One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Nineteen college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: SGGSCC, Maitreyi College, Hindu College, Lady Irwin College, Kamala Nehru College, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Sri Aurobindo College (Morning as well as Evening), Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, Kalindi College, Bharati College, Shivaji College, Ramanujan College, Lakshmibai College, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Dyal Singh College, Satyawati College, and Daulat Ram College. Colleges that were not affiliated to DU were not included in the tally.

The Top Three

At the top position is I VOGUE, the fashion society of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce with a total of 18 points. Poise of the Institute of Home Economics is at the second spot. Galore of Maitreyi College are at the third spot. Nakshatra of Hindu College surprisingly established itself as a strong competition and came fourth with 12 points.

Points Tally: Fashion

The Winning Society at a glance

I VOGUE has established itself as the top fashion society for a long time now. With their dark-colored structured clothes, clear messaging, and awe-inspiring props and surprise elements, they have remained the favorite of both the crowd and the critics. Speaking about this year’s annual production, Chayan Jain, the President of the winning society, said, “This year we dedicated our performance to a call for humanity. We wanted to shed light on the irrelevant differences that we as a society are a constant prey to; namely gender differences, caste discrimination, and the religious segmentation. The theme this year was named “A Walk Towards Humanity” was entirely a team effort without any outside help. Be it the choreography, designing, modeling, hairstyling, or conceptual ideas, we have all done this ourselves. We owe our success to each and every member of the society who did every task with full dedication. It warms our hearts to see all our hard work paying off it.”

Performing members

Choreography
Chayan Jain (President)
Jugti Bakshi (Vice president)
Harsh kapoor
Prabhjot Batra

Designing
Ankit aggarwal
Ishpreet Kaur
Chayan Jain
Jugti Bakshi
Harsh kapoor

PR team
Chayan Jain
Ankit Aggarwal
Pranay Valecha

Other Active Members
Nutan
Elisha Mayor
Bisman Jaggi
Daman Papneja
Prabhpreet Singh
Harbandana Sareen
Divyjot Kaur
Muskan Arora
Ishita Kumar
Jasmine Gujral
Rishabh Dabas

Winners Tally

Out of all colleges we considered, I VOGUE won at:
1st: Hindu, Lady Irwin College, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College, Dyal Singh College

2nd: Shivaji College, Kalindi College, Kamala Nehru College,

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Top Societies in DU Fest Season 2018: Backbeat and 6 In The Evening for Battle of Bands

By Niharika Dabral May 21, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Confluence; Hansraj College, and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The Top Three

Backbeat of Ramjas College and 6 In The Evening of Hansraj College are at the top position. Second position is shared by Commonthread of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Tapas of Motilal Nehru College, and Musoc of Kirori Mal College. Third position is secured by Conundrum Drive of PGDAV College.

Points Tally: Battle of Bands

The Winning Society at a glance

6 In The Evening, Hansraj College
This year they composed three original songs. A band member told us that all three songs varied in their style and approach owing to the diverse background of team members. The first song they wrote, ‘Afterlife’ was a result of the band’s first jam together. Afterlife revolved around Rohan’s infectious melodies on the sarod which sets in a mood of beauty and introspection. The second song ‘Home’, was more upbeat and groovy thanks to the skills of drummer Dimpal and Bassist Puru. The third song they wrote was named ‘Third eye’, which was high piched and aided by powerful drums and enticing Sarod.

President, Aditya Paul told DU Beat, “Since the starting of the session we just had one simple goal, which was to serve the song and let the music flow while allowing each band member to put forward his ideas. This approach definitely helped all of us to grow as musicians. I personally felt so proud of the Puru and Saksham who are in their first year, but adapted to the process so quickly and made this entire experience even better.

Performing members

Aditya Paul – Vocals and Guitar
Dimpal Kumar – Drums
Saksham Kumar – Keyboard
Puru Aggarwal – Bass Guitar
Rohan Prasanna – Sarod
Kartik Balan – Mridangam

Backbeat, Ramjas College

BackBeat, the music society of Ramjas College, had been inactive for a few years. However, this year they made an inspiring comeback.

