“Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho, meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho” sang out the hearts of Miranda House girls on seeing Aditya Roy Kapur and his Daawat-E-Ishq co-star, Parineeti Chopra.
The duo and team had plans of visiting four colleges of Delhi University namely Miranda House, Hindu College, Hans Raj College and Ramjas College as a part of their ‘Daawat-E-Ishq Delhi University College Canteen Trail.’
Reaching almost three hours late for the promotion of their film, starting with Miranda House, they earlier left the girls anticipated with several false alarms. Until finally when they reached the event, they were welcomed by excited Miranda House girls vying to get Aditya’s attention by singing romantic songs from his previous blockbuster, Aashiqui 2 out loud. He reciprocated the love for his fans by clicking a selfie covering the entire audience present at the Miranda House hostel mess.
“It is crazy how these stars keep visiting the colleges. These are the perks of being in the Delhi University. I am awestruck”, remarked Inisha Chatterjee, a first year student at Miranda House.
South Indian delicacies such as Utthappam, tri-colour idlis, Upma, muffins and Litchi juice were offered to the stars, who tasted the various dishes and appreciated the food.
Later on, both of them stopped in the auditorium to give away some ‘Daawat-E-Ishq’ t-shirts and talk to several media houses present there to cover the event.
The second visit was a short one to Hindu College, where the actors spent barely 10-15 minutes tasting the canteen food.
“I enjoyed Miranda House a lot, it was amazing, and all the attention from my female fans was giving me positive energy. I feel it was a great privilege to have freedom after so many years of school. I would advice college students to go enjoy with their minimal budget, eat street food, maggi, vada pav or whatever the trend is in Delhi, but never to carry dabbas.”
Agreeing with Aditya, Parineeti added, “It is not cool to carry dabbas in college, do whatever but don’t carry dabbas. Also, there were no boys in Miranda House and I was getting bored there. Miranda and JMC should start getting some boys. Though, it was fun dancing in Hindu.”
Image Credits: Swati Verma for DU Beat
“Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho, meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho” sang out the hearts of Miranda House girls on seeing Aditya Roy Kapur and his Daawat-E-Ishq co-star, Parineeti Chopra.
The duo and team had plans of visiting four colleges of Delhi University namely Miranda House, Hindu College, Hans Raj College and Ramjas College as a part of their ‘Daawat-E-Ishq Delhi University College Canteen Trail.’
Reaching almost three hours late for the promotion of their film, starting with Miranda House, they earlier left the girls anticipated with several false alarms. Until finally when they reached the event, they were welcomed by excited Miranda House girls vying to get Aditya’s attention by singing romantic songs from his previous blockbuster, Aashiqui 2 out loud. He reciprocated the love for his fans by clicking a selfie covering the entire audience present at the Miranda House hostel mess.
“It is crazy how these stars keep visiting the colleges. These are the perks of being in the Delhi University. I am awestruck”, remarked Inisha Chatterjee, a first year student at Miranda House.
[gallery ids="26188,26186,26192,26185"] South Indian delicacies such as Utthappam, tri-colour idlis, Upma, muffins and Litchi juice were offered to the stars, who tasted the various dishes and appreciated the food. Later on, both of them stopped in the auditorium to give away some ‘Daawat-E-Ishq’ t-shirts and talk to several media houses present there to cover the event. The second visit was a short one to Hindu College, where the actors spent barely 10-15 minutes tasting the canteen food. “I enjoyed Miranda House a lot, it was amazing, and all the attention from my female fans was giving me positive energy. I feel it was a great privilege to have freedom after so many years of school. I would advice college students to go enjoy with their minimal budget, eat street food, maggi, vada pav or whatever the trend is in Delhi, but never to carry dabbas.” Agreeing with Aditya, Parineeti added, “It is not cool to carry dabbas in college, do whatever but don’t carry dabbas. Also, there were no boys in Miranda House and I was getting bored there. Miranda and JMC should start getting some boys. Though, it was fun dancing in Hindu.” Image Credits: Swati Verma for DU Beat]]>
I have been voting for the last two years and have voted this time too. Like every year, there is a discomfort and a sense of uneasiness during the election season. Let me be very honest, I didn’t go out to vote because of any peer pressure or the pressure exerted on me by any candidate or any political party, but in fact I went to vote at my own will or perhaps due to a sense attachment to the University. I will be writing about the incidents and the reasons as to why I call these elections uncomfortable, at least for me. I, on behalf of every DU student, want to mention only three things that need to change from the next DUSU elections.
