ECONOMICA

The third and final day of Arthotsav saw Mrs. Medha Dhapre preside over a noisy student Lok Sabha as the Madam Speaker of the session, for the two-hour mega event, Parliamentary Debate. Since most of the participants were winners of the previous competitions, it made for a highly competitive atmosphere. The Opposition made the audience sit up and take notice of the otherwise drab Goods and Services Tax (G.S.T) Bill, while the Ruling Parties answered with facts and witticisms to entertain the audience and subsequently win the Best Team Award. The Opposition, however, remained strong and undefeated on their stance—Sacchit Ramesh, leader of the Opposition, even went on to win the Best Debater Award, propelling his college the final push for the Best College Award! Congratulations Mithibaiites! In the closing ceremony, the volunteers caught a glimpse of the Fest founders, and got to hear their insights into the difficulties they faced getting it off the ground. They unanimously agreed t...

As Guntaas Kaur (our Lord and Supreme Commander) puts it, “When Arthotsav begins it’s like one continuous blur of activity right until it ends.” Truly, it felt like it was hardly the end of the first day as the sun dawned brightly on the second day of our fest. The fest began with a splendid performance by the college’s N.S.S chapter, with a play for the event Bandé Mataram. Volunteers and people from other colleges alike rushed to play the Game of Fire and Ice yet again, as we decided to put off saying goodbye to our beloved game by one more day. Three or four games were played before it was time for the next event—Your Word’s Worth It—to finally commence. Your Word’s Worth it turned out to be a pleasant surprise! Participants expecting a standard essay-writing competition were in for a shock, as the first round involved a game of charades. The words they guessed correctly would be the words they could write on in the essay, so it was a bit of a necessity for the mime to make sure ...

Our fifth-intercollegiate season of Arthotsav began with not a bang but a gentle thud as our chief guest Dr. Neeraj Hatekar from the University of Mumbai inaugurated the three-day fest with a prayer to the Almighty, along with the college’s Department of Economics. Speaking in front of a crowd of an eager 100-odd Economics students uniformed in a standard blue tee and badge, some adding their own touches here and there, he recounted his own experiences in the field and mentioned that our college had given him some of the best Masters students he had had the pleasure of working with. After that it was Anita ma’am and some of our own volunteers who spoke and motivated the already energized audience. The first event of the day—The Wolf of Dalal Street—seems to have set the pace for the rest of the day. With its loud atmosphere and the quickness at which shares rose and fell, it truly felt like the inner stockbroker in the participants had emerged. In the heat of the action the challe...