The top scorers speak out
While the news of students scoring 99 per cent in the first semester result of Economics left the student community baffled and teachers appalled, DU Beat went to the so far faceless students who scored the near-perfect marks and asked them how it felt for them. Here is what they had to say… Shreysi Mehndiratta,...
Interview with Anshul Tewari, Founder and Editor – Youth Ki Awaaz
As on date, Youth Ki Awaaz has over 3 million readers every month, a 17 member strong editorial board and strategic team, 60 interns at any point in the year and has trained over 1000 youngsters in online journalism and new media skills. It has won the coveted World Summit Youth Award and was also...
Interview: Anurag Kashyap
Udaan, short listed for Cannes, is a movie that most students in DU can relate to. The need for independence clashes with the perceived duty towards parents, society. It is an age of rebellion that most youngsters go through. DU Beat caught up with Anurag Kashyap, the Co- Producer of Udaan to answer a few...
In conversation with William Dalrymple
(As told to Janhavi Mittal and Shraddha Gupta) As one of the festival directors for the immensely successful Jaipur literature festival, Mr. William Dalrymple was generous enough to spare a few minutes to DUB out of his extensively rigorous schedule, where he would not have been unjustified in shrugging us off. He talks about his...
Interview: Alexander McCall Smith
The Jaipur Literary festival was where the who’s who of the literati converged from all over the world. Our correspondents, Shraddha Gupta, Janhavi Mittal and Rachita Murali caught up with Alexander McCall Smith, the internationally acclaimed creator of the Ladies’ No. 1 Detective Agency Series. Here’s what he had to say: Q : Sir, there...
Interview: Rebecca M. John
Rebecca M. John is the lawyer defending Kobad Gandhi, allegedly the top leader of CPI (Maoist) who was arrested on the 22nd of September. Shortly after the arrest a storm of violent incidents took place which occupied much media attention and were said to be indicative of the ‘Naxalite Crisis’ in our country. In the...
Interview with Sonal Mansingh
As told to Pragya Mukherjee Sonal Mansingh Sonal Mansingh, the internationally acclaimed danseuse proficient in various dance forms be ranging from Bharatnatyam, which comprised her debut performance-arangatram and first raised her to heights of fame, to chauu and Odissi, has performed before the highest dignitaries all over the world and her art has won her...
In conversation with Manju Kapur Dalmiya
Manju Kapur is a professor of English Literature at Miranda House, DU. Her first novel, Difficult Daughters, received the Commonwealth Award for the Eurasian region. In the past decade she has contributed to the literary world immensely by books such as Home, A Married woman and most recently the critically acclaimed novel, The Immigrant. A...
Eagle’s Eye : In conversation with Raja Sen
(As told to Vyoma Dhar Sharma) Raja Sen joined Rediff.com as a film critic in September 2004 .These days he writes for various other magazines such as Tehelka, Man’s World, and Rolling Stone and is currently working on screenplays . Although he quit Rediff in early 2008, he frequently writes for them on a freelance...
In Conversation with the Vice Chancellor
1. What are the key issues for the next academic year? We have decided that all PG courses will follow the semester system from 2009, while the same will apply to UG courses from 2010. This will ensure systematic and consistent work by students throughout the year. In addition, this year 3 new M. Tech...
