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DNA - Priya Ramakrishnan Walking with your eye blindfolded while traipsing with a white and red stick through various obstacles, scribbling to your hearts content on the graffiti wall, grinning and bearing the pain while getting a trendy tattoo — this was all part of the fun for college students attending the final day of Malhar ’07 at St. Xavier’s College on Wednesday. As the first festival of the season drew to an end, participants as well as the audience enjoyed the popular band event — The Malhar String Theory. “We came to Malhar solely to enjoy the band event. Today being a holiday, we could enjoy it at leisure,” said Alessia Misquitta, an SYBA student from St Andrews College in Bandra. More than the events, this year Malhar had a strong social theme with 120 students participating in cleanup drives and 11/7 campaigns. Even underprivileged children from various NGOs got a chance to perform for a cheering audience. Street plays and skits performed by children from NGOs Prerana and Arpan drew whistles and loud applause. “We had a good time performing at the college. I have never been inside the campus, but I have always wanted to come here. “When our NGO Prerna asked us whether we would like to perform at St. Xavier’s, I grabbed at the opportunity. Maybe I will study here soon,” said a 13-year-old girl who had been rescued from the red light district of ¬Kamathipura. “We usually involve a few NGOs where children perform skits or street plays with a social message. It is very popular among our audience,” said Anupriya Kohli, a volunteer at Malhar. |
