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LET’S BREAK THE MYTH!

There’s a certain stereotype attached to most DU colleges, and their students feel it’s time to get rid of those

- Shaina Ahluwalia htcity@hindustant­imes.com

LADYLALALA SHRI RAM COLLEGE FOR WOMEN: THERE IS MORE TO US THAN OUR FEMINIST JHOLA

comes to eminists – that’s the first thing that

here are mind when one thinks of LSR. Students

beauty and known to have that combinatio­n of

veins. “Yes, we brains, and activism running in their

but not do pride ourselves on believing in feminism,

of any one genthe kind who believe in superiorit­y

from studer. It’s just a personal belief and varies

year student. dent to student.” says Aditi, a final

notion I had “I’m glad it broke the pre-conceived

but we have about girls colleges. Yes, it’s strict

can change abundance of opportunit­ies here which you in the best possible way.”

FHINDU COLLEGE:

North Campus, is known to college, which lies in the heart of the

Our college is believed to be a be an institutio­n for intellectu­als. “

you become a part of it you highly intellectu­al institutio­n, but once

to it than this intellectu­al side and realise that there is so much more

We have V-tree puja, chilling the societies are what take over initially.

activities. You can be out at PAM and participat­ing in extracurri­cular

judge you. If you think you will be whoever you are here and no one will

one, it definitely isn’t true,” says surrounded by nerds and also become

society student. Himansh Wadhwa, a second year dramatics

After years of worrying about board exams, school graduates finally have a chance to live the college days they’ve always imagined to be one of ultimate freedom, unlike the confines of school rules and restrictio­ns. After talking to seniors and surfing the internet about various colleges, freshmen mostly arrive at certain stereotype­s about colleges and these tend to stay on. But once you do get through a college, you realise that not all of those notions are true. Here are some myths and notions fed to unsuspecti­ng freshers and thankfully dispelled by the already enrolled students we decided to speak to.

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