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

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This profound quote by SwamiVivekananda was hovering overthe auditorium, with his ideologieson everybody's mind. On theauspicious 152nd birth anniver-sary of Swami Vivekananda, NSSHans Raj organized a quizcompetition based on his life andsimultaneously a debatecompetition. The event startedwith the lightening of the lamp bythe respective chief guests-Shri Indresh Kumar, Dr. Rajesh

Chetan, Prof. J.K. Vangdu, CPHDPresident Geeta Singh, principalDr. Rama NSS coordinator Baljeetkaur and NSS president Shridhar.Dr, Rama confessed her warmwelcome to everybody. The highlights of the event were ashort video that was shown to thestudents relating to Swami ji'sventure, a speech by Mrs. GeetaSingh talking about Youth Powerand the gross protest by thestudents during a seminar held in

Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached: Swami Vivekananda

On 15th of January 2016, 68thArmy day was celebrated in thecollege with the help ofNCC,Haritima, S.G.A, EnablingUnit and Vision society of theCollege . Keynote speaker of theday was the Veer Chakra AwardeeColonel T.P. Tyagi who addressedthe students and the NCC cadetsof college. His short but influentialspeech filled everyone with a feel-ing of enthusiasm, patriotism anda zeal to incur love for their coun-try. He laid a special emphasis onthe youth of the country asmentioning that they possesstremendous inquisitiveness and an

immense potential to do anythingand everything. He went ahead totalk about the increasing numberof sleeper cells in the country andhow the social boycott of theanti-national elements is the needof the hour. The amount ofhumility with which he spokemade everyone feel like an honor-able citizen. He outlined the roleof the Indian army in disastermanagement situations. Be it anytype of disaster, in any part of thecountry, the Indian armed forcesare always ready with their helpinghands and responsible shoulders.Moreover "Jai Hind" became the

slogan of the day and ColonelTyagi urged everyone to use this intheir mutual greetings. Mrs. RekhaUdit, the president of WomenInternational Network, graced theoccasion with her powerful aura.She spoke about how learningself-defense is the demand of time.Honorable principal, Dr. Rama,announced that a girls NCC wingwill also be initiated in the college.A special end to the event wasbrought about by Asma Fatima'sperformance, a student ofZoology(Hons.), who got theaudience mesmerized by her song-" Ye Hausla Kaise Ruke".

SGA, Hans Raj Collegestarted a campaign calledLive Updated on 8th Octo-ber, 2015. The campaign's primemotive was to keep everyone up-dated about the issues going onaround us whether they were na-tional, international or local. Ashort write-up related to the topicwas prepared by the SGAmembers and later, was published

Hans Raj College in associationwith The Pearl Academy organisedan informative and eye-openinground of the Creative CareerConclave. The Students were giventhe platform to know about the‘Careers of Tomorrow’ especiallyin Fashion technology, Commerceand Journalism & Mass acommu-nication from the distinguishedpanellists.The experts present dur-ing the conclave featured nameslike well-known fashion designer

Rina Dhaka, Principal ArchitectManish Gulati (MOFA), ace pho-tographer Rohit Dhingra and Dr.Bhavna Chaddha- Head Corpo-rate Relations, Pearl Academy. Thespeakers laid more emphasis onvarious aspects of fashion design-ing, architecture and the career op-portunities in the field. They alsohighlighted the recent develop-ments regarding Startup India, itsbenefits and the new opportunitiesavailable.

Wave of Creative Careers hits Hans Raj College

DU for the Ram JanambhoomiTemple. On the other sideDr. Indresh kumar talked aboutthe evils that are deteriorating thesociety like rape, female feticide,intolerance, malnutrition and alsotalked about his days back inChandigarh Engineering College,Punjab. He mentioned -"Honestyis our Character and commitment"and also advised the youth to wor-ship BHARATMATA furthersaying that we must follow swamiji's ideologies and his footprints.To lighten up the environmentafter this intellectual session, aQawaali program was organized.Abdul Hameed Sabri a renownedname in Qawaali and along withhis group presented Chap Tilak,Bhardo jholi from the movieBajrangi bhaijaan, khwaja merekhwaja from the movie Jodhaakbar and kissa mere junoon ka,some being on the top of the list.Abdul Sabri was overwhelmed andthanked all the students for theirsupport and cheerfulnessthroughout the performance. Hewas then awarded a token of ap-preciation , a tulsi sapling, byDr. Rama and Vijendra Singh.

Live Update Campaign: S.G.Aby them to the Facebook page. Thetopics chosen by the team were themost sought after ones, andincluded notes on Mark Zucker-berg's visit to India, attacks inParis, Amravati (Capital ofAndhra Pradesh), Dadri lynching,PM Modi's visit to differentnations and the perks of the sameto India.Because of the immensesupport and appreciation that the

UNMASKING CBCS: THE NEW DU ENTITY

Amidst huge furore, what is nowthe Choice Based Credit System,was introduced for the incomingbatch in 2015. Many groups ofvoices were raised since it wasannounced in early 2015. Manybelieved that it was just areinforcement for the Four YearUndergraduate Programme, whichwas rolled back by the Ministry ofHuman Resource Developmentand the University Grants Com-mission. There were also those whofelt that it was a window of oppor-tunity, as it gave real “Choice” tostudents in the University. Now that CBCS has beenirreversibly implemented, pande-monium has been running allthrough Delhi University. No oneexactly knows what theprogramme is all about and therehas been a lots of do’s and don’tsregarding the entire course andcurriculum. Credits, SGPA, Gradepoints and other complex ideashave stemmed threads ofconfusion in the minds of students,as well as the teaching staff.

“Khush raho Khush rakho Swasth raho Aage badho”

Hans Raj college is the mostprestigious and largest institution ofthe country. It is only througheveryone’s co-operation andsupport we can make it the number1 college of the world. I feel elatedto be around such people, whetherit is a teaching/non-teaching staffor students, and even I am indulgedin 99% of activities with students.According to me teaching staff,non-teaching staff and students arethe three main pillars by whoseco-operation we can reach the pin-nacle of success. We look forwardin making Hans Raj college “THEBEST”.

PRINCIPAL MESSAGE

Mood Indigo is Asia’s largestcultural fest which is organizedannually by I.I.T., Bombay. It lastsfor 4 days with a number of events,competitions & star performances.Every year the fest attractsthousands of students from variouscolleges & universities acrossIndia. This year, Hans Raj Collegeleft landmarks in the city ofdreams by winning maximumawards at Mood Indigo.Hansarians left no stone unturnedin bringing laurels to the college.Be it the Choreography competi-tion, the Street Play, Stage Play orMusic Competition, students ofour college dominated the sceneeverywhere.TERPSICHOREAN, the chore-ography society bagged firstposition in its category. While thefusion band competition was wonby our college band, THE HANS

RAJ PROJEKT. It also won aSpecial Recognition Award for itsmesmerizing Opening for Pritamin the popular night.The musicians of Hans Raj, too,lagged nowhere behind in the Fest.Vinayak Pant and Anirudh Vermaof Swaranjali Music Societyperfected their synchronization towin Taal Mel-the InstrumentalDuet Competition. Also, SaptakChatterjee secured third place inthe Classical Solo competition.The President of Hans RajDramatics Society, Sahiba Baliattracted everyone’s attention bybagging the Best Actor Award inthe Stage Play Competition.In a nutshell, all the winnersdeserve huge admiration andapplause with everyone beinghopeful of their consistent goodperformance in the upcoming festseason.

HANS RAJ STEALS ‘THE SCENE’ AT“MOOD INDIGO”

“Jai Hind” in mutual greetings-Army Day

Hans Raj Auditorium

Hans Raj has always been thecentre of academics as well assports. With the largest crowdamong the 67 colleges of DelhiUniversity it also has large numberof talents. After the gap of morethan 10 years, recently the mostawaited tournament i.e. DelhiOlympics was organized and theformer student of our collegeDivya Adhlakha has won the silvermedal in archery. She alsoperformed outstanding in thenational games and occupied 14thrank across the country. She hasnow qualified for the NR - 16which gives us a clear view of herbrightest future ahead.

Not only in archery but in othersports also the improved perform-ance of Hans Raj College in thelast few years can be explicitly seen.We also have a number of playersin other games too. The improvedstandard of shooting range hashelped the shooters to amelioratetheir standard. Two playersGajendra and Prerna have alreadybeen selected for the Indian teamwhich has created a betterplatform for the shooters in com-ing time.Harsh Chaudhary fromthe Arts department has won thesilver medal in 10m rifle shootingin national games while playingfrom the side of Uttar Pradesh.

program received, more than 5200people reached the posts. Thecampaign was terminated on 16thNovember because of the examsbeing held in the college.Studentsare glad that the campaign ransuccessfully and they were able topublish 31 posts till its end, up-dating and enlightening the mindsof countless.

Divya Adhlakha

Dr. Rama Sharma

L.P Area Colonel T.P. Tyagi

Han Raj’s Auditorium

Swaranjali Performing

Changing scenario of sports in Hans Raj

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievment, and success have no meaning.- “Benjamin Franklin”

Page 2 -NSS Padhaku, SGA atwork, TEDx Hansraj, Warning71.

