Nine days, nine devis: DU girls are back at the DUSU desk
India, Oct. 14 -- The festive fervour of Navratri on campus is being celebrated with girl power! The Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) is back with its flagship initiative, where nine female students, one for each day of the Navratri, hold the post of DUSU president. But this year, it also provides them opportunities take on the roles of secretary and joint secretary.
For Deepika Chaudhary, a final-year BA student at Vivekananda College, the first day began with calls from friends and family. The creative writer and budding kabaddi player from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, had applied without expecting to be selected. "It felt like I was made the Prime Minister or Chief Minister," she gushes, adding, "The first agenda on my list was to look into women's safety on campus." Chaudhary then visited paying guest (PG) accommodations in North Campus to speak to residents directly, later taking it up with the DUSU head.
On Day 2, Rekha Terme, a second-year master's student in Political Science from Assam, brought forth concerns about representation and discrimination. "Wearing my traditional dress was my way of bringing my home state along with me to the DUSU president's desk," she says. At Miranda House, students flagged off that weak Wi-Fi was affecting their studies, and Terme says efforts are underway to address it. She also highlighted racial discrimination and safety concerns faced by female students from the Northeast: "We submitted a memorandum to the Delhi Police to help build a stronger support system and safety net on campus," she adds, passing on the baton to Kajal, a BCom (Prog) student from Satyawati College, on Day 3....
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