NAVRAS by NSS SRCC Editorial

INDEX Vice President’s Note ............................................................................................................................. 1 Editor’s Note ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Co-Editor’s Note ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Navras And The Divine-Nipun Singhal.................................................................................................... 3 Colorless -Lakshya Kumar ...................................................................................................................... 4 C-O-U-R-A-G-E – What does it say? -Megha Unni Nair .......................................................................... 5 Badalthe Rang-Ranjana Verma………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 FEAR OF INDIAN STREETS-Megha Unni Nair………………………………………………………………………………………7 We-Lavanya……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 Women Rising -Rajsi Sah…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 COURAGE IS TO NEVER GIVE UP!-Rajsi sah……………………………………………………………………………………….9 ROLE OF NAVRAS IN DANCE AND DRAMA-Nirikta Mukherjee…………………………………………..……………10 Dwelling on Dreams -Lavanya…………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 Blind Fold-Aarushi Agarwal……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 The inner world -Alish Dhaked…………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 SUCCINCT…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13 GIFT LIFE 2018(Event In Collaboration With NOTTO)………………………………………………………………………14 Archives………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...16

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Vice-Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note NSS aims to inculcate social welfare in students, and to provide service to society without bias. NSS volunteers work to ensure that everyone who is needy gets help to enhance their standard of living and lead a life of dignity. NSS, SRCC is at its current position today because of its volunteers who themselves have a zeal to work and bring a change in the society. We together try our best to change the society at our level, not just the physical situation but also the mentality of the society, to accept differences. All our actions and efforts are captured beautifully by the editorial team, who along with its team give an eye to the people to look into our work. The theme of this newsletter is Nawras to emphasize upon the blossing and budding path of NSS SRCC. Being the Vice President of NSS SRCC gives me a reason to be proud of myself that I did something worthwhile in my college life. This is a feeling that I believe every individual who has ever been a part of NSS must be experiencing. Nss also helps its volunteers to develop and excel in their life. We hope to motivate every individual to do their bit for the society because every effort counts.

-Shradha Boobna

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Editor-in-Chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: The nine emotions included in Navaras are Shringara, Hasya, Karuna, Raudra, Veer, Bhayanaka, Bibhatsya, Adbhut and Shanti. It is useful to keep in mind that a rasa encompasses not just the emotion, but also the various factors that cause the emotion. These two things go hand in hand and are impossible to treat separately.

We hope that you comprehend the purpose of the newsletter and provide us with constructive feedback! -CHARU SOMANI

Co-Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: Pehal from the year of inception started to establish a platform for students to express their thoughts and concern on various contemporary issues. NSS, SRCC editorial desk with this beautiful compilationNAVRAS, provides a worth multidimensional perspectives on the concept of NAVRAS. Happy Reading!! -RUDRA AKSHAY KUMAR

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NAVRAS AND THE DIVINE -Nipun Singhal Navras share a close link with our mythology and culture. It is only the expressive display of emotions by divine forces that led to the blossoming of these Navrasas in the ancient Indian treatise Natyashastra. Here , Bharata Muni explained eight emotions or rasas and later Abhinavgupta found and explained the ninth one. These Navras are accepted worldwide but how are they linked to Indian Gods and Goddess? Let`s have a look ! The first and ultimate rasa is Shirgararas . It is the creative play between Shiva and Shakti, sun and moon, yin and yang. This ras is associated with the expression of love and romance . The meeting of Siya-Ram at Gauri mandir and attraction of Arjun towards Draupadi at first sight shows an emotional attachment where their souls were entwined. Second ras is Hasyaras which is unified with humour and laughter. The remarks of Naarad Muni at various junctures in mythology and the antics of Vaanar sena arouse this emotion. Next ras is veerras. The valour , courage and bravery shown in the folklore by Pandavas exemplifies this emotion. The fourth ras is Adhbutras which includes feeling of astonishment, amazement and wonder . Ram expresses this feeling when he is astound at the ability of the Vanar Sena to build the bridge to Lanka is a short period of time. Next emotion in navaras is the emotion of compassion. In Ramayana , after the death of Ravan, Hanuman wanted to punish demons for their deeds but Sita had prevented him from doing that as they guarded her at Lanka. This gesture clearly displayed Karunaras. When anger isn’t honored it can bring up irritation, violence, hatred . This ignites Raudraras . Shiva doing Tandav in the rage in anger is the unambiguous expression of this ras. All of us have undergone through the feeling of fear in our lives. We shut down completely in fear , this triggers next ras of Bhanayakta. Lucidly , this was experienced by Lord Rama when he discovered that Sita was being abducted by Ravana. The feeling of disgust constitutes penultimate rasa , Beebhast ras. The blood bath on the battlefield of Kurukshetra and Goddess Kaali’s posture with skulls around her body and foot on Lord Shiva’s chest crops up this feeling in our minds and the onlookers. The last ras as explained by Abhinavagupta is Shanta. Tranquility is something everyone wants and the truth is that it lies within one and not outside. Ram and Sita embodiments of peace, teach us how we can look for peace within and surrounding ourselves. It is evident now that how these emotions were sensed even by the supreme souls. 03 “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”

