I SMOKE campaign...

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” 

- Aristotle

Smoking is one of those habits that add pleasure to every breath one takes but in the end, takes one’s breath away. It is one of the major causes of Lung cancer. In this relation, a Doodle Competition and a Signature Campaign was organized in the college. The Doodle Competition aimed at the participants expressing their views to encourage a smoker to quit tobacco and smoking. Students were provided A4 size sheets in which they poured out their thoughts pictorially or through slogans. The response was overwhelming, with students within the time limit, giving thought-provoking Doodles, that indeed illustrated how harmful this habit was.

 A signature campaign was held in collaboration with a lecture by eminent doctors on “Drug

Addiction and Alcoholism”. The lecture was a very effective one, in which they narrated instances when, by the force of will as well as external assistance; people extricated themselves from these vices. Students, who were determined never to smoke or consume tobacco in the future, took a unanimous pledge to themselves and the society. Students signed on a big charter containing the pledge. The day ended with people making a lifetime resolution never to touch these things, if they wished to stay happy and young. Certificates were provided to all the participants.

Ganesh Chaturthi celebration with slum dwellers...

“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.” 

― Brian Tracy

 The best way to celebrate the festival of life is to bring a smile on other’s face. Every year the RMG (Royal Maharashtra Group) of our college celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi. This year we decided to celebrate it with a few underprivileged people. We invited the maids of our hostel and a few families from a nearby slum. The preparation of the Ganesh Puja and lunch started in the morning. The Arti was after mid-day. Our guests andfriends sat through the Puja and Havan with a big smile on their faces. Prasad and

lunch followed the Puja. The funds for the whole festivalcome from the donations given by students and faculty each year. We served lunch to all and also ate with them. After that we escorted them to their homes. The holy festival thus ended with a glow of fulfillment on all faces.  
Celebrating the festival with these people gave us a chance to know them and their lives. We came to know their problems and our responsibility. The happy faces of the small children brought a smile to our faces too. We came to know that half the people were able to read the Arti that we gave them. They were shy at first but enjoyed later on. They gave us lots of blessings and the kids were overjoyed on having their photos clicked. We finally decided to make it a culture to celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi each year with them.

Campaign Against CHILD LABOUR ...

"Every Child you encounter is a divine appointment."

- Wess Stanford

Child Labour is unquestioningly one of the burning issues of the present time. Pertaining to this, our team organized a campaign in the college. Prior to the campaign, posters and slogans were prepared to bring out the perception of students regarding this issue. The manifestations that came on those white charts spoke volumes of how somewhere deep down, everybody was sad to see kids working. A rally was organized in the college campus, with the posters exhibited by the members of the rally. An interaction between the rally members and spectator students was also held to disseminate the information to curb this vice. Students made aware were resolute to pass on this information to their family and neighbourhood. The rally went up to an underprivileged area named ‘Thadi’ which is within the campus. Firstly, we interacted with the

children, asking them about their daily routine, whether they went to school or not, what they liked to study, if they were working somewhere. Few cases of child labour came into light. We interacted with several parents and requested them not to deprive their children of their right to education and a happy and healthy life as well as prevent them from becoming labourers under any circumstances. They were informed about the ill-effects of child labour- children becoming weak both physically and mentally due to stress, some resorting to theft for quick money, criminal mindset setting in etc. The children took keen interest in the posters we carried. Some could read and understand the slogans and pictures on it, while those who couldn’t were explained by us. We also interacted with the parents of these child labourers, and their crippling state of poverty was proof

enough why their children had landed in this situation. Yet we requested them to abolish it and educate their children to become better earners when they reach the appropriate age. The day ended on a positive note with parents assuring us that they would pull their children out of this kind of life and return their childhood to them. On our part, we learnt in terms of the societal problems, the manner in which people are made aware and how to execute campaigns, after all “Ideation without execution is delusion”.