Commic 2016_Volume 2

7th July, 2016 A MA in Media and Communication Studies Initiative Volume 7, Issue 2MAMCS Bent it like BeckhamBangalore; On the 26th of June favor of the seniors. Match verted the ball towards the goal2016, the PG Media students of began with a start off by senior making team red take the leadChrist University, Bangalore or- team’s captain. by 1-0.ganized a football match. It wasplayed between two consecu- Equal competition was seen The juniors successfully foughttive batches of media depart- from both the teams during the hard after this to win the matchment. first half. None of them suc- and made their batch mates ceeded in bagging a goal. enjoy the game even more. AsThe match was initiated by the Second half started with a con- the friendly match ended, Fr.Event Management team and it tinuous cheering by both the Biju congratulated both thewas played during the games batches for their teams and the winning teamhour that both the batches teams and Vivian Peter, center was awarded with a prize fromshare. Both the team comprised forward player of first year did senior batch.of 11 players including two girls the start off. Stress was evidentin each team. on the faces of both the teams. The match was successful inSecond year students’ dawned breaking the ice between theblack t-shirts while first year stu- Second half showed the juniors juniors and seniors. A moredents shone in red. The match building pressure over the sen- warm and cordial relation isstarted off with a toss by Fr. Biju iors and they succeeded in get- shared by the MAMCS studentsK Chacko who is ting a corner kick. It was during now, since they got to knowthe coordinator of the Media de- this time when Gaurav Uniyal, each other better.partment and coin landed in left wing player of team red, di -Stanley Hector

International Yoga Day CelebrationPrime Minister of India, Naren- since its inception in 2015. An Samadhi. The last three to-dra Modi asked the world lead- international day for yoga was gether are called Samyama.ers to adopt International Yoga declared by the United Nations These are the different stagesDay, saying that by changing General Assembly (UNGA) on of yoga. Dr. Balachanranlifestyle and creating conscious- December 11, 2014 unani- demonstrated various asanasness, it can help us deal with cli- mously. Yoga is a physical, which would help to bring stabil-mate change. Addressing the mental, and/ or spiritual practice ity to our mind and body.193-member UN General As- attributed mostly to India. Thesembly in United Nations. Modi Indian Prime Minister Narendra And there were intact sessionsaid “Let us work towards Modi in his UN Address sug- with Dr. Balachandran and headopting an International Yoga gested the date of June 21, as clarified all doubts of the stu-Day,” Noting that Yoga is “an in- it is the longest day of the year dents and explained it to all thevaluable gift of our ancient tra- in the Northern Hemisphere and participants.The students en-dition”, he said: “It is not about shares special significance in thusiastically participated in per-exercise but to discover the many parts of the world. In forming the various asanassense of oneness with yourself, order to increase awareness of under Dr. Balachandran’s guid-the world and the nature.” yoga benefits among people all ance. They felt rejuvenated and over the world , International energised after this exercise.“Yoga embodies unity of mind Yoga day is celebrated world-and body; thought and action; wide on June 21. Yoga is the most favourablerestraint and fulfilment; har- method to connect to the naturemony between man and nature; On 21 by balancing the mind-bodya holistic approach to health June connection. It is a type of exer-and well being,” he said, adding 2016, the cise which performed through“By changing our lifestyle and School of the balanced body and need tocreating consciousness, it can Educa-help us deal with climate tion or- get control over diet, breathing,change.” ganised a two hour workshop and physical postures. It is as- under the guidance of Dr. Bal- sociated with the meditation ofInternational Day of Yoga or achandran K (Associated Pro- body and mind through the re-commonly and unofficially re- fessor, Department of Computer laxation of body. It is very usefulferred to as Yoga Day, is cele- Science and Engineering, to control over mind and bodybrated annually on June 21 Christ University , Kengeri Cam- as well as getting proper health pus, Bangaluru). He talked of body and mind by reducing about the significance of prac- the stress and anxiety. ticing yoga. Dr. Jose Cherian ( HOD , Department of School of The students were extremely Education), the faculty mem- happy with the Yoga sessions. bers from other departments They even suggested if they and the M.A. Education and could have a Yoga class every B.Ed. students attend this week, for it was truly relaxing. event. -Anoop Noble Dr. Balachandran explained that through yoga people can achieve a union between the body and mind to attain self- re- alisation. Yamas, Niyamas, Asana, Pranayama, Pratya- hara, Dharana, Dhyana,

