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Josh Talks 2015: Stories that inspired Delhi

By DU Beat November 2, 2015

Have you ever heard a story that kept you up all night? Have you heard a story that changed your view towards life? Have you ever heard a story that compelled you to be a better person tomorrow? Josh Talks Delhi managed to do all that. The sixth edition of Josh Talks was held on 30th October, Saturday, 2015 at Airforce Auditorium, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi.

Josh Talks showcases India’s most inspiring stories in order to make inspiration accessible to all. This edition of Josh Talks had ten speakers – dancers, entrepreneurs, scientists, social activists, sportsmen; who came to this platform to share the story of their success and failure.

The event kick-started with Kristen Braddock who shared her beautiful journey of starting a social enterprise “Sewing New Futures”, which creates alternative livelihood for the marginalized women and young teenage girls to give them space in the mainstream social milieu.

Next up was India’s leading fashion icon, a stylist, designer, highly acclaimed Kuchipudi dancer and founder of “Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop” which is India’s first true fashion website. During the question session she advised the young fashion entrepreneurs to “follow the best people in the world to get inspired by their work” and further talked about the importance of marketing and the use of strong and creative visuals.

The third speaker was a 16 year old girl with an extra-ordinary story. “I would hide drugs in my pockets and hair”, she told the audience and narrated the story of her dark days which were spent stealing, rag-picking, sleeping at railway stations and under flyovers, lost in the haze of drugs before being introduced to Chetna NGO. With the help from this NGO she overcame the loss of her family and drug addiction and is now a national leader who works for the underprivileged, and is heading more than 10,000 children.

The next speaker was a recipient of the Dr. Kalpana Chawla Young Scientist Award, Sourabh Kaushal who talked about space, stars and exploring the world beyond our planet. He went on to say that “true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”. For him “success consists of going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”.

The fifth speaker was indisputably one of the most awaited speakers. He is former management consultant, corporate coach, motivational speaker and Asia’s best Stand-Up Comedian, Papa CJ. “In comedy, failure is the only way to success”, he said and went on to answer the audience’s questions ranging from the secret behind his hair to his evolution of being a stand-up comedian in an era where it’s easy to get offended over little things.

The next half of Josh Talks started with Laura Quinn, Founder of Do One Thing, an organization which helps to build a sustainable ecosystem of socially responsible businesses in India. She talked about the importance of purpose in one’s life and said, “When you have purpose in your life, everything changes”.

The next two speakers almost had polar stories. Ryan Martyr is a 24 year old dancer, traveler, musician and writer, with no aspirations of having a steady job. His sole purpose in life is to please his soul and he believes in, “if I do what I love, I will be happy”. “If I’ve life, I want to die the happiest person”, he said.

The next speaker’s life was illuminated by happiness only once he touched the horizons which seemed impossible to reach at one time and refused to be limited by his condition. Rajendar Singh Rahelu, 41-year-old power-lifter suffering from infantile paralysis, having won the silver medal at The Glasgow Commonwealth Games’14, Summer Paralympics Athens’04 and the Arjuna Award in 2006, told his story which was full of obstacles that were never too big for his him to overcome.

The last two speakers had indomitable spirits. They both refused to drown in sea of self-pity or leave things completely in hands of fate. Surely, they were knocked down, but they got up and took their fate in their own hands. They carved a beautiful life not just for themselves, but they managed to change lives of thousands in that process. Gautam Yadav, coming from the slums of Delhi, he is today a youth icon for the young LGBT community, an ‘HIV & Human Rights Activist’, an honorary board member of several social groups across the globe, a representative at UN and is himself gay and lives positively with HIV with a mission for a better and equal world.

The last speaker was Harsh Songra,the undetected patient of dyspraxia himself till the age of 9, turned his life around after being cured and founded 3 startups by the age of 19, one of which is “MY CHILD” which helps to detect dyspraxia in under a minute. He believes in two things, “Escape the competition” and “Sacrifice who you are for what you want to be”.

