Volume-III/2016 HANS RAJ NEWSPAPER Published by VISION Society hrcvision.du@gmail.com

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. - Mark Twain

SRK in HANS RAJ

board.The second innings of the match began after

a break at around 11:00 am. But the trail to-wards victory did not seem easy for the Sci-

An inter-departmental T-20 cricket match wasorganised on Saturday 20th February underthe guidance of sports managing committeeand our principal Dr. Rama in the Collegeground.The match was played between Arts andCommerce faculty team lead by Dr. NK Jainand science faculty team lead by Mr. ArvindYadav. The Arts and Commerce team out-played the science team continuously for the6th time and uplifted the trophy.The match began with Arts and Commerceteam batting first as Science team won thetoss and chose to field .The Arts and Com-merce team set a score of 129/6 on the score-

ence faculty team as the opener of the teamgot bowled out on 5 runs and the wickets felllike shingles in a storm until Mr Chattrapal(Physics dept) gave his team a hope to winscoring 40 runs on 36 balls with some reallybeautiful shots. But his efforts could not turnfruitful as the Science team ceased at 122/6and declaring the Arts and Commerce teamvictorious by 7 runs.Mr. Aniket (Arts and commerce Team) was de-clared Man of the Match and Best Bowler wasawarded to Mr. Lokesh Chand (ScienceTeam). Mr. Chattrapal bagged the title of BestBatsman. Our principal Dr. Rama awarded thewinning trophy.

THE CRICKET EXTRAVAGANZA"Nayidisha, Nayasankalp" re-verberated in the immensity ofJLN stadium where thousandsof students lumped together tocelebrate the feeling of being apart of D.A.V. The event wasplanned and executed by DAVCollege Managing Committeein collaboration with Arya

Pradeshik Pratinidhi Sansthanto mark the birth anniversary ofSwami DayanandSaraswatiatJawaharlal Nehru Stadium,Lodhi Colony, New Delhi on14th February 2016. A galore ofstudents from Hans Raj Col-lege marked their presence inthis one-of-a-kind event. Almost600 students of HRC volun-teered for the same and effi-ciently managed a crowd ofapproximately fifty thousand.The students were guided by20 faculty members with Dr.

Manjit Singh Saggi, Dept. ofCommerce, being the convenerof the event. Gagan, a studentof BA program from Hans RajCollege commenced this eventby delivering a marvelous per-formance and spreading themagic of his voice to the audi-ence. Hon'ble Prime MinisterMr. Narendra Modi elevated theambience of the event by hispresence. The guest of honorswere Mr. Punam Suri, the pres-ident of DAV college managingcommittee and The Governorof Himachal Pradesh, Mr.Acharya Devrat. PM Modi'selocution evoked a feeling ofpatriotism among the studentsand was organized by all. Mr.Modi became a role model forthe masses and he made all ofcontemplating on the state ofaffairs of the present situation.He made people believe in thepower of youth, and how Indi-ans can lead their nation to theroad of success. The journeyback and forth to JLN stadiumof the students and facultymembers was led by the 12buses. At the end of the day,everyone had a smile on theirfaces, lots of memories and aspark to ignite a colossal intheir minds.

Ecstasy on faces, sheer excitement in hearts,a massive crowd of approx.20,000 studentsnever seen before in any DU college-thepremises of Hans Raj witnessed one of themost glorious days in college. All this was nat-ural to the occasion as the biggest star of Bol-lywood, heartthrobs of millions, SHAHRUKHKHAN was back to his alma mater.The news of his arrival at the college spreadlike fire in the forest & students from almostevery DU college came to see the Badshahof Bollywood live. Students had been pouringinto the college ground since morning andonce King Khan arrived at about 5:30 in theevening, he was extravagantly welcomed in

the college along with the director of his up-coming movie FAN, Maneesh Sharma who isalso an alumnus of Hans Raj College.Shahrukh walked down the memory lane andsaid that it felt really special coming back tohis college again. He bestowed the fact thatthe college gave him so much to learn andone should feel proud of being a member-Hans Raj college.During the promotional event, he was con-ferred with his economics honors degree 28years after he passed out the college in1988.While presenting him with the degree,our honourable principal Dr.Rama said thatthe institution is proud of his superstar stu-

dent.Thereafter, the video song “Jabra Fan”was released with Shahrukh performing somesignature moves on the stage. His presencecreated craziness amongst the students andnothing could stop the unstoppable crowd.Everyone tried to capture this adorable mo-ment once in a lifetime, be it through the cam-eras of their eyes or mobile phones.Shahrukh took some spectacular selfies withthe crowd.The DAVians attired in red t-shirtcontributed thier very best to make the eventsuccessful and memorable.The day ended with unforgettable reminis-cence in everyone’s mind.

Principal’s Message :

February Fest Fiesta -Society FestsFebruary Fest Fiesta -Department FestsPoemsThe Beautiful Life

AchievementsWorkshops and SeminarsReviewsArtworks

Convener’s SpeakFrom lover of Stars to A Star - Rohit VemulaSiachen AvalancheExpress

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An Aura of Vivacity

Hans Raj College is the rising sun in the field of education,known for its discipline and amalgamation of sincerity,hardwork and excellence. The students ,teachingstaff,non-teaching staff and the alumuni of the college aretied in an inseperable bond for a lifetime, making the insti-tution a prosperous family. Hans Raj College has providedand will always provide every possible assistance and co-operation towards a positive cause. Acoording to me thedreams and aspirations of the students are the most valu-able possession of our college that can be achieved onlythrough discipline and perseverance.

The Vision Society invites students, teaching &non-teaching staff of Hans Raj College to sendliterary works (both in English & Hindi), artworks(Sketches etc.), inspirational reporting, break-ing silence articles for the fourth volume ofहंस VISION. Selected works will be publishedin the next volume.Last Date: March 25,2016Send all query and response withyour name, course and year to the

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हंस VISION• Vol.III/2016 P2

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.- Duke Ellington

February Fest Fiesta

Ostraca the creative writing society of Hans Raj College had their mar-velous annual festival, which was held on 1st and 2nd March 2016.where we took the chance and opportunity to talk acclaimed authorsand translation, and writing tournament was conducted.We were delighted to welcome Manu Joseph and Akhil Katyal as ourguest speakers this year.Manu Joseph, an acclaimed journalist rev-erent author who is published in the International New York Times andThe Hindustan Times has won the Hindu literary prize and PEN openbook award for his debut work ‘Senior Men’. His second book: ‘TheIllicit Happiness of other people‘, has been described by The WallStreet journal as a work that “inject dark,rueful laughter into an im-mensely touchy story of loss”.Akhil Katyal, an assistant professor in the Dept. of English at ShivNadar University, has done his PhD in Dept. of South Asia, school oforiental and African studies(SOAS) university of London(2011) .Hewrites poetry and has varied interests including South Asia queer lit-erature, Kashmiri writing in English and in English translation, partic-ularly Agha Shahid Ali; biography studies; histories of LGTB activitiesin India etc. Among his publication is ‘Night charge extra’-a book ofpoem by Akhil Katyal.The event was really great and witnessed the participation of morethan 250 people including the online writing competition.

Hans Raj Dramatics Society organized its annual theatre fest Éclat2016 at Hans Raj College Auditorium. Rangmanchiyata, the stageevent of Éclat was held on 29th of February showcasing one of thebest plays of Delhi University theatre circuit. The event was a non-competitive where judges Ms. Neelam Gupta, a renowned theatrepersonality of the National School of Drama and Mr. Pranav Sachdev,an alumni of Hans Raj and a recipient of over 30 best actor awardsfrom the University of Delhi, came to give their feedback about theplays, Eshaan and Hricha, the hosts for the day were accompaniedby Suramya, the ECA this year as he played a special song dedica-tion for each play on his guitar. From the trap that “Veronica's Room”showcased by Sri Venkateswara College to the play of lights used byHindu's Ibtida to depict the Characters Revolt, each play enthralledthe audience. Applause reverberated in the auditorium as Shunyafrom Ramjas College exemplified realism to drama through their playDeluxe Hair Cutting Salon. A contrast is established as SRCC broughtan unrealistic scenario where a man's two wives land up back asghosts. The best direction award was given to Dewang and Shobhitfrom Ramjas. And SRCC's Vidushi Chadha aka Anna Arcati won thebest actor award.

