{"id":14492,"date":"2021-02-22T10:55:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sdmcujire.in\/?p=14492"},"modified":"2021-02-22T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T05:36:16","slug":"a-collective-of-creativity-pakoda-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sdmesociety.in\/sdmc\/a-collective-of-creativity-pakoda-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"A collective of creativity – Pakoda Tales!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A community of creative story writers and narrators is taking shape at SDM College Ujire and apparently everyone\u2019s taking notice. \u2018Pakoda Tales\u2019 is the quirky title of this innovative community and the series of events that brings people together for an evening of creative exchange. A novel stream of formal education named B.Voc (in Digital Media and Film Making) has initiated the series, and the very first event of the series held on 17th<\/sup> of February 2021 was one of its kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakoda Tales is an open community that welcomes creative individuals with open arms. Hosted at SDM both virtually and offline, it has announced a series of 12 events, each themed differently based on a new creative aspect. The first event was themed on stories, the second shall be music, third one art and so on. Innovative events centred on film making, acting, characters, cartoons and more are lined up for the year. Dynamic and active experts from every field are invited to the events where they shall interact with the small crowd for a while, after which the community members engage in a custom designed creative exchange based on the month\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The story based event took place at the SDM Arboretum (botanical garden) during sunset up to 6.30 PM. The ambience was as fresh and welcoming as the idea itself \u2013 amidst the deep greenery of nature dotted with handmade confetti wires and casually piled up heap of fictional books. The trees around were handed a well researched quote that related to the theme of the day that was fastened to their trunks with aesthetic drapery. It was simple, elegant and so visibly appropriate for creative people to gather around, squat on the lawn, munch on a few Pakodas with tea and curate some stories. An ideal setup that anyone would love to be a part of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of the crowd constituted students of SDM from various streams alongside some interested members of the faculty. The guests were Muhammed Danish – a novelist, Padmini Jain \u2013 a dialogue writer for soap opera in Colours Kannada and Dr. Rajshekhar \u2013 a novelist and story writer with State Award for literary achievement. Danish, being a fiction writer and a novelist, shared the elements of a story that make it the most engrossing for a reader. Padmini, a constant facilitator of prominent Kannada daily soaps, spoke about how narration is the most challenging part of a story, and the defining one. Dr. Rajshekhar, one with profound experience in story and poetry writing, shared the cognitive dynamics and dissonances of a writer\u2019s mind. The audience had some difficult questions to pose to the guests and the interaction that followed was a rather intense one, delivering a promise of elevated interests and intelligence in stories amidst the crowd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n