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Colorless -Lakshya Kumar Recently, there was turmoil in the social world with a video of a delivery boy eating the order to be delivered getting viral. On seeing the video a question that arises is “Was the act justifiable?” owing to my divided opinion there was a conflict between head and heart. On the face of it might seem to be totally unjust and unbearable as the customers who pay for the food, expect loyalty on the part of service provider and a reserve a primary right on the good. However a deeper analysis depicts the existing conditions of people in our country that even for basic amenities people resort to stealing. A research provides startling figures on the wealth inequalities in India, it states that the richest 1% of the Indians have 58% of total wealth and 10% of Indians have 80% of total wealth. With drastically rising population widespread corruption there is no scope for the poor and the marginalised to rise and the gulf between the rich and poor keeps on widening and poor is left with no option but steal. Our politicians do indulge in mudslinging every now and then rarely are such issues brought into consideration except the election agendas. The lives of these people is no better than hell they slog in day and night to make both ends meet yet the callous society exploits them and they end up again being poor. Seeing no option to escape from this vicious circle they follow the path of crime and engage in such offences. Although we accomplished the Mars Orbiter Mission marking ISRO’s golden achievement, we have the best army in the world, most of our population is young and we have the best of researchers and mathematicians, we have emerged to be a hub of cyber services but this so called development is totally rich oriented and the poor still sleeps with an empty stomach.

04 “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”

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C-O-U-R-A-G-E – What does it say? -Megha Unni Nair Someone rightly said “courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it’’. Courage or valour or otherwise referred as Dhayrya has been beautifully potrayed in the literatures and scriptures, be it the bravery of Pandavas in Mahabharata or the heroism of Lord Rama. However, courage is not always loud. Sometimes it is quite and at times hidden. Yet it is present everywhere. In other words, all you need is to look closely in order to see those little acts of courage that makes this world slightly a better place to live. Imagine yourself riding a bus carrying dozens of other people. What would happen if that bus was attacked by terrorists? For many of us just thinking about such situations will sent a fear down the spine. This was what happened when Salim, a bus driver in Anantnag district took a dozen of pilgrims to Amarnath. Despite the terrorists firing shots at them, he continued to drive the bus that too with one flat tyre for over two kilometres till he reached a camp of armed forces, thus saving all of them. Now consider another example. Mandeep Singh Dhillion, an IAF officer was on a landslide-hit evacuation mission in the jungles of Arunachal Pradesh. He rescued 169 people on 5 sorties and was on his 6th sortie to Sagalee village when the weather worsened and unfortunately, he couldn’t get the better of it. Stories such as those of Salim and officer Mandeep are not always told and heard. Yet they are important for they are amazing examples of selfless devotion to human service and holding on to courage at moment when it was not that easy. Today when everyday newspapers highlight nothing but the grave cruelties and misfortunes and humanity has lost faith in goodness and moral cowardice of law makers and law enforcers put a question mark on the very idea of justice, it is important to highlight and rejoice at such small acts. These acts keep alive a hope of better future. Along with that we also need to make a promise to replicate those acts in little things that we do. Only then we can ensure that ‘courage’ is not just a word depicting a courageous act. It is a virtue carrying deep meaning within itself.

