By MEDHA SHARMA

Engineer-turned-entre-preneur, Rana Uppalapa-ti from Vishakapattnam ,skates across the Golden quadrilateral to raise funds and generate awareness about child safety.

“At the end it is all about taking one day at a time. ” , says Mr. Rana.

He plans on skating for 90 days across major met-ropolitan cities and vari-ous small villages and dis-tricts, on the way, to create awareness among six lakh students . Skating every-day nearly 80-100km on difficult topographies and roads, is a task Mr Rana has volunterely under-

taken. When asked about his motivation to under-take such a difficult task, he responded, “When you know that the ground im-pact would affect the lives of nearly 25,000 children,

it is not hard to look for motivation. Collaborating with companies, who have passion for the same cause such as Titan Company Ltd. also helps to under-take this journey.

By MEHER DHANJAL

Student Affairs is a bridge that deals with student issues, connects the stu-dents to the university and ensures that discipline is mainatined. Milind Padalkar, the Dean of Stu-dent Affairs, said that he believes the center of grav-ity between students and the university should tilt towards the students.

‘The presence of a code of discipline does not im-ply that there should be military discipline. Good behavior is encouraged, but students are allowed to make their own mis-takes. This allow them to learn, as long as they’re developmental and not de-

structive,” said Padalkar. “Inside the classroom, you learn Maths and Physics, but I believe that you learn life lessons outside the classroom,” he said, “There are shades of indiscipline,”

he explained further. Ac-tion is taken on the basis of the severity of indiscipline. There are layered interven-tions available to ensure that pupils, themselves, learn from their mistakes.

Talking to students about being true to themselves is the way Padalkar deals with minor issues of indis-cipline.

Padalkar discourages such “intrusive” behavior of parents, as it doesn’t allow the student to make their own mistakes.

Padalkar said that he doesn’t believe in a dress code as it reminds stu-dents of school and also evokes the thought of a military-strict discipline. This form of discipline cre-ates robots, according to Padalkar. “We want to cre-ate good, competent, confi-dent individuals, not robots like school”, he said.

Recalling a specific in-cident on campus where

he had to deal with about 100 emotional students after there was a tiff in the hostel, he said, “Sometimes students want decisions to be taken instantly, which is not possible as there are certain procedures set in place.” Calling it a “bap-tism by fire, of sorts”, he explained that sometimes, difficult situations do arise where he has to deal with emotional, aggrieved pu-pils and has to talk them out of it.

The Student Affairs deals with issues relat-ed to hygiene, mess, food and transport. To ensure that the university and students, benefit from the department, transparency is maintained.

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Lucknow’s 18th century MNREGA concept

By DEVYANI VERMA

A symbol of grandeur from the Bada Imambara, the Bhool Bhulaiya in Luc-know, roughly translat-ed to ‘a place where one can forget directions, lose paths and get lost’, has a history that brought forth the idea of Mahatma Gan-dhi National Rural Em-ployement Guarantee Act (MNREGA), much before

it was introduced.“Have you heard of

that policy, the MNREGA one? This was like that pol-icy”, said Ahmed Ali, tour-ist guide at the Bara Imam-bara, Lucknow. In the late 18th century Avadh was reeling under severe drought and to provide employment to his peo-ple, Nawab Asaf-Ud-Doula decided to build the Bada Imambara.

He proceeded to talk about the artistic beauty and religious significance of the place, the walls structured and decorated in an intricate manner, the Nawab’s ‘begum’ or wives having a hall of their own, and how the place over-flowed with crowd on fes-tivals like Eid.

The Bhool Bhulaiya in-side the Bada Imambara comprises a network of

more than 1,000 passag-es, 489 identical doorways and a number of staircas-es. Only one of these stair-cases, when negotiated correctly, leads to the roof on the top from where it is convenient to come down by a normal straight stair-case. “The grooved walls of the building were designed in a manner that we can hear voices clearly even from far off distances”,

said Sameer Singh, a local who often visits the place.

The tunnels in this labyrinth are rumoured to lead to Faizabad, Al-lahabad and even Delhi, however have been sealed off due to reports on visi-tors getting lost. The struc-ture has been built with various tricks and tech-niques that are intriguing to not only see, but also hear.

Life’s lessons are learned outside the classroom: Milind Padalkar

By ISHITA GUPTA

Mr. JP Nadda, the Min-ister of Health and fam-ily welfare, reviewed the preparedness for the up-coming rounds of Mission Indradhanush with the Health Ministers and prin-cipal secretaries of 17 states through video conference.

Three rounds of im-munization drives of sev-en working days, each planned in 75 districts. The 1st round will be from 22nd October 2018, the second round from 22nd Novem-ber 2018 and the third round from 22nd Decem-ber 2018.

During the review in-teraction, Nadda issued the clear directions and supported all the states for

achieving targets of full im-munization under mission Indradhanush. He ensured that the left out and missed out children and pregnant women of the routine im-munization program in the country are provided full protection under the initi-ative.

Mission Indradha-nush is one of the flagship schemes of government of India that aims at achieving full immunization coverage of 90% by December 18. Nadda also emphasized on the need for regular review of planning and implemen-tation of all three rounds of MI should be done in state and district task force meetings to identify gaps in implementation and their resolution in a de central-

ized manner. Nadda stated that spe-

cial focus should be given to unvaccinated and par-tially vaccinated children and pregnant women in high risk, hard to reach areas like hamlets, brick kilns. Tribal, forest areas construction sites migrant settlements, etc. He further said the head count survey by Accredited social health Activiast ASHA and an-ganwaadi workers should be undertaken to cover all such areas and verification of survey should be done by ANMs/Supervisors. Union Health Minister said that the micro plans should be prepared on the basis of es-timated number of bene-ficiaries.

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Milind Padalkar (Dean of Student Affairs) in his office. Photo by Meher Dhanjal

Terrace of Bada Imambara, also known as Bhool Bhulaiya, Lucknow Photo by Devyani Verma

Letting their hair down for Dandiya By KHUSHI PAL

The list of the top 10 most high-casuality sports in the world will soon have ‘Taking a selfie’ on the top, with India leading the way.

When asked, what makes one take multiple selfies, Deghpreet Kaur Lamba, a selfie lover said that, “I love various fil-ters that are available as they enhance your look and even make you goofy. I enjoy taking pictures of myself.”

According to the 2016 report, “Me, Myself and My Killfie” by Carnegie Mellon University and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India has the high-est number of selfie deaths. As pointed out in the proj-ect’s latest data, India ac-counts for a startling 128 out of a total 213 selfie deaths recorded from 2014 to present. About 75 per-cent of those killed while taking a selfie were male and almost 70 percent of

victims were less than 24 years old.

But that does not stop the youth from indulging in this fatal act. Because being rebellious makes one cool, that’s what your four-digit followers will tell you. Be it on an out-ing with friends, a picnic with family or even inside the washroom- a selfie a day, keeps the haters at bay. Youngsters today are so obsessed with taking selfies, that if you’re some-body who doesn’t take at least three pictures in a day, you probably need to

get yourself checked. However, selfies re-

sulting in death and se-rious accidents has now become a global phenome-non. More than 250 people worldwide have died while taking selfies in the last six years, as per the new study published in the July-Au-gust edition of the ‘Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care’ from re-searchers associated with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

According to the study, the most common self-ie-killing scenario, that

has claimed 70 lives in six years is drowning — either falling into a large water body or being swept away by waves. Other deaths included posing on cliff’s edge and falling, acci-dentally shooting oneself when posing with a fire-arm, and even attacks by animals.

You might call yourself a risk-taker, but standing before a train is definitely not the smartest way to in-crease likes on your social media account. However, it is the mindset of the peo-ple that plays a huge role. It is time, we understand that taking such a snap is not worth risking one’s life.

However, it is the mindset of the people that plays a huge role. It is time we understand that taking such a snap is not worth risking one’s own life. Hopefully more people re-alise this though until then, as the famous song by The Chainsmokers goes, ‘But first, let me take a selfie!’

Members of Spic Macay presenting dance performance on Dandiya night. Photo by Tanya Goel

‘Selfie’ or a ‘Killfie’ for the youth?

Mr. Rana Uppalapati. Photo by Medha Sharma

By ESHA YADAV

Bennett University organ-ised a fun-filled Dandiya Night for the students on 16th October , on account of the Navratri Season.

The event was organ-ised by the Spic Macay Club. It started off with a Diya Lighting Ceremony

done by the Boys’ War-den, Mr Sameer Ailawa-di. This was followed by a dance performance which was also performed by the members of the Spic Macay Club. The dance was kicked off with a performance on Ganesh Vandana. The whole group danced to the popular garba songs like

Dhol Baaje, Udi Udi Jaye, Nagada Sang Dhol etc.

The dance was choreo-graphed by Rupalika Johri, a 1st year BJMC student, who was very excited about the opportunity to chore-ograph it. The girls were dressed in bright and col-ourful lehenga cholis. The boys also wore colourful

kurtas After the perfor-mance, the stage was then made open to all the stu-dents. The students danced till midnight. The event took place between the A and B block. Their was a food stall set up for serving sweets like Gulab Jamun and Jalebi to celebrate the ethinicity of the event.

BU student wins IIT prize

Mission Indradhanush in 75 districts of India for children

Children dancing in the rain Photo by Satvik Iyengar

A girl clicking a selfie. Photo by Khushi Pal

Language has never been a barrierMandava Shivani, first-year B.Tech student, discusses her experience of living in different cities of India | PAGE 5

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By ARNAB HOTA

The vice president of In-dia M. Venkaiah Naidu addressed the platinum jubilee celebration of Ethi-raj College for women, in Chennai today. He was joined by D.jayakumar the minister for fisheries and personal and Administra-tive Reforms.

