Akshay Kumar, one of the eminent knownpersonalities of Bollywood graced his pres-ence in Hansraj College on 10th August,2016 to promote his film, Rustom. Enthusiastic students had started lining upsince 7 am and the security started filing intoo but no one could deny the excitementof coming of the entire Rustom cast whichconsisted Akshay Kumar, Arjan Bajwa, andthe gorgeous and beautiful Esha Guptaand Illena D’Cruz. Finally at 1 pm, the starsarrived and the throng of students filled the

air with hooting and cheering clearly indi-cating their enthusiasm and warmly wel-comed the stars.Akshay and Illena greeted the crowd withequal fervour on their part and promotedtheir movie, Rustom which was releasedon 12th August, 2016. With a few fun elements and a few inspira-tional words for the students from the starsmade the event quite a pleasant and amemorable one.

In case you've been hiding inyour niche the last few monthsand have no idea whatsoever re-garding Hansraj’s enthrallingachievements on the sports fron-tier, let us give you a brief insight.The Men’s Basketball Team wonthe highly acclaimed YMCA Bas-ketball Championship. Kudos tothe team and their continuous ef-forts! The Shooting Team broughtin some distinguished nterna-tional participants. Hansraj is extremely proud ofRahul Khatri (B.A. Programme,Second Year) and Sajneet Rehal(M.A. History, First year) for hav-ing represented India at the World

University Championship inPoland. On the other hand, AnmolJain (B.A. Programme, FirstYear) also won a couple ofmedals. Geetakshi Dixit(Econom-ics Honours) - who secured aBronze for their outstanding per-formance at the Junior World Cupheld at Gabala, Azerbaijan. Theyhave proven that there is a cham-pion in each one of us and all weneed is determination and sheerwill power to deliver our best. We, at Hansraj, admire them asinspiring figures and wish themthe very best for their future en-deavors.Shraddha Ghosh

Hansraj College is among the top rankingcolleges in the country.It was founded bythe D.A.V. Managing Committee on26thJuly, 1948 in the memory of the promi-nent Indian educationist and Arya Sama-jist, Mahatma Hans Raj.We cele-brated our69th Foun-dation Dayon 26th July,2016. Theevent wasa greats u c c e s swith an im-p r e s s i v eline-up ofg u e s t s .Chief guestof the func-tion, Mr.Yogesh Tyagi (Vice Chancellor, Universityof Delhi) graced the occasion. Distin-guished alumni of the college who wereawarded with the Mahatma Hansraj Gau-rav Samman are as follows: Mr. NaveenJindal, the Chairman of The Jindal Steeland Power Ltd. , Sri O.P. Kohli, the currentGovernor of Gujarat and Padmashri SriVinod Dua, The Editor-in-chief of NewsWorld India, Dr. K. Thyagarajan, Sri

Viswajeet Khanna and Sri Vivek Srivas-tava.Padamshree Dr. S.K. Sama( also gracedthe occasion. The event was inauguratedby lighting the traditional lamp. The Hon-orable guests recounted their experiences

and mo-t i v a t e dthe stu-dents top u r s u et h e i rdreams.The Col-lege fe-licitatedt h ea l u m n iwith atoken ofappreci-ation for

the support they had provided to the col-lege. Senior faculty members-Shri RakeshAggarwal, Dr. C.K. Nanda, Dr. AnilKokrady and Ms. Anita Balani were rec-ognized for the selfless service they hadrendered to the college.Various cultural societies showcased thetalent of students through a host of per-formances in the honour of the guests.

Kushagra Tayal, a second year student of BA(Hons) Economics created history on 17th Sep-tember, when he along with 21 of his team-mates from Hansraj College, built a 22 feet tallpyramid made of 57,000 plastic cups at theThyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi. Realisinga long cherished dream to create a worldrecord, Kushagra fondly recounts the first stir-ring of this idea on a winter morning as he

sipped coffee from a plastic cup. The plasticcups, he realised, could be his route to theGuinness Book of World Records. He initiallypracticed building a pyramid of plastic cups byhimself but soon concluded that he would re-quire a team for the task. He and his teamwere enthralled to receive the support of manypeople, including wrestler Sushil Kumar, asthey accomplished the stunning feat. The Entrepreneurial Cell of Hansraj College organised The

Startup Bubble, on 17th September in the college auditorium.The event encouraged the hundreds of students who want tobecome entrepreneurs. The event witnessed eminent guestspeakers,Mr. SujayG u p t a ,founder ofg locar. inand Mr.AbhishekK a k k a r ,t e a mm e m b e ro f91Spring-B o a r d .T h e r ewere over 1000 registrations for the event.New India’s new vision was highlighted throughout the event:‘Startup India – Standup India’.The concepts of ideation, busi-ness model, prototyping etc. were covered and intensively dis-cussed. The students showed a lot of interest and participatedenthusiastically all through the event. The speakers sharedtheir personal experiences on how they set up their own busi-

nesses and how they succeeded’. Mr. Sujay Gupta rightly said,”An idea without execution is ahallucination. Everything relies on execution. Do not give up.Entrepreneurs are the most revolutionary people: tell them

t h e yc a n ’ tand theys u r e l ywill endup doingt h esame.”Mr. Ab-h i s h e kKakkartold thea u d i -e n c e

about his ‘Foundation Programme for Entrepreneurs’. Hewants students to have an MBA like education without attend-ing a B-school.The students were extremely positive after the event and thesession was a great success.-Garvita Arora

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One of the best experiences in college life is that of joining an ECA societyof your choice. Every year, the freshers come with high hopes of joiningtheir desired societies. Some like debating over political, national and re-ligious issues, others act and enact, some are born poets, some like togroove and some like to pen down their thoughts. The societies at Han-sraj cater to each and every possible field of interest. In order to give aninsight into the functioning of an ECA Society, an ECA Orientation pro-gramme is held at the beginning of every fresh year. This year, the pro-gramme was held on 23rdAugust, 2016 in the college auditorium. Thefollowing societies performed.

Oorja, the western dance society is one of the most popular societies ofthe college. The members of the society gave a brilliant performance, andwere received with enthusiasm. It was followed by a presentation on whatthe society had achieved in the previous years, and a discussion whichincluded important details of the registration process and auditions.

Dramatics Society, popularly known as Dram Soc among the college stu-dents, began with the orientation, a tamaasha act performed with suchbrilliance that the audience couldn’t make out in the first few minutes ifthe act was natural or part of their performance. The Flash Mob, a veryintegral part of the Dram Soc, also danced and performed around theseating area, while delivering dialogues with claps and songs. At the end,a presentation elaborating the legacy of the society, and the achieve-ments of the past years were shown.

Terpsichorean (Choreography Society), Terpsi, as students term it, is themost sought after society of the college. Terpsichorean started the showwith performing their annual production “To Unmask”. The performanceshowcased the storytelling and the dancing skills of the members and leftthe audience with goosebumps. After ending the grand performance, theyplayed a presentation which showcased their achievements from the pastfew years.

Swaranjali, Music Society of Hansraj College began their orientation witha musical performance that garnered appreciation and applause from thewhole audience. Then, a presentation on the history, and the achieve-ments of the society was shown. Details regarding the auditions and reg-istrations were given at the end.

English Debating Society- “Confusing discussions, using complex wordsin your speeches, shouting while delivering your arguments-this is allwhat is not required to be in the Deb Soc”- said the President of the De-bating Society. The introduction was followed by an even more interest-ing presentation on the ‘Life of a Deb Soc Member’ and the pastachievements of the society. Everyone in attendance enjoyed the uncon-ventional orientation of the DebSoc immensely.

