Day 2- YELL WEEK

24.10.2007

Debate

Judges: Mrs. Kinnari, Dr. Kushal Kumar and Karthik Iyer

The judges were class apart themselves. Mrs. Kinnari was a faculty at MIC for over five years. She was known among her students as some one who used to teach through debates. Dr. Kushal Kumar is known for his knowledge on varied topics. And, Mr Karthik is a University level debater who represents TAPMI at various high level competitions.

So here it is- The debate competition at the Yell Week. Many people were waiting for this event because this event happens to be one of the most fought for events. Many try to get into the team, but only the best are selected. But again, the people who get selected are just a little fierce in expressing their opinions, be it for the good or bad.

The issue for this year’s debate was “Is the bi party system better than the multi party system”. Looking at the arguments coming from the participants, it’s quite hard to think that they are college going students. In fact, out of the six participants, just one person (Sherin) happened to be from First Year MSCOM. The rest participants were from First Year and Second Year BAJC. It’s quite tough to comprehend the fact that college going students can be so politically aware. The kind of examples that were being used, were just too brilliant. Legally speaking, none save one, was eligible to even drive!!! But man, did they know how to drive the nation towards better governance and functioning!!!

When the debate started, the participants looked quite confident while speaking. But anyone can speak when not being questioned. But the real test is when they are questioned back for the arguments that they made. This happened during the rebuttal round. Judges bombarded the participants with some real tough questions. But it turned out that the participants were just too confident about their sides. They were quite clear in their heads about their stand on the topic.

The team of Sherine, Prathma and Nithya stood for the bi party system. And the team of Sonali, Ajinkya and Ragamallika constituted the team that stood against the two party systems.

At the end of the day, both the teams were happy with the discussion and also with the audience. The audience was an excited lot. The debate ended with Sameer, the Club President thanking all the judges and the audience and not forgetting the participants. This debate was a healthy one as one of the judges, Dr. Kushal Kumar said,” Am happy that you took such a topic as now the students know about both kinds of systems.” His words were quite encouraging, both for the participants and the organizers.