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The day two of Oasis, the annual fest of BITS Pilani, started with the resuming of the stage play competition, where the remaining four (out of seven) teams showcased their productions. Out of all four performances, Abhivyakti, the dramatics society of Maitreyi College received the most cheer.

In the street play competition Jesus and Mary College emerged as winners for their thought provoking and touching play, Dua, which was about Indian Transgender community. Choreo Finals, the contemporary dance competition finals, also took place. With graceful movements and physics-defying stunts, the participating teams thrilled the crowd.

The Night Watch: Stargazing was an event organized by the Astronomy Club of BITS Pilani. It was an event held on top of a huge terrace where students gathered to use telescopes to look at the stars. A small tour was also given by members of the Astronomy Club to visitors. The highlight of the event was seeing the craters on the moon through the high-definition telescope that the club used. Mattresses were laid out on the terrace and visitors watched documentaries along with odd episodes of Rick and Morty playing on a screen. In an enclosed space on the terrace, were posters of science-fiction films, decorated with fairy light and other props which acted as a warm photo-booth.

The Photography Exhibition was organised by the Photography Club of BITS Pilani, where entries were exhibited for public viewing. Entries were submitted by members of the Photography Club of BITS, and themes like absence, eyes, and psychedelic were seen in the exhibition. The photographs were dramatic and thought-provoking. The dark-room, which is an exhibition of photography in the dark, is also now complete and open for public viewing. The beautiful photos resonated with the audience and the comments board received immense positive feedback.

Day two also saw Dastak, an impactful play by on harassment and violence against women in society. It was presented by Sukhmanch Theatre and renowned theatre personality, Shilpi Marwah. Despite the venue for the play being changed last minute due to technical issues, the performance attracted a wide audience. The play which talked about the role of problematic lyrics in building up a culture that objectifies women, eve-teasing, catcalling, rape, and slut-shaming, astounded the audience and managed to move the audience.  

The preliminary round for Razzmataz, the group dance competition, was held on the morning of 2nd November, and teams from many colleges performed their pieces to qualify for the final round which is scheduled to happen on Day 3. The following teams qualified: College of Vocational Studies, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College(M), Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, Ramjas College, Moti Lal Nehru College, Miranda House.

Swaranjali, the group and solo singing competition, was adjudged by students of the Music Society of BITS Pilani, where different group showcased their musical talent. Deshbandhu College emerged as winners in the group singing category.

Day 2 of Oasis’17 ended on a high note with the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar, putting up a thrilling show, performing hit numbers like Malhari and Balam Pichkari, and singing throwback sings like Jee le Zara.

They actively engaged with the audience and also spent time to share two important messages. While Shekhar talked about the importance of not giving up on hope to young students under immense academic pressure; Shekhar talked about the importance of recognising how problematic harassment and objectification of women is.

 

Feature Image Credits: Photo by Vansh Sabharwal

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Mood Indigo 2017, IIT Bombay’s annual cultural fest, conducted its Multicity Elimination rounds for Delhi over the course of two days: 7th and 8th October, 2017, the venue being Janki Devi Memorial College. Mood Indigo is Asia’s largest cultural festival, which attracts a crowd of more than 1,39,000 from over 1700 colleges nationwide. The 47th edition of this fest will be held from 22nd to 25th of December, 2017.

An extravaganza of several events saw the students of over 40 colleges of the University of Delhi (DU) competing for a place in the final round to be held in Mumbai. The regional rounds kick-started with Aagaaz, the street-play competition. Thirty-three teams from DU and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) battled it out for the final positions. The judges for the same were Swati Pandey, Gaurav Gautam, Narender Bhutani, and Anumita Choudhary, and each team performed 10 minutes of their production.

Simultaneously, MI-nem, the rap competition of Mood Indigo, was going on in full swing. The judges for this competition were Mr. Raga and Yawar, two eminent rappers from Artistaan. Students from PGDAV College and Keshav Mahavidyala college, among others, performed a piece of 2 minutes each. Following this, even the judges performed their famous pieces, Samasya and Mudda, respectively for the audience. As soon as this was over, the regional round for Humor Us, the stand-up comedy competition was held. Over 25 participants from colleges like Delhi Technological University (DTU) and IIT Delhi performed and tickled the funny bone of each person present in the audience. The judge for the same was Mr Ajit, a radio jockey. These three events marked a successful completion of the first day of the regional rounds.

