Annual Day

The Eighth Annual Day was organized in precisely the same way in which the SJA had operated in the last academic half-year: with swiftness and extreme stealth. Hardly had we recovered from the Invicta-Outlawed hangover, and gotten over the postponement of the Annual Elections that we realized that the Annual Day was upon us again.

The event was graced by Mr. R.N. Jhunjhunwalla, Managing Partner, Khaitan and Co. as the Chief Guest. In his address, he congratulated the NUJS student community heartily on their manifold achievements and endeavours and urged them to maintain an adequate work-leisure balance in order to ensure that their juridical potentials got utilized to the fullest. The SJA President then came forth with his annual report, highlighting the achievements of the Student Body in the last six months of its tenure. And the lists were impressive indeed. In the last two hundred days, Ashish and his merry men had ensured inter alia, a fully functioning gymnasium, the completion of the University auditorium and Wireless Internet in the Library in addition to organizing Outlawed, Invicta and the NUJS Debate on far larger scales than ever seen before.

The Awards Ceremony that followed felicitated a diverse group of students for an equally diverse set of achievements throughout the academic year. While Pranay Chaturvedi and Ankur Dalal were lauded for publishing their first book, some won accolades for their Sporting, Debating and Mooting achievements, and some were crowned University Bhaiyya. Animesh and Tanya were adjudged Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year; and Sarbajeet bagged the Best All-Round Student Award. The Magazine Committee, not unusually, won the Best SJA Committee Award for its first time ever.

The cultural segment of the event kick-started with Shameek Sir and Anirban’s (from the LLM Batch) rendition of Bangla rock numbers. Neat Karaoke performances by Kinshuk, Udit and Zorthanpui were then interspersed with Ashish Arun who emceed on in his inimitable style, introducing newer and innovative awardees on stage, such as the Best Class Rep., the Best Office Bearers, and the Best GB Member. Three hilarious short plays performed commendably by Animesh and Sudarshan followed, which had all and sundry in stitches. Alarmingly, even Sayak from the Final Year shared stage time with Ashish in doling out his legendary PJ’s that critics have long acknowledged to be far potent than an mg of Zyklon-B.

However, the show was most definitely stolen by the girls from the Fifth Year with their dance-medley finale, featuring Bollywood classics from over five decades. The medley also featured a cameo by Dore who did a convincing Ranbir Kapoor, jigging to Bachna e Haseenon; and six shaded boys who suddenly entered stage without cue, rhyme or reason, shaking themselves to Emotional Atyachar. It all ended with a bang with all of the Fifth Years running onto stage and bopping away to Deewangi from Om Shanti Om.

The Annual Day was thus the culmination of an eventful year, and made it abundantly clear that the subsequent SJA had a lot to live up to indeed.