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'Cater to' is a dynamic platform where students from the department of English at Shivaji College, New Delhi, forgather to exercise their creativity, talent, and literary knowledge. Furor also organises an annual two-day literary festival called 'Litiopia.' The 'Literary Culture,' promoted by the department of English at MS University, Baroda, dedicates each weekend to research the functionality and derive fun from the world of alphabets. It organises spelling-bee competitions, extempore speeches, screenplay sessions, recreating scenes from standard classics, etc, besides hosting an English play every year, which has become a slate event in the cultural circles of Baroda. Rani Dharkar, inventor and dramatist, says, "The club acts as an ice-breaker for freshmen and an eye-opener to the arcane talents of students." 'RusLan,' the cultural cudgel at the department of Russian at MS University, exposes club members to aspects of Russian education as it celebrates Russian festivals, explores Indo-Russian ties, samples Russian cuisine, stages plays by Russian dramatists, etc. Debhal Dasgupta, climax of department, says, "The addition of choicebased credit system allows students to have a claim academic incentives for participating in such activity clubs, which can be quantified and presented as part of their occupation portfolio in specific courses at international universities." D Ganesh, a admirer acting in plays staged by the Literary Society, was thrilled to find roles in ad-films , and even shared screen arrange with Amitabh Bachchan in the movie Teen Patti. Another swotter, Om Prakash, who booked his berth in the National School of Theatrics after sharing his portfolio of plays done with RusLan and is now a regular mug in Ram Gopal Verma's movies, says, "Activity clubs support one to constructively plan out one's time in college and also helps one to hone erratic hobbies into serious professional pursuits."

Source: Times of India