While addressing the audience he statedthat “the excessive use of in-ternet and gadgets and how it affect the body of the youngster . He asked students and youngster to follow a strict routine and dedicate time for physi-cal exercise and stressed on women empowerment and girls education “wom-en empowerment is key to national development and India is taking major steps to involve women in India’s development journey” he said.

He appreciated the contribution of Women in national development and

said that Indian women have demonstrated ex-cellence in various fields, be it politics , industry ,sports and technology. that “the excessive use of internet and gadgets and how it affect the body of the youngster . He asked students and youngster to that “the excessive use of internet and gadgets and how it affect the body of the youngster . He asked students and youngster to follow a strict routine and

dedicate time for physi-cal exercise and stressed on women empowerment and girls education “wom-en empowerment is key to national development and India is taking major steps to involve women in In-dia’sdevelopment journey” he said.

He appreciated the contribution of Women in national development and said that Indian women have demonstrated excel-lence in various fields, be

it politics , industry ,sports and technology. “Educa-tion is not only an entry point to economic opportu-nities but also has positive ripple effect on all other social aspects of social de-velopment ” he said.Vice President Naidu stated that Ethiraj college for women made a modest beginning with 96 girls in 1948 and today it became Chennai’s largest women’s college with around 8000 students . He also mentioned about

the founder Thiru Ethiraj, an eminent lawyer who do-nated his life earning R.s 10 lakhs a month .

Thiru Ethiraj was tu-tored by Dr. Sarvepali Radhakrishna , the first vice president of Republic India . A successful bar-rister , he was graduated in legal studies from the Uni-versity of Dublin and upon his return , he joined the Madras Bar .

“ I am sure Thiru Ethi-raj would be delighted to see that the institution he founded has grown by leaps and bound over the last 7 decades and , in the course of its growth , has successfully empowered thousands of proud young women” he stated.

At last he congratlat-ed each and everyone who had played a part in the 70 years journey of the great institution and he is sure that the college will nurture and mould many more suc-cessful students.

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Bringing light to others’ lives through diyas

Diyas made by Kamlesh’s mother( Santosh). Photo by Tanya Goel

Excessive use of gadgets by youngsters. Photo by Ishita Gupta

Infographic by Ishaan Dwivedi

Infographic by Mahikah Malik

By MAHIKAH MALIK

A group of 40 enthusi-asts with experience in mountaineering who are working towards raising awareness on cleaning the river Ganga, called on Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi on 8th October.

The group of moun-taineers who successfully climbed Mount Everest and were led by Bachendri Pal, the first Indian wom-an to reach the summit of Mount Everest.The expedi-tion which was inspired by the Union Government’s Namami Gange campaign has been named “Mis-sion Gange.’’ The group will be travelling through the river from Haridwar to Patna, with halts at Bijnor, Narora, Farrukh-bad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi and Buxar. The group will raise awareness about keeping the river clean and also undertake cleaning activities in the above-mentioned cities.

On interacting with the group, the Prime Minis-

ter appreciated the group members for undertaking this initiative. He also un-derlined the importance of a clean and vibrant Gan-ga and urged the group to reach out to school children as a part of their awareness activities in the cities they

are transiting through. The Congress accused

Modi of betraying the peo-ple of Varanasi by failing to fulfill his promises of clean-ing the Ganga River, as pol-lution level was found to be more than that in 2014. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi alleged that ‘Namami Gange’ pro-jects have “miserably fal-tered” as only one-fourth of them have been completed till date with a few months left for the Modi govern-ment’s tenure to end.

He said the people of Varanasi and other cities along the Ganga river will never forgive the Prime Minister and his govern-ment for betraying them through unfulfilled prom-ises. According to him, cleaning the Ganga was one of the major poll prom-ises of the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha election. Going by the government’s own status report it looks very unlikely that it will be able to fulfil its own promise before the end of its tenure.

Based on PIB Report

By ISHAAN DWIVEDI

Road accidents are very common in India. Acci-dents occur either due to road rage , technical glitch or driver is at fault.

Technical glitches could include the break fails or petrol leakage. The drivers fault could include the driver being sleepy, be-ing drunk, speed driving or

involving in road rage. The technical glitches are usu-ally very difficult to identify before hand. Sometimes despite the driver being cautious accidents occur that is due to the other drivers fault. One such ac-cident which I witnessed a few days back was that of a wagon R being hit by a bus. The driver of wagon R was no where at fault in-fact his

speed was 60 km /hour and the maximum limit on the road was 70km/hour as it was a highway. The car was smashed badly but lucki-ly the driver or any other person were not injured.

The condition of lndi-an roads is very poor and deplorable due to which road accidents occur. The rate at road-accidents and fatality in the country is

very high. The road dam-ages should be addressed by the authorities. Most accidents occur during rains as the rubble be-comes loose causing man-holes to be formed and accidents being occurred.

Many people have lost lives due to road accidents.As per the data cited in the report, the country re-corded at least4,80,652

accidents in 2016, lead-ing to 1,50,785 deaths

People should be careful while driving and should not be indulge in road rage or drink and drive. Being cautious while driving will not only save one’s life but will save oth-ers life too. It is the total responsibility of the driver to be careful while driving. So be carefull, be safe. By TANYA GOEL

Diwali is here and Kam-lesh Jadhav, a 50 year old Diya maker in a small market in Delhi is very busy making 500 diyas every day with the help of his family. At the morn-ing hours, he makes di-yas and sells the them in

the evening at his small shop. He sells his diyas from 3rupees to 15rupees, depending on the sizes of Diya. He is able to sell almost all of them every day as festival season is going on, but diyas are a seasonal product so when he was asked what he does for the rest of year, he re-

plied that he makes differ-ent pots and hangings. He also said that nowadays, people are preferring wax candles and Chinese prod-ucts over diyas.

So, he is facing a lot of problems because of that. He added that he acquired this art of mak-ing Diyas from his father.

Educating women is key to national development

“People of Varanasi and other cities along the Ganga riv-er will never forgive the Prime Min-ister and his government for betraying them through unfulfilled promises.”

By DEENA DAYAL

Shashi Garden is a pub-lic park located in Mayur Vihar. Here, hundreds of people visit on a daily basis in order to relax, exercise, recreate and refresh them-selves. The park is two acres huge, surrounded by the DDA flats, completely filled with greenery, pave-ment for the pedestrians to walk, children’s play area and varanda for the people to sit, eat and re-lax. There are four entries and exits in the park and is protected with grills all over. The park is more than 20 years old.

Almost all age groups visit the park, children visit to play their favour-ite sport, ride on the slides and swings. Teenagers come here for running, exercising and for playing cricket and badminton with their friends. Elders visit to recreate and re-fresh themselves. During evenings, one can notice a group of old ladies visiting the park and doing yoga in order to keep themselves healthy and fit. Everyone

here, make friends who are just not friends but family too.

“This park brings happi-ness in every-one’s life. Hundreds of people visit on a daily basis in order to relax, exer-cise, recreate and refresh themselves.”

Sumithra Raghunath, 36 years old, said that, “I have been coming to the park regularly for the last six years and have always felt better after visiting the park, I visit the park mostly with my family, friends and sometimes alone when in stress, I feel very light hearted espe-cially when I come here on a walk with my husband.”

The park is always full of children playing football and cricket, oldies doing exercises and yoga.” She also said that, “My son is always adamant to visit the park to play with other children in the play area.”

The other one, Hithesh Varma, 18 year old, said that, “ I visit the park since my childhood. I used to come here and play crick-et with my dad then and now I come daily to play cricket with my friends. It feels really relaxed and refreshed especially dur-ing the exam time when I am stressed by my parents for securing good marks. I love this place very much as I feel connected with this park and have made a lot of memories here.

This park also organ-izes sports and festival events for the local mem-bers once in a year or so. Whenever the park is booked for marriages or some event, the park offi-cials give special attention towards the cleanliness of the park. This park brings happiness in everyone’s life.

Shashi Garden gives fresh air to thousands

‘Roots of social conflict cause for concern’PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Noted author and great-grandson of Mahata-ma Gandhi, Tushar Gan-dhi Tuesday said the social conflict cannot end unless the forces having vested interest in creating it cease to exist. There can be no peace in the world as long as the military-armament industry continues to call the shots in global affairs, he said, adding this indus-try would collapse if there is peace in the world.

Gandhi made the re-marks while delivering his keynote address at a semi-nar on Gandhian Perspec-tive on Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Aligarh Muslim University here.

It is the downtrodden, common people of the world who pay the price for the greed of power-brokers and the manufacturers of armaments, he said.

Referring to the inter-nal peace in the country, Gandhi said, “There are forces at work which thrive

by creating internal con-flicts in the country and as long as there are political forces which gain mileage out of conflicts, the country can never be at peace.”

He said India will tru-ly become a nation when all these conflicts between different sections of the so-ciety are resolved and the people work together for a common cause.

Touching upon the on-going conflict at the Saba-rimala Temple in Kerala , Gandhi said it was not the real ‘bhakts’ (devotees) of the Sabarimala deity who are at the forefront of this imbroglio. Calling upon the younger generation of the country to take up the challenge of resolving the internal conflicts presently plaguing the Indian socie-ty, Gandhi said it is for the youths to realise the im-portance of destroying the “seeds of conflict and hate” because it is their genera-tion which will have to face the brunt of such conflicts.

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When we love to celebrate traditions and rituals

Students performing during Navratri Photo by Vidushi Mittal

By VIDUSHI MITTAL

Navratri evening in Ben-nett university could not have been better if Suron Ka Sammelan event wasn’t organised.

Navaratri, also spelled Navratri or Navarathri, is a Hindu festival that lasts for nine nights, celebrated in the autumn of every year. It is observed for different reasons and celebrated dif-ferently in various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

The clubs Spicmacay and Advaita organised the event on 15 October in the cafeteria on the 6th day of Navaratri, it started at around 7pm and lasted up until 8:30pm.

