College sees chaos as top functionaries feud

Dyal Singh College Principal IS Bakshi refuses to accept his “illegal” suspension by BJP-affiliated chairman Amitabh Sinha. an fir has been lodged at the police station On Monday, the morning of September 24, the students, faculty, working staff and even the principal of Dyal Singh (Morning) College stood outside the college premises, caught by surprise […]

Study Buddhism, win elections

What attracts aspiring student leaders to the department of Buddhist studies? A ‘strange’ phenomenon that looms over DUSU elections year after year is that of an overwhelming participation coming from students pursuing their MA in Buddhist Studies, a course run by the Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi. The two-year course, […]

Will DUSU repeat the same mistake?

How young student leaders are trashing Delhi University norms as well as a High Court order in the run up to the country’s most glamorous Students Body elections Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) is one of the biggest and most glamorous university students’ unions in the country. Even though the polls to elect the unions […]

The gates are shut

With most colleges closing admissions for sought-after courses in the second cut-off list, even high achievers are left with few choices After the release of the second cut-off list on June 25, students hoping to get into Delhi University are not left with many choices beyond courses like Sanskrit and Philosophy. Delhi University’s first merit-based […]

Violence repels freshers

Whether it is Delhi University or JNU, the unrest widely reported in the media is discouraging students from making Capital campuses their first choice Incident 1: Najeeb Ahmed, a first-year student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, went missing after a brawl with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Mahi-Mandavi Hostel in Delhi on […]

Twisting the historical narrative

DU’s new syllabus skips one of Indian history’s defining phase, claims varsity’s history student When the Delhi University’s history syllabus was changed mid-semester in 2016, students were assured that changes were minor. It was felt that the changes were restricted to the BA Programme and that honours students would remain unaffected. It’s been more than […]

WANTED: #METOO ON CAMPUS

Sexual harassment complaint committees in Delhi University colleges are conspicuous by their absence, as a reality check shows The Facebook list with the names of ‘sexual predators’ in academia, unveiled last year, broke the silence around sexual harassment on campuses and the fairness of complaint committees. Interacting with students of various colleges in Delhi University […]