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1. Delhi Queer Pride Walk- Kavita Karki & Hritik Ranjan 2.BCCI Selectors Made Another Stunt- Suman Kishore 3.Indian P.M Successful in Calling US President- Mihir Mishra 4.Review of Half-Girlfriend- Anubhab Basu 5.Public Places- No More Public- Mihir Mishra & Hritik Ranjan 6.North East Fashion- Suman Kishore & Kavita Karki 7. Upholding Linguistic Identity Heritage: Foreign Lan- guages In Kendriya Vidyalayas- Kavita Karki 8. Tribute to Bhaichung Bhutia: The Golden Boy of Indian Football- Anubhab Basu POLITICS

UPHOLDING OUR LINGUISTIC HERITAGE : IMPORTANT TO KEEP FOREIGN LANGUAGES ONLY ADDI- TIONAL!

Kavita Karki

hy should a stu- keepers, bus drivers, friends tongue and with other Indian need no one`s help. A study official UN language like dent in KV Bhi- in colony will tease, argue, languages because of the by the people’s Linguistic French. Europe’s job market Wlai or Kalpakkam crack jokes in their lan- English all over and Study Of India last year re- can barely support it’s own be given German as an op- g u a g e . a r o u n d . ’ ’ ported by Reuters says that citizens, they are facing a tion for a third language? The classroom will provide 220 Indian languages have poor rate of economic Mrs Neelam, KV teacher scholarly perspective to the The city kids, in public disappeared in last 50 years, growth and are hardly wel- says,’’ It seems to me that language, while usage in schools are insulted from and that another 150 could coming Indians to work in the new decision of the edu- daily life will produce flu- any regional language ex- vanish in next half century their country. cation ministry to replace ency. German on the other cept Hindi because it is a as speakers die and their So for Indians, learning German with Sanskrit or any hand will be something a compulsory language atleas children fail to learn their these languages for job other Indian language is per- student learns in a vacuum, t upto middle school. Our 22 ancestral languages prospects is of no use. fectly valid and wise. When the govt. itself offers Whether this policy should Sanskrit has its own place. foreign language in place of be applied mid-year in a Does it make sense to learn our own, the subtext is that hurry or it could have been Sanskrit? you expect those languages done at the start of the new Biased news reports making to be more useful to the stu- academic year is a different the headlines appear as dent than Indian ones. In issue of management.’’ though German has been re- other words, you are already Many who were in support placed by Sanskrit, the fact implying that anyway his fu- of the decision cited their is that Sanskrit is only one ture is somewhere abroad own reasons to it. Lan- of the options, as per the and he is not expected to guages are best learnt when new policy. There is no study in India. there is a context. Any lan- compulsion to study San- It is the need of the hour to guage is best learnt when skrit, a KV student can do our bit to preserve our re- there is an atmosphere like choose any other Indian lan- gional languages and moti- that around it for it to get with no context or relevance constitutionally recognised guage too. vate our kids and the youth into student’s mental land- to his life. regional languages are al- Asha Mehta, KV student in the same direction. scape which is why KV And even then, if you are so ready craving for breathe says,’’ Sanskrit may not be should prioritise teaching interested in learning Ger- against the might of English, commercially relevant or the regional language as the man, then opt it as your ad- so why should we make it help someone find a job but third language. ditional language, this is the harder for them to survive it has its own use.’’ choice available. by encouraging more for- It is not clear why previ- For a child in KV Dharwad, Mahima Sharma, Delhi eign languages?’’ ously the KV’s signed an learning Kannada makes says,’’The new generation European countries preserve MoU with the Goethe Insti- sense because as soon as he of urban Indians have a their language, they take tute to offer German to stu- steps out of school the shop- weak link with their mother care of them, flourish and dents. German is not an

