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All Saints Thiruvananthapuram union Leaders speak to Priya of KM

Former Indian School Muscat Girl is Chairperson of All Saints College

New Union Members reveal their Plans to R.S.Priya of KM

Shabhana, Rajitha, Sonia, Poornima, Anaswara and Nanditha

Picture by R S Priya-KM Correspondent, Trivandrum

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Thiruvananthapuram Oct 21: The newly elected union members of All Saints talked to KM about their achievements, expressed their ideas of running the union in the woman's college and shed light on their future plans.

All Saints Chairperson Sonia Nair

Sonia Nair, the new College Chairperson elected unopposed is a Final year Degree (Literature) student. She hails from a family in Neyyantinkara. She did her schooling at the Bombay Abhinav Vidhyalaya and the Indian school Muscat. Sonia says Muscat in Oman has the best of schools, which have really good infrastructure and provide all modern facilities to students

Sonia Nair, the new College Chairperson elected unopposed is a Final year Degree (Literature) student. She hails from a family in Neyyantinkara. She did her schooling at the Bombay Abhinav Vidhyalaya and the Indian school Muscat. Sonia says Muscat in Oman has the best of schools, which have really good infrastructure and provide all modern facilities to students. According to her educational institutions in the Gulf take a lot of money. Sonia's family consists of her parents and an younger sister

"India is quite different. There is lot of freedom and opportunities. There is also good cooperation between students and lecturers here.," she says. She received the prestigious prize for the best outgoing student in school and participated in a number of inter-school competitions sponsored by the Indian Embassy. She has to her credit prizes from the Hindi Prachar Sabha and YMCA for quiz competition.

The Chairperson has also participated in Anvesh-2002 and received an audience prize. In the Kerala University Youth Festival she missed the prestigious "Kalathilakam" title by just four points. Being a good orator, Sonia received the Best Speaker for "Against motion" sponsored by Intellectual 2003 at the Mohandas Engineering college. She has also been the Individual champion for the last two consecutive years (2001-2002 and 2002-2003) for all literary competitions except Essay writing.

Sonia says that what she likes most about the college is the Infrastructure facilities, relationship and unity among students. "Every girl in the college has the spirit of being part of "All Saints' " she says. All Saints College is one of the rare colleges in Thiruvananthapuram, where there is no political party system. Every candidate contests elections on the basis of their individual abilities and there is no party rivalry in the college. All the union members feel that this is a good trend and that there is no need for party system in colleges. Sonia stressed that there is no need for party system in colleges because there won't be any rivalries or political fights among students. The elections would take place quite peacefully. "Elders know what's best for us," she says.

If there is party system there will be lot of rivalries and polarisation. When asked about the present trends of online jobs, Sonia says that though such jobs are good, there won't be much of person-to-person interaction. When asked about the importance of computer education, she opined that the trend of computer education is really an important one, but it should be kept in mind that there shouldn't be outdated syllabus. The latest in technology should be provided to students and they should be helped to update their computer knowledge.

Most of the hostelites in "All Saints" use the Internet, says Sonia. When asked about why she took up Arts group, she said that B.A. and B.Com provide more chances of branching out into other fields too. Sonia plans to continue her literary career. Art is God given gift and the gift to write is something, which shouldn't be wasted. She said that her main work as the chairperson would be to organize programmes and also in listening to the problems of the student community. Sonia's ambition is to get a job and marriage plans are only after getting a job.

All Saints Arts Club Secretary poornima

Poornima, the Union Arts Club Secretary is the only daughter of her parents. She did her schooling at Matha Senior secondary school, Aleppey and the Choice School, Ernakulam She did her 11th and 12th Standard at St.Mary's Convent. Unlike others in the Union, she could be called a sports club secretary too due to her talent in sports. She is an athlete and was a school champion till 9th standard. The Arts Club Secretary won several state level prizes in badminton and Tennis.

She is equally interested in dancing. She feels that she possesses an inborn talent to dance. She participates in regular dance competitions like Hotch Potch and won prizes. She also participated in the regional level Essay writing competitions and drama. In spite of all her extracurricular activities she feels that some time should be kept separately for studies. When asked about the common practice of inviting film personalities to inaugurate Arts Clubs, she said students have more demand for film-based celebrities. Though it is a general impression that an Arts Club Secretary needs to have some film background, Poornima feels that it's not important. Even for Arts Club Inauguration, many of the film celebrities may not be available because of date problems. Other non-film celebrities have to be looked for. Regarding ragging in colleges, Poornima feels that many of the students give unnecessary complaints.

We respect our seniors and the relationship between seniors and juniors should be a policy of "Give. Respect and Take Respect". According to her, the security measures in All Saints and prohibition of students from going outside the college without prior permission is good, as it prevents students from misusing freedom.

Her ambition is to do MBA from the Indian Institute of Management. She gives importance in being qualified and for her getting a job is not very important. She plans to get married after completing her studies.