Hindi Debating Society- The orientation of the Hindi Debating Society wit-nessed the President of the society talking about the importance of Hindi,and how their society uses our national language to conduct argumentsand discussions on a variety of issues. It was followed by a presentationthat gave an insight to the happenings of the society.

Kalakriti (Fine Arts Society), began its orientation programme with a videothat showed the work done by the society members in the previous year.The society convenor, Ms. Shagun Nagpal, also addressed the audience.The event ended with the information regarding registration and auditions,and inviting students to be a part of the society.

Kavyakriti (Indian Classical Dance Society)- With the theme of Pushpan-jali, which is a form of dance where flowers are presented to Lord Gane-sha for blessings, members of the society performed with great precisionand perfection. The divine performance was followed by a presentationshowing the long list of achievements of the one-year old society.

Pixels (Photography Society)- The society showcased its talent by show-ing some of the best pictures that the members had clicked in the past.Each picture was beautifully captured and left a deep message. Exhibitionwas followed by the senior members guiding the students on the regis-tration process and inviting creative minds to be a part of the society.

The event gave an appropriate platform to the society members to reachout to a wider audience, and to give out more information about the au-ditions and the registrations than was otherwise possible.The whole eventwas well-planned and organised and saw a large number of students inattendance, receiving appreciation from both, the management and thefreshers

Ankita Raina.

The orientation was conductedon 24th August,2016. WDC, Hansraj College attractedan overwhelming number ofpeople who were keen on learn-ing more about the society andalso the initiatives taken andwork done in the sector by thecell.The orientation also had asolo play, A WOMAN ALONE, byShilpi Marwaha,an Asmita the-atre group production. The playhad the sole artist, Shilpi per-

forming as Sheron, a lady whonarrated the instances of domes-tic violence and conditions thatforced her into an extra-maritalaffair, to her friend who was notseen during the play.The playthrew much needed light on gen-der issues. It helped the audi-ence to understand the opacityof women and their status that isshrouded behind the numerousveils of protection and customs.Kirti Gupta

Hansraj conducted the Orienta-tion Session of HARITIMA- TheEnvironmental Awareness Soci-ety on 11thAugust, 2016. Theevent began with lighting of thelamp by the members of faculty.A powerpoint presentation famil-iarized the students with the ac-tivities undertaken by Haritimathroughout the year. The con-venor-in-charge Dr. NamrataSoni felicitated previous conven-ers for their ceaseless support tothe society during past years.After this, a walk through the col-lege was presented in a video

followed by the convenor’s mes-sage. In her message, she intro-duced the society to the freshersand welcomed them to join it forthe motto 'Swach Hansraj andSwasth Hansraj'. The ex -con-veners also shared their price-less experiences of working withthe society. Teachers from differ-ent departments attended the in-augural event of the society forthe session 2016-17 as HAR-ITIMA embarked upon its recruit-ment process.

On 3rd August,2016 NSS Han-sraj held its orientation for thenewly enrolled students in thecollege. The orientation startedwith the felicitation by Dr. Rama,following which the heads of therespective wings of NSS – Envi-ronment, Health, Padhaku andRural Development introducedtheir wings and the work thatthey do in order to help the com-munity. A presentation of the

padhaku students was put on.Dr. Monika Koul, ex-convenor ofNSS delivered a speech on howNSS changed her perspectivesas she shared her memories.After her address, a video fea-turing the new core team mem-bers was shown. The orientationcame to an end when Dr. BaljeetKaur, convenor, gave the vote ofthanks.Harshita Sharma

It organised its orientation pro-gram and Anti- Ragging seminaron 5thAugust, 2016. The guestspeaker for the event was Sh.Naveen K Kashyap, Hon'bleSecretary North East DistrictDLSA, Karkarduma Court, NewDelhi . The event started with thelighting of the lamp. Later thepurpose of the society was dis-cussed followed by a visual treatin which SGA's achievementswere highlighted. Students were

delighted by the inspirationalwords of the Convenor of societyDr. Preeti Dhamarha . Sh.Naveen K Kashyap enlightenedthe crowd about Anti-Raggingand various laws related to it. Atthe end, the President of SGAgave the vote of thanks. Theevent turned out to be a big suc-cess as students turned out ingood numbers.

Enactus had their orientation onthe 11th August, 2016 which sawa footfall of over a hundred stu-dents. The function revolvedaround giving the newcomers athorough insight into the world ofEnactus. Enactus Hansraj alsoshowcased the projects it under-took last year, namely, projectBOOND along with the NationalCompetition 2015 and 2016videos. The president believes

that Enactus offers the most dy-namic and challenging platformfor students to show their cre-ativity and caliber in leadershipand team management. Enactus believes true happi-

ness lies in making other peoplesmile. After all, if all of us worktogether towards a commongoal, we all win.Shraddha Ghosh

BLOOD CONNECT

OORJA

DRAMATICS SOCIETY

TERPSICHOREAN

SWARANJALI

ENGLISH DEBATING SOCIETY

HINDI DEBATING SOCIETY

KALAKRITI

KAVYAKRITI

PIXELS

ENACTUS

HARITIMA

NSS

NEENV

SPIC MACAY

SGAWDC

SPIC MACAY organised its ori-entation programme on 24th Au-gust, 2016. The guest speakerswere Mr. Siddharth Banerjee,National Joint Secretary SPICMACAY and Mr. Anshuman Jain,National Senior Volunteer SPICMACAY. The event started with thescreening of the famous docu-mentary "Anubhuti" followed bya video showcasing the journeyof SPIC MACAY -HANSRAJCHAPTER. The students feltdrawn by the inspirational words

of the speakers regarding theimportance and promotion of In-dian Culture. Then the studentsof SPIC MACAY -Hansraj Chap-ter who had gone for the WinterNational Convention held at IIT-Roorkee in December 2015shared their wonderful experi-ence. At the end, the Presidentshared his views and experienceof being a part of the society.The event witnessed a goodgathering and turned out to be agreat success.Anuj Pundir

With the commencement of thisnew academic session of Han-sraj College, new societies havecome to life. One of them is Neenv, TheHuman Resource DevelopmentCell, which organized its orienta-tion session on 27thAugust 9,2016 to make students awareabout the vision and objectivesof the society. Mr. Manjeet Singh Saggi, Headof the Commerce Department,graced the event with his pres-ence. He enlightened the stu-dents with his inspiring words.

Applauding the efforts of thefreshly-minted cell, he extendedhis support to the society andwished the students the verybest..The orientation was further fol-lowed by a speaker session byMr. Harbindor Sokhi who gaveuseful information regarding thecareer opportunities in the Bom-bay Stock Exchange.The event was a hit, as the ori-entation room was found fullyflocked with interested students.Aditi Katyal

BloodConnect is India's largestyouth run NGO, which strives tosolve the problem of blood short-age in India.On 2nd September,2016, the Hansraj College Chap-ter of BloodConnect conductedits orientation cum recruitmentsession. The primary aim of thesession was to acquaint inter-ested students with Blood Con-nect and its functioning. Thepresenters shared the NGO’swork experience and expertise.The recruitment drive finally

came to an end on 8thSeptem-ber, 2016 with seven new re-cruits from various departmentsof the college. BloodConnectalso organized an awarenesssession in Hansraj College to in-form one and all about its workand objective. After the session,many students came forwardand registered themselves withBloodConnect’s Helpline serv-ices as emergency donors for ur-gent requests.Reyash Kadyan

ORIENTATIONS

"Education is not preparation for life. Education is life itself." - John Dewey

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one of these types. In order to give an insight into the functioning ofa society, orientation programmes are held at the beginning of every

fresh year for the freshers.