The President of Backbeat told DU Beat, “We had to put extra efforts to establish a system again. This year’s band production was based out of individual thought procedures combined together. The primary state of mind while composing the songs was to deal with all complexities, rhythmic and harmonic in the songs tastefully. While the songs had parts inspired from Shakti, the band also made sure the songs sounded equally groovy and fun for everyone who is listening.”

Performing members
Shreshth Chawla, President (former – Drums
Akshay Bhatnagar, Parijat Kirti – Guitar
Devmitra Thakur – Percussions
Puru Agarwal- Bass
Sanchayan Joardar, Santur Kundu – Vocals

Winners Tally

Out of all colleges we considered, Backbeat won at:
1st: Mecca, Tempest

Out of all colleges we considered, 6 In The Evening won at:

1st: Nexus, Tarang

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Top Societies in DU Fest Season 2018: Misba SGGSCC for Western Dance

By Niharika Dabral May 10, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Confluence; Hansraj College, and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The Top Three
In the Western Dance category, Misba of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce scored the maximum points. Misba’s 15 points were followed by Verve of Sri Venkateshwara College (7 points). The third position was shared by Enliven of Gargi College and Spardha of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College with 6 points each.

Points Tally: Western Dance

The Winning Society at a glance

Misba is known in the western dance circuit for their snazzy performances that are marked by overt Bollywood symbolism. Their performances are humorous and entertaining which makes them the crowd’s favourite.
Talking to DU Beat about the experience of working in the society, the president said, “Misba is a place that welcomes all kinds of people, a dancer or non-dancer, with a warm heart and by the end, we are a family. Misba has always pushed us into doing better and through this opportunity of performing on stage, it has helped us to explore our true selves. From getting an opportunity to lead the prestigious society this year to maintain its legacy was a bit difficult, but it was made possible because of the hard work, positivity, and courage that my team always carries with itself.”

Performing members

1. Priyanka Aggarwal – President
2.Naman Pataria
3. Abhijeet Chaturvedi
4. Aman Susan Kujur
5. Manveen Kathuria
6. Nishali Mehta
*7. Nitika Goel -TREASURER*
8. Saransh Bhambri
*9.Sanchit Goel – PR HEAD*
10. Gurpreet Singh Dutt
11. Akash Katyal
12.Sanchit Kundra
13. Gaurish Chauhan
14. Arjun Nijhawan
15. Prithvi Rahuja
16. Riya Sawa
17. Somya Aggarwal
18. Garima Setia
19. Khushi Bisht
20. Yukti Thareja

Winners Tally

Out of all colleges we considered, Misba won at:
1st: Tarang, Confluence, Nexus, Ullas

2nd: Tempest (shared)

3rd: Reverie

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Top Societies in DU Fest Season 2018: Terpsi Chorean, Hansraj College for Choreography

By Niharika Dabral May 8, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The Top Three
In the Choreography category, Terpsi Chorean, Choreography Society of Hansraj College, scored the maximum points. Terpsi Choreon’s 12 points were followed by Sparx, the Choreography Society of Gargi College (10 points). The third position was bagged by Sensation, the Choreography Society of Kirori Mal College (7 points).

Points Tally: Choreography Dance

The Winning Society at a glance

With this year’s annual production “The Invictus”, Terpsi Chorean remained in the winners tally in almost all fests. Their piece was powerful, evocative, and impeccably coordinated. The story of survival and perseverance was conveyed clearly and the emotions were expressed with grace and skill. While in conversation with DU Beat, Pawni Singhal (President) said, “This year has been an extraordinary one with lots of miseries and happiness at the same time. I have experienced the best time of my life by working with the best team members one can get. Overwhelmed with love and hard work everyone became each other’s strength and never let Terpsi Chorean down.”
Performing members

