Literary Events

Debate

Creative Writing

The creative writing competition will consist of essay and poem in English and/or any other vernacular language as per the student

The students have to specify the language (vernacular, if needed) they require while registration, and the decison to condut competition for the language is to be decided by the Litt Secy.
The topics will be informed on the spot
No registration fee

The String Theory:

A team event comprising 2 boys and 2 girls. Total time 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Here the objective is to form a complete story through the imagination of 4 different individuals.
A topic will be given on which one after the other each team member has to form a part of the story, thus bringing out a complete story by the end.
Each team member will be given 15 minutes to write his part of the story one after the other. An extra 5 minutes will be provided for the second, third and fourth member to read the material written by the previous member.

Shipwreck:

You will draw a chit according to which a famous personality, either real or a movie character will be assigned to you. The max time allotted is 5 minutes.
And mind that you are now in a sinking ship with just one life jacket and many takers for it. Convince the captain of the ship as to why you should be getting the life jacket over the others.

Lawyer It Up!

Ever wanted to be a lawyer? Someone ever called you an argumentative person? Then well may be this is your chance to express yourself. Push out all those skills along with your medical knowledge to ace this contest.
It is a team event of maximum 4 students from each college. All the four of them may take part in the discussions and only one among them can present the case.
There can only be one team per college
A day before the competition each team will be asked to pick a case by lottery. It will contain the basic information on the case. It also gives you the role you have to assume –prosecutor or defender
The maximum time for each person to present their case is 5 mins, with a maximum of additional 30 secs.
During this period, the moderators who assume the role of either the defender or the prosecutor depending on the case can object to the participants’ case. The decision to overrule or sustain the objection rests with the honorable judge. g. At the end of the case presentation, the judge can question the lawyer upon which he/she must defend it.
The rules are liable to change.

Pressure Cooker

Speak under pressure and be ready to shift sides any time.
Objective is that you have to speak for a given subject and upon hearing the bell, start speaking against it. This continues either till 4 mins or till you really want to stop talking anything more.

Just A Minute

An event that will keep you on your toes, JAM is for those language fanatics, who love nothing other than pointing out the mistakes in others. Watch the drama that unfolds the moment the Moderator utters the word GO!!
The Jammers are challenged to speak for one minute on a given subject without “repetition, hesitation, or deviation”.

i. “Repetition” means the repetition of any word or phrase, although challenges based upon very common words such as “and” are generally rejected except in extreme cases. Words contained in the given subject are exempt unless repeated many times in quick succession. Skillful players use (sometimes obscure) synonyms in order to avoid repeating themselves. The term “BBC” maybe successfully challenged upon for repetition of “B”.
“Hesitation” is watched very strictly: a momentary pause before resumption of the subject can give rise to a successful challenge, as can tripping over one’s words.
“Deviation” means deviating from the subject, but has also been interpreted as “deviating from the English language as we know it”, “deviation from grammar as we understand it”, deviating from the truth, and sometimes even logic, although often leaps into the surreal are allowed.

A Jammer scores a point for making a correct challenge against whoever is speaking, while the speaker gets a point if the challenge is deemed incorrect. However, if a witty interjection amuses the audience, even though it is not a correct challenge, both the challenger and speaker may gain a point, at the moderator’s discretion. A player who makes a correct challenge takes over the subject for the remainder of the minute, or, until he or she is correctly challenged. A speaker also scores a point if they are the person speaking when the 60 seconds expires. An extra point is awarded when a speaker speaks for the entire minute without being challenged. The game rewards those that make entertaining challenges, even if they do not speak for very long. An often rewarding time to challenge is a few seconds before the minute ends. Here, one could get a point for a challenge, not have to speak for very long, and get another point for speaking at the end of the minute. The game is scored and a winner declared, but the attraction of JAM lies less in the contest than in the humor and banter between participants and the moderator.
Finally, the most important of all the rules- MOD IS GOD. Any decisions made by the moderator will be final and binding.

Scribble

On a given theme and limited time period the student has to scribble on the desk as in a boring lecture.

Graffiti

Informal events

In addition to the above events there will be different informal events like

Update status - update your whatsapp status on a theme given
Exam time!!! - a team event wherein all your team members have to give the same answers for the given questions with invigilators present in the hall!!!!
Collage making
Heiroglyphics ......... and so on

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