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The commerce department hadits freshers’ party on 19th Sep-tember, 2016. The newbies ofHansraj donned a variety ofheadgear, varying from tiarasand hats to bandanas, keeping insync with the theme of ‘HeadgearParade’. At first, all the fresherswere presented with mementos.The event witnessed a series of

fun-filled and dramatic competi-tions, following which, ten boysand girls were shortlisted whowere then required to perform acouple dance. Finally, Md. SaamiSiddique and Rupal Singh werecrowned Mr. and Ms. Fresher.The party was enjoyed by thewhole department. Aastha Goel

Botanique, the Botanical Society,Hansraj College, organised its in-augural ceremony on 27th August2016, followed by the freshers’party. The day started with theauspicious lighting of the lamp bythe dignitaries. Dr. PratibhaBrahmi graced the occasion asthe chief guest. The inauguralfunction began with the introduc-tion of the office bearers for thesession 2016-17 by the convenorDr. Romila Rawat. Dr. Brahmidelivered a lecture on Plant Ge-netic Resources. After the lec-ture, it was time for the freshers’

party, themed ‘Prom’. All the boyswere dressed up in suits andgirls looked elegant in theirdresses. The games included adare game, botanical dumb cha-rades, saree wrapping competi-tion which was followed by aramp walk. The titles of Mr. andMs. Fresher were given to AryanShahi and Lunghar Ikror, respec-tively. At the end, everyone leftthe auditorium with many memo-ries to cherish whilst lookingahead to their future in the col-lege.Soumya Suprava

Professors and senior studentsof the electronics department of-ficially welcomed their freshers tothe Hansraj family on 26th Au-gust, 2016. All the fresh meatwas aptly grilled by the seniorsas they were made to put up ashow of their best talents. Vari-ous forms of songs, dances, andnarratives from their childhoodbroke the ice as snacks wereserved and the freshers weremade to feel welcome. Thegames progressed, judged by

seniors, and all the finalists in thethird round of games went homewith feathers in their caps, and amyriad of new friends. GarimaSingh and Puneet Paliwal werecrowned Miss and Mr. Fresherfor their all round performanceand charisma. The party endedwith a cake cutting ceremony andan exchange of good wishes forthe years to come. Advaith Rajendra

The English Department organ-ized its Freshers’ Party on20thSeptember, 2016.The themewas ‘Fandom’ and students from1st year dressed up as charactersfrom their favourite movies, TVseries or books. The crowd wasan interesting mix, consideringhow innovative students werewith their costumes. The eventcommenced with a poem by sen-iors on college life and a cakecutting ceremony by teachers

and post holders of Literary Soci-ety. The title of Mr. Fresher waswon by Anshuman Yadav, whileSrishti Gupta became Ms.Fresher. Overall, it was a day fullof fun, frolic, food and innumer-able selfies for the students. All ofthem had an amazing time, andthe teachers and seniors wel-comed first year students withopen arms and cheerful smiles.Diksha Kakkar

The mega nukkad natak competi-tion concluded on 22nd September, 2016 with the prize distributionceremony at the Hansraj Audito-rium. The event was graced by Dr.

Chandra PrakashDwivedi, Anu Malik,Vivek Agnihotri, PallaviJoshi, Malini Awasthi,Manoj Joshi, SudiptoSen, and Advaita Kala.The wonderful eventwas hosted by Dr. Kr-ishna Gopal. Dr.Rama, the principal,welcomed all theguests with warmwords. Anupam Kher.

the Chief Guest, shared few of hischildhood memories with the audi-ence. Manoj Joshi appreciated allthe wonderful performances

staged by theteams. Awardsweregiven in six cate-gories- Best Pro-duction, BestScript, Best Di-rector, BestActor, Best Ac-tress, BestMusic.. The win-ners were- Firstposition (Cashprize Rs. 51,000): Shivaji College;Second Position (Cash Prize Rs.31,000): Hansraj College; ThirdPosition(Cash Prize Rs. 21,000) :

Vivekananda College.The event was a wonderful initia-tive to promote art in a holisticmanner.Aradhana Gupta

Election is the backbone of anydemocracy. It gives us the right tochoose our representatives andleaders. Delhi University organizedthis year’s Student Union Electionon 9th September, 2016.But in DelhiUniversitry, like any other demo-cratic organization, it's not justabout the election day. Campaign-ing starts weeks before, whereeach candidate and their support-ers meet the students explainingtheir agendas and making relatedcommitments . Voting started at8:30 am and ended at12:30 pm atHansraj College on Election Day.Candidates and their supporterswaited eagerly for the results,while the votes were being countedin the auditorium. At 2:15 p.m. Dr. Rama came outand announced the results. Theelected council for this year’s stu-dent union consists of RajatPhogat (President), Akashdeep

Barala (Vice – President), YogeshChoudhury (General Secretary),Rajat Sharma (Joint Secretary),Ashutosh Choudhury (CentralCouncilor) and Sakshi Singh (Cen-tral Councilor). After the resultswere announced, the candidatesand their supporters were seencelebrating in front of the maingate, dancing to the beats of dholand distributing sweets. We got in touch with AkashdeepBarala, the newly elected Vice -President and he says, " I want tothank everyone who voted for usand supported us. I also want tothank all those who worked tire-lessly on the campaigning. No onewins the election by themselves. Ittakes grassroot supporters and ateam effort. I promise to be trueand sincere to my duties and to liveup to the expectations of the peo-ple."Vishal Pandey

Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5th

September to honour the birth ofthe second President of India,Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan.Hansraj College celebratedTeachers’ Day this year with greatenthusiasm. The event, hosted bythe teachers, began with an en-thralling performance byKavyaakriti, the Indian ClassicalDance Society. The event contin-ued with a pledge taken by all theteachers and students present tokeep the environment clean andgreen. Performances by stu-

dents fromSwaranjali, the MusicSociety and a thought-provokingplay by the Hansraj Dramatics So-ciety followed. The studentsshowed exceptional talent but theteachers of Hansraj college wereno less!.Dr.Hardeep Kaur (Zool-ogy Department) recited with hermesmerising poetry. Mr.BrijMohan Vatsal (Mathematics De-partment), Mr.Dibyajyoti Das(Physics Department) andMs.Palak (Commerce Depart-ment) stole the audience's heartwith their soulful musical perform-

ance. During the course of theprogramme, Dr. Rama, our Princi-pal, also felicitated two facultymembers, namely Dr. Mona Bhat-nagar (Electronics Department)and Dr. Bharat Bhusan(Com-merce Department)- who were re-cently awarded with “Dr. SRadhakrishnan Memorial NationalTeacher and Media NetworkAward 2016”The event ended with all theteachers, up on the stage, shak-ing a leg to the DJ's beats.Vishal Pandey

The Geology Department wel-comed its fucchas on 26thAugust,2016. There was poetry recita-tion, solo singing, group song,group dance and a couple dancein the event. After these activities,the H.O.D. and various profes-sors were requested to say a fewwords to the new geologists.Various activities like ramp walk,quiz, talent hunt, paper dancewere conducted for the titles. In

the end, Atreyee Saha and VikasYadav were crowned as Ms. AndMr. Fresher.At the end of theevent, everyone was given me-mentos. In a nutshell, the partywas very enjoyable and reward-ing. It gave confidence to thenewcomers and made them feelcomfortable in the new surround-ings. Kirti Gupta

