THE MERCURIAN TIMES

Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Jesus and Mary College, 1st - 5th October 2018 “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women are merely players.” ~William Shakespeare Jesus and Mary College invited all students to the culmination of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of its journey - 1968 to 2018. The college celebrated 50 years of Empowering Woman through Transformative Education. A week-long celebration was held from 1st to 5 October 2018. All students of JMC volunteered for different departments, doing their bit to the best of their abilities, to make this celebration a very grand success. On 1st October, a Dance Recital by Padma Shree Geeta Chandran was held in the Multi Purpose Hall. While an International Conference on the theme of ‘Empowering Women through Transformative Education’ was held on 3rd and 4th of October. In the International Conference, delegates, speakers as well as distinguish leaders from all over the world took an active part and spoke abou...

SUPREME COURTS VERDICTS – For better or the worse? ~By Ana S. Thomas Change is perhaps the only constant in life, and it is required in order to have a more progressive and inclusive approach towards life. India, a country that we are proud to be a part of, made each one of us prouder by embracing change, in accordance with the recent Supreme Court judgements. This month cannot be forgotten easily, and has truly been very notable for the Indian Judiciary. Sabarimala Verdict Why women couldn’t enter a temple for so long is something that irks and bemuses me at the same time. Menstruation is a natural cycle in the body of every woman, and I certainly do not think that it can be the bar to allow or not allow them entry into a temple. This verdict comes as a major victory for all those who believe in equal rights for both the sexes. Now finally, the SC brought an end to this archaic law by allowing women between ages 10 to 50 to enter the temple. But do women really wa...

Gandhi Jayanti “Live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn as if you were to live forever” Happiest wishes to the Soul and Strength of this tricolour nation, to the man leaving a trail behind each walk . To the stories unheard and plights silenced to the pain and the torture of cutting this peninsula 71 years back was wisdom and skill of this Man turning 149 years, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.    A journey so simply started with those tiny innocent steps never knew the journey to the face of the currency today. 149 years of  stopping the guns from firing and the swords from bleeding , the mantra Of non Violence took its mantic spell over our nation from this great leader, hence 2 October is marked as the International day of Non Violence by the UNITED NATIONS. His life is a journey from simplicity, humility, wisdom, cleanliness, nonviolence, literacy, empowerment  and deeds never ending to this and the future generations. We, the proud citizens on ...

                       DREAM CHASE What I want to become of me? Asked a colleen, a curious soul Wondering about the mysteries, this world beholds. The vast mélange, she couldn’t comprehend The enormous beauty that seemed to descend Everyone went about their lives Yet no one seemed to enjoy The craziness, the scare The happiness, the despair The only thing that mattered Was getting "there" In a fast-paced world, through and through Where one didn’t even know himself Was it really worth to pull through Enquired the woman of herself. There are so many ideals About what I should do But no real desire To drive you What good does it do, to be a soul- lost and alone On such a beautiful sphere, with mysteries galore. However there is hope, for the ones who dare To break the rules, and fiercely stare Into the world’s eyes and declare That their existence is not bare. Th...

 DU:The Fresher Story Getting admission to a DU college seems like crossing the finish line of a race that has not yet begun. Well,after cutting through the steeper than Mt Everest cutoffs,why would it not be? Between the rejoice and relief, comes the first day of college. We walk past those gates with an air of expectation,independence and nervousness around us. Instead of students high on the cool quotient,we see puzzled students trying to find their way and probably,trying to find themselves.(Myth 1:Busted) After a few days in college,it dawns upon us that college is NOT equivalent to absolute chill and there is serious study going on.(Myth 2:Busted) While exploring the whereabouts of our college,we discover a phenomenon called Assignments & Tests which require regular study,just when we thought we were on a vacation from the arduous board examination period.(Myth 3:Busted) While on the myth busting ride,we experienced stuff,far better and beyond our expectat...

The Rupee has tumbled by almost 13% against the US dollar in 2018 and it still stands on weak grounds. It was weighed down by the global rise in crude oil prices as India imports nearly 80 per cent of its fuel needs. Moreover, the US dollar has been performing quite well because of the rapid economic growth which further creates trouble for the currency. On Wednesday, September 12, the rupee scaled down to as low as 72.92 against the US dollar which makes it one of Asia’s worst performing currencies.  The effects of this is a widening current account deficit due to rising import bills.  The already weak jewellery sector is expected to be hit harder. The depreciating rupee also effects the economy as it has the power to increase domestic inflation and the already high crude oil prices will escalate even more. The short term solution to this is intervention by RBI. However, in the long run the best way to protect the currency from external shocks is by redu cing ...

Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Microsoft, etc. are today amongst those companies, whose success we read about and whose quality & service, we enjoy and trust considerably. We talk about the acme of success that they have reached today, but what we often forget is that their founders too, started with a small dream and an undefeatable passion, like many entrepreneurs; and today it is indeed their hardwork, that has brought them so far. Bringing our focus down to Apple & Amazon, coz very recently, on the 5 th of September 2018, Amazon joined Apple to achieve the $1 trillion market value, for a brief period of time. Woah, did you know that a trillion has like 12 zeroes?!! Yess, so this was definitely a big feat for Amazon!! Amazon has now become the second company to reach the $1 trillion mark publicly. As the tech giant diversifies into various new fields, and gets an even stronger presence than it already has in the market, many analysts predict that Amazon is right on tra...