Children at the TTIS mask- making contest at South City International. Picture by Anindya Shankar Ray

Enthusiastic Class V students of South Point High School got a chance to showcase their creativity in a mask-making contest organised by TTIS (The Telegraph in Schools), in association with Vodafone, on their school campus on October 12.

The contest was also held in 29 other schools from September 20 to October 12.

Armed with coloured papers, sequins and other decorative items, the children came out with interesting depictions of “Devi Durga And Her Family” on their masks.

Goddess Durga was the most popular choice, followed by the asura and the lion.

Children of Little Learners, a Montessori house in Alipore, perform during their annual show at GD Birla Sabhagar on October 2. Picture by Aranya Sen

Students at the AIESEC event

While some stressed on Durga’s facial features, others were more interested in depicting the Goddess’s glittering ornaments with the help of shiny paper, big bangles and elaborate borders.

Be it the Goddess’s thick tresses or the lion’s fluffy mane, the students did not leave out a single detail.

“We will be looking for creativity and the use of colours. They make a mask attractive,” said Souvik Dey, the school’s art teacher for classes IV and V and a judge of the event.

Three other art teachers of the school also joined in to select the three winners.

Arpit Bhattacharya came first with his depiction of Asura.

“I wanted to do something different. So I preferred to portray the Asura,” he said.

Sarbari Choudhury came second with his creation of a lion mask, while Shuvam Aich was adjudged third for his innovative portrayal of the owl.

The winners received certificates and goodies.

CHIT CHAT

India stays ahead

Hundreds of students and business houses attended the Conclave Youth to Business Forum, 2010, organised by the Calcutta wing of an youth-run organisation, AIESEC, at the Golden Park recently.

The high point of the event was a panel discussion involving various industry leaders. Its topic was “India’s youth-leadership and empowerment”.

The panelists included Piyush Jaju, the co-founder of Onergy — a social enterprise that aims at providing energy solutions to rural India, Renu Khatter, the owner of Kaytex Issues, architect Sobhanlal Banerjee, and Raunaq Singh Minhas, the student speaker of the day.

Raunaq stressed on the qualities a youth leader should have. The panel discussion also saw interaction from the audience.