Students perform at the auditorium in Patna Women’s College on Thursday. Picture by Ranjeet Kumar Dey

Patna, Aug. 19: Patna Women’s College celebrated its foundation day on Thursday.

The function started with lighting of a lamp by Archbishop William D’souza S.J. College principal Dr Doris D’souza, while addressing the students, praised them for their sincerity and encouraged them to do well in every walk of their life.

The foundation day celebration began in a packed auditorium. All the performances were enthralling and well-applauded by the audience.

The festivity on the campus was well-complemented by the performances on the stage. Shipi and Pragya, the anchors of the function, kept the momentum going and held the show from the beginning to the end.

The programme began with the dance prayer performed by students of different departments.

Singing Sada Rahungi Urin tumhari, the students expressed gratitude towards the almighty for his creation of life on earth and blessing it with wonders all around.

The second performance was by Pooja, Supriya Shrishti, Abhilasha and their friends on the song ‘Takat watan ki hamse hai, himmat watan ki hamse hai’. With the song they declared to the world that they are the future of nation and a day will come when they will make the country proud on them.

The beauty of monsoon, the festive mood, the dancing peacocks, the sweet smell of wet soil all came alive with the shravani dance performed by students on the song Barso re megha from the film Guru.

Young girls wearing red ghagra choli, performed next, charming the audience with their desi moves.

Mile sur mera tumhara to sur bane hamara, a group dance by Anisha, Alka, Shambhavi and friends gave a glimpse of different cultures in India and brought it all together on one stage. Through their performance they showed India’s different cultures, traditions, religions, that made it different from other nations of the world and gave it a unique identity. They danced hand-in-hand, telling the audience that despite the differences, people of India are one.

Raising question on inflation, some BEd students tried to create awareness on the present economic scenario. They performed on the folk song from the film Peepli Live, Sakhi saiyan to khub hi kamat hai, mahengai dayan khaye jaat hai.

At the end of the event Archbishop William D’souza S.J. addressed the audience. “Seventy years have passed but Patna Women’s College is still carrying the hallmark for its education, sport and culture. The dream which the founder, Bishop B.J. Sullivan S.J. had seen is being realised every year. It started with eleven students in the year 1940. Now, the institute has now enrolled over 2,800 students. The college is having two hundred well-qualified faculty and around hundred staff. Spread on over three acres of land, with good infrastructure and the quality education, the institute has been a dream destination for students not only from the state but also outside. Students of different streams are getting good placements and that is really commendable.”