A helping hand

REPUBLIC DAY, 2001. A day that will go down in history as India's tryst with Destiny. The day the nation witnessed one of its worst calamities ever - the Gujarat earthquake. The tremors have since ceased but the trauma doesn't seem to have an end in sight.

Where there was prosperity there is ruin now. People are out on the streets bearing the heat of the day and the frosty bite of the night without a roof over their heads or food for survival. Schools and other buildings have been reduced to quiet masses of non-speaking rubble. All they need now is a heart that cares and a hand that gives. And who better than the student community of our country to come forward and provide help at the crucial hour.

Seven of the leading colleges of Chennai, have gotten together to contribute their mite for the cause. The colleges -Women's Christian College, Stella Maris, Ethiraj, MOP Vaishnav, IIT- Madras, Loyola and Madras Christian College - have all joined forces in association with e-pagemaker (a Chennai based e- solutions provider) to present a fund-raising programme in aid of the victims of the Gujarat calamity.

"March 2 Gujarat", an evening of dance and music, is happening on March 2, 2001, from 6.00 p.m. onwards at the OAT, IIT-Chennai. The event is being organised and managed by the group of Chennai colleges.

The Association for India's Development (AID)-Chennai Chapter is working in collaboration with the students to organise "March 2 Gujarat". All proceeds from this event will be used for reconstruction and rehabilitation work in Gujarat.

For the connoisseurs of music, get set to enjoy the acoustics performed by WCC, Stella and MCC. There is light music by Ethiraj, MCC, WCC and IIT, Western music by MCC and WCC. Students of MOP, Ethiraj, Stella and Loyola will dance to Western beats, while MCC students will sway the Tibetan way. Set your mind to the contemporary dance by MOP or mix 'n' dance with WCC's Fusion. Journey into the villages of India, with a folk dance by WCC or enjoy the deep rooted Indian culture with a classical dance performance by Stella Maris.

Tickets are priced at Rs. 40 and Rs. 75 and are available at Landmark, Connexions (Anna Nagar), Odyssey (Adyar), Music World (Spencer Plaza), Qwiky's (Nungambakkam), Fruit Shop (Egmore) and with the cultural secretaries of the various colleges.

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