Page 3 -Principal’s Interview,Workshop Embedded System,Mun and Inceptum, KnowingPersonal Finance.

Page 4 - Justice Juvenile Act,Pathankot, Makar Sakranti,Women in the Work of Feminists.

Page 5 - The Human Fear ofChange, Book Review, Survey Re-port, Don’t Know Programming.

Page 6 - Joggers Diaries, Poems,Movie Review.

Page 7 - The Skippers, PhotostateWale Bhaiya.

Page 8 - Activity Section, Place-ment Cell.

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हंस VISION • Vol.II/2016 P2In CAMPUS

I had almost reached home afterattending the Tedx event held atHans Raj College. Though I wasextremely mesmerized by theevent's ambience and the storiesnarrated, but at the same time anunsettling ripple of questions keptme disturbed for quite long. The talks were moreover based onthe idea that hard work directedtowards the goals you are passion-ate about will lead to success. Andesteemed people like Mr. RichardRekhy, Ms. Poonam Bagai, Ms.Anuranjita Kumar, Mr.GauravGupta, Ms. Louisa Tomlinson, Mr.Sanjeev Chopra, Mr.SumantSinha, Ms.Deeba Rajpal, Mr. Ra-jkumar, Mr. Navin Piplani evincedthe idea. However few talks left a very deepimpression on my mind forcing meto ask some questions from myselfthat otherwise I would never have.Every speaker whom I listened tothat day was complete inhimself/herself. They all wereequally strong and confident in thematters of their respective fields.Each one of them had a differentstory to tell, a different journey alltogether, a unique passion to ex-press their art, an individual indi-viduality. But, all of them spoke ofthe same thing, that was to listento yourself and nobody else, to dowhat you wish to. For instance, Mr.Raj Kumar talked about his days ofchildhood when he was and still is

extremely passionate to learn themagical arts from the roadside ma-gicians. But what struck me imme-diately was the thought that it wasalways easy listening to the storiesof great people who thought out ofthe box and had courage and con-fidence in themselves to turn theirdreams into reality, but I've neverheard anyone talking about theways how an ordinary person willgain the faculty to listen to the callof his passion?

I've seen quite a number of peopleirrationally moving onto a path inthe name of 'following their pas-sion'. I do not completely disap-prove of it because I know eventhis streak of madness, the strongdesire to achieve something makesa man do wonders that even hehimself wouldn't have thought of,and the immediate example that Icould relate to is to the moviebased on a true story of "Manjhi,The Mountain Man". Thus, such astate is a state of ecstasy. But on theother hand, I also know peoplewho lack this focus and under theinfluence of society keep strugglingto look for passion in what they aretold to look in. So, the point iswhere to draw the line? In whatratio to listen to oneself and whennot to? How to figure out if this isour passion or is emerging fromsome kind of greed? And does fol-lowing passion means keeping no

Listen to your soul. Follow your passion. Go chase your dreams. Do what you were born to do!

eye on the returns got for the workdone?To look for answers, I started talk-ing to the people in the auditoriumduring the break, about what weretheir first impressions of the talksthey had listened to so far. Listen-ing to them was a very enlighten-ing experience. A group ofstudents from Lady Sri Ram Col-lege were so inspired from the talksthat they promised themselves thefirst thing they will do after leavingthe auditorium was to sit and in-trospect to figure out what aca-demic course do they further wantto pursue so that that it will be theythemselves who will take it up andnot under the pressure of parentsor society. Another attendee toldme that she was wonderstruckafter listening to the fact thatgames like Mario, etc could be ef-fectively used as a tool to overcomeanxiety in children and to bringchanges into ones personality asspoken in Gaurav Gupta's speech.Thence, an inclination to playvideo games can also be put tobenefit. But amidst such a mes-merizing event my question stoodstill, do, what we think is our pas-sion, is really ours or is it imposedupon by some subconscious mindthat even we aren't aware of? Wellall I could figure out in the endwas, since the question came fromme hence the answer lies withinme.

Report By- Pragya ThakurVision Society

The act undertaken by thePADHAKU wing of NSS HAN-SRAJ last week. The volunteersdistributed winter accessories likesocks, gloves, caps and bags to allthe students of "Padhaku" for fightthis chilling winter of Delhi fromthe funds collected in the DiwaliMela organised in October 2015.It is indeed a great pleasure tospread joy and bring smiles onthese young faces. The volunteersof Padhaku wing have tried theirlevel best to ensure that no hurdleshould come across these studentsin their access to knowledge. Wewish that the Hansarians all theluck to achieve success in their fu-ture projects of social welfare.

NSS Hans Raj doing its part...

NSS HANS RAJ’s EnvironmentWing carried out a major place-ment drive where the volunteersplaced around 32 cartons aroundthe North Campus, Delhi Univer-sity on 20th Jan., 2016. The drivestretched from Delhi University’sMetro Station to the Sparks Mallgaining overwhelming supportfrom the people, students, NSSvolunteers of other colleges. Theidea was not only to spread aware-ness but to force people to thinkthat all it takes is just an initiative;the way volunteers molded cartonboxes into dustbins and the wholeconcept of placing them at strate-gically required locations was justawesome. Moreover, during the

placement drive, the volunteersalso got the opportunity to work atthe ground level and interactedwith a whole lot of vendors under-standing their situations and prob-lems. The drive was highlyappreciated throughout the cam-pus. The volunteers also have de-cided to further monitor theplacement of these dustbins by re-visiting the sites. Without the sup-port from volunteers and thevendors, they could have neverimagined of carrying out the drivesuccessfully on such a large scale.NSS Hans Raj truly appreciateseach and every one out there whohave supported them in any way.

and having written down theirideas, they would surely think overit and try to live up to their wordsand above all to their own expec-tations.Another event organized was the'DENGUE AWARENESSCAMPAIGN' for 14 days from22th September,2015.In this cam-paign SGA with innovative

SGA at WORK

N.S.S Padhaku Event N.S.S Environmental Event

Challenges facing mankind on theenvironmental front have becometruly global and pressing. Appre-hensions are expressed that with-out remedial measures, we mayface the bleak prospect of the col-lapse of the lifestyles that differentsocieties presently enjoy. GlobalWarming is a great concern for thewhole mankind. To aware the stu-dents of the situation The BotanySociety of Hans RajBOTANIQUE organised a semi-nar on 13 January 2016 titled“WARNING 71 degrees”. The speaker Dr.P.K.Srivastav,Principal, Central Drug Research.Focussed on the alarming issues ofclimate change and pollutionalong with its causes and conse-

WARNING 71!!!

Hans Raj’s Auditorium

The event managed by SGA is theDU-MIP. Over 300 hundred stu-dents from 36 institutions arrivedfor the Delhi University Mock In-dian Parliament on the 16th andthe17th of January 2016. The So-ciety of General Awareness, HansRaj Chapter selected twenty eightvolunteers to be a part of the or-ganizing committee. The eventended with lots of memories andan experience to last a lifetime. Thetwenty eight people were the back-bone of the event, from the begin-ning to the end, having taken careof everything on the ground level:from the registrations to the cater-ing, from the information broad-cast to the online reporting andwhatnot.The students walked away, the lookon their faces and the twinkle intheir eyes reflected that a lot ofthought process had been involved

posters, messages and posts on dif-ferent social networking sites tookan initiative to aware people aboutDengue. Do’s and Don’ts symp-toms and facts. Everyday a posterwas circulated along with the in-formation required. The campaignturned out to be a great success andSGA looks forward to organizingmany more people oriented events.

Delhi University Conference Centre

TEDx Hans Raj College came tolife when Puneet S. Bhela ofB.com (H) received the license tohost a TEDx event. TED is a non-profit global platform to share in-novative ideas through videos.TEDx is a self-organized pro-gramme consisting of an event thatinvites speakers to share a TED-like experience that brings to-gether people holding similarthoughts and ideas.

The curator and the team of TEDx Hans Raj College, started searching for amazing speakers and sponsorsfor the event. The volunteers left for their hometowns in December with loads of duties and responsibilities.The creative team had already started exploring the market to buy best material required for the event. The re-search team had to select the best from some amazing people, ultimately a list of speakers from different fieldsand areas of research was finalized. So, 16 January 2016 marked the enthusiastic start of the very first TEDxheld at Hans Raj College. The host at the closing of the event congratulated the organizing team for makingthe event grand and successful. And thus the TEDx team victoriously managed to add another feather to theprestigious hat of Hans Raj College.

TED at Hans Raj

quences. The seminar became moreinteresting as Dr. Srivastav usedSCIENTOONS, unique carica-tures highlighting different ramifi-cations of Pollution andEnvironmental degradation, etc toconvey his message. Lastly he

asked everyone to take a pledgeand plant a tree especially onbirthdays and special occasionsand do your bit. The Seminar wasChaired and Coordinated by Dr.Monika Kaul, HOD Botany De-partment.

