Each year the
Department of English organizes a fun filled extravaganza for the students of
AISC called “Litt Fest”. This year it was held from the 26th of December upto
the 28th of December.
Day one started with Scrabble Marathon where a total of ten teams competed against each
other to set the score board ticking. It was Malaika
Fernandes and group who won the first prize here,
with Humera
Qureshi and group
taking home the first runner up and Farzeen Khan and Group taking the second
runner up position. This year for the first time a new game called “Upwards”
was introduced and the competing teams gave each other a run for their money
with an intense competition. Ultimately it was UmmeSalma Rangwala and team who
emerged victorious.
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| 'Scrabble' |
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| 'Upwards' |
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| Inauguration |
In the inauguration
ceremony Dr. E.M.Khan, Principal, AISC lauded the
efforts of the department in bringing all the faculties together and
encouraging the students to learn through the various competitions organized. Dr. Shaila
Bootwala, Vice Principal, AISC,
encouraged the students to come out of their comfort zones and participate in
the competitions thereby increasing their self esteem and becoming well
rounded personalities.
Post the inauguration
it was time for the poetry reading competition. Judged by Prof Anjali Kedari,
Head, Department of Psychology, the competition proved to be a real success as
the hall resounded with laughter and voices as the participants dished out
different genres of poetry. What was
noteworthy was that a lot of students read out renditions of their own works.
It was Mr. Ritshi Kanjilal of T.Y.BCom who won the first prize followed by Ms.
Malaika Fernandes who was tied with Jovia D’souza of S.Y.B.A at the first
runner up position followed by Ishaq Polan of T.Y.B.C.S and Ms. Tasha Patel of
S.Y.B.A who given the consolation prize.
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| Poetry Recitation |
Next up was Spelling
Bee, the only competition that remotely comes close to academics. Following a
written elimination round there followed a slew of rounds where the contestants
tried to spell one difficult word after another. It was ultimately Ms. Kanchan Mantri of M.A. II who emerged trumps and Ms. Ummesalma
Rangwala from S.Y.B.A
who was the runner up. After two more rounds, Ms. Tasha Patel secured the third place.
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| Spelling Bee, Ms Kanchan Mantri (MA-II) |
Day two of Litt Fest
that had ‘Leafy Green’ as it’s theme opened with the popular ‘Pictionary’. A
overwhelming ten teams participated out of which only four teams progressed to
the next round. After highly competitive four rounds it was Ummesalma Rangwala
and group who emerged victorious in this exciting competition.
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| Pictionary in Progress |
After Pictionary, it
was time for ‘Litt Quiz’, a perennial favourite with the students. Conducted by
Dr. Pragya
Bajpai and Ms Shashwati
Soumya, five teams
battled it out with each other in a intensely contested competition where they
were quizzed on a variety of topics ranging from literature, vocabulary, movies
to the ad world.
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| The Quiz Masters |
“Speak Your Mind” is a
competition where the students are given a free rein to their thoughts and
given weird topics to speak on impromptu. Judged by Prof
Uzma Tasneem,
Head, Department of Urdu and Prof Vaishali Prabhune, it was Ms. Jovia D’souza from S.Y.B.A who won the first prize for speaking
about ‘If I had A Ginnie’ and Ms.
Kanchan Mantri
won the second prize for ‘A movie her life should resemble’.
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| Mr. Aijaz Ansari in Speak Your Mind |
The students were given the theme of ‘Women
Writers’ for the poster making competition. The students put up an impressive
performance and the posters showcased women writers right from Jane Austen to J.K.
Rowling. Judged
by Prof Snehal
Kulkarni , Ms. Erum Sayyed
from T.Y. B.A. won the first prize for her poster, for her effort of bringing
together an eclectic mix of the prize winning authors of our time. While the
second prize was won by Ms. Farzeen Khan for impressive poster on the Nobel
Prize winning author Toni Morrison.
The third prize was shared by Ms. Jovia D’souza and Ms. Sabatilice Naorem while Ms.
Fatema Dhuliawala
from F.Y.B.A. won the consolation prize.
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| The Posters |
Essay writing requires
a sustained writing effort and a lot of entries were received this year for the
essay writing competition. Ms. Jovia D’Souza from
S.Y.B.A. won the first prize, while Ms.
Tasha Patel from S.Y.B.A won the first runner up
position and Ms. Humera Qureshi
from T.Y.B.A won the second runner up prize.
On day three, Litt Fest
reached a crescendo with the 'Dramatrix' competition with as many as six entries
this year. While the M.A. II students did a play reading of Tennessee Williams The
Glass Menagerie, the second year B.A. students did a wonderful
rendition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest for which
they won the first prize in this competition that was judged by Prof Shoukat
Khan, Head, Department of History. The second prize was won by Ms. Farzeen Khan
and group for their short comic play titled Restaurant. While the third
prize was won by Mr. Ishaq Polan and group for their excellent two minute play
titled Car.
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| Ms. Farzeen Khan & group |
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| The S.Y.B.C.S team |
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| The M.A. team |
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| The S.Y.B.A team who won the 1st prize |
Dr. P.K. Sinha, Former
Head, Department of English, University of Pune, was invited as the chief guest
at the Prize distribution and Valedictory ceremony held later. He lauded the
various activities and suggested the addition of a creative writing competition
to enhance the creative abilities of the students.
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| Dr. P.K. Sinha, Addressing the students |
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| The Prizes !! |
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| The Department with Dr. P.K. Sinha |
With some awesome
classics and modern day bestsellers as prizes the suspense of who the Litt Whiz
was only intensified. The applause was deafening as Ms. Jovia D’souza of SY.B.A.
was announced as the Litt Whiz of 2011-12. The Litt Whiz is a special prize
instituted by the Dr. E.M. Khan, Principal, AISC for the participant winning
the maximum number of prizes at the Litt fest, where the winner gets a trophy,
a cash prize and a trophy.