The Show must go on!Drama has played an integral part in people’s to God about their requests. All have an issuelives throughout history. It plays an important role with one or another element of nature and re-in informing as well as entertaining. It also be- questing God to stop those elements from dis-comes a channelfor people to ex- turbing them.press their views Towards theand also highlight end Jupiter withimportant social all his wisdomissues. grants their wishes by say-Masquerade took ing that nature has its own pur-place on the pose and that seasons are forevening of the 5th a reason.of July, 2016 at The students played their roles convincingly and the messageBlock 1 in the came across effectively. In our hectic lives we tend to complain about each and everything andmini-auditorium. It miss out on the small things that actually make life more beautiful.is an annual “one act play” competition which is The students, through their plays made us all re-conducted every year and has been going on for alise that whatever happens, happensthe past decade. It is conducted by the first year, for a reason. They taught us that oneundergraduate students of the English Depart- should try to make the best of all thement under the deanery of Humanities and Social challenges life brings to us andSciences. The Honourable Chancellor, Revd. Dr. use it to our advan- tage to learn andFr. Thomas Aykara and Vice Chancellor of Christ, grow from it. There is no better way toDr. Thomas C. put across a mes- sage to an audi-Mathew graced the ence than through dramatization. Peo-event. The Deans ple tend to remember things easily when enactedof Humanities and rather than talked about.Social Sciences Dr. Christ University has a lot of promising students who could turn out to be great theatre artists andJohn Joseph actors. Masquerade was quite an eventful pro- gramme which helped bring a lot of talent on toRennedy and Dr. the stage. It is indeed one of the most awaited programme on campus.Mallika Krish- -David Sangmanaswami werepresent too.One of the groupsperformed a moral-ity play from theearly Tudor period,which goes by thename ‘The Play of the Weather’. This play wasoriginally written by a courtier, musician and play-wright, John Heywood. The play opened beauti-fully with actors dressed in bright clothes. Themain act revolves around how man is never sat-isfied with what he has and he comes and requests God Jupiter to grant their wishes in rela-tion to the nature of weather, like wind, rain, sunetc. The servant of Jupiter plays the role of a so-licitor telling the people that he will put in a word

Talent Hunting at ChristJuly 5th was marked as an important day in every turned up for the competition in all three cate-Christites’ diary. Darpan is the platform for every gories. The topic were given 1 hour and 30 min-Christite to portray their talent and showcase their utes prior. It was surprising to see such largecreativity. Like every year, the SWO (Students number of students that turned up for the compe-Welfare Organization) took up the responsibility tition. Literature department professors were inin hosting the event. SWO is an organization of charge of evaluating the students. The resultsthe university where students from different de- were then put up on the notice board.partments come and join to add good value to theuniversity. It was delightful to see all the volun- Painting competition was on the same floorteers of SWO put in all their effort in the work with as well and there were around 29 participantseveryone knowing their responsible very well. from different departments, painting and show-They knew what they wanted to achieve throughthe event. Darpan consist of 35 different compe-tition that can be participated by any student ofany year from any department of Christ Univer-sity. On the 5th there was classical solo singing casing their talent as well as their creativity to getwhich was held on 9th floor central block of Christ selected Inter College Cultural event. It was aUniversity. There were students from different de- delight to watch all the beautiful paintings of thepartments taking part in the competition. Around students. The topic provided to the students were30 to 35 student turned up for the competition 'My Art My Passion' and 'A Day in Nature's Lab'where they were allowed to sing a Classical song which bought more live into the painting of eachof their choice. Students sang melodiously, which student as nature being the closest to us. Themade it more difficult for the judges to select the ideas that students came up with and wrote aboutbest ones. The judges for the competition were were truly mind-boggling.from the university itself, they were Mr. SunilKumar and Mr. Kamal Kumar, professors fromPerforming Arts department. All the competitions came to an end at around 6.00 pm in the evening and the volunteers packed up everything for the day. But they shall continue with their hard work as there are more competitions yet to come. There are still days left for the event and many more talents will be ex- plored and lots of innovative ideas will come forth. The other events that took place simultane- Darpan truly helps students to take the centerously with classical solo singing was creative writ- stage, shed their inhibitions and stage fears, anding and painting. That took place in block 1, 2nd step up to show the world, the magic they pos-floor. All the event that took place had on the spot sess. And students seem to enjoy it a lot, be-registration. Creative writing competition had cause there is something for everybody.three categories: poem, essay and short storieswriting there were around 60 to 65 student that -Tenzin Tsewang

