Sharpening their creativity

The students took part enthusiastically in the various events

Keeping this spirit in mind, the M S Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce recently organised Talents’ Day, a day to hone the skills of the first year students and provide them a platform to showcase their creativity.

So one could see a festive fervour on campus as the freshers took part in a range of events like mono-acting, tattooing, nail art and face painting off the stage.
Their innovativeness came out alive on stage as they took part with great enthusiasm in instrumental music, solo and group singing and solo and group dancing.

This event was designed to recognise the latent talent of the students of the college and was not really a competition as such.  It was a way to select the best talent of the college which could later be sent to the fests happening in various colleges.  The stage was set and the auditorium was filled with the cheers of the freshers.

So much so that the senior students were not even allowed inside.  The first year students presented their talent in the fields of dancing and singing with full support from their friends and batchmates.

The classrooms were also full of these effervescent youngsters as they painted their friends’ faces or tattooed them for the different competitions.

For the face painting competition, the theme was ‘Festivals Of India’.  Said Sneha, a first year BCA student who was taking part in it, “I have tried to show unity in diversity. That’s why on one side of my model’s face, I have depicted Deepavali, Eid and Christmas.” While Jayanth, another participant, painted the Kali Festival on his friend Shreyas’ face.  The singing show had students singing everything from Band Baaja Baaraat to ‘Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’.  The dance event had students presenting a range of dances like free style, hip and hop and classical. Reshma, a first year BBM student, looked pretty in a bharata­natyam costume and was all set to scorch the stage.

“I am going to perform a piece on Lord Shiva. I hope to get the youngsters interested in the beautiful art of bharatanatyam with my performance,” she said.

And it was no easy effort to organise it all! “We took a week’s time to prepare for this,” explained Bharathi, from the Cultural Committee that had organised this function.  “We had to make a list of the students taking part and even push some of the first years to