students of the national institute of fashion technology recently organised spectrum their annual cultural fest in association with the times of india as a part of tois the great indian lover campaign an activity called junk juxtaposed was organised at the event the participants made artifacts to parody stalking eveteasing moral policing and honour killing using waste material from a bioscope showing the journey of a desi boy in search of a patakha girl to a puppet hanged to death for honour to a lovers paradise where couples get to hang out without moral policing the students came up with many interpretations of the theme the team from nift raebareli won the first prize and students from nift bhopal and nift patna were announced the first and second runners up respectively a body painting competition with yin and yang as the theme was held on the second day of the fest participants tried to portray the contrast as well as the interdependence of nature and science man and beast etc another activity was the fashion marathon where students of the college tried their hand at designing garments the fest also gave the students a chance to interact with author ravindra singh who had come to the college for a session which he began by expressing how glad he was to be there i must tell you that im amazed this is the first time ive come to nift and as soon as i entered i felt the energy around me ab mujhe aisa lag raha hai ki main engineering karne kyun gaya main bhi shayad fashion mein aa jata i can now see what all ive missed in life the session was followed by a musical performance by the members of the music society of kirori mal college musoc a muchawaited activity was the fashion show in which students from different departments showcased their creations on models walking the ramp the leather design department showcased garments inspired by mughal art and architecture naming it the royal enigma next was fashion communication followed by accessory design where the models walked the ramp to beatboxing the fashion shows of knitwear design fashion technology textile design and design space were next deepikabhardwajtimesgroupcom and umangaggarwaltimesgroupcom