Indian Prime Minister sucessful in calling U.S President on Indin Republic Day. Mihir Mishra

all it the ‘confidence going to be fruitfull for like this, whereas, Narendra a g a i n and China, this even visit of factor’ or an initia- India” . Modi right from the begin- On enquiring Shamit Modi can be a fruitfull one Ctive to gear up 26th January 2015, India ing maintaining the trust of Sharma (International Busi- improving our business rela- India’s ‘International rela- will for the first time host people on him showed why ness Expert) about his opin- tions with the United States tions’ with U.S . Indian the U.S president Barack of America". Prime Minister Narendra Obama as Republic Day Modi has broken the ice by chief guest, since Modi India is a Developing coun- inviting America’s most broke the news on Twitter try but this step of our Prime favourable President as ho- about this “Hoping to have a Minister will surely benefit nourable guest for India’s friend over....,” all of us us by creating employment Republic day. Steering the started thinking hard about for our people, bringing new ship of state differently on why not our esteemed lead- investments to our country his predecessors, all previ- ers , including those from with huge amount of foreign ous foreign trips are being previous BJP-led govern- exchange coming in and im- counted as his big plans for ment , never ventured in this proving the G.D.P (Gross India, placing the country on d i r e c t i o n . Developement Product) of the global map. our country,helping to Earlier their were steps change our status of a 'De- According to Joginder Se- planned by the previous the people of India think ion on this step taken by our veloping country ' to 'Devel- jwal,M.L.A,BJP(Saket), Goverment ,but unfortu- him to be the 'Perfect' Indian Prime Minister, he said, oped Country', placing India “This is the biggest step nately none succeeded to Prime Minister and Modi "This step could prove to be at a respectable position on taken by any Indian implement it.Even our pre- has clearly proved this time a huge step towards the de- the Global Map. Prime Minister to improve vious Prime Minister went to time and now with his velopement of our country ", International Relations with on foreign trips but was not current step 'Inviting Barack He further added that "Like America and this is really able to think of something Obama' he has proved it yet his earlier visits to Nepal M Y CITY

DELHI QUEER PRIDE WALK 2014

K avita K arki & H ritik Ranjan

eld annually by the several protest events and sending us their stories and ance. M em bers and A llies

Delhi LGBT com - even now , the com m unity view points w ith the of the queer com m unities This parade is to fight Hm unity every N o- is keeping the struggle #PRIDE KYUN which will joined to m arch together to against those w ho are vem ber since 2007. This alive through online on also be a m ajor part of the inspire, educate, support against these queer groups, year D elhi Q ueer Pride ground activities. For this m ain event. and prom ote an open, free the society that is targetting

W alk w as glum than be- year’s w alk, the organizers and equal society and w ork series of folks w hich it con- fore. have started an online cam - The queer pride parade is a tow ards a future w ithout siders as trouble be it ho-

paign called #PRID E yearly festival to honor and discrim ination and preju- m osexuals, hijras,

dice. inter-caste couples , kissing

teenagers or even w om en

A kash Singhania (supporter in live-in and that w e need

in the m arch) said ‘’It does to start blow ing up this

not m atter if you are a part darkness w ith little dyna-

of this com m unity or not , m ites of light. Thousands

being intellectual citizens of peple need to be on the

everyone should support street just for this to take

them .’’ The annual event care of this rising intoler-

sees m assive participation ance.

w ith people w earing the

sym bolic rainbow colors, ‘’The grow ing num ber of

celebrating queer rights on violence’s against these

the city’s streets. queer groups influence the

elite m inds to com e out on

N oori,a transgender in the the streets, in public spaces,

pride w alk, said ’’N ow w e parading and sloganeering.

can freely go for govt. jobs People m arch in the pride

and if faced any m ental or w alk against all the signs

Lata , leader D elhi LG BT K Y U N . Rituparna Borah, a celebrate lesbian, gay, bi- physical harassm ent w e are of dogm atism , to raise com m unity says,’’This year m em ber of the D elhi LG BT sexual, transgender and sure that the govt. w ill be at alarm against all of how ever the m ood is not com m unity, told us, The their supporters. The parade our side. The poorest of the them .w e cannot only tw eet celebratory like before. cam paign is along the lines w as organised w ith great poor of these groups are against all the m ishappen-

