Aitreya '11

Hail Srishti-ians,


The blog is becoming active after a really long time. But it's finally active.


So, we have our flagship event - Aitreya coming up in the next semester. Unfortunately, dates haven't been finalised. But, since we were able to finalise the list of events, we thought we might as well put it up. Here they are:

• Quiz
• Declamation
• Drama
• Block and Tackle
• Short Story
• Short Film
• Persona
• Spelling Bee
• Crossword
• Treasure Hunt

I guess most of those events are self explanatory or at least familiar to anyone in the literary circles. Let me explain those which are not all that familiar.

Block and Tackle - Oratory event. Given a topic, the contestant has to change his stance on the issue as and when the judge says "block" or "tackle"; "block" being for and "tackle" being against. Pretty hilarious to see the contestant go from one stance to another within seconds :D

Persona - It is a collection of events which has many rounds and is a very motley collection including shipwreck, a written round and others. The full set of events will be released later.

Declamation - Oratory event where you can dress up as a historical figure and emulate one of their famous speeches. Examples include Martin Luther King's "I had a dream" or the all time favourite Marcus Antonius' "Friends, Romans and Countrymen!" .

Keep track of the blog for updates and dates when registrations start.

New Semester, New core committee ...

As we begin a new academic year Shristi is happy to announce its new core committee members.
Sashidhar ( III Mech ) is given the high honour of discharging the duties of the Secretary of the club while the post of Additional Secretary is handed over to Mukund(III E & I) and Nithya (III Aero). The post of Treasurer will now be held by Vandana (III E & I) . A unique feature of Srishti is the active involvement of members from across the entire breadth of the course years. The post of Joint Secretary is handed over to Kiran ( II EEE ) and Anjana (II E & I). We would like to thank the previous office bearers for all that they have done for the club.

Srishti has a lot of new plans for this year. New events like crossword and scrabble competitions will happen on a fornightly basis. Book reviews , movie screenings and play enactments are high on the club's agenda. "Talk the T-way" (The Toastmaster’s club) is another endeavour from srishti to give its members a chance to sharpen their public speaking skills and use language with greater confidence.