Seminar Room

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it- “Aristotle”

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Going beyond the horizons oftextbooks and making somethinginnovative is certainly a measureto improve an individual in prac-tical terms. Thinking on theselines a workshop on EMBED-DED SYSTEM was organizedby the Physics and ElectronicsDepartment in Hans Raj Collegefor students and faculty on 15-16January 2016. The main focus of

Workshop - EMBEDDED SYSTEM

A wise man once said "No one canmake millions and keep millions,without knowing about personalfinance."These words do full justice to theintent of the Finance and Invest-ment Cell of Hans Raj College.The Cell was formed with an aimto improve the 'Financial Quo-tient' of the students by illuminat-ing them to the world of finance.After the success of Finance Plat-ter 2014, the FIC Hans Raj Col-lege launched the second edition ofFinance Platter on 28th of Octo-ber 2015. This year too, it had twoevents which aimed at gatheringfinance enthusiasts at a large scale. You didn't need to be a seasonedplayer or even be of a commercebackground to paricipate. All thatone needed was a passion to learnabout finance.

We had two main competitions,one being Stock Tail, which wasone of its kind mock stock. It hadtwo preliminary rounds. One on-line round which consisted of vir-tual trading in association withICICI which went on for five days.Top three teams of this round di-rectly entered the final round. Theother offline preliminary roundwhich was conducted on the day ofthe event followed by the finalround. The final round involvedtrading of the securities throughthe outcry method. Amit Yadav, aparticipant of Stock Tail said "Theevent was very interesting. It gaveus an insight to the way stock wastraded in the earlier days."The second event deigned by the

members of the Cell called the BigWar Theory. With over 70 teams inthe first round, 16 teams were cho-

Hans Raj college auditorium witnessed two influential events in the month of November 2015 and January2016. One of these events was the Model United nations that took place from the 9-10, January 2016. Thisevent gave a platform to students where they role play as diplomats of different countries It aimed to educate the students about current events. The other event was Inceptum that took place on the 7th November 2015. The chief guest for this event was Smt. Meenaksh Lekhi. It was an event that furnished a platform for various colleges all over. Events held under inceptum were Policy paralysis (a multiple case study competition), chanakya neeti (designed to test the relevance of theories that were stated back in 300 BC in today's micro and macroeconomics scenario), Ecognizance (paper presentation contest) and Treasure hunt (Testing one's intellect). These Events were conducted successfully by Economics Society.

MUN AND INCEPTUM

In Conversation with thePrincipal

Interviewer: Hans Raj College is one of the reputedinstitution of Delhi University. You are the first fe-male principal of this college. How does it feel to bethe first and what challenges you had to face when youtook over?

- Hans Raj is a 65-year-old institution. The firstprimary change that evolved was that of address-ing “Yes madam” instead of “Yes sir”. I have beena part of this college since 25 years. Thus I did notcome across any more difficulties in managing myresponsibilities as the principal. Although I wouldlike to add that there is a difference in the man-agement skills and outlook of a woman. Everyonein the college is extending their full support to allmy initiatives and I am grateful to them. Therewere certain changes which were very hard to ac-cept especially among students. Initially there wasa misconception that Hans Raj College has be-come a jail. With due course of time everyone re-alized that the change was for the greater good.Everything is being managed more efficientlystarting from the academics to the co-curricularactivities.Hans Raj college is the most prestigious andlargest institution of the country. Thus the mainchallenge is to make it make it even better. On 15August 2015, we launched a logo in accordanceto the Swacch Bharat campaign, “Swasth HansRaj Shresht Hans Raj”. We look forward in mak-ing Hans Raj college “THE BEST”.

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Interviewer: Ma’am you said that you see the futureof Hans Raj College in flying colors and esteem, sowith whose assistance and doles you will do that?

- I feel comfortable with the people surroundingme, whether it is teaching staff, non-teaching staffor students. I am indulged in 99% of activitieswith students, myself. And according to meteaching staff, on-teaching staff and students arethe three main pillars by whose co-operation wewill get achievements. On one hand the burdenof responsibilities and high expectations fromeveryone sometimes gives me discomfort as theholder of the seat, and on the other hand, the fullsupport of departments and students, gives methe sense of courage to face difficulties.

Interviewer: What you most enjoy doing as the Prin-cipal?

- Enjoyment depends on how we feel while doingthe work. The responsibility entrusted upon me ishuge. It is like a “HOT SEAT” for 24/7. How-ever, I love interacting with such a large group ofstudents. I feel that the whole college is like myfamily. I believe if I have a clear vision and couldincorporate all my students then no one can stopus from reaching the top. When a student praisesus for doing the work it gives me immense joy asa teacher, because basically I am a teacher. Now Ifeel that I have just started learning. I enjoy meet-ing students from different departments and so-cieties.

Interviewer: Why did you decide to go into teaching?

-Teaching was never my preference, I was special-ized in Media, I did media course from IIMC,and got jobs in Radios and worked in the estab-lished newspapers like, Navbharata Times,Jansatta and other news agencies. And I as a fe-male belonging to lower middle class family I de-cided to work in Media, during those times I feltmyself independent. But there was a fear in mymind that some or the other day I will bebounded by many responsibilities. So then I de-cided to go into teaching because it is a safe andrespectable job. Now having the experience of 25years in teaching, I would like to say that there isnot a better job than a teacher.

Interviewer: How do you plan to communicate/builda relationship with students throughout Hans Raj?

- I consider students as the first main pillar. WhenI joined this post then some posters were put upfor students to give their suggestions regardingany improvement in college or of certain help.Students are the one who maintain the image ofcollege, so we must listen and understand theirdreams and aspirations. Many suggestions cameand were worth noticing. One of them was theneed of fresh supply of drinking water in college.We must concern ourselves with the health of thestudents, thus, we plan to have a centralized R.O.System very soon. I am connected to the studentswith the help of social media such as Facebook,WhatsApp, email and I get suggestions from sug-gestion box as well .

Interviewer: How do you plan to communicate/builda relationship with students throughout Hans Raj?

- I consider students as the first main pillar. WhenI joined this post then some posters were put upfor students to give their suggestions regardingany improvement in college or of certain help.Students are the one who maintain the image ofcollege, so we must listen and understand theirdreams and aspirations. Many suggestions cameand were worth noticing. One of them was theneed of fresh supply of drinking water in college.We must concern ourselves with the health of thestudents, thus, we plan to have a centralized R.O.System very soon. I am connected to the studentswith the help of social media such as Facebook,WhatsApp, email and I get suggestions from sug-gestion box as well .

Interviewer: What message do you want to convey to the hansarians?“Khush raho Khush rakho Swasth raho Aage badho”

Interviewer: Do you face any kind of difficulty inmanaging your personal and professional life being awoman?

- Problems are a part and parcel of our life. Everyproblem has a solution. The best way is to talk toeveryone and be involved.

Interviewer: One much asked question is regardingthe timings of our fest, why it ends as early as 4 inthe evening, and not continues till, say, 8?

- Life has some basic values. We must followcertain rules in our lives. In the name of fun fes-tivals breaking of discipline rule is not good.Everyone loves enjoyment, but it has their ownlimits. And as a co-ed college we must thinkabout the safety of girl student and teachers too.

Interviewer: Have you ever been called to your Prin-cipal ’s office in school or your college?

- I was not that lucky to get punishment in mylife. However, as my father was in army, so wewere brought up in a very disciplined atmosphere.I was a student of Janki Devi College. Even todayI am afraid to enter the staff room, which I don’twant my students to feel. Discipline is what I in-tend to achieve.

Knowing Personal Finance-FIC

“Games are won by the players who focus on the playing field, not by those who are gluedto the scoreboard”. Most important factor, which contributed to my achievement of 98.8percentile in CAT was my sniffle minded obsession to study management. What you needto do is ask yourself why are you doing this? If the answer comes out to be money or fame,do something else.Never underestimate the “work hard” factor. You should know that “to win, you should becompetitive enough to work harder”. It is always nice to have some fun. Hanging out withfriends will do wonders for you as it did to me. The company of my friends taught me tofight stress & outperform myself. Basically, “chill maar yaar”

Deepanshu Kathuria Cracked CATwith 98.8 Percentile

sen for the final round. The finalround basically had 2 parts, one ofthem included solving a case ques-tion and writing a paper on it andthe other part. The game was de-signed exceptionally, so that noneof the participants go emptyhanded home!"I've never heard or played such a

game. It was refreshing conceptand definitely intriguing." saidKartik Jagani, a participant of theBig War Theory.Both the events witnessed a foot-

fall of around 700 students. SouravAggarwal, President of FIC said,"It's always nice and exciting toplan the event. We put in a lot ofbrainwork and we hold mocks ofthe events to ensure they are exe-cuted well. And when they turn outto be successful, we are satisfied.""It hasn't been long since FIC wasformed and we are already experi-menting. We want students toknow that finance can be fun. Sowe bring something new in ourevents every time." said Abhiv Jin-dal, Vice President of FIC. We hoped our assortment of eventswas able to satiate the budding fi-nance fanatics till next year.

the workshop was to provide un-derstanding of programming ofMicrocontrollers and to use thisdevice as an embedded system fordedicated tasks.Along with theexposure of Microcontrollers pro-gramming, there was talk on in-troduction to Microcontrollersalong with its application in scien-tific research. According to thestudents, participating in work-

shops was an extra slice of cheeseon their working capabilities. Con-tinuance of studies and workshopon a parallel note configure variousacademic highlights. It was a niceoption to exercise the textbooktools with technological knowhow.They could demonstrate their ca-pabilities and update their knowl-edge through such platforms.

