A new school year, and miles to go before we…. well, put our pens to rest.
2011 was a spectacular year for the Anthonian Literary Club in so many ways. Anthonians were proud to once again host the Inter School Quiz competition, christened Let’s Get Quizzical’11, and have eight top schools of the city to participate and Mr. Barry Antinus of Don Bosco School, Park Circus to conduct. It was just an indication of the big things to come in 2012. Anthonians also participated in the Inter House Elocution Contest 2011 with greater enthusiasm than ever and demonstrated their writing skills in contests held in creative writing. The Literary Club, which helped conduct these events also held film screenings for its members, once giving them an exposure to world cinema (Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s Offside)and the other time showcasing the brilliance of Satyajit Ray’s movie making (Shatranj ke Khilari/ The Chess Players). A glowing tribute was also paid to Munshi Premchand, whose 140th birth anniversary it was, on the latter occasion as it was his novel on which the late auteur had based his film. In brief the Literary Club was busy.
2012 promises to be busier… and boy are we excited!
The programme of events chalked out for the months to come is: –
Feb’ 20th- Story Writing Contest (High School)
Apr’ 20th – Inter House Elocution Contest 2012
May 2nd – Essay Writing Contest (High School)
Jun’ 18th – Letter Writing Contest (High School)
Jul’ 20th – Inter House Quiz Contest 2012
Aug’ 24th – Inter House Debate 2012
These apart the Literary Club will also hold film screenings, seminars on creative writing and other activities to promote the reading habit.
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The team of Sampa Lodh, Manju Gomes, Kanchan Jaiswal, Mahua Sarkar, Healthyn Leon, Cynthia Garg, Binod Prabhakar and Steve Menezes wish all Anthonians and other readers a Happy New Year 2012.