The History Department con-ducted its official Freshers’ eventon 6th September, 2016. The pro-gramme began with an introduc-tory speech by Dr. SharmilaSrivastava, H.O.D.- History De-partment.The programme took acolourful turn, with the seniorsperforming various dances andsongs. The fresh batch was thenasked to individually introduce

themselves, and also performsmall acts that would add morefun to the event.Later, the prizes for Mr. and Ms.Fresher were given to SomnathPati and Angel Merrina respec-tively.The prize distribution was fol-lowed by dance,refreshments,and a photo session.Abhinav Singh

On 26thAugust, 2016, it was noless than a parade of some of themost iconic fictional characters inthe Freshers’ Welcome Party, or-ganised by the Department ofPhysics.The event began with the cere-monial lighting of the lamp andwas followed by an inductionpresentation that was enjoyed byall. The ecstasy and euphoria,however, multiplied by leaps andbounds when the students gaveriveting dance performances and

musical treats .Ayushi Lambaand Samarth were titled Ms. andMr. Fresher respectively. A num-ber of other interesting and fungames and impromptu activitieswere lined up to lighten the moodand serve as ice-breakers be-tween the seniors and freshers.The exhilarating celebrationscame to an end with everyoneshaking a leg to some peppy Bol-lywood numbers.Anirban Chakraborty

Department Freshers

Botany

Commerce

Electronics

English

Geology

Physics

History

Udaan Utsav

Teachers’ Day Celebration

Student’s Union - 2016-17

College Orientation

College Snippets

To embrace the newly admitted stu-dents, an orientation programme wasorganised in the college auditoriumon 19th July, 2016. The programmecommenced with the soulful recitationof the DAV anthem by the membersof Swaranjali. Thereafter, the stu-dents were given a glimpse of thevarious departments and societies ofthe college through a vivid power-point presentation. Dr. Rama, ourPrincipal, extended her heartiestwishes, on behalf of the college staff,to everybody present and inspired thestudents with her words.Followingthis, the Freshers Special issue ofHansVision – Hansraj’s monthlynewspaper was distributed amongthe students. The event featuredsome remarkable stage perform-ances by a talented bunch of stu-dents from our college. Theorientation programme concludedwith the hope of a prosperous andsuccessful year ahead for everybody. Harshita Khurana

"Black colour is sentimentally bad but every black board makes a student's life bright" - Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam

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President Vice President

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Central Councilor Central Councilor

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Samyak Pradhan B.Sc. Geology(H)1st Year

Abhinav SinghB.A. History(H)1st Year

Kallol Mazumdar BA History (H)3rd Year

India competed at the 2016 Sum-mer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, from 7 to 18 September2016. Indian athletes have ap-peared in every edition of the Sum-mer Paralympic Games since1968.

A total of 19 players were sent fromIndia, 3 of them being women, toparticipate in 5 sports.

India has sent its largest ever del-egation in the history of summerParalympics. Also, as far as thegames have progressed till now, ithas been India's best ever per-formance in the history of the sum-mer Paralympic games with a totalof 4 medals won till now ( 2 Gold ,1 Silver and 1 Bronze ) with Deven-dra Jhajharia breaking the WorldRecord to win a gold medal at theParalympics.

The Prime Minister congratulatedthe efforts of the sportspersons,through tweets, as well as on hismonthly radio address, “Mann KiBaat”; as did many other Indiandignitaries and civilians. But some-where, the buzz was a little lessthan what it was for the Olympics2016.

This might be because prevalentnotions still treat persons with dis-ability as objects of pity.This obvi-ously needs to change in order forour society to be more egalitarian.India gets two Golds, somethingthat we could not manage in theRio Olympics this year. Even so,our paralympians are still to re-ceive due appreciation. Moreover,Deepa Malik won a silver, anachievement which further demol-ishes typical stereotypes about In-dian women, after achievementsby PV Sindhu and Sakshi Mallik atthe Rio Olympics.

Seeing the sports consciousnessamong Indians, other than on oc-casions of the Cricket Cups, was arare phenomenon this Olympics.Not appreciating the efforts at theParalympics will kill this seedling.All that is being asked to do is cel-ebrate one's victory. If Indians failto do this then they would be failingin keeping up the spirit of this na-tion, which is not something that itcan afford to do.

Sunken DreamsParalympics

Dissecting Internet Culture

Goes the might trembling in itscourse when it tries hard to proveits word it cries! Dries its heart buta word from mouth is termed asguilt how can he speak like that tohis elders? Why is he shouting likethat , yelling murmuring the strongcage that locks your heart impend-ing courage goes sinking down thealley because logic and rationalegoes dark in the pall of protocolsand regulations if we are small inage and lost in our ways we aren'tthe carriers of opinion sparking thecacophony of delusion can wemark our existence through ourwords! Locked in the heavy burdenof escapism can we still come outconfident in front of the mighty wis-dom where wisdom stands as adubious person beneath the quali-fication stand dry without its exis-tence within them the hue takes up

the aura dryness kills the last dropsof water! The pressure driven forceof how to fall under the veil of syco-phants and just nod your heart de-spite having the powers of logicand rationale our morals are weakour wisdom sinks but are we stilldepleted with words our voicebeing faded with the delving lime ofrestriction drowning our spiritskilling us with myths and sinkingwith the poison of how things aremeant to be the clash of views thecontradictory possession are westill not allowed to clear our mindsand raise what our consciencestates us! Amidst the words thereis order, restriction , regulation withall being a burden for the buddingminds in the backdrop exists a pic-ture of the sunken youth facing thedrowning force of inequality

We can see a pattern every timean incident happens. A terrorist at-tack, a rape case or a certain polit-ically incorrect statement by apublic figure produces outrage ontwitter. People tweet expressingtheir disgust, sympathy and disap-proval. This behaviour is not limitedto ordinary citizens. People in thelimelight, in the upper echelons ofsociety also tweet to voice theiropinions. The recent terrorist attacks in Urievoked a similar response. ShahRukh Khan, Anupam Kher, ViratKohli and Ajay Devgn are few ofthe host of celebrities that ex-pressed their condolences usingthis medium. While the celebritieswere formal and restrained in theirtone, the general public had noqualms about expressing their feel-ings about the attacks. Most ofthem condemned Pakistan’s ac-tions and some suggested retalia-tory action. And few wereespecially explosive.But like I mentioned , there is al-ways a pattern. An incident occursthat grabs the headlines, hashtagsgalore, after a while the burningissue cools off, it begins to fade inpublic memory and another issuegrabs everyone’s eyeballs. Thepattern repeats again.Such instant reactions and the brit-tle nature of public memory havebecome a feature of internet cul-ture, and not a shining one. But ex-aggerated and inflammatoryresponses are only one facet of in-ternet culture. Another facet is theculture of trolls. II think since netizens have takento making hilarious memes out ofpractically everyone, even celebri-ties would be using their wordsvery carefully. A slip of tongue canget you trending on the internet fordays and sometimes months. And

if you think that I am making a bigdeal out of trolls here, just askRahul Gandhi. The Chota Bheemmemes probably pegged back hispolitical career by a couple ofdecades. While Trolls generally are in goodhumour and are received with awry smile or two, sometimes a cer-tain section finds it anything but hu-morous. A good example in thisregard is AIB stand up comedianTanmayBhat. In a YouTube videohe trolled Sachin Tendulkar andLata Mangeshkar. May be he wassimply being humorous. But the in-ternet janta was quick to take of-fence. What followed wasmassive outrage and peoplespewed venom online. At the sametime, few jumped to his defence.Again, there was a pattern – a lotof media hype and strong com-ments which fizzled out after awhile.So is it wrong to use the internetas a platform to express our opin-ions? The proponents of the samewould argue that it is too easy- typ-ing a few words on twitter andpressing that send button is almosta mockery of the intensity and im-pact of the incident. But at thesame time, one can argue thatsome response is better than noresponse at all. It is very tempting to censor the in-ternet- to place roadblocks on theway of free speech. But the inter-net is the greatest tool of this cen-tury. It’s a whole new media of itsown comprising everyone on theweb. And this free exchange ofideas is the very core and strengthof this platform.It is best for the in-ternet to remain a platform wherespeech is not censored. In fact, wecan follow a very simple logic here.The people will say and the peoplewill judge.

