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Introduction:
The class of philosophers have bitterly criticized the domain of aesthetics By leveling classical negative loopholes of this particular subject matter, which could be efficiently categorized in three ways, and they are as follows:
The necessity or utility of this domain
The possibility of aesthetics
The relevant availability of literature for this domain.
The very discourse on the subject has been the controversy’s favorite child. And it has not been well received by a plethora of philosophers, ranging from the British empiricists.

Main Body:
The primary criticism that there was no necessity of having an independent domain such as of beauty and aesthetics simply because of the fact that if there was no need felt until now, there is no need felt for future as well for the possibility of having any such subject in existence. There are British philosophers who have remarked that beauty and aesthetic subject is nothing but equated with the German romanticism movement Wherein these movements have only Resulted in sowing seeds of anarchy in the world of philosophy. As has been exclaimed by Shyamla that:

“The philosophers are hesitant or even reluctant to welcome this newborn baby, only on the grounds that its necessity was not fulfilled by the earlier philosophers’ ‘.

Additionally, it can also be said that beauty and aesthetic subjects have not provided any sensible or clear-cut information or detailed account of the traditional problems that have been faced and encountered by the philosopher since ages. Rather, they have added more confusion and chaos within the system.

“Some philosophers have even compared aesthetics with ethics and observed that reflective thinking on the issues of morality, help in improving the standards of morality.”

We see in our previous articles as I have mentioned the stages of development of morality, earlier, which was the idea that the virtues and deeds which are considered to be as ethical and moral are only those actions that are resulting in the satisfaction of the instinctual as well as the sensational needs of the particular rational agent performing those actions Then people started clinging on to the concept of traditional customs and religious Scriptures in order to determine what is right and what is ethically moral action. What are they just behavior and what is an unjust behavior in the eyes of tradition and that was considered to be the ultimate final call in the case of morality. Then we saw how individualistic notions, the importance of rationality as well as the relevance of reasoning and critical analysis was given so much weightage and importance that it led to the birth of yet another form of morality, which was intrinsic, deep and rational. The transformation of morality from one stage to another is a clear testament of the different development and evolution in the existence of this moral concept, which has proved to be beneficial and advantages for societies and the cosmological work culture.

But if you will try to find similar trends of development or evolution, in the case of beauty, aesthetic, subject, a person would Be nothing other than clearly Disappointed as there has not been any such development or refinement of the thought that it has been In the case of subject of critical thinking or ethics. And because of this, the philosophical enquiry in this subject has not received a favorable reaction in the minds of various philosophers as has been explained by Gupta in “Art Beauty and Creativity” book.
There are several other philosophers Who have criticized and have questioned the legitimacy of declaring beauty and aesthetic subjects as the subject of standard, scientific, philosophical discussion and discourse. This criticism could be further divided as per the logical positivists criticism on one hand and the loopholes that have been highlighted by the analytical tradition of philosophy.

The positivists Are those who have believed that the theoretical philosophical expositions are nothing but nonsensical, and since beauty and aesthetic subject is also healing from the same tradition, it is deemed to be devoid of any meaningful value. Furthermore, there is not even an inch of objectivity and this subject is purely based on what is art, what is creativity and what is beauty. All of these things are having prep standards and these prepositions are nothing but value judgements. These value judgements are not fit to be categorized as any sort of a proposition adding to this, all of these statements are considered nothing but valueless and meaningless, by Prof. Ayer. All of these deliberations point towards the fact that the subject must be discarded altogether.

Conclusion
The relative less availability of quality of literature, which is necessarily put for beauty and aesthetic subject Is abhorrently low. Harold Osborne observes:

“What aesthetics is about what is its subject matter, and what are its terms of reference have themselves become a subject of aesthetic debate”.

Then we have Sparshott who exclaims: “Among these men complain as general, so much has been written, so little is worth reading, and it is so hard to find out what is supposed to be going on… In aesthetics, There is no agreement as to what the problems are, and how they are related to each other. What should be studied and more importantly, what may safely be left unread” He has further highlighted his contentment with the status and nature of this aesthetic, subject by pointing out in his writing about the lack of critical standards and believed that the subject does not deserve any exceptionally, separate and idealistic aloof space in the academic discourse to be researched or studied upon.

