Established in 1936 The Doon School WEEKLY “I sketch your world exactly as it goes.” -Arthur Foot October 6, 2018|Issue No. 2516 under the scanner Inter-house football EXHAUSTED An analysis of the recent decisions A report on the Inter-House A poem depicting the battle taken by the Supreme Court of India. Football Competition, 2018. between individual and society. Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 The Foods of Olde Armaan Verma explores the humor in the food formerly served in the CDH. Disclaimer: This is a work of ago. Nutella had only just been forget. hyperbolic fiction. All resemblance to any conceived as we entered the Great Aye, those were dark days individual or organization—particularly Hall for the first time. Only the indeed. Now you children have any organization — is coincidental. heavens know what people used as nutrients being measured by the spread before that. Nevertheless, molecule, each roti warm on your Gather around, young’uns, for the rajma that chipped teeth and palates and each bowl of butter it is time that you were told the the satanic bread disguised as unfrozen in the winter. You did true origins of the foodstuff that toast remained; the Great Hall of not see the havoc wrought by the adorns your plates. Indeed, the Central Dining was still a force to heathen foods of old. But amidst Great Hall of Central Dining is be reckoned with. the endlessly chewy rasagullas, the far removed from what it once The placement of the little gravy we found in the oil, and was. Those were days when the preposterously pleasant paneer, the roast chicken from hell, we taste of ice tea had not yet reached perfectly posited as providential, were bound together by a sense our palates. The Great Hall is was particularly premeditated. of impending doom at the end of now witness to a cornucopia of Served in infinitesimal amounts, each meal. A sense that what we bearable grub, under the Order of it left every vegetarian among us ate would be as raw when it came the Nutritionists that has brought a Cassius lean enough to disquiet out as when it went in. Aye, it was to heel the savage morsels that Caesar’s mind. Meanwhile, the a time to remember. A time when once plagued the tables of boys rest of us sustained ourselves on Maggi was still contraband and and masters alike. It is a different infinite chicken and fish chicken. when taste buds died valiantly. A animal now, tamed and predictable Foremost among the scourge time when heroes were born on in its offerings. In the days of yore, of our youth was the paneer the dining table and not in the it was infamously the place where that cloaked its foulness in the pantry. dreams and appetites went to die, macaroni, though I am told of late where a thousand undiscovered that it has resurfaced to defile the stomach conditions were birthed mouths of patrons once again. and where the true resolve of the But mark! In the cruel bleakness hungry patrons was tested. of November, when the gods saw First, however, we must be fit to thrust into our paths a real careful not to ignore the time challenge, there rose from the that preceded ours. Following our murky depths of the kitchen a introduction to the Great Hall and single casserole, a single stack of its abominations, many a tale did we rotis that resembled its bulletproof hear of the mythical ‘bulletproof ancestors of antiquity. The rotis’ that made up the brick and casserole knew that it was not alone mortar of ancient, forgotten in the onslaught, accompanied by fortresses. Fortunately, such evil the Charge of the Light Biryani, had disappeared when we joined so it was between the devil and the ranks. The smell of real noodles, deep blue sea for us. Those were however, had been forgotten long dinners few among us will ever 2 the doon school weekly Top of the table Hot Ball The School participated in the 1st Woodstock School The School participated in the IPSC Squash Invitational Table Tennis Championship held at Tournament held at RIMC, Dehradun from Woodstock School, Mussoorie on September 29, September 15 to September 20, 2018. 