WORDSMITHS’ NOOK
The Wordsmiths’ Nook is a wall magazine maintained
and created exclusively by the students. Managed by a budding group of editors,
the nook is a creative outlet for the students of all the faculties. Dr. E.M.
Khan, Principal AISC, inaugurated the edition of this year on 13th
August 2012. The theme of the inaugural edition was Independence Day. The wall
magazine had articles submitted by students of all faculties significantly by
the students of the First year.
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| The Wordsmiths' Nook. |
BOOK READING CLUB
Reading as hobby is fast losing its charm in today’s
e-world. To inculcate love for these treasured classics and to develop in
students a sustained reading habit, Dr. Munira Lokhandwala, has initiated a
Book Club with the students of T.Y.B.A wherein students read a book of their
choice and share their views about it with their classmates. Since most of the
students lacked skills for undertaking such vast reading, the class began with
short stories beginning with the bestselling Chicken Soup Series in the
inaugural session on 15th September. The class selected stories that
had affected them the most and shared it with the class thereby proving to be a
source of encouragement for the others to follow suit.
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| Ms. Kagalwala reading a book. |
ORATORY
COURSE
The Department of English as per the suggestion of
Mr. P.A. Inamdar, President, M.C. E. Society had recommended that the Oratory
Skills of academically bright students from Anglo Urdu Girls’ High School and
Anglo Urdu Boy’s High School need to be worked upon. The Department of English
therefore designed a syllabus that specifically included only Speaking and
Listening skills in order to enhance their speaking capacities. The course
attempted to gradually improve the student’s confidence by primarily helping
them speak out and then by encouraging them to perform role plays. Though,
initially the exercise was only at the basic level, however as the course
progressed the instructors upped the level of the exercises to an intermediate
level.
The interest of the students was continually engaged
through involving them in vocabulary games like Pictionary and Scrabble and
needless to say these were the most popular ones with students requesting for
more. The course without the strict confines of an examination led many
students to shed their inhibitions and at least attempt to speak in front of an
audience, a task they greatly resisted earlier.
The test conducted towards the end of the session
gave us satisfactory results exhibiting an improvement from their performance
when they had started the course in December. The sessions were conducted
thrice a week from the month of December and ended with a test conducted
towards the end of the course.
The
course also proved to be beneficial in giving our final year students hands on
experience in teaching as Ms. Jovia D’souza , Ms. Ummesalma Rangwala, Ms. Misbah Sayyed,
Ms. Malaika Fernandes and Ms. Tasha Patel conducted the sessions.
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| Ms. Jovia D'souza conducting the Oratory Class. |
FILM
FEST
The role of motion pictures in the life of any
growing teen is a fact well known to all. Taking note of this interest, the
Department of English had organized a film festival in association with the
Department of Communication Studies from the 25th to 27th
February wherein three international blockbuster films were screened for the
students. Children of Heaven, Life of Pi, and Dead Poets Society were the movies which were screened.
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| Students at the Film Fest. |
TALK
CLUB
Eloquently
Yours is a talk club initiated by the Department of
English under the guidance of Dr. E. M. Khan. The club regularly organizes
activities on each Saturday, where students are given impromptu topics to
elucidate on. This skill improves the oratory skills of the students that are
of paramount importance in today’s world.
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| A Talk Club Activity in Progress |
LITT
FEST 2012-13
INAUGURATION
Dr. E.M. Khan,
Principal, AISC inaugurated the festival and commended the Department on
organizing a festival for the students each year with innovative changes. He
encouraged the students to participate wholeheartedly and congratulated the
winners in advance.
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| Dr. E. M. Khan inaugurating the Litt Fest. |
SCRABBLE
MARATHON
The scrabble
marathon was a huge success, with the students scrambling to form words and
score points. The competition had an additional edge this year with students
participating in teams of two, and various eliminating rounds ultimately
leading to Ms. Fatema Kagalwala from T.Y. B.A. and Ms. Uzma Tamboli from S.Y.
B. A. secured the first prize. Ms. Malaika Fernandes from T.Y. B.A. and Ms. Gautami Mandivilli from F.Y. B.Com
secured the second prize, and Ms. Ummesalma Rangwala from T.Y. B.A. and Ms.
