AMRUT RANG- YUVA URJA MAHOTSAV 2022

This Blog post is a response to the Sunday Reading task on 'Youth Festival-2022' given by our Prof. Dr.Dilip Barad Sir. To know more about some previous,  Youth Festivals here are some links.

Year 2015

Year 2018

Year 2019

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University organized three days Youth Festival (from 19 to 21 September ) This whole event is hosted by the Takshshila Institute of Science and Commerce. The theme of this year was યુવા ઊર્જા મહોત્સવ. It was the 30th international college competition. After two years of pandemics, the Youth Festival comes up with the enlightenment to enrich the students' talent and their enthusiasm towards the ambitious activity. 

1. Kala Yatra 18-09-2022 :

Kala Yatra - 'The Rally of Art' is presented by every student of colleges or Departments. It was organized on 18 September.  It started from ‘Pani ni taki- main water tank’ or the entrance gate of Victoria nature park to the Amphitheater of MKBU. The public can see the art of the Youth and can support the students for their upcoming events 

College	Theme
Swami Sahajanand College of Commerce and Management	NEP 2020 “शिक्षा की गारंटी, रफ्तार भारत की...”  This Tableaux emphasized National Education Policy 2020.  Importance of Knowledge, skill, and abilities. It presented various aspects of NEP- 2020.
Sardar Patel Institute	1723 to 2022, the journey of 299 years of Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a heritage city and is well-known for its King Maharaja Krishnakumarasinhji who was the first one to give his country to Sardarvallabh Patel for making Indian one. The tableaux also [phasised over it ‘Vilaypatra’ and it directly focused on the development of Bhavnagar. It has references to places like Alang and CSMCRI along with the topic of women empowerment.
Takshshila Institute	It represented all the prominent figures of India who in various fields have made India proud.
Department of English	Literature and the Digital World
Department of Life Science	Prominent Figures who worked for society, Social Services.
M.J College
K.R.Doshi group of colleges	Representation of Rural or Working class through dance
Samaldas Arts College	Our blindness towards road accidents.
Sir P.P. Institute of Science	Women Empowerment. It had a wonderful representation of  Kannagi, a legendary Tamil woman character from the Tamil epic Silapathikaram written by Jain prince Ilango Adigal. Kannagi proves and protests the injustice then curses the king and the city of Madurai.
Shree Swaminarayan Cluster of Colleges	Gujarat Culture

 Here is a Glimpse:

Here is a table list of the theme of some events in which we participated: 

Event	Topics
સ્વરચિત કાવ્યપઠન – Poetry Writing and Recitation	વિરહી હૈયાંની વાત - Song of a Bereaved Heart. . .
	સ્મરણ - Memory
	આ માટીને કાજે… - For this land . . .
	અચાનક એવું થાય તો…! And suddenly if it happens so . . .
	કાલ તમારું સપનું આવ્યું… I dreamt about you . . .
ડિબેટ : Debate	ભારત વિશ્વગુરુ બનવા તરફ?
	Is India marching ahead to lead the world?
	આપણા સમાજમાં સ્ત્રીઓ સ્વતંત્ર છે ખરી?
	Are women free in our society?
વક્તૃત્વ સ્પર્ધા : Elocution Competition	ગાંધીવિચાર અને 21 મી સદી
	Gandhian Thought and the 21st Century
	આઝાદીના અમૃત અવસરે આપણી ભૂમિકા
	Our role in Aazadi ka Amrut Mahaotsava
	નૈતિક મૂલ્યો આધારિત શિક્ષણ - કેટલું જરૂરી?
	Value Based Education - How far necessary?
	રાષ્ટ્રનિર્માણ અને યુવાનો
	Nation Building and Youth
	નારી - એક સ્વયં સર્જન શક્તિ
	Woman - A Self-creating Force / A Dynamic Force
Cartooning	Politician - નેતા, Inflationary- મોંઘવારી, Corruption - ભ્રષ્ટાચાર
Clay Modelling	Teacher and student ગુરુ અને શિષ્ય
	યોગા Yogasan
	Traveller મુસાફીર
Poster Making	Wild life
	Road sefty
	Yoga
Installation	સ્વચ્છતા Cleanness
	આઝાદી Independence
	સંસ્કૃતિ Culture
Spot Photography	લોકોની વચ્ચે Between the People યુવા મહોત્સવ Youth Festival કુદરત અને હું I and Nature
Short Film	ભારત/ગુજરાતનો ભવ્ય વારસો/સંસ્કૃતિ Heritage/Culture of India/Gujarat સ્વતંત્ર સંગ્રામ Freedom Struggle સામાજિક જાગૃતિ Social Awareness
Essay competition	Two steps towards a nature
	Fatal factors of democracy
	If humans can know the future
	Health is wealth
	Mobile Phone - useful or useless?
Paper collage	અમૃત મહોત્સવની લાઇવ સ્ટેજની ઇવેન્ટ Live stage events of Amrut Mahotsav લડવૈયા The Fighter માંMother
Spot painting	Festival of Navaratri
	Aazadika Amrutmahotsav
	Village marriage

