Students’ talent to the fore at The Hindu Literary Fest

Over 1,400 students from 55 schools take part in different events

September 30, 2018 12:01 am | Updated 12:03 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM

ECoR DRM Mukul Saran Mathur, Vignan Director Srikanth and SFS School Principal Fr. Inna Reddy with winners in various events of the Literary Fest.

ECoR DRM Mukul Saran Mathur, Vignan Director Srikanth and SFS School Principal Fr. Inna Reddy with winners in various events of the Literary Fest.

The oratory skills and latent talents of students came to the fore at the ‘Literary Fest’, organised by The Hindu in association with Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research at the SFS School, Seethammadhara, here on Saturday.

The event witnessed over 1,400 students from 55 schools in the city and district vying with one another to prove their mettle in different events for nearly four hours.

The teams from AP Model School, Murapaka, bagged the first place in the ‘theatre/ drama with original idea’ and the ‘theatre/drama taking a known story’.

The second position went to Keystone School and Visakha Valley School respectively.

The first and second prize winners in various activities are: Story telling (English) – A. Niranjana, De Paul School, Ukkunagaram, and Yashna Gupta (DPS, LB Colony); Dramatised Book Reading – K. Sai Sanvitha (DPS, LB Colony), K. Ashisha (SFS School), Fairy Tales with a Twist – B. Milinivas (VVS) and N. Snehita Angel (SFS School), Jataka Tales/Folk Tales writing – Boni Jahnavi (Vignan Vidyalayam, Thimmapuram) and N. Thanmai (VVS), Creative Narration – D. Toshan Tej (Pollocks School) and P. Sahasra Raj (VVS), Creative Writing in English – K. Kusuma Kumari (Govt. Queen Mary’s School) and P. Rakesh (Vignan Vidyalayam); Creative Writing – autobiography – Aabha Deshmukh (VVS) and S. Teja Vinayasri (SFS School) and Describing a given mythological character (oral) – Shivangi (Vignan Vidyalayam) and Kousthubha (VVS).

Thought-provoking dramas

The students presented thought-provoking dramas on issues like teenage children going against the wishes of their parents, marrying the person of their choice and ending in divorce due to lack of compatibility over trivial reasons like inability to cook. The broken marriages are leading to ruining of families on both sides.

Divisional Railway Manager Mukul Saran Mathur, who participated as chief guest at the valedictory function, spent nearly an hour watching the performances of the children.

Later addressing the gathering, he said: “Children should be given freedom to prove their talents. Performing on stage in front of a large gathering boosts the confidence levels of children. Creative pursuits give immense satisfaction.

Unfortunately, parents are thrusting their opinions on their children and subjecting them to a lot of stress by asking them to choose only professional courses like engineering and medicine.”

He appealed to parents to allow their children to pursue their interests. Apart from studies, sports and culture play an important role in life and activities like these help in nurturing those creative talents, he said.

‘Open to ideas’

Principal of SFS School Fr. P. Inna Reddy said that a school gives education, knowledge and opportunities to experience and experiment new things. He, however, felt that the mind should be open to ideas to prevent psychological stagnation.

Director of Vignan Educational Institutions Srikanth said that activity-based learning could foster better understanding of the concepts and this was the core objective of the literary fest. “Song and dance contests will be planned in future in view of the tremendous response from students to sing and dance on stage,” he said.

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