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Month: September 2018

DUSU Elections: What do manifestos of student organisations say?

The nationwide hyped Student Union Elections of Delhi University (commonly known as DUSU) will be conducted on 12 th of September, 2018. In order to establish their supremacy in this country’s greatest student elections, all the candidates and their respective student organizations have released their own manifesto which has made great efforts to woo the…

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The Unforgotten Speech

About a century and a quarter ago, a three-word prelude, followed by a three-minute long thunder-sound of applause marked as the knock of Bharatiya presence amidst the appropriators of the Industrial revolution, in that part of the globe which was drowned in materialism. It was the registration of a neo-renaissance, thereby transcending the human civilization…

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HOW DUMMY CANDIDATES IMPACT VOTE EQUATION IN DUSU ELECTIONS

Delhi University Student Union, DUSU election 2018 is going to be conducted on Sept 12, 2018. The election fever is in full swing. For the political parties contesting in an election, it is a matter of immense pride to win the student election in one of the largest university in the country. In order to…

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DUSU Elections: Who Bribes the more

DUSU elections are the sadistic festival of money, muscle and power. Students under the affiliation of different political parties play a heinous game where no one sees anything and steps into this, termed as ‘bad politics.’ DUSU elections are no wonder the magnificent sight to behold where there are too many clashes and disruptions. The…

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Nationalism Over Time

“Why do you sing National Anthem?” was a question put up to me in my earlier days back in the school. It was much before when the term Nationalism was not politicized and people used it in utmost regard and dignity, it was used as an emotion and a sense of pride which followed after….

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दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्र संघ चुनाव: क्या है चुनाव के प्रमुख मुद्दे?

12 सितम्बर को दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय का छात्र संघ चुनाव होने वाला है. इस के लिए सभी छात्र संगठनों ने अपना-अपना घोषणा पात्र जारी किया है, जिस में छात्रों को लुभाने का भरपुर प्रयत्न किया गया है. जिस में सेनेट्री पैड वेंडिंग मशीन, महिला सुरक्षा, मेट्रो, हॉस्टल, CCTV कैमरे, बसों की व्यवस्था, जैसे लोक-लुभावन विषयों को…

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ILLITTERING : The dark side of DUSU Elections

With the onset of the month of September and the much-hyped DUSU elections around the corner, the nation-wide reputed Delhi University campuses are bustling with politics and all sorts of activities essential in this 21st century’s ultra-modern process of electioneering. Already infamous for all the pomp and extravagant display of money and muscle power, the…

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Decriminalization of Section 377(IPC): Legalization of Consensual Love

Love is something every human being deserves to receive and spread. But barriers on love are the denial of a basic human need. That is what makes the landmark judgement of 6 September 2018 so important. The honorary Supreme Court of India has overruled its earlier judgement and has decriminalised consensual same-sex acts. Section 377…

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Vajpayee: A Personal Tribute

For the people born in the 1990s, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister they became aware of, in that limited sense; he was our first Prime Minister. His name, unusual for our generation, became an object of amusement. He certainly didn’t mind it, indeed, the legend goes that in one of his rallies…

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The “Hero” Who Created the Past

Past, when we talk about the past, the very first term that comes in our minds is History (for some it may be the most boring term!!). But everyone wants to know (the students wants to know!!) who is the “visionary” who invented the subject? Well, his name also starts with “H”, the one and…

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व्यथित आत्माओं का सन्देश

प्यारे भारतीयों, आप ये पत्र पाकर चौंक गए होंगे और शायद सोच रहे होंगे कि ये ‘व्यथित आत्माएं’ हैं कौन? हम उन लोगों की आत्माएं हैं, जिन्होंने फासीवादी और तानाशाह शासकों के अत्याचार सहे हैं, चाहे वे जर्मनी में हिटलर हो, या आपके अपने देश में आपातकाल हो. हाल ही में घटी कुछ घटनाओं ने…

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JUDICIAL REFORM – need of the hour

As it stands, justice delivery system in India is in shambles. A study by ‘National Judicial Data Grid’ suggesting that 4.2 million cases are pending in 24 High Courts in India lends credence to the fact that Judicial Reform is the need of the hour. The reason behind such exorbitant rate of pendency can be…

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