T his is the first queer pride of the fem inists w hy proj- pom p and show from even benefitted by 1000 R s ings against these queer event after the Suprem e ect. W e are trying to start Barakham ba road - Tolstoy pension every m onth, ra- groups, w e have to m arch

Court, in D ecem ber 2013, conversations about gay m arg to Jantar m antar. tion etc., w e can m ake our against it.’’says Salaria a overturned the H C verdict rights, about how it’s an in- U ID ’s and even have ac- supporter in the m arch. on section 377. dividual’s choice and The D elhi Q ueer Pride is a cess to D U colleges, w hich

should be respected that parade for diversity, accept- is very good for the future

The judgem ent resulted in w ay. People have been ance, solidarity and resist- of m y com m unity.’’

Public places no more public Mihir Mishra & Hritik Ranjan

ow a days, a new these parks as m ost of these derlies for m orning and A ccording to the statistics, m oney to m end these pub-

form ula of 'tim e do not have any security evening w alks and to in July 107730 com m uters lic places because of the Npass' and 'love guards but still risk de- breathe som e fresh air. w ere found guilty of over- young D elhi couples Tar- m aking' has been form u- pends, D elhi Police is a These places are full of staying in the D M RC sys- nishing the w alls and dam - lated,encroaching the pub- regular visitor to these lovebirds from m ornong till tem and the figures kept aging public property . lic places by youngsters. parks and once you are evening and all kinds of increasing from 108837 in People w ho visit these

Som e favourates of D el- caught doing som ething, love-m aking actiities are A ugust to 204555 in D e- places w ith their fam ilies hite's like 'B uddha G arden' there is no chance to get easy to be found here. cem ber . feel em baressed to visit

'G arden of five Senses' aw ay w ith the police. W hat actually started as a Ishrat again, even the elderlies

'D eer Park' 'Lodhi G arden' A ccording to Chirag point of Tourist A ttraction K han,(Student,24,Jam ia feel asham ed and have etc afre often visited regu- Jain,(Student,D .U ,21) said w ith its parks,m onu- M ilia Islam ia U niversity) stopped visiting these parks larly by young couples w ith "I often visit the D eer Park m ents,m orning w alk pave- said,"I like to hang around for w alks because of the their better halfs for sharing w ith m y girlfriend as it is a m ents have becom e point at D elhi M etro Stations sort of the activities taking som e private m om ents to- beautiful place to have of 'public display of love w ith m y friends and m y place either behind the gether. som e private and lovely and affection' . girlfriend as in the evenings bushes or in the m iddle of

N early 70% of Young cou- tim e together but last tim e The D elhi M etro is a new these stations are less parks. ples in D elhi prefer these w e w ere caught by tw o additon in the list, T he crow ded and offer a private places due to their avail- constables w ho visited the DM RC(Delhi M etro Rail- space for us". Today it has clearly be- ability at a cheap park and caught us kissing w ay Corporation) and the com e a debatble question price,beautiful environm ent and it got very difficult to C ISF(C entral Investigation D elhi Tourism M inistry that w ether these parks are and the lush gren get aw ay w ith them and at Security Force) have in- spends a lot for m aintaining 'Places of Tourist A ttrac- view,about 30% of south last w e had to call our par- creased the security and these Places. tion' or 'Places of Public cam pus students prefer the ents to help us",. m onitoring at all its m etro A ccording to an D isplay of Love and A ffec-

'G arden of five senses' for stations to avoid all these A SI(A rcheological Survey tion'. having private tim e w ih These parks are beautiful, types of activities from of India) official "Each their better halfs. thronged w ith fam ilies on happening inside the m etro year w e have to repair and