Hans Raj’s Auditorium

The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle - “Richard Dawkins”

MELANGE

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into two groups — one below 16 and another above 16 — goes againstthe core principle that all children should be treated as such till the ageof 18. This age has been fixed based on studies in child behavior and theU.N. Convention of the Rights of the Child. A Parliamentary StandingCommittee opposed the change, noting that subjecting juveniles to theadult judicial system would go against the objective of protecting all chil-dren from the rigors of adult justice. It noted that the Supreme Courthad not agreed with the view that children involved in certain offencesshould be tried as adults.The provision of trying a juvenile committing a serious or heinous of-fence as an adult based on date of apprehension could violate the Article14 (right to equality) and Article 21 (requiring that laws and proceduresare fair and reasonable). The provision also counters the spirit of Article20(1) by according a higher penalty for the same offence, if the personis apprehended after 21 years of age.While introducing the bill remarks were made saying that juvenile crimeis the fastest rising crime in the country. However parliament standingcommittee researches show that the incidence of juvenile crime has in-creased from 0.9 in 1999 to only 1.6 in 2001 when the age juvenility wasincreased to 18 years. One of the issues which also requires a statutorylegislation is with the enactment of Protection of Children from SexualOffences that increased the age of consent from 16 to 18 years which

16th December 2012 was one of the dark days in the independent India.The gruesome incident shook the entire nation which saw one of itsbright young daughter being ravaged by 6 attackers in the national cap-ital. The incident brings around a lot of emotional and soul stirring opin-ions generating in the mindset of one self. The incident became a hotbedof huge political debate when the juvenile justice act was passed on De-cember 22 2015 by the Rajya Sabha after it was already passed in theLok Sabha. The act was passed after two days of release of the juvenilewho was one of the perpetrators in the case which lead to an immensefuror about it among the masses as well as received a huge coverage byvarious pressure groups such as media houses, student activists etc. Juve-nile justice bill which was introduced by Maneka Gandhi has one suchprovision which provided a bone of contention from the start. As per thisprovision juveniles aged between 16 to 18 years who are accused ofheinous crimes can be tried as adults; this also means that they can behanded over a sentence of seven years or more.The debate here is that the government believes that the provision willhelp address public disquiet over the perception that young offenders aregetting away with light punishment after committing crimes such asmurder and rape. However, child welfare activists have been saying thereis no need to carve out an exception for children in a particular age groupsolely based on the perceived heinousness of the offence. The division

has led to reporting of these cases an increasing trend.However apart from all this legal agenda aside, one has to be empathetictowards the brave girl’s parents who are struggling to get their daughterjustice. But one has to acknowledge the fact that the righteous anger ofthis couple has become Schadenfreude and worse for a whole mass ofcitizenry. Anger is being exploited by TRP-driven purveyors of outrageporn, to strike at all possible newsworthy targets. The juvenile delinquenthas been demonized to the point where any revelation of his currentidentity is likely to result in violence against him. Parliament is being ex-coriated in the mistaken belief that a legislative fix could have ensuredcontinued incarceration of the juvenile. It is being suggested that legisla-tive inaction over the passage of the Bill through the Rajya Sabha hasbeen responsible for the juvenile walking free. Even when informed thatthe Constitution of India prohibits retroactive criminal punishments, theproponents of outrage for outrage’s sake point to the grave dangers ofunpunished juvenile crime. They suggest that the new legislation, whichenables trying juveniles as adults, is an effective deterrent which will ring-fence middle-class India from being attacked by juvenile criminals hell-bent on rape.Harsh laws lead to extreme justice which is often injustice .Whethersafety lies in the path of harshness, or in effective implementation of ex-isting laws, is a call for the republic to take.

JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT: A HARSH PUNISHMENT OR AN IMMEDIATE NEED OF THE HOUR

On 2 January 2016, a heavily armed group at-tacked the Pathankot Air Force Station whichcontinued till 4 January in which 7 Indian sol-diers lost lives and many more were injured. TheUnited Jihad Council claimed responsibility forthe attack on 4 January and also the suspect isterrorist organization "Jaish-e-Mohammed".In a telephonic call on Saturday, U.S. Secretaryof State John Kerry repeated the tough message,calling for swift action, to which Mr. Sharif hadreplied "the world will see our effectiveness andsincerity" in fighting terror. In two separatestatements, China too had condemned the at-tack, saying it "shared the pain and anger of thepeople of India". A lot of discussion has takenplace about whether or not the India-PakistanForeign Secretary-level talks should go forwardor not. However, that should not be the question.The question should be whether Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s government has a policy onPakistan, and if so, what? So far, each time Mr.

Modi has taken an initiative for re-sumption of dialogue with Pakistan,his policy has been hijacked by estab-lishing new ‘redlines’ which have beenrubbed out and forgotten as and whena new opening appeared. As a result,there seems to be a lack of coherencein policy which appears to oscillatebetween ‘talks’ and ‘no-talks’. Changes in Pakistan’s domestic poli-tics, in the Army, and the U.S. with-drawal from Afghanistan created a setof new short-term priorities for Pak-istan in which India did not figure.Dr. Singh’s government went into adefensive mode during its last two

years and the Foreign Secretary-leveltalks ended up being shelved. Hisspeech, where he talked of a vision ofan interconnected South Asia whereyou could have breakfast in Amritsar,lunch in Lahore and dinner in Kabul,was given concrete shape by his suc-cessor Mr. Modi on Christmas Daylast year when he lunched in Kabul,had tea in Lahore with Mr. Sharif andwas back in Delhi for dinner.Mr. Modi’s “neighborhood first” pol-icy got off to a good start with his in-vitation to all the regional leaders forhis oath-taking ceremony in May2014, and his Ufa meeting with Mr.

Sharif to restart the dialogue was alsoreceived positively. However, bothtimes, the follow-up talks were nixedby a shrill media forcing the govern-ment to retreat. The third timearound, expectations were kept low-key by keeping the media at a dis-tance, both at the two leaders’ meetingin Paris and the follow-up NSA talksin Bangkok. Clearly, the lesson aboutmanaging expectations had been un-derstood.Pathankot was not planned after Mr.Modi’s surprise visit to Lahore but iscertainly intended to test his redlinesagain. The key difference is that this

PATHANKOT ATTACK - to talk or not to talkBy: Rajat YadavB.Com (H.) II

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भारत एक धा�मर्क �व�वधता वाला राष्ट्र है। यहाँ पर �व�भन्न प्रकार के पव� का आयोजन �कया जाता है। इसी श्रृंखला म� पौष मास (�हदं� पन्चान्ग अनुसार) म� आयोिजत पवर् मकर सक्रािन्त परेू भारत वषर् म� बहुत उत्साह पवूर्क मनाया जाता है। यह पवर् जनवर� मास के चौदहव� �दन मनाया म� �व�भन्न नाम� से सम्बो�धत �कया जाता है,जैसे:- उत्तर भारत म� मकर सक्रािन्त , केरल म� 'पोन्गल', गुजरात या महाराष्ट्र म� 'उत्तरायन' आ�द। इस पवर् को मनाने के कारण भी �भन्न -�भन्न ह�। इस पवर् को मनाने का मखु्य कारण यह है �क 'सयूर् (भगवान भास्कर)के अनसुार सयूर् समस्त रा�शय� को समान रूप से प्रभा�वत करता है। -दसूरा कारण भौगो�लक दृिष्टकोण से स्पष्ट है �क इस �दन के पश्चात सूयर् क� रोशनी उत्तर� गोलाधर् म� अ�धक सीधे पड़ने लगती है।इसी �दन के पश्चात शीत ऋतु अपने समापन क� ओर अग्रसर होती है।इस पवर् को कई जगह दान-पवर् भी कहा जाता है क्य��क इस �दन दान का कई गुना अ�धक फल प्राप्त होता है।यह �दन पन्चान्ग म� माघ मास का पहला �दन माना जाता है।इस �दन दान का धा�मर्क महत्व हमारे गन्थो म� �नम्न श्लोक म� व�णर्त है:-

माघे मासे महादेव: यो दस्य�त घतृकम्बलम।सा भकु्त्वा सकलान भोगान अन्त ेमो� प्राप्य�त।।

इस �दन से पौष माह म� विजर्त सभी सत्कमर् पनु: आरम्भ हो जात ेह�। पौष माह को देवताओं क� रा�त्र मानी जाती है । तथा मकर सक्रािन्त म�। भगवान भास्कर का उत्तरायण होना सकारात्मक माना जाता है। इस पवर् म� गन्गास्नान तथा गन्गापजून को शभु माना जाता है।तीथर्राज प्रयाग तथा गन्गासागर म� गन्गा स्नानको महास्नान क� सं�ा द� गई है। तीथर्राज प्रयाग म� सन्गम के तट पर आज से एक माह तक चलने वाले माघ मेले आरम्भ होता है। यहाँ पर साल म� एक �दन के स्नान का महत्व है। इस�लए कहा जाता है-

