MRites at IIT Roorkee

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

20 students of Manav Rachna participated in Thomso, the annual cultural festival of IIT Roorkee which was held recently. Paigam, Dramatics Society of Manav Rachna participated in the Nukkad Natak event and managed to clear the preliminary round and stood among the top 8 teams. Their play, ‘Nadaan Parindey’ showcased the lives of street children and received a great response from the crowd and the judges.

Aarekh, Fine Arts Society of Manav Rachna did even a better performance by not only staying among the top teams but by holding prizes. Yash Singhal (5th sem, FET) and Meenal Saini (3rd Sem, FET) bagged the First position in face painting. In the poster designing competition, Meenal Saini came First. Yash Singhal, Anshuman Singh (3rd sem, FET) and Sakshi Garg (3rd sem, MRU) secured the third position in Junkyard Wars. In addition, Justy Oommen (3rd Sem, BJAMC), Meenal Saini and Rahul Gupta received a special mention in Costume Designing competition.