City sees a riot of talent @ AUD
5 Nov 2012 2:55 AM GMT
A slight nip in the air. A wallpaper of cool blue shifting patterns in the sky. A drugged ochre 9 am sun snuffing out starlight. Wrinkled pastel leaves. Warm peeling dreams. Tea-sipping conversations.
Imagine a beautiful, half-lit winter morning.
Quite the perfect day for Ambedkar University Delhi (a.k.a AUD) to host their annual cultural festival, AUD@CITY. On the invitee list, some of the best colleges of Delhi, namely, Hindu College, St. Stephen’s, Kamla Nehru, Lady Shri Ram, Gargi, Hansraj and such like; making it quite a carnival to reckon with.
On ambling around the gorgeously festooned campus, with flags, lamps and stalls and things, one of the first things that one notices is the warmth inside, even at 15 degrees Celsius. The infectious energy. The smiling faces. And the visible mutiny of talent.
Not one for labels. Not one for sponsors. Not one for the flamboyance you typically associate these college fests with, all AUD did was to give a fair platform to talent, just the way as is meant to be.
Foot-loose, care-free, cheerful, merry; there are many a descriptors that instantly spring to mind, as one tries to explicate the nature of the events down the day.
‘We work ourselves to the bone for the entire year to try and put a good festival together.
AUD@CITY is one fest which strives to be out of the box and unique, whether in its planning of the events, lights and decorations, or the entire look and feel.’ says one of the student facilitators, Prachi Garg.
The day kick-started with a constellation of events that took place at different venues on the campus, requiring you to skitter and scatter and scamper around, lest you miss any of the fun. To name some, the music (solo and group) competitions, magic show, puppetry workshop, t-shirt painting, poster making, short film screenings, and so on and so forth.
One of the things that need special mention is the photography exhibition called ‘Exposed’, which was mounted in the vestiges of an old, half-constructed structure. A phenomenal concept with pictures pinned on raw bricks and mud, sunlight beautifully straining into the room.
The dance competition, ‘Mash Up’ was of course, a heart-winner. Proficiently compered and well-organised. With energy and costumes and props and colours; mishmash of songs, unspooling bundles of talent.
Outside, a bunch of stalls fringed a whole stretch of road; from momos to biriyani, ram ladoos and dosas; spring rolls, cupcakes, chaats, golgappas.
Other events also that upped the versatility quotient of the fest were the Bihu dance and the in-house production of a play by Mahesh Dattani called, The 30 days of September. Some of the actors were plain brilliant and positively deserve mention, being amateur artists.
The flash mob in the evening (in which the VC and profs also freely danced along with the students) sprinkled even more sprite into the whole event. Finally the concert by a band called ‘Rock Veda’ saw the whole university bounce to euphoric beats.
The fest drew to a close with the prize distribution and a magical show of Dastangoi.
According to the Vice Chancellor, AUD, Prof. Shyam B Menon, ‘I am extremely happy with the success of the event, and the fact that it turned out just the way we all dreamed it would. I wish my students all the best and encourage them to host many such events in future.’
All in all, in a few words, the fest was a sure-fire success. More so, because the heart and sweat and love and things with which the event was put together, was not one to be missed.
Imagine a beautiful, half-lit winter morning.
Quite the perfect day for Ambedkar University Delhi (a.k.a AUD) to host their annual cultural festival, AUD@CITY. On the invitee list, some of the best colleges of Delhi, namely, Hindu College, St. Stephen’s, Kamla Nehru, Lady Shri Ram, Gargi, Hansraj and such like; making it quite a carnival to reckon with.
On ambling around the gorgeously festooned campus, with flags, lamps and stalls and things, one of the first things that one notices is the warmth inside, even at 15 degrees Celsius. The infectious energy. The smiling faces. And the visible mutiny of talent.
Not one for labels. Not one for sponsors. Not one for the flamboyance you typically associate these college fests with, all AUD did was to give a fair platform to talent, just the way as is meant to be.
Foot-loose, care-free, cheerful, merry; there are many a descriptors that instantly spring to mind, as one tries to explicate the nature of the events down the day.
‘We work ourselves to the bone for the entire year to try and put a good festival together.
AUD@CITY is one fest which strives to be out of the box and unique, whether in its planning of the events, lights and decorations, or the entire look and feel.’ says one of the student facilitators, Prachi Garg.
The day kick-started with a constellation of events that took place at different venues on the campus, requiring you to skitter and scatter and scamper around, lest you miss any of the fun. To name some, the music (solo and group) competitions, magic show, puppetry workshop, t-shirt painting, poster making, short film screenings, and so on and so forth.
One of the things that need special mention is the photography exhibition called ‘Exposed’, which was mounted in the vestiges of an old, half-constructed structure. A phenomenal concept with pictures pinned on raw bricks and mud, sunlight beautifully straining into the room.
The dance competition, ‘Mash Up’ was of course, a heart-winner. Proficiently compered and well-organised. With energy and costumes and props and colours; mishmash of songs, unspooling bundles of talent.
Outside, a bunch of stalls fringed a whole stretch of road; from momos to biriyani, ram ladoos and dosas; spring rolls, cupcakes, chaats, golgappas.
Other events also that upped the versatility quotient of the fest were the Bihu dance and the in-house production of a play by Mahesh Dattani called, The 30 days of September. Some of the actors were plain brilliant and positively deserve mention, being amateur artists.
The flash mob in the evening (in which the VC and profs also freely danced along with the students) sprinkled even more sprite into the whole event. Finally the concert by a band called ‘Rock Veda’ saw the whole university bounce to euphoric beats.
The fest drew to a close with the prize distribution and a magical show of Dastangoi.
According to the Vice Chancellor, AUD, Prof. Shyam B Menon, ‘I am extremely happy with the success of the event, and the fact that it turned out just the way we all dreamed it would. I wish my students all the best and encourage them to host many such events in future.’
All in all, in a few words, the fest was a sure-fire success. More so, because the heart and sweat and love and things with which the event was put together, was not one to be missed.
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