The security is very low in w eekends, visited by the el- prem ises. w aste huge am ount of ENTERTAINMENT Book Review: Half Girlfriend Anubhab Basu

hetan Bhagat, the h i m . has some stark differences piece of work - just that it's Indian metropolitan crowd, IIT-IIM graduate Additionally, Madhav is a between Half Girlfriend and a rambling love story lack- and the stereotypes of Delhi Cwho is not famous country bumpkin in this Five others. Revolution ing in moral purpose. women and Bihari men for being an IIT-IIM gradu- story and he faces lots of 2020 and Half Girlfriend But is that the worst of it? which everyone seems to ate, has been writing for problem to make a task. He have exposed Chetan Bha- No. Would it be reasonable love read and assimilate in years, and his books have belongs to Bihar, the most gat, to be honest. The earlier if I were to opine that the their minds. Of course, sold like hot cakes. We have reviled of Indian states, and books were readable be- book propagates the idea there's the fact that Bhagat been treated to Five Point stereotypically the most cause most were based on that if you seemed desperate again manages to satiate the Someone, One Night at a backward. He meets and Bhagat's own life experi- enough to win a woman's Indian appetite for dreamy, Call Centre, The Three Mis- falls in love with a beautiful ences. He could relate to the takes of My Life, 2 States Delhi girl. Delhi girls, by matter and hence expressed and Revolution 2020. The definition, are all beautiful, it better. less known non-fiction book fair and wear short clothes. Bhagat also fails to tell us 'What Young India Wants' is Bihari boys are such types why a high-class metropoli- also out in the market. who freak out when denied tan girl would fall for a rural Now, we get Half Girlfriend. sex and hurl choice and boy with no talent except at There has already been crass abuse in Bhojpuri. basketball. While this is not some feminist outrage over Thus, Bhagat manages to re- impossible in real life, the the crudeness of the title, but inforce another stereotype reasons behind it remain un- as we begin to read we find about India and Indians. We explored until the very end. out that Bhagat simply re- get similar fare in Half Girl- Chetan Bhagat's book can be peats his standard settings - friend, except that Bhagat accused of a lack of charac- a college, a common activity now wants to prove the ter development of the pro- heart, she'd finally give in? mushy romance and sex. (in this case, basketball) and point that a country bump- tagonists, which means we In short, the philosophy that So, the million dollar ques- a girl. kin from the 'worst' state in cannot feel their emotions. the girl always means yes tion: Is it worth a read? Only Like in all of Bhagat's other India can end up with a very Here's another blow, most of even if she says no, as long if you are a hardcore Chetan novels, the protagonist, a rich, very beautiful, very Bhagat's other books had a as she's being friendly. Bhagat fan, because it's man, suffers from a lack of 'modern' girl from the most lesson for everyone to fol- One thing that can be said pretty standard fare. self esteem. Like in most sophisticated college in low, however mediocre the about Half Girlfriend is that other novels, the girl he D e l h i . expression was. Half Girl- it is less boring to read than chases is beautiful, talented Even though there are simi- friend is devoid of moral Revolution 2020. This may and we are given the impres- larities in most of Chetan teachings. This is not to say be ascribed to the Delhi con- sion that she is too good for Bhagat's books, the book that the book is an immoral nect, which appeals to the

Draping a colorful sarong doesn’t make us aliens: North East Designers Suman Kishore & Kavita Karki

