Mithibai’s ‘Paparazzi’ educates Mumbaikars about food wastage. Juhu Beach and Carters’ witnessed a play on food wastage this Sunday!
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 10th July 2016: It was a cloudy Sunday, and students of Mithibai College’s media
festival ‘Paparazzi’ didn’t expect the amount of enthusiasm and support they
received from the audience on the enactment of their street play, ‘Anna
Apoorna’, written by Amatya Goradia. More than 450 people gathered around to
witness the street play about food wastage, performed on the rainy surfaces of
Juhu Beach and Carter Road (Bandra) in the afternoon and evening of 10th
July.
“We, at
Mithibai firmly believe that practical knowledge is as important to preach as
academic knowledge and always look forward to what our students have up their
sleeve,” says Mr. Rajpal Shripat Hande, Principal of Mithibai College when
approached regarding the success of the event.
‘Anna
Apoorna’ that highlighted how different food items like sugar, onions, rice
etcetera are misused to gain maximum profit out of their sales, made the
audience emotional with its’ hard hitting dialogues and actors that added equal
weightage to the performance.
“At first,
we thought they were bunch of college students out to protest or just march for
a cause since they were all dressed in white, holding banners and flags”, said
Dinesh Joshi. “But once the play started, we were completely taken aback by the
performance”, he continued.
Unlike him,
a retired Navy Engineer, Manoj Tripathi said, “The semi amphitheater here on
Carter Road has become a stage for many talented dancers and musicians to
perform over the years. But a street play as such, that spoke about the most
common thing in our life that goes unnoticed, was a spectacular one I watched
for the first time.”
With Mumbai
experiencing more than its’ share of rains since the past week, the audience remained
glued and had their phones out to record the entertaining yet educating
musical, even when it started pouring half way through the play.
This will
not be the end of ‘Paparazzi’s social endeavor as they have organized a set of
CSR activities that start from the last week of this month, spanning 3 weeks.
Their first week’s
objective in is to feed the underprivileged. The students of the Institution
will distribute free food on the streets of Mumbai on 30th July.
Following this, the second week will include a visit to an old age home. The
CSR initiative will conclude with the distribution of books, clothes, toys and
stationery to the children in an orphanage in the last week.
Students of
‘Paparazzi’ had also helped in this years’ Degree College admission process by
installing admission kits in classrooms. These kits comprised of all the necessary
stationery items like pens, pencils, staplers, erasers, etc. They also
distributed bottles of water to teachers, students and parents involved in the
admissions of the Unaided Courses.
About us: ‘Paparazzi’ is an
inter-collegiate Mass Media festival of Mithibai College. Since its’ inception
in 2013, it has become one of the most celebrated media fests amongst colleges
in Mumbai. With more than 25 colleges participating, the footfall keeps
increasing each year.
The
activities and preparations for this year have already begun. The festival will
be held on the 31st August, 1st and 2nd of
September 2016.
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