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YPS Year Book 2012THE INTER-HOUSE MIME COMPETITIONMime, by its very nature and presentation , is an unusual skillfor it relies only on actions, gestures and movements and noton words as most of the other competitions do.The Inter-House Mime competition was held on 13thFebruary . The programme began at 6:30 pm with DhaniramHouse putting up their performance first. The DhaniramHouse mime centered on the old time –tested theme of‘Honesty is the Best Policy’. The mime, through an interestingstoryline, eloquently presented and highlighted the need ofinculcating this rare virtue among all of us and in all fieldsand professions. The performance was, successfully, able toimpress upon the audience the importance of honesty.Phulkian House were the next to present their mime which,interestingly, was based on the theme of seasons and theirmetaphorical association with life. The students, gracefullyand in a poetic fashion, portrayed the four dominant seasonstheyouthful spring, the warm summer, the desolate autumnand the cold winter.And, last but not the least, were Mohindra House withtheir presentation which dealt with the very contemporaryproblem of pollution. The mime focused on the role ofindustries, which ,sometimes, regardless of environmentethics, largely contribute to the environment degradation.The mime, purposefully, conveyed the need of a clean andgreen Earth for the survival of life.The result of the competition was –I- MHII- PHIII- DRHWhere Words have no Say-The three houses performing mime…Weighing the Worth- The judges viewing the acts102