"सब तीरथ बार बार गन्गा सागर एक बार।"

इस पवर् को लोग अपने अपने ढंग से मनात ेह�। उत्तर भारत म� �खचड़ी और �तल से बनी सामग्री का दान �कया जाता है। मकर सक्रािन्त के �दन स्नान के पश्चात खलेु अ।न्गन म� �मट्टी के बतर्न म� खीर बनायी जाती है, िजसे पोन्गल कहत े ह�। उसे भगवान भास्कर को भोग लगाकर प्रसाद के रुप म� ग्रहण �कया जाता है। इस प्रकार पूरे भारत वषर् म� यह त्योहार हष�ल्लास के साथ मनाया जाता है।इस �दन एक ऐ�तहा�सक महत्व यह भी है �क इसी �दन महाभारत काल म� भीष्म �पतामह ने देह त्याग �कया था। यह पवर् खु�शय� का पवर् है िजसे हम पूरे प�रवार के साथ हष�ल्लास से मनात े ह�।

मकर सक्रां�तBy: Suyash DixitHindi (H.) I

category of human thought” and woman is the “other”. A woman is al-ways defined in respect to man, she is secondary, the subordinate. Aris-totle in his works writes, “A woman is an incomplete man.” Plato showedhis gratitude for not being born as a “woman”. Jewish men in their morn-ing prayers do the same, being grateful to the God for creating them asmen. Rousseau, one of the finest philosophers who gave the ideologicalbasis of the French Revolution, argued that women should be educatedonly in the art of ‘home-making’, as this is what they are supposed todo. Simone De Beauvoir writes that with the help of theology, philoso-phy, science and literature, men have turned their supremacy into a“right.” Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the first to question this right of men,in her work “A Vindication of The Rights of Woman.” According to her,men try to dominate women through the indoctrination of the ideas,such as women are morally and mentally subordinate to men. She criti-cised Rousseau on calling women –“virtual slaves”, and stated “virtue” isnot relative to gender, as both are created by God. She emphasises theimportance of education. It was the lack the right kind of education thatwas responsible for the deplorable condition of women. She argues that women are taught that their appearance is paramount.They are led to believe that emotions and sentiments are above reasonand common sense. They are taught to please others and conditioned ina way to develop a love for homely affairs and are tricked to believe thatthis is what they are made for. She ultimately argues that women shouldbe educated in order to become rational mothers and sensible wives.Engels in The Origin of Family, traces the beginning of the family. Hewrites first oppression is done by the male of the female. Thus he callswomen “the first exploited class.” The logic is simple- with the comingof private property the male heirs were given paramount importance;men ensured that the bloodline remained unadulterated by curbing allthe sexual freedoms of their female counterparts. De Beauvoir writes that women have not been socially emancipated frommen’s need. With the passage of time, women accepted their role as the‘other’. She also argues that, women are convinced that there worth ispriceless, accompanied with the logic of “low-class gain” - portraying ir-responsibility as “privilege.” How could women, now be liberated?As definitions of oppression vary, so do those of liberation. First-wave

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Women in the Works of FeministsBy: Neha Chaudhary (History (H.) III)Editor in Chief, Hans Vision Vol. II

feminists like Mary Wollstonecraft, look for the liberation in educationarguing that women and men should be given the same education. Thecreation of ‘artificial behaviour’, giving importance to ‘show’, rather thansubstance, can only be done away with when women apply reason andrationality.With the passage of time, we see women were given education, but nota significant change in their lives. Emma Goldman, in her work- “TheTragedy of Woman’s Emancipation” takes up the issue. According to her, the emancipation that was achieved was only “external”making the modern women – an “artificial being”. She writes that theemancipation was reduced to a “battle of sexes”, and concerned itself onlywith “...reckless life of lust and sin, regardless of society, religion andmorality.” This is not true emancipation.She writes that suffrage and civil rights have not emancipated thewoman’s soul. She asks for an emancipation from this “hollow” emanci-pation. True emancipation is not just to fight from “external tyrants”, but,from internal ones as well. De Beauvoir critically engages with the idea as to why women were notemancipated. She argues that, “women can’t even think of exterminatingmales.” The reason for this is that, women never perceived themselves asa ‘collective’. Their efforts, were nothing more than “symbolic agitation”.She asks for a “Social Revolution”, much like Engels, with the first con-dition of bringing the “...whole female sex back into public industry, thatin turn demands the abolition of the monogamous family as the eco-nomic unit of society.” However, it doesn’t mean that monogamous fam-ilies will cease to exist, what it means that when both the sexes will beequal in all senses, only then can true “monogamy” be achieved; as therewill be no economic, social and political “compulsions” governing the dy-namics of “gender relations.”After studying feminist theory, though, do we have a clear-cut answer toany of these questions? I hope, not. Because writing about women is notabout categorising them, or telling them who the oppressors are or howto fight them. This is an attempt to formulate the problems correctly, be-fore looking for solutions. Feminist ideas are still formulating, with thecoming of Third-wave feminism. However, it is important to mention,that these new narratives are even more criticised as they increasinglyfocus on the “individuality” of the problems and forget De Beauvoir andEngels where they demand for more “collective solutions”. I would urgepeople to ask Lenin’s “What is to be done?” In this “liberal” world, wherewomen are oppressed under the “farce of free choice”, we need to ask thisquestion again.

hen one asks the question, “Who is a Woman?” SimoneDe Beauvoir answers that the very need of asking thisquestion is the testimony to fact that the “act of being awoman”, is not ‘normal’. “Otherness is the fundamental

time, the communication channel between theNSAs seems to be working and it is highly likelythat what is considered a prompt and adequateresponse by Pakistan has already been spelt out.Mr. Sharif ’s call to Mr. Modi, his setting up of ajoint investigation team to probe into the linksof the Pathankot attackers with Pakistan, andmost importantly, his statement on January 8that “no terrorist and terrorist organizationswould be allowed to use Pakistan’s soil for com-mitting terrorism anywhere in the world” indi-cate that Pakistan would like the talks to goforward. This is not a new commitment; Gen.Musharraf had said the same to Mr. Vajpayee in2004 but reiteration has some value. Mr. Modistill needs to spell out his policy. He has shownthat he is a risk-taker and his preference is for apersonalized style of diplomacy. The dialogue, inorder to deliver on the Modi government’s pri-orities, has to be perceived as a win-win outcomefor both sides.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear - “Martin Luhter king, Jr.”

By: Shubham Garg

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Don’t know Programming??...SCRATCH IT!!

MIT Media Lab’s Life-long Kindergarten groupin 2003 initiated ScratchProject which was led byMitchel Resnick. Theproject was publicallylaunched in May 2007with its online address (http://scratch.mit.edu ). Itwas also the provider ofoffline editor for the seek-ers who could downloadit from http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch2download website.

Scratch is being used and applied by students across differentfields such as mathematics, computer science, language arts and socialstudies etc. It forms a learning base for the students at all levels from El-ementary School upto College.

Since the public launch of the project in May 2007, the projectswebsite ( http://scratch.mit.edu ) has come up as a “vibrant online com-munity”, where masses are sharing, discussing and remixing each other’sprojects. Now, Scratch has become “YouTube of interactive media” glob-ally.Scratch was initially designed for the age group of 8 to 16, but now adays it is being used by people of nearly all ages, where people are work-ing on or creating Scratch projects such as (animated stories, school sci-ence projects, anime soap operas, virtual construction, recreation of classicvideo games, political opinion polls, trigonometry tutorials, interactiveartwork, interactive cards etc.).

Scratch now days is being used by educators for interactiveteaching and sharing their projects with the students so that they cancome up with their own ideas and can add to it.The primary goal of Scratch is not to make people as professional pro-grammers but the goal is to develop creative and systematic thinking innew generation so that they become comfortable using programming forexpressing their ideas.People using Scratch (Scratchers) are developing and sharing interactiveprojects to make the masses learn important mathematical and compu-tational concepts more clearly.Scratch is being widely used in more than 150 different countries withits availability in more than 40 languages. Scratch with its core designprinciples has made it more thinkable, more meaningful and more socialthan other programming environments. The upcoming Scratch projects involve the intermixing of both physicaland virtual world that can be handled via webcam or via sound (micro-phone).Students can visit “SD-Mathematica”, a math projection studio with on-line address ( http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/135658 ) which providesprojects such as quadratic equation solver, matrix multiplication, graphof equation, derivative of function, prime factors, Mathwak’s pyramid,prime number generator etc.

