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One of the most prestigious universities in the country is centered in North Delhi is a large hub called the North Campus. What is popularly called ‘DU’ – Delhi University – for short, has about 83 colleges affiliated to it, many of them spread all over the city, but North Campus with its concentration of premier colleges, institutions, and hostels is the beating heart of student life. DU was founded in 1922, but it’s oldest and most prestigious colleges had already been around for decades: ST Stephen’s dates to 1881 and Hindu College to 1899. Ramjas College (1917) too predated DU’s formation. A much sought after college is Sri Ram College of commerce, popularly called SRCC, founded in 1932. ST Stephen’s was initiative of an Anglican Mission. Its current building in the campus dates to 1941 and includes a peaceful chapel as well as a prestigious library. A certain snob value never quite gets detached from Stephan’s – Its canteen is called ‘Café” and its hotels are called “Hall of Residence”.
One of the most prestigious universities in the country is centered in North Delhi is a large hub called the North Campus. What is popularly called ‘DU’ – Delhi University – for short, has about 83 colleges affiliated to it, many of them spread all over the city, but North Campus with its concentration of premier colleges, institutions, and hostels is the beating heart of student life. DU was founded in 1922, but it’s oldest and most prestigious colleges had already been around for decades: ST Stephen’s dates to 1881 and Hindu College to 1899. Ramjas College (1917) too predated DU’s formation. A much sought after college is Sri Ram College of commerce, popularly called SRCC, founded in 1932. ST Stephen’s was initiative of an Anglican Mission. Its current building in the campus dates to 1941 and includes a peaceful chapel as well as a prestigious library. A certain snob value never quite gets detached from Stephan’s – Its canteen is called ‘Café” and its hotels are called “Hall of Residence”.
Ramjas College was named after
founder Rai Kedar Nath’s father and began life in Daryaganj. Kiroro Mal College (1954) has an excellent Drama
Society _ The Players – and counts Amitabh Bachan among its alumni. Hansraj College and
Miranda House well-known institutions, with the latter are a prestigious all-girls college. Delhi School of Economics (1949) is a venerable centre of
post graduate education which has counted legends like Amartya Sen, Andre
Beteille and M.N. Srinivas as faculty.
Come summer and the long queues
of college hopeful clutching admission forms, daunted by DU’s high cut off marks, make
headlines. Later in the year, the cultural festivals of the college take
over: Mecca
at Hindu, Tempest at Miranda Crossorads at SRCC… Make the campus
reverberate with theatre performances, rock music, quizzes and even more
attendance in the canteen than usual!
If students are here, can Maggi
and street food be far behind? DU has become an institution in their own right. For instance, the mince
cutlets – scrambled egg in ST Stephen’s Café and the mutton
dosas, egg rice or vadas at Delhi School of Economics for another (Though jelly – with – cream and masala coke are
the two off-beat loves). But the under-graduate really comes into her own street nourishment. So, stop by near Patel
Chest Institute for some excellent bhelpuri at Bhelpuri Corner. Near the Daulat Ram amd
Ramjas crossing, find Tom Uncle, a local landmark purely on strength of his
Maggi.
An acquired taste is the Egg
Dosa, offered at the South Indian Café, at PG Mens’s Hostel: it is an omellet but with
the potato stuffing that goes into Dosas.
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