Students rue high cost of debating competitions

THE power to express and bring someone else around to your point of view is not easy.

- QJASVIGUPTA

Debating as an art or a co-curricular activity garners the interest of students for this very reason. The peculiarities involved in learning to debate are most certainly a herculean task, but the commercialization of such art discourages many enthusiasts.

Quite often, when a student gets into college, securing a place in its debating society (debsoc) tops her list, which leads to multiple screening rounds. The creme de la creme make it to them, only to end up being disillusioned by the high fee required to register for debates without any returns guaranteed.