previous band.

The last band to perform in the competition was aptly titled as regards their order of appearance as they were called Better Late Than Never (BLTN). BLTN performed a cover of a popular Arctic Monkeys song among their other items and concluded with a self-composition – ‘Come Back Home’.

[caption id="attachment_3612" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The much-enthralled audience who was rocking along with the performers."][/caption]

The judges, who were the members of the celebrated Indian rock band, Parikrama, who were to perform later that night, came up with the results soon thereafter. It came as no surprise as Uncertainty Principle bagged the award for ‘Best Drummer’, ‘Best Guitarist’ and eventually they were named the ‘Best Band’ of the night. Mutiny In March was declared the runners-up.

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Singularly depressing choices generally between letting your girlfriend die or seeing the world engulfed in flames may not send a cult superhero into a cold sweat but they can easily be considered avoidable. The superhero for his part has the consolation that by the time the credits start rolling in, the girlfriend would be in his arms and the world free of doomsday plotting villains (at least for the time being). Unfortunately, India caught up in a similarly precarious situation has no such assured ending to fall back on.

With an ever increasing energy demand, managing oil imports has become the first priority for India. Around 13% of these imports come from Iran. Under such circumstances, one can forgive India for wishing that Iran had not courted the wrath of India’s long time ally, Israel and the almighty West. But that is exactly what Iran has done by refusing to cut back on its ambition of becoming a nuclear capable state.

Recent events have only made matters worse. Iran has publicly expressed delight on the progress of its nuclear programs. If that wasn’t enough, a terror attack on an Israeli diplomat’s wife in India has conveniently been linked to Iran by the ever so enterprising Israel. All this has left India ropewalking an increasingly thinning rope with no safety net what so ever.

Up until now India has successfully managed to continue importing Iranian oil despite the increasing number of sanctions against the same. According to the latest Indo-Iranian deal, Iran is willing to accept 45% of the payment for oil in rupees. This will further strengthen trade ties between the two countries. Iran will probably use the acquired rupees on Indian goods.

USA and Europe have already placed an embargo on Iranian oil and NATO is continually encouraging other allies to follow suit. This, along with India’s professed commitment to the Non Proliferation Treaty, has politically obligated India to support NATO in its endeavours. Economically and practically, India cannot do without Iranian oil.

India has been at its non committal best on the issue and this for once seems to be the right policy to follow. It will be fool hardy now to cut off trade relations with Iran and equally suicidal to extend support to its operations. It therefore seems best to play the waiting game and while we are at it, we better send out the oil scouts. And ask them to hurry up.