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BAZINGA: “Hello Sex Amma?” Sex Amma now on phone too!

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We are in a confusing stage in our lives where sexual problems are perplexing enough and often we find ourselves in dire need of advice. We see it is never easy to open up about such problems to friends or anyone for that matter. College is tricky and students rarely find balancing college and personal life to be a simple task. For years the fate of DU students was full of struggle with no ray of light to guide them. That was all until Sex Amma came. With her easy knowledge of all the ‘masaaledar’ things and firm understanding of her idlis and dosas, Sex Amma changed college life for many. People face such problems all the time and who better to drive away all the confusion than Sex Amma!  Our readers have been demanding to see more of Sex Amma saying they couldn’t get enough of her. DU Beat has thus decided to go a step further in making Sex Amma available to our beloved followers. A personal Sex Amma helpline number will be made available soon! In a few weeks you will be able to call up Amma herself and find the answer to all your problems through phone! The number is scheduled to go up on the website so keep checking.

 

Caller IDs will remain anonymous of course, so you can relax about anyone finding out exactly who calls. Rest is easy. Just call and get free advice. The helpline will be open five days a weeks from 12 noon to evening 6 pm. Standard call rates apply. Keep following and remember to keep checking the website!

 

Disclaimer: Don’t get your idli mix in a tussle, young macchi, Bazinga is our weekly column of almost believable fake news!

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QWERTY: One smartphone to rule them all… But which one?

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Have you ever wondered which smartphone is the perfect one? Is it the Samsung Galaxy S6? Is it the OnePlus 2? LG G4? Nexus 6? HTC One M9?

I, for one, can’t pick one of these because all of them have a couple of nagging little flaws. The S6 has poor battery life and no expandable storage. The OnePlus 2 doesn’t have NFC. The G4 has LG’s horrible android skin. The Nexus 6 is just plain huge and also has a subpar camera. The HTC One M9 tends to overheat. Since none of the phones on the market fit my version of ‘The Perfect Smartphone,’ I decided to create my own smartphone. These are the features I would borrow from today’s flagships –

Body

In terms of pure looks, nothing beats the iPhone 6. It looks premium, feels sturdy and is durable enough to survive minor falls.

Screen

The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a beautiful 5.1 inch Super AMOLED 2K display. Viewing angles are great, colours are sharp and vivid, and brightness is more than enough for outdoor use.

Speakers

HTC’s BoomSound speakers are without a doubt the best on the market. Front-facing, Loud, Crisp and Clear.

Battery

I’d take the 3900 mAh, beast of a battery, from the Motorola Droid Turbo which would last for 30-35 hours of regular without breaking a sweat.

Storage

Storage is something we just can’t get enough of, so I’d opt for the 128 GB storage from the iPhone 6 but I’d also throw in an expandable Micro SD card slot to increase storage up to 256GB.

Performance

The OnePlus 2 is probably the best performing smartphone out there, both in terms of benchmarks and real world testing. The octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor, coupled with 4 GB of RAM and the Adreno 430 GPU make for a buttery smooth gaming and multi-tasking experience.

Camera

This was a tricky one, and I wrestled with whether I wanted the iPhone 6 Plus’ camera or the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S6. Both cameras are fantastic, especially the one on the iPhone, but it’s only 8 megapixels which means no 4K recording. Gotta have 4K though! So I ended up choosing the one on the S6. However, I’d still want the image processing from the iPhone just to compensate for the over-saturation that Samsung’s sensor is notorious for.

 

So there you have it. My version of the perfect smartphone. What’s yours?
Guest post by Kabir Saxena.

Feature Image credits: pedrocaso.deviantart.com

 

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JMC retains add-on media courses for students of all colleges

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Jesus and Mary College (JMC), in collaboration with RK Films and Media Academy (RKFMA), has introduced two new add-on courses in the field of media for the academic year 2015.

Students of JMC as well of other colleges pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies can apply for these courses. To ensure convenience for all students, the classes will be held after regular college hours.

The courses available are Media Studies, Advertising & Media Communication and Camera & Photography. The fee for each course is Rs.15,000 and the duration will be 6 months.

“We acknowledge the overwhelming responses of the student who completed the Media Studies add-on course last year in 2014. This year, the MoU has been renewed for two additional courses and we anticipate greater participation from the student community. The trainers engaged for the courses are all practicing professionals. This will certainly help a student in gaining relevant industry knowledge hands-on and that too at a very affordable fee,” says Deepak Bansal, Director of RKFMA.

The certification shall be done at the end of the respective courses jointly by JMC and RKFMA. The first phase of admissions will conclude on 14th August. Classes are expected to commence after 15th August.

Students who are interested can contact the accounts office of the college in the hours between 9AM and 4PM. For further details, one may dial 09312237583 or drop an e-mail at [email protected].