The event commenced when Ganesh sir lit the lamp. Everyone was excit-ed for this evening where Mahendiwale were called

for getting the girls ready for the event.

Most girls wore salwar kameez where as and boys wore kurta pyjamas. White mattresses were neatly ar-ranged on the floor and in-struments like the

Tabla, Harmonium, and guitar were kept be-side the mattresses. The crowd was excited for the event, students were standing on the tables total a peek at the performance. The students sang iktara, afreen, kabira, ilahi and many more songs. The au-dience also sang along with the students who were per-forming, a lot of cheering and clapping gave it a more enjoyable vibe, while many other students covered the event through videos and photos. The event was a blast and a stress busters, everyone had a great time.

When mehendi and music were in the air

Senior warden Sameer Ailawadi lighting up the lamp Photo by Tanya Goel

Killing the Ravana within ourselvesBy JAHANVI MANCHANDA

Navratri is a Hindu festival which lasts for nine days and is celebrated every year in autumn. It is a col-ourful and a joyous festi-val. The end of Navratri is marked with burning of the Ravana which symbol-ises the end of evil.

In North Indian states Navratri is celebrated by keeping a nine-day fast and worshiping Goddess Durga. At the end of the ninth day young girls who are considered to be a symbol of the Goddess are invited to households and are worshipped. Their

feet are washed and are given poori chole a form of Prasad along with some money to pay respect.

Navaratri is marked by numerous Ramlila events, where episodes from the stories of Rama and Rava-na are enacted by artists in rural and urban centres.

“In Delhi we usually celebrate the festival by worshipping Goddess Dur-ga and keeping a nine-day fast. At the end of the ninth days young girls are called to worshiped after which the structure of Ravana is burnt, marking the end of evil,” said Sahasradeep Sharma a law student at

Fairfield Institute of Man-agement and Technology, Kapashera.

Navratri is one of the main festivals in Gujarat. The traditional method includes fasting for a day, or on each of the nine days such by not eating grains and just consuming liquid foods, in remembrance of one of nine aspects of God-dess Shakti.

All the people dress up in their ethnic best. The streets are decorated with lights and pandals are set up with Goddesses Durga in it. The final day which is known as Dussehra, the statues of Ravana which

symbolises evil are either immersed in a water body or are burnt with fireworks marking evil's destruction. The festival also starts the preparation of one of the most important and widely celebrated holidays, Diwali which is known as the fes-tival of lights is celebrat-ed twenty days after the Dussehra

“Navratri is a pious and a colourful festival in our house. We usually keep a nine-day fast and celebrate Navratri with Garbo on each day and we dress up in our ethnic best”, said, Foram Delvadia fashion designing, NIFT-Gujarat.

Students dancing on the Garba night Photo by Tanya Goel

Stuedents dressed up for the Garba nightPhoto by Tanya Goel

“In Delhi we usually cele-brate the festival by wor-shipping Goddess Durga and keeping a nine-day fast. At the end of the ninth days young girls are called to worshiped after which the structure of Ravana is burnt, marking the end of evil.”

-Sahsradeep Sharma

Will Rock ’n’ roll survive this era of electronic music?By JATHIN NAIR

Many rock bands have been evolving or changing their genre to a more pop style.Although they would still be strumming their electric guitars and beat-ing their drums, the music has turned to a lighter gen-re since then people have questioned ,Is rock music a dying art?

To many rock music is about a statement made to counter the previous generation’s music.Before the origin of rock, music was all about jazz, big-bands consisting of around 8 members or more, complex harmonies and smoother music.

After which came the rock ’n’ roll revolution which changed the music industry in an unpredicta-

ble manner which involved 3-5 members, guitar licks, riffs, with simple chords and lively music, just like Elvis Presley’s music was a statement against old norms -especially when he performed live.

According to a Forbes report,Nielsen’s Music’s annual has looked at music in the US and for the first time ever hip-hop,R&B is the dominant genre.

The report also stated that” it’s not all bad news for rock music as it still ac-counts for around 40% of all album sales in the US, however hip-hop and R&B are more popular on Spo-tify and Apple Music than rock and pop combined, accounting for at least 29%-a figure that is said to be growing fast.”

Some of rock’s biggest

acts are still set to release albums this year like Foo Fighters and Queens of Stone Age, whereas bands like Metallica, Twenty-One Pilots,Imagine Dragons have topped charts show-ing that rock music isn’t going to die any soon.

In the history of rock ’n’ roll, Queen always stood out from the rest for its versatile music, smooth solos, vibrant vibe and breath-taking lyrics and al-ways remained on the top in the history of rock while they were inspired by art-ists like Elvis Presley(king of rock ’n’ roll),Eddie van Halen(the solo master), the Beatles (the great-est band of all time),Jimi Hendrix(the legend of rock’n’roll),The Who, Led Zeppelin etc.

Rock music continues

to live on through the ages of transition and evolution of music, it does not mat-ter on the fact that at one time it lurked in the shad-ows of other genres or was in the forefront(in the 80’s and 90’s),it continues to be a form of lively music and rock bands still live to fight on the evolved cultural trends in this modern age of music.

Surely rock ‘n’ roll is old but its legacy will last as long as music evolves, rock music will continue to live winning hearts .

Nielsen’s Music’s annual has looked at music in the US and for the first time ever hip-hop,R&B is the dominant genre.

Cinematography: A whole new approach

A student playing the guitar Photo by Jathin Nair A drummer in action Photo by Jathin Nair

By AANYA SINGH MISRA

On 10th of October ISAC, the photography club of Bennett University held its first workshop on Cin-ematography for the club members as well as non-club members. Dikshant Arora, Shurbhanu Dutta conducted the workshop on basics of cinematography and explained the audience about frame rates , camera composition and camera angles.

“Cinematography for me means the art of taking a video to show the viewer that he is inside the frame,” says Sharbhanu Dutta, Mentor of the club. The club decided to take up cin-ematography classes as the

core team felt that conduct-ing a workshop will give them an insight on what the members are capable of and where exactly does their interest lie. The work-

shop included two main slides on the types of shots such as low angle, wide an-gle, etc. and editing using iMovie, Filmora and pre-miere pro. By the end of the workshop they also made them do an activity on how to make a Hyperlapse us-ing Microsoft Hyperlapse, a software used in mobile phones- It allows the pho-tographer to take motion shots in its simpler form.

15 people attended the first workshop which last-ed for about one and a half hours after which feedback forms were provided to them, on the basis of the re-sponses provided by them, the club is happy and ready to introduce more work-shops in the future.

By ISHAAN DWIVEDI

Dr. Pradeep K Shrivasta-va, a former director at (Central Drug Research institute) CSIR Lucknow who is a national award winner delivered a lecture on “Bionic learning sci-ence from nature” in the lecture hall on Tuesday, 11 October 2018.

In his lecture, he men-tioned how science be-comes easy by learning from nature.

He also mentioned that real science is in na-ture and to substantiate his point he gave the ex-ample of Newton’s Law of gravity theory.

He further empha-sized his point by saying that, “Nature is the ulti-

mate reality and cannot be changed.”

Dr. Shrivastava gave a lecture on, how he discov-ered Science Toon, where he explained how science can be simplified and ex-plained easily with the help of cartoons

He recalled the time when he was invited for a very big event where he was amongst eminent per-sonalities.

There were people ap-proaching these personal-ities for an autograph, but there was not a single per-son who approached him.

He termed this experi-ence as a turning point in his life and it was after this that he discovered Science Toon.Students learning cinematography

Photo by Aanya Singh Misra

Science Toon: A new way to learn

Dr. Shrivastava giving a lecture Photo by Ishaan Dwivedi

“Cinematog-raphy for me means the art of taking a video to show the viewer that he is inside the frame.”-Sharbhanu Sharma

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Yo Yo Honey Singh’s ‘Billionaire’, a ‘poor’ party anthemBy KYLE SIMLAI

Yo Yo Honey Singh’s latest track release ‘Billionaire’ failed to top the charts un-like his other songs. The song follows the same genre as his pre-vious songs. His songs have found a great appeal among the youth of today but this new song is a dis-appointment. The lyrics are explicit and thus not pleasing to the listener.

The movie ‘Baazaar’ gives prominence to Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte, Chitrangda Singh and Ro-han Mehra, a debutant. The film released its sec-ond song by Yo Yo Honey

Singh titled ‘Billionaire’. The song features Elli AvRam and is available on the official channel of Times Music.

Singh has been in Bol-lywood since his debut in Shakal Pe Mat Ja, fea-turing Gagan Sidhu. Singh charged Rs. 7 million for a song in the film ‘Mas-tan’. Some of his other popular songs include “Lak 28 Kudi Da” which bagged the No. 1 position in the BBC Asian Down-load Charts in May 2011. He is not only a rapper but also an actor and a pro-ducer. Born in Punjab in 1983, he spent the initial years of his life there. His

real name is Hirdesh Sin-gh. He enrolled himself in the prestigious “Trinity School” to learn the art of music.

He was greatly influ-enced by the likes of vari-ous legends such as James Brown, Ludacris, Dr. Dre and Bob Marley and he drew inspiration from them. This inspired him to introduce a new variant of music in the form of Pun-jabi rap in the film indus-try.

When it comes to the youth’s opinion on the singer, Aryan Kapur, a first year student, says, “Hon-ey Singh may be popular but his lyrics are insignif-

icant,”. Singh has been commended with several awards for his contribu-tion to the Indian Music Industry.