Thus, this sixth edition of Josh Talks had ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Stories that inspired, moved, and motivated the people in every sense. Stories brewed out of passion, courage, determination and struggle. Stories which inflicted hope and compelled one to look for the true purpose of life, and be a better person tomorrow.

Nidhi Panchal

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Gender Studies Cell, St. Stephen’s College, screens ‘In the Mood for Love’ and ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai’

By DU Beat November 1, 2015

The Gender Studies Cell, St. Stephen’s College, screened two documentaries over the last week, both of which are extremely pertinent to the current social and cultural scenario that prevails in the country.

In the Mood for Love

Directed by Sandeep Kr. Singh and Aakriti Kohli, In the Mood for Love expresses the idea of love as an emotion that is genderless, through an insight into the everyday lives of homosexual couples, with the purpose of sensitizing viewers to the reality of queer love and relationships, which are considered taboo.The screening was followed by an interactive discussion with the actors and directors of the documentary on alternate sexualities and the living reality of being non-normative in a largely conservative society that is increasingly apprehensive about accepting pluralities and permitting differences to exist. Questions on the politics of sexuality, mainstream films and LGBTQ identities were also raised.

The discussion saw in attendance over 40 students, engaging in an interesting conversation with the team who worked on the film over their challenges and achievements. Prerna Subramanian, a student who attended te discussion says, “I found the documentary taut and simple, yet profound. The characters portrayed in the film were from familiar backgrounds and places and hence, I could relate to the issue even better.”

The discussion ended over the topic of what love meant to the audience and the members of the panel. This invited interesting answers, with some calling love a natural phenomenon and others referring to love as an overrated, cliched and romanticised ideal. However, an agreement was reached on one aspect of love-love is genderless.

The screening of ‘In the Mood for Love’ is the event that kickstarts the Delhi Queer Pride, 2015.

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai

Directed by Nakul Singh Sawhney, ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai,’ follows the communal tensions in Muzaffarnagar, which culminated in violent riots in 2013 that were allegedly abetted by certain political parties. The documentary traces the transition of a city, once known as ‘Mohabbat Nagar,’ to a city that has become the keyword for communal violence in the country. The documentary is an intricate collage of several perspectives-the headman of a village, children affected by the riots, the youth in the villages, and women, in the name of the protection of whose honour the riots were instigated.

The screening was followed by a discussion with Nakul Singh Sawhney and P.K.Vijayan (Faculty member, Department of English, Hindu College, and author of ‘Masculinities and Hindu Nationalism’). Nakul Singh Sawhney gave the audience a better picture of how the documentary was made, with interesting stories on the kind of people the team interacted with in the various villages that were affected by the riots. He mentioned some of the challenges faced, particularly while getting the women in the villages to talk to a male crew. An all-female crew was sent in to ensure that the women were more comfortable and expressive. Devika Shekhawat, who was at the screening says, “The documentary has portrayed the leftist political hold over UP and the communal as well as gender aspect very well. It had definitely provoked me to think about the communal politics in India.”

Both screenings resulted in engaging and informative discussions and were well received.

Image Credits: Devika Shekhawat

Abhinaya Harigovind

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Maitreyi Launches 'Sociologue' and Talk with Prof. Rajni Palriwala