Pawni Singhal (President)
Saksham Bhargava (Vice-President )
Keshav Khurana
Shubhangi Derhgaweri
Bhavya Gupta
Shrinkhla Mehta
Ayushi Chirania
Mukul Chauhan
Dhruv Vijay
Akhilesh Jaison
Bineet Kaur
Pansy Dhingra
Ayush Kumar
Muskan Verma
Dishant Tomar
Vishakha Mehra
Deepanshu Sharma
Aditi Rana
Winners Tally
Out of the eight colleges we considered, Terpsi Chorean won at:
I Position: Crossroads, Ullas
II Position: Montage, Mecca, Tarang

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Top Societies for DU Fests 2018: Alaap of Sri Venkateswara College for Indian Choir

By Niharika Dabral May 5, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Crossroads; Sri Ram College of Commerce; and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The Top Three
In the Indian Choir category, Alaap of Sri Venkateswara College leads with 13 points. Alankar of Hindu College is second with 10 marks, closely followed by Swaranjali of Hansraj College which has 8 points.

Points Tally: Indian Choir

The Winning Society at a glance
For years now Alaap, the Indian music society of Sri Venkateswara College, has been serenading the audience with their soulful renditions. This year under the guidance of Dr. Avinash Kumar and Mr. Mahavir Chandrawat, they have emerged as the top society from amongst immensely talented counterparts.

While in conversation with DU Beat, Naman Aggarwal, President of Alaap, explained this year’s production and said, “With innumerable months of practice, brainstorming sessions, and trying out various combinations, we came up with a difficult concept this year. We decided on a renowned method singing in Hindustani Classical Music called Jasrangi. Jasrangi involves singing two different raags, in two different scales, at the same time, in a way that they compliment each other. This has been by far our hardest composition as it has involved a great amount of hard work especially in synchronising two different scales and raags together at the very same time. Apart from our annual production, we also took up an old composition of our society and tried to recreate an old legacy on stage. Raagmala, which was the annual composition of our society in the year 2014-15 included Raag Ramkali, Bahar, Basant, Kedar and Miya Malhar. Although our annual production has been Jasrangi, but we have also performed Raagmala in many stages as well.”

Participating members
Vocalists: Karthika Vijay, Jagruthi Kallem, Taranjot Kaur, Jahanvi Miglani, Srijani Chaudhuri, Mahima Pandey, Abhishek Malhotra, Madhav Bhatia, Harsh Bisht, Rakshit Gupta, Umang Tayal, Vardaan Malhotra, Aditi Agarwal.

Instrumentalists:

Keyboard – Naman Aggarwal
Sitar – Rohan Kapoor
Tabla – Mahavir Chandrawat, Soumendra Goswami

Winners Tally
Out of the eight colleges we considered, Alaap won at:
I Position: Montage, Tempest, Mecca
II Position: Ullas
III Position: Reverie, Crossroads

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Top Societies for DU Fests 2018: WMS, Lady Shri Ram College for Western Music

By Niharika Dabral May 4, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology
The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.
Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Crossroads; Sri Ram College of Commerce, and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The Top Three
The Western Music Society, Lady Shri Ram College is at the first spot with a total of 16 points. Dhwani of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies came second with 10 points, followed by Echo of Jesus and Mary College which secured 8 points.

Points Tally: Western Choir

The Winning Society at a glance
In the Western Music Category, Lady Shri Ram College’s Western Music society has been topping the list in the for years in a row. This year too they have maintained their winning streak. Unlike the usual size of 22, there were only 17 singers in the choir this year. However, this didn’t don’t stop the society from nailing every note perfectly.

Sange W. Thungon, President of WMS, told DU Beat, “Leading the team has been incredible this year! The piece this year was so difficult to nail but the girls are so talented that they handled every part with immense grace. The team this year has truly given me a sense of fulfillment from every sphere! As the conductor of the choir, I truly felt nothing less than a magician.”

