Seconds

Years of reading and awareness boils down to those fleeting 60 seconds. As the question in thrown at you, your neurons fire up making all your faculties work in synergy in search of that one fact. The options, possibilities and decisions are numerous, the answer only one. What will be your next move? Certainty or conjecture? This is your one chance, one opportunity. The clock is ticking.

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Khaamosh! - Debating with a Cinematic Twist

Bollywood has produced it all- the sappy romantic stories, the movies which make your bheja fry and the ridiculous Rocky parodies. We bring to you a production with a grand cinematic twist- it will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will make you scream. The protagonists will leave you howling with their snarky comments while their passion will make you tear up. The challenge is to stay true to your beliefs, to not let the other side deter your focus. The journey will be nothing less than a rollercoaster ride, strap on and hold on tight. 

For more details on the debating event 'Kremlin': http://m.facebook.com/events/569638656382120?ref=bookmark&_rdr

#Kaleidoscope It Up: Colour Me Rangeela

We bring to you our second creative ingenuity with 'Colour Me Rangeela'. Jump in a pool of colour, make a splash.

A stroke of the brush can transform a blank piece of paper into art, art that transcends subjective connotations. The colours intermingle, blend and collide with flourish breathing life into the canvas. Its meaning is open to interpretation, drawing an insurmountable open ended question mark. The beauty does indeed lie in the eyes of the beholder. What we often fail to recognise is that the beauty lies in the vision of the creator. Exploit the vision within, drench the world in your colour and colour yourself rangeela. 

The Fine Arts Society will host four events during the two day festival- water colour painting and waste material on day 1 and face painting and rangoli on day 2. For further details, contact Khyati Joshi on 9899712717.

#Kaleidoscope it up:The crackapella

Music from a different angle. Experience the journey of every musician through our invention 'The Crackapella'

They have stuck together through thick and thin. They have always been each other’s backbone, each other’s support system. The world has always been against their dream, stereotyping them to traditional roles deemed appropriate by society. The Crackapellas have wavered, weighed down by the condescension of people around. The quest towards their true calling, their one dream has been shattered, pieced and taped together over the years. Music is what they live for, fight for and will die for. It’s Crackapella against the world.

For more information on the Western Music Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/486601571375170/?fref=ts

Kaleidoscope it up with Montage'13

Years of existence has faded away the true significance of what JMC’s Montage stands for. Bringing together varied elements which perfectly complement each other whilst retaining their individual identity is the literal and figurative translation of the festival. In order to readjust your focus, this year we are creating a parallel dimension for you. Montage 2013 presents: Kaleidoscope It Up. Change your perspective, revolutionize your festival. 

Montage: The behen of all festivals is back

The February wind carries with it love and belonging and no, this is not in reference to the blossoming of flowers and so called budding love during the season. It is that time of the year where you are pulled towards your true sanctity, it’s a feeling you just can’t fight anymore. The spring breeze is directing you towards your humble adobe, be blown away to your calling.

Montage is here and we are calling you back home. We are calling you back to your pehla pehla pyaar, we are beckoning you towards that unbreakable bond that binds us all. From us at JMC we say to you to come home because it indeed has been a bit too long.


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Making Of Montage

When you walk across campus on the 23^rd and 24^th of February what you see is highly in contrast to what we, the members of the Montage core team, are witness to. As the Montage we envisioned unfolds in front of us, we see 3 months of hard work, dedication and sleepless nights while you see a vibrant and energetic mob of students. These two days will be etched in your memories as the performances that mesmerized you and the DJ and band that empowered you to hysteria. The anxiety, fighting, the new relationships we forged and our Montage family is what will be etched in our memories for time immemorial.

Let's rewind. Let’s rewind to those days of anguish, those sleepless nights, those days when we all looked like train wrecks. No, that's no exaggeration, that was in fact our plight. Let me walk you through it because well, misery loves company.

Stage 1: The Interview

Every Saturday evening when you wonder what it would be like to be a contestant on Roadies, ask us. Our 3 interviewers would put Raghu, Rajeev and Rannvijay to shame. From the moment you step into that little interview room, to the moment your back is turned towards them to leave, all eyes bore into you as if piercing into your very soul. How we walked (read: sprinted) out of that room without a nervous breakdown still astonishes me.

Stage 2: Jab We Met

The moment, woh haseen pal, when we were introduced to our pati, patni and woh for the next 3 months. Ah! Hugging, shrieking, rolling of eyes, snide comments, we had it all. From that day, Montage was the single, most important thing running through all our minds. From the meetings, Montage conversations moved to the dinner tables. It was that day when the 30 of us made a pact that nothing, absolutely nothing can deter us from putting up a fabulous fest.

Stage 3: Apna Sapna Money Money

We loved the days we had a meeting with a sponsor. As much as we were exhilarated on getting money, we loved dressing up for these meetings just as much, if not more. We would beg and cry and plead with companies but to no avail. So wearing our crisp formals was what resuscitated us from the torture we bore every second of every day.

Step 4: Fest sirf teen cheezon se chalta hai ; entertainment, entertainment aur entertainment. Aur molntage entertainment hai !

The essence of any fest is its events. Whether it’s the competitions, the games, the stalls, the food all of it plays an equally important role. The gruelling and dreadful task of organizing and budgeting each of these events was just as painful as it sounds. But we have to live up to the unofficial motto of the fest: 'khao, peeyo, aish karo'. The intense discussions about the guest performer take place during this stage too. How excited we all are to live the dream to have a celebrity on speed dial.

Stage 5: Haseena Maan Jayegi

Signing up for the core team is a package deal: get selected and get a teacher in addition.There is no escaping the hawk-like vigilance from the teachers, every step we take is evaluated and questioned. One wrong move and you are doomed for the remainder of your days.

And finally...

Stage 6: Mauja Hi Mauja

D-Day. This is when we collapse due to sheer exhaustion, when we huddle up and shed tears of joy at a job well done and cry a river because it’s the end of a memorable journey. During those 48 hours, we reap the fruits of hard work and passion. We, the core team, create Montage out of our khoon and paseena. These two days mark the beginning of the end.