PGDAV College

Eclectica- Report for the session 2017-18

Eclectica - The English Literary Society of the college organised a fun filled day of events for the session 2017-18. The annual self-composed poetry recitation competition along with the essay writing competition or Kaleidoscope was organised on 20th February 2018. The purpose of these events was to bring out the latent talent of the students, which hides somewhere in the corners of the four walled classrooms.

In the poetry /slam poetry competition our budding poets captured various themes. From growing addiction with social media, to our longing for our home, to the never ending quest for love, to the enigma that is death, every possible theme was interpreted by the participants in their own way. Each poem was so unique and beautiful that our judges Ms. Urvashi Sabu and Ms. Lian Pui were torn between snapping their fingers and judging them. There were fourteen participants in total for poetry and slam combined. The first prize was bragged by Ankita Taneja, second by Karishma Sahoo, third by Swati Baruah and fourth by Kartik Gupta. For slam, the first prize went to Brinda Sharma, second to Akriti Pant, third to Sara Haque and fourth to Anubhav Tekwani and Isha Gupta.

The Essay writing competition was conducted in two rounds. The first round was held on 15th Feb '18. The theme for this round was "Fairytale with a twist". The second round was conducted on 20th Feb '18 where the participants were shown a video clip on loop. It was judged by Ms. Renu Kapoor and Ms. Pritika Nehra. The participants had to base their pieces of writing on what they interpreted from the video. The first prize went to Kanika Kataria and second to Anubhav Tekwani.

Following the success of last year the society organized BYOB - Bring Your Own Book on the day of the event. The book barter fair was a great success. Over 200 books were exchanged. A book for a book educates the youth!