The end of an era, the beginning of a new world: the departure from the protective environment of school and the arrival of the open era of college. Delhi University is an experience worth living and then savouring for the rest of your life.
In the beginning seeing so many unfamiliar faces is the only reality that intimidates you. So it is important not to lose your cool or composure. I was forewarned and I survived the anxiety attacks.
A junior at college, Mohini Datta doing her B Com (Hons) told me she felt a sudden nostalgia for school and had a mad urge to go back. "At least everyone there knew who I was," she cribbed half in fear and half in jest.
A month before college began, I visited most of Delhi's happening shopping joints, Janpath, Sarojni Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, I saw so many girls just like me shopping and grabbing everything they could before anyone else could lay their hands on them.
I figure these markets are so popular because most of us are shopping on a budget, and don't like spending too much money on fashion trends that fizzle out in a season.
I discovered you can get some interesting knick-knacks at the Tibetan Market at ISBT and even at Pallika Bazar (actually known for its pirated DVDs and CDs); low-waist jeans sell like hot cakes, mostly because of their affordable prices.
The next day in college I saw some girls wearing the funky stuff that I saw on the racks in the markets. From T-shirts to bangles to earrings and ankle bands, you name it and it was on display on the campus ramp.
Bags are a big hit. On the first day, it appeared every girl was carrying these shoulder bags with embroidery on them. Even some guys had them slung across their shoulders though there seemed nothing in them!
What I couldn't help noticing was the jewellery that guys like to wear to college. Rings, chains, bracelets that they probably bought from silver shops at GK M-Block market or some other trinket place. It's easy to create a fashion trend in Delhi. Just display it in some stalls in popular markets and young people will pick them up.
One of the fun things about college is the freedom to eat anything, any time. Unlike break time in school when lunch boxes are demolished the time the bell rings, things work differently in college. You find some great food in cafeterias. From dosas to burgers to chips and fizzy drinks, to the all-time favourite Maggie Noodles, the DU campus has them all. The subsidised rates make these goodies all the more inviting!
One of the more pleasurable past-times is to go exploring the variety of foods available at places like GK M-Block market, Khan Market and Kamla Nagar (better known as Knags). Though at the end, it all boils down to Chaat-pappri or Khan Chacha's rolls or McDonald's burgers or a pizza.
And then there's the other important thing to do. Hit the PVR path and spend a few leisurely hours watching a boring film in the company of stimulating friends who keep laughing at all the wrong places.
Whether it is eating or fashioning, bunking or shopping college life can be explained in just three letters - F-U-N. And everyday brings in a new challenge of exploring new food joints, discussing movies, bitching about other people and wondering why time is in such a fleeting hurry. Wish it could stand still and college life lasts a lifetime! About the AuthorVaruni Khosla Sub-editor...Read Morefirst published:May 26, 2007, 10:57 ISTlast updated:May 26, 2007, 10:57 IST
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The end of an era, the beginning of a new world: the departure from the protective environment of school and the arrival of the open era of college. Delhi University is an experience worth living and then savouring for the rest of your life.
In the beginning seeing so many unfamiliar faces is the only reality that intimidates you. So it is important not to lose your cool or composure. I was forewarned and I survived the anxiety attacks.
A junior at college, Mohini Datta doing her B Com (Hons) told me she felt a sudden nostalgia for school and had a mad urge to go back. "At least everyone there knew who I was," she cribbed half in fear and half in jest.
A month before college began, I visited most of Delhi's happening shopping joints, Janpath, Sarojni Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, I saw so many girls just like me shopping and grabbing everything they could before anyone else could lay their hands on them.
I figure these markets are so popular because most of us are shopping on a budget, and don't like spending too much money on fashion trends that fizzle out in a season.
I discovered you can get some interesting knick-knacks at the Tibetan Market at ISBT and even at Pallika Bazar (actually known for its pirated DVDs and CDs); low-waist jeans sell like hot cakes, mostly because of their affordable prices.
The next day in college I saw some girls wearing the funky stuff that I saw on the racks in the markets. From T-shirts to bangles to earrings and ankle bands, you name it and it was on display on the campus ramp.
Bags are a big hit. On the first day, it appeared every girl was carrying these shoulder bags with embroidery on them. Even some guys had them slung across their shoulders though there seemed nothing in them!
What I couldn't help noticing was the jewellery that guys like to wear to college. Rings, chains, bracelets that they probably bought from silver shops at GK M-Block market or some other trinket place. It's easy to create a fashion trend in Delhi. Just display it in some stalls in popular markets and young people will pick them up.
One of the fun things about college is the freedom to eat anything, any time. Unlike break time in school when lunch boxes are demolished the time the bell rings, things work differently in college. You find some great food in cafeterias. From dosas to burgers to chips and fizzy drinks, to the all-time favourite Maggie Noodles, the DU campus has them all. The subsidised rates make these goodies all the more inviting!
One of the more pleasurable past-times is to go exploring the variety of foods available at places like GK M-Block market, Khan Market and Kamla Nagar (better known as Knags). Though at the end, it all boils down to Chaat-pappri or Khan Chacha's rolls or McDonald's burgers or a pizza.
And then there's the other important thing to do. Hit the PVR path and spend a few leisurely hours watching a boring film in the company of stimulating friends who keep laughing at all the wrong places.
Whether it is eating or fashioning, bunking or shopping college life can be explained in just three letters - F-U-N. And everyday brings in a new challenge of exploring new food joints, discussing movies, bitching about other people and wondering why time is in such a fleeting hurry. Wish it could stand still and college life lasts a lifetime!
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