No 'obscene' clothes at Yuva Dasara, says committee - Deccan Herald

Celebrity singers expected to perform in city

This season of the most awaited and attractive part of the Dasara festivities, Yuva Sambrama and Yuva Dasara to be held between September 28 and October 12 will be monitored, where participants will not be restricted from wearing "obscene" clothes.

The Yuva Dasara, Yuva Sambrama sub-committee on Thursday instructed principals of all the colleges that attires of performers will come under "strict scrutiny". 

In the preliminary meeting of the sub-committee with the principals of colleges, at Maharaja Centenary Hall, M N Nataraj, Working President of the sub-committee, said there were a incidents of misbehaviour on the part of performers as well as audience last year.

To prevent such happenings, the committee has taken a decision to follow a dress code where performers will not be allowed to wear short skirts, etc.

He argued that the audience largely comprised of youth, and skimpy attires would titillate them, evoking unruly behaviour like whistling and shouting during performances.

He said that Yuva Sambrama would be held from September 28 to October 3, while Yuva Dasara had been scheduled between October 7 and 12. Yuva Sambrama will provide the platform exclusively for college students. Best performers here will be selected to perform in Yuva Dasara. This year, the activities will be based on themes related to tradition and culture of Karnataka.

On the Gandhi Jayanti Day (October 2), he said that performances would be dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, social reformers like Basavanna, Buddha and Ambedkar. Students will be asked to perform dances and skits based on these themes.

He said that colleges had to take up the responsibility of the students' behaviour backstage to ensure that there is no chaos.

Nataraj said that though the list of celebrities had not yet been finalised, singers including Sunidhi Chauhan, Usha Uthup, Sonu Nigam, Gurukiran, Daler Mehandi, K Krishna Kumar, Kailash Kher, Shreya Goshal have so far been contacted.

Deputy Director of Collegiate Education, Subbu Narasimha said that the event should
improve the reputation of the college and not diminish it.

He suggested the colleges too hold discussions amongst themselves before finalising the performances. He also said that students from other districts, as well as rural areas will be provided opportunity to perform on priority. Their performances will be scheduled before the performances of city limits, so as to ensure that former don't encounter difficulties in reaching their hometowns or villages after dark.  

DDPU?Puttu said that while expenses of the degree colleges had been met, the same was not the case with PU colleges. The latter were allocated only Rs 20,000, each last year. He urged the sub-committee to look into the matter.

A?total of 197 principals of different colleges from Mysore, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar participated in the meeting.

Demands

* Two extra green rooms for girls and boys.
* Tighten security where there are groups of mischievous youth. Last year a lecturer was injured when the students began pelting stones during a performance.
* Sub-committee members should not yield to influence of colleges to get their shows advanced.

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