When it comes to the direction of the music track, the appearance of Elli AvRam, Saif and Ro-han in the song is just below average. Billion-aire didn’t keep up to the expectations and did not meet the standards and disappointed the audience as well. The rap by Yo Yo is entirely a let down however the producer’s hope is that the dazzle of Elli AvRam, and the dapper avatars of Saif and debutante Rohan Mehra could possibly save

the party anthem. While the first song of the movie was a Gujrati rap, this song is a party anthem.

The rapper however continues to endure his love for alcohol, wine, women and partying just as the lyrics of his latest song suggest. The theme of the song is suitable but the disappointing part is the strange and wild lyr-ics the song has. One has to listen to it quite a few times to make sense out of it. He hopes to continue to entertain his audience and hopefully one day, suc-ceeds in doing so as he his fans are eagerly waiting for more tracks to groove on.

Age no barrier to dream big By GAMINI CHANANA

Vijender Kumar, 62, be-longs to Jhansi and now lives in Birondi village in Greater Noida. He is work-ing as a security guard in Eldeco Green Meadows. He has a family of six peo-ple consisting of his wife and 4 children. His dream was to become a teacher and teach poor people so that they can get educated. He also says that his dream is to have his own business and to earn.

Vijender’s dream is to buy a motorcycle and go on a long drive with his wife as he wants his wife to feel happy. He was a road keeper before being a guard and since the past 14 years he is a doing the job of a security guard. Three of his children are married and living a happy life and his wife is working as a farmer to earn money.

He says he wants his child who is studying in 5th standard to be educated and get a good job so that he doesn’t live a life like his. He even went through an accident trauma 2 years back. He is living on rent with his family and pays 1500/- per month and the good part is that the gov-ernment is providing some amount of money to him and other people living in his village.

He also struggled as

there were no washrooms in his village but with the help of the government the washrooms were con-structed and for that the government paid Rs 10, 000 to each family and they added some amount of money from their own savings for the construc-

tion of the washrooms.He concluded by say-

ing that “We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns so that we live a happy life and our dreams come true as nobody deserves to be in trouble.”

Vijay Kumar, 62, security guard in Eldeco Green Meadows Photo by Gamini Chanana

Duo makes Bennett’s flowers bloom By AMULYA SHREE

Working as a gardener in Bennett University since the past two years, Ameena belonging to Kolkata, West Bengal, has a very strong interest in teaching from her childhood but couldn’t make it due to her parent’s death at a very early age. She lives on rent in Dabri village near Bennett Uni-versity for which she pays Rs.800 as rent per month.

She has been doing the job of a gardener since the past two years in Ben-nett University and her duties include cutting, planting, staking, divid-ing and weeding. She gets Rs.7,500 for her job. She got married at the age of 16 and has four kids, one boy and three girls. Her children go to a free gov-ernment school. “We have never faced any problem regarding our children’s studies.”, says Ameena. “They are provided with every necessity i.e. books, copies, school dress and bag for free”, she added.

Ameena’s husband Muzaffar, 40, spoke in a very articulate and con-vincing manner and his answers provided plenty of depth and insight. He also has a good command over English language. Throughout the interview, he communicated in Eng-

lish and shared his back-ground. He studied till 11th standard after which his step mother forced him to drop out to work for the family.

Muzaffar shared the problems he faced due to his first wife’s death. His first wife, Nashra Begum, died 10 years ago due to breast cancer. He shared a very strong and affection-

ate bond with her. “I spent all my savings to save her. Doctors told me that she had only 7 days left. The only way to save her was to shift her to AIIMS Delhi. I don’t know if I was a good husband to her because I left her to die. What could I do? I didn’t have money”, Muzaffar added with sad-ness.

Despite all the strug-

gles he has faced, Muzaf-far is trying his level best to teach his children. He promotes women educa-tion and believes that girls should be given unbiased and equal opportunity in every field. “The first rea-son why girls are pulled out of school is because of family responsibilities. I’ll not let that happen. I’ll teach my daughter-in-law

even when my son gets married”, he says. He is very passionate about his children’s childhood and teaches them for one hour everyday. “It’s amazing how important our child-hood is and how often we go back to it to understand ourselves better. I want my kids to have a beautiful childhood filled with hap-piness”, he added.

When south meets north

Gardeners Ameena and husband Muzaffar are responsible for the beauty of Bennett University’s gardens Photo by Amulya Shree

By AYUSHI BISHT

Satya Sai Srija, hailing from Tamil Nadu is a first-year student of Bennett Uni-versity who faced many problems adjusting in the nothside of the country but managed to overcome them anyway. When asked if language is a barrier in communi-cation and building rela-tionships with people?, she says, “Yes, sometimes. As the languages spoken by North Indian people is closely related to modern European languages which are inflectional in nature whereas the South Indian languages are more com-plex”.

“It’s always good to have friends from different cul-tural backgrounds, we get new exposures by knowing different communities, but it gets tough sometimes in making friends and under-standing each other’s feel-ings,” Srija added.

Another difference she feels is in the dressing styles of North and South Indians. “Women in North prefer salwar kameez or chudidaar, whereas in South, sari is the preferred attire especially after mar-riage.

The sparkling white dhoti or colourful lungis, the desired attire of men in the south is not popular in northern parts,” says Sri-ja. When asked about the food, Srija says she did not find the quality of food up

to the mark and is even dis-appointed in the way food is cooked. Because when it comes to food, taste maters a lot to her. “The food that we are used to having in the South is very tasty and spicy but the food here in the hostel is simply taste-less,” she added.

The key festivals in-clude Pongal which is also called the ‘Festival of Tam-ils’ or ‘Makara Sankranti’. It is a four-day harvest festi-val which is one of the most widely celebrated festivals across Tamil Nadu. Pongal

is celebrated by discarding and destroying old clothes and materials by setting them on fire to mark the ‘end of the old and emer-gence of the new.

One thing Srija misses the most is her home in Ta-mil Nadu. She misses her parents, friends, food and the language. When asked about what she likes the most about the university, she says, “The greenery and the cleanliness maintained in the university”. While what she does not like is the ‘hostel food at all .”

Satya Srija all dressed to celebrate Pongal Photo by Ayushi Bisht

Learning to cope By AANYA SINGH MISHRA

As difficult as any other thing in the world is, adapting to an entirely new environ-ment and culture happens to top the list yet Pratyush Sharma, 19, a BBA student from Rajasthan, shares how Bennett helped him to gain a greater sense of freedom, privacy and more time to in-trospect. He has also gained confidence when meeting new people and capturing new opportunities coming his way.

They say our culture, traditions and language are the foundations upon which we build our identi-ty. “Sometimes it’s the jour-ney that teaches you a lot about the destination”says Pratyush as he quotes Ca-nadian rapper, Aubrey Drake Graham. He says, “Our cultural environment plays a key role in shaping one’s identity.”

He emphasised upon the fact that language plays a foundation for any commu-nication or relationship but, it can also become a barrier if the parties involved come from different cultures or background. “Language is the key to one’s culture how-ever, it may be an alienated concept for another,” adds Pratyush. There were diffi-culties faced by him when he felt lost and excluded as he was not able to express himself to the other person properly due to lack of cul-tural knowledge he/she had which further led to misun-

derstandings. “I sometimes dislike the layers of different personalities that people depict here which makes it difficult for me to judge a person for his/her true self,” says Pratyush.

“I overcame such dif-ferences by trying to adapt to others perspectives and

working on the best way possible to fit in the new place,” he added.

Food was the second thing which he hated the most. He recalls the taste of his home cooked meals which had a healthy com-position of vegetables and spices to create an almost intricate balanced diet. When asked to do a com-parison between the people in Jaipur and Bennett Uni-versity, he said that there were no significant differ-ences in terms of manner-isms but the thinking was definitely different.

On a whole he is happy and has met people from various places with differ-ent mindsets which makes his environment diverse.

By ARYAMAN CHOUDHARY

“Life of a security guard is not an easy task. It is 12 hours labour of tackling students, arranging facil-ities like room cleaning etc,” says the 22-year-old security guard, Vijay Ku-mar, working for Safety Guard Company at Ben-nett University.

Kumar, who belongs to Nainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, is an ethical and humble man who works hard every day to support his family. His family consists of a broth-er, a sister and his parents. He is the eldest among them. Currently, both of his siblings are enrolled in school. Vijay is determined and is working hard persis-tently towards becoming a Policeman. He has taken several attempts for the same but has not succeed-

ed yet. But, Vijay is a hard working determined man who will continue trying till he does not succeed. He will try again next year for the same. On being asked why is he so persistent on becoming a policeman, he says, “I want to raise my standards of living, so that I can educate my siblings and provide my family

with a better lifestyle. Be-ing the eldest son in the house, I bear the greatest share of responsibilities. Also, being a policeman is often associated with high status and respect in the society.”

He is not satisfied with his current job but has to work to support his family. He gets merely ₹ 10,800 for a 12-hour shift job, which he thinks is not enough considering the sweat he puts in.

Vijay likes to play football in the playground near his house, which is a 15-minutes drive from Bennett University’s cam-pus. He says he still finds some time on weekends to play football in Usra (local name for the playground). Football and some exercise in the morning is his way to stay fit.

‘I want to raise my standards of living, so that I can provide my family with a better lifestyle.’

Vijay Kumar ensuring everything is in place Photo by Aryaman Choudhary

Tale of aspiring policeman

‘I dislike the layers of dif-ferent person-alities that people depict which makes it difficult for me to judge them.’

20 million views and counting for ‘Billionaire’ Photo by Kyle Simlai

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By ADITYA MISHRA

Mandava Shivani, a B.Tech first year student who comes from an army background talks about how life is when one lives in different parts of the country. She talks about her experiences of having lived in army camps, can-tonment area and govern-ment colonies.

Shivani describes how living in various places has been more or less the same except for the accent and the food. Changing home every two years has been fun, for one never knows where she is going next.