05 “I like good strong words that mean something…”

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Badalte Rang -Ranjana Verma

बचपन की वह मासूम हं सी अब अलववदा ले चुकी है .. व ंदगी कुछ इस कदर हम से मुसाविर हो चली है । वह िूल बनकर खिलखिलाना हमारा, ना दु वनया को रास आया। वह पंछी बनकर चहचहाना हमारा, ना वकसी को हमसे मुिाविब कर पाया।

आजादी को हमारी शायद वकसी की न र-सी लग चुकी है .. व ंदगी कुछ इस कदर हम से मुसाविर हो चली है । हं सी के लम्हें यारों संग, हमें मेहरूम कर चले हैं । वकस्से हमारी िन्हाइयों के अब, हमको घेर चुके हैं । वक्त की बेव़ियां ना ाने क्ों दगा कर चुकी हैं … व ंदगी कुछ इस कदर हम से मुसाविर हो चली है । व ंदगानी िेरी राहों पर अब िो, वसिफ धुंधला पथ ही वदििा है । थी व ससे ही आशा हमको, वह िुद ही वनराश वदििा है । क्ा वशकायि करें ए-व ंदगानी िुझसे िू िुद ही बेबस हो चुकी है … व ंदगी कुछ इस कदर हम से मुसाविर हो चली है ।।

06 “Don't gobble funk around with words.”

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FEAR OF INDIAN STREETS -Megha Unni Nair I remember how my aunt once explained my cousin who recently returned from US the probable dangers of staying late and travelling back home post 8 pm in India. At that time she looked rather perplexed and thought that my aunt was being a bit too strict. But the truth is she was right. Indian streets are nothing less than an abode of fear. Indian streets are becoming dangerous day by day for reasons beyond imagination. For thefts and murders prevail even in broad daylight. If you are a woman particularly, then you have to keep your all senses open while walking through Indian streets. It is not just for these crimes, but the whole atmosphere looks grave and dangerous. The constant abuses that you hear, the violent fights that takes place between shopkeepers, drivers or even between pedestrians sent fear down one’s spine. Accidents have become too ordinary for a travelling Indian. If you are a woman, then you can hear sexual comments from every corner and you can’t even respond to it because you know that it will lead to nothing other than more problems. Even law enforcement officers are either too afraid to respond or are contributors to this problem themselves. Rapes have become the stories of every day. If you are a tourist not accustomed to this Indian street culture then your problems are never ending. But if these problems did exist in the past when did it worsen? Well, you can’t assign a particular date to this issue. It magnified day by day, year by year. Every occasion the law enforcers failed to act on such issues or every single occasion the judiciary failed to punish the guilty, it led to worsening of this problem. Well, in this situation of increasing crimes in Indian streets, all we can do is to not be afraid but to counter these situations and hope that in the coming time things will improve for in the age of digitalisation and smart cities, safe cities will take notice of law makers and smart laws will be made to deal with it.

07 “Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.”

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We -Lavanya We – Shringaar Ras We are like the strings of a guitar We sound different, Yet create harmonious melodies We are like the distant stars Far apart from each other Yet the sky unites us We are like the waves of an ocean We start separate Yet we end up at a common shore We are like the sun and the moon Shining at different times Yet doing the same job of giving light We are like you and me Taunting each other every second Yet unable to stay a second parted...

#WomenRising -Rajsi Sah

Last month at the World Boxing Championship, Mary Kom once again affirmed her place as one of the greatest boxers known in history of boxing. She enhanced her already legendary status by climbing her sixth world championship gold by defeating Ukraine&#39;s Hanna Okhota in the 48 kg segment of the Women’s World Boxing Championship. Kom has always defied odds by busting gender stereotypes, and overcoming the odds posed by the lack of resources and poor infrastructure that hold back so much athletic talent in India. She has not only inspired thousands of girls to think of boxing as their dream, but has also managed to put the tiny state, Manipur on India&#39;s talent map. She has been successful in bringing India on the world boxing landscape with sheer determination and exemplary courage defeating all obstacles coming in her way. Kom&#39;s success is a true display that women in sports are slowly but steadily gaining momentum to show the world the immense powerthey possess. This is indeed a story of women rising. 08 “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.”

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COURAGE IS TO NEVER GIVE UP! -Rajsi sah

Since a kid, I have always loved to solve math's problems. The more difficult the sums would get, the more I felt compelled to solve it. There were times when the teacher used to gives us some problems for homework and when discussed it with friends, they said ‘don’t solve those sums, they are just too difficult’. But that of course meant that I will definitely try to get the answers to them. This taught me one thing-‘Courage is to never give up!’ Nelson Mandela rightly said,” I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Courage is standing for one’s rights, having the power to overcome one’s fears and helping others to do the same. Being courageous and brave is everything. It is vital to have faith in yourself, to be true to yourself and to have the courage to do what it takes to achieve your goal. Pursuing your passions and being yourself requires a tremendous amount of inner strength, and it’s important to constantly recognize and appreciate the confidence that it takes to follow your heart and your dreams! This often means going against the wishes of your loved ones, losing out on the best people in your life but in the end if you know that you’re doing the right thing, it becomes important to stand firm by your decisions. Courage is to never give up whatever obstacles are there. Winners never give up. If we give up our vision - or our dream - even if we continue to live, we are dead inside. Courage is infectious. An act of courage by one person instils determination in hearts of others too. Our independence struggle is the living example of this. It was Gandhi’s courage that ignited fire in hearts of thousands of Indians to fight for their land despite facing numerous tortures by the British. In the end, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill

09 “We live and breathe words.”