The Society of General Awareness recently saw the celebration of itsannual awareness week which was an amalgamation of seven eventsspread across the seven days of the week. The awareness week,Avgat worked at increasing the societal presence of every individualby bridging the gap created by economy and misfortune betweenparticular classes.The Annual Awareness week Avgat started with a seminar on 'To-gether we can Cancel Cancer' by the founding chairperson of 'CanKids, Kids can', an organization run by cancer survivors who sharedthe story of their being, talked about the segregation they faced andurged the attendees to break the stigma associated with cancer pa-tients. The S.G.A. called in organizations working for the empower-ment of underprivileged people, widows, children and ex-prisoners tocome, propagate and sell their goods and take a step further to-wards a more tomorrow in the 'Adbudh Mela' which was followed bymore than seventy-five NGOs recruiting volunteers for internshipsnext day at the 'Social Internship Fair'.SGA went for a tour to the or-phanage, 'Baccho ka Ghar' where the volunteers got to interact andbond with the children and showering them with gifts and happiness.The annual quiz competition Inquivesta was executed the next dayas about a couple hundred quizzers from around the town convergedfor what was about to be an enthralling competition with cash prizes.

The week concluded with the speaker session, Samvad bringing in 7speakers from different fields to share the stage and interact with theaudience. With the highlight of the event being RJ Naved, the event fin-ished with a bunch of sighs, some creases on the forehead and lots ofcheers.

Shanti has always seemed to be a bit of an ironic name for a tourna-ment which is essentially all about speaking, arguing, articulating andinterrogating. But this beautiful paradox is just of many things thatmakes Hans Raj College's Shanti Narayan Memorial Debate uniquelyspecial every year. The 9th edition of Shanti was scheduled from 19thto 22nd February, 2016. It continued the tradition of efficiency, perfec-tion and innovation. Debaters from all across the nation had come tobe a part of this event. It was definitely one of the interesting tourna-ments, one step further in Hans Raj Debating Society's engagementwith activity of dealing.

The poetry society of Hans Raj College 'Kavyanjali' celebrated its an-nual festival 'Vakif 16' on 24th and 25th of February 2016. The societywith its enthusiastic spirit welcomed the people on the first day of thefest with competitions such as open MIC (Hindi and English) and cre-ative writing followed by a mono-act competition. Side events such asdubsmash, karaoke etc. entertained the participants. The second dayof the event commenced with a musical journal by PadamashreeBharti Bandhu, an eminent personality in the field of ghazal, thumriand dadra. The group sang several Sufi compositions and Kabir bha-jans. 'Vakif' has been successful to keep the essence of poetry aliveamongst the youth.

On 6th of February 2016, The Finance and Investment Cell, HansrajCollege launched the second edition of its annual financial fest, Em-presa 2016. The speaker sessions were the highlight of the fest. Amongthe speakers were Dr. Pawan Aggarwal, CEO of Dabbawala Associa-tion, Mumbai, R.Rajagopalan, a distinguished journalist of parliamentand Mr. Sharadh Tripathi, a renowned Member of Parliament from BJP.Wolf of Thug Street gathered a huge crowd. Inquizire, an online finan-cial quiz competition, had the wheels of their brains churning really fast.Tactica, an online guesstimate competition checked people's ability tocrack the code. It also had Mantralaya which was applauded for its con-cept. Hit Wicket was an event where participants were not mere audi-ence but the bidders during the auctioning of the players. Another eventwas Startup Speculation, a quest to build a startup. With Empresa'16another smashing year of FIC, Hansraj College was brought to a close.

This year, E-Cell brought some of the most amazing events for theout-of-the box thinkers and problem solvers. Profectus'16 took placeon 24th February. Mr. Deepak Goyal, founder of Karma Circle gave amotivational speech on why and how to be an entrepreneur. This in-cluded various innovative events like Corporate Bidding, Best Entre-preneur, Corporate Hunt and Entrevestor. The fest started off with the'Entrebid' which involved bidding for commodities. Then the selectedparticipants decided their B-plan. A unique competition “Mejor Entre-preneur” was also organized. In the finals of Entrebid and Mejor En-trepreneur, the participants of Entrebid bid for the companies whichthe Mejor Entrepreneur participants pitched for. The next event wasthe case study competition 'Imprendito'. Profectus'16 was a successfulevent where the participants won Cash prizes worth Rs. 60,000 andprizes worth Rs.2.5 Lakhs.

“Life should cleebrated not only lived”. With this objective in mind,NSS celebrated its annual flagship fest, UTSAV '16 on 23rd February'16. The fest being a true amalgamation of energy, enthusiasm andcolors hosted a plethora of fun-filled and intellectual events that man-aged to grab huge crowds and good attendance from students andteachers alike. The theme for this year was 'Colors of India' where thediversity of India was showcased. Stalls were put up to depict the cus-toms, food and other specialties specific to the states of India.Ms. Bharti Ali, Co-Founder and Co-Director of HAQ: Centre for ChildRights and Ms. ShilpiMarwaha, an Indian theatre and cinema artistwere the Chief Guests for the day. The inauguration ceremony waspacked with performances of college as well as Padhaku students.One of the major attractions was the performance of 'Dastak'- a streetplay on atrocities against women by Asmita Theatre Group.Some of the highlights of the festival were- Padhaku sports day,Singer is king, Canvas hands, Campus run, Kya aap panchvi pass setez hain? Dan dana dan goal!, Puchka spree , talent- da- tadka,Kalamkari and Match fixing . Results for the all the events were de-clared on the spot and prizes worth Rs. 35,000 were distributed.

The fest began with the bash of the Indian Choir competition markedthe begining of Rachnotsav. The judges for the competition wereUjwal Nagar & ram Narayan Jha. They shortlisted 12 Indian classicalchoirs from the du circuit. Choirs were given 12 minutes each to per-form their respective pieces. The judges got to hear a variety of ragas.The LSR–Dhwani bagged the first prize and Gargi–samranjini wonthe second prize. This was just the beginning of an awesome musicalday. Following the order of melody next in a row was western choircompetition. 12 western choirs from the du circuit gave mesmerizingperformances. Judges for western solo & choir were Nirupan Sinha& Bhanu Sharma. The Capella event where no instruments were al-lowed was also one of the best part of the fest.KMC – Musoc won the first prize and the 2nd prize was won by – Mi-randa – Orpheus. After this the Indian solo competition was organizedand Miranda house’s – Manya Arora won first prize and then followedby western solo which took the event to another level and it was atough choice for the judges to announce the winners and both thefirst and second prize was awarded to the students of KMC. Battle ofthe bands which was judged by Sajal Sharma & Abhay Sharma wasthe real show time event with a mix of hard rock bands, classical androck fusion and much more. Judges shortlisted 6 bands from the ducircuit,15 mins per band.

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VAKIF

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GUTENBERG

EMPRESSA

RACHANOTSAV

SHANTI NARAYAN MEMORIAL DEBATE

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Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

Samanvaya Society of B.A. Programme(Department of Philosophy) organized itstwo-day annual fest on 12th and 13th Feb.2016. On first day, it organized an essaywriting competition, a quiz competition fol-lowed by a slogan writing competition. Daytwo began with a talk that unfolded in twosessions. In session one Dr. Ajay Verma,Associate Professor of Jawaharlal NehruUniversity delivered a lecture on “BuddhistEthics”. In session two, Mr. Ratnesh KumarShukla, Advocate, Supreme Court of India,gave an informative speech on “CapitalPunishment in India: Development of the

law”. Both the sessions were chaired by Dr.Aamir Riyaz of the Department of

Philosophy. On 25th February 2016 organized one fullday talk in two sessions in Hans Raj Col-lege. In session one Dr. Santosh Hasnu,Assistant Professor, Department of History,Hans Raj College delivered his talk on thetopic; “A Historical look at the people ofNortheast India”. In session two Dr.Satyendra Srivastava, Assistant Professor,Department of Philosophy, Hans Raj Col-lege delivered his talk on the topic; “Ma-hatma Gandhi: The need of today”. Dr.Aamir Riyaz was the convener of the Sem-inar.

The annual cultural festival "Floristics 2016" was organised by thebotanical society of Hans Raj College, Botanique. The botanical societyserves as the fulcrum for student activities in the department. Everyyear, they organise various events of scientific interest like lectures,workshops, and excursions - to allow students to participate in inter-disciplinary discourse in an engaging way. This year it was celebratedon 15th Feb 2016 in college premises. The annual festival - floristicshappens to be conceived with the same ideas in mind - providing a plat-form for all students to share ideas, allowing their contribution to a com-mon pool of knowledge which keeps on growing with time. Variousevents such as mumble jumble, quiz competition, poster making, sliceit up etc. were organised. The event was chaired by eminent ProfessorMr. Anil Grover from Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Universityof Delhi.

