Events of the month
One more month comes to an end! How time flies? And the tradition continues, we at Patna Diaries would like to do a quick recap of the major events that were held in Bihar this month. Every day a lot of activities happen in various parts of the state. These events cover a wide range of activities.
Some of the events that happened this month are:
1. Young India Change Maker’s Day Celebration 2019
The Skill Mind Foundation celebrated Young India Change Maker’s Day on the 4th of March, 2019. The youth achievers from 2018-2019 were awarded on this day. Skill Mind Foundation is a non-profit organization with the goal of making our society a poverty free society. The involvement of youth is very necessary t
o change society. It is a very good initiative to encourage young people by acknowledging their contribution to bringing some change in our society.
We are happy to announce that our convener, Irfan Ahmad Noori, also received Nation Builder Award in this function for his commendable work in promoting everything good in Bihar. We also congratulate all the other award winners and hope that they will get more success in the coming years.
2. Magadh Film Festival
The city witnessed a film festival for promoting the different cultures, languages and alternate cinema of Bihar. The main motto of this festival was to appreciate and promote the cinematic work of our Bihar based filmmakers.
A variety of short movies with thriller, romance and comedy as the central theme was screened in the event. A new wave of alternate cinema has started in Bihar. This initiative is providing the right kind of encouragement to local filmmakers. We really hope that we get to see more such festivals in the near future that will showcase our regional language cinema.
3. College Festivals
The colleges in Patna are having their own college festivals on a very grand scale these days which is helping the students get the right kind of exposure and confidence.
AIIMS Patna celebrated Kaizen 2019. They concluded their college fest on 1st March with a musical evening from Agastya, a Hindi multi-genre rock band from Delhi. Apart from this, they had debate competition, arm wrestling, open mics, fashion night and poster making competition.
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Patna campus conducted their annu
al techno-management fest – Technika. They had a very exciting set of events lined up with coding events to toastmasters demo meeting. The students got the opportunity to showcase their passion for technology. The theme for Technika 2019 was “Zero Waste” to create awareness for waste management and recycling.
So, this month Patna witnessed a lot of youth-centric events. Did you attend any of these events? If yes, then do let us know your experience in the comment section below.
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