- First of all, I think the number of days between the date of elections and the announcement of candidates need to be increased, so that students are well aware of the candidates, their backgrounds and their main agenda. On interviewing a presidential candidate of a premier youth political party, he pointed out that it is practically impossible to campaign in every college during the elections.
- Why are huge bundles of paper fliers been crushed under my feet every time the election season comes around? Why are my classes disturbed during the elections? And why do I have to shake my hands 100 times with 20 people during a college day? A mere hoarding outside my college gate is enough to make me decide my vote.
- The educational background of each candidate needs to be checked and verified. Though the educational background of the candidates is duly checked and verified before nominations, there is still some discrepancy in this matter. The recent fake degree and fraudulent admission allegations by one party on the other really made me skeptical about the competency of the candidates.
The whole capital is painted red with the campaigning posters, but sadly, they are only campaigning posters. Thousands of posters with a ballet number on it don’t motivate me to vote. Hopefully, I’ll be spending the next 2-3 years in Delhi University and I’m eagerly waiting to see changes made in the way the elections are conducted. Otherwise, like this year, I will continue to remind everyone, on behalf of all the DU Students, about these few fundamental things that should be taken care of and implemented.
The Sports Union of Gargi College organized Gargi Olympiad 2014-15 with the theme as ‘Olympics’ from 21st August to 17th September. The Olympiad included a total of 10 inter stream sports competitions held at the sports ground everyday from 12.25 to 1:25pm.
Gargi Olympiad is an annually organized sports league. Till last year, the Olympiad consisted of major sports competitions like Football, Basketball and many more but this year the Olympiad had events like Pithugram, Vigoro, Dodge Ball, Frisbee, Langadi, Chase-her, Sports-Quiz, Rangoli and Collage Making and Athletics. Opponent teams were selected by drawing chits and each round of the games was for an average of 15mins.
Riya Sinha, Vice-President of Sports Union said “Registrations for all events were invited before hand and the competitions saw huge response from the students, both in terms of participation and volunteering. Our main motive behind orgainising such an event was to give the ‘General’ students chance to bring out their talent and give them the experience of what we have being in the sports teams of the College”.
Image credits: Shaily Sharma
In the past, Kaun Banega Crorepati has emerged as a hallmark and representative of middle class aspirations and sensibilities. Its tagline “Koi bhi insaan chhota nahi hota” appropriately marks the class consciousness.
Several Right Wing politicians emphasize upon a Hindu consciousness that has developed in India through the ages. While I accept that there is an overwhelming majority of Hindus in India, a conscious seclusion of the marginalized communities from the larger collective ‘Indian’ consciousness can never be justified.
Coming directly to KBC, I have watched KBC over the past many seasons and have a noticed a pattern in the kind of questions that come up.
Some examples are as follows-
1) Season 8, Episode 1
Q. Which of the following Gods is known as Gauri Nandan?
a) Agni, b)Ganesh, c)Indra, d)Hanuman
2) Season 8, Episode 4
Q. Which queen did Draupadi, the wife of five pandavas, serve in the guise of Sairandhri for one year?
a. Sanjana b. Satyavati c. Satyabhama d. Sudeshna
All of these above questions and several others across various seasons are drawn from Hindu mythology. KBC is supposed to test your general knowledge; being adept at mythological stories is not a sign of your intelligence or awareness.
It is assumed that an “Indian” will obviously know that which God is known as Gauri Nandan, because the Hindu mythology automatically coincides with the Indian set of history. Why is a Parsi supposed to know who was the uncle of Ghatotkach? The common line that everyone is a Hindu by virtue of being an Indian needs to be done away with. Is it too much to ask to have a relatively neutral set of quiz questions that do not involve religion?
And the most ridiculous question according to me-
Q. Which of the following actors has Alia Bhatt not kissed on screen?
And the question was for Rs.80,000. You know there is something wrong with the nation when a soldier dies at the border and his family is given Rs.50,000 compensation and the common person gets Rs.80,000 for observing the intimate scenes of Alia Bhatt.
Need I say more?
The Department of Commerce at Hans Raj College, Delhi College of Arts & Commerce and St. Stephen’s College on behalf of ‘Delhi University Students’ for J&K Flood Relief’ and in collaboration with ‘Kashmir Foundation for Social Change’ organized a donation drive in Connaught Place on September 13th and 14th, 2014.