The Commerce Department at Hans Raj College hosted the Annual National CommerceFestival – VANIJYA UTSAV on 8th February, 2016 in the college premises. Vanijya Utsavsavours the repute of one of the most well envisioned and enforced commerce fests ofIndia. The fest started on the fated day at 12:10 PM with the lighting of the lamp and awelcome note by the convenor Dr. Sonal Sharma. The first highlight of the day was thespeaker session. Mr Shiv Khera, renowned author of the book 'You Can Win' and MrSyed Safawi, CEO, Viom Networks, inspired the audience with their words of wisdom.The fest involves exhilarating, captivating and illuminating competitions, solely aimedat appraising analytical, logical and managerial skills of students. These include DeMercadeo, Chase the Case, Entreport, Bullzai, Ratpack and The Whitehall Model. Thefinal round of Chase the Case was conducted by Mr Shiv Khera himself. The event wit-nessed participation in large numbers and achieved a new stature this year.

Ecolloquium 2016, the annual economic fest was organised on 26thFebruary and witnessed participation of over 400 college students.A plethora of events were conducted, varying from mafia to movies,each based on an economic concepts, to allow all the creativejuices to flow in. The event Dope Economy reconstructed a boom-ing underground economy, wherein participants had to indulge inhypothetical drug trafficking and smuggling. On the other hand, inSitcom Bazinga, players had to bid their way to the jewels of enter-tainment, and generate money. In the event Three Marketeers,everyone put on their thinking caps to solve the ultimate marketingfix, while performing product conceptualizing and advertising. Par-ticipants, stepped into the boots of a director, in the event Lights,Camera, Auction, and analysed twists and turns to make a high re-turns yielding movie, at the minimum cost. Finally, for all the HarryPotter fans, a game with plethora of activities to pump up their car-dinal utility was initiated. Wit and wand came together, to create asimulation of the world of enchantments, hexes and charms andgave the students an opportunity to optimize their utility. From a lit-erary fandom to marketing tandems and tracing the contours of cin-ema, the event was studded with young economists, all vying forthe rewards.

The Literary Society of Hans Raj Collegemade a tremendous appearance with its twoday annual festival on 2nd and 3rd of Feb-ruary, "LitAmantes'2016", within the cam-pus. The society welcomed people on thefirst day of the fest with a movie screeningof Orlando- a Film by Sally Potter, whichwas then followed by a film discussion. Thetreasure hunt began thereafter followed bynext event - The Theatre Play. The societyturned up with a department production forthe first time with the theatre play titled,"Daayre-e-Ulfat", under the supervision of

Dr. Sanjay Kumar. Side events like politi-cally incorrect debates and caption-it con-tinued throughout the day. The next daycommenced with a beautiful performanceby Vinayak Pant on sitar and Anirudh Varmaon keyboard, which was followed by a con-versation on music, by Nikhil Yadav andPrachee Dewri. Then there was the majorhighlight of the festival, Batman V/S Super-man, which was a thriller event for all. Theliterature quiz was also in limelight. The sec-ond day ended with a creative writing com-petition.

Scienza di vita, the life science society ofHans Raj College organised its annual cul-tural festival, Affinity, on 18th-19th February.The fest featured various events and compe-titions that took everyone's spirits to a higherlevel. On the first day, Mr.Vikas Jain, founderof the Adhyan Foundation, addressed the stu-dents in his workshop, “Career ka Punch-nama”. The session was highly appreciated.Turn coat competition, rangoli making com-

petition and Quezst, the general quiz werealso organised on the same day.The second day had interesting games likeJagga Jasoos, Beg Borrow Steal, Foodathon,Bucket Head, Pehchan Kon, etc with prizesworth rupees 1 lakh. A workshop on careeropportunities was also organised by GyanBindu Academy. The fest attained a footfall ofaround 500 to 1000 students. Thus the soci-ety successfully organised a joyous event.

The 9th of February, 2016 saw several students meet for the annualfest of The Department of Mathematics at Hans Raj College underthe banner name ‘IDENITY’ –an opportunity for Talents. Around1500 students participated enthusiastically. About 100 volunteersshouldered the responsibility of organizing various events. The festbegan with the traditional lighting of the lamp and an interactive ses-sion conducted by Rev. Prof. V.Ravichandran. The participating stu-dents were ushered by the amalgamation of formal and non formalevents including Maths And Tech Quiz, Paper presentation, Treas-ure Hunt, Mathematical Tambola, Nash Equilibria, Chess + Diceand Gully Cricket. The LP soon transformed into a seat of myriadthoughts where students showcased their passion with vibrant fer-vour. Momos Attack, Minute to Win It and Funtakshari imbued ahuge participation and ensured fun through some hilarious attemptsmade by the contestants.

On 27th of February 2016, the Zoology de-partment of Hans Raj College hosted theirannual fest 'Srishti Chetna'. The theme of thefest was 'for the students, by the students'.The event was started with Saraswati Van-dana followed by lighting of the lamp by Dr.Rama Sharma and professors of Zoology de-partment. The event included 'award winningpresentations', experience sharing speechesby the students and environment lightening

shayari program. A debate competition wasorganized in which students from differentcolleges had participated. Fun events suchas Pictionary, creative writing, and spell beewere also organized. The winners receivedgift vouchers and celebrated the moment withgreat zeal. In a nutshell 'Srishti Chetna' wasan extravagant event which would be cher-ished by all.

The Computer Science Society of Hans RajCollege organized its two-day Annual TechSymposium, Cynosure 2016, on 21st and22nd January. First day of the symposium,Herald cwas organized in three sessions byProf. K. Muttoo, HOD, Dept. of ComputerScience, DU, Mr. Chiranjeev Singh, MBA(IIM-A graduate), Ms. Nishi Aggarwal, anAlumnus of Hans Raj College were thespeakers. Day two of the symposium beganwith the inauguration ceremony. Bitwise, thedepartment magazine was also released.Over 1000 participants from colleges across Delhi participated in the events. Technical

events comprised of events Like Code-A-

Baton (The Coding Competition), Swat theBug (Debugging Competition), Web Apoca-lypse (Web Designing), TechnologicallyChallenged (The Quiz), Cipher (Cryptogra-phy), Mantador (PC Assembling) etc. Non-technical events comprised of Gully cricket,Treasure Hunt, Fantasy Cricket League,Debate and GD, Logo Designing, Photogra-phy, Poster Designing, Gaming and Sur-prise event. Events like Ludophilia, whichcomprised of multiple 'minute-to-win' gamesand other IQ games, attracted many stu-dents with non-technical background.

VANIJYA UTSAV

SAMANVAYA

LITAMANETS

ECOLLOQUIUM

FLORISTICS

AFFINITY

SRISHTI CHETNA

CYNOSURE

IDENTITY

हंस VISION• Vol.III/2016 P3February Fest Fiesta

हंस VISION • Vol.III/2016 P4From The Ingenuinity

One junior commissioned officer and nine Jawansof the Army's 19 Madras battalion had been trappedafter an avalanche struck their post in Siachen earlywednesday morning. The post is at 19,600 feet onthe Actual Graved Position Line - the border withPakistan at Siachen glacier - inthe vicinity of Bana post.Siachen is the world's highestactive battlefield, contested byIndia and Pakistan since 1984.Indian Army currently occupiesthe full Siachen glacier, whilePakistani forces are deployed atthe lower heights of Saltororidge. A heroic rescue operation wasconducted since 3rd February,the day of avalanche, in which about 150 soldiers,two rescue dogs - Dot and Misha and some sophis-ticated radars took part. Out of those who were buried alive under severalfeet of snow, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad,a 33 year old soldier miraculously survived. But heremained in a critical condition at the Army Re-search and Referral hospital on Tuesday evening.He was placed on ventilator to protect his airwayand lungs in view of his comatose state. He re-mained buried under ice from 3rd to 8th Februaryand was found to be conscious but drowsy and dis-oriented.No one can imagine what it must have been like be-fore being rescued. "You are under a mountain ofice. You are alive, but nothing is in your hands tomake yourself live. You can feel, breathe, think butcan do nothing about it. Ice is filled in your mouthand eyes. Cold reaches to each of your body part,

your heart and even to your brain. Blood freezes inyour nerves. Time does not pass away quickly.Each moment feels like a decade. You want toshout out loud, you want to cry, but can't help it.When the time comes when they come to rescue

you, it’s already too lateand you lose every bit ofyour consciousness."The entire Betadur vil-lage prayed for Hana-manthappa. Her mothersaid that she had adream in which he stoodbeside her and told herthat he will return. Hiswife Jayashri, his chil-

dren Netravati and Basavva and a few others werearranged to travel by road to Goa and board a flightto New Delhi.He died in a Delhi hospital four days after he wasmiraculously rescued alive from Siachen. Thou-sands of people gathered in a small Karnataka vil-lage to bid farewell to Hanamanthappa koppad, whowas buried at the panchayat ground in his villageBetadur in Dharwad district after noon on 12th Feb-ruary, Friday.The cause of the avalanche is yet unknown. There is no doubt that Hanamanthappa was afighter. However, the avalanche also affected the lifeof other soldiers also. Media coverage over "mournsover his passing", political leaders to be seen withhis family members, patriotic songs were played onhis funeral day. There is a need to clean up the sys-tem which presently makes a mockery of announce-ments of financial help when the families of oursoldiers are in distress.