The second day of the auditions saw the students and societies of various colleges across Delhi, lock horns across various competitions for the coveted berth at Choreonite, Mood Indigo’s dance showcase, one of the largest in India.  The first event of the day was Indigo Saga – the choreography competition. The event was judged by Heemanshu Sharma and Priyanka Saxena. The engaging performance by various colleges, and particularly the pieces by Kamla Nehru College, Kirori Mal College, and Lady Shri Ram College gathered huge applauds from the audience and the judges alike. The choreography competition was followed by Sanskriti, the group folk dance segment. The classical dance societies of the participating colleges came up with various pieces based on the local dance of different regions of the nation. Mrs. Sanjam Malthotra and Mr. Sashi Ranjan were invited as judges for the event.

The last event at the auditorium was Desi Beats – the Bollywood dance competition. The event, which was judged by Mrs. Priyanka Saxena saw a string of brilliant performances. However, the performances of Venkateswara College, Gargi College and Keshav Mahavidyalaya stood out to be absolute crowd favourites. The other events for the day were MI Idol, the  classical singing competition and Singing the Indigos, the western vocal music competition. The two fixtures saw the solo performances by the singing prodigies across the University and other colleges. The event MI Idol was adjudged by Ms. Amie from Artistaan and the later by Ms. Ipshita Roy and Ms. Samya.

As for the results, the Mood I organising committee announced that the results would be declared on their official Facebook page once the auditions at all the seven cities are done with, tentatively, 29th October. The winning teams would get seeded entry to Mood Indigo, the cultural fest of IIT Bombay which is scheduled to be held from 22nd to 25th of December 2017.

 

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“They shouldn’t have done this. It was really hectic for us. Think, when you have to choose between SRCC and Hindu, it’s not easy” said my senior who was not so happy over the clash that happened within two of the big fests this season. He was confused whether he was angry at the organizers or sad because it was his last fest season. He did not seem so comfortable to discuss the fact now that the fest season was over, the next happening thing was his ‘Farewell’.

As fest season drew its curtains with lots of competitions, DJ Nights and celebrity performances, now students are busy with raking up their assignments, internals and course work, till this cycle is broken by the next big event hits the campus i.e- farewell. As the fool’s day gets over, juniors in department, societies will get busy with meetings and work towards giving a good farewell to their seniors. Admissions, elections, semester exams, fests, farewell and semester exams, these events have created a cycle in the cultural life of the university. Sadly, while the fest season is filled with joy, the farewell season which follows would see lot of swollen eyes filled with tears.

Sometimes with cards, sometimes with lighted photo frames- juniors use different ways to organise farewell so that their seniors have the best experience. Since the seniors have spent years in this same college, this is one of the memories that they are going to carry with them for life hence juniors don’t miss this opportunity to give their best in making the farewell function unique.

“I like these small lights around the frame. They are so adorable”, I remember these words said during a visit to Rajiv Chowk by the senior who seemed confused in the earlier part of this article. This makes me realise that I have to visit Rajiv Chowk to buy his farewell gift. As I make a note, and now that you have finished reading this article go ahead and tag your juniors who are going to give you a farewell or seniors whom you are going to give a farewell in the comments section. And don’t forget to share your farewell ideas and demands in the same.

 

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The University of Delhi recently announced that colleges with the best fests his season will receive grants in the form of financial aid and higher NAAC rankings.

 

 

On 20 February 2017, the University Grants Commission (UGC) revealed that DU colleges must put in their best this spring as the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will now also rank the annual fests of each college. This notice comes in light of University authorities realising that immense effort, both by students and teachers, goes into making the fests grand and entertaining for the student community.

The motivation behind rewarding colleges with the most successful fests is to promote the culture of commitment and hard work amongst students. An official of the UGC, Mr Sankalp Bharti, stated, “The students do excellent work around the year, but they are at their best during the fest season. We want to reward this behaviour. DU fests are just like DU academics – both require months of preparation.” While most students probably disagree with this comparison, it’s no secret that the students’ unions of colleges spend weeks in stress, ensuring the highest level of entertainment possible.

