Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
– William Butler Yeats
On 22 September 2023, the Department of English, Samaldas Arts College celebrated 'Talent Gala.' Being a teacher it was my first event with my fellow faculty members Himanshi Parmar Aamena Rangwala Tamsa Pandya Minkal Italiya and Nanditaba and talented students. Here is a brief outline of the event:
We started our program at 10:00 A.M. in Shree Vinayak Pandya Kalabhavan Hall. Anchoring was done by S.Y. students, Bargavi and Ashish. They did well, and though it was their first time to host such an event after a long period in their academic life, they did their best. Then we listened to our chief guest Miss. Vaidehi Haryanvi ma'am. Ma'am highlighted the importance of students' lives during college with some examples. She also talked about the importance of language. Then we listened to our principal sir Jayvantsinh B. Gohil who talked about the importance of literature and language. Sir shared his experience with English subjects during his schooling. After that, we were introduced by our Coordinator, Keyursir Dasadiya, that we should break the barrier between speaking and expressing ourselves. Then the head of the department Mansukhsir Gaijan highlighted the importance of digital growth and the importance of different languages and cultures across India and within India as well. Sir also talked about the way of living life and now we have Kuiper belt of the limit. We should cultivate such manner of language, matters, and thinking as well. Brijendrasinhsir Jadeja highlighted language, and talking with self, for example, we can send a message to ourselves in WhatsApp. Sir also highlighted what is the difference between Talent and God's gift. Sir also gave such live examples from cricketers as well. Sir remarked that we have to prepare our own dictionary and time and again we have to look upon it to improve such vocabulary skills.
Then we started our Events at 12:00 p.m. Events like Dance, Tabala performance, Folk songs, Group songs, Stand-up comedy, presentation on Online Earning ideas, singing, speech, painting, resign art, cake making, poetry recitation, etc. Students actively participated in the event. We also awarded students like All Rounder, Chatterbox, Most Sincere student, ets. Students made welcome banquets, cards and batches by themselves. Glad to see that they followed the instructions given by the faculty. The event was quite successful but still some improvement needed. I hope we can do such events in the future for students. Here is a glimpse of the program. Here the list of the students and their events, respectively:
Dance on Hindi Song 'Aayo re shubh din Aayo re' by FY BA students
Melodious Song Performance Nisarg Parmar (SY BA student)
PowerPoint Presentation on Online Earning Sources bh Brij Mer (FY BA student)
Duha - Chand Performance by Sanjaydan Gadhvi (SY BA student)
Shiv Tandav Performance by Prince Chauhan (FY BA student)
Painting and Homemade Cake Making Video Presentation by Krishna (SY BA student)
Gujarati Poem Recitation by Bhargavi Barad (SY BA student)
Group Song Performance by Krishna Shiyaal and other FY BA students
Speech on 'Guru' (Teacher) by Jitu Ahir (SY BA student)
Poetry Recitation by Rajyaguru Shital
Standup Comedy by Bhavik Bariya
We ended our program by 2:30 p.m, officially. Then students played such games.
