English Literary and Debating Club NITW

18/02/2022

As part of Technozion ’22, this weekend we bring you a technical paper writing workshop. Literary & Debating Club and Robotics Club, in collaboration with Humanities & Social Sciences Department presents Writech!

If developing this soft skill isn’t a good enough reason for you to sign up, then the cash prizes for the paper writing competition after the workshop will surely get you on board. See you there!

Date: 19th - 20th February, 2022

Time: 11 am

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/YcL7CqCvsLaJD6NS7

07/02/2022

Let’s be honest, we only want a date for Valentine’s to feel less lonely.

How about a date with a book from our handpicked list instead?

Head over to our Instagram for more details!

03/02/2022

No plans for Valentine's Day? Fear not! LDC's Book Club has the perfect solution for you! For all the book lovers out there, you get the chance to curl up with a good book you are sure to fall in love with.

Blind Book Date is coming soon!

26/01/2022

Republic Day radiates the fervor and spirit of independence and how freedom fighters and patriots have given their all for the nation.

Literary and Debating Club wishes you a very happy Republic Day! 🇮🇳❤️

09/01/2022

“Raise your words not your voice, for it is the rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” -Rumi

Do you have what it takes to influence a group of wise people and make them agree to your version of the truth? LDC’s Group Discussion gives you a chance to speak your heart out. So many topics that will definitely hit a nerve and make you scream at others about how you're right.

Topics - Politics, Cricket, Football, Formula1, Tennis, Faith, Covid, Marvel/DC

Date: 11th January 2022
Time: 6 pm
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/3q6WfMCJnGw1TLiNA

Contact: Swarna - 9502548428

08/01/2022

Pictures brim with untold stories, potent impressions that incite a creative spark. Give free rein to your imagination and under the sway of these impressions spin a yarn, unleashing the writer within you.

Date: 10th January 2022
Time: 6 pm IST
Languages: English, Hindi, Telugu

Registration link:-
https://forms.gle/f8YFGR8JhgzEgydUA

25/12/2021

Christmas is a season for remembering the past and having hope for the future. It's a time of love and joy. LDC wishes you and your family a very Merry Christmas.

14/11/2021

"Children are living beings – more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habit around themselves. Therefore it is absolutely necessary for their mental health and development that they should not have mere schools for their lessons, but a world whose guiding spirit is personal love." – Rabindranath Tagore

LDC wishes you a very happy Children's Day!

04/11/2021

The festival of lights bears the power to burn away our worries and sorrows. LDC wishes you and your family a joyous, sweet-filled and bright Diwali.

17/10/2021

Heartiest congratulations to the Executive Body of '21-'22 and a warm welcome to the newly recruited Executive Members!

We are more than thrilled to have you on board and are excited to see what you have in store for the club.

Furthermore, we are honoured to have had so many applicants this year and hope to see them in future events.

Semper Anticus ❤️

14/10/2021

Even as darkness enshrouds the world and evil leaves misery in its wake. Glimmers of light shine forth, rekindling the embers of hope and virtue.
In the spirit of humanity's resilience against the obstacles that assail us, LDC wishes you a Happy Dussehra!

02/09/2021

Do you grow weary of this humdrum world? Are you consumed by your insatiable desire to create, to weave a reality fashioned from the silken threads of your imagination? Do you miss a good verbal spar, to exchange arguments forged in the crucible of logic and reason, impelled by the clamour of your heart?
If you do, we have just the place for you.

LDC is now recruiting Executive Members(2nd years) for the academic year 2021-2022.

Interested candidates can apply through this link:- https://forms.gle/CKiycwWM427x2PHF8

Last date to apply: 11th September, 2021

31/08/2021

No one knows anxiety till they lose their parents in a mall. While walking around to try and find them, you come across the Build-A-Bear workshop. The very one you had always wanted to go to as a child but your parents never took you. What an opportunity!
Stepping into the workshop that brings the stuffed bear you build to life, has to be the best thing ever!
Join us on a magical creative writing session to learn how to build a 'metaphorical' teddy bear by stuffing it with a personality of it's own and bringing it to life.

Date: 04/09/21
Time: 5PM

Fill the form to participate:
https://forms.gle/poNgn5qP97xQ2jn1A

24/08/2021

Ever got too engrossed with the 9pm Debates on the news channels? Well here is your chance to participate yourself, or just watch it live.