The UGC stated that it will give financial grants to colleges that have the best fests so as to provide the colleges and students with the incentives to conduct similarly successful fests in the future. DU is popular for its fest culture and draws huge traction as a result of star-studded evenings and celebrity performances. To maintain this reputation, the UGC has also added the likelihood of an increased NAAC rating for the colleges that come out on top this fest season. The college authorities often care more about external official rankings such as those of NAAC as opposed to providing the students with a memorable fest. For this reason, the UGC has decided to use NAAC as an incentive for better fests.

According to the notice, fests will be rated across a number of criteria. These include the audience turnout, the number of sponsored stalls, the total amount of cash prizes for all winners of the fest, and the amount paid to the star performers. A holistic analysis of all these parameters will then reveal which colleges qualify to receive their reward. While the details are yet to be finalised, there are already rumours that out of the top three colleges which will receive financial grants, the institution on top will receive an automatic A in the NAAC rankings. With regard to the fests that have already taken place this year, such as Tarang, Reverie, and Montage, the UGC officials reassured that they will take into consideration that these colleges were unaware of the new rule. Mr Sankalp Bharti stated that these fests will not suffer unfairly, and that they will be judged according to more relaxed criteria.

Let’s see whether the new move by the University will increase fest standards. Good luck to the upcoming fests!

 

 

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Every year, societies from colleges across the campus compete neck to neck and put up spectacular performances during the fest season. This year too, saw certain teams shine a little brighter than the rest. We bring you a series with college societies that put their heart and soul into their respective fields and took home the top prizes at various cultural fests.

The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions at competitive events held during various cultural fests of this season. Whenever a society won the first prize, they were awarded 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points and for the third position, 1 point was added to their tally.

For the fashion category, I Vogue, the Fashion Society of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce scored the maximum points with their tally being at 6 points. Maitreyi College, Amity University and Hans Raj College followed next with 3 points each and the fashion societies of VNMC, Ramjas College and Dyal Singh College shared the third position with 2 points each.

 

The Winning Society at a Glance

 

I VOGUE, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce

Stuck between a modern and a conservative set of minds, we still find a large part of our society to be completely against the idea of people having different sexual preferences, thus compelling many of them to lead a captive life with a constant fear to come out as ‘themselves’. At I Vogue, the team aims to move everyone towards the path of modernity and create such a change where the LGBT community respectfully gets to stand at par in the society and its members to be considered as ‘Humans’ like others. Their act, being a unique fusion of both conservative and modern thinking, therefore brings about Duality as the basic theme emphasizing on the acceptance of the LGBT community, and its costumes are designed according to the modern and ancient era with base colors kept as authentic as black and white along with stunning shades of gold and silver.

Ashwani Verma, President of I Vogue says, “The members of I Vogue start working on everything, three months before the beginning of the fest season with full dedication and perseverance, leaving no stones unturned. Being in a team, we have all learnt to be extremely tolerant of different views and now, not only encourage but even accept each other’s opinions like our very own. I strongly believe that we are mostly led by one, most important mantra, which is to simply ignore ‘I’ in a team and focus on ‘WE’ in every performance; and this, I can proudly say, has been the key to all the victories we have achieved this season.”

Performing Members Ashwani Verma (President), Vasu Goel (Vice President), Sarthak Kathuria, Harsh Kapoor, Divank Satwani, Mohil Jain, Sahib Singh, Ushmeet Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Rivleen Kaur, Harjot Kaur, Reva Goswami, Ashween Kaur, Tavisha Dua and Riya Jain.
Head Designer and Stylist:- Sarthak Kathuria
Make-up Artist:- Kanku Vyas
Head Choreographer:- Ashwani Verma
Backstage Help:- Gurleen Kaur, Srishti Bhatia

Winners Tally: I Vogue

Five fests were included in our analysis for this series: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Confluence, Hans Raj College; Mecca, Hindu College and Crossroads, SRCC. Here is the list of winning performances by I Vogue:

1st Position: Mecca 2016 (Hindu College) and Confluence 2016 (Hans Raj College)

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Every year, societies from colleges across the campus compete neck to neck and put up spectacular performances during the fest season. This year too, saw certain teams shine a little brighter than the rest. We bring you a series with college societies that put their heart and soul into their respective fields and took home the top prizes at various cultural fests.

The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions at competitive events held during various cultural fests of this season. Whenever a society won the first prize they were awarded 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points and for the third position, 1 point was added to their tally.

