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Girls dance away to glory at the 10th Garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills

Vice Principal Harsha Jharia lighting the lamp during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Rashmi Kochey, Varsha Mankar, Deepali Kotwal, Reeta Dawat, Nanda Rathi and Harsha Jharia during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Sumita Sapre, Kanchan Bade, Vishakha Saharhe, Rujuta Bapat, Vatsala Sriniwas, Sheela Kulkarni and Nandita Sapra during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Gunjan Ratnani and Mubashera Akbani during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Heena Murjani during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Shreya Kashyup, Divya Khanchandani, Manisha Anasare and Harshal Seswani during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Megha Garg during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Shubhra Jain during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Payal Amnekar during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Sneha Mangtani and Heena Dadlani during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Rual Soni during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Srishti Ratnani, Sejal Gelda, Rittu Madhwani, Shivani Nampalliwar, Megha Garg, Disha Chugani, Madhvi Tolani, Rashi Wadhwani, Gunjan Ratnani and Mubashera Akbani during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur


Yamini Chandekar, Sweety Lodha, Surbhi Nagrale, Shilpa Gautam and Puja Bahoriya during garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills campus, Nagpur

The 10th Garba celebrations at LAD College, Seminary Hills Campus, Nagpur organised by the students of Home Science Department were high on glam and energy. Interestingly, the garba event is organised every year by the students of home science department as a part of their curriculum. Students decide the theme of the event, they invite the faculty and other students and also decide the flow of the event. This year the girls at LAD used the opportunity to focus on the subject of ‘women empowerment’ by keeping it as the theme.
Speaking about the event, Vice Principal of LAD College, Seminary Hills, Harsha Jharia said, “The motive behind asking the students to organise such events is to make them independent.” The celebrations commenced with an aarti of Goddess Durga after Mrs Jharia illuminated the lamp.
Most of the LAD girls were seen decked up in traditional attires which they carried with style and elegance. LAD students left no stone unturned in enjoying these celebrations as they danced away to glory on the beats of Garba tracks. While the teachers did not participate in the dancing session, they seem to be enjoying watching the students dance.
Photos by: Suyash Sethiya
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