WSC INAUGURAL EVENT: Film Screening and Debate Competition
WSC INAUGURAL EVENT
Film Screening and Debate Competition
Reporters:- Arpita (film screening)
Anisha Joseph (debate)
Wednesday, 28 Aug'19:
‘Ham ladenge sathi, udaas mausam ke khilaf
Ham ladenge sathi, gulam ichha ke lie
Ham chunenge sathi zindagi ke tukde.’
These words echoed through the hall as the Women’s Study Centre of Jesus and Mary College conducted its inaugural session on Wednesday, 28 August, 2019. It consisted of a film screening and discussion followed by a debate. The session began by a song presented by the cultural team of WSC and the convener, Dr Maya John. They sang ‘Ham ladenge sathi’, which is originally a poem by Avtar Singh Pash, a major poet in the Punjabi literature of the 1970s.
Women’s study Centre of Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University marked its inaugural event with Film Screening and Debate Competition. The film ‘When women unite’ directed by Shabnam Virmani revolves around an Andhra Pradesh movement by the rural women against the government and liquor barons who collaborated to flood villages with local liquor called ‘arrack’. The movement began when the government started introducing tiny, inexpensive plastic packets of arrack. It was spurred into action when a woman in their village was killed by her drunken husband, when she tried to prevent him from molesting their daughter. After a series of events, which included protests by women and even the imposition of section 144, the sale of arrack was finally banned in 1995. It was also a movement that gravitated towards asserting many women’s rights in the state. The film also focused on how literacy and education can be a major factor in spreading awareness among rural women. It included the testimonies of many activists and officials who gave inputs on what was happening at the grass roots level. But, most important of all it reflected the effect of economics, national and state level politics on the daily lives of rural people – and the way in which it can effect families, communities and social groups. It also made manifest that movements can change the course of major economic and social policies of the government, also touching upon women’s rights, their empowerment and feminism at the rural grass root level.
The film screening was followed by a discussion on the same. One view was that the movement by the women also led men and children to take part in the movement. Another view reflected on how the women were powerful and united in their movement against the sale of arrack. They did not sit back or wait for the government to take action, as the government itself was involved in the sale of the arrack. Their collective movement helped break down even the mightiest of power structures, be it the powerful arrack contractors, the repressive state machinery or even the men of their village with whom they dealt on a daily basis.We had around 300 viewers for the same.
The discussion was followed by a break for 15 minutes and then we begin with the debate competition.
The debate started around 1:30 p.m. The anchor for the event was Sandhya and the judge speakers were Ms Maya and Ms Anupama. The motion for which the competitors were having their voices was “the house believes that collective movements are key to liberation and not individual upliftment.” In total there were 15 participants for the same. After the general instructions and rules of the competition, the event began with a bang with our first contestant Dania Jojo. She voiced up for the motion and had valid points like Chipko Movement, LGBTQ etc. to her stake. Our next participant , Harshita was against the motion as she believed that admist of the collective movement, somewhere the individuality gets lost. And to the interjectors like upliftment of minorities and restrictive structure of minority section, she answered everything smoothly that cleared the added doubts of the audience.
Like this we had many participants speaking up for the motion like Akriti Jain, Shanu ,Sherin etc who said that liberation is not the only constant for the collective movements but even individuals come across and speak their hearts out when they are together. And at the same time, Simran Rai, Shambhavi Maurya and Ritu who were against the motion had a say that it is an individual who makes a team or it is an individual’s idea that forms a collective movement. They even focused on key words like ‘collective movement, individual upliftment, liberation' to have more power and highlights their words and expressions. All together the environment had smart and intellectual voices to have a competitive and high spirited event.
To add more interesting element to the competition, the event had questions from the judge speakers as well as interjections from the crowd, which made the participants think out of the box to tackle the questions and answer them in the best possible way to make themselves stand out in the crowd.
And thankfully, the event had two contestants who were smart enough to present their views and act upon the theme really well. PRAMATI SINGH, secured 1st position in the competition. She spoke against the motion and with her clear notion that 'it doesn’t matter what the movement about, it is more about who takes it up’ made the judges think she deserves to be the best. She made her point clear that an individual, if actively participates for a cause, can start a movement and bring liberation. On the other hand, the runner up- VANSHIKA CHAUDHARY, had her views straight for the approval of the motion. She believed that collective movements could bring in changes at different levels like gender equality in a society. Women coming up together like that in the film screening could bring up movements and stir up a whole lot of revolutionary change in the world. The judge speakers gave away the prizes and the certificates to the winners and expected to see more girls coming up in future events and showcasing their hidden talents.
The event was success due to the combined efforts of the core team under the leadership of SIMRAN TOM, PRESIDENT and SHREYA GHOSH, VICE PRESIDENT of WSC for the current academic year. From discipline committee to the stage and refreshment committee, everyone put their hearts and souls to make the event a success. Future competitions and events are expected to have the same energy and zeal, making them equally amazing and successful.