Shivani has lived in many places. She was born in Hyderabad and since then she has experienced the culture and lifestyle of many places like Varana-si, Allahabad, Dehradun, Secunderabad and now Kolkata.

Asking Shivani if lan-guage has been a barrier in communication and building relationships, she

said, “Language has never been a barrier for me. I’ve been studying in the public schools where mostly all the students are familiar with English, which makes it easy for me to communi-cate. The language actually helps for me to break the ice and make new friends! Trust me it’s fun.”

When asked if there

was any friction between students from different backgrounds, Shivani said, “It’s food and clothing. Every time I go to a new place, I’m always enthusi-astic to have the local food and to try on the clothes! They bring a sense of fa-miliarity.”

Food is an important component of local life.

And she’s always keen to talk about it. “Ah, that’s an important topic now. Food for me is life. Food actually connects me to a place. I’ve already lived in a lot of places now. Having said that, I think Varanasi has the best Indian food whereas Dehradun serves the best snacks.” she adds.

When asked about the key defining points of her culture, she says that she belongs to Telangana and her culture is very sub-tle though very colourful. they love colours and are obsessed with gold jewel-lery. “You’ll often find girls wearing heavy lehengas in daily routine. We’re very grounded that ways,” she quoted.

However, when she is in other cities it is her hometown and her family that she misses the most. “I also miss my local friends and my big bungalow! This city life is very charming but at times I do miss the calm environment!,” she added with a smile.

Mandava Shivani has travelled to a lot of places making it easy for her to abbsorb diversity

Dealing with stereotypes hasbeen difficult for South IndiansBy ANUSHKA SINGH

In a conversation that re-volved around the differ-ences between North and South, Tanvi Penumudy, a first-year student of CSE Engineering talks about the same. She dislikes the feeling of casteism that is prevalent in South India. Tanvi who hails from Hy-derabad talks about ad-justing in the new culture, the stereotypes associat-ed to South Indians and the things that she misses about her home.

Conversation started with Tanvi telling about her family which includes her parents and a younger sis-ter who is currently study-ing in fifth grade. On being asked if language serves as a barrier, Tanvi replied by saying that it is definitely not the case. Everyone in her family speaks fluent Hindi and that it was her third language in school. So, she can write it well but not speak that fluent-ly as compared to people

who have Hindi as their first language. Hanging out with her friends and food are the things that she misses the most about Hyderabad. Her favourite dishes include Biryani and South Indian thali. Tan-vi talks about how food in her town is spicier and richer but being a food-ie, she is open to trying

out different cuisines and hence she hasn’t faced any food-related issues. Every culture has its own pos-itives and negatives, the fact that some people are orthodox and hence reluc-tant to accept change. She also dislikes the feeling of casteism that’s prevalent at her place. Like people from other communities,

South Indians also face stereotypes like speaking weak Hindi and being con-fined to their own commu-nities. “I don’t really react to them and just ask the people to avoid generalis-ing because not everyone is like that,” she said, while talking about her way of dealing with stereotypes.

Tanvi then talked about the things that she dislikes about her current place which includes peo-ple hardly showing any enthusiasm for festivals, high crime rate in the na-tional capital region and putting up an unnecessary barrier between people from North to South India because of the way they are treated by residents. And lastly, she also explained her way of adjusting to a new environment which includes interacting with local people, browsing through the net about lo-cal customs and visiting places that have played a key role in shaping that culture .

Tanvi dislikes the prevalence of casteism.

Memories to cherish from the magical hills of Chakrata

A trip to Chakarata was organised by Nomads, an in-house club of Bennett University.The trip allowed students to discover a lot of new places, people and most importantly develop memories to cherish upon. Various activities during the trip included bonfire and star-gazing. Students were also taken to Budher Caves followed by a trek to Tiger Falls.

Photos by LAASIYA PRIYABonfire at hotel Facing the mighty Tiger falls

The cozy tents at the site where students spent two nights.

The long trekking site

Student enjoying a bonfire

Food is an ice-breaker to make friends for this Army daughter

Group picture from the trek site Waterfalls at Mussourie

View of ‘hotel High Hill’ from a distance in Chakrata

By DEBPARNA NAYAK

M.Sharanya is pursuing her studies at Symbiosis College of Arts and Com-merce, Pune in Psychology Hons and aims to be a Psy-chologist. Apart from stud-ies she is a EXO. She hails from Vishakhapatnam and is currently in Pune for her studies.According to her language is probably the biggest barrier she faced when she moved to Pune.

It took her time to get used to their normal life-style, because the first thing the localities assume is that you understand everything they are saying ,unless you tell them you can’t understand the lan-guage and sometimes it so happens that you tend to get less importance and areleft out during formal conversations. Topics that are sensitive in nature are ignored knowingly by both the sides, as they

might sound insulting to the other. For her food is moderately good. One needs food for survival so even if you aren’t on good terms with the food here, at some point of time you tend to get used to it. The key defining point of her culture is that being a South Indian if there’s one thing that’s common in them is that most of them are conservative in nature. So, once you come out from a place where lit-erally everything is open, allowed and acceptable, it does look uncomfortable. Another point is being a vegetarian,apart from cul-ture can be considered as another barrier.

The whole festive sea-son is different. She felt biased when they cele-brated Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival of their own state and you aren’t even given a day’s holiday on Pongal, the festival of

Andhra Pradesh. Being a hosteler and living far away from your home the one thing that an indi-vidual misses the most is home-made food, noth-ing can beat that. It is the only thing that makes one feel healthy in a new city where even hostel food is

considered unhealthy for some. If there’s something she highly disliked in the new city, it would be the traffic due to it’s increas-ing pressure on the land. People over there actually don’t follow traffic rules or signals. Hailing from a city where following rules has

been made compulsory, watching people break sig-nals let’s say for example riding a two-wheeler with-out a helmet is sickening. She disliked the fact that “How free the city is. No limits, no boundaries”The factors that made Pune outshine enough according to her is due to the pres-ence of renowned schools and colleges. Some of these institutions are also listed amongst the best schools and colleges of In-dia is also the reason why Pune is referred as ‘Oxford of East. Let’s not forget the pleasant and soothing cli-mate it has all year round. Talking about monsoon, that’s the best time to ex-plore nearby places, the whole city is covered in green, roads are clean, and the climate is cooler than you can imagine. And she also mentioned how it has always been her favourite time of the year.

By VIDUSHI MITTAL

Andhra Pradesh is known as the “Rice Bowl of India” which is like a melting pot of varied cultures. Nit-ish Veera,18, who is from Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh, is a Computer Sci-ence Engineering student in Bennett university and speaks Telugu. He said, “Telugu is an extremely in-tense and rich language.” He enjoys the company of Telugu speaking people in Bennett and has really less Hindi speaking friends. He said, “I don’t understand Hindi so communicating with Hindi speaking peo-ple gets really tough for me. Thus, I have really less Hindi speaking friends.” For him culture here is a lot different from the cul-ture in Andhra Pradesh.

He said, “Everything is different here from the food to the language and even the way of celebrat-ing festivals.” According to him, people here have no boundaries, they can wear whatever they want to. He has noticed that, people here wear anything they want during festivals but

in Andhra Pradesh peo-ple wear a particular dress during festivals for ex-ample, during Sankranti, women wear half sarees only. He has also noticed that in North India, most-ly, the major festivals are celebrated like Diwali, Holi, Dussehra whereas in Andhra Pradesh there are

other festivals which are celebrated that too with a lot of excitement like Sank-ranti (farmers festival). He says his favourite festival is Diwali. While talking about the food in Bennett, he says, “Only the South Indi-an food is what I like here.” He added that, “I miss the food made by my mother especially the South In-idan food.” “In these three months, I have made many nice friends here, most of them are from South. Also, I enjoy the events organ-ised here by our seniors like the pyjama parties, talent hunts etc.

Life in Bennett is fun-just because of my friends. But I want t0 know more about the people and their cultures. I hope in these three years I will be able to know about their cultures

and will also make friends other than the South In-dian people,” says Nitish.He also mentioned one of the core reasons for him to come to Delhi was to try and adapt to a new enviro-ment and meet new people. Also, to try and change the mentality of people regard-ing his culture and beliefs. And to try and start accept-ing other traditions and lifestyles of living as there is a huge gap present.

Nitish is really looking forward to the upcoming challenges and adven-tures he will face. He has learned so many things in the past two months and there are 4 years to go which he wants to spend with lots of memories and learning and experiences along with friends to be cherished for a life time.

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Kushagra Singh in his natural habitat Photo by: Satvik Suresh Iyenger

Living in two different cultures

By SATVIK SURESH IYENGER

Being from an army back-ground does give you many advantages, although such advantages come at a cost. Knowing different lives across the states on a map is always a plus point but doing so while losing con-tacts with your close ones is a negative. On top of that, it takes time for one to get the better of their new surroundings.

Here’s Kushagra’s sto-ry, touching every part of his journey over the past two months. Having spent most of his childhood in Jharkhand,this is reflect-ed in the way he talks. Although he has lived in the valleys of Kashmir for a long time , Delhi has al-ways been an alien land. Life in Bennett has helped a 19-year-old Kushagra not only in understanding the trends of Delhi , but also introspect on all the sce-narios he has faced in mul-tiple places time to time.

Starting with language being a barrier, Kushagra feels otherwise about the statement. Despite certain differences in the usage of a word, the vocabulary pretty much remains the same , despite a different background to their lives, a friction in relationships has never been an occur-rence, in fact, a difference plays a medium of curious-

ness of knowing the other person, and in Kushagra’s case, it works quite well. Although the passage lead-ing to the two months of his college life have been smooth, there’ve been cer-tain issues that fortunately he has been able to over-come.