Anisa Bayagon from T.Y.B.A secured the third prize.
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| The Scrabble Board. |
POETRY
RECITATION
The poetry
recitation competition a runaway favourite of the students brought to the fore
a plethora of the aspects of life as students recited heart warming poetry.
Adjudged by Ms. Anjali Kedari, Head, Department of Psychology, Ms. Jovia
D’souza from T.Y. B.A. secured the first prize, Ms. Sybil Sable from S.Y.
B.C.S., secured the second prize, Ms. Roja Rani Pasala from T.Y. B.A. secured
the third prize for reciting a poem.
BULL’S EYE
A surprise which was unveiled moments before it was
played, Bulls Eye debuted this year at Litt Fest in grand fashion. Requiring
students to spell words from alphabets given in a grid, the elimination rounds
had students scrunching their brains in concentration. As favorite after
another was eliminated it was Ms. Jovia D’souza from T.Y. B.A who secured the
first prize, while Ms. Tasha Patel secured the second prize and Ms. Ummesalma
Rangwala secured the third prize.
MAD AD’S
A magazine, a newspaper, a little stationary and
thirty minutes is all nine teams got to whip out a crazy idea and sell it to the
judges. Judged by Ms. Farzana Shaikh and Ms. Amruta Bhatia, it was Ms. Jovia
D’souza and her team that won the first prize for selling a beauty product that
deteriorates the beauty of any face.
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| The Mad Ad's. |
POSTER MAKING
This one aimed to take the students to their
childhood, with the theme this year being children’ literature. The contest was
a tough one, and it was Mr. Zubair Shaikh from F.Y. B.A who won the first prize
for his rendition of a mash up of characters that helped pull our college to
grade A.
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| The posters being adjudged. |
MOVIE REVIEW WRITING
Keeping in sync with the theme of the poster
competition, the movie TANGLED based on the popular story of Rapunzel was
screened for the students. As popcorn
and cheers flowed, pens noted the positives and the negatives for the review
writing competition. It was Ms. Jovia D’souza from T.Y. B.A who won the first
prize.
ESSAY WRITING
Contemporary topics like evaluating the position of
women in our society, teens of today and the growing importance of television
were announced as the topics of the essay competition. Interesting views and
varied language styles were pitted against each other, and Ms. Tessy Francis
from F.Y.B.A took home the first prize .
SPELLING BEE
Words buzzed in and out of the Pavilion hall as the
students concentrated and dug the recess of their minds to spell their words
correctly. Post a written elimination round, the bar of difficulty was raised
each time to get the coveted first prize, post a whole lot of ups and downs and
an equal number of words it was Ms. Jovia D’souza who won the first prize.
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| Dr. Munira Lokhandwala conducting the Spelling Bee |
LITT QUIZ
One of the most wildly competed games of Litt Fest,
the Litt Quiz separates the better from the rest. Conducted by Dr. Pragya
Bajpai, the game had six teams pitted against each other to answer various
rounds based on literature and general knowledge.
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| Litt Quiz . |
DRAMATRIX
With a lot of
drama attached to it, the Dramatrix this year had four entries. The F.Y. B.A
students put a play that depicted the travails that girls have to face in
today’s world. The S.Y. B.A’s presented a wonderful rendition of staying on the
straight path with the help of friends. The T.Y. B.A.’s in keeping with the
theme of the competition presented a rendition of Cinderella. The SYBCS put up
an impromptu effort on the plight of a accident victim. Ms. Malaika Fernandes
was declared to be the best Protaganist and the S.Y. B.A’s won the first prize
for their effort.
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| SY. BA's musical play |
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| TY. BA's Cinderella |
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| SYBCS- Play |
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| Prizes |
LITT FEST PICNIC
The students and the Department visited the
picturesque Lavasa city for the Litt Fest picnic on 21st February.
Post a heavenly breakfast, the students and the teachers enjoyed the games that
were organized. Pictionary wherein the students were divided into color coded
teams proved to go down to the wire. The picnic also had the students
participating in a ‘Photo Hunt’ and the absolute fun ‘Tol Mol Ke Bol’. All in
all, the bus in the evening carried home students tired but refreshed after an
enjoyable break.
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| Group Photo Op |