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References:
Yuri Borev; Aesthetics; Natalia Belskaya…Yuvgeri Philippov; Progress Publishers, 1985.
Art, Beauty and creativity: Indian and western aesthetics; Shyamala Gupta; 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics

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TheThe B.A. program offered by Delhi University saw a huge demand among applicants this year.
Lady Shri Ram College made for women have announced the first cut-off of 97.25 % for B.A. economics and now doesn’t have available seats for the general category. In the second and third cut-off list, all seats have been taken.
Similarly, At Aryabhatta College, most of the applicants took the admission for B.A. Program. According to Rk. Dwivedi, 74 admissions have been completed till Wednesday for B.A. Program in Politics and history.

The principal for several colleges said that the reason behind the rushes for this program could be given to many factors, including high cut-offs offered by various colleges.
Principal of Gargi College Promila said “ in the first list, the cut-off was very high for various subjects so students who wanted to ensure the seat ended up taking admissions in B.A. Program. As the second and third cut-off lists decreased a bit, applicants are shifting for other courses.
Praveen Kumar said the disadvantage of this course is that there is no depth knowledge in this particular subject. But the advantage is that students can apply for their masters in this particular subject. For example, students who are pursuing History political Science combination can apply for both courses in their post-graduation. Further, it is good to have more options for students.
Many others are attributed that B.A. A program is a good option for civil examination. Many students find the integrated programs interesting as they don’t have to stick to one subject.
principal for several colleges said that the reason behind the rushes for this program could be given to many factors, including high cut-offs offered by various colleges.
Principal of Gargi College Promila said “ in the first list, the cut-off was very high for various subjects so students who wanted to ensure the seat ended up taking admissions in B.A. Program. As the second and third cut-off lists decreased a bit, applicants are shifting for other courses.
Praveen Kumar said the disadvantage of this course is that there is no depth knowledge in this particular subject. But the advantage is that students can apply for their masters in this particular subject. For example, students who are pursuing History political Science combination can apply for both courses in their post-graduation. Further, it is good to have more options for students.
Many others are attributed that B.A. A program is a good option for civil examination. Many students find the integrated programs interesting as they don’t have to stick to one subject.

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First things first, how to reach your college?

So, here’s the start, METRO- the most available, accessible, and affordable means of transporting your-enthusiastic-selves to your destined colleges. Yes, your college is the one it is destined to be, by choice or not. You’re here and that’s what matters at the end.

A wise man once said, focus on the journey and not the destination.

Talking of the journey, METRO life is incomparable to any other means of transporting experience.

It starts with dragging yourself out of your comfort space, from your house, roughly-readied for college, getting late for the morning lecture while butterflies giving an ache to the stomach. Looking out for seats to settle down and get into a state that is just a little more presentable in college. Figuring out why the aunties and uncles are looking you at or what is the baby starring at you for?

From my personal experience, metro speaks of life to me; Unknown people all around you, miserably judging you, even if all you’re doing is sitting in a corner, and reminds me of the need to “fit in” while constantly looking for seating spaces. Whenever I travel in the metro, I feel the brittleness of this living world around me, and at times, sense the dark mentalities if, lucky enough to not be following the so-called “social ethics”.

And therefore, the journey in metro teaches a lot of experiences to the young aspiring students.

Getting back to the topic,

There’re several metro stations NEAR the north campus and none IN the north campus, Vishwavidyalaya metro station being the most popular and renowned one. Most of the students use this metro station while coming to the north campus. The second most famous and convenient metro station is the Guru Tegh Bahadur or, GTB station and Vidhan Sabha station. All the three metro stations fall on the yellow line and therefore you need to switch or remain on the yellow line, depending on the line you take that’s nearest to your house, to reach the north campus area. One should always have some extra minutes In hand since all the three metro stations are usually crowded to their fullest.

Students usually take an electronic/ battery rickshaw from the metro stations to their respective colleges.

Colleges are 3-4 km from these metro stations and therefore one has to take an e-rickshaw or auto and simply cannot walk until and unless we have a budding MILKHA SINGH amongst us.

Although there are other means of traveling to the north campus, this combined journey of metro and rickshaw is found to be used by a majority of students and is quite feasible to them since it helps them save and budgetify their pockets.

For more information on particular routes and lines, you can download the “DMRC” app, i.e., the Delhi Metro Rail app.

Thank you!

*stay tuned for more articles following up this series of- ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NORTH CAMPUS*

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