Kushagra has a very different idea of food served at a place. He be-lieves food is a link be-tween two minds. You could either hate a dish or like it, and quite some-times this happens to be a coincidence. Kushagra has had the best of con-versations over food which somehow has helped him make better bonds. Talk-ing about his own culture, Kushagra feels he has been very distant from the source.

Despite no great knowledge of his own cul-ture, Kush does under-stand the importance of his culture. With all sorts of points racked up from

a behaviour of a person to the food they eat, Kusha-gra is trying to brush up everything to stay intact. When it comes to mis -sing something the most from his previous ‘home,’ he had nothing substantial to answer. Initially it was not having the same warmth of home, but now over the days he has worked on that too. Although one thing he was really opposed to was the concept of groups. “It was like a door that I could never open on such trust-ed bonds upfront that pre-vented me from reaching a good spot with the peo-ple” But with a smile on his face and positive vibes spread across, he has been able to cut the rope and get a fair share of his own presence among the mass. He also shared how he overcame his fear of being judged by people around him and how he stopped caring about what other people thought about him. He also said that he’s sur-rounded by critical people all the time and every now and then they taunt him and make him feel low but he constantly reminds himself that he’s way be-yond these negative people and there are other things in life which are to be ap-preciated.

“Live and let live” add-ed Kush at the end of the interview.

Nitish Veera clicked during the Chakrata Trip Photo By : Laasiya

Overcoming the language barrier in a new place

Leaving comfort zone of Vishakapatnam not easy but necessary for her growth

Malika Sharma with her friends ( third from left )

Sharanya at her home during diwali

Beauty of north and southBy ANUSHKA AGRAWAL

“Language is the first hur-dle that a South Indian has to cross when she arrives in Delhi,” said Ratna Kishore, a Tamilian from Chennai settled in the Capital.

Based on the inter-views with Ratna Kishore, who hails from Chennai a brief contrast of the life, culture , traditions and values of the people living in the northern parts and the southern parts of India is highlighted. Ratna said that the main difference between her birthplace and adopted home is the language spoken by the people. “Tamil is the lin-gua franca in Tamil Nadu,” Ratna said. When she first arrived in Delhi she was not conversant in Hindi, which is the language of the people living in north-ern India.

Ratna felt handicapped at many places and used to speak in English.“The peo-ple from Delhi and its sur-rounding areas are more inclined towards western culture, whereas people from South India broadly adopt a traditional life-style,” Ratna said.

“Interacting with stu-dents was tedious,” Ratna pointed out. In the early days of her college, she preferred to remain aloof.

In South India, the basic food ingredients are rice , coconut, groundnuts, spices, pulses and seafood. Many South Indian dishes like dosa, idli, sambhar, vada, upma and uthappam are popular in North In-dia as well. So Ratna did not miss her food as it was available in many restau-rants in Delhi. . The people

of South India are more deep rooted towards their culture . They preserve their rich cultural heritage which they have inher-ited as legacy from their ancestors . The intricate architecture , paintings , sculpture can be visualized in the beautiful temples , buildings and monuments of South India . Rich dis-play of wealth and sculp-tor marks the beauty of their deep rooted culture and beliefs .she gets emo-tional when she describes the festive celebration of Pongal , a harvest festival . According to her she miss-es the grandeur and the traditional beauty of this festival in Delhi. In spite of state differences between the backgrounds of both the states , the best part as printed out by Ratna is that “ The people of both the places have the same love and feelings for their northern India . Love is the common thread which runs between the people of northern India and south-ern India . There are some

people who try to create rift in the hearts of the people of both the states. They try to forge the cause of culture , language and colour of the people . This pains Ratna Kishore the most and she hopes that the beauty of the colourful beads of the garland stays intact for generations to-gether.

India is a vast coun-try with diverse culture , creed, religion , value , tra-ditions and customs. Peo-ple from different ethnic backgrounds live here with peace and harmony. The beauty of co-existent with preserved values and cus-toms of each and every in-dividual marks the unique-ness of this land. This is is what makes our land so diverse, full of people who are different yet united . Ratna’s story shows how language hurdles can be overcome and life in the Capital is not that bad af-ter all.She hopes to cope up with the differences be-tween the two and lead a peacuful life.

Ratna Kishore at a temple with her family (Second from left )

Having a ‘Kushy’ life in BU

By MAHANDRILAI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that more people under his government are paying taxes because they have faith that their money is being used properly, but pitched for a ‘tax-plus one’ system where citizens con-tribute little more towards society besides honestly paying taxes.

Speaking at a town-hall with IT professionals, he said the future lies in technology which should be used to develop solu-tions for issues facing the world’s fastest growing economy.With the recent spike in international oil prices creating a mini-pan-ic on retail fuel prices in the country, Modi said moving to electric vehicles is a solution and wanted domestic entrepreneurs to develop low cost, afforda-ble battery and charging system to quickly charge cars that run on electricity.

The Prime Minister said the taxpayer base in India has risen not due to threat of penal action but because taxpayers have faith that their money is being used properly and for the welfare of peo-ple.“Paying tax is ‘prakriti’ (natural), not paying tax is ‘vikriti’ (deformity).

But paying tax plus doing more is ‘sanskriti’ (culture),” he said. “I ap-preciate honest tax pay-ers whose numbers have increased. But tax that is paid is part of the system. Social service is tax-plus something. We need to create that,” Modi added.

PM pitches for ‘tax-plus one’ system

“It was like a door that I could never open on such trusted bonds upfront that prevented me from reach-ing a good spot with people”

By LISHA BHASKER

Malika Sharma is a 16-year-old girl of Indian origin who lives in Kam-loops, Canada. Her par-ents shifted to Canada af-ter they got married. She is shy and has only three best friends, she loves to eat su-shi that is ironically vege-tarian in Canada.Though Malika lives in Canada with her parents since the day she was born, her par-ents are still entrenched to the Indian culture. She visits India at times and loves the place and people over here. Malika said that though she has been living in Canada for a long time whenever she visits India she feels at home. She jus-tified her statement saying that she has her parents and friends with her all the time, but she feels at home only after \coming to India because her family is in In-

dia. she said, “Growing up in a totally different place has been really difficult for me because I feel that be-ing an Indian in a city full of white people, they stare at you constantly and ask you questions that are not even relevant.”

On asking her about the best and the worst things of growing up in Canada she said,” Best being the living lifestyle over here and the worst being that I miss my family a lot.” Talk-ing about the food , Malika said that she faces a lot of difficulties when it comes to finding vegetarian food but now there are a lot of Indian food joints that have opened up in Canada. She also mentioned how Canadians are shifting to vegan food and prefer more healthy diet.

“Overall I feel lucky to be living two different cul-tures in one life,” said Ma-

lika.She said that she has more of positives than neg-atives when she ponders about the same because she gets to visit India at least once a year. She said that as Canada is growing with the Indian popula-tion the Canadian govern-ment is becoming sensi-tive towards the Indian culture and is planning to give Diwali holidays over the coming years.Malika talked about how a typ-ical sunday goes by with her mother watching hin-di cinema. She mentioned how her mother feels that this helps her stay more connected to her roots and also improves her way of speaking in her mother tongue.Malika is a huge fan of Indian food and she feels nothing can beat Del-hi street food and having it in India is a feeling she can’t express. She looks forward to all these things

while travelling to India.Canada has become closer to her heart due to the time she has spent there and the poeple she has met and be-friended. She has millions of memories associated to it as well. But , this does not imply that she doesn’t feel homely and welcomed in India Living in two dif-ferent cultures is a boon and a bane, Malika has learned to accept this over the years and has started enjoying it at the very same time. She feels that this is challenging but “If its easy you are not living it right” , its generic to undergo challenges on your roller-coaster ride throughlife , there are going to be sever-al ups and downs and i’m all up for it and there is no way i’m giving up so easily as there is a long way to go added Malika lastly at the end of the interview with a huge smile on her face.

By MAHANDRILAI KUMANAN

Indian Defence Minis-ter Nirmala Sitharaman paid a three-day visit to Astana, Kazhakhstan af-ter being invited by the Minister of Defence of the Republican of Ka-zakhstan Mr. Nurlan Ye-rmekbayev. During this visit , she met her Kazakh counterpart and Minis-ter of Defense and Aero-space Industry Mr. Bei-but Atamkulov. They had a discussion over a wide range of issues related to defence and military technical cooperation and also took stock of the progress made in the bilateral agreement ever since the renewal of the MoU on defence coop-eration in January 2017.

India and Kazakhstan Defence Cooperation consists of military-tech-nological cooperation , military education and training, joint military exercises, bilateral ex-change of visits and cadet youth exchange programs . More than 200 Kazakh Defence Forces Personnel have undergone military training in India till date .

Both the nations have successfully conducted a company level joint mili-tary exercise namely “KA-ZIND-2018” in South Ka-

zakhstan last month.These countries are

bound by historical as well as cultural ties and this has formed a strong foundation for the mul-tifaceted cooperation amongst the two. India and Kazakhstan have been Strategic partners.

India and Kazakhstan started their relations on good terms post the dis-solution of the Soviet Un-ion despite the former be-ing one of USSR’S closest allies. Now , the two

India and Kazakhstan started their relations on good terms post the dissolution of the Soviet Union despite the former being one of USSR’S clos-est allies. Now , the two have come together in close collaboration so as

to eradicate religious ter-rorism as well as promot-ing regional security.

have come together in close collaboration so as to eradicate religious ter-rorism as well as promot-ing regional security.

Mr Yermekbayev and

Mrs Sitaraman presid-ed over the flag off cere-mony of the Kazakhstan contingent that will join the Indian contingent at the UN International Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon. The partner-ship shared by the two in the UN Peacekeeping depictsIndia’s desire to support Kazakhstan in its contribution to global peace. This joint deploy-ment was worked upon for the past one year by contingents from both the countries. The In-dian contingent will be joined by the Kazakhstan ones in Lebanon by the end of this month.

