From Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs, the world’s greatest leaders and artists have shared their musings on creativity.
16th October 2023, a usual Monday morning at The Bhawanipur Education Society College became no less than Shakespeare’s “All the World’s a Stage”, with yet another Open Mic event in the college canteen at 11:00am and went on till 4.00pm.
With a crowd full of youthful enthusiasm, the hosts of the day, Kasis Shaw and Raghav Agarwal ushered the students to the beginning of the event. This event was a long-awaited call for all the secret superstars of the college including the bathroom singers, romantic shayars, rappers, budding authors, or mirror anchors, this event offered an open space while providing the liberty of language and expressions which embraced sessions on stand-up comedy, solo vocals ranging from the melodies of classical music to the dynamic rhythms of rock, raps, poems & musings, ghazals, shayaris, short stories, life incidents & personal experiences including mono acts.
As the event paced forward Open Mic’ 23 saw ever-increasing audiences and willing participants, and the event saw a shift in venue to the College Turf. In between the event, Prof. Dilip Shah, the Rector & Dean of Student Affairs along with Prof. Minakshi Chaturvedi, Coordinator B. Com Morning were requested to honour the stage and announce the winners of the photography contest, ‘Life in Lines’ held in the college campus in the month of September between 25th-30th. Along with this Certificates of Appreciation were also awarded to the Best Reporters & Photographers of the Expressions Collective as announced by Ms. Samiksha Khanduri, from the Dean’s Office. The event was wrapped up with a short and warm speech which encouraged students to participate in more such creative events. Towards the end, as per the custom, the students cheered the BESC ritual, “HEY BESC!!” and the crowd shouted, “WHAT’S UP!?”
The industrial tour committee of the Department of Commerce (Afternoon and Evening Section) organised an industrial tour from the 6th to 11th June 2023. 42 students of different semesters were accompanied by seven teachers and mentors for the visit. The Tour gave an opportunity to all to gain an insight into the production, packaging, branding, …
‘Music is the Voice of the Soul and can Move Mountains.’ – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Some songs have a way of transporting you to a particular moment or location in your life. As a result, in addition to the emotions that music naturally evokes in us, we also experience a nostalgic attachment to it. …
The AIESEC Collective of the Bhawanipur Education Society College (BESC) organised the Global Village – a fair that provides the opportunity to sample different world cultures without actually travelling – at the College Auditorium on the 13th of August 2017. Ayush Tiwari the AIESEC Collective representative and Aditya Shaw spoke at length about the collective, the …
With Covid Around How Should I ‘Live and Let Live’ – that was the title of a webinar organized by the Department of Mathematics of The Bhawanipur Education Society college on 17th July, 2020, 6:00 PM onwards. The webinar was the need of the day. Dr. Abhijit Chowdhury, a renowned Gastroenterologist and a member of …
Open Mic’ 2023
From Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs, the world’s greatest leaders and artists have shared their musings on creativity.
16th October 2023, a usual Monday morning at The Bhawanipur Education Society College became no less than Shakespeare’s “All the World’s a Stage”, with yet another Open Mic event in the college canteen at 11:00am and went on till 4.00pm.
With a crowd full of youthful enthusiasm, the hosts of the day, Kasis Shaw and Raghav Agarwal ushered the students to the beginning of the event. This event was a long-awaited call for all the secret superstars of the college including the bathroom singers, romantic shayars, rappers, budding authors, or mirror anchors, this event offered an open space while providing the liberty of language and expressions which embraced sessions on stand-up comedy, solo vocals ranging from the melodies of classical music to the dynamic rhythms of rock, raps, poems & musings, ghazals, shayaris, short stories, life incidents & personal experiences including mono acts.
As the event paced forward Open Mic’ 23 saw ever-increasing audiences and willing participants, and the event saw a shift in venue to the College Turf. In between the event, Prof. Dilip Shah, the Rector & Dean of Student Affairs along with Prof. Minakshi Chaturvedi, Coordinator B. Com Morning were requested to honour the stage and announce the winners of the photography contest, ‘Life in Lines’ held in the college campus in the month of September between 25th-30th. Along with this Certificates of Appreciation were also awarded to the Best Reporters & Photographers of the Expressions Collective as announced by Ms. Samiksha Khanduri, from the Dean’s Office. The event was wrapped up with a short and warm speech which encouraged students to participate in more such creative events. Towards the end, as per the custom, the students cheered the BESC ritual, “HEY BESC!!” and the crowd shouted, “WHAT’S UP!?”
Reporter: Samriddha Nandi
Photographer: Saanvi Dutta
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