Toni Morrison uses the stream of con-sciousness technique to let the readerspeep into the history of the black slaves,charting out imagined lives through a notonly ever unsettled, but also translucentlens of the narrators' memories.A beautiful amalgamation of the pieces ofa jigsawed existence of a mother, a sister, alover, a beloved, and a tattered self, alongwith her relations, the book brings to thereaders tremendously moving narrative.The life journey of Sethe and the unimag-inably difficult decisions she needs tomake would unsettle the readers' very coreand make them question the ideas ofmotherhood, memory, superiority, and jus-tice which are otherwise taken for granted. Sethe would move through a lifetime ofimmense difficulty, bereft of a sense of be-longingness and stable necessities of beingalive. She is forced into a horrendous lifefor her colour, but takes surprising deci-

sions that will make one challenge their un-derstanding of ethics. Lives will bloom andwither away, while a few may linger over fora little longer than they should, in forms ofshared memories and ghosts. The readercannot stay unperturbed in the midst of achaotic utterance that strives for existenceagainst the oblivion that veils the voice ofthe blacks. A lot is churned out as this voicescreams out, in the form of that of the au-thor as well as the narrator, of a realm earlierignored.

To come out of a book with a refined mindand more sensitive heart, this one is cer-tainly one of the best. This book will not justhelp understanding better a shade of theplight of the blacks through a vision twiceremoved from hegemony, in terms of raceand gender, but would enable one to getdeeper into oneself and look into thingsmore perceptively.

By: Harshit Saxena English (H.) III

Book Review

The mystery of human nature liesclasped in the cocoon of science.The human tendency to choose tostay in their existing state unlessspurred by some external stimulifinds a beautiful analogy in thelaws of motion that describe anobject’s state. Such is the humannature that it fears to plunge intothe darkness of what lies behindthe veil and finds comfort in hold-ing on to the established. It findscomfort in the patterns it has beenfollowing and prefers to have themhave undisturbed. Man doesn’t really enjoy his rou-tines being disrupted. The intro-duction of any new scheme ishence bound to face tough oppo-sition and quite often falls to theresistance. One such sad experi-ence was that of the Four Year Un-dergraduate Programme. Even theyearlong attempts to nurture itcouldn’t help it survive and it hadto be ultimately rolled back. An-other recent much debated experi-ment, the odd-even policyintroduced in Delhi, faced a similarresponse. The CBCS too seems tobe going through a harsh phase ofopposition. These were all devia-tions from the patterns that havebeen etched deep in our lives. Notonly such major policies, but also

THE HUMAN FEAR OF CHANGE

Since I am an Ecology teacher, Ifeel that everything in this universeis governed by ecological princi-ples. I begin this write up by defin-ing ecology. It, essentially, is adiscipline that deals with under-standing of interactions betweenbiotic communities and their envi-ronment. Community is a unit thatrepresents specialized functions,activities, or interests, each operat-ing within specific boundaries tomeet the needs of organisms that acommunity is comprised of. Ahealthy community has well-con-nected, interdependent sectors thatshare responsibility for recognizingand resolving problems of eachother. Each individual in a com-munity should help in the well-being of this ecological unit andaddress the problems, challengesand threats the community is fac-ing. All this requires integration,collaboration, and coordination ofresources from every inhabitedecological niche space.Let me now come to the point. Weare amidst January, the first monthin the calendar and many greatmen were born in this month. Wecelebrated National Youth Day on12th January, the birthday ofSwami Vivekananda. SwamiVivekananda always looked up toman as an important entity in theecological context that is men-tioned above. He felt that for sus-tenance of the humansocieties/communities in ecologi-cal context, every person has tolearn to share; share resources,

amenities and wealth with fellowcommunity members. This sharingwill keep the community in dy-namic equilibrium with the sur-roundings and keep it alive andvibrant till eternity. So taking alead from the subject, I love most,and from a person who changedthe perspective of my thinkingright from my childhood, I amsharing my thoughts on why we asindividual entities should care forthe community as a whole, why weshould think of common goodthan of our own individual selvesand what do we achieve from it? Of course, all of us want to live inpeace with the surroundings. All ofus aspire for many things. We wantour country, our communities to beprospering and flourishing in thisworld. We dream of our country tobe the future leader of tomorrow.We are keen in our own individualcapacities to change the face of theworld, to create an environment ofinclusiveness, equality and justice.Most often we feel that we havefailed in getting all this or thesethings are turning into distant re-ality. We get bogged down by dis-trust that is cropping in thecommunity members. We see eachother as an invasive species intrud-

ing in ecological niches of othermembers of the community. In-stead of getting into symbiotic andmutualistic interactions; we antag-onize the fellow organisms (be-ings) and thus create stress in thecommunities. Therefore, there is anurgent need to redefine our roles ifwe want to create a harmony. Inorder to achieve homeostasis, wehave to change our ecological aswell as functional role in societyand that I feel can only be achievedby developing the qualities of em-pathy, sympathy and selfless serviceto the people who are not asequipped as we are in terms of re-sources, avenues and faculties. Barack Obama, President UnitedStates in one of his speeches saidthat the best way to not feel hope-less is to get up and do something.He added, “Don’t wait for goodthings to happen to you. If you goout and make some good thingshappen, you will fill the world withhope, you will fill yourself withhope”. It is for the young studentsof today to be the change theywant to see around. I, firmly, be-lieve that sparing time for the well-being of others will definitelyprove advantageous in achievingthe above mentioned targets.

Being here in Hansraj for morethan a decade now, I have seen thatstudent’s academic performanceshave substantially increased in ex-aminations but when it comes totheir functional role in communi-ties, we do not fare that well. Thatis probably because, we have failedto focus on vital component of ed-ucation and that is teaching thestudents to empathize with peoplewho are not at par with them onmany fronts, people who are mar-ginalized or less privileged. Thishas nothing to do with economicwellbeing. Many of our fellow be-ings can be less privileged despitetheir economic status. Many of ushave to learn to help those thatneed it and then only our role incommunity is well played. It givesus an opportunity to change peo-ple’s lives, including our own.Sometimes we also feel that whyspend the precious time on doingsomething that has no tangible re-wards or why volunteer for an un-paid job. Although, it may involvespending time doing somethingthat aims to benefit others we arebound to get more out of it thanwe put into it. It is important totake time out of day to give backand work with the community insome form or another. It allows usto dive head-first into issues affect-ing others and offers significantchallenges as well. You may oftenbe confronted with problems, dis-couragement and fatigue.

All big things start with a vision, a vision to bring about achange and a new beginning; to build something everlastingfor many years to come. It is with this in mind that the VisionSociety prints the next volume of Hansraj College’s first evernewspaper. In an attempt to establish a space for dialogue, thesociety conducted a survey to take feedback from students ofall departments. The survey was conducted by means of aquestionnaire on 18th January 2016. The questions werespecifically designed to address various issues of students fromaccess to facilities to the general functioning of the college.The report is primarily based on a sample size of 1000 stu-dents and the purpose of this survey is to develop a system ofinteraction with the students to understand their various con-cerns and ask for their suggestions.The first question to be addressed was whether the StudentUnion of our college is working towards the betterment ofthe students. The response has been fairly good with 84% ofthe students appreciating the efforts of our College StudentsUnion. One of achievements of the Union is that 82% of thestudents agreeing to a visible change in the sanitation andcleanliness of the college premises. Also the placing of thesanitary pads machine has been appreciated by the girl stu-dents. This being said, there is also a general consensus amongthe students to conduct a weekly Student Parliament that

would include discussions between the Union and the Presi-dents from all the departments who could directly conveytheir grievances to the Students Union. When asked about the functioning of the college Wi-Fi in-stalled, 95 % of the students are not satisfied and most of thestudents complain of the passwords not working properly;98% of the students want better sports facilities in both quan-tity and quality; 84% of the students think that computer labsshould be open to all students, 87% students feel that projec-tors are very useful and should be installed in the older class-rooms as well so that project presentations and screening ofdocumentaries become possible more frequently. 50% of stu-dents who regularly visit the library suggest upgrading theshelves with newer books. When asked of the canteen food students have a very positiveresponse in terms of money as well as quality, 48% like noo-dles, 30% like spring rolls while other items like paav bhaji,dosa, and samosa are also widely loved. Among the manyhardworking societies of the college, 47% of the students likeNSS, 21 % like Terpsi Chorean and Hansraj Dramatics andDebating society being the other favorites. The favorite hang-out spot of the students without much contestation is theLovers Point area commonly known as the LP always pro-viding a refreshing atmosphere in the college.

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By: Astha Kakkar Physics (H.) III

Community health: myresponsibility or ours?

By: Mr. Brij Mohan Vatsal Dept. of Mathematics

By: Dr Monika KsoulDepartment of Botany

Everything existing in the Universe is the fruit of chance and neccessity -“Democritus”

changes in one’s habits seem a her-culean task. How hard we try tocontrol our dietary habits and dailyschedules, only to give up in theend. And this very trait of resist-ance is not inherent to India alone,but has deep roots everywhere.People’s tendency to circumventrules runs global. The matter of concern here is thatwe never allow an initiative, thatchallenges and threatens to modifythe existing patterns and habits,the time to seep through. For ittakes years to erase the marks ofthe past and start afresh. A littlethought for woman who firstdreamt that we could have an in-dependent existence, for her fighthas today shaped into a global up-roar leading to the realization ofour basic rights. And had not ourancestors evolved according to thechanging times, we wouldn’t findourselves in this form today.We need to realize that impossibleit is to move forward while holdingonto the past. The very tendency tooppose change causes us to stag-nate. We need to evolve and wel-come the positives to be able toprosper and grow. And as it goesthe species that shows resistance toadapt to the changes is sure to per-ish someday.

