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International Sand Art Festival
When: December 1-5, 2014
Where: Chandrabhaga Beach, Konark, Orissa
Ever heard of Sudarsan Pattnaik or Hari Kishan? They are world renowned sand sculpture artists. Held usually in parallel with Konark Dance Festival, here, world renowned and local sand artists battle it out to create a stunning sand sculpture.

Rann Utsav
When: December 1, 2014-March 5, 2015
Where: Dhordo, Kutch, Gujarat
One of the most beautiful and untouched part of India holds a three months long fest every year to showcase its raw beauty, cuisine, culture and heritage. With special luxury tents set up all across the desert, one can usually witness a stunning amalgamation of moonlight and white sand.

Delhi Street Food Festival
When: December 19-21, 2014
Where: Lodi Colony, Delhi
This festival is organized by the National Association of Street Vendors of India. Featuring lip smacking street foods from all across the India like Vada Pav, Gol Gappe, Biryani etc, this is a heaven for all food lovers out there.

Cochin Carnival
When: Last week of December
Where: Fort Kochi in Kerala
Started by the Portuguese, every resident of Kochi duly waits for this event throughout the year. Filled with costumes, dance performances, competitions and decorated elephants, tourists from all over the world visit this carnival.

Sunburn
When: December 27-29
Where: Goa
EDM for 3 days. Sounds like heaven, isn’t it? The most awaited outdoor music festival of India is held in the last week of December. Sunburn features musicians and DJs from all across the globe. Why you should attend you ask? Because abhi toh party shuru hui hai.

Geetika Varshney
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Bazinga: DU to shift exam timings to midnight

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The University of Delhi in an unprecedented cause of action is contemplating a very crazy idea adhering to the forthcoming semester. As weird as it may sound, the University is thinking to shift the exam time of some the papers to midnight. According to our sources at the University Headquarters, the plan has already been drafted and is awaiting the final signature of the Vice-chancellor.

“We have multitudes of students who appear during the examination time and cause shortage of seats. The classrooms overflow and such gives rise to cheating incidents during the examination. A limited number of supervising faculty adds to the cause”, said Dr. Khopcha Mukherjee, a senior member working at the University Headquarters.

As soon as the news broke out, DU Beat members approached various colleges and asked the students (whom this decree directly affects) on their take on the issue. ‘this is absolutely, pathetic, condemnable, awful, dreadful and what not’, said Satakli Majhi who was so infuriated by such a decision, her mouth had to be stuffed by cotton so as to stop her from abusing in front of the camera. ‘Itni sardi mein university humko maar dega’, said a student from Assam who wished not to be named.

When we asked the University authority on the safety of girls issue during late at night, one of the senior members proudly answered that the issue has been taken care of. ‘All the girls would be provided special university buses and would be escorted by a supervising teacher to their hostels/homes.’
The order is still awaiting the final approval of the VC.

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