By DU Beat October 28, 2015

With a vehement passion to take the discipline of Sociology beyond classroom levels and create a strong platform for change in the society, the Department of Sociology of Maitreyi College released its very first Newsletter- ‘Sociologue: Aao Baat Karein’ followed by a talk on ‘Why Gender? Need for Feminist Thinking’ by Professor Rajni Palriwala on the 27th of October, 2015, from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. in the Seminar Hall of Maitreyi College, New Delhi. The programme began with a short speech by Dr. (Mrs.) Yamini Gautam, Vice-Principal of Maitreyi College, on the great value of newsletters in today’s times for disseminating information and spreading awareness on various issues around the world, which are otherwise left unvoiced. Professor (Mrs.) Maala was then, called on the stage to give a warm welcome to the guest speaker, Dr. Rajni Palriwala, who is a Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. Her research interests include gender, kinship and marriage, care, citizenship, feminist theory and politics, agrarian and development studies and comparative sociology. She is also an eminent author of many novels and journals, some of which include Changing Kinship, Family and Gender Relations in South Asia; Planning Families, Planning Gender; and Marriage, Migration and Gender. [caption id="attachment_35899" align="aligncenter" width="767"] Dr. Rajni Panriwala[/caption] The event was followed by Dr. Rashi Bhargava, Assistant Professor and Editor-in-chief of Sociologue, who explained the true purpose of their newsletter, which was to initiate a platform for social discussion and dialogue, and to promote interactions and liberation of ideas on issues of everyday life which must be confronted, but are mostly neglected. A presentation on an overview of the whole newsletter was thus, demonstrated to give a brief on all the major Editorial features such as Feature Articles, Editors’ Choice, Department Updates, News Headlines, Reflection Box, and Letters to the Editor and Issue Specific Features which would include Stories/Poems/Reviews, Comic Strips/Visual Pieces and Food For Thought, built around one particular theme, every year. The entire team of Sociologue, including the Editorial Board, Creative Team and Publicity Team along with Dr. Rajni, Dr. Yamini, Prof. Maala, Dr. Rashi, Associate Professor Dr. Gopi Tripathy and Prof. Koyal were then, all, invited on the stage to perform the inauguration ceremony. Having run the theme ‘Gender Matters’ this year, it was crucial for someone as prestigious as Professor Rajni to address her few words of wisdom during the launch of Sociologue. She started by reminiscing her childhood days wherein she was surprised to observe that despite being treated equally in the arena of education, her family would always create differences among her siblings when it came to cooking, and every time, she would persuade her family into finding her a groom who could cook instead, a wave of laughter would fill the air. Growing up, she realized that such differences, which she earlier took as being natural, were in fact, cultural- that is, made by the world around us, and which have always been prevalent, ever since the times of Suffrage and the Indian National Movement. She explained that the reason “Why Gender?” is debated upon so much is because of the fact that people always took gender differences as being natural, especially in the dimension of work. She said, that, “People always required women to cook, take care of the ‘unpaid domestic work’ and become the bedrock of their families. They thought that women did all this naturally, and it was thus, considered as their ‘real job’. Even if middle-class or poor women did go out for work to subsist their family, they were still required to finish their entire household ‘work’ as well.” She then, emphasized that the reason why unequal treatment of women in the public sphere of education and employment is still very much prevalent in our society, is because our constitution has only acquired formal equality for women, and not a substantive one. She referred to the popular saying, “Personal is political” by justifying that our lives are deeply political as it’s all about the personal ‘power’ of a person, whether it’s men who may dominate their power over others or women who may succumb to the oppression of powers by others. She further elucidated that many women have now become victims of the ‘Stockholm syndrome’ which means that after being imprisoned or bounded by the dominant structure of the society for so long, women have started accepting such ways of life where they no longer feel the urge to break away. This is also one of the reasons why most of them do not raise their voice anymore and choose to stay silent despite being treated unfairly repeatedly by anyone. She also enlightened everyone with the fact that the equality which women ask for is not of being treated exactly as men, but of that in which men and women of all castes and classes must be different. She said that, “the idea of true equality does not call for exact sameness, but of enhancing and appreciating the idea of differences among them, and being treated with ‘equal’ dignity and respect.” She, therefore, encouraged all the girls to continue the fight against unjust treatment and to continue discussing such topics with those having opposite perspectives until they realize that they are wrong. According to her, there must be a very strong sense of collectivity and uniformity among women, or a need for Feminism, as the battle to remove all gender inequalities may be slow and hard, but will eventually bring about an epicenter of change. Shagun Marwah [email protected] Image Credits: Bayar Jain and Vibhana Kanwar, Members of Vista- The Photography Society of Maitreyi College]]>