Issues related to de-fense production were also brought up , wherein the possibility of joint produc-tion were discussed based on the relative strengths and experiences of both sides. Mrs. Sitaraman also mentioned the regional developments with the Kazakhstan Foreign Min-ister Mr. Kairat Abdra-khmanov. She even invited the Minister of Defence and Minister of Defence and Aerospace Industry to visit India and to at-tend the Aero India 2019 to be held in Bengaluru in February 2019 which was well received.

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PM awards Asian 2018 Para Games winnersBy SATVIK SURESHIYENGER

Medal winners of Asian Para Games, 2018 were felicitated by the PM, along with which they were also awarded with cash by the sports min-ister, Col Rajyavard-han Rathore and Min-ister of Social Justice Thaawarchand Gehlot.

Speaking on the oc-casion, the Prime Minis-ter expressed happiness at receiving the medal winners. Appreciating their performance, he re-marked that their mental strength was a key fac-tor in their success. The Prime Minister compli-mented them for con-tributing to raising In-dia’s profile on the global stage.

The Prime Minister also expressed apprecia-tion for the coaches of the medal winners. He urged the athletes to keep up their spirit of optimism, and persevere to achieve even greater heights.

Minister of State Youth Affairs and Sports & Information and Broadcasting, Col Ra-jyavardhan Rathore, along with the Minister

of Social Justice and Em-powerment Thaawarch-and Gehlot, felicitated the winners of Asian Para Games, 2018. 72 Indian athletes won the medals in the Asian Para Games, 2018 held in Indonesia recently, which is the largest Indian medal tal-ly in the games. With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India was placed ninth in the over-all medal tally. The medal winners were given cash prizes.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Thaawarchand Gehlot congratulated the winners for their achieve-ments and bringing lau-rels to the country. He said that his Ministry has been working for en-abling and empowering

the disabled, and superb performance at the Asian Games inspires others also. “The Ministry is al-ready running a Sports Centre of excellence for differently abled and work is in progress to set up four more such cen-tres in Punjab, Megha-laya, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh,” added Gehlot.

“The achievements of these para athletes have made the country proud. He said that their extraordinary grit and determination has been the key to success, as they had to surpass umpteen problems and hardships,” said Col Rathore. Talking about the government’s contribution, Col Rathore added – “The Central Government in 2014 had decided to give the same award and recognition to para athletes as was be-ing given to able-bodied athletes.” He also prom-ised that the Department of Sports and the Govern-ment of India will always provide full support to the disabled athletes in their efforts to achieve success in their lives.

Based on PIB Report

India, Kazakhstan up the ante

By MANSI SHARMA

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) scrapped the age limit for reporting cas-es of child sexual abuse, according to the WCD minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi.WCD ministry recent-ly consulted the Minis-try of Law in view of the overriding provisions of the Protection of Chil-dren from Sexual Of-fences (POCSO) Act over other criminal laws and provisions of mandato-ry reporting of such of-fences. The Ministry of Law, after scanning the entire issue and exam-ining the provisions of POCSO Act, furnishing of CrPC has been advised. There appears no period of limitation mentioned in Section 19 in regard to

reporting of the offences under the POCSO Act, 2012. The Protection of Children from Sexual Of-fences Act(POCSO) Act 2012, came into force on the 14th of November way back in 2012.

It is a gender neutral act which has been en-acted to strengthen and nourish the legal provi-sions for the protection of children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Of-fences Act, 2012 defines a child as any person below the age of 18 years and provides protection from the offences of sexual as-sault, sexual harassment and pornography.

Now any victim, at any age, can complain the sex-ual abuse faced by him/her as a child. She urged the victims to report the cases

through POCSO e-box. A government toll-free num-ber for reporting child sex-ual assault cases has been suspended temporarily after it appeared in por-nographic content search, and calls seeking sexual services were received, a senior NCPCR official has said.

Often, children are unable to report such crimes as the perpetrator in most cases is either a family member, a relative or closely known person.

Studies have also shwn that the child con-tinues to carry the trau-ma and abrasion of sex-ual abuse till very late in life. In order to overcome and beat this trauma many grown up people have started coming out to report the abuse faced by them as children

Based on PIB Report

Child sexual abuse victim can file complaint anytime

Taking the right step. Photo by Satvik Suresh Iyengar

Sunita Devi works as a helper at Bennett University. Photo by Mansi Sharma

By ANANYA AHUJA

Sunita Devi , who works as a helper in mess of Bennett University shared her life story with Ananya Ahu-ja. She also shared some past incidents which chan-ged her life completely.

Born in a small commu-nity of Prajapats which are often known for making utensils from mud, she was the eldest among her siblings. She was always good in studies but could-n’t continue to study after class 8th because of dearth of money and other major issues in her family. Being the eldest, she was loaded with other responsibilities at a very early age itself.

She got married at the age of 18 and now lives 10 kms away from Bennett in a small village called Jun-fat. She comes across many struggles on daily basis, she comes to the univer-sity by cycle which takes a lot of time and reaches back late at home. She has three kids, two daughters

and a son and her biggest goal is to make them study , moreover she says that she also wants to make her daughter a lawyer, which she believes would be a great job if she does so.

This clearly showed that her biggest dream in life was to study. She says that she gave up on many facilities just to save mo-ney and make her child-ren study well, she wants to see them settle the way she always wanted to when she was of their age.

She ended the conver-sation by saying that pa-rents will do everything for their kids just to see them happy and successful in life.

She has been working here for the last three years but is not com-pletely happy with what she is doing right now.

But here she meets the sad reality, no mat-ter whether you are happy with your job or not, everyone needs to work for a living.

By AKSHAT ANAND

Mohit Malik is a security guard at Bennett Univer-sity. He spoke to Akshat Anand about the problems he has faced and how the harsh realities of life for-ced him to give up on his dreams.

Mohit is 26 years old. He belongs to Dhankor vil-lage in Uttar Pradesh. He lives with his wife and two children. Mohit dreamt of several things in life but due unfavourable circum-stances he could not fulfil his dreams.

He wanted to study but due to lack of resources he could not go to school and started working at the age of 20. He had to move to a city due to lack of job op-portunities in his village and earn a living for his family.

He has been doing this job for past six years and has been working in Ben-nett University for three

years. He said,” Hardships made me stronger and to better in life”. Though he feels this job is a compulsi-on for him because he has no other option but still he wants to do his job with integrity. He added that if he gets an opportunity to study, he will try to accom-plish his goals.

He said,” life is never easy, it is full of ups and downs and to be successful one must face all challen-ges that comes your way”. He also told that the job of a security guard is not easy and most of them go through the same situa-tions.

163 Delhiites make it to the Rich List 2018By LISHA BHASKER

As many as 163 Delhiites featured in the Barclays Hurun India Rich List 2018 and their cumu-lative wealth stood at a whopping Rs 6,78,400 crore, a report revealed.

The list which is a complications of the rich-est individuals in the In-dia having a net worth of Rs 1,000 crore or more, noted that in terms of cit-ies, Mumbai emerged as the hub of the rich and famous - with 233 names hailing from the city; while New Delhi and Bengalu-ru accounted for 163 and 69 names, respectively.

The Delhi list was topped by HCL’s Shiv Na-dar with a total net worth of Rs 37,400 crore; closely followed by Eicher Motor’s Vikram Lal with Rs 37,100 crore and Roshni Nadar at the 3rd place with a total wealth of Rs 31,400 crore.

Bharati Airtel’s Sunil Mittal and family was at the 4th place with total

wealth of Rs 22,500 crore, while Rajiv Singh of DLF broke into the top 10 in the latest edition with a net worth of Rs 21,000 crore and was at the 5th place.

Others in the top 10 include, Kiran Nadar at the 6th position with a net worth of Rs 20,900 crore, Anand Burman (7th, Rs 19,500 crore), Ra-jan Bharti Mittal & family (8th, Rs 13,900 crore), Rakesh Bharti Mittal & family (9th, Rs 13,900 crore) and Rahul Bhatia (10th, Rs 12,800 crore).While the top 10 list had only 2 women; there were as many as 29 women among the 163 Delhiites who made it to the list.

An industry-wise anal-ysis shows that Auto and auto component sector contributed 21 names to the rich list, followed by Capital Goods, Phar-maceuticals and FMCG sectors. However, in terms of share of cumu-lative wealth represent-ed by each sector - Soft-

ware & services topped the ranking followed by Auto & auto components, FMCG and Telecommu-nications sectors at the second, third and fourth position, respectively.

The list was compiled on the basis of net worth of living Indians as on 31st July, 2018 when the rate of exchange to the US Dollar stood at Rs 68.51.

It relates to Indians only, defined as born or brought up in India.

The overall list had 831 super rich individuals, led by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Am-bani with a networth of Rs 3.71 lakh crore.There were 831 Indians having a networth of Rs 1,000 crore or more in 2018, which is 214 individuals more than the 2017 list.

Delhi’s ultra rich keep getting younger each year. About 60% of them surveyed were be-low the age of 40, com-pared with 47% last year.

Based on PIB Report

‘Hardships made me strongerand do better in life’

Mohit Malik works as a security guard at Ben-nett University. Photo by Akshat Anand

Accepting life the way it is

Indian Army is the second largest in the world. Photo by Satvik Suresh Iyengar

“India and Kazakhstan defends coporation consists of military-corporation and military education.”

“With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India was placed ninth in the overall medal tally.”

