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Delhi Days and Campus Dramas

Shaival Thakkar 
(Follows ‘Bong’ed at JNU‘)

“24×7″ food-joint at JNU. 

Apart from these pseudo-Bengalis, there also existed a Delhiite in our batch who claimed to be dying of a serious disease. If he was saying the truth then he deserves all the sympathy and empathy in the world. However, if he was lying (which is probably the case) then he deserves to be punished (like a night or two in jail can really put the hypochondria, the attention-seeking behaviour and the urban

What if Rajbala were your mother. + What if I attacked the Delhi ‘slutwalk’ers?

Kartikey Sehgal

What if Rajbala were your mother?

Then you would post facebook updates in her support. You would make facebook groups and pages.

Why don’t you? Because Rajbala is not someone you aspire to be. If an author/pilot/astronaut or a rich woman were in Rajbala’s place, then you would show sympathy and rage. What does Rajbala wear? Salwar-kameez? Does she converse in English? Then why should we bother. If she were a minority member then we would have something to complain about.

Nobody bothers …

Your Gender is a Liability

Kartikey Sehgal

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Two drunken policemen pointing AK-47′s threatened to march a colleague and me into a shack for “some fun.” We got away untouched, so why bring up the matter? I didn’t want my boss to think that my gender was a liability. (source)

but of course woman, it is. Secularism is your enemy. Righteousness in suggesting, that, all men are essentially good, everywhere, in-all-parts, draws on short-term emotions.
Of morality.
Of goodness.

It draws immediate praise, and certified fan-following; attention—of the …

Stephen’s Girls don’t Flush

Kartikey Sehgal

st. stephen's
St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

St. Stephen’s (Delhi) contribution to India is commendable. It has given Her bright students and more importantly, girls who like to drive their father’s car. In fact, it is believed that Stephen’s girls have never stepped on a road.

My friend and I ventured into the empty Stephen’s college—sans people but with green gardens, healthy flowers and neat pathways and corridors. The buildings don’t have a name. You’ll have to ask around if you want to visit the library …