heir bold fashion eastern girl in the metro dressing.” east festival says, “This international.”- Yana sense has often or on the streets and “It’s fashionable, not festival has been devel- Ngoba from Arunachal Tmade north east- noted her style state- provocative. Back home oped so that all such Pradesh. erners the victims of ment which made her people are more western acts of social discrimina- The upbringing has a big racism. People from the stand out in the crowd? in terms of culture and tion stop. I hope that role to play (a talk with north east are very color- To this, Ali a DU student use a lot more colors. when people come and the moms) in their fash- ful, experimental and from Delhi itself at Rajiv And this combined with see the north eastern ion. even daring with their Chawk metro station their looks makes people culture and where the “We give our kids all the clothes. There is a lot of says, “They are pretty perceive them as firang- roots of fashion in north freedom to experiment. Korean influence in the girls with a style that is ies and they’re stared at east emerge from, then Even with a low income, way people dress. unique, creative and def- and ridiculed.”- Arita the violence and racial we mix and match and Maybe it’s because they initely their own which Kashyap, designer from discrimination will go fix something together, look similar and so, peo- makes them stand out Assam. down!” which may look strange ple from the north east always.” If any north eastern living Well, according to these to people, but if you can relate to people from But they tell us that their in Delhi for example de- designers, people from know how to carry it, Korea more than the rest fashion sense often cides to drape a colorful the north east are the then it works.”- Nimrin of the India. Fashion make them objects of sarong, people look at winners when it comes Keishing, Manipur over there is more Ko- ridiculous talks of some the person as if she was to fashion, The north “The difference in the rean than ethnic like in narrow minded people. an ALIEN! east is the most fashion- fashion sense lies in the mainland India. People Another guy of college, She adds, the festivals able region in India. All material used. In north over there watch a lot of Sidharth Sharma (name like NORTH EAST FES- the western styles that east states, most clothes International TV, like Ko- changed) says, “They TIVAL are very helpful in have come into India are in silk and cotton, but rean programmes, as are weird and provoca- changing the general started in the north east. in other parts of India, opposed to saas-bahu tive at times, it’s their public perception, as “People back home are like Delhi you will die in sagas primarily because style that is fine but they through this people learn very particular about silk in summer.”- Saurab- people aren’t well versed need to take care of the about their culture and their fashion sense and hee Gogoi, Assam. in Hindi. So they pick up morals of the society.” To fashion sense. strictly follow interna- The mother's are open fashion trends from this I just had an odd “People from the north tional fashion. They use minded and gives their abroad. They have a shake of head in disap- east are very western as a lot of colors, which daughter's to freely ex- fashion comprised of tra- proval. opposed to fashion makes their wardrobe periment and drape ditional designs with Zara a delhiite says, sense prevalent in the very vibrant. Men & cloth's in whichever man- modern twist. This is a “These people have rest of the country.”- De- women back home are ner they want. difference from rest of merged the traditional bina Deb Barma, house- very hip. They know the India. with the contemporary wife, Meghalaya. what’s happening be- How many times have and have come up with Shyamkanu Mahanta, yond bollywood and their you looked at a north their unique style of the organizer of the north fashion icons are mostly SPORTS

Tribute TO Bhaichung Bhutia: The Golden Boy Of Indian Football

Anubhab Basu

ootball legends, led and he played his farewell he started his career. When SAAF Championship three spiration of all the upcoming by Chuni Goswami match with the Indian Na- joined English club Bury in times and the AFC Chal- young Indian players. And I Fa nd P.K Banerjee, tional Football Team on 10 1999, he became the first In- lenge Cup. He is also India’s am also not an exception. paid tribute to retired former January 2012 against Bay- dian footballer to sign a con- most capped player, and in We the young footballers, captain Bhaichung Bhutia, ern Munich Football Club at tract with a European club the 2009 Neheru Cup, he re- always take lessons from all hailing him as one of the the Jawaharlal Neheru Sta- and only the second to play ceived his 100th Interna- of the matches he played for best players India has ever dium, New Delhi. professionally in Europe, tional Cap. India and his clubs” said by p r o d u c e d . Born on 15 December 1976, after Mohammed Salim. Af- “Bhutia is the face of mod- Samir Sharma, (Footballer, “It’s the end of the era-- the Bhaichung is an Indian foot- ern football in DDA Sports Complex, Ja- Bhaichung Bhutia era. After baller of Sikkimese-Bhutia India. He himself s o l a ) we left, another group led by descent who played as a is a legend. No “We feel very proud that we the likes of Mohammad striker for his team. He was words are have such a player in our Habib, Subhas Bhowmick, considered to be the torch- enough to de- country. And I personally Shyam Thapa, Sudip Chat- bearer of Indian football in scribe his contri- feel very lucky because I terjee came. Bhutia came the international arena. He bution in Indian watched him to play for from my last batch of coach- was nicknamed the football” said clubs and National team” ing and he was amazing ‘Sikkimese Sniper’ because Rakesh Singh said (Divyendu Dutta, sports from day one” said Pradip of his shooting skills in foot- (Coach of DDA e n t h u s i a s t . ) Kumar Banerjee (Former ball. Three-time Indian Sports Complex, We just had one Bhaichung coach of East Bengal Foot- player of the year I.M vi- J a s o l a . ) Bhutia for Indian football. ball Club and Indian Na- jayan described Bhutia as Bhutia, who has He stands on the highest tional Football Team.) “God’s gift to Indian foot- a football sta- pedestal among all players Face of Indian football, b a l l . ” dium named after in the history of Indian foot- Bhaichung Bhutia is the star “Bhaichung Bhutia is that him in honour of ball. His dedication towards hero for any Indian, aspiring boy of Indian football who his contribution football helped him to gain to be a great soccer player. had a golden touch. He to Indian foot- that kind of respect and took In August 2011 Bhaichung made Indian football proud” ball(first football him to that place where we decided to end up his inter- said Kishore Taid (Coach of terwards he had a short loan player to have such honour simply can’t thank him national career here after Bhaichung Bhutia Football spell at the Malaysian foot- while he is still playing), has e n o u g h . failing to recover from a re- School, New Delhi.) ball club Perak FA. His in- also won awards such as the current calf muscle injury, Bhutia has had four spells at ternational footballing ‘Arjun Award’ and the drawing curtains on an illus- I-League football team East honours include winning the ‘Padma Sri’. trious 16-years long career, Bengal Club, the club where Neheru Cup, LG Cup, “Bhaichung Bhutia is the in-