Mass protests, extensive media coverage and na-tionwide debates has brought the Rohit Vemulacase up for the nation to deliberate upon. Amongthe hot debates and controversies stems lots ofquestions. Who is Rohit Vemula? Why did he die?Is it merely the death of some student at a Univer-sity or it is much more than that?Most of us know Rohit Vemula as a 25-year-oldDalit boy pursuing his PhD in Life Sciences at theUniversity of Hyderabad. But it is just one dimen-sion of his life. His age, degree or cast-e is notsomething that defines him. It is his love for sci-ence, stars and nature, his ideology, his views andhis ambition of being a writer that actually showwho he is. A humble boy with a dream of stars – adream of being like Carl Sagan. But that dreamhas been lost unfulfilled. His protest against thehanging of Yakub Memon and his condemnationof the ABVP attack on the screening of the docu-mentary” He has met a tragic fate. Harassed, bro-ken and shattered by suspension from his hosteldue to false allegations of him being involved in analleged attack on an ABVP activist, Rohit hangedhimself to death in his friend’s room. This is theprice he had to pay for speaking his opinions, for

presenting histhoughts. Once againour democratic coun-try has failed to savea person who hadnot committed anycrime but had justused his freedom tosupport a cause. This

case has once again brought to limelight howCasteism still reigns masked by fake assurancesand non-functional laws. Rohit Vemula had a lib-erated soul entrapped in a Dalit boy. He describeshis birth as a ‘fatal accident’ and himself as an ‘un-appreciated child’. This shows how the under priv-ileged people are victims of cruelty, ignorance andbarbarism. He felt himself growing into a monster,as he writes in his suicide note. It is high time toquestion ourselves why we let casteism, fraudu-lence and ignorance to grow enormously till theybegin to suffocate us? Will we keep numb and oureyes shut till more innocent lives are sacrificed?This is enough. We need to speak up against thisdiscrimination and ignorance to save the life ofsuch harmless and brave souls.

FROM A LOVER OF STAR TO A STAR:

THE ROHIT VEMULA CASE

Here are the excerpts from the conversation:

NSS is the largest society of our college, with over600 volunteers. How has this year been for you asthe mentor of the team?The team is very proficient and the members aresensitive to the social causes. They know how to or-ganize initiatives and work together. They’re work-ing hard and I guide them.

You have been organizing some great events. Youhad the seminar on organ and blood donation, thepadhaku camp, how does it feel to see the teamperforming so well?There’s a lot more, like we have active work in the

other wings. We have Padhaku where we teachchildren, we also sensitize them towards their socialresponsibilities. We had the Diwali mela. Also, wehad invited a theatre group to put up a play on trans-gender sensitization. Our team had recently visiteda school for special children. So we aim to go be-yond the set norms to make a difference.

What according to you takes to be a member of theNSS team? Any message to those who aspire owork for the society? You have the most valuable thing is time. You needtime to develop a sense of commitment and empa-thy. The NSS team boasts of confident yet highlydisciplined students.

Every morning I wake upI wake up with a grin,

though the reason is little known.scrambled thoughts in and out curls,

what you gonna wear todayon your face,

I own a miscellaneaand a mind full of dilemmas.

well, it's the people around who'll de-cide...!

the face of rage or the face of mercythe face of courage or the face of effete.

But all beneath this,lies the face,

the second and the real.seeking to turn up if,

If it's you,you my beloved.

Life is a hub of chances and experiences; every for-mer comes with a latter. Every day we confront a bitof something, most of us follow the same sociallyacceptable template and fall victim to boredomwhile some mark their own footprints on thegrounds of discoveries. Revolting against these rou-tines and dreaming to escape won't help; all youneed is to alter your perspective. Life is way beyondthe motility of oxygen, it’s about that involuntarysmile that smothered your face when you seesomeone smiling without any reason, it’s about theshudders you feel on a chilled first flight and it’sabout that warmth you get from your beloved. Night and day you are busy with your ceaselesschats, avoiding it and seeing things for a minute cantake your life to an intangible shore. The momentyou start seeing beauty in small things, you areblown away like leaves on ground and trees in rain.In reality, there is nothing ordinary or extraordinary,there's beauty in everything. For instance, you cansee a heap of compost with a possibility of gardenof roses in it.If you're like me, inquisitive, then you must be think-ing, "okay that's nice, but how's that exactly goingto happen?"

I would say that it's all about realising your impalpa-ble side which again is a matter of accepting your-self and your life as it is. Acceptance is the motherof bliss and it comes when instead of expecting foryour future, you live your present at its best. Chang-ing a certain moment is fine, but only if you alreadyknow that resisting the reality is useless. Surrender-ing to that moment and accepting things and peoplethe way they are, will open your heart and will giveyou perpetual peace.People often praise you, saying "keep it up". That'sokay, but have you ever thought of keeping it down?Life is not about achieving something you crave for,it’s about getting that incessant pleasure in doingthings that you own at present. I'm not asking youto stop making all efforts and leave it all on fate, dowhatever you are doing but with some spaces of in-trospection in between as spaces are as importantas continuity in your life. It’s through space that youbreathe. It’s through space that your body moves.It’s through space that you hear. And it’s throughspaces between these letters that you are reading;else it would all be puzzling.Hope you got something...

Beautiful Life Convener’s Speak

The Second Face

By Anuj PundirChemistry (H)

II year

SIACHEN AVALANCHE: MARTYRS ON THE BATTLEFIELD EXPRESS

­वो अलविदाजब भी घर से आता हूँ

उन आँखों को नम ही पाता हूँवो आँखों की नमी कुछ कहती है

विरह की पीड़ा सहती हैसपने बुनती हैं यही,कुछ बनके, मैं आ जाऊँचाहत रखती हैं यही,

ज़माने की हर शै, मैं पा जाऊँ

तेरी मेरी क़ुरबत को कैसे लिखूँ, माँ!जिसकी शिद्दत मुझे ही ना मालूम

भावों में यूँ बह रहा हूँ आजरोकूँ तो कैसे रोकूँ क़लम को

हर आलम-ए-तनहाई मेंहर उस शिकस्तापाई में

तुम मेरी पासबाँ बन के आई होदिलोंदिमाग पर यूँ छाई हो

जाता हूँ जहाँ, तेरी छाया साथ आती हैहर बला आने से पहले ही मुख मोड़ जाती है

तेरी दुआओं का असरहुआ कुछ इस क़दर

खुदा ख़ुद ही लगा मंज़िलों से मिलाने मेंइस शीत ऋतु में भी बगिया सजाने में

माँ! तेरी तफ़सील तो क्या ही दूँतेरे त्याग की उपमा भी क्या ही लिखूँनमन करता हूँ मैं, तेरे इस त्याग कोतेरा तुझसे है जो, उस बैराग को