For the Battle of Bands category, Hans Raj Projekt scored the maximum points in the tally. Hans Raj Projekt’s 12 points were followed by High Time (Kirori Mal College) that scored 7 points. Playtime (Hans Raj College) bagged third spot scoring 5 points.

 

The Winning Society at a glance

 

Hans Raj Projekt, Hans Raj College

The Hans Raj Projekt is an offshoot of Swaranjali, the music society of Hans Raj College. The band performed four songs, all of which were original compositions of the band. Dilda Bhed about how problems of love can be understood only god or by the heart, Kya Kahu about the insignificance of the ego, When You about falling in love and getting back up and Madhukauns which is about determination.

The band president, Anirudh Varma reveals his secret of success. He says, “I think what has always worked for us is that we are very close friends outside the band as well which is reflected in our on stage chemistry. Our priority is to engage the audience not only at the level of the music but at the level of the sentiment as well and that is the feedback we get from the audience as well after our performance”

Band Members:

Vinayak Pant – Sitar
Shivash Chagti – Acoustic Guitar & Western vocals
Saptak Chatterjee – Hindustani Vocals
Anirudh Varma – Piano/Keyboards
Dimpal Kumar – Drums
Abhishek Mittal – Electric Guitar
Madhur Chaudhary – Bass

Winners Tally: Hans Raj Projekt

Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season which were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Confluence, Hans Raj College; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College and Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College.

The society emerged victorious at the following fests:

Ist position at: Reverie’16 (Gargi College), Montage’16 (Jesus and Mary College), Nexus’16 (Venkateshwara College) and Ullas’16 (Kamala Nehru College)
Apart from this the band has also won accolades at LSR, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, St. Stephen’s College, CVS and NIFT.

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The day one of Kamala Nehru College’s annual cultural festival Ullas began with an inauguration ceremony where eminent dancer Padmashree Madhvi Mudgal performed. The principal of the college declared the two day fest open. The campus was filled with myriad colours adding to the exuberance of the environment.

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Amidst first events was Indian classical solo and Folk Dance event organised by Nupur, the Indian Dance Society of KNC.

While Indian classical solo event saw 10 participants from various colleges across DU, the Folk Dance competition on the other hand had 5 teams who enthralled the audience with their performances.

Both the events were adjudicated by a distinguished panel comprising of Ms. Madhumita Rout, an Odissi dancer and teacher, Dr. Nalini Jain, Dance Consultant with Times of India and Mr. Tej Prakash, a famous dancer .

Raghav from Sri Venkateswara College was adjudged as the winner of the Classical Solo dance while Suryaash from Maharaja Agrasen College and Nimisha from Janki Devi Memorial College bagged the second and third spot respectively.

Talking about her experience judging the event, Ms. Madhumita Rout remarked, “India is known for its culture. It is our duty to promote these art and dance forms through such events.”

In the power-packed Folk Dance competition, the Bhangra Group from SGND Khalsa College emerged as the winners. Nrityakriti from Maitreyi College who performed Haryanvi Folk garnered a roaring applause and second prize while Nrityangana from Sri Venkateswara bagged the third prize.

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Kamala Nehru College is scheduled to host Shakti Mohan and Astitva Band later today. Stay tuned for more updates!

 

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The Delhi University fest season is something that most of us look forward to throughout the year. From the wide array of cultural competitions to the lively celeb performances, different people look out for fests for different reasons.

As hard as it is for the organisers to plan such fests, it’s as much difficult for media to provide coverage for the fests. This is a detailed perspective of the DU fests and the fest season from the media coverage teams:

Pre-fest planning

As soon as the fest organisers get in touch with us, we have to prepare a layout for the coverage. Correspondents and photographers are allotted a time slot in accordance to the events they would be best suitable for covering. More often than not, we are kept in dark about the fest schedule and we have to keep our best bets while allotting time slots to people.

Live coverage

Crucial things have to be kept in mind and decisions have to be taken accordingly during fests. Most of the time, the number of events taking place at one time are overwhelming. We are often seen running to and fro in the event venues, trying to gather the most. There are also numerous social media handles that are to be run live, to provide the best quality coverage. Results of competitions are given utmost importance and no error is acceptable. In a lot of fests, the organising committees refuse to cooperate and providing the best coverage out of what we have adds to the challenge.