Another Stunt by BCCI Selectors Suman Kishore

CCI selectors an- Thursday, with recent ODI not played ODIs since Jan- ment. Australia has a mestic one day competi- nounces probable experiences being pre- uary 2013 for India. bouncy kind of a pitch and tion, it was expected that Bteam for 2015 ferred. The final trimmed According to Ajay Sharma, you need some experience success there would merit world cup.Four big mem- list of 15 players for 2015 the chief selector of to play onto such pitch.” selection in the probable. bers of India's victorius World Cup is to be named Raza, a cricket crazy fan In world cup 2015, there is team 2011 World cup are in January. Only four mem- said, “I agree to what selec- a lot on stake for the world predicted not to be a part of bers of the 2011 world cup tors did. The youngsters champions team India. India's defence of the squad remain- skipper M.S have the capability to win With these high sounds of World cup in Australia and Dhoni, vice captain Virat the world cup for us. And it hope such bold decisions Newzealand next year, Kohli, Suresh Raina and R is also a great platform to by team selectors of BCCI which could mean the end Aswin. test the young brigade how is gaining a lot of contro- of thier International Ca- Yuvraj, player of the tour- they manage the pressure versies all around. Igno- reer. nament in India’s success- of such a big tournament.” rance of experienced The discarded Punjab pair ful 2011 world cup, has Considering the BCCI re- players has generated a lot of Yuvraj Singh and Harb- been fully ignored. Though vamped the 2014-15 do- of buzz. World cup 2015 hajan Singh as well as he has not played much in- mestic calendar to allow will show capability of Virendra Sehwag and ternational matches and Jasshola Cricket Academy the selectors’ judge limited young Indian team under Goutam Gambhir have not also not performing good in said, “If you can’t trust over form before the dead- pressure. been named in the pool of domestic matches may be fully on the young bridge. line of picking the probable 30 probables the BCCI se- the reson of the ignorance. Experience plays a major success in the Vijay Hazare lectors announced on Sehwag and Gambhir have role in such big tourna- Trophy, India’s premier do- ATTRIBUTIONS

EDITOR - ZEBA KHAN

COPY EDITOR - ANUBHAB BASU

REPORTERS - KAVITA KARKI MIHIR MISHRA ANUBHAB BASU HRITIK RANJAN SUMAN KISHORE

PHOTOGRAPHER - HRITIK RANJAN