March 2017

The final day of Tempest 2017 witnessed a huge footfall for competitions organised and the much awaited Star Night.

The first event of the day was the Acapella competition organised by Orpheus, the western music society of the college. The event saw a string of high voltage performances by all the major music societies of the university. The event which was adjudged by Awarthanga Chiru, the prodigal musician and Laura Santana, an renowned jazz performer, saw Zephyr, the music society of Kamala Nehru College emerge as the victor followed by the western music society of Lady Shri Ram College and Swaranjali, the music society of Hansraj College ending up as runner up and second runner up respectively.

The second event of the day was Sangam, the solo instrumental competition organised by Geetanjali, the Indian music society of the college. The event was adjudged by Dr. Bipul Kumar Ray and Ranjeet Bishwas, both prominent musical artists from varied fields of the art. Budding musicians from varied colleges gave their best in the game, which eventually saw Shikhar Aggarwal from delhi Technological University win the first prize, Rohan Prasanna from Hansraj College win the second spot and Sanjay Anand Menon from DTU ending up third. In the following western choir competition, Hansraj College emerged as the winner for their outstanding performance, with Gargi College and Hindu College trailing at second and third positions respectively.

This was followed by the Indian Dance Competition where Nrityakriti, the Indian Dance Society of Maitreyi College and SGTB Khalsa College tied for the first position. Nrityangana, the Indian Dance Society of Sri Venkateswara College secured the second position.

Mohammed Irfan drew the curtains to Tempest’17 as he serenaded the crowds with his hit numbers like Baarishein and Fir Mohabbat. He did not limit his performance to his own songs. The audience seemed thoroughly involved as he made his performance more interactive by dedicating songs to the Principal of Miranda House, the Faculty members as well as the audience.

The much awaited Tempest 2017 lived up to its expectations. A student of Miranda House, in a conversation with DU Beat said, “ This academic session had been very busy for the college. It was very impressive how the union managed the resources efficiently and blessed us with a very good fest this year”

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The Storm is Back – Day one at Tempest, 2017.

By DU Beat March 23, 2017

The annual cultural festival of Miranda House, Tempest 2017, being held on 23^nd and 24^th March, began on an energetic and colourful note as the beautiful college campus was filled with attendees from all across the University of Delhi. Excitement, hustle-bustle, and charm were sewn into an atmosphere of celebration.

The fest began with a power packed dose of energy provided by various theater societies of Delhi University, who went all across the college campus, filling the air with calls of ‘Aao aao, naatak dekho!’ The non-competitive nukkad naatak event, ‘Halla Bol,’ was attended by the prestigious theater mentor, Ms. Shilpi Marwah of Asmita Theatre Group. The participating colleges included Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Morning), Kamala Nehru College, Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, Lady Shri Ram College, Deshbandhu College and Daulat Ram College. The plays were based on social issues which are of contemporary relevance like human trafficking, child sexual abuse, gender discrimination, mistreatment of service providers, hyper-nationalism and poor conditions of refugees and internally displaced people. These plays aimed at addressing these issues and bringing them before the eyes of the society.

With heart pumping beats and rhythmic moves, ‘Burlesque,’ the Western Dance Competition at Tempest 2017 quickly became a crowd pleaser at Miranda House. A total of 15 dance societies from across Delhi University performed at the event that was organized by Tanz, the western dance Society of Miranda House. The energetic dance performance by ‘Verve’, the Western Dance Society of Sri Venkateshwara College won them the first position while ‘Misba’, the western dance society of Shri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce were declared the runner-up by the judges, Sonu Sharma and Sarthak Chaudhary. The home team, ‘Tanz’, also put up a show for the crowd with an exhilarating extravaganza of a dance.

Unique to Tempest 2017, was an event organised by the Foreign Society of Miranda House, which brought together foreign students from different Delhi University colleges to showcase their culture and share the varied experiences that they’ve garnered while studying in India. Ranging from power presentations to various songs sung in Afghani, Nepali and native languages of Africa, the event was truly a special one.

After a plethora of exciting events including quiz competitions, an art exhibition, debates, and many more, the first day of Tempest’17 ended on a musical high with performances by DJ Ankit, DJ Carnivore, and DJ VanMoon, who made the crowds dance to the beats and renditions of some the biggest Bollywood, Punjabi, and English hits and left them in high spirits.