 

19th September 2022:Opening Ceremony 

I was not able to attend the ceremony. Here I shared some glimpses from my colleague Jhee Barad's blog. 

The ceremony began with the University song and welcoming of the honorable guest. There was a wonderful dance performance by the differently abled students of K.L Institute of Deaf. All the dignitaries gave inspiring and motivational speeches, wishing luck to all the participants of the Youth festival.

Saffen Hasan sir aptly talked about today's generation noting them to be a confused generation as this generation has lots of options in every field and everything. He guided me to follow his inspiration and to stay connected to own roots, family, to the institute the one who helped me to grow.

Abhishek Jain talked about the importance of cultural activities and the importance of Youth festivals. He is also the one who grew from the stage of the Youth Festival. Stages help students to have instant ideas, increasing their spontaneity. He ended his speech by saying participation is important and the result is secondary. Standing on stage is also an achievement.

Here is the video recording of the opening ceremony.

Day 1 - 19 September 

Mimicry organized in Atal Auditorium (Vinodbhai Amlani Natyamanch).

Performance 01: Director said his direction of the story... in a different voice and last said about his worst experience with the hero. 

Performance 02: Horror seen 

Performance 03: Kshatriya Men

Performance 04: Rockstar Ravi Horror and Rhythmic way 

In Mimicry, the voice is very important as how you put it with your performance. 

Bhajan Organized in the Old court hall (Shree Rajesh Vaishnav Surmanch)

Tatkal Chitra (on-the-spot painting Drawing)- organized in the External Department (Shree T. K. Gohil Kalamanch)

Prashn Manch round 1 (Quiz)- organized in the Department of English (Shree Harindra Dave Sahitya Manch)

Swarachit Kavya Pathan (Poetry writing and recitation)-

Lok Nritya (Folk Dance)- organized in the Amphi Theater (Shree Mahendrabhai Meghani Mukhyamanch)

Charan Garbo Tippani Garbo (using long stick)Maldhari Garbo Kachhado Garbo Charni Garbo 

Mime- organized in Atal Auditorium (Vinodbhai Amlani Natyamanch)

• Performance:1 Army, Video Games, Physical Games 
• Performance:2  Army, Celebration 75 years of India's Independence
• Performance:3 Army, Uri attack, Bus Attack, Abhishekh incident (some historical events related to the terror attack 
• Performance:4 AI, Sci-fi, how human beings are changed with technology and near death due to heavy use, the danger of dependency on technology 
• Performance:5 Save the lion, the scene is about how  circus members use wild animals, especially those rarely living on the earth 
• Performance:6 Transgender
• Performance: 7  Samrat Ashok's realization, after Kaling Yuddh 
• Performance:8  Farmer's situation and their suicide 
• Performance:9 Circus theme

Halvu Kanthya Sangit (Sugam Geet)- Organized in Old court hall (Shree Rajesh Vaishnav Surmanch)

Collage - organized in the External Department (Shree T. K. Gohil Kalamanch)

Day 2 - 20 September 2022

ShortFilm at the Department of English (Shree Harindra Dave Sahitya Manch):

This event is the first time organized at our University. There were only seven entries, per event five participants were allowed.

