The 1st NLS Debate – Junior was held between the 4th and 7th of November in the NLSIU campus. Thirty four teams from several leading high schools across Bangalore competed against each other in the Asian Style Parliamentary Debate format, akin to the World Schools Debate Championship. The preliminary rounds were held on 6th with the teams facing off each other in five preliminary rounds. The top eight teams advanced into the Quarter Finals on 7th.
In the Grand Final, “The Witty Warriors” comprising of Aravind Srinivasan, Anjali Bhargav and Pooja Adiga defeated “The Parliament” comprising of Ujval Mohan, Sesh Sadasivam and Malini Srikrishna, both teams representing Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE. The debate was won by a majority vote of 7-2 in a very close and exciting match. The motion for the Grand Final was “This House Believes that Delhi University was wrong in dropping “Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translations” from its History Syllabus.”
Dharini Prasad representing Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE and Karan Gupta representing Christ Junior College shared the award for the Best Speaker of the Tournament. Dharini from Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE, also won the award for the Most Stylish Speaker, meant to reward the transition from other speaking competitions at the school level to this format.
In the first tournament of its kind in India, the teams showed an amazing learning curve, having spoken in the tournament after only two workshops conducted previously in their schools and on campus, a day prior to the tournament. The speeches were for duration of 5 minutes. The progress among the students in the pool was remarkable. Each round focused around a theme, and two of the three preliminary rounds, as well as the Finals were prepared rounds for which the motion had been announced prior to the tournament.
Here are the full results of the tournament –
The 8 Top Teams (in order of Break)
- Witty Warriors [Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE] (Winners)
- Christ Junior College – 1 (Quarter Finalists)
- The Parliament [Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE] (Runners-Up)
- The Zenith [National Public School, Indiranagar] (Semi Finalists)
- The Devil’s Advocates (Quarter Finalists)
- Cicero’s Angels [Baldwin Girls’ High School] (Quarter Finalists)
- Army Public School – 1 (Semi Finalists)
- Devilish Debaters (Quarter Finalists)
The Top 10 Speakers of the Tournament
1. Dharini (Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE) [Best Speaker, Most Stylish Speaker]
2. Aravind Srinivasan (Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE)
3. Ujval Mohan (Sri Kumaran’s Children’s Home, CBSE)
4. Sumedha (National Public School, Indiranagar)
5. Siddharth Saxena (Inventure Academy)
6. Samvida (National Public School, Indiranagar)
7. Adrija (National Public School, Indiranagar)
8. Aditya Menon (Army Public School)
9. Neeti Ganjur (Inventure Academy)
The Motions
Round 1(Prepared) [Sports]
This House believes that hosting an F1 race does more harm than good to developing countries.
Round 2 (Impromptu) [Media]
This house believes that newspapers ought not to carry paid news.
Round 3 (Prepared) [Civil Rights]
This House condemns the assassination of Anwar Al Awlaki
Round 4 (Impromptu) [School]
This House will allow the use of Corporal Punishment in schools
Round 5 (Impromptu) [Religion]
This House will disallow wearing religious symbols in schools
Quarter Finals (Impromptu) [Ethical Dilemma]
This House, being the ship filled with law abiding citizens of Gotham, should blow up the other ship
Semi Finals (Impromptu) [Science and Technology]
This house will abandon space exploration.
Grand Final (Prepared) [History and Education]
This House Believes that Delhi University was wrong in dropping “Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translations” from its history syllabus.
We thank all the volunteers who helped us out to make this tournament a smooth and fun experience for the all the participants. We’ll be back. Until then…
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