30 Aug : The quote by Nishtha Jaswal, Dean Students’ Welfare, PU (Women) for year 2008 “It is not that girls here in PU lack leadership qualities. It is just that there is little interest in politics,” has been rendered obsolete with three parties putting forth girl candidates for the position of president at the Punjab University Student Elections 2009. The girls in fray for the President position are Deepika Thakur (INSO), Geeta (NSUI) & Aswathy Rajan (ABVP) all with equally impressive credentials. “It is not that women here did not wish to contest the elections, perhaps, peer and parental pressure against it outweighed the wish” said Anajli, Mathematics Final year student at PU adding that girls had always outnumbered their male counterparts during campaigning. Though the chances of having a female president at Punjab University may be bleak this year, as the two major student bodies PUSU and SOPU, have not picked a girl candidate for the president position, nevertheless, the beginning has been made. Watch-out and keep your fingers crossed, you never know, miracles can always happen and we still can have a female president despite all odds against it.