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Analytical Writing ( Last date for submissions extended: 23rd February midnight)
A precursor to Literati this event caters to the serious thinkers amongst the writing community. A topic shall be made available online and people will be required to submit an essay on it within a given time-frame. The essays are to be submitted online and the winner shall be announced during Literati. More info
Winner: Prizes worth Rs.2000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1000
Coordinator: Ashish -9899716935
Th-E Labyrinth
Are you a googler par excellence? Can you spot the patterns that others can't? Do your fingers follow the path of ctrl+c, ctrl+e and ctrl+v naturally? Match your wits against our online treasure hunt and remember googling is an art.
Prizes worth Rs.2000 to be won.
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Caption of the Day
Aimed at the Dorothy Parkers and Jerry Lewis-es of our generation, this is an online caption contest. Three photos shall be uploaded on the Literati website everyday, to the wittiest go the spoils; finally an event aimed at evaluating your wit and perspicacity. ( And with points for being funny )
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Prizes worth Rs.400 to be won everyday
Contact: Divyam Singhal
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Kaavyalaya - TX 120 (Textile Department IIT Delhi) @ 12pm
If there is a hidden poet in you, here is the chance to bring it out. All you need to do is just bring your poem, sher, doha or ghazal and let the emotions flow. Let your passion for poetry take over as you become a part of "Kaavyalaya".
The event will be conducted in two parts; in the former one (having 60 marks weight-age) you have to come up with your own Doha/Ghazal. In the later part (having 40 marks weight-age), you will be provided with an abstract line, based upon which you have to construct poetry.
Winner: Prizes worth Rs.2000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1000
Coordinator: Janmejay - 9582311080
Magazine Making - Venue- WS 213 (Central WorkShop IITD) @ 3pm
A magazine is a gestalt of ideas. A good writer/designer/editor/cartoonist does not create the successful magazine, a magazine or a newspaper goes beyond these individual talents. Discover what goes into it's making in the workshop and test your skills in the competition that follows.
Instructions: You are required to make a magazine edition of 8 pages on the spot. The magazine shall consist of a Cover Page, Cover Story, Editor's Note, Interview Section, Editorials, Cartoon Strips and general articles. Everything has to be hand made. You can choose your own theme and content. Scoring will be done taking into consideration the overall looks, layouts, content and cover theme. You are encouraged to make it more interesting apart from these instructions.
Teams of maximum 4 are allowed. Its better if your team is blended with good artists and writers.
On the spot registration
Time Duration - 3 hours
You will be provided with sheets and colours.
Winner: Prizes worth Rs.4000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 2000
Coordinator: Manish bansal - 9811977681
Ad-Making - SAC CR @ 2pm
Story telling is a difficult art. And to tell it well within a few minutes is an even tougher job. That, well, is what advertisements are about. So get your creative juices flowing because Literati brings you Ad Making.
Teams of 3
Winner: Prizes worth Rs. 3000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1500
Coordinator: Karamjeet Rathee -9868267627
Cryptic Cube
A big crossword will be made at wind-t where you can try solving it. It will be placed there untill its been solved completely, whichever comes earlier. Prizes Worth Rs. 1500 to be won.
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Panel Discussion - Senate Room @ 5:30 PM
While history will record for posterity our prolixity, the verbiage cannot conceal our love for talks, discussions and debate. A salute to the progenitors and perpetuators of Tark-shastra, to the eternal inquiries of the Argumentative Indian and to our love of a long satisfying talk, presenting the Panel Discussion with a difference.
Coordinator: Adapa bharath - 9911171433, Pushkar Kopparla - 9971032074
Word Games - Exhibition hall @ 6pm
Words can confabulate with their coruscating pulchritude. But mere obfuscation with sesquipedalian data can lead to a cessation of cerebral activity leading to a wastage of useful human resources. Therefore fasten your helmets and plunge into a celebration of words and their malleability. Anagrams, word ladders, oronyms, homonyms, cryptography, passwords and more.
Teams of 3
Winner: Prizes worth Rs. 3000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1500
Coordinator: Ishwadeep Sood - 9911110482
BOOK FAIR
TV. If we are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun we'll have with twenty-six. Let's open our imagination. Open a book. A grand book fair, this literati, to satiate your great epistemic hunger.
Date:22nd-24th
Venue:Textile block room
Contact: Bismark Singh (9990885075)
Cryptic Cube
A big crossword will be made at wind-t where you can try solving it. It will be placed there untill its been solved completely, whichever comes earlier. Prizes Worth Rs. 1500 to be won.
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Lit Quiz - Senate Room @ 5pm
If you are the sort of person who knows the answer to "who is John Galt?" and the question to the answer 42, if you wonder about who catches the catchers in the rye, then turn your attentions hither.. Assemble and compete for the honour of being the true Literati, we'll see you at the LitQuiz.
Teams of 2
Winner: Prizes worth Rs.3000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1500
Quiz Master: Nikhil Lochab - 9971857256
Creative Writing - Ex-Hall @ 6pm
“If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it” - Tony Morrison
And it is in keeping with that sentiment that Literati provides all writers with a platform to express their unsaid stories. There is room here for the whole gamut of emotions from the relentlessly professional Report-writing to the hilariously funny Break-up letter writing to the intense profundity of poetry, there is room and an audience here for everyone's talents and more.
Winner: Prizes worth Rs.3000
Runner-up: Prizes worth Rs. 1500
Coordinator: Avinash - 9868773649, Abhaydeep - 9560584460
Movie Screening - Dogra Hall
Coordinator: Sohail
BOOK FAIR
TV. If we are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun we'll have with twenty-six. Let's open our imagination. Open a book. A grand book fair, this literati, to satiate your great epistemic hunger.
Date:22nd-24th
Venue:Textile block room
Contact: Bismark Singh (9990885075)
Cryptic Cube
A big crossword will be made at wind-t where you can try solving it. It will be placed there untill its been solved completely, whichever comes earlier. Prizes Worth Rs. 1500 to be won.
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Music Nite - Dogra Hall @ 7pm
One of the biggest crowd pullers in any festival, the Music Nite is a special event. After the intense and closely fought contests of the morning relax to some popular music, groove along with the latest pop band, head-bang with the metal-boys. In short reboot your systems for the next grueling match.
BOOK FAIR
TV. If we are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun we'll have with twenty-six. Let's open our imagination. Open a book. A grand book fair, this literati, to satiate your great epistemic hunger.
Date:22nd-24th
Venue:Textile block room
Contact: Bismark Singh (9990885075)
Cryptic Cube
A big crossword will be made at wind-t where you can try solving it. It will be placed there untill its been solved completely, whichever comes earlier. Prizes Worth Rs. 1500 to be won.
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