चाहता हूँ हर जन्म में तू ही मेरी माँ होतू ही मेरी राहगुज़र तू ही रहनुमाँ हो

"अनुराग

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. Rudyard Kipling

Every human being is different from each other notonly in appearance but also in their mindset and per-ception about things. All of us form an opinion aboutevery other thing we see, feel or experience.In fact, every person is entitled to have their views,ideas and opinions. In a diverse country like ours itscommon to have difference in opinion about everyother thing. Everyone has the right to freedom of opin-ion and expression; this right includes freedom to holdopinions without interference and to seek, receive andimpart information and ideas through any media andregardless of frontiers. One fundamental concept be-hind freedom of expression is that everyone is to beable to study many different opinions about all the is-sues on which we make joint decisions. Freedom ofexpression is normally described as being importantfor democracy because it makes it possible to spreadinformation freely, thereby providing citizens and de-cision-makers with better opportunities to reach well-founded decisions. Freedom of expression can alsobe said to fill a more critical function since well in-formed citizens and free mass media are given ampleopportunities to review and express their opinionsabout how public power is exercised. Moreover, free-dom of expression can contribute to combating cor-ruption. Freedom of expression can also be motivatedfrom a democratic equality perspective. A political ad-ministration in which decisions are made in accor-dance with the majority principle only becomes alegitimate administration if all citizens have had an op-

portunity to express their opinion on a certain issue.Freedom of expression is also an individual privilegethat gives individuals the right to express their opin-ions and communicate with others. Starting fromsports to politics, books, movies each person’s ideol-ogy matters. In Indian household chai and debate onnational issues are common to see. These opengrounds for discussion actually enables all to know theperception of that particular section of the society.Free exchange of ideas brings out unique solutionsthat can be beneficial and is in for the larger interestof the nation. The youth of the nation should never beafraid to put forth their views as their mindset aboutthe national issues will govern the future policies ofthe country. I HAVE AN OPINION AND I HAVE THERIGHT TO EXPRESS IT. But that doesn’t mean weshould hurt the sentiments and virtues of others. Yes,as long as your statement of opinion is just an opinionand doesn’t contain specific assertions that can beproved untrue. For example, “I didn’t like Star restau-rant” is an opinion. ” whatever you do don’t go to therestaurant. I had a hamburger there that was taintedwith e.coli and had to be hospitalized for a week” ispotentially a defamatory statement if in fact the restau-rant can prove that you never spent any time in hos-pital. We have a right to expression but in a spree ofshowcasing ourselves we should not undermine anyother section of the society. Use this power for greatergood and prove to be an asset for the nation.

The mentor of the NSSteam, Dr. Baljeet Kaur, isdelighted with the perform-ance of her team andproud to be a part of thishighly motivated group.She talks about her experi-ences and how this yearNSS organised greatevents.

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I HAVE AN OPINION AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS IT.

Dr. Baljeet Kaur

Rohit Vemula

The best way to predict the future is to create it. - Peter Drucker

हंस VISION • Vol.III/2016 P5From The Ingenuinity

By: Mohit Khurana Physics (H.) III

In 1916, Einstein completed General Theory of Relativity and predictedthe existence of gravitational waves due to invariance of Lorentz trans-formation whose consequences is the existence of ripples in the curva-ture of space-time which propagate as waves, travels outward fromsource with a finite speed were called as Gravitational waves. Thesewaves transport energy as gravitational radiation.In General theory ofRelativity, the mass in space causes the bending of space-time curva-ture, higher the mass higher is the bending. As objects with mass movearound in space-time, the curvature changes to reflect the changed lo-cations of those object. An accelerating objects generate changes in thiscurvature, which propagate outwards at the speed of light in a wave-likemanner. This is origin of gravitational waves.Due to very small amplitude of these waves which are produced allaround, it is very difficult to detect them. To detect them, we need bigstars to produce distortions or gravitational waves. Before 1.3 Billionyears, 1.3 Billion light-years far away two black holes collided and cametogether merge to form a single black hole and produced gravitationalwaves of large amplitude, it travels outward to whole space, passesthrough stars, matter, stars, and eventually gets to Earth.A huge amountof energy was released and what we measured was very small, whichwas left.As a gravitational wave passes an observer, that observer will findspace-time distorted by the effects of strain. Distances between objectsincrease and decrease rhythmically as the wave passes, at a frequencycorresponding to that of the wave. This occurs despite such free objectsnever being subjected to an unbalanced force. Theses waves were de-tected by Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).In fact, by the time gravitational waves reach LIGO's detectors, theamount of space-time movement they will generate is thousands of timessmaller than an atomic nucleus! Due to the astronomical distances tothese sources, the effects when measured on Earth are predicted to bevery small, having strains of less than 1 part in 1020. Earlier, Scientists demonstrated the existence of these waves with evermore sensitive detectors. The most sensitive detector accomplished thetask possessing a sensitivity measurement of about one part in 5×1022(as of 2012) provided by the LIGO and VIRGO observatories.Variousgravitational-wave observatories (detectors) werein operation, such as

Advanced LIGO which began observations in September 2015.Thegravitational waves were detected on September 14, 2015 at 09:51 UTCby both of the twin LIGO detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, andHanford, Washington, USA. On February 11, 2016, the LIGO ScientificCollaboration and Virgo Collaboration teams announced that they hadmade first observation of gravitational waves, originating from a pair of

merging black holes using the Advanced LIGO detectors.The discovery,accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters, wasmade by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaborationusing data from the two LIGO detectors.

At each observatory, the two-and-a-half-mile (4-km) long L-shaped LIGOinterferometer uses laser light split into two beams that travel back andforth down the arms (four-foot diameter tubes kept under a near-perfect

vacuum). The beams are used to monitor the distance between mirrorsprecisely positioned at the ends of the arms. Distance between the mir-rors will change by an infinitesimal amount when a gravitational wavepasses by the detector. A change in the lengths of the arms smaller thanone-ten-thousandth the diameter of a proton (10-19 m) can be detected.

Gravitational waves penetrate regions of space that electromagneticwaves cannot. Comparitively speaking, phenomenon of Gravitationalwaves is similar to Electromagnetic waves. As light carries informationabout its source, so does the gravitational waves, it opens a new field inAstronomy. It is hypothesized that they will be able to provide observerson Earth with information about black holes and other exotic objects inthe distant Universe. Such systems cannot be observed with more tra-ditional means such as optical telescopes or radio telescopes, and sogravitational-wave astronomy gives new insights into the working of theUniverse. In particular, gravitational waves could be of interest to cos-mologists as they offer a possible way of observing the very early Uni-verse. This is not possible with conventional astronomy, since beforerecombination the Universe was opaque to electromagnetic radiation tillthe 3,60,000 years after the big bang. By studying gravitational waves,scientists will be able to discern what happened at the initial singularity.New surprises are expected by Physicists when they will probe more into this field of Astronomy. What we were not able to see in past now wewill be able to see through Gravitational waves, a new Spectrum, newimages of Universe, new observations will be probed.Toward this end, the LIGO Laboratory is working closely with scientistsin India at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics,the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, and the Institutefor Plasma to establish a third Advanced LIGO detector on the Indiansubcontinent. Awaiting approval by the government of India, it could beoperational early in the next decade. The additional detector will greatlyimprove the ability of the global detector network to localize gravitational-wave sources.

References: 1.Wikipedia, 2. PhyRevLett.116.061102.

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: A New Spectrum

JNU debate has pretty much consumed everyone by now. It has been thehot topic in every home for the past few weeks. From Sitaram Yechury andArvind Kejriwal to Anupam Kher everyone has openly expressed their opin-ion on this issue. Arnab Goswami went a step further and dedicated hisprime-time news program, The Newshour Debate, to calling JNU studentsanti-national. So what really happened in JNU that it is causing so much out-rage among the political parties and common people.A case of sedition was filed against unknown persons for allegedly shouting“anti-India” slogans inside the JNU campus during an event on Afzal Guru,the organisers of the event have distanced themselves from the controversy.The students who were part of the committee that organised an event tomark the death anniversary of Afzal Guru said that none of them were partof the group that was shouting slogans. JNU Students Union president Kan-haiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges after allegations of ‘anti-na-tional’ sloganeering against him surfaced. He was ordered to three days ofpolice custody. Students of JNU gave a shutdown call, saying that they willnot allow classes to be held on the campus till students’ union presidentKanhaiya Kumar was released. JNU teachers too, joined the students inboycotting classes. On February 14, the Patiala House courts witnessed vi-olence as a mob, wearing lawyer’s robe, slapped and kicked supporters ofKanhaiya Kumar. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi criticised the BJPgovernment, accusing it of “bullying” the prestigious institution. Few dayslater court in New Delhi ordered release of the JNUSU president from theTihar jail in the sedition case. Addressing a huge gathering of students onthe campus, soon after release from Tihar Jail, Mr. Kumar said: “It is notazadi from India, it is azadi in India [we want]... from the corrupt practicesthat are going on inside the country.” Kanhaiya Kumar made his fiery speechat the same place where he had addressed students just a day before hisarrest.This is a controversial topic. Everyone has different opinion on this issue,but was calling Afzal Guru a martyr right. If you had evidence that provedhis innocence regarding Parliament attack, but still that would not make hima martyr. Let us also keep in mind that this is the same judiciary that gave afair trial to Azmal Kasab who was caught on camera with a gun in his handkilling innocent civilians in Mumba. So it is highly unlikely that court will giveout a death sentence unless there is concrete proof for the same. An eventwas also organized to remember the “martyr” Afzal Guru, who had plannedthe attacked on India’s lower house. Isn’t this ironical? “You can raise slo-gans against anyone if you are angry with any government. But you don’thave the right to play with the unity of the country. No question arises of par-doning them,” said Anupam Kher. Also remember that the attack on Kan-haiya, while he was taken to court was also not at all excusable.The freedom of speech is a fundamental right of every citizen of this democ-racy. But using it for sedition or the propagation of violence would be right-fully opposed by any democracy in the world. In a country which desperatelytried to give its citizens a peaceful and safe life in the wake of a proxy warfrom Pakistan, internal tensions as well as new threats like ISIS recruitments,taking strict action against anyone who openly talks about breaking thecountry to pieces is the most rational way to go. We want the “Azaadi” that you want too- from casteism, poverty and dis-crimination. And in that fight, the people of the country will always be by yourside.