After a great first day, we are definitely looking forward to an even better second day at Miranda House!

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Jubin Nautiyal draws the curtains to Ullas 2017!

By DU Beat March 23, 2017

The second day of the annual cultural fest of Kamala Nehru College, Ullas’17, started off with the incredible performances of the Western Music Choirs of various colleges in the event Rhythm and Blues hosted by Zephyr, the Western Music Society of Kamala Nehru College. Western Music Society of Lady Shri Ram College gave their award winning piece, adjudged by Yeashu Yuvraj. Echo of Jesus and Mary College was the first runner’s up followed by Swaranjali of Hans Raj College.

Inquizitive, a general trivia organised by Kaleidoscope, the Quiz society of Kamala Nehru College saw cut-throat competition for securing the lavish cash prizes as well as the grand vouchers from Mypicbook. Abhisek Paliwal and Akash Verma from Dyal Singh College took home the cash prize worth Rupees 8,000, while Manas Dimri of Campus law Centre bagged second position and cash prize of rupees 5,000. The third prize worth rupees 3,000 went to Ashish Kumar Gupta and Arsalan Ahmed of Jamia Milia Islamia.

Nrityakriti, a choreography competition curated by Adagio, the choreography society of Kamala Nehru College saw the participation of University of Delhi’s most exuberant dance creations which revolved around socially charged themes. The competition was adjudged by Mr. Nanda Kumar who is an internationally acclaimed choreographer and Miss. Ritika Chandra, a professional ballet dancer. Sensation, the Dance society of Kirori Mal College secured the first position for their mesmerising retelling of Lord Buddha’s life. Second position was awarded to the choreography society of Lady Shri Ram College for their latest production- Exodus.

In the Western solo competition, Shivash Chagti of Hans Raj College won the first prize, Kishore Ningthoujam of Amity University won the second and Ria Arora of College of Vocational Studies won the third prize. Kishore Ninghthoujam and Rhea Toor from Amity University bagged first position in the western Duet singing competition followed by Anurag and Vinayak from DTU. The warm afternoon witnessed excited spirits with the electrifying performances exhibited at the Bass Camp, the band competition. The event saw motley of genres entertaining the crowd. Common Threads of Shaheed Bhagat Singh conquered this battle of bands, followed by Tantrik Steve of Hans Raj College.

LaVogue, a fashion show competition organised by Glitz, the Fashion society of Kamala Nehru College saw glamour, poise and style of the best kind. The competition was judged by Mr. Hemant Sood, Mr. Akash Das, and Mr. Sahil Bhatia. I-vogue, the Fashion society of Shri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce maintained their track record and won the first position. Glamoratti, the Fashion society of Dyal Singh College secured the second position. Maintaining their monopoly on the awards, Shubham Ahlawat of Dyal Singh College and Prabhjot Singh from SGGSCC were declared the best male models. Subsequently, Bhavna Monga from Dyal Singh College was crowned Best Female Model. The awe-inspiring wardrobe of I-Vogue was bestowed with the title of the Best Collection and the prize of the Best Team was conferred upon Glamoratti for their theme ‘Shiva.’

The musical high was carried forward by DJ Mash and Monkey Junk with the EDM evening. With groovy renditions, the contemporary hits mixed with adrenaline pumping beats were thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. The two-day extravaganza pulled its curtains with the charged crowd dancing to the much-anticipated Star Night with the famous singer, Jubin Nautiyal, of ‘Humma Humma Again’ fame. As Ullas 2017 came to a close, the crowd exuberantly grooved towards the culmination of an enthralling fest.

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Inquilab Zindabad- An ode to the Indian Revolution

By Srivedant Kar March 23, 2017

Exactly 86 years ago, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru – the three revered figures of the Indian freedom struggle – were executed on March 31, 1931 in Punjab’s Hussainwala (now in Pakistan). The trio were responsible for killing John Saunders, a British police officer. These men were also at the forefront of the ‘Azaadi’ revolution or the independence movement. With their slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ they had literally shook the foundations of british empire by throwing bombs in the central assembly hall of Delhi.

As the nation pays its tribute to these heroes of Indian independence movement on this Shaheed Divas, let us take a look at the present status of the ‘revolution’ which they started in their young days in the present context.

“You can kill people. But you can never kill an idea” is a popular quotation that often does the round in pictures flooding social media on Martyr’s Day. Nevertheless, today people have reduced their notion of freedom movement into a mere lip service. As a country where millions are below the poverty line, development is still a distant dream even after 70 years of independence. The idea of India for which these martyrs paid with their lives is not exactly dead, but is being slowly poisoned by different forces within our own country. These are the same ideologues who are intolerant towards any form of dissent and don’t hesitate to tag people who shout for ‘Azaadi’ from social evils as ‘Anti-Nationals’.

Bhagat Singh was an atheist. His idea of nationalism was the one which was inclusive of all sections of the society. He was against religious slogans like ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Naare Takbeer’, and opposed the use of religion in the Indian independence movement. Ironically people who beat the trumpets of nationalism today are no less than hypocrites. Often attempting to justify their idea of nationalism which is exclusive of minority community, their voice falls hollow while appointing religious bigots as protectors of constitution.

Bhagat Sigh, in a letter written in Urdu to his brother from Lahore jail where he spent his last moments, writes about the importance of education in building a developed nation. In recent years, the highest budget cut has been gifted to education sector by successive governments.

In today’s Pakistan, fans of Bhagat Singh had to seek protection through the court to celebrate his death anniversary. Even after decades of getting independence, activists have failed in their multiple attempts to rename the chowk in Lahore where he spent his last days on his name due to severe opposition from religious extremists who don’t approve of him being an atheist. Even though name changing drama is not new to today’s India, but the mixing of religion and politics that is spreading like wildfire under the pretext of development is something he was sternly against.

These heroes had a great impact in their deaths as great as in their lives. They taught us to revolt against the ‘wrong’ and fight for our rights. Their teachings of revolutions that we all grew up with has impacted India even after Independence. Many a times, revolutions in independent India have overthrown governments and brought in huge social as well as political changes across the country. Be it the post emergency agitation or the national movement against corruption, their ‘revolution’ was always in our blood.

As the authorities who hold power are on spree to – suppress dissent across universities, stifle dalit and tribal voices in the pretext of Naxalism, wage a war on minorities across the country from Kerala’s classrooms to Jaipur’s restaurants, propagate religious hatredness across the country’s heartlands, threaten journalists and reiterate that building a temple will bring in development, it is upon you to think if it is time for another ‘revolution’ and imagine who is the new ‘British’?

Long live the ‘Revolution’.

(The writer in a born bhakt of Bhagat Singh and his associates who sacrificed their lives so that he could write about them in peace)

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Meet your friendly neighborhood app, Magicpin: Internships available now

By Arindam Goswami March 23, 2017

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We are currently working on an internship project where college going students have already earned INR 30,000 to INR 40,000 last month. It’s a simple download & transaction based internship where students go to popular national outlets around them (McDs, Pizza Hut etc.) and tell people about the app and get them cashback.

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Day 1 at Ullas’17: A Rhapsody of Melodies

By DU Beat March 23, 2017

A bundle of enthralling competitions and a string of musical charm, such was the cultural spectacle at Kamala Nehru College’s annual fiesta, Ullas!
Ullas, Kamala Nehru College’s annual cultural fest, being held on 22nd and 23rd March 2017, began with a power-packed morning on its first day. There was an air of hustle bustle, along with several attendees who gathered within the college premises to give this much-anticipated fest an energetic start.
The fest was inaugurated by Ms. Shikha Sharma, the CEO of Axis Bank, accompanied by the Principal, Dr. Kalpana Bhakuni. The inauguration consisted of lighting the lamp, followed by a keynote address by the chief guest and the Principal. After the fest was declared open, a variety of cultural events were all set to take place and enthral the audiences. The solo Indian classical dance event, hosted by Nupur, the Indian dance society of Kamala Nehru College, was one of the first events wherein the audience witnessed mesmerising dance forms from all across the nation, be it Oddisi or Mohiniattam. Raghav from Sri Venkateswara College and Suryansh from Maharaja Agrasen College shared the first position. Nimisha from Janki Devi Memorial College stood second, and Sharanya from Indraprastha University stood third.