One nation, One tax-The GST bill Shalini SinghB.Sc. Chemistry(h)3rd Year

With the GST bill in the newsthese days most of us wonder,what it is all about, how will it ben-efit us? It was unanimously passedin parliament last month. So let’stake a look at what this bill is allabout. The full form of GST isGoods & Services Tax Bill. It is aremarkable change in India’s indi-rect tax collection. There are threecomponents of GST-Central GST(levied by central govt.), State GST(levied by state govt.) & IntegratedGST (levied by central govt. on in-terstate supply of goods & serv-ices).Central GST (CGST) and StateGST (SGST) would be paid to theaccounts of centre and state sepa-rately. Both are applicable to alltransactions of goods & servicesmade except the ones which areexempted. The exclusions includepetroleum products, alcohol bever-ages, diesel & tobacco.Why was GST required?India relied mainly on indirecttaxes, revenue from indirect taxeswas the major source of revenue.The major reason for indirect taxeswas that Indian population waspredominantly poor thus wideningbase of direct taxes had its ownlimitations. And also agricultural in-come was not subjected to income

tax. But then there was multiplicityof indirect taxes in country due todivision of fiscal power, and led toan extremely complex indirect taxstructure in the country. Hence, thesimplification can take placethrough a law like GST. Benefits of GST bill1. It subsumes the multipleindirect taxes for all the central &state level taxes.The list of taxes that are subsumedby GST-Central level tax: central exciseduty, additional excise duty, servicetax, countervailing duty & specialadditional duty of customs.State level tax: state VAT, enter-tainment tax, entry tax, purchasetax, luxury tax, taxes on lottery, bet-ting & gambling.2. Taxes on multiple manu-facturers are reduced.3. It taxes only final cus-tomers. Therefore, the cascadingof taxes is avoided & productioncosts are cut down.DisadvantagesThe tax on services can go from14-20% after its implementationand the tax on retail will almost getdoubled. Tax on imported goodswill be around 6%. Also there willbe control on every system by cen-tral &state govt.

Many think Feminism as a move-ment only for women, but NO.Feminism is a path to attain libertyfor both men & women against cer-tain oppresive notions & practicesin society.Feminism is a brilliant idea; but dis-torted views can create harm. Theperspective of feminism regardingwomen’s empowerment has beento evolve the soul of an individualbut not to create insecuritiesamong the men. Each one of us isunique and together we can bringa better change.Instead of debating whether to

bring up our daughters like oursons or vice versa; it would be wiseto nurture a human as a human.

Feminism is not about “My choiceor your choice”; rather it is not achoice but a necessity. Sexual ori-entation and the choice of attirecomes much later, there are moregrave issues to be resolved first.Such demands dilute the cause offeminism.

Feminism urges both men &women to fight for each other butnot against each other. It’s aboutequality and not competition.Feminists are not misandrists.There is no sex discrimination insoul so feminism advocates equal-ity and liberty for both men andwomen. Humanity is its doctrineand it believes in “Being Human”.

Advaith RajendraBSc.Electronics(H)1st Year

Karan TekwaniB.A. English (H)1st Year

Imagine walking into the metro sta-tion, skipping over all the queues,tapping your phone on the metrocard reader, and the little screengreets you back, "Hello There!Have a happy journey!" You don'thave to worry about recharginganything because the tokenamount gets deducted from yourregistered bank account! Imagine not having to carry ticketsfor any air journey, just tap yourphone on the sensor and voila! Youhave your boarding pass. Imagine ringing up your bank andrequesting them to send you a fewdocuments, no fuss about name oraccount number or anything likethat, because the customer carewill see your Aadhar-encryptedphone number and will send yourdocuments to your own email id. Imagine sitting in your own com-fortable room, and attending yourpassport interview using an Ad-haar-encrypted skype call. Guess what, in a couple of years,you won't need to imagine thesethings.

Back in 2009, when the UniqueIdentification Authority of India wasset up and the Aadhar scheme waslaunched, maybe Nandan Nilekani,the then UIDAI Chairman himselfwouldn't have realised how much itwould change, well, everything, ina span of ten years. What was nothing more than an IDcard during the UPA regime hasnow, under the ambit of DigitalIndia, become an indispensablepart of our lives, and this is just thebeginning. After Jan Dhan Yojna, LPG sub-sidy, and 10- day passports, Aad-har linked smartphones isundoubtedly UIDAI's most ambi-tious project y--with more than 100crore Aadhar cards and 40 crore

smartphone users (and growing),this project makes perfect sense. UIDAI recently held high levelmeetings with tech giants likeGoogle, Samsung, Apple andhomegrown major Micromax, dis-cussing the vast uses of an Aadharencrypted chip in every smart-phone. While Samsung has al-ready started makingAadhar-friendly phones, Apple andGoogle have resisted, citing pri-vacy concerns. Their resistance islikely to be in vain, as the Govern-ment mulls the decision to makethe Aadhar microchip mandatory inall phones, like it has done with the"panic button", which must be in allphones starting 2017. Microsoft has already done sometest runs of Aadhar-encryptedSkype calls, which will verify theidentity of the caller and make suchcalls as valid as an appearance inperson. You could attend passportinterviews or even make a state-ment in court hearings, from thesafety and comfort of your ownhome. You might never need to fill a KYCform again, as you could give yourAadhar number and details likeName, phone, email and addresswill automatically be inserted intothe database. You could walk into an office, showyour phone at the reception, andwithout any hassle you could betold when and where exactly to go. Though privacy remains the majorconcern, UIDAI is confident of thecyber-security infrastructure theyhave in place. With a standardisedfingerprint reader and NFC in allsmartphones, and timely upgradesto the network architecture, there isno way Aadhar can't realise itsmammoth potential. The possibilities are endless.

Being Feminist Is Not Being Feminazi

Aadhar Smartphone Linkage

Anuj PundirB.Sc. Chemistry(H)3rd Year

The Stranger

Everyday down the lane, there was a stranger,I found peace winking at his serene smile,

and release inking down our gestural encounteron sheets of imagination,

Till one day, when there was no stranger, I was untune and got to know

that someone had broken the mirror.

From the Ingenuinity

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

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From the Ingenuinity

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Ashish AroraB.A. Programme1st year

What is one thing that is extraordinaryabout Hansraj College?

The Vision Society undertook an interview asking the freshers about the mostfascinating thing they feel about Hansraj.

The survey witnessed the active participation of many first year students withvaried views and opinions.

