DNAHM50530 | 12/22/2011 | Author : Devika Chaturvedi | WC :283
College
memories never die. They remain with us always-in good and bad times.
This is what the members of TOXA (The Old-Xavierites Association)
believe. And with a view to rekindle the joy of the days spent at St.
Xavier's College, TOXA members are hosting an annual TOXA Nite on
December 24 in the college campus. With an alumni roster boasting of
names like Parveen Babi, Mallika Sarabhai and Rajeev Khandelwal,among
others, St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad has remained in the list of
city's well-known alma maters. This year they are hosting the third
edition of the event, which will be a bigger and better stage for the
alumni to perform on.
An alumnus Naved Siddiqui from the '89 batch
says, "This year, TOXA Nite will be attended by renowned alumni of the
college. It will see 18 alumni perform out of a total of 35 entries
received. Xavierites that are performing range from the batch of 1958
to 2010. There are also people who left the college in early 60s coming
to the stage."
The four-hour programme is aimed at uniting the
alumni with the teachers and students of the current batch. TOXA Nite
2011 will see one of the most famous plays of Prof Varis Alvi, Neerav
Chandni nu Ghuvad, coming to the college after 20 years.
Ritam
Bhatnagar, an old TOXA member says, "St. Xavier's College has taken an
initiative to unite all its alumni, very much like Harvard and
Stanford. People who had performed on St. Xavier's stage years ago
during their college days and people who never performed but wished to,
now have a reason to return. They can sing, dance, act and be a part of
this platform."
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