Film Screening and Debate Competition
Reporters:- Arpita (film screening)
Anisha Joseph (debate)
Wednesday, 28 Aug'19:
‘Ham ladenge sathi, udaas mausam ke khilaf
Ham ladenge sathi, gulam ichha ke lie
Ham chunenge sathi zindagi ke tukde.’
These words echoed through the hall as the Women’s Study Centre of Jesus and Mary College conducted its inaugural session on Wednesday, 28 August, 2019. It consisted of a film screening and discussion followed by a debate. The session began by a song presented by the cultural team of WSC and the convener, Dr Maya John. They sang ‘Ham ladenge sathi’, which is originally a poem by Avtar Singh Pash, a major poet in the Punjabi literature of the 1970s.
Women’s study Centre of Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University marked its inaugural event with Film Screening and Debate Competition. The film ‘When women unite’ directed by Shabnam Virmani revolves around an Andhra Pradesh movement by the rural women against the government and liquor barons who collaborated to flood villages with local liquor called ‘arrack’. The movement began when the government started introducing tiny, inexpensive plastic packets of arrack. It was spurred into action when a woman in their village was killed by her drunken husband, when she tried to prevent him from molesting their daughter. After a series of events, which included protests by women and even the imposition of section 144, the sale of arrack was finally banned in 1995. It was also a movement that gravitated towards asserting many women’s rights in the state. The film also focused on how literacy and education can be a major factor in spreading awareness among rural women. It included the testimonies of many activists and officials who gave inputs on what was happening at the grass roots level. But, most important of all it reflected the effect of economics, national and state level politics on the daily lives of rural people – and the way in which it can effect families, communities and social groups. It also made manifest that movements can change the course of major economic and social policies of the government, also touching upon women’s rights, their empowerment and feminism at the rural grass root level.
The film screening was followed by a discussion on the same. One view was that the movement by the women also led men and children to take part in the movement. Another view reflected on how the women were powerful and united in their movement against the sale of arrack. They did not sit back or wait for the government to take action, as the government itself was involved in the sale of the arrack. Their collective movement helped break down even the mightiest of power structures, be it the powerful arrack contractors, the repressive state machinery or even the men of their village with whom they dealt on a daily basis.We had around 300 viewers for the same.
The discussion was followed by a break for 15 minutes and then we begin with the debate competition.
The debate started around 1:30 p.m. The anchor for the event was Sandhya and the judge speakers were Ms Maya and Ms Anupama. The motion for which the competitors were having their voices was “the house believes that collective movements are key to liberation and not individual upliftment.” In total there were 15 participants for the same. After the general instructions and rules of the competition, the event began with a bang with our first contestant Dania Jojo. She voiced up for the motion and had valid points like Chipko Movement, LGBTQ etc. to her stake. Our next participant , Harshita was against the motion as she believed that admist of the collective movement, somewhere the individuality gets lost. And to the interjectors like upliftment of minorities and restrictive structure of minority section, she answered everything smoothly that cleared the added doubts of the audience.
Like this we had many participants speaking up for the motion like Akriti Jain, Shanu ,Sherin etc who said that liberation is not the only constant for the collective movements but even individuals come across and speak their hearts out when they are together. And at the same time, Simran Rai, Shambhavi Maurya and Ritu who were against the motion had a say that it is an individual who makes a team or it is an individual’s idea that forms a collective movement. They even focused on key words like ‘collective movement, individual upliftment, liberation' to have more power and highlights their words and expressions. All together the environment had smart and intellectual voices to have a competitive and high spirited event.
To add more interesting element to the competition, the event had questions from the judge speakers as well as interjections from the crowd, which made the participants think out of the box to tackle the questions and answer them in the best possible way to make themselves stand out in the crowd.
And thankfully, the event had two contestants who were smart enough to present their views and act upon the theme really well. PRAMATI SINGH, secured 1st position in the competition. She spoke against the motion and with her clear notion that 'it doesn’t matter what the movement about, it is more about who takes it up’ made the judges think she deserves to be the best. She made her point clear that an individual, if actively participates for a cause, can start a movement and bring liberation. On the other hand, the runner up- VANSHIKA CHAUDHARY, had her views straight for the approval of the motion. She believed that collective movements could bring in changes at different levels like gender equality in a society. Women coming up together like that in the film screening could bring up movements and stir up a whole lot of revolutionary change in the world. The judge speakers gave away the prizes and the certificates to the winners and expected to see more girls coming up in future events and showcasing their hidden talents.
The event was success due to the combined efforts of the core team under the leadership of SIMRAN TOM, PRESIDENT and SHREYA GHOSH, VICE PRESIDENT of WSC for the current academic year. From discipline committee to the stage and refreshment committee, everyone put their hearts and souls to make the event a success. Future competitions and events are expected to have the same energy and zeal, making them equally amazing and successful.
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