Here is what the newbies had to say:

5

She was a girl with a polite face.Now she's just in our hearts.

There was an intense softness in her gaze.I want to give her all my regards.

She seemed to hide her emotions, she wasa maze.

Her father is broken from inside.Her mother's tears have been dried.

It's altogether a painful ecstasy.Her brother is screaming helplessly.

Her father, being a man, doesn't shed tears.Hollow from inside, a smile is all that he

wears.

They all wish it were a nightmare.She left them all, not fair.

She won't be forgotten by them, never.She'll be alive in their hearts, forever and

ever and ever.

A Painful Ecstasy

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‘Humans for Humanity’ is a non-profit organisation that works forthe betterment of the socio-eco-nomically challenged people of oursociety.The NGO is not only in-volved in social work across Indiabut also tends to help people fromdifferent walks of life to work, to be-come productive members of so-ciety. Recently, Enactus Hansraj as-sisted the NGO in a cleanup drive

at the Vishwavidyalayametro station that is usuallyleft littered with garbage.Apart from these, the organi-zation also engages in re-source mobilization whereEnactus Hansraj purchaseswater purifiers made byautistic people and distrib-

utes it amongst the slum dwellers,suffering from the dearth of cleanwater. Keeping to their motto of"society before self", Enactus Han-sraj also simultaneously tries toprovide employment to ruralwomen in Rajasthan, who previ-ously worked under the pay scaleof Rs. 2-10 per day, by teachingthem vocational skills such asstitching, embroidery, and weav-ing. Shraddha Ghosh

On the occasion of World OzoneDay, Haritima, The EnvironmentalAwareness Society of Hansraj Col-lege, organized a plethora of activ-ities in association with MillenniumIndia Education Foundation andMinistry of Earth Sciences, GOI.The chief guest, Dr. D Raghu-nanda, member of the Delhi Sci-ence Forum, gave an enlightening

speech on ozone layer deple-tion, climate change, andother pressing environmentalissues. Also invited to wit-ness the great event was Dr.Uday Kakroo, without whoseassistance the event wouldn’thave been possible.A number of competitionswere organized, such as, potpainting, poster making,

Power Point presentation and soon with prizes worth Rs. 30,000. Anumber of enthusiasts from differ-ent colleges actively participated inthe event.The event drew a large audience-and was successful in creatingawareness about the urgent nec-cesity to protect the ozone layer.Aastha Goel

Enactus Hansraj, conforming to itsmotive of bringing about a changein the society and making the worlda happy place to live in, conducteda short yet playfulsession, referredto as the Commu-nity Developmentsession,with thekids of BalSahyog,an NGO foundedfor the care andprotection of or-phaned, helpless,abandoned andneglected children.The membersof Enactus Hansraj brought up theissue of ill effects of being unhy-gienic and how to develop bettereating and drinking habits with thechildren of BalSahyog. The ses-

sion was filled with educationalvideos depicting the mentioned is-sues and was then followed by in-teractive question - answer session

with the chil-dren . At theend, the chil-dren indulgedin a game -'Simon Says',where they hadto enact or dowhatever theywere asked toby their hypo-

thetical leader "Simon”. They thor-oughly enjoyed the entire sessionand were left craving for similarsessions with Enactus Hansraj inthe near future.Shraddha Ghosh

Much to the delight of all foodies,The Culinary Arts Society of Han-sraj College organized a CharityBake Sale on 30th August, 2016.The sale was organized for a hu-manitarian cause .As a precursor to its main event,the society also organized an on-line quiz in collaboration with Illu-minati, the Quizzing Society of

Hansraj College.The Bake Sale was cov-ered by Hindustan Timesand an article was pub-lished in HT City describ-ing the objectives of thesociety. A plethora of mouth-wa-tering delicacies likeNutella donuts, brownies,red velvet cake etc. wereserved.

The event turned out to be a hugesuccess.Everything was sold off in merethirty minutes. This novel initiativeby the Culinary Arts Society, whichis one of its kind in the Delhi Uni-versity circuit, was well appreciatedby students and teachers alike.Diksha Kakkar

Kalakriti celebrated the Independ-ence Day by organising a postermaking competition.The participa-tion of the faculty members madethe event memorable.The event took place on 12th Au-gust, 2016 . The theme of theposter making competition was ‘In-dian Independence and the Free-dom Struggle’. The posters were

splendid, each speaking out itsown story. Ms. Priyanka Banerjee, the ChiefGuest judged the competition.The first position was bagged byStanzin Tsela ( Anthropology),the second position went toAshima Padiyal (Anthropology)and Purnima Yadav(ComputerScience) was at the third position.After the prize distribution cere-mony, the chief guest shared a

few words with the participants re-garding the field of art and whatthis independence day meant toher.The hard work of the teammembers and their convenor Ms.Shagun Nagpal was commend-able. The event turned out to be ahuge success. Abhinav Singh

Haritima-The WorldOzone Day celebration

Kalakriti celebratesIndependence Day

Spreading Smiles, Unfurling Awareness

ENACTUS -A Step TowardsHumanitarianism

With the theme of “Poshak Aahar,Desh ka Aadhar”,Society of Gen-eral Awareness, Hansraj Collegecelebrated this year’s National Nu-trition Week from 1st September to7th September by organising vari-ous events.The first three days were cele-brated by providing information onproteins, fats and carbs and theright amount of these required tohave a balanced diet. The fourthday saw the society members pro-viding leftover food from the col-lege hostel to the underprivilegedpeople in collaboration with theNGO Feeding India, as a part oftheir one-year-old campaign Proj-ect Aahar. On the fifth and thesixth day, facts on vitamins, miner-als and the importance of water

were discussed. The NutritionWeek came to an end with an en-lightening session with Mr. Kun-dan Singh, ACMS Fitness Expertas the guest speaker of the event.The event also included presenta-tions by students and an informa-tive speech by the societyconvenor, Dr. Preeti Dharmara.The campaign was a successfulinitiative by the society membersand witnessed the participation ofquite a number of students.Ankita Raina

Nutrition Week Celebration

Charity Bake Sale atHansraj

Noticing the amount of papers lit-tered across the college campus,the Environment wing took the ini-tiative of removing the waste fromthe college. A Paper CollectionDrive was organized. The col-lected papers were sent for recy-cling and the money was donatedto the children studying with thePadhaku wing.On 8th September, 2016 FortnightSwacch Day, the team organizedan Awareness Drive, with the aimof spreading awareness amongteachers and the non-teachingstaff, regarding hygiene and sani-tation. Each of the sanitary facilities wasinspected by the teachers on 1st

and 2nd September, 2016 andmembers of the staff were given

relevant instructions. The volun-teers worked side by side, appris-ing students and children of thePadhaku wing of the importance ofsanitation. On 13th September, volunteersalong with NSS convenor Dr. Bal-jeet Kaur and Principal Dr. Rama,met with the college’s Swachhtakaramcharis, who look after thecleanliness in the college premisesand on 15th September,along withother members of the faculty or-ganized an awareness rally,spreading awareness regardingthe importance of cleanliness inone’s daily life.Garvita Arora