Next in line were the riveting performances in the group Indian folk dance competition which was also held by Nupur. The performances were packed with the power of Bhangra from Punjab and the charm of Kalbelia from Rajasthan. The first position was bagged by Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College for their enthralling Bhangra performances. The second position was bagged by Nazakat, the Indian dance society of Gargi College for their ‘Badhai’ (dance form of Madhya Pradesh) dance performance, and the third position was bagged by Nrityakriti, the Indian dance society of Maitreyi College for their mesmerising Haryanvi folk dance.

Simultaneously, the Indian music society of Kamala Nehru College, Sangeetika, held the Indian choir competition, which was a treat to the ears for all those who attended this musical morning consisting of ragas and taals. The first position was bagged by Tarkaas, the Indian music society of the Institute of Home Economics, the second position was secured by Samranjini, the Indian music society of Gargi College and the third position was held by Alankar, the Indian music society of Hindu College.

The evening of the first day of Ullas had several highlights. After the Indian dance events were concluded, the western group dance event was conducted. A thrilling event as always, it had the entire auditorium packed to the brim, with students cheering for the participating teams. Misba of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce won first place, with Verve of Sri Venkateswara College and Zeal of Maitreyi College winning the second and third prizes respectively.
Day 1 ended on a note of musical high with three endearing performances. First, Hamsa Band got the audience all geared up and had them singing along to their renditions of popular Bollywood songs. Some of these included latest hits such as “Humma Humma” as well as some nostalgic numbers like “Hum Kis Galli Jaa Rahe Hain”. Next up, Dhruv Sangari started the Sufiana Night with dim lights and soft sounds. After his soothing performance, the day was finally concluded by a performance from the renowned Nizami Brothers, who left the audience feeling calm and relaxed after such a full day. Ullas 2017 was off to a great start on its first day!

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Cultural Festivals

What happened Inside Econotize 2017

By DU Beat March 22, 2017

ECOSPIRE : The Economics society of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College had its annual department fest ECONOTIZE’17 on 6th march 2017. The fest kick-started with the inaugural ceremony where the convener of the society Mr Jayesh Adeshra lighted the ceremonial lamps and inaugurated the fest.

The fest had a committee event All India Economic Summit based on 3 month review of Demonetisation. The motive of keeping this meeting was to scrutinise, interpret the new economic initiative taken by the Government of India. AIES noticed qualitative participation from different colleges and the event received positive word of mouth from students and teachers.

Econotize had its one of a kind event DOCUDRAMA which received large number of participation because of the unique concept. Undoubtedly, the response was beyond expectations and hence tagged a successful event or an experiment whereas Jeopardy saw a huge turnout of participants who actively took part in the competition and played with all their wits. As the participants entered each round the intensity in the room kept on increasing and the level of questions became baffling yet fun.

fb_img_1489130591827 — Ecopoly in progress at Econotize 2017

Ecopoly, again Ecospire’s creation was one fun event where all the participants relived their childhood days by playing alongside an oversized board with equally large pawns and dice. Mystery mayhem was one of the coolest events in the fest where after each round your adrenaline rush just doubles. This event involved solving clues by using all the brains you got and be on top of your game at each step. This event was hugely appreciated by all the participants and ended with a big smile of satisfaction.

Despite externalities, Econotize received amazing response from participation and their positive words gave the team immense satisfaction. Finally, the hard work paid off and ECONOTIZE became a huge success.

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Listen Up Students! Internship Opportunity Of A Lifetime With Magicpin

By DU Beat March 22, 2017

College students are some of the most energetic, mischievously motivated, sleep-deprived, eternally hungry, and utterly broke people in the whole world.*

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We might not be able to provide a solution for the former four, but the last problem we can take care of. So, if you have ever wondered what it would be like to have more money than sense, read on.

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Also, don’t spend it all on the gift. College romances almost never last.

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RANGARANG’17, the Holi Festival of Ramanujan College.