The goal of the drive was to spread awareness about the natural calamity that struck the valley last week and to muster as much support possible for the people of Kashmir who are in distress and sudden need for help. Collectively the colleges managed to get 15000 kgs of relief within two days including donations in cash as well as kind like medicines, packaged food, drinking water, sanitary napkins, blankets and clothes.
Day 1: The donation drill for J&K begins
The three colleges set up their base donation camps in different blocks at Connaught Place. A few volunteers kept continuously moving around popular CP hubs and metro station exit gates to talk to people and to bring them to donate for the noble cause. The volunteers also asked the donors to write messages for the victims.
“We clicked pictures of the donors with hoardings and uploaded them on our Facebook page, not only did that give the donor a sense of pride, but it increased awareness among the people about the drive. It also encouraged many people to volunteer and donate.” said, Anupam Taneja, a volunteer from DCAC.
Day 2: Donation Drive combines with Raahgiri
Day 2 at collection drive started at 6:30 in the morning with volunteers asking for donations at Raahgiri, a Sunday concept at CP to promote health, art and fitness. Volunteers used music to attract the attention of the fitness freaks of Delhi.
Volunteers took the round outside the Central Park and numerous adjoining areas in search for donors. “We just hope that the donation reaches the right place. This initiative by Delhi University Students is a great step to help those in need in Kashmir”, said Kanta Rani, a donor of Rs. 5000/-.
Not only the participants of Raahgiri but the shopkeepers and showroom owners around the base camps of volunteers immensely supported the cause. The public from all age groups came forward to support the cause and pray for the well being and restoration of normalcy in the valley. “For more than ten days, I haven’t spoken to my family in J&K. I do not know if they are dead or alive. Allah bless you all for coming forward and helping them”, says Abdul Gafar who had come to Delhi a month ago.
Delivery/Dispatch of the aid collected so far by the Delhi University Students.
“This is the happiest feeling. Delhi came forward for the cause. Everyone helped by doing their bit in saving people who could have died of hunger or thirst, people who needed medical help and had lost all hope.” said, Mahvish Hamid, one of the main organizers for the drive.
The donation drive was supported by numerous arts groups like the jammers group ‘Djembefola United’, the street play society of DCAC, Leher and the musicians group of ‘Intelligent Freaks’ which performed to raise awareness about the plight of people in Delhi and to motivate people to donate for the cause.
Do you want to contribute?
Delhi University Students for J&K Flood Relief is organizing a similar collection drive the coming weekend i.e. September 21st and 22nd, 2014 at Connaught Place. All those who want to contribute or volunteer please come forward.
For queries contact:
Mahvish Hamid (Hans Raj): 9650770171
Mahrukh Hamid (DCAC) : 9810469936
To donate online click here.
The Department of Commerce at Hans Raj College, Delhi College of Arts & Commerce and St. Stephen’s College on behalf of ‘Delhi University Students’ for J&K Flood Relief’ and in collaboration with ‘Kashmir Foundation for Social Change’ organized a donation drive in Connaught Place on September 13th and 14th, 2014.
The goal of the drive was to spread awareness about the natural calamity that struck the valley last week and to muster as much support possible for the people of Kashmir who are in distress and sudden need for help. Collectively the colleges managed to get 15000 kgs of relief within two days including donations in cash as well as kind like medicines, packaged food, drinking water, sanitary napkins, blankets and clothes.
Day 1: The donation drill for J&K begins
The three colleges set up their base donation camps in different blocks at Connaught Place. A few volunteers kept continuously moving around popular CP hubs and metro station exit gates to talk to people and to bring them to donate for the noble cause. The volunteers also asked the donors to write messages for the victims.
“We clicked pictures of the donors with hoardings and uploaded them on our Facebook page, not only did that give the donor a sense of pride, but it increased awareness among the people about the drive. It also encouraged many people to volunteer and donate.” said, Anupam Taneja, a volunteer from DCAC.
Day 2: Donation Drive combines with Raahgiri
Day 2 at collection drive started at 6:30 in the morning with volunteers asking for donations at Raahgiri, a Sunday concept at CP to promote health, art and fitness. Volunteers used music to attract the attention of the fitness freaks of Delhi.
Volunteers took the round outside the Central Park and numerous adjoining areas in search for donors. “We just hope that the donation reaches the right place. This initiative by Delhi University Students is a great step to help those in need in Kashmir”, said Kanta Rani, a donor of Rs. 5000/-.
