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Talk it out
Talking amongst themselves these eight students dressed in corporate attire seem to discuss issues of national importance. As they vie to get their voices heard, a leader emerges out of them. These are participants of the elimination rounds of Gabfest, one of the many competitions at Idea Verve 2008 that has been initiated by The Indian Express. Held at S P grounds yesterday, the event saw participants from various colleges in Pune. Some of them were nervous others brimmed with confidence. “To win such a competition one needs confidence and communication skills and I surely have both of those,” says Ninja Monga, a participant. Competitive spirits set aside, the participants were primarily there to enjoy themselves. Gab the participants did and how! Sensitive topics like Is the assassination of a dictator justified to abstract topics like Black is black were allotted to the participants. Here to gauge the skills of these participants, the judge Gaurav Bakliwal, who tutors CAT applicants, was clearly impressed by the enthusiasm of the participants and their huge turnout. About eight finalists will be chosen to battle it out in the finals that are scheduled to be held today at S P College grounds.
Brainwaves
Written eliminations for Brainsync, the quiz competition took place today. As participants from 81 colleges put on their thinking caps, only six teams qualified for the finals. Confident of their performance, Medical student, Souparno Mitra of the AFMC team says, “We have won a couple of events in the recent past and have a gut feeling we will do well.”
A colourful riot
Holi was celebrated a little early this year as powdered colours were brought out and used in abundance at Sparkles, the rangoli competition at Idea Verve 08. Expert hands transformed powdered colours into astounding patterns. Working on the theme, Moods the teams were allotted two hours to come up with a rangoli pattern. Aishwarya Dighe of AISSMS IOIT who entered the competition alone says, “I participated last year too, but since no one else from my college was interested, I decided to enter alone.” A minority at the competition was a team of two boys, Asatul Islam and Harshwardhan Upadhyay from Vishwakarma Creative I. When asked if they thought the girls had an edge over them, Islam defensively says, “We are as good as the other teams, after all men can do anything, from being chef to painters.” One remarkable young man was Prabhat Ingle from Bharatiya Vidya Peeth, who single handedly brought to life the portrait of a peasant smoking. Explaining it he says, “Their lives are so hard and they don’t get into the mood for a hard day of labour without smoking a chellum, and that is something I wanted to bring to light”. Judge Anita Rathod, a professional rangoli artist says, “The participants have been very creative in their interpretation of the theme”.
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