Participating members
Sange W. Thungon (President)
Ynaiita Warjri (Treasurer)
Ananya Redkar(Secretary)
Maitri Singh Tomar
Maulshree Kumar
Anam Tok
Vatsala Agarwal
Madhuboni Bhattacharya
Gina Garbyal
Shilpika Buragohain
Niharika Katoch
Anushka Kaul
Beethika Borah
Joshita Kashyap
Alankrita Bari
Faith Kasar
Ishana Arya

Winners Tally
Out of the eight colleges we considered, Western Music Society of Lady Shri Ram College won at:
I Position: Montage, Nexus, Reverie
II Position: Tempest, Crossroads
III Position: Mecca

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Top Societies for DU Fests 2018: Nrityakriti, Maitreyi College for Folk Dance

By Niharika Dabral May 3, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology

The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions that could be won at various events. The society that secured the 1st position was awarded 3 points, the society that secured the 2nd position was awarded 2 points, and finally, the society securing the 3rd position was awarded 1 point.

Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Crossroads; Sri Ram College of Commerce, and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College. For Folk Dance, we counted Nexus, Montage, Mecca, Ullas, Tempest, and Reverie.

The Top Three

For the Indian Folk Dance (Group) category, Nrityakriti of Maitreyi College topped the list with 13 points. While Bhangra Inspire of SGTB Khalsa College bagged a total of 11 points, followed by Nrityangana, the Folk dance society of Sri Venkateswara College that secured 5 points.

Points Tally: Folk Dance

The Winning Society at a glance
This year Nrityakriti picked a Haryanvi dance form called Khoria. This simple yet powerful and upbeat dance form is performed by women in central Haryana during important occasions like harvest, marriages, etc. With their graceful steps aided by their swirling skirts, Nrityakriti secured the top spot from amongst an array of highly competitive and vibrant teams.

Madhini, the President of the winning society, told DU Beat, “Nrityakriti is so much more than a society, it’s a family and I believe that our victory was only possible because of each and every member, be it the performing members, seniors, or other non-performing members. We have always believed in competing with ourselves and I think that is what inspires us to push our own limits.”

Participating members:
Meetali Tayal
Barkhaa Goswami
Prachi Sharma
Madhini Subramanian
Sakshi Mehrotra
Shreya Sawhney
Anushka Bansal
Anushka
Deepika Barman
Ashwathy
Smriti Chand
Sadhvi Sundaresan
Sonali
Aayushi
Shweta Mehta

Winners Tally :
Out of the eight colleges we considered, Nrityakriti bagged positions at:
I Position: Tempest, Nexus, Reverie
II Position: Mecca
III Position: Ullas, Montage

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Top Societies for DU Fests 2018: DramaNomics, College of Vocational Studies for Street Play

By Niharika Dabral May 2, 2018

One of the many things that make the University of Delhi happening and enchanting is the performing arts societies and their marvelous annual productions. In the past few months, we saw cut-throat competition across several Delhi University colleges. The hours and hours of practice and hard work were put to test this fest season and from amongst the pool of massive talent, some groups emerged brighter than the others. We attempt to select the best society of the lot.

Methodology

From all the societies that participated, a tally of top 3 positions were created and from those, the society that emerged as the top society was selected. Every society that won the 1^st position was awarded 3 points, the 2^nd with 2 points and the 3^rd with 1 point.

Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season. They were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College. For Street play, we counted Nexus, Montage, Mecca, Reverie, and Ullas.

The Top Three

Following this scheme, the societies that bagged the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in the Street play category were: DramaNomics of the College of Vocational Studies with nine points, The Dramatics Society of Lady Shri Ram College with six points, and Natuve of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Morning) with four points.

Points Tally: Street Play

The Winning Society at a glance

DramaNomics stood out this year with their hunting annual production ‘Rape’. While street theatre in Delhi University has a history of producing content on sexual assault, this play dealt with the issue in an explanatory manner. It underlined rape culture and also recognized male survivors of rape who are often neglected from the conversations surrounding harassment. The impeccable performances, engaging and concise plot, as well as impactful dialogues, made DramaNomics the winning team.

Jai Mehta, President of the winning society told DU Beat, “Dramanomics, to us, is an opportunity to give in everything and try to make a change that is required around us.With this year’s street production, our biggest win is the way our audiences have appreciated our viewpoint on such a sensitive topic. We are happy, apart from receiving all the praises for our creative endeavors, primarily for the effort that every team member has put in to change at least one layman to understand what Rape is.”

Performing members: