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CONTENTS

1. Student Council 2015-2016
2. List of toppers 2014-2015
3. Ar cles and Poetry

· The Eternal Shakespeare- Apoorv Sahai
· The Past That Haunts You - Apoorv Sahai
· Red Street - Anuj Kumar
· A Dead body of Emo ons - Aparna Sharma
· The Arrival - Arushi Sharma
· Peeping into India's Sanita on - Vikash Jha
· Contradic on - Saumya Chola
· The unsaid Words - Saumya Chola
· One Day - Akansha Mitra
· To Be a Poet - Diksha Chandra
· The Nerd Answers Back - Bharat Virmani
· Crops and Weeds of Life - Harsh Yadav
· Awake - Ankesh
· One More Step - Prateek Shreshtha
· Leveraging India's Human Capital - Vikash Jha

4. About Socie es
· Leher - Saiyank Jayakumar
· Music Society -Team Knight Shade
· Dri Up - Amit Kumar Samania
· Broadway,The Placement Cell - Vijay Kapoor
· Enactus DCAC, Changing Lives through Entrepreneurship - Bharat Virmani
· Disputa o - Kunal Jaitly
· NCC DCAC - Kaustubh Rana
· Clicks – The Photography Society - Shubham Verma, Priyal Kha ar
· Vyapaar - Sahil Madan
· Rokada - Pankhuri, Aditya, Roopal, Bhar
· Prakri Environment Society - Ayushi Barua
· Mercado - Rubhen D”souza
· Na onal Service Scheme Unit, DCAC - Soumya Pant
· Comania - Raima Arora
· Adver sing Associa on - Shwetabh Shankar
· Kshamtaa - Vikash Jha
· Cliff (Club for Leadership Innova on and Finance) - Rohit, Shriya and Sidhantha

Í “Men at some time are masters of their fates”—Cassius in Julius Caesar Í

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5. Ar cles and Poetry
Ÿ A Book Review - Is Indian Civiliza on a Myth? Sanjay Subhramanyam - Arghya Sengupta
Ÿ Red-Yellow-Green - Hiya Gogoi
Ÿ Chase your Dreams - Akansha Mitra
Ÿ We are not Alone - Swa Tewari
Ÿ Rainbows - Swa Tewari
Ÿ On Monday and Wednesday Children - Prerna Sachdeva
Ÿ The Dark Oak - Ashwdhi Nair

6. About Departments
Ÿ Department of Commerce - Ashray Arora
Ÿ Department of Economics - Vaibhavi Ka al
Ÿ Department of Poli cal Science - Jayant Sharma
Ÿ Department of English - Vikash Jha
Ÿ Department of History
Ÿ Department of Journalism and Mass Communica on
Ÿ Ar cles and Poetry (Hindi)
Ÿ izLrkouk % iznwf"kr fnYyh - Nilesh Tiwari
Ÿ dqN dfork;sa vkSj ,dkdh iafDr;k¡ - Swa Tewari
Ÿ ;s eksM+ gS dksbZ ftUnxh dk - Abhimanyu Pratap Singh Chauhan
Ÿ Aaj ka Aadmi - Mahendra Singh
Ÿ Sawaal - Akshita Dhamiia
Ÿ Mann ki Peeda - Abhishek Sharma

7. Achievements
Ÿ Mountain Climbing in Iran - Akash Jindal

Í ”The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars Í
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”—Cassius in Julius Caesar

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Students’ Council 2015-16

The Student Council of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce is a body of elected students which, on
behalf of the en re college, establishes a link between the students and the administra on of the
college. For the year 2015-16 , it was represented by :

● Arjun Thapar (President)

● Abimanyu Pratap Singh Chavan (Vice president)

The student council is an integral part of the university’s educa onal environment, providing s mula ng
programs, services and facili es for the community. It affords the opportunity for informal associa on
outside the classroom.

The student council of DCAC provides maximum opportunity for self-realiza on and individual growth. It
enriches campus life and the educa onal process by providing cultural, social, recrea onal and
intellectual experiences which students can share with faculty, staff, alumni and guests. Students are the
number one priority.

Through its various student organiza ons, the student council advisory board and staff, the student
council serves to enhance the intellectual program of the university and make ac vi es a coopera ve
factor with educa on. From organising the college fes val AMBROSIA and all other cultural ac vi es
throughout the year, the students council of DCAC has been relessly working for its students.

The council of DCAC offers a variety of programs, ac vi es, services and facili es that, when taken
together, represent a well-considered plan for the community life of the college. This council is an
integral part of the educa onal mission of the college.

The council of DCAC is a student-centered organiza on that values par cipatory decision making. In
all its processes, The Students' council encourages self-directed ac vity, giving maximum opportunity
for self-realiza on and for growth in individual social competency and group effec veness.

Tradi onally considered the council living room of the campus, today council is the gathering place of the
college. The council provides services and conveniences that members of the college community need in
their daily lives and creates an environment for ge ng to know and understand others through formal
and informal associa ons.

The council serves as a unifying force that honours each individual and values diversity. The council
fosters a sense of community that cul vates enduring loyalty to the college.

Í To be, or not to be: that is the question". - (Act III, Scene I). Í
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List of toppers from 1st year (2014-2015)

Course Name of Student College University Marks ( % of Division Rank in class
B.A.(Prog) Anjali A Roll No. Roll No. marks) II
Radhika Bha a 105 14016201019 I II
B. Com (Prog) Ashraf Arora 318 14016201019 639/800 II
Ritu Singh 237 14016203022 (79.8%) I II
B. Com (Hons) Anubhav Agarwal 179 14016203013 638/800 II
Anchal Agarwal 774 14016204038 (79.7%) I II
B.A. (Hons) Meghna Kane 767 14016204036 682/800 II
Economics Kajal Sharma 750 14016210032 (85.2%) I II
Prerna Sachdeva 813 14016210048 665/800 II
B.A. (Hons) English Vikash Chandra Jha 954 14016211040 (83.1%) I II
Anchit Jain 922 14016211030 792/900 II
B.A. (Hons) History Anurag Mishra 428 14016218043 (88%) I II
Abhay Dev Puri 283 14016218023 II
B.A. (Hons) Neha Kataria 909 14016220010 781/900 I II
Journalism & Mass Jabir Ali 698 14016220003 (86.7%) II
Communica on Johny Goyal 202 14016227042 652/700 I II
B.A. (Hons) 82 14016227025 (93.1%)
Poli cal 636/700
Science (90.8%)
414/600
(69%)

402/600
(67%)

362/500
(72.4%)
348/500
(69.6%)
618/800
(77.2%)
596/800
(74.5%)
453/700
(64.7%)
451/700
(64.4%)

Í "This above all: to thine own self be true". - (Act I, Scene III). Í
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List of Toppers from 2nd Year (2014-2015)

Course Name of Student College University Marks ( % of Division Rank in class
B. Com (Hons) II
Roll No. Roll No. marks) I II
B.A. (Hons) II
Economics Monica Aggarwal 434 4116460049 709/800 I II
II
B.A. (Hons) English (88.62%) I II
II
B.A. (Hons) History Subhash Chander 627 4116460136 701/800 I II
II
B.A. (Hons) Arora (87.62%) I II
Journalism & Mass I II
Communica on Samyak Jain 507 4116448019 756/800 II
I II
B.A. (Hons) (94.5%)
Poli cal Science
Shresth Garg 173 4116448004 754/800

(94.25%)

Ambika Roy 659 4116403016 566/800

(70.75%)

Tanya Jha 955 4116403109 558/800

(69.75%)

S.M. Anish Khan 648 4116450048 548/800

(68.5%)

Gaurav Shrestha 13 4116450001 544/800
(68%)

Sayunkta Jain 670 4116459015 627/800

(78.37%)

Akanksha Jain 786 4116459019 565/800

(70.62%)

Khushbhoo Negi 791 4116459022 565/800

(70.62%)

Vishal Verma 720 4116451072 597/800

(74.62%)

Aa sh Kr. Verma 116 4116451021 565/800

(70.62%)

Í "Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't.". - (Act II, Scene II). Í
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List of Toppers from 3rd Year (2014-2015)

Course Name of Student College University Marks ( % of Division Rank in class
B.A.(Prog) II
Roll No. Roll No. marks) I II
B. Com (Prog) II
Parul 862 12016201137 2003/2400 I II
B. Com (Hons) II
(83.45%) I II
B.A. (Hons) II
Economics Danish Chopra 212 12016201016 1883/2400 I II
II
B.A. (Hons) English (78.45%) I II
II
B.A. (Hons) History Aman Bali 659 12016203074 2103/2500 I II
II
B.A. (Hons) (84.12%) I II
Journalism & Mass II
Communica on Mitul Nanda 368 12016203050 2035/2500 I II
B.A. (Hons)
Poli cal Science (81.40%)

Kiran Garg 1 12016204001 2281/2700

(84.48%)

Ja n Grover 337 12016204060 2215/2700

(82.03%)

Shubham Gupta 976 12016210049 2233/2500

(89.32%)

Gurllin Kochar 124 12016210006 2140/2500

(85.60%)

Nisha Dahiya 567 12016211036 1444/2200

(65.63%)

Ruhi G. Iyer 287 12016211023 1430/2200

(65%)

Avinash Kumar 813 12016218030 1509/2200

(68.59%)

Prashant Kumar 742 12016218026 1482/2200

(67.36%)

Yashaswani S. 573 12016220019 1876/2400

Sehrawat (78.16%)

Manav Seth 510 12016220016 1855/2400

(77.29%)

Mukesh Rawat 119 12016227016 1604/2400

(66.83%)

S. Sru 527 12016227032 1592/2400

(66.33%)

Í "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". - (Act II, Scene II). Í
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ARTICLE & POETRY

The Eternal Shakespeare m

work, you are struck with volleying ques ons
unleashed by your very brain and that make you
ques on the very purpose of life itself.

Hamlet's soliloquy, “To be or not to be - that is
the ques on”, captures the essence of his
journey from his ini al confronta on with a
dead man's ghost to the final bloodbath. The
point of this line being that if we all have to die
eventually then does it ma er who kills us and
when? Essen ally Hamlet is asking if people
should exist or not. This is just a ny part of this
play. There is a lot more to Hamlet than this
famous soliloquy.

Shakespeare's work is immortal. It's a gi to Since me immemorial Shakespeare has been
mankind that has thankfully been preserved in the flavour of the season for scriptwriters. In the
its true and original state. The world was Indian Film Industry, he has inspired whole
flowered with numerous gi ed playwrights and genera ons of ar sts, most notably - acclaimed
poets but none of them understood human director Vishal Bharadwaj. His most famous
behaviour like William Shakespeare. He had an tragedies like Macbeth and Othello have been
unbelievably profound insight into the human successfully adapted into films 'Maqbool' and
psyche and that is why his dramas are capable of 'Omkara' respec vely with Hamlet recently
seemingly endless retelling and adapta on by being adapted into a brilliant movie, 'Haider' set
others. against the backdrop of the Kashmir of today.

'The Tragedy of Hamlet' is one of the most The brilliance of Shakespeare's works cannot be
powerful tragedies in English Literature. It is a limited to a certain period, it stretches across
testament of Shakespeare's pure genius caste, creed, religion, sex and me.
because even a er four centuries, it s ll ranks
amongst his most performed works and is s ll William Shakespeare's insight and percep on of
being performed and adapted all over the the human misery was truly remarkable. His
world! sagacity had descended from the sagacity of the
Gods themselves and therefore his works will
con nue to inspire the genera ons to come.

So what makes his work so special? What makes Apoorva Sahai
Hamlet special? BA program
(1st year)
A good story? Strong characteriza on? Well, yes
but then a lot of plays already have that.

Shakespeare's work, Hamlet especially has the
potency to change your outlook towards life.
When you are finally able to comprehend his

"A little more than kin, and less than kind". - (Act I, Scene II).
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