 

Nanditha

Nandita and Shabana are the councilors of the college. Nandita basically belongs to Mavelikkara. She did her schooling at Bethlehem Primary School till 4th standard and then at Holy Angels ISC, Nanthancode. Her family consists of her parents and an younger brother. Her interests include music, dance and literary competitions. She wants to do her M.A. and M.Phil to become a lecturer outside India. She doesn't mind settling abroad too. She plans for marriage only after getting a job.

Shabhna and Rajitha

Shabana.K.A, belongs to Pachalloor near Kovalam and is a member of family consisting of her parents, an elder brother and a younger sister. She did her schooling till 7th at Seetha Kingston school (Madras) and after that in Christu Jyothi school at Changanassery. She did her pre degree in science group at Changanassery Assumption college and is doing Economics in All Saints. She switched over from science group to Economics group due to her interest. "Whatever subjects you study, study well" she says. She is planning to go for Management or teaching profession. When asked about the difference she felt between studying in a co-ed institution and a girls only institution, she said that though in mixed schools it is good to have great friends, yet there you won't get the kind of peaceful atmosphere that you get in a women's only college. The only minus point which she felt about ladies only college is that, the quiet girls in the college won't be able to interact much when they go out into the real world.

She doesn't prefer staying in Thiruvananthapuram much and one of the reasons is that she feels that the people here are really narrow-minded. Unlike in other places, where people are more interactive, the people here don't mingle much. Yet another reason is that she has to travel a lot to reach the college as her place is far away from the college.

The main duty of a councillor is to act as a link between the University and the colleges. It is the councillors who inform students abut any important notification regarding examinations or some events organized by the Kerala University. She is quite interested in taking up a job, but also says that, if her future husband doesn't want her to take up a job, she would rather obey him.

Regarding the party system in college elections, Shabana says elections in which individuals compete on the basis of individual's talent and ability. In party based elections, students have to listen to what each party bosses says.

All of the union members are netizens -- they are quite interested in surfing the Internet. They are mostly interested news based entertaining sites, which provides scope for research.

Unlike the previous years, this year's election witnessed really tough competitions and many candidates. The newly elected union members plan to do a lot for the college and students in the coming days. All of them are of the opinion that the college provides a lot of freedom and a discipline of its own. It doesn't allow students to misuse their freedom and this is what they feel is the best feature of All Saints'.

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From Abu Dhabi Indian School to All Saints Vice Chairperson

 "Mother Teresa was not in any party, but she did a lot of social service to the world. People say that they would be able to do a lot for society by joining political parties, but they are not able to contribute as much as some individuals like Mother Theresa contributed to the world." says Rajitha.R.S, the Vice Chairperson of the College.

Rajitha had her schooling at the Abu Dhabi Indian School, UAE and the Little Flower Primary School till fourth standard. She was in the Sarvodaya and completed 10th standard from the Cotton Hill Girls High school. She has been studying in All Saints for pre degree and degree. She is a B.A.(Eng literature) student in All Saints College. Her family comprises of her parents and an elder brother.

She used to participate in literary competitions right from school days and has won prizes in versification competitions. She likes dancing and music. She has learned both classical music and classical dance. Currently she is continuing her classical music training under Chengannore Thangachi. She is also expanding her Music skills by learning Veena. Rajitha has won first prize in All Kerala Balakalotsavam and received gold coin as prize in the Bhagyalekshmi programme in the popular Kairali channel. Her ambition is to take LLB and MBA degrees.

She likes the freedom and the general atmosphere of the college. She feels that there good discipline in the college. Interaction between students teachers is a good point about the college. Regarding literary competitions, Rajitha feels that literary creativity is something sublime and it doesn't create real work of art through competitions. The competitions do not bring out the real talents. Rather than conducting such competitions, it would be better if the works of people who write by inspiration get published. We don't get inspiration while participating in literary competitions

Magazine Editor

Anaswara Jose Pampackal is the magazine editor of the college. Her family comprises of her parents and younger sister. She studied in Sarvodaya Vidyalaya and entered All Saints College. She participates in literary and quiz competitions and won first prize for the English Essay writing competition in the All Kerala ISC Cultural Meet and first prize (English Essay writing) competition at college level. Her ambition is to become a business journalist.!

Regarding All Saints College, she feels that the authorities provide sufficient opportunities and freedom to students. Anaswara has a major complaint about the Kerala University Youth Festival. "There is no English Essay writing competition in the University Youth Festival. This is something which ought to be changed", she says. She too plans to get married after getting a job.

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She feels that there is immense work to be done by the Magazine Editor. "A Magazine Editor should know the day to day events in the college, as it is she who lists them in the annual edition of the college magazine. The duties of a magazine editor include collecting articles and advertisements for the Magazine. As a Magazine Editor, Anaswara feels that she would be able to do her duties really well. Magazine Editor should have some interest in literary matters.

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