The Standpoint

ELIXIR 2009

By

Kalpana Gupta

The Hansraj College’s English Literary Society, INSIGNIA, presented their annual festival- ELIXIR 2009 on 16-17 December of the previous year. The theme of the two-day festival was “Fundamentalism”. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Auditorium on 16th December followed by a talk on “Protest Through Art” by Keval Arora.

Open to all the students across Delhi, M.E.L.A (Movie Entertainment Literature Art) conducted a Quiz. Students from I.I.T Delhi and Sikkim Manipal University participated in the quiz along with the students of the Delhi University, North Campus. “The Treasure Hunt” was able to gather a great deal of crowd.

Much away from the tiresome lectures, the students of the Hansraj College participated in the “Spell Bee” contest which demanded correct spellings of English words from the contestants and took them to another round of “Vocab” if they managed to clear the first round. A talk on “Fundamentalism” by Dilip Simeon followed the “Spell Bee+Vocab” contest. Lecturers were gathered along with their students in numbers to lend ears to Dilip Simeon.

“A Pay in Life of Ponga Pandits” was the movie which became the center of attraction during the fest. “Alienation” and “Resentment” were some of the few topics given to the participants in the Creative Writing Competition. The winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1000. The final year students of English (Hons.) course in the later half of the day organised a group discussion on “Deity or Crusader- the true face of God?” at the English Balcony in the college premise.

The annual festival concluded with the “Street Music Competition” in which hordes of talented student musicians participated. The students of Hindu College, however, won the competition and were awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1000.