Know Hansarians

हंस VISION • Vol.II/2016 P6PERSPECTIVE

Perhaps the most awaited movie of all time was the seventhinstallment in the Star Wars franchise: The Force Awakens.Being a part of the fandom, I must warn the readers that myreview may be biased. But considering that I differ on variousgeneral trends in the series’ fans, I think it is justifiably balanced.

The movie was predicted to have a huge box office opening,which it has had, breaking all previous records. This does notmean that The Force Awakens is a Hollywood masala movielike the other top-grossers of our time. The franchise has alwaysoperated in some of the most serious issues of history and pol-itics as well as philosophy. This installment, too, lives up to allexpectations.

With some big names like Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher returning to the franchise, all fanswere excited out of their wits. With them other actors like C-3Po, R2D2 and the voices of obi-Wan Kenobi(both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor) are part of the huge cast of the movie. J.J. Abrams, known for re-viving classic nerd-fandoms, filled the movie with Easter eggs and nostalgia. This does not mean that the wholemovie was some fan-fest, with nothing new to offer to new generation of moviegoers.

Excellent cinematography, screenplay and script-writing is seen in the fact that the movie stands out on its own,while at the same time it pays homage to some of the biggest movies of the franchise- Episode IV: A NewHope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. The real genius of the script comes out through the new char-acters Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren. All three have become instant hits with the fans, especially due to the brillianceof the actors who played these parts: Daisy Riley, Jason Boyega and Adam Driver respectively. of special mentionis a scene where (Warning! slightly spoiler-y ahead) Kylo Ren deals with his past. The lighting and cinemato-graphical prowess of Abrams truly shines through in this scene and the next one as he plays with the Red andBlue lights.to sum the movie up in one sentence, it is an absolute delight to watch for people of all ages. Filled with StarWars nostalgia and otherworldly VFX, this movie deserves 4 out of 5! Watch it again and again and again!

By: Saarang Narayan

I wish to flyI wish to fly in a world where life has a meaning,Where life is not just a means to achieving goals.

I wish to fly in a world where horrors like ego, preju-dice and rage do not follow us forever,

Where we are not bound by the chains of malice,Where love is more than duty,

Where principles could be more than abide by the rulesof the society,

Where control is not a need and power not a necessity.

I wish to fly in a world where true beauty has not beenlong forgotten,

Where Dreamers are not frowned upon, Where the new and the bold is not unthinkable and

outrageous, Where our hearts are not encased in fear of judgement

and, Where judgement is inferior and powerless.

Where courage and valour are more than farce and, Where pride and honour are more than words to satisfy

oneself of their existence.

I wish to let go and fly in this new world with a newbeginning.

But only if wishes could come true.Then you should ask, “Why then only wish?”

Then I would answer with regret, “I too am bound,my friend, in chains and acts of love and duty.”

But I would wish nonetheless, for wishing is the firststep of being.

I must keep faith that one day the light within us wouldburn so bright

That these chains would be nothing but melted steel. When this day comes, I would be ready, ready to fly.

And you, my friends, should fly with me.For we would fly like eagles, watchful as ever.

And when we see new chains being forged in this newworld

We would vanquish them with all our strength.We would fly unbridled, soaring in the sky,

Where love would flourish without boundaries andWhere right and wrong would have more than one

meaning.This day of a new awakening may come soon and

When it does I will be ready, ready to fly.

But until that day I could only wish I could only wish to fly.

By: Pooja DasHistory (H.) III

I WISH to FlyI WISH to Fly

I write when I fail to scream,I write to fulfill someone's dream.

I write someone's desire,I write when I see a vulnerable fire.I write because they cannot speak,

I write because their future seems bleak.I write what nobody can read,I write to discourage greed.

I write when stars overshadow the moon,I write when sun is about to appear soon.I write where they write histories,I write and unveil their mysteries.I write to ignore internal conflicts,I write on behalf of the culprits.I write because I have to write,I write despite of my fright. I write what soothe the pain,

I write so the rain does not go in vain.I write this, I write that

I write to a loyal dog being a cunning cat.I write so my "I" could become "we", I write so "we" could become free.We write because we are "we".

By: Shakti Milan Sharma History (H.)- III year

WRITE, SHALL IWRITE, SHALL I

Greetings avid readers!

I am a resident of the city-state of Delhi, and you can go right ahead and presume that I choke on more fumes thanthe average Indian. I met a doctor a few years ago, who asked me if I wanted to live a long life.

I said, "Of course !"

To this he replied, "Then you should get the hell out of Delhi!"However being a minor, that decision was not mine to make, so I decided to find an alternative to combat the soot inthe air that I'm sure will be the death of me anyway someday. Then I read that running opens up the lungs and through

its vigorous pounding, pollutants break off and are removed from the body. That is why I started my jogging routine.

One can see and experience a lot of things early in the morning in Delhi. Garbage men shuffling about, cars beingwashed, shops getting opened, and not to forget, the most pristine air quality you will get during the entire day. I havemyself encountered the occasional bus driver trying to race with me on my morning runs (whom I graciously let win eachtime!), the odd schizophrenic bloke who passes by and tries to shake your hand to achieve God knows what, and even

an auto rickshaw guy who pulled up this one time to impart advice on my jogging technique.

Now there is that all-too-obvious boredom that joggers suffer from.

Let's be honest-jogging is simply one of the least exciting physical activities one can think of. Also the small window oftime that is optimum for jogging in the morning, can easily evade you, especially if you have to survive Delhi winters,

when just getting out of bed early is a daunting feat. Not to mention the dogs and/or monkeys that come sniffing as yougo past them, and the need to keep your eyes to the ground for fear of stepping on something runny (or human).

I'll let you in on my secret though; the thing that keeps me going, the thing that keeps me from taking a day off-it issimply an inherent need; a need to constantly stay ahead of the curve. The need to keep a level of fitness and agilityabout me (comes in handy especially if the aforesaid sniffing dogs and monkeys start chasing after you!). Being fat asa kid, I can't begin to tell you the subtle yet welcome differences that being fit has bestowed upon me. The added

bonus of getting a full body detox is also welcome. These are the reasons that, at the end (or should I say, at the be-ginning) of the day, help me follow my routine.

But all inherent reasons aside, I actually love jogging. With it I can feel something special, throughout the rest of theday, and without it, I understand how much I have become addicted to that something special. And in the end, how is

life worth living if you don't do what you love and that too with something akin to fervor?

JOGGER DIARIESJOGGER DIARIES

Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens - A Review

By:Achal AnandGeology (H) I

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt- “Abraham Lincoln”

INDESPENSIBLEहंस VISION • Vol.II/2016 P7

The Hansraj Debating Society has created a name for itself as one of the mostreputed and accomplished societies in the circuit, which brings together someof the most brilliant minds. They mainly engage in the Asian ParliamentaryDebate format, along with the British Parliamentary and the American Par-liamentary formats as well. -Arshia Ticku

Debating SocietyThe Music Society of Hans Raj College is fortunate to have become one ofthe most respected music societies of the DU Circuit. The society comprisesof an Indian & Western Choir, The Hans Raj Projekt - The Fusion Band& Playtime - The Western Band. Apart from participating in various com-petitions, they try and find non - competitive events to participate as well.

Swaranjali

-Anirudh Varma

Enactus

Ostraca was created with the intention to establish a platform for writers.The society primarily takes pride in the fact that it is not limited to the nor-mative conception of writing being an act solely restricted to those who arepursuing a degree in Literature.

Ostraca

-Ajay

This is the inception year of Fine Arts Society. They provide a platform for stu-dents who like to paint and sketch to exhibit their talent and improve the same.They also have conducted workshops for the skill improvement of their teammembers.

HARITIMA works with motto of 'spreading environmental awareness'among students by organizing events about environment related threats andits consequences. We also encourage students to work with us in same field

The western dance society of Hansraj college means 'we need no introduction',our movements do it for us. The Society not only about Dance but also knowingone's own Passions. The moto of Oorja is 'We groove dance, We move dance,we live dance'.

Terpsichorean, the choreography society of Hans Raj College is carryingon its hard work to carry forward the winning streak and bring more prizesand respect for our college for the upcoming DU fest season, starting itsrun with Delhi Dance Fever, a dance based organisation that caters partic-ipation from all over the Delhi University.

This society is an off-shore arm of Equal Opportunity Cell, University ofDelhi which ensures fair and equitable environment to nurture for espe-cially abled students in every college of Delhi University.

Society of General Awareness believes that, 'Awareness is first step towardsenlightenment'. The dedicated team members of SGA give their best effortsto keep student aware of all the happenings around the globe. SGA never leavesany stone unturned in completion of its mission.

SPICMACAY aspires to instil in every volunteer a good work ethic and haveevery person experience the inspiration and mysticism embodied in Indian andWorld heritage. Right from organizing classical concerts to having regularmeetings, SPICMACAY has contributed to the construction of a culturallyand spiritually harmonious atmosphere.