 

By clicking here, the linked document will open and you can see all Short Films by clicking the names, respectively.

1. Magic Box

This short film is based on a feminist angle. How women who suffered from domestic violence prepare themselves the very next day as very normal by using Makeup Box. The title 'Makeup Box' is given ironically to present another meaning which is beyond the word 'Makeup' itself. The cinematography was quite well done with the help of props like silences and the camera focusing on 'Makeup Box'.

2. Zamku 

This film again can be read from a feminist perspective. Starting story was gone in a dream sequence while the reality of women in present is different. There can be a stage when perhaps the domestic women have their violent mood but they realize it through their dreams only. There is still the patriarchal structure ruling women's dreams. 

3. Three: 

This film talked about the mental disorder of a girl student who suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder and awareness about to keep supporting this kind of person who suffered from such emotional and mental pain. 

4. Bhavnagar: 

There were no such dialogues in this short film but the cinematography was well planned through Dron shoots and music over.

5. Swatantrata no Sangram

This short film is more like a documentary. There were only images and write-ups about the Indian freedom fighters, no characters, and no cinematography. 

6. Maharajshree

Maharaja Kumarsinhji became among the first of the Indian monarchs to accede to the Dominion of India in 1947. He merged Bhavnagar into the state of Kathiawad in 1948. This short film is based on their highness and dedication towards giving their whole monarch for the nation. The unique style of cinematography is that the characters' faces were not in the frame, through dialogues and body gestures they presented the story. As per the Judges' evaluation, they made one mistake about the respected people's lifestyle and in which kind of houses they lived, in the shot while you going to make a film on a historical or respected person of the history, you should have the reading of their background life and their living life. 

7. FACK it till you MAKE it:

This short film is about the political agenda and their use of media and the corporate world for their own benefit to hide their evil personality among the common people. The basic tone was about the 'Post-Truth' era. 

Lok Vadya Vrinda- organized in the AmphiTheater (Shree Mahendrabhai Meghani Mukhyamanch)

Skit- organized in Atal Auditorium (Vinodbhai Amlani Natyamanch)

Performance:1  Today's world crisis with the reference to Ravan Dahan. (the happenings on the Earth like the Ukraine-Russia war, sold media, elections, male domination, and women's situation.)

Performance: 2

Women's education connects with the current time and some events, Rape cases, and women abuse(Rabiya case, Grisham case of Surat.). 

Performance: 3(Wit, parody,  farce, satire Satire on Education System) 

Performance: 4 (8)  Title of the skit was Why? Today life exaggeration, 

Death of Humanity Insaniyat ke nam humne Bars manai. - satirize religion in education; Schools and machine makers; students as machines. 

Shastriya Vadan (Swar Vadhya)- Organized in Old court hall (Shree Rajesh Vaishnav Surmanch)

Cartooning- organized in the External Department (Shree T. K. Gohil Kalamanch)

Day 3 21 September 2022

Samuh Geet (Bhartiya)- organized in the Amphi Theater (Shree Mahendrabhai Meghani Mukhyamanch)

Vaktrutva (Elocution)- Organized in Old court hall (Shree Rajesh Vaishnav Surmanch)

Rangoli- organized in the External Department (Shree T. K. Gohil Kalamanch)

Installation- organized in the External Department (Shree T. K. Gohil Kalamanch)

Debate- organized in the Department of English (Shree Harindra Dave Sahitya Manch)

Closing Ceremony and Appreciation of Winners and colleges/Departments 

Every student swings between two - Happiness and Tension. The Youth of the future generation are appreciated by respected people. The chief guest of the final ceremony was Dr. Chetan Trivedi- Vice Chancellor of Bhaktkavi Narsinh Mehta University, others were IG Ashok Yadav sir, trustees of Takshshila Institute, RJ Akash, and Singer Ishani Dave.