NSS Hansraj celebrated NutritionWeek spreading happiness andgoodwill. The events spannedfrom September 1 to September 6,2016. Kicking off the NutritionWeek, volunteers of the healthwing conducted a BMI check ofaround 120 children associatedwith the Padhaku Wing of HansrajCollege. In collaboration with CiplaLtd, the Health wing organised aseminar on 2nd September, on theeffective management of hyperten-sion and stress during examina-tions. Dr. Atmesh Kumar was thechief speaker in the seminar andspoke to the audience about the illeffects of stress and hypertension

on one's health. The team organ-ised a distribution drive on the lastday, in which shanties around theuniversity area, housing many mal-nourished children were given abanana each, to symbolically de-clare war on malnutrition.TheHealth wing also organised a freeeye check up in collaboration withTitan Eye+ in the college premises.Students, teachers and non-teach-ing staff alike participated in this ini-tiative. A total of 220 people gottheir eyes checked out of which 42were Padhaku kids. The highturnout made the event a success-ful one.Shruti Gupta

NSS Padhaku plays an importantrole in the education of underprivi-leged children by providing themfree education. At the same time, itrealizes that a textbook as the onlyapproach is an antique conceptand keeping it in mind,on 27th Au-gust, 2016, NSS Padhaku's teamof volunteers took its students tothe Zoology Museum of HansrajCollege.Dr. Jaya Malhotra super-vised this session and threw lightupon the specimens. The studentswere shown specimens of differentmammals, reptiles, and birdsstored in jars. The trip was a learn-ing experience for all the children.The whole NSS team also cele-brated teacher's day with the kidswhere they greeted their teach-

ers(Padhaku volunteers) with handmade greeting cards and ex-pressed their gratitude for the serv-ices provided by the Padhakuteam. The team then offeredchocolates and sweets to the kidsto celebrate their efforts.With the help of the Health wing,the Padhaku team organised aBMI check up program for around120 Padhaku kids in which it wasfound that more than half of themwere malnourished. Recently Manoj Tiwari, MP fromnorth-east Delhi visited Padhakuand appreciated the peerless ef-forts of the whole team and offeredhis hands to help the kids in anyway possible. Samyak Pradhan

The Rural Development wing ofthe National Service Scheme(NSS) Hansraj recently organiseda visit to the Home for the Aged inChhatarpur area on 22nd Septem-ber. A group of 30 volunteers fromthe society went and interactedwith the people from the homehoping to make their day differentand memorable.The memberssang songs and danced with thepeople and had discussions withthem on a wide array of topicsranging from favourite movies tocurrent issues and problems of thecountry. They shared their viewson the role that can be played bytoday’s youth in the society and im-parted invaluable knowledge aswell as wisdom to the visiting vol-unteers. The volunteers brought

along with them gifts for the resi-dents, including clothes, bedsheets, and eatables. The experi-ence was just as enriching and ex-traordinary for the volunteers as itwas memorable for the elderlyfrom the home. The society alsoorganised an awareness drive inthe Chandrawal Village area on26th August. The residents of thearea were made aware of the ben-efits of keeping the environmentand their surroundings clean andhygienic. The volunteers told themabout the dangers of an unsanitaryliving environment and also urgedthe people to contribute in theSwachh Bharat Abhiyan, launchedby Prime Minister Narendra Modiin October 2014.Nancy Dua

In the spirit of freedom and inde-pendence, NSS Hansraj cele-brated Independence Day on 12th

August, 2016 with the prestigiouschief guest A.K Sharma, IG, Com-munication and Information Tech-nology who is also an alumnus ofHansraj college and the specialguests Prachi Tehan, Vishal Sri-vastav and Manjot Singh with greatzeal.Freedom Fortnight started on9th August with immense gusto andcelebration. Various competitions like Poemwriting, Essay writing, Slogan writ-ing and Painting on 22nd August,2016 concluded this fortnight withspirit and enthusiasm. The volun-

teers of Environment and DisasterManagement Wing of NSS Han-sraj undertook a mass tree planta-tion drive in the college campus tokeep with the spirit of patriotismand care for our country and envi-ronment.This journey came to an end on23rd August, 2016 in an excitingfashion. A mass recital of the Na-tional Anthem at 11 a.m. filledeveryone with a feeling of im-mense pride.This fortnight-longjourney gave students a renewedsense of patriotism. The efforts ofNSS Hansraj paid off!Abhimanyu Singh Tomar

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME - HANSRAJ IN ACTION

NSS INDEPENDENCE WEEK

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PADHAKU

ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH

Societies in Action

“Be a student as long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.” —Henry L. Doherty

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The days in the stadium were just awesome. The amalgamation of hard work andfun, was so different that I want to try such new things again and again. Thosesleepless nights and the food that we ate sharing with the large group, was so de-licious that I would do anything to have that experience again. In a nutshell, youcan’t get that experience just by reading; you get that only when you live it.Kushagra Tayal, the Founder of the Idea.

The memories created there will always remain close to my heart. Working in thecrane had its own perks. The night shifts were even better than the day shifts. Itwas fun sacrificing our sleep. Overall, the bonds that we have created and thememories we have made have a greater weightage for me.Anmol Agrawal

It was the best experience of my life’ would be an understatement, it was muchmore than just that. We, the team, used to eat, sleep, clean, drink, party, sing,dance together. It was non-stop exhaustion for 3 days. We learnt multitasking aswell as putting stickers, arranging cups, craftswork, publicity in campus and offcampus, and cleaning the mess in Stadium. This taught us time management. Weall worked with utmost dedication and sincerity.Vanshika Deswal

When Mr. Swapnil (UK Delegate) was about to announce the result, he wasspeaking in a grim, hard voice. He was saying that it is not an easy thing to at-tempt a record, one needs to follow all guidelines. But then he said, “This is thelargest plastic cup pyramid”, and we all danced like mad people. It was great,and I don't know how to express that feeling.Sagar

Those Days Were Probably the best days I had at Hansraj so far. Our team useto discuss ideas, put stickers on the cups, and do various other things to makethis record possible. I even had a night stay in the stadium and worked at night.All this helped me in creating strong bonds with some amazing College mates.Bhavyae

It was great! We used to work from morning to night , crack jokes in between, getto know each other a lot. So, it was cherishable experience.Himanshi

While we worked at the ‘Thyagraj Stadium’, there was always a fear in mind aboutwhat if the pyramid falls. We tried to check all sources of wind, movements andother factors too which could cause its fall. We had three complete sleeplessnights, full of anxiety but also with excitement.Saurabh

Those days were something that we will remember forever. We worked continu-ously for 66 hours. Our dream came true at 10.18 AM when Kushagra put the lastcup: 56,980th cup.Shuvam

The experience was amazing. I will remember it forever. Three sleepless nightsat the stadium, but no tiredness at all. Interaction with superb juniors was fun aswell.Abhishek

Those days in the stadium were full of fun. I used to reach there at 12:00 PM andreach home at 8 in the evening. The entire team used to work, eat and laugh to-gether. Many times the cups would fall but instead of getting disheartened, theteam kept working with utter faith and conviction that they would indeed make thelargest plastic cup pyramid in the world.Pooja

Those days in the stadium were full of fun and frolic along with a lot of hard work.I was the only girl who was actually in charge of making the pyramid. The seniorsreally helped and encouraged me. This experience would always remain veryclose to my heart.Tanshi

I will never forget and will cherish forever those days spent in the stadium.Sarthak

It was 70 percent fun, 20 percent exhausting, 10 percent thrilling. But it was diffi-cult. The journey was full of ups and downs, but that made it interesting!Neelesh

Those 3 days were the best experience ever. We used to stay there all night work-ing together, eating, chilling, enjoying everything together.Piyush

Those were some amazing days spent in the stadium which cannot be expressedin words. Our team bonded together very well. The memories are still there in thestadium.Lakshita

