Often the fraternity members at Aligarh Muslim University used to avoid the way to the auditorium of the mass communication department due to the garbage dumped there. How, now one will see groups hanging around and clicking selfie’s with a beautiful background of artistic murals and mosaics created by the student of fine arts department.
Displayed prominently on this wall is a mural of the front page of Hindustan Times dating back to 1947. The headline reads — ‘India Independent: British Rule Ends’.
The artistic backdrop also depicts progress in camera and editing work, a pigeon carrying a letter, a youth working with a laptop, a satellite and WiFi technology.
As quoted by the publication in their recent edition, Shafey Kidwai, AMU spokesperson and chairman of the mass communication department, said, “Having a garbage dump on way to the newly built auditorium of the mass communication department was awkward. So, the students and faculty members of fine arts proposed and developed this idea. Now, instead of waste being dumped here, this spot has become a ‘selfie point’.”
Ketan Dixit, a mass communication student at AMU, welcomed the initiative. “When we joined the course, we used to avoid this route but now, it has become an added attraction on our campus,” he said.