Putting an end to all speculations, the Communication club and Alumni
Association of the University of Kerala under the auspices of I and PRD,C-DIT
and the Nehru Yuva Kendra hosted a three day media fest entitled "TAKE
2"at Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan,Trivandrum.The carnival began with
registration of participants on the first day of 23rd october 2013.This was
immediately followed by "Ice breaking”. As the name indicates, it was a
kind of breaking the barriers that existed among the students belonging to
various institutions of the state. After the tea break, the event commenced
with Break the Rule(idea presentation)on the first stage in which the
participants had to present their views based on the topic given. At stage two
(off stage),the programme began with a written examination of prelims of Quiz.
After this there started the prelims of debate of which the topic was whether
the people who subjected to criminal punishments could participate in election.
There was lunch break. After this, there were split up(switch and scare
crow(social satire) on the first stage and stroke smith (cartooning) on the
second stage. After these events,there was a talk on Agro journalism. The
minister of agriculture,Govt.of Kerala sri.K.P.Mohanan was the chief
presenter.He talked on the advantages and its scope in the present scenario.
Two more speakers were also there.They gave some PowerPoint presentations too.
After the discussion,the programme proceeded on to Mock Press(changing the
persona).There were about twenty participants who changed their persona as
Kamala Das,Ranjini Haridas,Santhosh Pandit,John Brittas,Manmohan
singh,Mammootty and so on. They had to answer the queries of judges and
esteemed audience based on their attributed persona.The programme came to an
end by the dinner. The participants were given accomodation facilities and they
were taken to their respective allotted hostels.
The
students welcomed the second day with spectacular expectations. After the breakfast,
the programme began with Jingle bells(lyric writing).A Bengali music was played
and the participants had to write a lyric on mineral water. After the tea break,
it was time for the official inauguration. The cultural minister of the state
sri.K.C.Joseph inaugurated the carnival by the traditional lighting of
the lamp.He talked on the role of journalists and their contributions to the
society.Sri.K.Muraleedharan MLA attended the function.The head of the
department of communication, Kerala University,Sri.Subhash Kuttan presided over
the function. After that the much awaited Tongues on Fire (debate) final
started.The topic for the debate was whether invalid vote influenced democracy
or not.It was a debate between the two partners of a team. One has to argue for
the topic while the other has to interrupt in between. Only the qualified four
teams participated in the mains. After the lunch break, there was Ad Zap(act
out an ad)competition in which the participants of a team comprising five
members had to perform the ad for tourism. It was quite interesting. All the
teams performed entirely different based on their creativity.After this, there
was a talk on Media Ethics.Doordarshan assistant station director sri.Baiju
Chandran was a major talker.All presenters talked on the value and the power of
media in the society.Immediately after this programme,there held a recruitment
examination of journalist trainees in the Asianet News channel at the AC
hall.The events of the second day came to an end by the cultural
programme-drama and folk song.It was a rocking session for the participants.Everybody
put themselves in tune with the music of fabulous songs and danced like
anything.Everyone departed to their respective hostels after the dinner.
The third
day began with a documentary presentation "salt mango tree”. After
that,there was a talk on Cyber Journalism. Then there was a talk on 100
years of Indian Cinema.Sri.Balu Kiriyath was the main talker.Students raised
their doubts regarding cinema and the consequences faced by cinema. After the
lunch break,it was time for finals of Quiz competition.It had three rounds of
brilliant questions. Then there was the launch of "Malabar Gazette”, a
magazine by MAS College students by sri.Subhash Kuttan.Then came the
valedictory function.Sri,Achu Shankar was the chief guest.He expressed all his
wishes for the fest that should be conducted every year.He said that it was a
good platform for the students to exhibit their talents infront of their peer
group and others.Sri.Achu Shankar and Sri.Subhash Kuttan disributed the prizes
for the winners. The programme had come to an end by 6pm.
"TAKE 2
MEDIA FEST”, a venture of the University of Kerala succeeded in exciting the
audience with their mass effort and the exhilarating events. This media
carnival was really a great success.
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