With decadence thrown to a whole new level since the term hadbeen coined, the ruffian Delhi commuters have proved that they

were, are and will continue to be a hooligan bunch regardless of theplace they are present or the people surrounding them. Many peopleexperience these embarrassing-cum-infuriating acts yet nobody, in-cluding me, tries to put them to an end.One commuter, while plying, pees at the entrance of a coach as hecouldn’t control the pressure any longer while another is flouting thecode of ethical conduct.One, who is, in particular, an ultra-affectionate, is publicly expressinghis constant adoration and enjoying a lip-lock with his nymphowhereas the other one while nestling has been caressing his callipy-gian gf for a couple of minutes (witnessed personally).

Yeh to sirf trailer hain, picture abhi baaki hain mere dost.Once, I was with my friend Hitesh Verma travelling in the yellow linemetro awaiting a vacant seat. Nearby, was a couple standing with acold drink bottle; both of them resembled literate personalities.Abruptly the guy began churning the bottle and, in defiance of know-ing the consequence of the preposterous act, lifted the cap, and de-filed the floor of the compartment. And this brought, along witheverybody, a giggle to the their faces, which annoyed a senior mansitting nearby, who too did nothing but kept quiet initially as thoughnothing had happened. I got it because of his evident expression,and when rather than sanitizing it,the couple tried to shun, he ulti-mately broke his silence and admonished them to clean the place.“Why and who are you?” came a curt reply from girl, and the reverentanswered, ”I am no one, kindly clean it”. We all know that you’ve ad-vertently done it, he added. “We aren’t gonna do that at all”, the boywho I termed as literate initially, expressed these words with com-plete illiteracy. The urger tolerably said again, “I am just asking youto please clean it, please” and again came a ‘no’ from the couple.This made the tranquil man say ‘please’ thrice. The man placidly said,“This isn’t a good conduct to exhibit or is it? You must act accordingto the place you are present in. Literate people don’t act like this ordo they?” However the couple was bent on despite these lines bythe ‘real’ educated and tactful man. Following that when 3-4 passen-gers came into the picture with their own arguments the couple hadto bend on their will. They yielded and cleaned it by a newspaper,yet look at the height of turpitude, the girl insisted on throwing thatnewspaper in the coach itself, she might’ve felt that they were be-sieged and besmirched. However, in my opinion that wasn’t abase-ment rather an adequate comeuppance for their misdemeanor.Wait, the unceasing metro of misdeeds hasn’t yet reached its termi-nus yet. A rustic commuter, sitting on the dense rubber floor over thejoint that concatenates two compartments, serves as an interior im-pediment to the commuters attempting to move between coachesand that eyed-hindrance has persistently been disregarding the dis-comfort caused to passengers. That’s again the height of turpitude,isn’t that?One seldom witnesses commuters lining-up and awaiting metros toply. And at the Kashmiri Gate & Rajiv Chowk Stations for the metrosdestined to either terminate at Huda City Centre or Jahangiri Puri, Ibet you guys that even the worst of words will be incompetent to de-scribe the sight and you will need to request the lexicographers tocome up with a neologism to describe the condition.

One, particularly a moralist may find these wicked acts infuriatingand not in accord to the ethics. Even I also wish to carry out acamisado and treat them in the same manner they had treated themetro while plying. Kindly do not create a mal-perception now thatwhile camisado I would kiss that guy as he also was locking his lips.In case a virtuous person shows courage and makes an essay to askthem to cease what shit they have been engaged in, the only thinghe gets in return is an offhand point-blank reply. “Hey, don’t poke yournose in my/our business”,”Excuse me, who the hell you are askingus to do as you say?”,”Mind your own business…Okay???”, amongvarious others. These acts that may be immensely unpleasant to our eyeballs, apolo-gies, definitely they are, yet we are inactively awaiting a re-incarna-tion of Gandhi Ji or Hygieia who’ll board the yellow line and teachthese people lessons of significance of ethical and decent conductand sanitation.Okay, let’s get back to the very first act of the disparagement, whena person caught his co-passenger on camera and handed over theaccusatory clip to DMRC, all that it did was ‘nothing’, and merely as-sure him of proper investigation of the act and the veracity of accu-sation. When the recorder asked him why he is peeing in metro, hereplied calmly “ bhaiya majboori thi, kya karta?”. What a reasonablereply. Co-passenger then gave the reprobate a few reproachful lines. And seriously, it is worth viewing how these passengers absquatulatethe metro as though they were merely commuting by conforming tothe moral and the ethical principles.

By: Shivam BhawliaB.Com (H.) II

Misdeeds in MetroDASTAAN- E- J.N.UBy: Rajat YadavB.Com (H.) I

Picture taken from: PhysRevLett.116.061102

Let us pick our books and pencils.They are our most powerful weapon.-“Malala Yousafzai”

Hans Raj College witnessed forthe very first time an Inter-Depart-mental Cricket Tournament. Thematches were played between allthe 18 departments of the college.The tournament kicked off on 8thFebruary and was marked by thegracious presence of our hon-ourable principal Dr.Rama,Dr.M.P.Sharma and Dr.Gaurav, Depart-ment of Physical Education.The first day of the tournamentfeatured two matches played be-tween B.A. Program vs. Geologyand Computer Science vs Life Sci-ence. The teams which qualifiedfor the quarterfinal were as fol-lows: English, Mathematics,B.Com, Sanskrit, Physics, Hindi,Economics, and Zoology. All thequarterfinal matches turned out tobe quite interesting with finally fourteams making it into semi-finalsvis. B.Com, Mathematics, Eco-nomics and Hindi.In the first semi-final, B.Complayed against Mathematics and

zeal and exhibited fair play. Thevarious departments also showedgreat interests in all the matcheswith huge number of studentsgathering in the playground andcheering for their respectiveteams. The match officials com-prised of Yogesh, Nitin, AmitKumar, Manash, Sahil,Sunil &Paarth. The organising committeecomprising of Akash Singh, AnkitYadav,Gaurishankar and Raman-deep under the guidance of Dr.M.P. Sharma & Dr. Gaurav playeda huge role in making the tourna-ment a huge success.

won by a comfortable margin of 30runs whereas in the second semi-final Economics played againstHindi and won by 7 wickets mak-ing it to the finals.The final was played on 23rd Feb-ruary between B.com & Econom-ics. Economics won the Toss andchoose to Bat first. They postedtarget of 129/6 in 15 overs, Adnanbeing the top scorer for Econom-ics scoring 53 runs. B.Comchased down the target of 130 in11 overs, Ayushmaan being thetop scorer with 84* of just 36 ballsincluding 8 fours & 7 sixes. All the teams played with great

Culture is a very powerfulmedium that can evoke so manyemotions without the help ofwords. Sad, happy, worry andmany other numerous feelingscan drive the message seem-ingly. The volunteers of SPICMACAY Hans Raj chapter havebeen to various internationalconventions, the recent beingheld at IIT Mumbai and IIT Roor-kee had 3 and 8 participants re-spectively from the society.These conventions proved to bean experience of a lifetime andgenerated a unique interest inthe beautiful art forms of India.