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The 5 Kinds of IAS Aspirants – Bollywood Style

By DU Beat October 26, 2015

The mention of the IAS exam brings to mind two images-that of our hopeful parents, in awe of this noble profession, and that of ourselves if we decide to take the dreaded exam, burning the midnight oil, drenched in sweat, unable to complete the inexhaustible syllabus!

Here is an attempt to give you insights into the 5 personality types which take up this battle head on:

1. The Perfect Star Kid:

Come on. You know this kid. He/she has been in every class in every school/college. Common characteristics of this species include: scoring straight A’s, being the favourite of every teacher and being great in extra-curricular activities as well. Basically, they did everything so smoothly (and, excelled at them, too!) that it made you dislike them with all your heart. They also drove you to experience the existential crisis of your life where you constantly questioned your worth and purpose. These are the students who decide to outshine others yet again by not only cracking but topping IAS. You may see them in libraries working with all their strength to achieve such a goal.

2. The On-the-fence students:

These are the confused ones- those who give the IAS exam just because they haven’t decided on a particular choice of field for their future. No harm in writing it, is there? They fill forms for every possible entrance exam praying and hoping that at least through some exam they’ll magically find their calling. IAS is nothing more than another option for them and a means to gain the much talked about “experience” of giving such an arduous paper.

3. The Good Samaritan:

This is the naïve kid who has succumbed to the constant pleas of his or her parents-“Beta, there should be at least one member of the family in IAS, no? It has been our dream to see you in the service-” accompanied by a tear or two. The daughter/son in this case, is ready to take one for the team and try their luck. Their goal is less oriented towards cracking the paper and more towards gaining appreciation from their parents in front of Sharma Ji who constantly pesters their family with “My beta studies in Amrika!”

4. Scions of the families in service:

These are the aspirants who belong to families who have many members in the Indian Administrative Services. Thus, it is perceived to be a given that these kids will prepare for IAS as well. And, the question is not about whether they’re able to crack it or not but if they’ll be able to vanquish the other members of the family by surpassing the marks scored by them. Life is a race, and all that.

5. The Senior Citizens:

IAS is not for the faint-hearted. It requires intense hard-work and without that your odds of clearing the paper will be negligent. But, the aspirants in this category have taken “try once more” a little too seriously. These are aspirants looking for that one big break – The Nirvana seekers!

Civilsdaily’s Android App provides strategy for clearing the IAS Exam and supplies essential Daily News for FREE which can help you get started with Current Affairs. If you are an aspirant, you should start your studies by reading their ULTIMATE GUIDE TO IAS PREP.

Nishita Agarwal

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The Finance and Investment Society, SBSC organised The Next Step

By DU Beat October 21, 2015

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The Auburn Umbrella: 5 style tricks every DU girl should know

By DU Beat October 21, 2015

For all the believers of destiny, it wrote for each one of us, three years, that were purely dedicated for a phase called ‘young and reckless!’. This phase starts when we enter the college and ends when we finally grow up to face the realities of life! While, in these years, we tend to do what everyone would do, behave like we are the coolest alive but, wear what we really love to wear. How others would think about your style is something that you will never pay heat to. And, that is how the humans of Delhi University, created a trend of its kind – Campus Style, the young, wild and reckless Fashion that you will only find in DU and nowhere else. What you might not know is that the girls here have their own Fashion secrets. How about we leak out some to you?

SHIRT IT UP!

For the usual lousy days at college, the girls at DU prefer to keep it light. No! They won’t specially go for a casual shopping spree, they will rather sneak into their guy friends’ cupboards and steal their shirts. Checkered or striped shirts with rolled up sleeves and denims make a perfect free day college look for them. They might as well feel like dressing up sometimes, but, for the rest, they are absolutely in love with their shirts! So, if you’re DU lover, we are sure you have aced this trick by now!