By LAASIYA PRIYA

With the elegance of the shining bangles and the mouth-watering Haleem all around Charminar, this monument can cap-ture one’s heart in a snap. ‘Charminar’ which is locat-ed in Hyderabad, the cap-ital of Telangana, means four pillars that denote glory. It was built by Mo-hammed Kuli Qutub Shah as a remembrance of erad-ication of Cholera.

It was built 4 centuries ago, but the monument did not lose a tint of its charm, which leads to the popular tourist name of Hydera-bad, ‘the city of lights and pearls’.

Charminar is the hub of handmade jewellery, which includes bangles, chains and bags, especial-ly from the pearls that at-

tracts a ton of people from all around the world. With a lot of street shops and markets around Charmin-ar, this Indo-Islamic mon-ument never fails to add up a large amount to the travel income of the state though the entry ticket for going inside the Charmin-ar is just fifteen rupees.

During Ramadan, which is a very auspicious festival to the muslims the live in the area, which is called the ‘old city’, the sculpture is decorated with full of lights and is lit up with a lots of fire-works which adds up to its beauty. “Charminar is not just a place, its a life factor for a lot of people living in Hyderabad, de-spite the religion, caste and creed.” Says Maahil Murshid, a bangle seller near Charminar.

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Charminar in the night lights of Hyderabad The pearl bangles Photos by LAASIYA PRIYA

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Punjabi student feels independent after coming to Bengaluru for studiesBy ALIVIA MUKHERJEE

Harit Narang, aged 18, studying at Christ Univer-sity, Bengaluru talks about the differences that he experiences coming from North to South. He lives in Chandigarh but drove all the way to the Silicon Valley of India for his law studies. Living in a hostel, Harit has noticed a vast difference of culture, food, and living lifestyle.

On asking him about language, he said that he has to study Kannada as one of his compulsory subject. He is facing a lot of challenges doing so. “The language is no doubt tough but it’s interesting and absorbing,” he said with a sigh. According to him, friction between two students belonging to two different regions do strain their relationships due to lack in communication, but in this modern world it is no more a major issue because of technology like translators, various apps through which people with different language and cul-ture can interact and get to

know each other.He doesn’t face any

issue with the food as everything is easily ac-cessible. Harit loves to eat dosa and enjoys both North Indian and South Indian.

People over there have a sort of culture wherein they walk barefoot in their houses and are also mostly filled with generosity and simplicity. They wear dho-

tis during the traditional days or festivals. Their culture is designed by the way they live, celebrate and most importantly how they actually deal with people they meet on the daily basis. Narang said, “Here outsiders have some trouble talking to locals and when u need a ride in an auto rickshaw or a bus it’s a hasstle, but this can all be looked into through

a border perspective with the facilities that one has in his phone and his ability to interpret what the other person says and wants.”

In North India while referring to their sisters, North Indians call them by Behan whereas, South In-dians denote the same by Akka. This is the first time Harit Narang is away from home during Navratri and even though he celebrates

it with a lot of enthusiasm, he does not get the actu-al feel of it and is also not able to perform all the ritu-als properly. He is also not able to enjoy the Navratri dance and the Ashtami pooja. On every festive occasion he misses Chan-digarh the most, especially the folk Punjabi culture.

According to him the worst thing about the city is mismanagement of traf-fic and crowd in the city. “I miss the The City Beautiful, and the peaceful environ-ment of Chandigarh,” he said. According to him, the best thing about Bengalu-ru is that the temperature never goes too high or low, it remains moderate. The metro Politian city has a lot of places to visit, hangout like shopping centers, malls, cafes, restaurants, parks, roadside complexes and markets which appeals him the most.

“Though I miss Chan-digarh a lot, but as days are passing by I have started enjoying my independent life here in Bengaluru,” Harit Narang ended with a laugh.

Harit Narang finds Kannada language to be interesting and absorbing

How South perceives NorthBy AHSAS JAIN

Anooj Mogili from Hyder-abad is a BBA student at Bennett University, Great-er Noida. He talks about the life of people in South India and how their life is full of difficulties and ob-stacles. The most difficult part of a Hyderabadi liv-ing in North India is food, he does not like North In-dian food.

Anooj feels that there are typical South based festivals like Bathukam-ma, Pongal and Onam that are not celebrated in the North, another reason listing why he is not able to adjust well. South Indi-ans also have a tendency of rational discrimination. According to North Indi-ans, South Indians are full of accent and personal-ity, whereas South Indi-ans think of North Indian people as snobs who are intent on loud display of material, wealth and lack etiquettes.

On being asked that what is it that he misses the most, nostalgic Mogi-li said, “It has to be the food.” He likes the educa-tion, crowd, exposure and overall experience that Bennett has to offer but dislikes the racist treat-

ment. Anooj Mogili also said that as he speaks only Telugu and English which bridges a gap for commu-nication.

Anooj Mogili then moved on to talk about adjusting to the new en-vironment, which was marked by struggle and

difficulty. “My strategy for adjusting in this new environment includs fo-cusing on academics along with a pep talk with my family members and col-lege friends which act as a confidence booster for me whenever I feel low,” Mogaili ended.

Anooj Mogaili finds communication to be the biggest issue between two cultures

Caste can be eroded by talking to peopleBy ANIKET SHARMA

Dhanunjay Pakka, who hails from Hyderabad, is a student of Bennett Uni-versity. This mana-gement student talks about the sports he plays and his col-lege life.

Unity in diversity is the strength of a nation, only the people living in it can understand the true nationalism within them-selves. On asking about his opinion on the communi-cation barriers and build-ing relationships, Pakka said, “Language plays an import role in one’s com-munication to others. It is the life’s building block for developing relationship with others.”

Dhanunjay Pakka’s views on the variations that mark relationships between students is also different as he believes that students of different back-grounds are only divided by their religion and caste, but when the students get to know each other the division vanishes. Discus-sion about food excites this foodie and with this in mind, he talked about the food that’s being provided in the hostel to which he replied, “For now, I would say that the food is very good as the food available

here is equivalent to the diet that is required by me, which is something that I miss about home.”

Tradition and cultures are the things that define a person’s characteristics and Dhanunjay believes that the traditions help an individual to connect with one another and have same beliefs and thoughts.

On being asked about his likes and dislikes in this new environment Pa-

kka said, “I like the sports complex and the facilities being provided over here but what I disliked the most in the new environ-ment is the problem of get-ting an out pass.”

“As cricket is my fa-vourite sport, I love to take out time for it. But at the same time I have to man-age my studies as that can never be a secondary op-tion for me,” said Dhunun-jay Pakka.

Maharashtrian culture lover keen to explore

Dhanunjay believes that caste and divisions can be erased by knowing each other

Air pollution leads to millions of asthma attacksPRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Air pollution may be to blame for up to 33 mil-lion emergency asthma attack visits to hospital every year, with half of the visits estimated to occur in South and East Asian countries, notably India and China, a global study has found. Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease world-wide, affecting about 358 million people, said re-searchers, including those from the University of York in the UK.

Countries like India and China may be harder hit by the asthma burden because they have large populations and tend to

have fewer restrictions on factories belching smoke and other sources of pollu-tion, they said.

The findings, pub-lished in the journal, ‘En-vironmental Health Per-spectives’, suggests car emissions and other types of pollution may be a sig-nificant source of serious asthma attacks. “This is the first global study of the potential impacts of air pollution on serious asthma attacks that cause people to visit emergency rooms in hospitals around the world,” said Johan Kuylenstierna, Policy Di-rector of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) based at York. The study found that nine to

23 million annual asth-ma emergency room (ER) visits globally (8 to 20 per cent of total global asthma ER visits) may be triggered by ozone, a pollutant gen-erated when car, power plant and other types of emissions interact with sunlight.

Five to 10 million asth-ma emergency room visits every year (4 to 9 per cent of total global asthma ER visits) were linked to fine particulate matter, small particles of pollution that can lodge deep in the lung’s airway tubes.

About half of the asth-ma emergency room visits attributed to dirty air were estimated to occur in South and East Asian countries, notably India and China, researchers said.

Although the air in the US is relatively clean com-pared to South and East Asian countries, ozone and particulate matter were estimated to contribute 8 to 21 per cent and 3 to 11 per cent of asthma ER vis-

its in the US, respectively, they said. To estimate the global levels of pollution, the researchers turned to atmospheric models, ground monitors and sat-ellites equipped with re-mote-sensing devices.

The researchers, in-cluding those from the University of Colorado Boulder and NASA in the US, said one way to reduce pollutants quickly would be to target emissions from cars, especially in big cities.

Such policies would not only help people with asthma and other respira-tory diseases, but it would help everyone breathe a little easier, they said.

Edited by Trisha Deka

By ARNAB HOTA

India is a land of distinct and unique cultures for all religions. Maharashtra is In-dia’s second most populated state and the wealthiest state by all major economic pa-rameters and is also known as the oxford of the east due to the presence of several well-known educational in-stitutions. Maharashtra is a place of distinct culture and heritage also famous for Lord Sidhi Vinayak, the lord of knowledge. Mane

belongs to Thane, a suburb of Mumbai, who dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. This budding entrepreneur came all the way to Delhi to fulfill his dreams. He is a typical Marathi guy of sim-ple nature and high knowl-edge. He researches about physics, technology and business.

Mane is always curious to know about the diversity of India. Pradyumn Mane’s forefathers are Marathas and he has always been keen to learn more about

it. This keen fan of Lavani dance loves spicy food. Some of his favourite dish-es include Pooran Puri, Vada pav and Shrikhand. Like every other hosteller Pradyumn Mane misses food cooked by his mother.

He found the mess food pretty good. He didn’t find any key defining difference between Maharastra and Delhi. “Though I am Mar-atha, I try to understand and respect other culture so that it benefits us during talk,” said Mane. Hosteller misses home-cooked food

“One way to reduce pollutants quickly would be to target emissions from cars, especially in big cities.”