The programme began with Sr. Tina Farias, Principal, Loreto College, delivering the welcome note, she apprised the audience of the role of these fairy tales in reconnecting us to the imaginative world of our childhood. Mr. Amit Chaudhuri, the eminent novelist and writer, launched the book and also shared his thoughts on creative writing. Importance of curiosity, as Mr. Chaudhuri maintained throughout his speech, is numero uno when it comes to creative writing. He also emphasized the importance of free thinking and quipped - Do not listen to your Teachers. He elaborated on the need of using the correct syntax and grammar and hence, reading. This was followed by our Chief Guest, Prof. Salil Biswas's speech. He congratulated the English Department of the college for bringing out a book of this kind. He praised the girls for making these contributions and encouraged them to continue writing.

The Panel Discussion - Brothers Grimm, Sisters Grimmer: Who's Afraid of Creativity in Classroom? - was lively. Students from different classes on the panel. discussed their encounter with creativity in the classroom. Most students agreed that a push is needed to bring out their creativity. Yet, the initial inhibitions once overcome, the Creative Writing classes become fun-filled and cathartic, to say the least. Panelists talked about doodling, mimicking and writing parodies - offshoots of the classroom experience. One panelist pointed out that the decorations and charts were also the results of this creative fire, or, who could have thought of making cobwebs out of adhesive! A few ex-students of the department, invited to speak on this occasion, shared their invaluable experiences of writing random commentaries during lectures, camouflaging lack of attention with imaginative hogwash during the examinations and lying unconvincingly! The session was brought to an end with a word association game where the audience was also involved. Dr Aditi Dasgupta, Head, Department of English, concluded the programme by proposing a Vote of Thanks.