2. JIFFY JUNK!

With due respect to the late nights and late wake ups, these girls still know how to sizzle up their look in a jiffy! They won’t give much time to their look, but, their Junk jewellery will be up for a save. A clump of bangles on one hand, a worn leather band on the other and the most pretty looking jhumkis has always been the perfect route to styling for them. And, the main reason why they have an undying bend towards street shopping is the junk jewellery that they spot from anywhere and everywhere.

3. POUT OUT!

Being in college, makeup would be the last resort for any girl. What makes them look sinfully stunning is their ‘no-makeup’-makeup look. Irrespective of all the essentials in their bag, you will find the most poppy shades of lip colors in them undoubtedly. One hot pink shade on their lips, aviators, and they are pout ready! But, if you think it’s all about being jazzy, let us remind you they are also in love with the nudes! Afterall, that is how they define campus styling. The main make mantra for these gorgeous girls is – ‘Pout out and K.I.S.S’, Keep it simple silly!

4. HELLO ARM CANDIES!

What intrigues us the most about DU is how these DU Divas have a secret collection of Bags in their trunks! From fringed slings, to spongebob backpacks to rugged leather bucket bags, you name it and they have it. The catch though, is that they honestly follow the bag bible and know it right when to carry which bag to complete their looks. For the skater dress girly look, they have their cute slings out while for the ripped jeans attire, they will hop out of their houses with their backpacks on! Unaware of this trick? You definitely need to get out for some bag shopping!

5. I’M FEELING ‘EM SHOES!

And, when you hear ‘after diamonds, shoes are a girl’s best friend!’, it falls completely true for a DU girl. They do know their shoes well! Among the massive amount of women traveling in metro, if you spot ladies in their quirky slippers, it goes without a guess that they are from Delhi University. ‘Opt for the easy way out, but, don’t forget to nail it!’ – is what they believe. Thong sandals are their regular summer flings and for winters, ‘oo la la!’, the leather boots are out! And hey! Don’t forget how toms became popular in Delhi! All credits to DU girls and their fun cravings!

The style secrets are out ladies, get going with these fun tricks and do tell us when all eyes are on you in your college. Think you can add to this list? Download the Wooplr app and reveal some of your campus style secrets! ASAP!

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Kamala Nehru and Dyal Singh College emerge winners at Inter-College Boxing Championship 2015

By DU Beat October 19, 2015

From 14^th to 16^th October, 2015, Dyal Singh College (Morning), University of Delhi (DU), organized the Inter-College Boxing Championship 2015 (Men and Women). The event was covered live by Doordarshan.

Mandeep Jangra, recipient of 2015’s prestigious Arjuna Award and an international boxer, was the chief guest for the first day (14^th October) of this championship. For the second day (15^th October), Dilbagh Singh who is also a prominent boxer, was the chief guest. And for 16^th October, Joint Commissioner of Police was the chief guest. A lot of other prominent national boxers also attended the event and motivated the students.

The Winner’s of Women’s category:

Winner Weight Category

Pooja Tokas 48 KG

(Kamla Nehru College,DU)

Simran 51 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Shivani 54 KG

(Kamla Nehru College, DU)

Smita 57 KG

(Jesus and Mary College, DU)

Akanshi 60 KG

(Lakshmi Bai College, DU)

Heena 64 KG

(kamla Nehru College, DU)

Anjali 67 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Glory Rose 75 KG

(Lakshmi Bai College, DU)

Pooja 81 KG

(Lakshmi Bai College, DU)

Monali +81 KG

(Lakshmi Bai College, DU)

Overall Champion: Kamala Nehru College, DU with 3 Gold and 2 Silver Medals.