The finance and investment Cell, Hansraj College was incepted in 2015with the aim to provide finance enthusiasts a platform to gain knowledgeand polish their financial skills. They constantly organise timely discussionsand strive towards the objective of imparting basic financial knowledge toall. In the wake of this, they took a step further and have recently launchedtheir website www.fichansraj.in

The N.S.S. unit of Hans Raj College works under the Ministry of Youth Affairsand Sports, Government of India. It is the largest society of the college withover 500 volunteers. It strives to help and contribute to the nation and the so-ciety focusing on the unprivileged and the ones who need our help.

Enactus provides a platform to the students to innovate. More than a platformto acquire new skills, it gives you a platform to apply them in the real worldscenario.-Shivang Aggarwal

Near the LP and behind theBRU shop, one can easilyfind a bunch of students lean-ing over a window and re-questing “bhaiya jaldi karona” ; so here, the “Bhaiya”they are referring to is popu-larly known as “photostatwaale bhaiya” or “xerox waalebhaiya”. However, his nameis Rahul Singh. He’s a Delhiite having Four-teen years of experience in hisprofession. He and his team

Photostate waale bhaiya..

bhaiya’s uncle) and the other team member is Mr.Sunil. He has a great time working with them.He also stated that the teachers, non -teaching staff and students are like a family to him, theyare very cooperative be it a first year or a third year student. Moreover, students always respecthim and there has never been a case of nuisance with him in our college. He has such a greatbond with the students that he even recognizes the graduates when they come during the alumnimeet. Also, he wants that an issue regarding cleanliness should be published since he is very muchfamiliar with our campus and talked about how our college used to be really clean and beautiful.He also mentions that it is becoming better and is returning to what it used to be earlier which,according to him, is good.When we asked about what he feels about getting a recognition as “xerox wale bhaiya”, hereplied “I am very obliged with this name , when he steps out of his shop for some work thenmostly first year students refer to him as xerox waale bhaiya as they don't know his name butthat gives him happiness.” Moreover, he considers no job to be big or small, he expresses thatyou are bound to it and it is not the stature of work that matters, but what you learn from thework that counts. Truly, the students of Hansraj feel grateful everyday to have someone who isso good at his work.

have a very busy and hecticschedule starting from 8 o’-clock in the morning till 5:30in the evening. They do nothave any specified time forlunch as they are so absorbedin work. They never stop theirwork in between to have lunchwhich shows their level of ut-most dedication.The photostat profession is ba-sically their family business.The owner of the shop isMr.Noel James (Rahul

Oorja

-Barsha Gogoi

-Sanya Dhandaria

Kalakriti

National Service Scheme

-Sridhar Singh

Society of General Awareness

-Rishabh Mittal

Spic Macay

-Nikita Bharti

Haritima

-Krishna Singh

Terpsichorean

-Prateek Aneja

-Rishabh Baranwal

Enabling Unit

Illuminati is the college’s quizzing society. Quizzing is the well-recognised extra-curricular activity and the society aims to bring together quizzers in the collegeand hone their skills further.

-Shraishth Jain

illuminati

Finance And Investment Cell

-Saubav Aggarwal

The SKIPPERS

[1] Continuing...

The course structures has threekinds of course- core, elective andsoft skill courses. All courses neednot carry the same weightage.Project work, field work, viva, sem-inars, tutorials, laboratory work,presentations, term papers and vo-cational training are an integralpart of the courses. For a degree, astudent needs to earn certain num-ber of credits, which is a measureof the amount of work done by astudent towards a particular courseduring a semester. Instead of theformerly used % system, this timethe students would be allottedgrade points or to be precise,SGPA (Semester Grade Point Av-erage). The SGPA is the ratio oftotal credit points secured by a stu-dent in various courses during a se-mester and total credits takenduring the semester. Each credit

point is the product of grade pointand number of credits required fora course. This is along the lines ofthe credit or ECTS systems thatare followed in USA and Europe,leading some to believe that thewhole CBCS project is part of thelarger goal of allowing privateplayers to enter the University andexercise their will. The Nairobi pactof WTO and India has shownsigns that such fears are indeedtrue.

This system has created the atmos-phere of perplexity throughoutDU. Students have a lot to say incriticism of CBCS. “There is noclarity in the grade slabs and theirallocation of basis of marks is quitechaotic. Also the conversion ofmarks into credits is not clear”, saysAmisha, a magnanimous Hansar-ian of the Chemistry department.Upon the declaration of results,

many students have faced miscal-culations and misrepresentations intheir mark sheets where some havebeen awarded no marks for a paperfor which they studied hard. Oth-ers say that they have been marked“absent” for exams for which theyclearly appeared. While the grad-ing system has been incorporatedto normalize the overall perform-ance during a semester and en-hance the education qualitywhether it succeeds in doing so,only time will tell.

So what is the system really about?CBCS or choice based credit sys-tem is a system introduced byUGC for “broadening the sphereof education” by allowing the stu-dents to pursue different subjectsof his/her “choice” even if their pri-mary course bears no resemblanceto the newer courses that theychoose to study alongside.

Pixels, the Photography Society of Hans Raj College founded in 2012 and ithas immersed out to be one of the most famous society of Photography inUniversity of Delhi. This Society isn't only about clicking pictures but it is alsoabout showing creativitiy and emotions while capturing a moment.

-Abhinav A. Dudeja

Pixels

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking, we used when we created them - “Albert Einstein”

The President of Dramatics Society of Hans Raj College believes that thesociety can produce good Artists and also signifies that it is not an easytask but as long as one is determined, everything is possible for sure

Dramatics Society

-Sahiba Bali

हंस VISION • Vol.II/2016 P8ART, CULTURE & COMMERCE

sambar was  a  perfect  blend ofspices and wonderfully comple-mented  the  crispness  of  thedosa. The chilled coconut chut-ney  was  a  pure  delight.  Themasala dosa emerged a completewinner and is a must try, I wouldsay. While the menu is rich insouth  Indian  and  Chinesecuisines, the desserts are a lim-ited  three  of  Gulab  Jamuns,chocolate  muffins  and  hotchocolate brownie with vanillaice-cream.  The  gulab  jamunscome in two and are pretty de-cent. Overall the experience wassatisfying and the food flavour-some. The portions were good and thedishes  looked  appealing.  Theservice  was  quick,  the  stafffriendly and the quality of thefood as good as  the taste. It  isthe perfect place to have a funmeal with friends at surprisinglyreasonable prices. The place also

ARTWORK

Set in the buzzing and ever chirpy streets of the Kamla Nagar Market, Aam Aadmi Pakwaan is a multicuisine restaurant. Not hard to locate, it is situated in the chaattori lane that runs parallel to the Bun-galow Road. The eatery welcomes you to a warm, spacious interior and mellow bollywood tunes. Thedusky brick walls and the provision of free WiFi create a perfect ambience for eating. The little lanternsalong the glass pane are sure to catch your eye and add to the snug environment inside.

The menu offers a vast range ofmouth watering dishes from theSouth  Indian  and  Chinesecuisines to select from. Also areon  offer  a  few  North  Indiansnacks. The starters are pretty at-tractive ranging from idlis andvadas to spring rolls.  We startedby ordering the chilly potatoes,that looked succulent. The fin-gers were crisp and were loadedwith chilly. Only they were a tadbit dry. The main course that fol-lowed  consisted  of  vegetablefried rice and chilly paneer. Therice  was  nicely  cooked,  full  offlavour with all the grains intact.The paneer was soft, the pieceseven  and  the  flavour  of  garlicbang  on.  The  servings  werewholesome  and  the  coloursbeautiful.  However,  the  high-light of the day was the MasalaDosa,  which  was  served  withsambar,  coconut  chutney  andonion-tomato  chutney.  The

caters  to  fresher’s  parties  andfarwells,  providing  food  pack-ages at a nominal rate of Rs 200per person. Another attraction isthat the restaurant collaborateswith  magic  pin,  allowing  25%cash back. A pity it only servesvegetarian  food,  but  food  onewould relish.  A  hit  amongst  the  students,Aam Aadmi Pakwaan  opened asecond outlet in Kamla Nagar’sSpark  mall.  And  continuingtheir  successful  run  they  havesubsequently  started  anotherjoint  in  AL  market,  ShalimarBagh.Being  reasonably  priced,  therestaurant does perfect justice toits name. The perfect combina-tion of good food plus reason-able prices make it just the idealplace for the aam janta. So if youare looking for good food thatwon’t leave your pocket burning,do pop in here!

AAM AADMI and their PAKWANWhat we Do?We get companies to college. We help you get internships and earn that ever eludingmoolah. We aid in bursting that file by filling it up with certificates and pimp up theCV with long lists of work experience. We are the PLACEMENT CELL! :D

What is it's Importance?Placements is one of the important criteria staking a college's reputation and a stu-dent's career. We at Placement Cell try to achieve the dual purpose with the team'shardwork and perseverance and with student's support and cooperation.

PLACEMENT CELL, HRC

Companies that have offered internships and Campus ambassador Programs

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13. Bluegape14. Urbanclap15. Grey Meter16. Grofers17. Glamberry18. Orenda Trust19. Routufy20. srJna21. Book my Sports22. Bee n blue23. Souled Store24. Smartican

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