Every year, the Manipal University Cultural Coordination Committee hosts the Inter-Collegiate cultural festival ‘Utsav’. It is meant to showcase and acknowledge the best talent our university has to offer. This is what I used to believe in until I started to see the reality which goes on behind the curtain. I am a student of… Continue reading UTSAV – A Reason to Celebrate?
Year: 2015
UTSAV 2015 the Hangover
Once again, a blanket of silence falls over KMC Greens. The music, the lights and the shouts are all gone. On the last night the place was alive with shouts of “Kaisa laga? Accha laga!”, “KMC, Manipal!”and “Mangalore”. The voice announcing the final scores was lost in the cacophony of shouts accompanied by beats of… Continue reading UTSAV 2015 the Hangover
From Floppy Discs to Pen Drives in 15 years
15 years ago, when I was a student at a medical college in Belgaum, the internet was still in its nascent stages. Data would take ages to be transferred on a connection that was so slow, that it was better to pay and purchase, whatever it was that you were looking to download. And if… Continue reading From Floppy Discs to Pen Drives in 15 years
Can a Woman Really Have it All?
Can a woman really have it all? Her career, her relations a vivacious life above all? Can she stand up and dodge her deliberate downfalls? And break the glass ceiling and layers of social walls? Can she really have it all? Do you know what its like , being in her shoes? When hundred errands… Continue reading Can a Woman Really Have it All?
Miss India Congeniality, Arpita Kaur, participates in UTSAV 2015 at Manipal University
The last and the most glamorous day of UTSAV began with JAM. Each and every word, pause and sentence was scanned for grammatical and factual errors by the contestants. The competition tested the participants’ quick wit and command on English language. Acting events MIME, Mad-Ads and Street Play brought together the best actors and narrators… Continue reading Miss India Congeniality, Arpita Kaur, participates in UTSAV 2015 at Manipal University