The Winner’s of Men’s category:

Winner Weight Category

Mohammad Askin 49 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Rocky 52 KG

(Deshbandhu College, DU)

Bunty 56 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Pawan 60 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Mohammad Ismile 64 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Chirag 69 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Manish Solanki 75 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Gaurav Pawar 81 KG

(Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, DU)

Sunny 91 KG

(Dyal Singh College, DU)

Gagan Pawar +91 KG

(Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, DU)

Overall Champion: Dyal Singh College, DU with 7 Gold Medals.

By: Nidhi Panchal

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and JMC organise self defence classes

By DU Beat October 17, 2015

As a part of its gender equality campaign under the guidance and motivation of Dr. P.K. Khurana, principal of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi, organised a lecture on “GENDER SENSITIZATION” on 15th October, 2015, covering hundreds of boys student focussing on the need to impart special lessons on gender sensitization now. The first step of this initiative was taken on 21st September 2015, when the Women’s Development Cell of the College organised a workshop for girl students focussing on the basics of Self Defence, under the guidance of Dr Meera Mehta convener of the Women’s Development Cell which was conducted by the Delhi Police.

Their lecture urged the students to foster gender equality acting in partnership with girls as agents of change. Hosted by Ms Pratishtha Arora and Ms Smriti from the centre of social research. The lecture was an interactive session where the students shared their experiences and reactions focused on modification of behaviour by raising awareness of Gender Equality and Gender Sensitization.

To assess the impact of efforts undertaken, feedback about their changed perception at the end of the lecture through which further programs and workshops will be organised.

For more information,visit, http:/www.sbsc.in/

Jesus and Mary College organised a similar workshop where students were given self defence classes in the New Common Room and the Auditorium under the 5 day certificate course by Delhi Police’s Women Cell.

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SUPERNATURAL: Full of Bromance, Darkness and Blood!

By DU Beat October 17, 2015

As Rowena says in the extended trailer of season 11 of Supernatural, “What new hell has Dean Winchester unleashed upon the world?” Well, this is a question that even Dean and Sam are themselves pondering upon. From season 1 itself we’ve seen the Winchester brothers fighting evil, but they always had an idea of what they were fighting; sometimes they had their father’s journals, Bobby or in the recent times the Men of Letters library to help them through their cases. Now, with Darkness unleashed upon the world, a pre-biblical entity which the God fought off with his Archangels in a gruesome battle many years ago even before the Universe was created; Sam and Dean are fighting their biggest battle yet with the original evil in season 11!

Spoiler Alert!

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Season 11 will pick up right from season 10 finale. Free of Mark of Cain with Darkness running wild around the world, Dean and Sam will feel guilty for this huge blunder they’ve made. Death being dead, deaths without Death will be an interesting watch. Moreover, the Angels in Heaven and Demons in Hell would be shown pretty scared of this Big Bad Darkness. Castiel would be suffering from the effects of Rowena’s spell and in consequence would be seen recalling his brutal battle with Crowley.

Season Theme

The theme of this season of Supernatural is ‘You can’t outrun your past’. According to the theme we’ll see a lot of old characters brought to life in this season. To defeat this big evil, Sam and Dean would have to confront some figures from their past. Consequently, there would be a lot of flashbacks from the former seasons. As much as they want to defeat Darkness, they won’t be able to do it alone. They would make a lot of unexpected and unholy alliances and invoke people from their past. Even the return of Lucifer is pretty much expected.

Trailer Analysis

With hauntingly classic song ‘O’ Death’ in the background, the chilling trailer of Supernatural season 11 promises a lot of blood and death (without Death), Sam and Dean working on a case, a crazy clown, a very tortured Castiel and Crowley in a priest’s uniform. Also, we see a desperate Sam begging God for his help and an ominous warning “I know you’re dying – I can feel it”. Therefore, chances are that we’ll finally meet the much awaited God in this season who maybe Chuck (the writer).