Star nights

It goes without saying that star nights really make up the essence of all festivals, and if people are not present at the fests to see the stars perform, they at the least expect a glimpse of them online or on print. Therefore, there is immense pressure to cover the star nights. If it’s not the constant shoving and pushing from the berserk and often misbehaving crowd at the venues, it’s the bouncers and security personnel that block us from going near the stage.

Publishing and post-event work

A lot of time goes in on discussing each photo, video, article or results that go up online or in print. Still a lot of content goes unappreciated. Post event reports and highlights require the input of a lot of people from the team and then there is the task of compiling all the content that went up for a fest to send it to the organising committee. By the time all this gets done, another fest would start.

So wash, rinse, repeat.

 

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Feature Image by Chirag Sharma for DU Beat at Mecca, the annual cultural fest of Hindu College.

Confluence’16 was an alloy of three different festivals by Hans Raj Student’s Union in collaboration with HT City Youth Nexus and the North East Cell of the college. It was a three day event, from 18th march to 20th march. Being very close to mid semester breaks, the turn out on the first and the second day was a little disappointing. However, a huge number of competitions were organised in both, the competitive and non-competitive category. Confluence’16 in collaboration with HT City Youth Nexus was a melting pot of popular DJ’s, who graced the fest one after the other. The fest made sure that all who made it, made most of it.

Day 1: Rockonova, Sumit Sethi and other events

Day 1 of Confluence’16 was inaugurated by the Principal of Hans Raj College. This was followed by a Kavi Samelan presided over by poet, Vineet Chauhan. He included topical events like the JNU row in his speech while addressing the audience.

hereafter, a choreography competition organised by Terpsi Chorean, The Choreo society of Hans Raj College also took place. The Choreo society of Hindu College bagged the first position for their performance called ‘vengeance’. LSR and Gargi college were declared second and third, respectively. 

Meanwhile, on the outer stage Youth Nexus hosted events like the Rockonova, a battle of bands. Out of the four shortlisted teams who participated, Knight Shades from DCAC won and Muffils from Manav Rachna Institute of Technology were declared the runners-up. 
Students from Hans Raj College walked the ramp for the Rigo Fashion show in the presence of Mr Arjun Gehlot, Director Ambience Mall and his wife, Shahista Gehlot.

A western group dance competition was also organised under the banner of HT City Youth Nexus, which was judged by Priyasha Bhardwaj, The Director/ Choreographer of Beyond Routine and Aditya Dogra. Misba, the Western Group Dance society of SSGGS won the competition whereas, Funk in Motion, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology and Enliven, Gargi college secured the second and the third place respectively.
The evening closed with performances by Suryaveer with his band EHSAAS, Dastak- The Band and DJ Sumit Sethi.

Day 2 Western Solo Dance Competition, DJ Suketu, Electro Sufi and others

The day started with a corporate discussion session by KPMG. This was followed by a talent show under the banner of Youth Nexus. Pushkar Chauhan and Asma from Hans Raj College who won the talent show were declared Rajnigandha Mr and Miss Pearls. A model hunt was also organised by Numero Uno. Shristhi from JDMC , Shubham from Dayal Singh College and Sanjeev from Manav Rachna International University, who were declared the winners are going to present Numero Uno’s spring summer collection in HTYM Fashion Show and will also get a personal professional photoshoot.

A western solo dance competition was also organised by Oorja, The Western Group Dance Society of Hans Raj College. Manpreet Singh from SOL won  and Vidhi Maheshwari from Hansraj College stood second in the competition.


On the outer stage, I Vogue, the fashion society of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce was declared the winner while Dyal singh’s fashion society was declared the runner up of Lava Show Stoppers.

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Day 2 of confluence was a quite a music and dance paradise, which had around four artists performing for the evening.
DJ Ajay Nautiyal opened the evening to dance with his music. He was followed by Electro Sufi: Shahid Maliya with DJ ARKANE who took over the evening with quite literally a storm. Even after a spell of rain, dance and music did not stop. Sooner DJ Suketu took over the evening and played popular remixes of songs like Sooraj Dooba hai from Roy, Tu Meri from Bang Bang and Give me Everything by American rapper Pitbull.

Day 3: Honey Singh, Indian Ocean, Western Group Dance Competition and others

The day started with a western group dance competition organised by Oorja, The Western Group Dance society of Hans Raj college. The competition was judged by Tanya Suri,a professional jazz dancer, Anmol Jamwal and Mohit Raj Thapa. Out of the fifteen participating teams, Misba The Western Dance society of Sri Guru Gobind College of Commerce won the first place in the competition. Tanz, Miranda House stood second.