 

Lovleen Kaur

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Bazinga: Delhi University all set to throw an after-exam party

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Disclaimer: Bazinga is DU Beat’s weekly column of almost believable fake news!

In this exam season, students are flipping with exam phobia. Students take to unhealthy living and unhealthy food. They run around while sleeping for 2-3 hours every day or not sleeping at all! Everyone feels the exam heat, and teachers are no exception. Their workload increases and the process of allotting marks and distributing copies can be a tedious one. So this year the Varsity has decided to give a post exam party of sorts where all the teachers, as well as the students can celebrate the end of the exam maha yuddh. The varsity this year had appointed additional squad members to keep an eye on invigilators and supervisors, alike. So with more than required number of teachers in every room no one time had time for breaks, courtesy of exam-malpractices. “Exam time brings with it increased workload for us as well, and this year it was even more so. A party like that would be welcome refreshment”, said a senior official sharing her views on this.

Even more unexpected was where this idea came from which was, if reports are to be believed, from VC Dinesh Singh. Apparently the VC knows when to throw a party. Calling it ‘Exam ke Baad‘ they are planning to have games and few local DJs to turn it up, adding to the fun. The cost for all this is surprisingly economical. The university has tie ups with numerous local ventures and for a contract they have agreed to sponsor the event allowing DU to go forward with negligible cost. Also with most students leaving home for the summer, less turn ups are expected from outstation students. The venue for this has yet to be decided, but it will happen in three or four campuses simultaneously, both South and North. No more details have been given.

Bazinga is DU Beat’s weekly column of almost-believable fake news!

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Five ways to give a memorable farewell

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That even enemies become friends on the farewell day is known to every student. With creative decorations and innovative events, the day either leaves good memories or plays a spoilsport. The final semester students, some of whom are already dripping in existential crises deserve the former! A test of team spirit, the day becomes an important one for the organisers too, who wish to bid adieu to the “ideal assignment makers” and their future selves. To go beyond the obvious and make the most of the occasion, here are some offbeat ways to give a memorable farewell:

Having  satirical sequence of the classroom on stage

With incessant questions pouring in from some students and funny remarks by others, the classroom becomes an interesting place due to breakages by nerds, fitness freaks, love birds, sportsmen, music lovers and other interesting personalities including teachers. Class’ mini world which has comical as well as serious people would be interesting to watch on stage. Idiosyncrasies of students and teachers in a hyperbolic sense represented on stage through specific sequences will drive some people in the audience to tears and others to laughter.

Lyrical representation of college life

Through poets, choirs and solo singers, the college life’s journey, which begins at the college website or the bulletin board to see the cut off list can be depicted in a memorable way. Inspiring oscillation in time, a metal or an indie band in the department can steal the show by invoking good and bad times spent at college.

Competitions between the graduating students and the rest

Be it a Bollywood quiz or a spontaneous dance competition, seeing the graduating students compete against the rest of the department would ensure a lighter touch to the day, giving it a diversity of emotions. Teachers taking part in the games would just add to such competitions!

Rapid Fire round

We’ve always had certain questions for seniors that have been left to decay. This can be a chance to ask questions anonymously through chits, collected and compiled before the event (the best are chosen) and then using them for a Rapid Fire round. This would bring an air of satisfaction to the juniors and would reveal the seniors’ personalities.

Decorations and gifts with a difference

Conventional decorations apart, having cartoons of your seniors on posters around the venue would be a novel thing to do. College building carved out of thermocol used as a decoration and organisers dressed by a common theme would serve as icing on the cake. Giving mugs, pencil stands or t – shirts with unique impressions of their batch as mementoes would remind them of this day and the college life, always.

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Sidharth Yadav

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HansRaj Projekt wins the Western Band competition; KNC takes away the Indian Choir Singing on Day 3 of Tempest

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The last day of Tempest saw six Bands competing in the Battle of Bands. Each band had 15 minutes to perform including their preliminary sound check. The judges for this event were Mrs. Subhadra Kamath and Mr. Amarthanga Chiru. Mrs. Kamath is a well known indie artist and has worked with Tank Bund (A Music Association). On the other hand, Mr. Chiru is a lead singer and composer for the band called “Blending Chords”.

The shortlisted bands played a variety of genres; some of them even showcased their own compositions. The results were declared and The HansRaj Projekt stood first, followed by Rangrez and PaperBoat ( St. Stephen’s College).

The Debating Society of Miranda House College organised the Shama Kohli Conventional Memorial Debate on the third day of Tempest. The motion of the debate was ‘This House Will Let It Be’ and was open to interpretation. The judges for the debate were Monika Vij and Namrata Singh, members of faculty of the Geography and Political Science Department of Miranda House.