And finally in this season, the Brother duo will work as a team, just like in the initial season. They’ll be just Sam and Dean, not some blood drinking half demonsor with Mark of Cain. And yes, we’ll have a whole episode on Dean’s Baby (the Impala) and there would be an episode where we’ll meet Sam’s imaginary friend from childhood (like they’re real things!). Lastly, Emily Swallow as Amara would be the Darkness.

Catch Sam and Dean’s story as they fight the impossible in Season 11 of Supernatural on 10^th, October, Saturday on AXN India.

NidhiPanchal

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The Auburn Umbrella: 3 Trending Campuses to watch out for

By DU Beat October 13, 2015

‘There was intellectuality, there was art, and then there was an amalgamation of both – Fashion!’ – This phrase completely holds its essence when we walk down the DU lane and try to draw a map with a series of top colleges with their trophies to fame. Speaking of colleges, think “high cut-offs” and the first to strike you is SRCC, while colleges like St. Stephens and Hindu are hubs of creativity. But stereotypes aside, there are young ladies out there, digging into their heels, modelling through the monotony of their routine lecture schedules, and gaining recognition for their flawless Campus Fashion. The dilemma is when you have to pick the campuses with best fashion that creates a new trend in itself. In a solution to who tops this style quest, WOOPLR brings you 3 Fashionable Campuses of DU to watch out for :

1. LADY SHRI RAM COLLEGE

Whether a bookworm, a street play society member, or a fashion freak, what’s common among each one of them is their prodigious wardrobe. Either the girls in LSR never fall short of clothes, or they play it really smart mix-matching their outfits to create new looks everyday. Contemporary and high-street fashion is their staple and following Trend-cycles like a mantra gives them a periodical makeover. What we love most about this college is it’s summer-ready trend. Step into the campus and you will find a wide range of colors and versatility to die for. With girls in their culottes and shirts, long skirts and jackets, and unusual accessories, this campus is polka dotted with on-the-rise Trend Setters.

KAMLA NEHRU COLLEGE

Before you enter any campus, it is only natural to properly scan the crowd, be it your own college or others. And while there’s all the good and bad in every college, Kamla Nehru College comes with its unique catchphrase – ‘KNC ki Ladkiaa!’. There is no question why this phrase is used so commonly in DU, because here a girl may begin as a school pass out, but she will graduate as an upcoming show stopper! Mind you, it’s not a recent story that this college is known for its crowd; it is a shout-out earned over the years in lieu of the growing knowledge of fashion in the college. With all the cream crowd in its Fashion Society, there are some awe-inspiring fashion influencers in KNC. The highlight though, is how these girls can rock their denims so well. Not only is this offhand avatar so popular, we were astonished with the variety of prints we saw in college. From aztec to tribal, flirty florals to ‘70s suede, you are sure to get high on fashion here!

IP COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

If you’re hunting for raw street fashion, you are calling out for the girls at Indraprastha. Being one of the top colleges of DU for journalism, it isn’t surprising at all that they have a fetish for the rugged look. Well, most of the time. Here, the know-how of Fashion is probably the highest and girls prefer being smart with their styling rather than just letting it go. They’re more about the vibe than the tribe, more risk-takers than followers, for they believe in creating their own brand for others to aspire to learn from. While 4 in 10 will be in their kurtas and bindis, there are some who you would want to chase for their ‘drop-dead’ gorgeousness. They are all dolled up in their tiny skater dresses purchased from places that remain the best kept secrets. The girls here seem to be in their own shells with a ‘never-say-die’ attitude, but when they are on the stage, get ready for some fireworks. Flaunting fashion may not be their cup of tea, but they’re brilliant at doing what they want and making it look good too. Being simple, yet sizzling is surely the stride of these divas!

Have you been spotted on campus by Wooplr yet? If not, put on your best outfits, post them on the Wooplr app and wait for the Wooparazzi – coming soon to your college!