The admission season is here and you as a university final year student have the privilege of answering a lot of questions, asked by curious admission seekers. This other day I happened to be in one of Delhi University colleges for some urgent work. As I walked in I bumped into a girl who was with her dad for the very obvious reason. I saw them looking curiously onto the Cut Off list and then walking into one of the rooms for admission. As I walked out, the same father daughter duo was waiting outside the gate, confused. As I waited for a ride, the girl’s daughter approached me and asked if I was a student with the University, to which I nodded calmly. He then asked me one of the most irritating question one can come up during the admission season, “My daughter has X amount of percentage, which course should I consider for her?” Well yes, I understand the admission anxiety and the value of opinions at this point of time. But I fail to understand the degree of confusio...

Post December, India has been under an uproar. After the horrific Delhi tragedy, media is filled with reports of heinous crimes committed against women in the country. Be it the play of the media or the need of the hour, today we are being reminded of the pathetic condition of women in this great nation of India almost every day. But the fact remains, what have we done and what has changed? Nothing, I guess. What we discuss in our newsrooms and write in our newspapers gets completely washed away the moment we step into our living room. The onscreen approach and the real life approach to the problems related to women in India stands miles apart. This is a part of the culture that prevails in India. We claim ourselves to be women activists, advocating justice for victims, but we disallow our sons from marrying a raped or molested woman, because she is no longer pure. We are the new age generation, who goes to every possible candle march in the city, cries in front of the ca...