DIWALI 2012

T&F India Club ushered in Diwali with fun-filled celebrations and a lot of cheer on 9 November 2012. Every year, we have a Rangoli-Making competition with splendid designs from all the teams & this year was no different! This year, we also introduced the Lantern-Making Competition which saw very encouraging response. We saw some beautiful creations from each team and the judges had a tough time deciding the winning teams. Here are the winners:

RANGOLI-MAKING

First Prize (Tie)

Merry Dancers (BIS Team): Poojya, Bincy, Manjari and Ruchika

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RIOters (Routledge India Originals): Rimina, Parameshwari, Aditi, Nidhi, Debopriyo, Dipankar, Moasenla, Aldeena, Shashank, Shoma

Rangoli by ‘Merry Dancers’

Rangoli by ‘RIOters’

Second Prize

Hari Bhari (Main Office [Sales, Finance, Production and Admin teams]): Gopinath, Dimple, Sangeetha, Pankaj, Anand, Harish, Ankit, Aman, Vikram, Michelle.

Rangoli by ‘Hari Bhari’

Third Prize

Avighna (Europa World of Learning): Robinson, Sabine, Nimisha, Shveta, Sandeep

Rangoli by ‘Avighna’

The Lantern-Making competition brought out the creative best amongst everyone at T&F India. Some very innovative designs awaited the judges. The winning teams for the Lantern-Making were:

LANTERN-MAKING

First Prize

Rang-Chitra (Europa Biographical References): Anuradha Ravindra, Ankita Baruah, Divya Joy, Jubi Borkakoti

Lanterns by ‘Rang-Chitra’

Second Prize

The Lightening Spir-IT-s (IT): Sudhanshu Goyal, Ankit Rastogi, Ashish Purwar, Dhanesh Sharma, Chetan Bhatla, Shamim Khan

Lantern by ‘The Lightening Spir-IT-s’

The evening saw everyone gather at the 8^th-floor bay for some fun and festivities. Our colleagues did a small ramp-walk in traditional attire, to much applause, for the Ethnic Best-Dressed Competition. After a lot of thinking, the judges chose the following winners: 

ETHNIC BEST-DRESSED (MALE): Sudhanshu Goyal

ETHNIC BEST-DRESSED (FEMALE): Parameshwari Sircar

The Routledge India (RIO) team won the prize for the best team name. There was also a special Diwali Lucky Draw and the two winners were Ankit Gupta and Divya Joy.

The results for the Rangoli-Making and Lantern-Making competitions were announced by Mr Manik during the gathering. After a lot of laughter and fun, the evening concluded with some delightful snacks.

 By Aldeena Raju & Jubi Borkakoti (Activity In-charges, Recreation Club)