New
Indian Express, March 9, 2008.
Quiz
to mark Women's Day
Sunday March 9 2008 09:25 IST
ENS
CHENNAI:
An intercollegiate quiz on `Women in South Asia' was held, marking
International Women's Day, here on Saturday.
Organised
by Prajnya, a think-tank that studies the security of women among
other issues, the quiz aimed at raising the consciousness of young
women about the contribution of women to politics and security.
Students
from five city colleges participated in the programme.
Questions
on politics, mythology and sports were breezed through, while
blank faces greeted most of the queries on literature and cinema.
Both
the audience and participants revved up at the difficult audio-visual
round which involved recognizing the voices of women leaders and
identifying clips from films.
The
students' research paid off, especially for the team that had
spent time at the Connemara Library.
V Shruti
and N V Vardhini of M O P Vaishnav won by a margin of more than
30 points, to walk off with the trophy. Devna Rastogi and S Krithika
of Stella Maris came second.