We spent around 3-4 days out there. We worked in shifts, all day and night last 3days were tedious but we had to complete our target. I got to know how team lead-ership can be practically applied in real life situations. The best part about this wasthat none of us lowered our morale inspite of this being such a big target.Sammi

It started a week before the event but the main work that is the placing of cupswas done three days before the event. Prior to that we used to have meetingsregarding things like design of t-shirts, getting campus ambassadors to promoteour event. We recorded stuff, made videos, and clicked pictures. After we weredone with work, we used to chill somewhere in the stadium. And, after partyfun was the best part.Pallavi

The days spent in the stadium were good. With the pyramid, we had 2 majorproblems, time constraints and we had a wooden plank as a base for the pyra-mid.After 4-5 hrs of work, we realised that as we stepped on it, it moved and thusshook our pyramid. We had to put each and every step so cautiously; our speedreduced tremendously. But in the end, we all worked it out pretty well. Karan

We spent about 8-9 days in the stadium. For the first 5 days, we just brought thecups and put tags on them, and then in the last 3 days, we made the pyramid. Wetook help of a crane. We did not face any major difficulties. It was really a proudmoment for everyone. We can now say that we have a record to our names. Ayush

We were like a family there. Kushagra led us, and second years formed the coreteam. We needed a crane for the job, and in the days to come, we even developeda bond with the crane operator.Harshit

On 20thSeptember, 2016, the PortaCabin was brimming with excite-ment as inquisitive first-year stu-dents gathered to witness themuch awaited Investiture Cere-mony of the incoming council of theEconomics Society.The event wasgraced by Mr. Nitin Saluja, analumnus of the college- who ispresently working as Policy Pro-grams Manager for India and

South Asia at Facebookand the faculty members ofthe Economics Depart-ment.The audience wascompletely engrossed inMr. Saluja’s presentation,listening with rapt attentionas he narrated his story ofstruggles to success andpresented an informativereport titled - "Role of SocialMedia in Public Policy".After the session, President

Tanya Madan shared her vision totake the society to greater heights.The members of the outgoingcouncil were felicitated with me-mentos and certificates for theirservices to the society.The inaugu-ral ceremony came to an end withVice President Abhishek Pathakproposing the vote of thanks andvowing to maintain the legacy ofthe Economics Society.

ENACTUS Hansraj bags BEST PROJECT’ AWARD yet again

Year-round efforts of Enactus Han-sraj bore fruit at the Enactus IndiaNational Competition held on 21st

and 22nd July,2016 in Mumbai. Thecompetition witnessed severalbusiness, studentand academicleaders fromacross the coun-try, come togetherto showcase andappreciate im-pactful social ven-tures andcommunity out-reach projects.With over 67 teams competing, itwas not going to be an easy task.Yet, the never-say-die spirit andunending zeal among the Enactusmembers pushed them to go the

extra mile. Enactus Hansraj waspresented with the Best ProjectAward, for showcasing the "spirit ofveer" for the second time consec-utively by Coca-Cola, Being

Human, AmericanIndia Foundationand Enactus Indiafor their ProjectBoond – an initia-tive to provide theunderprivilegedwith clean drink-ing water throughthe production oflow-cost water pu-

rifiers that run without electricity.Shraddha Ghosh

Hansraj shines at PULSE’16

ETHNOBOTANY Economics Society -Inaugration

Google Session @ Hansraj

Geology- AAPGThe American Asso-ciation of PetroleumGeologist has been apillar of the world-wide scientific com-munity. The originalpurpose of AAPG is

to promote scientific research, toadvance the science of geology, topromote technology and to inspire

professional conduct. Currently,the World Professional GeologicalSociety has over 30,000 members,in over 116 countries around theworld. Many geologists, geophysi-cist, geochemist, CEO's, man-agers, consultants, students, andacademicians are the part of thisgroup.Sandeep Samal

Google's Applied Computer Sci-ence with Android program kickstarted this September in HansrajCollege. This was initiated byPiyush Panwar, a final year studentof the Computer Science Depart-ment. The program was conductedover three weekends and servedas a big boost for all budding

techno-geniuses who wish to carveout a niche for themselves. The re-sponse from the students wasoverwhelming. The sessions heldin college gave an elementary in-sight into Google's core mecha-nism.Ayesha Ahmed

The Botany Department, alongwith Institute of Life Long Learning,organized a two-day long NationalWorkshop on ETHNOBOTANY, on16th and 17th September, 2016.The first day of the workshopbegan with the lighting of the lampby the dignitaries: Dr. ShormishthaPanja, Director of Institute for Life-

long Learning, Prof. M.K.Pandit,and other eminent scientists.ThePrincipal, Dr. Rama, gave the wel-come address. Many teachers andstudents from different colleges ofDelhi University attended the work-shop. The two-day workshop fo-cused on the study ofEthnobotany.The theoretical dis-cussions were followed by practi-cal sessions to have a betterunderstanding of the subject. Thefinal day began with the brief recapof the events of the previous dayfollowed by practical session.The event ended with a vote ofthanks, proposed by Dr. MonikaKaul for the organizing committee.Participants were awarded withcertificates. It was a truly excitings e s s i o n .Anusha and Soumya

Swaranjali,the Music Society andKavyaakriti, the Classical DanceSociety of our College stole theshow at PULSE'16 - the annualcultural, literary and sports festivalof All India Institute of Medical Sci-ences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Boththe societies managed to grab fourprizes in total.Sarath S Kumar and Rohan Pras-sana from Swaranjali secured the

first prize for their Carnatic Vocals(Solo) and Instrumental (Solo) per-formances respectively. VaishnaviTyagi seized the third position forLight Classical Vocals (Solo) cate-goryKriti Kambiri and Nandita Nambiarfrom Kavyaakriti stood second inthe Classical dance (Duet) cate-gory.Anuj Pundir

Dramsoc at UDAAN’16

Hansraj Dramatics Society onceagain brought laurels for the col-lege. In UDAAN UTSAV’16, thesociety staged their annual streetproduction, Paramveer andbagged awards in the followingcategories;Best Production: Sec-ond position, Best Script: First po-

sitio,;Best Actress: Nandini Ahuja(Seventh position) .It was indeed a proud moment forthe College. We hope the Societymeets with success in their futureendeavours as well. Aradhana Gupta

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“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” —Goethe

The Guinness Achievers- A dream, a team, unquestionable hard work, unstoppable spirit and undoubted excitement.

See, how this dream was converted into reality by the students of Hansraj College.

A question was put forward to every member of the team- How were those days spent in the Stadium?

Here is what they said.

Guinness World Record Team

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Published By-Vision Society Hansraj CollegeEmail ID- hrcvision.du@gmail.com Convenors-Dr. Vijay Mishra (Hindi Dept.)Ms. Ruchi Sharma (English Dept.)

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Editorial BoardAbhimanyu Singh Tomar (Mathemat-ics)Anirban Chakraborty (Physics)Ankita Raina (English)Advaith Rajendra (Electronics)Suyash Dixit (Hindi)Technical TeamStudents -Abhishek Gupta(Computer Science)

Akshay Maurya( Physical Science)Arvind(Mathematics)Jaya Agrawal (Physical Science)Rahul Chawla (Electronics)Roshini Rajni (Economics)Photography CreditsStudents -Aman Singh (Geology)Ashish Arora (B.A. Programme)Saubhagya Saxena (B.A. Programme)

“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.” —Mortimer Adler

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