who says all the learning has to be in the classroom at jai hind college recently students took part in a daylong social and cultural session with kani koachella the pre event for their upcoming festival kani they tried face painting dabbled in art and tattoos tested their knowledge with movie trivia quizzes and more bt dropped in and had some fun too fandom quiz food and frolic artwork on display the college foyer was a sea of colour shimmer and happy students as they set up their stalls for the fest and it covered a wide variety of topics at the entrance of the event was a booth dealing with mental health issues which offered an idea that anyone could use we came up with a concept of a happiness jar revealed syba student anagha anand you just write happy memories and experiences and memories on a paper and drop it the jar whenever you are low just pick up a paper and read it it will make you feel grateful and see the bigger picture she added having fun at the vinyl record walla bunch of vinyl records created out of painted cardboard adorned one wall and made a case for making the best out of waste tyba student veerja parekh had others queuing up for her body painting designs whats popular with the youth are superheroes people also like abstract designs she said music which was the theme of the day was a big draw a group of students gathered to sing as one of them strummed a guitar others sat around to sing a few songs in another stall it was time for a some intellectual stimulation as youngsters participated in a rapid fire fandom quiz based on different movies like the godfather and gone girl we didnt know there would be so many movie buffs around grinned sybsc student abhishek choudhary they also had an open mic tieanddye workshop and games since this was a fest for and by the students the food was also made inhouse to add fun to the festive activity there were chocolate cake pops brownies and cupcakes the idea was to get students from various courses involved strumming and singing was part of the funthe buzzing atmosphere and interactives had a purpose too they wished to bring different streams together said taniya khan fest chairperson we believe in having a social cultural academic and literary blend so as to get students from various courses involved added karina ailsinghani syba and hospitality head the idea is not just to gather students but to also make them more aware our theme is derived from the western music festival as we feel the youth connects through music the most and everyone had so much fun for many of the students present it was a nice opportunity to connect im a new student and something like this gives me a chance to socialise and meet new people said fyba student bhavika vachani added noman