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ROLE OF NAVRAS IN DANCE AND DRAMA -Nirikta Mukherjee “The best and the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller Emotions are an integral part of humankind. What cannot be expressed in words or actions can be beautifully emoted. Navras represents the nine emotions of life where in ‘Nava’ means nine and ‘Rasa’ signifies emotions. This concept was introduced and detailed in the Natyashastra, written by Bharata Muni. These Rasas have been, since times immemorial, an intrinsic part of all kinds of art forms, especially the performing arts like dance and drama, namely nritya and natak. The first Rasa called the Hasya Rasa, signifying laughter and happiness is one of the most popular Rasas in the dance drama. The color white signifies the Rasa and the performers emote it by showing their pearly whites. The second Rasa called the Raudra Rasa signifying anger is depicted by the color red. Bulging one’s eyes and glaring are the depictions of Raudra Rasa. A combination of glowering eyes and long shivery breaths may also be used.Adbhuta Rasa which signifies surprise is the third Rasa. It is denoted by the color yellow. It may be used in a situation to depict the surprise of feeling an unusually pleasant weather or at the arrival of someone, not expected. Surprised eyes and curious expressions are its tools. Shaanta Rasa is the fourth Rasa which represents peace and calmness. Its color is white and its tools are a subtle smile and drooping peaceful eyes. It may be used to denote meditation or the stillness after a struggle. The fifth Rasa, Bibhatsya Rasa represents disgust and dislike. It is denoted by the blue color and may be used in case of depiction of a horrid and ghastly situation or towards a hateful and disliked person. The Shringara Rasa or the sixth Rasa is one of the most beautiful Rasas. It means beauty and love and is denoted by a soothing light green color. It depicts the love and excitement of a woman before the arrival and meeting with her lover. Consequentlyher ‘shringara’, the beauty is depicted by actions of wearing jewellery, draping the sari and looking at herself in the mirror and reminiscing memories of good times spent with her lover. .

10 “Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.”

PEHAL The seventh Rasa called the Veera Rasa denotes courage, heroism and pride. It is depicted by the color orange. A victorious warrior or a proud king or queen may emote the Veera Rasa. Chin up, tummy tucked in and broad shoulders make up a combination of the tools for the Veera Rasa Karuna Rasa, the eighth Rasa, means compassion or the humanity to feel someone ele’s pain and sorrow. It is depicted by the color grey. It may be used in a situation of forgiveness or the relationship between a mother and herill child. Last but not the least is the Bhayanak Rasa. It depicts fear, dread and terror and the color black denotes it well .All demons and negative characters are given black costumes to wear and they have fierce faces with bulging eyes and unpleasant expressions. Thus, these nine Rasas are the essentials of nritya, Indian classical dance and natak, indian theatre. This widely accepted concept has now flown to various international dance forms as well as various global theatrical soceities. These are not only essential to art forms but life too asthey truly help emote the very cores of the heart.

Dwelling on Dreams -Lavanya Dwelling on dreams Born to Kindle the lamp of joy Life yet to lead to a journey unseen With the smile as the charm Dance as the sequence of thoughts that run Learning to bluff as I grow Putting a selfish hole in my soul No longer pure, the life makes me yearn for everything I had few years ago Sitting in an open area, completely free My mind boggles over everything Random thoughts occupy my mind Happiness has no space Pre-occupied by things I shouldn't bother I worry about matters not required In the stream, the pebbles do obstruct the flow But the force of water carries them away Life goes on every day and every moment Streams rushing down from eyes, nose or none Purest smile of the child And the serene sunlight beams Leave me here, dwelling on dreams.

11 “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

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Blind Fold -Aarushi Agarwal We judge by skin colour But a black doctor just gave birth to my son We judge by gender, But my sister just took a beating for me We judge by occupation, But the peasant can leave tycoons in despair. We judge by religion, But the soldier never asked me mine. We judge by face, Turns out, the heart just gave me a hand. We judge so fast, but what right do we really have?

