Gravitas '13

Jagruti Shenoy & Indu Venkatakrishnan | Scintilla Weekly

What started as a small seed of thought, now culminated into a huge reality when the Literary Club of SIESGST introduced its own festival GRAVITAS with the motive of boosting the oratorical and writing skills of the students. The festival turned out to be a huge success as students turned up in huge numbers. The events conducted in this festival were Equinox (debate), story writing, essay writing, Twist and Rhyme (poetry writing), elocution, Quizolution (quiz), Stand Your Point (group discussion) and spelling bee.

Events like Debate and Elocution saw huge participation from students who had come to show off their oratory skills. The events also gave a platform to some very impressive speakers.

The essay and story writing competitions tested the imagination and fluency in written English while the poetry competition saw some beautifully written poems on the theme ‘Life’.

Stand Your Point, the group discussion showcased every participants' creative and out-of-the-box thinking  over not-so-common world issues. 

Quizolution, a quiz that touched upon almost all the topics like current affairs, history, literature, sports, among others, tested the participants’ penchant for general knowledge.

Spelling Bee was another popular event conducted during Gravitas which encouraged participants with predilection for spellings.

All good things must come to an end! Cognition and Gravitas 2013 together ended as a winning combination that left behind sweet and joyous memories for GSTians to cherish until the next edition of the two intra-collegiate festivals.