Rolling stones gather no moss: Catching up with the Street Theatre Team

They had a very busy schedule right from September, starting with participating in the ‘De-addiction week’ along with the Department of Psychology. The volunteers underwent very rigorous practice sessions in the mornings and evenings.
Unlike the usual way of performing on streets, the team, performed on a real stage when they represented our college at the [...]

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Fredskorpset India Partner Network Meeting:

Dec 14th: Following the National Seminar on ‘Interlinking of Rivers’, representatives of the Fredskorpset India Partners’ Network met in Christ College. The national seminar was an initiative of the network and was funded by Fredskorpset Norway.  Mr. Sacha Jotisalikorn, Fredskorpset- Asia Regional Representative, attended the meeting along with representatives from Centre for Social Action, Drik India, [...]

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Talking to the Co-ordinator

Here’s an interview which is hard to get! Johny Joseph, the coordinator of CSA talks about the recently organised National Seminar and its backgound, at a secret meeting with the Publications team!
+ Why the topic ‘Interlinking of Rivers’?
In the present scenario, we felt that this topic was very much debatable and should be given due [...]

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The National Seminar on Interlinking of Rivers

12th DEC: CSA, in collaboration with DRIK India, Kolkata and with the support of Fredskorpset(‘FK’ Norway), held a two-day national level seminar on “INTERLINKING OF RIVERS- PRIORITY OR CHALLENGE ” on 12th & 13th December ‘07 at Christ College. 120 delegates from various parts of the country took part in this programme.
The seminar aimed at:
· Bringing [...]

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CHRISTMAS – Norwegian Style.

This time Christmas was in Norway for CSA- the volunteers found themselves in Norway for a few hours, to put it precisely. Our Norwegian participants, Helle and Brita organized a Christmas gathering for the CSA volunteers in their own Norwegian style! This was followed by the inauguration of the collaborative Workshop with a Canadian theatre [...]

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Combating AIDS the student way.

The world AIDS day (Dec.1) in Christ College was observed with a multitude of Christites showing their deep concern towards the cause by wearing the red ribbons throughout the day. Red ribbons, made by the volunteers, were distributed throughout the college campus. It was made sure even the non-teaching and support staff were wearing at [...]

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Training Towards Leadership

25-30 volunteers of Christ Junior College attended an exposure camp, at Kenchenpalya village on the 24th of November. The camp aimed at developing leadership skills in the students. They were back two days later, full of enthusiasm. According to Rakesh of 2nd PUC, “The camp was simply too good”, and he wishes to attend more [...]

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A day ‘of the children’, ‘for the children’, and

On 19th November (instead of the 14th !) , CSA celebrated and re-lived childhood in a unique way altogether. A whole day of games and fun was organised just for the kids from various NGO’s and slums. The volunteers and staff spent the day amidst children, playing and enjoying with them. The celebrations held [...]

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SOS: Saving Souls

CSA volunteers visited an SOS village on the eleventh of November, 2007. SOS was started in 1964 by Late Dr. Hermann Gmeiner as a dream to reach out and help as many children as possible. The Director, Mr. Lokesh gave the volunteers a brief note on the working of the organisation and also showed them [...]

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Theatre in the Basketball Court! : A Different Game

Thu,21 Dec: You surely missed it… if you weren’t present at the Christ College basketball court when the CSA street theatre team Drishti, in collaboration with a theatre team from Montreal (Canada) enacted a series of plays in front of a huge student audience!
The play which dealt with human rights was enacted in 2 parts:
1. A [...]

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