The debate saw few teams but heavy discourse on the interpretations, with the interjectors keeping the speakers on their toes with poignant questions. The interpretations ranged from general to specific issues like feminism.

 The team from Miranda House, comprising of Karishma Koshal and Chandni Jain, was adjudged to be the best team. Pritha from KMC won the prize was the best Interjector and Wajahat Jilani from AMU was awarded Best Speaker.

The Vocal Duets and Indian Choir were also held on the closing day of Tempest. The judges for these events were Mr. Avinash Kumar and Ms. Komal. Mr. Kumar is a student of Pt. Tushar Dutt of Agra and Kirana Gharana and is currently pursuing his PhD in Music from the University of Delhi. Ms. Komal is a professor at Maitreyi College and is pursuing her PhD in Sociology from JNU.

The genre for the duets weren’t specified. Divya Sabhapthi and Keerati Ballabh from KMC stood second. They sang Kahe Ched from the movie Devdas. Sagar Garg and Gaurav Gaur were adjudged first position. They sang Raga Shree along with their ‘tabalchi’ Mahavir Chandrawat.

On the other hand, Kamala Nehru College stood first in the Indian Choir Singing, followed by Sri Venkateswara College at second position. The third position was shared by Gargi College, IP College and SSCBS. The judge gave reviews to individual teams and deducted marks for repetition. Mahavir and Manohar (accompanists) received a special mention from the judge’s side.

 

Sidhant. R Seth
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Antardhvani 2015 commences with dreams of making DU the Takshashila of today

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th February, 2015 with an inaugural ceremony at the University Stadium. Prof. Dinesh Singh, the Vice-Chancellor, addressed the packed-to-capacity hall, applauding the efforts of the NCC cadets. He further thanked the Chief Guest Dr. Chandan Mitra, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for his incessant support to the university. The VC revisited the independence era, and then traced the glorious roots of the university to those times, and inspired the students in the audience to “march to the drumbeat of his or her inner calling” as the name Antardhvani goes. Following his speech, the book on Gyanodaya- DU’s educational expedition was also released by the Chief Guest, and the team that put it together, including Mr. Vipul Tiwari and Mr. Anil Taneja, was called onstage. The inauguration was followed by a plethora of cultural performances. The Music Faculty put up a soulful rendition of Mangal Dhwani, a performance prepared especially for Antardhvani. The audience also had a visual treat in the solo Kathak Performance by Malvika from Janki Devi Memorial College. The Innovation Plaza was also inaugurated on Day 1; the plaza displayed all the innovation projects displayed of the university. Sir Timothy O’Shea, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh, U.K., was the Guest of Honour. “The conception of the Innovation Projects was done last year only and the Innovation Plaza is an outcome of the innovation projects of different colleges. In its first edition itself, it had received more than 100 applications, shattering all apprehensions the research center had about research at the undergraduate level,” the Chairperson of the Research Council informed the audience.  

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  The Folk Dance Competition had thirteen participating teams six of which danced to the energetic beats of Punjabi folk songs. Garba and Lavani were the other popular forms. The competition concluded with a combined performance by two teams from the North East performing the traditional folk dance of Assam- ‘Bihu’ and one of the many graceful Manipuri folk dances. Up next was the Choreography Competition which saw three participating teams take up vital social issues as their themes. The first performance was by Sri Venkateshwara College which dealt with the taboo around homosexuality. The second performance was by Bharati College on how Bollywood music has been influenced by Western music. The students of Shyam Lal College put up an emotional last performance on female Infanticide. The first position went to Sri Venkateswara College, second to Shyam Lal College and third to Bharati College. Arindam Goswami [email protected] Kritika Narula [email protected] Image credits: Kashish Madan]]>

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College of Vocational Studies

Sri Venkateswara college and CVS emerge winners at KNC’s theater fest, Concoction 2015

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With three days of vibrant stage and street play performances along with an exuberant hustle-bustle on the campus, Concoction 2015 coloured Kamala Nehru College in dramatic hues. The three-day fest of the theatre society of the college- Lakshya, saw some exceptional performances by various theatre-enthusiasts from across Delhi University and various other colleges.

Day 1 was dedicated to street plays. Aghaaz, the street play competition was a day’s paradise for all street-play lovers who were seen congregated at Chaupal, the open amphitheatre on the college premises. Covering a wide range of themes- from the impacts of religious fundamentalism to dying indigenous cultures, the event saw performers bringing out the best in them within 30 minutes. Theatrekingdom.com, the world’s first social-networking platform on which theatre talent can share their work with other theatre professionals also gave away T-Shirts to the drama enthusiasts in the audience.

Drama-Nomics, College of Vocational Studies was awarded the first position for their play, ‘90 second ki red-light’ which talked about the plight of beggars on red-light crossings and what we could do to make a difference.