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Misba Western Dance Crew from Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Of Commerce grabbed the top spot in the Western Group Dance…

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A street play competition was also organised by HT City Youth Nexus. Navrang,The Hindi Dramatic Society of Institute of Home Economics who won the competition had performed ‘Na Idhar Ka Na Udhar ka’ a play based on the problems of middle class. Ijaad from PGDAV evening performed ‘Panch sitambar’ and were declared the runners up.
This was followed by a North East Festival organised by the North East Cell of Hans Raj College. The event show cased the culture of not only the North Eastern states of India but included Ladakh and Tibet.
Immediately after the NE fest, fans started pouring in huge numbers for a guest appearance of Yo Yo Honey Singh for the promotions of his upcoming movie, Zorawar which is due to release on 6th May. Though the humongous crowd created trouble, Hansraj Student’s Union managed the situation well. Honey Singh gave the audience their much deserved time and tracks and left the stage for Indian Ocean to take over.


Indian ocean, as a part of Coke Studio played their quintessential soulful music and closed the three day annual cultural festival Hans Raj College.

Confluence ’16 in a glimpse

Catch Day-wise event coverage here:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

 

Catch the entire album of Confluence ’16 here

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Day 1 of Montage ’16- The annual cultural festival of Jesus and Mary College was celebrated on 15th March, 2016. Staying true to their theme- ‘Colors of Life’, the entire college was adorned with handmade decorations which further enhanced all the aesthetics of the campus.

The day kicked off with Tarannum, the Indian music society of JMC organising their annual music festival ‘Raag’ which included both solo and choir performances. The solo competitions were categorized into three sections: Classical, Semi Classical and Light. In the Eastern Choir, Hans Raj College was given the first position along with Miranda House as second.

Geetanjali, the Indian Music Society of Miranda House
Geetanjali, the Indian Music Society of Miranda House

The main field simultaneously hosted signature compositions of college bands in Madrigal, The Battle of Bands. A total number of fifteen teams had participated in the preliminary round, out of which five shortlisted bands competed for the ultimate victory: Hans Raj Projekt bagging the same.

Adaa, the Indian Dance festival involved Classical Solo and Folk Dance competitions. In the vibrant event of Folk Dance reflecting the rich culture of all the different lands of the nation, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce’s Bhangra emerged as the winner, while the second position was taken by Sri Venkateswara College.

Chimera, the western dance festival of JMC included a Choreography and Western Dance competition. The first place was given to Hans Raj College while the second one was claimed by Kirori Mal College in the Choreography event. In the Western Dance, Sri Venkateswara College’s Verve bagged the first position whereas IIT Delhi’s V – Defyn stood on the second position and Sri Guru Gobind College of Commerce’s Misba came third. The day ended with Supersonic DJ Mojojojo playing a mix of popular pop tracks.

The final day of Montage  kicked off with ‘Stage Craft’ the Stage play competition. The play had 5 participating teams. The best play was ‘9 Parts of Desire’ by Lady Shri Ram College for Women while the best direction was awarded to the team from Hans Raj College for ‘Party’. Abhinav Kumar (Shaheed Bhagat Singh College) and Tanvika (Sri Venkateswara College) won the best actor award in the male and female category respectively.  

Awaaz, the street play event  organised by Kahkasha, the Hindi dramatics society of JMC. The first position was bagged by the Hindi Dramatics Society of SRCC for their production ‘The Defective Ward’. ‘Kalkothri’ the production of Shivaji College won the second position while ‘Sun Tu Rehne De’ and ‘Hawa Nai Rukh Vahi’ the productions of LSR and Hindu college shared the third position.

Madrigal, the western music festival organised by Echo, the western music society of JMC was categorised into solo and choir competitions. The solo event was won by Shivash Chagti (Hans Raj College). The first position in the group event was won by LSR while Kirori Mal college and Kamala Nehru college won the second position.

The final day ended with performances by rock band, ‘The Local Train’ which sang some famous numbers like Bande and Aaoge Tum Kabhi.

Montage ’16 in a glimpse

Day-wise Coverage:

Day 1
Day 2

Catch Montage 2016’s entire album here

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Arushi Pathak
Tarushi Verma
Shreya Srivastava

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