The inner world _-Alish Dhaked

Enter the world with innocence and hope But the way passes in restlessness and grope And the despair, lest you begin to cope With others to gleam up your way

Now your alliance with true being Let you to tranquil and deep rest Then the divinity overtakes the pride And the dawn of thrill in life.

12 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.â&#x20AC;?

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SUCCINCT A dominating society - A child is endowed from family to community, from finance to moral support, from education to dignity,from dogmas to playfulness and let them to fly.Thus the world gives them everything, what not.

An oppressive child- yeah! everything but not freedom.

- Alish Dhaked

Once traveling with my family I happened to come across one of my old friends, he was once our neighbour and went to the same class with me. We used to play together, we lived together, we ate together and whenever we got handsome money we would always buy ice-creams as both were fond of it, life seemed perfect in his company. But one day his father got transferred and they left for another state. Meeting him again in those summers was a delight we talked our about lives, shared our food, played a lot and did eat ice-creams. Every now and then whenever I eat an ice-cream many memories melt along with it.

- Lakshya Kumar

Melancholy was on the edge Between life and death, was placed the wedge An incessant, unconscious fall Was all he desired for Suddenly, a thought did spark in his mind Took a step back, and went home to rewind A treasured smile, Joy did bring Because he remembered, all that matters, are the little things!

- Manasvi Jaiswal

13 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.â&#x20AC;?

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GIFT LIFE 2018 (event in collaboration with NOTTO) NSS SRCC in collaboration with National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization-Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India organized GIFT LIFE 2018, an initiative to promote and support Organ Donation. Event witnessed a massive participation of students in various competitions. Day 1 of event commenced with lighting of lamp as a sign of good beginning, by Dr. Promila Gupta, Principal Consultant, Director General DGHS, MoHFW, Gol as a chief guest; Dr. Vasanthi Ramesh, Director of NOTTO as our guest of honor; Prof. Simrit Kaur, Principal, SRCC and Dr. Nawang Gialchhen , Programme Officer. Followed by the motivating speech of Dr. Promila Gupta, Dr. Vasanthi Ramesh, Prof. Simrit Kaur and Dr. Nawang Gialchhen which inspired the audience to take pledge for becoming a donor and save several lives. The event kick-started with the Poster Making Competition. It aimed at spreading the message of Deceased organ donation using one's creativity and the theme for the same was "Transport: From Retrieval of Organ to Transplant". 60 teams across various colleges participated in the competition and two hours were given to showcase their creativity. In the chronology next competition was Face painting. This competition witnessed participation of 21 teams on the theme "Let's give a new life, let's donate our organs" and Ms. Nirupama , Dr.Mukul and Dr.Ak Gadpyle as judges. In the list next comes Street Play competition; The competition witnessed participation of 6 teams on the theme Steps of Organ donation with Ms. Kavita Singh (Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), Mr.Sanjeev Kumar (Director, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) as Judges. Quiz competition which is organized in the seminar room ( SRCC) witnessed a participation of 45teams on the theme Deceased organ donation with Nikhil Prasad as Quiz master. After a successful line up of events on the first day, the second day of Gift Life'18 began with the melodious notes of participants in the singing competition on the theme of 'Deceased Organ Donation'. A total of 7 teams turned up for the competition and fascinated the audience with their selfcomposed mellifluous songs. The competition was judged by Ms. Anuradha Ramam, Ms. Vasanthi Ramesh, Ms. Charanya Lakshmi Kumaran, Ms. Hema Ramakrishnan and Ms. Indira Iyer. Rangoli competition witnessed a participation of 24 teams on the theme Felicitation of Organ Donor Families and with Ms. Sangeeta Abrol, Ms. Gauri Sen Gupta and Ms. Anuradha Ramam as judges. Slogan writing competition ( English and Hindi) witnessed participation of 53 in total; on the theme Breaking Myths and Misconceptions regarding deceased organ donation ;English slogans were judged Ms. Sangeeta Abrol, Ms. Indira Iyer and Ms. Hema Ramakrishnan and the Hindi slogans were judged by Mr. Binod Khaitan. 14

PEHAL Model making competition with the theme - Mould the life and Mr. Binod Khaitan and Ms. Anuradha Ramam as judges. Film Making Competition witnessed participation from various colleges who recorded motivational films on the theme of 'Life Goes On- Grief Counselling' . All the films were eye openers for the youngsters who attended the event !! The films were judged by Dr. L.R. Verma, C.K. Durga, Dr. Rana A.K. Singh, Dr. V.P. Singh and they really appreciated the efforts put in by the teams. In all, the event was a huge success.

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