As a consequence, the numberof volunteers increased to 58 thisyear in comparison to 27 lastyear. Also, the society organizeda cinema classics eventCHALCHITRA on 13th February2016 where ‘The making of theMahatma’ by Shyam Benegalwas screened in the college. Thesociety stays true to its mission,that is, to have every person ex-perience the inspiration andmysticism embodied in Indianand World heritage. In the future,the society aims at more won-derful opportunities and hugeparticipation by the students.

For the first time a one of a kindLaughter Party event was organ-ised in the premises of Hans RajCollege on 17th February 2016,in the college auditorium. It re-ceived a huge footfall and thecredit goes to a team of 25 leadby Manik, Ayushi and Himanshuwho were in charge of thisevent.“Initially no one was willingto take a risk of sponsoring suchan event but in the end it allturned a grand success“ saidHarshita, member of the organ-ising committee. “The eventcommenced with the lighting ofthe lamp by our honourable prin-cipal Dr. Rama, Mr. Krishan

A DIFFERENT SHADE OF LOVE

NSS LOVE WEEK

Sachdeva and star comedianAkash Gupta followed by themesmerising performances byThe Ash Daniel Projekt and theRising star group of Shyam LalCollege.The stand-up act byAakash Gupta entertainedeveryone with his wit and gags.He focussed his act on his Pun-jabi friends, unrealistic songsand difficulties of having overcar-ing parents. The event ended with perform-ances by Karan and Oorja dancesociety and the laughter partyteam presented mementos to allthe performers as a token ofgratitude.

Hans Raj college hosted an inter-department badminton tourna-ment for girls which wasorganized by department ofPhysical Education and thesports Science on 25th February2016.Fourteen departments ac-tively took part in this extrava-ganza. The round of thetournament was played betweenB. Com (H.) and Electronics.Both of the female players hadput in a lot of effort and playedwholeheartedly B. Com (H.) wasdeclared as the winner of the firstround. Eight teams made to thequarter-finals amongst which fourteams were chosen for semifinalswhich comprised of Botany v/ s.Computer Science and B.Comvs. Mathematics. Each matchconsisted of a single set of 21points. The final match wasplayed between computer sci-ence and B.com(H) which was

held on 3rd March 2016.Com-puter science defeated B. Com(H.) in the finals by a score of 15-3 and 15-5 in a match consistingof three sets of 15. The ComputerScience bagged the winner tro-phy and B. Com (H.) was de-clared as the runner-up.The students expressed theirdeepest gratitude to principal andthe management committee with-out whose constant support anddedication this event would nothave been a success. This tour-nament provided a massive plat-form for the female players. Theyhad exhilarated sportsmanshipskills and also how team spiritand unity could lead to greatergood. It was a learning processfor all the students and also theylearnt various life lessons whichwill help them to achieve excel-lence in all their endeavors.

WAVES OF LAUGHTER

CRICKET TOURNAMENT-B.COM(H) SEIZES THE TROPHY

SPIC MACAY

SAMAGAM

HANS RAJ GIRLS TRIUMPH

SHINES IN BADMINTON

NSS Hans Raj celebrated theLove Week spreading happinessand affection. The eventspanned from 5th to 13th Febru-ary 2016.The Gandhi Fellowshipseminar, which aimed to helpyoung people to develop leader-ship skills marked the start of theevent. It was followed by a visitto Prabha School for Autisticchildren near Paharganj and aCattle and stray Animals Feed-ing drive as well as awarenessregarding transgenders, which

was shown by a play “Tera KoiRang Nahin”.Extending a lovinghand to the people affected withleprosy, a seminar on Organ Do-nation and Blood Donation Cam-paign was organised. Theprogram was concluded with atrip for Padhaku students to theDelhi Zoo. It was an immenselyenjoyable and knowledgeabletrip and the kids returned with ablissful smile on their face. Fas-cinating, indeed!

On 1st and 2nd of March,2016 Hans Raj Collegewitnessed the most extravagant event of the yearby the name 'SAMAGAM'. It commenced with anenlightening speech by Principal Dr.Rama. The an-nual youth conference which had the benign pres-ence of celebrated speakers across the countrywho captivated the audience with their inspirationalspeeches amongst which Major General GD Bak-shi and Santosh Yadav were show stealers.GDBakshi is a veteran of many skirmishes on the LineOf Control and of counter terrorist operations inJammu and Kashmir. He delivered an inspirationalspeech on nationalist ideas and how India insteadof being so diversified, is united as a country.An-

other motivational speaker Miss Santosh Yadavwho is the first woman in the world to climb theMount Everest twice also gave a remarkablespeech and shared her experience of the variousmountain expeditions. Other eminent personalitiessuch as Prafulla Ketkar, RJ Heena etc. also sharedtheir lifetime experiences and the ordeals they hadgone through in order to succeed in life. The stu-dents were inspired and learnt how righteousnessand virtue, hard work and willpower could lead toexcellence. In a nutshell 'SAMAGAM' was a hugesuccess and will surely rule the hearts of people inthe coming years.

हंस VISION• Vol.III/2016 P6snippets of the college

Major General GD Bakshi Miss Santosh Yadav

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.- Carl Jung

blooD ConneCt

Fungi are one of the most impor-tant groups of organisms on theplanet. This is easy to overlook,given their largely hidden actionsand growth. They find importancein a wide range of fields like Food,Medicine, Biocontrol, Crop Diseaseand Food Spoilage.A one-day seminar was organisedby the botanical SocietyBOTANIQUE on 26th February,2016 in the Seminar hall, Hans Rajcollege on efficacy tests of chemi-cals and non chemicals againstmajor soil borne pathogens by Dr.Shrishail S. Navi, from Departmentof Plant Pathology and Microbiol-ogy, College of agriculture and lifeScience, Lowa State University ofScience and Technology, AMES,USA. It was coordinated by Dr.

Romila Rawat and chaired by Dr.Monika Kaul, H.O.D Botany De-partment.The seminar was attended by theexperts from different fields ofbotany who shared their views onthe core issues related to data sci-ence. The most interesting thingabout the seminar was that the in-formation presented was on Fungi-cides and Major soil bornediseases. The seminar focused onfungi like Fusarium virguliforme,Pythium, Rhizochonia, Sclerotiniasclerotiorum, mycoparasitism ofpathogen and bio control agents. Inthe end, after the lecture, tookplace the question and answersession among the staff, studentsand the guest of honour.

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there.Gather courage to believe that you can suc-ceed and leave no stone unturned to make ita reality. It is a matter of immense pride thatsix students of Hansraj College successfullycleared their IPCC in the November exam heldlast year. Himanshu Nagpal, Chetan Goyal,Yashwardhan, Kartik Bansal (right to left inphoto) defied all difficulties and achieved whatis, the beginning of many great things to come. "Something easy to achieve isn’t worth achiev-ing. Any journey one may take, challenges aredeemed to appear", says Kartik Bansal whenasked about his journey. The compassion forfinance is what motivated our young achieversto enter this profession. Sheer hard work andconsistency is what makes you succeed in thiscourse. A perfect balance is required betweencoaching, college and self-study time is mostimportant while planning and executing yourjourney. When asked about the time devotedto coaching and class, Abhishek Bharti crisplysums up, "I devoted equal time on both, say inthe proportion of 3:2". They all admit that therecame a time when they felt disheartened and

directionless. But a strong mind and will powerof oneself is what helps to sail your boatthrough the storm. While one can pursue CA as soon as theycompleted their school, they chose to go tocollege. College offers an invaluable exposurewhich academics alone cannot offer you. CA

brims with academic excellence and collegehelps to grow holistically. Like Himanshu Nag-pal says, "CA teaches you what college can't,and college teaches you what CA can't". Allour achievers are active members of many so-cieties. One tip that Chetan Goyal gives to all thosepreparing for IPCC is ," to believe in yourselfand be always motivated". All of them areplanning to complete their college and thenthey'll look out for articleship. Kartik Bansaladequately sums up, "you need to love thiscourse and should be proud to pursue it". Wewish them luck for their future endeavors. Maythey continue to make us proud and theirspark to achieve big is forever ignited. \

CA IPCC Nov 2015 rank holders: Himanshu Nagpal - 9Yashwardhan - 20Chetan Goyal - 22

Abhishek Bharti - 25Kartik Bansal - 42Yashvijay - 47

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worKshop on X-rayDiffraCtion

The Physics and Electronics De-partment of Hans Raj College or-ganised a two-day workshop on "Characterisation of Materials by X-Ray Diffraction(XRD)". The aim ofthe workshop was to enrich stu-dents with nuances of Solid StatePhysics like Basic Crystal Struc-tures and ExperimentalTechniques like XRD. Theworkshop was conducted on 23rdand 24th Feb'16 with a success.The workshop was really beneficialfor those students who aspire to beExperimental Condensed MatterPhysicists in the future. The work-shop was organised for studentspursuing graduation in Physics,Chemistry and Material Science.Also, students from outside col-leges were invited. The first daystarted with the registrationprocess followed by the inaugura-tion which was addressed by Dr.Rama, Principal, Hans Raj Collegeand with her blessings the work-

shop took its way and conductedtwo lectures on 'Crystal Structure'and 'Intro to XRD' which were de-livered by eminent and experi-enced Profs. came from differentesteemed Universities. Also, thestudents were given refreshment,lunch and marked the end of firstday with tea.Second day started with “TheHands on Analysis of XRD Data ".Students were taken to computerlab where they learnt a softwareprogram to study XRD data andthen lunch and tea were provided.In the afternoon session, a visit toUSIC, DU North Campus was or-ganised where the ResearchScholars showed XRD Machineand explained the XRD experimen-tal techniques. The workshop wassuccessful and the teachersworked painstickingly hard to ele-vate the workshop to its peak. Thededication of teachers reputed thesuccess of event.