2018. In the Under-17 team Category the School team The Under-19 team, comprising Anuman Goel, reached the Semi-Finals. Krishay Sutodia was Harshvardhan Agarwal and Shivank Dhall, won the selected for the SGFI National Games, while Raghav gold medal. Goyal was given a Special Recommendation for The Under-17 team, comprising Aryan Kasera, the SGFI National Games. Sanyam Gupta and Raghav Misra, won the Silver Medal. Well done! The Under-15 team, comprising Raghav Sharma, Aryav Agarwal and Arnav Malhotra, won the gold Reaching New Heights medal. A team comprising Sanjum Dhaliwal, Mehtab Bal and Shreyash Banka represented Dehradun Kudos! in the Uttarakhand State Youth Basketball UNQUOTABLE QUOTES Championship held at Behl, Haridwar from I have more brain than you. September 21 to September 23, 2018. The team won the championship. Varen Talwar, evidently. Sanjum Dhaliwal and Mehtab Bal were also selected to Looking back in hindsight. represent Uttarakhand in the 35th Youth National Bhai Kabir Singh, introspecting. Basketball Championship. Mark Zuckerberg composed Pirates of the Carribean. Raghav Kediyal, in a fantasy world. Congratulations! Musician in the Making The School particpated in the Ramamurthi Around the World in 80 Words Memorial Performing Arts Competition held at The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Frances Hopetown Girls School on September 27, 2018. Arnold for ‘the directed evolution of enzymes’, and In the Solo Piano Category Tarun Doss won the to George Smith and Sir Gregory Winter for ‘the first prize. phage display of peptides and antibodies’. Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as the CJI. The New York Times Well done! accused Donald Trump of receiving $413 million of black money from his father’s real estate empire. The International Court of Justice ordered the United Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. “ States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of Khalil Gibran humanitarian goods. Nightmares Anant Ganapathy All the Best for Founder’s! Saturday, October 6 | Issue No. 2516 the doon school weekly 3 would probably have been politically motivated rather than in UNDER THE SCANNER the best interest of the public. However, meddling with the Recent Supreme Court Rulings | Varen Talwar Parliament’s job can also be seen The Indian Supreme Court is five judge bench which gave the as an act of interfering with the the apex court of our nation. Aadhaar verdict. The verdict was functioning of democracy. It can It therefore has the authority passed with a 4:1 majority. be argued that such increasing of ‘constitutional review’ and is However, it is important to levels of judicial review and the ‘final court of appeal’ in the understand that the Aadhaar activism can end up suppressing country. Recently, there have been verdict does not fully approve of the role of the main legislative many judgements made by the the 2016 Aadhaar verdict. There body of the country. court which have a massive impact have been many changes made But maybe this issue has not on Indian citizens. These include to it by the judges. These include reached such a great extent changes to the Constitution like denying private firms and certain that it is a formidable threat to the partial decriminalisation of authorized officials access to democracy. For example, there Section 377 of the Indian Penal personal information linked to has been another ruling by the Code, which permits consensual the Aadhaar. The bench was also SC which disqualifies politicians homosexual relations. Other of the opinion that mobile phone with criminal charges to contest prominent reviews were the ‘Right numbers and bank accounts are elections. In this case, the apex to Privacy’ as a Fundamental Right not necessary information in the court left the decision to the of the citizens; the declaration of Aadhaar, and the data can be held Parliament, thus not exercising the Triple Talaq as unconstitutional; for only six months instead of power of judicial review. and its recent approval of the 2016 the five years the 2016 Aadhaar Maybe this is because the SC Aadhaar Act. Act had mandated. The ruling wants to confine the use of this With such major changes, there approved of the fact that the power only to where it is absolutely seems to be a surge in the use of Aadhaar is reliably unique due to necessary, like it was in the Aadhaar judicial review by the Supreme biometric data and also stated that case, where the welfare of the Court. Judicial review is the it did not harm privacy due to the citizens was threatened. Whatever power of the court to declare any minimalistic requirements. it is, considering the increasing laws as unconstitutional, and to Justice Chandrachud, being so activity of the SC recently, I examine the constitutional validity vocal about his disapproval, has think it will be safe to say that of laws made by the Parliament. only proven that the verdict has the judiciary is now has a greater The practice of judicial review is highlighted the power of the influence on national affairs. visible in the declaration of Triple judicial review. In many ways, this However, it is difficult to conclude Talaq as unconstitutional, and the is greatly helpful for the citizens’ if this threatens Indian democracy recent Aadhaar verdict, where the welfare, since it can be argued that or emboldens it. SC ruled that the Aadhaar card the discussion in the Parliament can be mandatory only to avail government services.