By DU Beat March 21, 2017

Thank you, people, for the immense love and support!
Because of you all, the Eco-Friendly Holi Festival RANGARANG’17 organized by TATVA: ECO CLUB, the Mathematics Society: RamanuGEN and the Philosophy Society: Yatharth of the Ramanujan College, was a big success. The unending hard work and efforts of all the three societies working together came to recognition.

With an attempt to bring smile on every face without colors, RANGARANG’17, the Holi Festival was organised with an objective of promoting eco-friendly holi celebrations by using no colours and no water by three active societies for the first time in Delhi University and proved to be a grand success!!! The fest saw participation from more than 20 colleges of the University!

Started at 10 am, RANGARANG began with lamp lighting ceremony by our respectable principal Dr. S.P.Aggarwal and our Chief Guest, Dr. B. C. Sabata, head of Environment Clubs in Delhi Secretariat, on 3rd March, 2017. This was followed by the melodious performance by Shivaranjani, the music society of our college. Even the dance society & theatre society showed their amazing performances. Various competitions were held like Mathematical Rangoli, KBC, AdMad, Mock CID, Dance competition, Photography, etc. Prizes for the winners and participation certificate were provided to all. There were various food stalls which included Domino’s, Sagar Ratna, Chinese Chat Corner and more.

The one day fest was closed at 6 pm by the performance of three talented Rappers from the town!

Also, we took the opportunity to thank the three NGOs LECIN, LEFT and KHUSHI for their benign presence at our event with their little children who added colours of joy and smiles.

This could not have been possible without the support of our all the Media Partners (Du Beat, DU Express, Natkhatt, Campus Drift), Student internship partner (Twenty19), Education Partner (The Education tree), Hospitality Partner (Nearbuy), Snacks Food and Beverages Partner (Giani’s, Sagar Ratna, Dominoz, Cornitos), Student App Partner (Frapp), Online Media Partners (College Desk, Carrer 360, fuccha) & the Photography Partner (DCOP) and all the students and teachers involved.

This first ever Holi fest with the objective of ”no colour no water wastage” in Delhi University fulfilled its purpose.

With this, we will be working even harder for bringing you all together again for another unique and interesting events to be a part of.

Thank you all for huge participation!
Congratulations to the team!

Deep Gratitude to Principal Sir, Dr. S.P. Aggarwal and the entire faculty of the college.

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The Dawn of the Robot Apocalypse: Is Robot Tax the Solution?

By DU Beat March 21, 2017

With automation and technological advancement threatening the employment sector, will Bill Gates’s idea of ‘Robot Tax’ prove to be helpful?

What is Robot Tax?

In the near future, automation is definitely going take over our world and change the face of the employment sector as we know it. Recently, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft in an interview proposed that robots should be taxed in the form of Robot tax. He anticipates that automation will replace large numbers of the work force over the next 2 decades. This is indeed a serious threat that will change humanity, and steps must be taken to smoothen the transition.

What is Gates’s central argument?

The most vital part of his argument is that in order to be “net ahead” as a society once a robot has taken the job of a human, the displaced labor must be able to perform various kinds of work so that there would be an increase in production which leads to economic growth. He argued since the displaced labor needs retraining, the robot must be taxed, and that the funds thus raised could be used to retrain and financially support displaced workers, who could then move into new jobs in other sectors like health care, education where the human touch is needed. He further added that, by taxing the robots, we would slow down the pace of automation which will mitigate public resistance to automation.

Is this idea feasible?

No, this idea is not very feasible because firstly, for the purpose of levying, paying and collecting ‘Robot tax’ levying, paying and collection, how does one define robots? If at all the puzzle of ‘ defining robots’ is solved, we would come to the question of who pays the taxes. Since robots can’t pay taxes by themselves, presumably either the owner or the manufacturer of robots will pay the tax.

If the manufacturer is to pay tax for producing robots it will give rise to a new type of tax — production tax and if it is levied will lead to double taxation. This will lead to an increase in consumer burden, where manufacturers increase the price of commodities to make up for their losses.

Moreover, this idea is not feasible because of the simple reason that manufacturers of robots can simply move to countries that don’t tax them, which would also mean a loss of job opportunities for the country that loses the manufacturer.

What then?

Gates’s idea can only be successful if this robot tax is accompanied by safety measures that ensure the displaced workers find employment in the case of a robot apocalypse.

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