Indrapastha College Bilingual Fresher's Debate

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There was a fresher's debate at IP college on 3rd sep,08. The topic was "Bollywood images women in the realm of myth and fantasy". More than 20 teams participated including teams from the north campus colleges. From NSIT we had two teams , which indicates a positive sign for our debsoc.....
The day was really hot and sunny and there at IP college for Women some were still trying to hike the temperatures. There were cash prizes for the Best team, Best Speaker,Best interjector along with some books for each winner.
As the debate was bilingual we had many speakers who chose hindi as their lingua franca which took me by surprize,but they were entertaining. My team was the 11th one to speak and i was feeling quite confident till that moment as i was not seeing anything really great happenig on the podium. But i forgot that some colleges are still left and those included all the majors of north campus. Of course people of eng and hindi hons have an edge over us and there i feel lacked behind (this i have felt all the times whenever i was there in a debate......... )
One cannot deny the fact that these people have much extra time (to prepare ) than us and of course a better expression than me. This is not a excuse for not winning uptill now but a field where we all (fresher's) have to work upon.........
From my past debating experiences i have felt that we lack in the following apects and hence we are not rewarded...........
1. our teams are not decided till the last moment, and hence we are not prepared even a day before the event. Obviously when you are a newcomer you cannot expect to win by an overnight preparaion.
2.Both the partners should prepare common arguments, i mean the debates should be linked,the points should match, you have to counter attack on the points your opposition has said, rather than introducing some new arguments.........(This is what i lacked at my SRCC debate.........)
3.Focus on your content and matter for its the only thing which can help you win.
4.As far as the expression part is concerned you need to be clear and audible, and there is no need for any artifical face expressions.
5. frame your speech in points and mention all the points before your speech. that makes you clear and simplistic..
i ll try to post other suggesions wherever i ll feel like helping you all(freshers).
these were my suggestions your suggestions and experiences are awaited..................

no matter we havent won any but we have participated and learnt a lot. i hope we ll definitely win some day........


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SIDDHARTH