HT Correspondent
Varanasi, January 16
THE FIVE-DAY cultural extravaganza ‘Spandan-07’, an inter-faculty youth festival at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) continued to enthrall the audience on the fourth-day here on Tuesday.
Several cultural and competitive events such as short plays, film dance solo, folk and tribal dance, poster making, collage, debate and instrumental were organised at indoor, arts faculty and Pt. Onkar Nath Thakur auditoriums.
The students raked up sensitive issues such as corruption, poverty, plight of farmers, unemployment and ineffective administration through their plays at indoor auditorium.
Students of the law faculty staged a play ‘Why Capital Punishment?’ over the recent execution of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the commerce faculty staged a play ‘Akhir Kab Tak’ highlighting the problem of corruption and unemployment in the society. The students of Institute of Technology (IT-BHU) staged a play ‘Bhoma’ highlighting the plight of poor and farmers whereas the students of Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya (Kamachcha) staged a play ‘Hindustan Ki Khoj’ and stressed the need to weed out corruption from the society.
Students of the Mahila Mahavidyalaya staged a play ‘Andher Nagari’ and also flayed ineffective administration. Pawan Singh and Ambika Oberoi were the anchors of this event.