LDC Presents ‘LDC Wants To Know’, a Newshour Debate with Arnav Boswami where we tackle world-wide issues and get answers to your heated questions.

Join us on 28th August at 5 pm in two ways -
Be our panelist and participate - Fill this form https://forms.gle/qf5aW6S6Ajs66xRF6

Or spectate the show as the audience - Join this group https://chat.whatsapp.com/EwAgiQhGBpiBCMzO25L78p

The Game Has Just Begun.....

21/07/2021

The English Literary & Debating Club has opened up applications for all the incoming 3rd year B.Tech students for the post of Joint Secretary for the academic year 2021-2022.

Interested candidates can apply through the link given below- https://forms.gle/fcBV2QkQ1ZJiTBrk9

Last date to apply - 24th July, 2021

This is the application form for the position of Joint Secretary in the English Literary and Debating club for the academic year 2021-22. The prerequisite for this position is that the candidate must be in third year of a B.Tech course in the upcoming academic year. PS:- Be as candid as possible.

12/07/2021

‘Tis the end of an era. You stand at the cusp of adulthood, bracing yourself to take that headlong plunge into the murky waters that confronts you. Time whizzes by, never to return. But memories linger, carrying you aloft to the days gone by.

From bleary-eyed sunrises atop the TV towers to midnight birthday celebrations in TS with cream encrusted faces, bask in the warmth of your memories and write a few words about your shenanigans with your partners in crime or favourite seniors to bid them adieu.

Word limit: 100 words
Link: https://forms.gle/2d3DYQiiz9oWgYgk6

16/04/2021

Once upon a time, Batman and the infamous Joker were the best of friends, Aslan, from Narnia, lived in the zoos of California and the Sorting Hat bellowed, "SLYTHERIN” with little Harry Potter underneath it. In today's world of crossovers and fiction, here's your chance to re-write your favourite tales, both old and new, but with a twist.

LDC calls upon all the pop culture fanatics to unite to create their own epics in "Pulp Fanfiction".

With cash prizes up for grabs, participate to bring the story to life you've only ever dreamed of.

Submission Form & Rules: https://forms.gle/ZZnxRePkSMkBw84fA
Deadline: 11:59 PM, 21st April, 2021.

11/04/2021

“I finished Brooklyn 99, Suits, The Office. You name it, I’ve seen it. And I’ve seen almost all the rom-coms, thriller and action films. Whatever was trending, I saw it.”

Because of the lockdown, flights were down. I had to stay at campus all this while since COVID started.
The entire LH started getting empty and I remember there was a point when no one was on the entire floor. Eventually they shifted us all to a single block. Going out to buy stuff was a huge hassle. They first sent me back 3 times to get my mask, then a dupatta to cover my head and then gloves too. The roads were empty and I had to walk back to the hostel.

The girls mess shut down and we were all directed to IFC-A, which was really not the best. I began to eat out a lot more. Discovered some new places too! On the flip side, I was watching movies, waking up at 10, eating out all the time :p. It was more like a vacation! I was able to witness a totally different side of our campus, especially when the yellow flowers bloomed and entire road used to look yellow.

I loved watching the sunset from an LH balcony. Many birds set up their home there and my pastime was to go there, drag my chair and sit there with a cup of coffee. I get my privacy at home usually. But when I was alone I was able to hold on to a thought for a longer time, without any bias, which was refreshing. I was able to think and give so much time for myself. Just take a pen and paper, keep drawing branches. There was no one to share my emotions with but I took it in a different way - there was no one there so I couldn’t disturb anyone, had to handle everything alone. If all this wouldn’t have happened then I wouldn’t have come out more mature and emotional.

I would video call my parents 2-3 times a day and even made a list of friends to call whenever I was bored. Everyone was free anyway!

Downsides? Yeah I became really lazy. (But the online semester and the assignments got me active again.) I celebrated my birthday alone, Christmas alone, Dussehra alone, Diwali alone, and my parents’ anniversary alone too. I even finished all my savings from the first year.

Now I’m back to my home in Lucknow, and although this has been a learning experience I realised I missed ma’s dal chawal the most.