Karnavati University | Established 2017 | karnavatiuniveristy.com | Uvarsad | Sept. 2017 | Vol: 05 COMPETE Plus NAVRATRI ENSEMBLE THE CLAN OF ESSENTIALS FRESHERS Page No. 10 Page No. 06 KARNAVATI UNIVERSITY HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN IMPROVE THEIR SLEEP HABITS College life can be tough: all the studying, assignments, class room projects and partying can leave you drained out and leave little time for sleep. Getting eight hours of sleep per night as a college student seems more difficult than getting into college in the first place. You are probably counting the days till your next vacation when you can switch off your alarm and snooze buttons and get those much deserved Zzz’s. Till then, if you are sleep deprived and need help getting organized, here’s some advice: 1. Learn to say NO: You do not have to complete your friend’s assignment every time he or she asks. Have a grasp on your own priorities and passions before you set out to help others. You will not be considered selfish if you choose to be empowered by your own goals. Instead, you will be more focused about where you want to go in life. Plus, when you take care of yourself first, you will have more energy to be there for your friends. Cont. On Page No. 07 COMPETE Plus CONTENTS VICE CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGE 02 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK 03 SRK’S STORY IS FAR FROM OVER 04 THE CLAN OF FRESHERS 06 HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN IMPROVE THEIR SLEEP HABITS 07 ARE WE OBJECTIFYING GIRLS IN THE NAME OF CELEBRATIONS? 08 FACULTY ACHIEVERS 09 NAVRATRI ENSEMBLE ESSENTIALS 10 HOROSCOPE 12 STUDENT CORNER 13 FLY ON THE WALL 17 EVENTS 18 COMPETE Plus 02 VICE CHANCELLOR’S MESSAGE Dear students, Wish you all a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi! The students of Karnavati University have been celebrating May Lord Ganesha provide you with auspicious beginnings Ganesh Chaturthi every year with a lot of sincerity and and inspire you with his creativity! devotion. This year has been no different and the students Dr. Deepak Shishoo have done a spectacular job of throwing a beautiful celebration for the members of Karnavati University. Ganpati is the symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Dr. Deepak Shishoo Celebrations like the Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja on Provost (Vice Chancellor) campus inculcate the importance of spirituality along with highlighting the significance of maintaining social relations. The intention is to bring people together and have a sense of camaraderie rise in them. The events, that are a part of Ganesh Utsav, promote bonding and create synergy among students, their faculty and staff. COMPETE Plus 03 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK August set the tone for what can be called the season of The Style Guide section covers all you need this Navratri to festivals. Students celebrated all the festivals last month look your best. Prof. Anjali PS from UID gives you tips on with much fanfare on campus and seem to be looking what’s hot and what’s not this year to help make you dazzle forward to more festivals in the upcoming months. the garba grounds! If you have missed out on attending any event on campus, turn to the Events section to catch up on The September edition of Compete Plus is all about the same. You can also find some amazingly creative encouraging the celebration of Indian festivals on campus. contributions by students under the Student Corner. As the vice chancellor mentioned in his address, these Happy reading! celebrations on campus not only promote bonding but also inculcate a sense of social responsibility among students and the whole community. Chitra Unnithan Besides regular such as I Love English, Horoscope and Editor, Compete Plus your secretly favourite Fly on the Wall columns, the September issue has a special guest post by Mr. Piyush Mishra, a film analyst, who loves keeping a tab on box office numbers. For this issue, he has analyzed the film choices of Shahrukh Khan and put it as a brilliant read. If you are a fresher and trying hard to cope with college life, especially your sleep cycle, don’t miss out on the Cover Story, which talks about how students can manage to get enough sleep while managing their tight schedules. Design school’s Prof. Kishori Dalwadi enlightens us with her piece on the importance of the unique Foundation programme at UID while law school’s Prof. Debarati Halder shares her opinion on the objectification of women in the name of celebrations. COMPETE Plus 04 SRK’S STORY IS FAR FROM OVER By Piyush Mishra Film Analyst Once writer-lyricist Mayur Puri had said that any story has Tubelight and Jagga Jasoos, one of the most anticipated couldn’t survive beyond a week in theatres, Raees--which three parts- beginning, middle and end. Same is the story of films of 2017, starring the ‘Salman Khan’ and Ranbir Kapoor had huge potential due to the fantastic build-up towards its an enigma called Shahrukh Khan. His beginning was failed miserably. Salman Khan even went out of the way and release-- lost the opportunity because of its clash with humble as well as crackling with middle-class cinema films paid over Rs 30 crore to the distributors for the losses. Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil. Had Kaabil not released at that like Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, revenge-thriller Baazigar, time, Raees would have made much more than the Rs 160 Darr, Anjaam, all-time superhit DDLJ and so on. The middle Except for Baahubali 2, no film has been able to actually set crore that it garnered. was marked by Dil Se, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Yash the box office on fire in 2017. (Akshay Kumar is an Chopra classic Veer Zaara, Farah Khan’s directorial debut exception. Jolly LLB 2 was a hit and Toilet Ek Prem Katha is From the time since SRK did DDLJ till the time when Jab Main Hoon Na, Paheli, Don and sports drama still running in theatres) Harry Met Sejal released, a whole new generation has Chak De India. GUEST POST grown up. This generation will throng in thousands to catch But to be fair to him, it is not easy to be SRK. Even a glimpse of their favourite star in the mall but will also reject I would like to believe that the end of King Khan is still quite when he was doing different roles (Don, Ra.One, Raees, those very films if they don’t like the content. far but the phase from 2008 has seen more Billu, Fan), media and his haters always said that SRK does disappointments than hits and has not been kind enough. only love stories and is a great lover on-screen and he The year 2017 hasn’t been great for Bollywood and Jab He has done more experiments lately but sadly most of should stick to that only. But when he attempted a love story Harry Met Sejal, too, met the same fate as other biggies did. them have failed to generate the results as everyone would with Imtiaz Ali in the director’s seat, he got thumbs down However, the failure of SRK’s film at this point in time has far have expected. from audience. reaching impact-- both on business and his career. SRK is already above 50 and that is showing. His choice of roles Ever since Jab Harry Met Sejal released, critics and fans SRK’s career can be divided into two parts- Before 2007 need to be in sync with his age (look how Anil Kapoor and have been asking Why Harry met Sejal? According to me, and After 2007. Jackie Shroff have remodelled their careers). Secondly, this one line summarises the recent choices of films of Between 1992 and 2007, SRK won eight Filmfare Awards most of his films are produced by his own company- Red Shahrukh Khan and their box-office collections. Why SRK (including both for negative role and best actor). However, Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd and so the whole chain gets chose those films and why did they fail to garner after 2007, he has won only one Filmfare Award. Like I said, affected when his film is unable to make the desired money. collections? it’s about the choices. SRK shifted to films like Chennai Since he endorses more than two dozen brands, a whole Express, Happy New Year and Dilwale to reach maximum ecosystem suffers when his film doesn’t perform as per If you take a look at box-office performance of some big audience but that dipped his appeal for serious acting roles. expectations and in case of SRK, expectations are always films this year, you will see that most big films have failed. To balance that notion, he made Fan and Raees. While Fan high. COMPETE Plus 05 In the meantime, Akshay Kumar has come up with a new has made it on his own, is here to stay. From Nellore to model of cinema. Khiladi Kumar plays to his strengths and Nigeria, Singapore to Solapur, Brussels to chooses scripts which resonate with most number of people Bhubhaneshwar, SRK not only has fans but actually has fan besides making movies at low-cost, which results in good clubs in all parts of the world. Someone who is known as returns most of the times. (Just think, when was the last time King Khan and has such a huge empire of fans will definitely an Akshay Kumar movie flopped?) rise and entertain us. Also Akshay Kumar comes with 3-4 films (each on different subject/genre) every year while SRK, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan release one or maximum two films in a year.