Shobhit Agrawal, Manikaran Kathuria, Prateek Saigal of B.TechComputer Science, Hans Raj College participated in ACM-ICPCAmritapuri and finished All India rank 182. ACM-ICPC is India's biggest coding competition. Around 5000teams from all acorss the country participated in the event. Region-als took place at Coimbatore,Amritapuri,Bangalore and Chennaiwhere they achieved first position in Delhi University. This is the firsttime a team qualified for regionals from Hans Raj College.

BloodConnect is a student run organisa-tion and whose aim is to provide a 360°solution to the problem of blood shortagein India. The organisation provides freehelp and primarily focusses on the poorand the needy. Since its establishment,the organisation has grown bounds andleaps a lot in terms of working for thiscause. The organisation basically works inthree domains: 1) Organising camps: To ensure continu-ous and sufficient supply to the bloodbanks.2) Awareness Sessions: Organises inform-

ative talks, street plays, competitions, etc.3) Helpline: Operates 24x7 helpline to finddonors for those in dire need.In recent times, the BloodConnect team ofHansraj college organised a blood dona-tion camp in collaboration with the IndianRed Cross Society and the NSS societyon 11th February ’16 during the “Loveweek”. The camp observed a total of 44blood donations which is equivalent tosaving 132 lives. What featured this campapart from the other donation camps wasthe fact that it was thematic and had apersonal touch to it. The personal satisfac-

tion and the happiness after donationcould be seen on the face of each donor.Students were seen leaving motivatingmessages encouraging youth to come for-ward and contibute their bit to the noblecause.The team also organised an awarenesssession on 23rd February and played“Catchphrase” with several participants. Itwas an innovative way to raise awarenessamong the youth about the benefits ofblood donation and a perfect opportunityto clear away some of the prominentmyths related to blood donation.

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Aditai Puri

In conversation with the formerpresident of The EconomicsSociety of Hans Raj Collegeand the co-ordinator of the col-lege placement cell,Aditai Purishares with us his version ofthe big fat placement theoryand what it takes to glideacross interviews and ace thespot! Presently he is successfullyplaced at Mckinsey and Com-pany as a Business Analyst.Being a final year student hehad planned to set all his eggsin one basket by skippingpreparations for managementand B-school entrance exami-nations and sit for off and oncampus placements althoughhe got ISB. He agrees that hehad been nervous initially sincehe had almost no back-up planas is the case for most of uswho are novices when it comesto big names coming to ourcampuses for recruitment. Hesat for one on campus inter-view with Bain (2) followed bythree off campus interviewswith McKinsey and Co.(4) , ATKearney (4) and BCG(2). Alsohe adds the number of inter-views along with the type anddegree of criticality might varyperson to person and from onecompany to another like McK-insey has a CV shortlist roundfollowed by a problem solvingtest (PST) which is non elimi-native but yet evaluative.Finallycomes the round of personalinterviews with associate part-ners, directors and partners. As for charting out how to de-

liver the best, Aditai alwaysurged his friends to take mockinterviews and asked them fortheir honest criticisms thathelped him to better hischances. Summing up on the company’sside as to what they look for ini-tially, he says mainly they needpeople with strong leadershipskills, good work experience interms of internships and con-sistent academic performance.Later, they go on to evaluate onwhether one is fit for the rolethe company is offering andtheir work culture. Aditai goeson to suggest that one shouldknow his resume very well andthat he or she should be com-pletely honest in their answers.One should keep his calm andgive his best shot!

All the Best!

Encouragement in a guided way can bring about miracles. K.D.Campus took the initiative and organised a remarkable encourage-ment programme for the Han Raj College students in the collegepremises on 13th of february. The programme focussed to providea ray of guidance to the students to opt a decision for thei career. Alecturette session was held by Neetu Singh,a renowned educationistand author. The enlighting words of Ms.Neetu inspired the galore ofpupils attending the session." There is no substitute to hard workand hard work accompanied by smart work is the key to excellencein the present world" were the words that evoked enthusiasm andvigour in the attendees. She mentioned that the institute set ex-tremely tough targets of impeccable quality, arduous level of honestdelivery in classrooms and regularly updated writing materials. Thesession marked its end with a hope to turn the students vision intoreality.

K.D. Campus -Vision to reality 

Our taste buds this month take us to thevery homely yet forever buzzing Sid’sKitchen. Sid’s Kitchen is one of thosefew restaurants that provide you utterlydelicious food at unbelievingly reason-able prices. Situatedin the heart of theKamla Nagar mar-ket, it enjoys just theperfect location. Thewarm ambience andpeppy bollywoodsongs make yourmeal a perfect one.The menu offersdishes from theNorth and South In-dian cuisines. Wetried the cocktailkebab which werecrispy and loadedwith flavour. Onedish to look out forhere is the dahi kesholey. Quite an in-novative idea, I mustsay! The starterswere followed by the traditional IndianThali, which served dal makhni, paneerbutter masala, mixed vegetable, jeerarice, tandoori roti and a green chutney

to die for! Among the South Indian de-lights, the Masala Paneer dosa is amust try. It comes with sambhar, co-conut chutney and an utterly deliciousonion-tomato chutney. The sambhar is

packed with greatflavour which is per-fectly balanced bythe sweetness of thecoconut chutney.Overall the food isflavoursome and theportions are good.The dishes look ap-pealing and theservice is quick. Al-though the restau-rant serves onlyvegetarian food, it isa place all must try.The owner says thatanyone who comesto their restaurant isan earned customer.The great food com-bined with the com-fortable ambience

help Sid’s Kitchen edge past its contem-poraries and make it the perfect littleplace for us students to delve into.

Food Review :

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Fashion is the one of the most powerful art to express yourself, to show the kind of per-son you are, to convey your likes and dislikes, all just with a simple accessory or piece.Today designers spend a lot of time and their creativity on the garments that they exhibitseason after season. Summing it up, fashion is a daily way to embrace art and expressyour inner personality through your attire.Not only does fashion exist in the appearances, but also in the ideas which we live. It isalways a mirror of the society. History reveals us that the value of a period can be de-picted by the sense of fashion prevalent during the period.Fashion is the most lucrative key word for present teenagers. The bags they carry thewatches they wear and the way they present themselves involves so much of fashion.The teenagers have a craving interest for the changing trend. In fact they can be goodtrendsetters themselves.North Campus has always been known for its fashion trends. Students try to flaunt them-selves with the latest trends on the streets.The appetite for the new trends are fed byKamla Nagar market. Situated next to the North Campus of Delhi University, it is a livelymarket and a popular hang-out for the college students. It is most famous for distiguishedfashion brands and spicy street foods. Kamla Nagar has now converted into a ladieshigh street shopping center where one caters the need for western as well as ethnicclothing, along with the fun of street-bargaining.Fashion, in its own, is a field of exploration. The more you explore the more trendy youbecome. This voyage of exploration meets ends by the oceans of stores in the market.The hustle bustle of the market houses one of the most trendy shops in the vicinity-”G-9 TEEN”.This house of fashionista deals in all types of shopping needs of the time.The shop displays the most recent fashion signatures which leave the buyers merrilysatisfied. "THE JOY OF DRESSING IS AN ART”-the fashion store proves it ethically withits extravagant collections.