Not only the participants of Raahgiri but the shopkeepers and showroom owners around the base camps of volunteers immensely supported the cause. The public from all age groups came forward to support the cause and pray for the well being and restoration of normalcy in the valley. “For more than ten days, I haven’t spoken to my family in J&K. I do not know if they are dead or alive. Allah bless you all for coming forward and helping them”, says Abdul Gafar who had come to Delhi a month ago.
Delivery/Dispatch of the aid collected so far by the Delhi University Students.
“This is the happiest feeling. Delhi came forward for the cause. Everyone helped by doing their bit in saving people who could have died of hunger or thirst, people who needed medical help and had lost all hope.” said, Mahvish Hamid, one of the main organizers for the drive.
The donation drive was supported by numerous arts groups like the jammers group ‘Djembefola United’, the street play society of DCAC, Leher and the musicians group of ‘Intelligent Freaks’ which performed to raise awareness about the plight of people in Delhi and to motivate people to donate for the cause.
Do you want to contribute?
Delhi University Students for J&K Flood Relief is organizing a similar collection drive the coming weekend i.e. September 21st and 22nd, 2014 at Connaught Place. All those who want to contribute or volunteer please come forward.
For queries contact:
Mahvish Hamid (Hans Raj): 9650770171
Mahrukh Hamid (DCAC) : 9810469936
To donate online click here.
Lady Shri Ram College for Women in collaboration with TEDx organized its first event focusing on the motto of ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ on September 13 in the college auditorium. The well-organized event had six speakers, who spoke about a variety of topics. Starting with Mihir Srivastava, an artist who paints nudes as a hobby and ending with Shreena Thakore, co-founder of No Country for Women, the talks were thought -provoking and inspirational in a very unconventional style.
With the ideas being very diverse and from different fields, there was a common thread between all these talks, which was the passion with which each idea was propagated. The objective of the event was to have a collaborative learning and communication event which dealt with topics which exist in everyday life but don’t catch our attention.
The highlight of the event was the ease and clarity with which the speakers spoke. All the speakers were very clear about their ideas and the existing notions in society which restrict one.
Mr. Matthew Whoolery, Professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University-Idaho, USA, talked about the concept of “How to be Unhappy?”
A very humorous and satire filled talk, he managed to convey the problem of unhappiness in very simple words and gave a very easy way to stay “away” from happiness by thinking and focusing on one’s own problems and needs.
Mihir Srivastava talked about “Conversations in the nude”, which talked about his experiences of painting nude people. He emphasized on the point of “private space in public nudity” and also how the appreciation he received from people on his work, was apprehensive. Mr. Aseem Shrivastava, an ecological economist, brought out a rather interesting point in his talk titled”Dignity of the Earth”. He explained the Arrow of Time and how one can has to go back in time, to the origin after a while. He said, ”Sometimes you have to go very far from home inorder to realize that you have to ultimately come back.” By home he referred to nature and the need for sustainability.
The event had a refreshment break in the middle which provided the attendees with a forum to interact with the speakers. All the people were given goodie bags sponsored by Teach for India. The other sponsors were The Alum Store, Indian Oil and Chai Point. Overall, the entire event brought out ideas which made everyone realize that imagination is more important than knowledge.
Ishita Sharma
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Elections in Delhi University are the perfect time to witness how some well-educated and well-aware people shut their eyes towards the critical condition of the environment. The ignorant politicians and their supporters waste tons of paper in the name of campaigning during elections.
Tired of seeing roads and classrooms covered under thick layers of posters and pamphlets, a group of students from Hindu College stood up to change the scenario. Panchtatva, the Environmental Society of Hindu College started the Paper Bucket Challenge. The initiative, which began on September 8, was taken by the students to make others aware of the fact that they were wasting a precious natural resource which could be put to a much better use.
The members of the society began collecting pamphlets and posters into buckets. They maintain that the collected paper will be recycled and will be used to make products like paper bags. This small group of people inspired many other students of the college who later joined and started working towards a better and cleaner campus.
“Since ages, tons of paper is put into bins during or post elections, which if collected can be utilized for better purposes and will be advantageous. If we crave for a better surrounding then we should be the ones to move forward and begin the chain of change”, said Shivangi Asthana, Vice-President of the Panchtatva Society, Hindu College.
Members of the society believe that every little effort formulates into a big revolution which sooner or later will invoke a fire inside everyone.
Thus, while some people were busy littering around in the University of Delhi under the name of publicity, the Paper Bucket Challenge came up as a boon to the college, if not the society.
(Image source: Panchatatva Facebook Page)
Shaurya Sahai
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