Raman Raghav 2.0 - Film ReviewBANGALORE: 26th June another well emerging actor, had to be admitted into the2016 Critically acclaimed film- Vicky Kaushal who made his hospital. So his wife called memaker from India, Anurag debut with Neeraj Ghaywan asked what have I made himKashyap again makes it into directorial debut, ‘Masaan’. do. I always look up to him fornews when his latest film, his dedication’.‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ released Produced by Phantom Pro-at Cannes film festival, ductions, film suc- Apart from this, Vicky KaushalFrance. Cannes is one of the cessfully satisfies the also succeeds in collecting ap-most prominent film festivals carvings of art film plauses in theatre hall with hisacross the globe and has been audience through its outstanding performance.running successfully since 69 vibrant colors and ex- Aarti Bajaj also does com-years. This film festival has cellent direction. Film mendable job in editing, shegiven a huge platform to bud- starts with a conspir- succeeds in keeping theding filmmakers who went on acy and leaves the screenplay tight and maintainsto making few of the best films audience in dilemma. the pace throughout the film.in history. Anurag Kashyap Her art of using montages in shows his trademark between two scenes ties upRaman Raghav 2.0 is a fic- guerilla shooting style the whole film together.tional feature based on the that can be easilystory of a serial killer by the spotted in most of his Talking about cons, post the films. interval, film gets a bit slowsame name who was active and made it feel like its pro-during mid 1960’s in state cap- The rawness in his gressing for the sake of pro-ital of Maharashtra, Mumbai. storytelling makes his gressing but again gains paceHe admitted killing more than audience feel a life towards the climax.23 people including murder, like experience in theatres.assault and many others. In Nawazudding Sidduqui on All in all, this serial-killer flickthe film a well-established and other side has given a per- assures your dose of trillingexperienced actor, Nawazud- formance worth remembering. entertainment and Anuragdin Siddiqui, plays the role of During his interview, Kashyap Kashyap again sets a bench-this serial killer. Against him is said, ‘For preparation of his mark for inde filmmakers in character, India. Nawaz got so much into his -Stanley Hector character that he got sick and

Undergraduates Freshened UpThe first year students of BBA, BA LLB, BBA LLBand LLM had a gala time at the fresher’s cere-mony organized in the main auditorium of AudiBlock on 5th of July 2016. The Fresher’s cere-mony was mainly organised to give the studentsa chance to get to know each other better andspend some quality time too.There were various activities arranged like skit, Quotes to get you throughdancing, beat-boxing etc. Each batch was as- the week!signed one theme to prepare. These themes in-cluded romance, horror and fiction. To raise thelevel of excitement, a friendly competition wasarranged between the batches. All batches cameup with equally good performances and a healthycompetition was there.Aditya Singh, student of BBA LLB (B) shares hisexperience saying, ‘It was really an enjoyableevent for us. We had to follow the criteria of max-imum participation hence we all came to knoweach other very well after this event.’ Aditya’sbatch, which was assigned the theme of ro-mance, stood third in the competition. ‘I was re-ally impressed by other performers and lovedbeat boxing performance the most’, he furtheradds.Each batch was allotted a performance time of ~Your talents determine10 minutes. The ceremony also showcased what you can doguest performance from MA IS, which went on toachieve best performers award. 1st position was Your motivation determinesachieved by LLM and BA LLB stood second in how much you are willing to dothis event. For the students, winning was not themain deal. Your attitude determines how well you do it.Scheduled time of this event was from 1:30 PM -Lou Holtzto 4:00 PM, which got extended till 4:30 PM be-cause none of the students wanted the evening ~ Build your own dreamsto get over. And wanted a repeat performance of or someone else will hirea few selected items performed. The students you to build theirswere very happy about the Freshers party. -Farrah GrayThey came to know the strengths and weak- ~Failure is the Condimentnesses of their batch mates. Students were seen that gives Success its Flavourcheering for other departments too. They endedup being closer and tight-knit. -Truman Capote -Delara Banaji