Hansraj Dramatics Society, Hansraj College was declared the Runner-up for their play, ‘Tamaasha’ which highlighted how day-to-day are often converted into sources of entertainment and the tamaasha that follows. The day culminated with the crowd going into a frenzy with the pulsating beats of ‘Daphli and Djembefola United’.

Day 2 and Day 3 saw the college auditorium being proclaimed house-full as the stage play event, Archlights, saw a myriad of hour-long stage plays of multiple genres. The audience was caught in a fit of laughter with SRCC’s ‘Pune Highway’ while many were moved by GTBIT’s ‘Waqt’.  The crowd was also truly impressed by the bold, unabashed and hilarious ‘The Goat or who is Sylvia’ of Sri Venkateshwara College which earned them the first position. Kirori Mal College’s ‘Words Words Words’was declared second. SRCC also received an honorary mention from the jury for its performance.

Along with the plays, informal events such as Treasure Hunt and Beg Borrow Click added a lot of zeal to the atmosphere. Karan Singh Magic’s performance took the audience by amazement and “was like watching Sherlock in real life!” The closing ceremony with the band performance by Agastya managed to win all hearts and sky lanterns twinkling in the dark ended the event on a note of exuberance.

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Book lovers and authors unite at Jaipur Literature Festival 2015

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The literary event is one festival that many people in the country look forward to and plan ahead for. It’s a huge platform for the present, future and accomplished writers, publishers and book enthusiasts.

I attended the third day of the Jaipur Literature Festival and one talk that I found particularly interesting, in my opinion, was the one about the declined use of the Rajasthani language due to the global use of the powerful English language. An interesting debate took place regarding the consequences of the sudden increase in English speaking individuals and how this language is creating barriers between tradition and modernism. The talk was then compared to the gradual decline of the Sanskrit language in our country, where spoken English is spreading like a domino effect.

The other talk was called the ‘Basic Instinct’ during which speakers shared their personal encounters regarding the first and most influential sexual fantasies that they read and what inspired them to depict sexual content in their books. Lastly, ‘Reading Africa, Writing Africa’ was a in which four Africa based authors shared their encounters as writers in Africa during the 1970’s and the difficulties that they faced with their political and apolitical writing.

Judging by the crowd, most people seemed excited about the presence of Shashi Tharoor and Dr. Abdul Kalam in the literature festival. The Chayos’, Fat Lulu’s and Dunkin Doughnut’s stalls were the new arrivals this year. These joints successfully grabbed attention of the major part of the crowd and served the delicious food and beverages. Also, the showcase of a personally designed Mini Cooper in the entrance attracted a lot of attention with innumerous selfies.

Overall, the day was well spent with the amazingly intellectual talks and the enthusiastic crowd heating up the literary environment.

Meghna Mitra
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Beyond the Obvious of Delhi University Colleges

Beyond The Obvious: Shaheed Rajguru College

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One of the leading applied science colleges of The University of Delhi, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women offers you some courses which have nation-wide demand as well as recognition. The college is known for its courses like B.Sc. in Instrumentation, B.Sc. in Food Technology and B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences to name a few. It is an institution which is dedicated to give hands on training to women and educate, enlighten and empower them.

Situated on the eastern border of Delhi, the college’s infrastructure and facilities will provide a conducive environment for learning. Anyone entering the campus might as well mistake it to be a private college. This particular college justifies the actual definition of a college. Here you can see that studies and fun go hand in hand. The well ventilated, bright and beautiful classrooms are always full of students seldom without a teacher in class. But to compensate this view, if you peep into the wide open amphitheatre, you will always find our vibrant dance society, Aharya or the fashion society, Glamfire practicing and performing.

The college building is surrounded by huge gardens and greenery on all the four sides. It’s really a treat to catch the night view from the balcony of the hostel on a nice full moon night. It also is the perfect place where you can enjoy a nice sunny afternoon in winters. Our dramatics society, Mukhauta can always be found here practicing, packed with zeal and enthusiasm. For nature lovers this is just another reason to fall in love with their college. On rainy days it looks like a perfect film location and provides a perfect background for perfect selfies!

The campus is also the proud possessor of a three floored fully air conditioned library. It also has well equipped e-libraries and RFID system while it is the first one to get it among all the colleges of DU. The newly built auditorium is always occupied by some or the other event. But it’s worth it too! The campus is surrounded by a lot of eateries like the Kathi Junction, something you should not give a miss! You get student favourites like Momos, Chilli Potatoes and Gol Gappas.  And if at all you need something branded, Dominos comes for your rescue.

Rajguru College is more colourful now with all the artworks done. All the walls are beautifully done and the entire campus looks splendid. It’s all set to host the most happening event of the college, the annual cultural fest, Karvaan.

–   Kaavya Raveendran

 

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