Kridotsava-The Festival of Valorous Grit

Akshay Balan

It was about 8 in the morning. The airsported the sound of hoots and therhythm of boots. The colorful arrange-ment of marchers stood firmly on theground, basking in the warmth of theJanuary sunlight. The morning wasyoung, as it always is. There seemedto be a sense of excitement and joyfulimpatience throughout the campus. This was the atmosphere at KristuJayanti College on the 24th of January2015, as it commenced its annualsports meet, ‘Kridotsava 2015’.Kridotsava is the largest fest of the col-lege. This is not just a one or two dayfest. The path for this grand venture in-volved various prelims and challengingrounds for different sports events,which began a month prior to the finalshowdown. It is also the first and themost major event of the even semes-ter, igniting a wonderful light for theevents that come after.A highlight of this year’s meet that can-not be overlooked is the presence of arenowned individual, Shri Sachin SBalwadi, a winner of the Kempagowda

Award and Senior Karnataka StateBasketball player. “When talent does-n’t work, work harder. The ability tobalance one’s academic and extra-curricular activities is the ultimate suc-cess of a person,” was the advice withwhich Mr.Balwadi enlightened thecheerful crowd.Every year, the entire college readilyparticipates in the various activities ofsports and games. This year was yetanother challenge. The entire Jayant-ian crowd was divided into six teams:Bengaluru Bulls, Patna Pirates, Hy-derabad Titans, Mumbai Fighters,Delhi Dabaang, Chennai Xpress andJaipur Panthers. The day began withthe march pass where the team Hy-derabad Titans bagged the prize forthe best marching team, followed byPatna Pirates and Bengaluru Bulls asfirst and second runners up respec-tively. h the glory of over-all champi-onship.The day had more than just runs,throws and long jumps. There weremoments of delightful games that in-volved the crowd, both students andstaff alike. These games, along with

many other dramatic and interestingactivities, made Kridotsava an amusingexperience for the senses.One of the many important purposes ofconducting fests is to induce competi-tiveness among the students. We battleour way through competitions to win.Winners, at the end, steal the show.This year’s Annual Sports Meet hadmany winners from different teams.Everyone fought hard in their march to-wards victory. But only one team stoodapart and made it to the top: The Ban-galuru Bulls. The team bagged theover-all trophy and proved to be thechampions that they were.This was a memorable day for a lot ofpeople. To participate, watch or involvein sports always brings a feeling of un-explainable nostalgia. For most of us itreminds of our childhood, where life ismuch simpler and carefree. Kridotsavahas helped the Jayantian family rejoice,remember and reminisce a lot of beau-tiful memories and left them with a feel-ing of harmonious hope.

Students felicitated at Kridotsava.

NSS/CSA

Centre for Social Activity (CSA)and the National ServiceScheme (NSS) of Kristu JayantiCollege provide students with anopportunity of serving the societythrough interactions with variousNGOs. These associations or-ganize projects like Jagruth,Vikas Kendra, Bhavishyajyotiand rural exposure programs.They also conduct blood dona-tion camps and awareness pro-grams in various governmentalschools. The main objective ofthese associations is to arousesocial consciousness amongstudents.

NCC

Kristu Jayanti College dreams ofdisciplined and patriotic citizensof tomorrow in her students. TheNational Cadet Corps (NCC) isone way to achieve this dream.The unit, commanded by Mr.Sarvesh, follows a strict andstrategic pattern of training bothwomen and men cadets. Theregular NCC parade held onevery Saturday proclaims thevalue and sense of discipline in-culcated in them as a result ofthe vigorous training. The mem-bers also take part in NationalCamps organized at variouscities in the country.

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