Flash, Camera, Action!It was the most happening Eid and genres which can blend in of Media Meet 2016 brings today for all the first and second with different traditions. “In you an International level Sem-year of MAMCS students of spite of having to come to col- inar with the theme ‘Cinema- Breaking the 4 th wall’. TheChrist University with the flash lege on a public two day seminar will enablemob rehearsals on the run. A holiday, not one the researchers from all overquite strenuous and impatient person showed the world to mutually sharemorning unexpectedly turned up in a sour knowledge and network withinto a merry evening. Christ mood but wide range of eminent profes-University is all set to inaugu- spread a won- sionals and experts.rate the International Media derful aura ofmeet which is scheduled on excitement and Media meet is that bridge be-the 4th and 5th of August in- enthusiasm tween the industry and aca-volving the participation of the around. It felt demics where both studentswhole Media department in the very good to and industry professionals‘Flash Mob’. The Flash Mob is watch the juniors and seniors gain. Students learn skills fromone of the promotional activi- making themselves feel so industry big wigs and the ex-ties taking place in Media comfortable and dancing to- perts, through seminars, get tomeet. Around a 100 students gether with utmost respect and meet future employees andarrived at the Junior college coordination with each other.” more so, the satisfaction ofhall today at 10 am for the Said a student from the 2nd handing down their legacy topractice session. year. future creative generations. The flash mob has been or- With the inclusion of academic“It proved a great opportunity ganized with the initiative of competitions, students get tofor all the students who never entertainment, satire, artistic showcase their creative skillsdanced before. We swayed to expression and also to indicate and academic research pittingthe beats happily.” said Pranay, the upcoming Media Meet con- it against the best. The Depart-a 1st year student. The mob is ference. The mob will set off ato perform on August 1st, near chain reaction ment of Media studies CU isblock 1, block 2 and block 4, mimicking flash the most active and vibrant de-after which all the students will mobs across partment that the Universitycome and assemble them- the country. can boast of with the inclusionselves together, forming a sin- They would be of creativity along with aca-gle group. Since the topic for coming together demics.the Media meet is ‘Cinema’, a unexpectedly tovariety of songs have been se- entertain or -Ashwini Shajanlected from different movies confuse the ex- isting crowd at Christ, featuring a light hearted performance in other words, a surprise random form of enter- tainment. Media meet is Christ Univer- sity’s annual seminar cum con- ference organized by the students of the Department of Media studies. The 7th edition

FILMS AND SOCIAL REALIZATIONSPresent day films have moved many claim that many came to be interested infar beyond mere function of en- mere politics is portraying social realities andtertainment and have begun working in such daily life events in films acclaim-presenting several social reali- films the ethical ing wide acceptance.ties. The orthodox consumption side cannot be leftfilms are mere entertainment unnoticed. There also exists some filmsmedia which is fast vanishing that provide both entertainmentwith the new range of Another famous and also does the function ofmovies that one see movie Conjuring social realization. People enjoytoday. Sometimes and its next part and also get a sort of moralthey take the function Conjuring 2 have thought too. People have beenof moralizing the soci- been claimed to found to have a cathartic effect.ety and on the other be visual realiza- Many films also have taken uphand films become a tion of an incident the watchdog function of media.visualization of our that took place in These kinds of films have ex-daily ventures. Europe. Even plicitly put forth the social evils though there are no moral side and its fatalities. It has led theThe recent Indian film in this type of films these too are mass which previously had aUdta Punjab has ac- parts of social realization. Social bizarre of the scandals to un-quired great signifi- realism in cinema finds its roots leash actions against the wrongcance and notice in Italian neorealism. The films side.regarding the theme of Roberto Rossellini are fa-that they have put mous among them. Then on The media prophet Marshallforth. Even though Mcluhan said, “Time Italian Film Director: Roberto Rossellini has ceased… space has vanished…and we now live in a global vil- lage”. The series of ten events screened by Lu- miere brothers have now rose to be a global enterprise. An era when our own lives and daily challenges are going to be screened is not far away. Hope newer inno- vations will be realized through films. -Anoop NobleThe Team:Ashwini Shajan, Anoop Noble, Tenzin Tsewang, David Sangma, Stanley Hector,Delara BanajiFaculty in-charge:Suparna Naresh, Fr. Biju K ChackoFOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY