Martin Memorial Debate

Martin Memorial Debate is an Inter School debate competition, conducted every year between La Martiniere College and La Martiniere Girls’ College. This year it was held on the 29th of July and hosted by La Martiniere College.
Over the years, the Martin Memorial Cup has been passed between the two schools with a fair degree of similarity. The Cup was established by our former principal, Mr. Elton D’Souza, who also introduced debating in the girls college.
The topic under fire for the debate read ‘Euthanasia is murder not liberation’. The arguments presented by both, side proposition and opposition, were undeniably strong making it a difficult decision for the panel of judges which included few of the most eminent personalities including Mrs. Siama Khan , (an educator and counsellor) along with Mrs. Madhumita Bose (Advocate – The Central Electricity Regulation Commission), and Mrs Siddhart Kapoor (Director – Modern School) .
Proposing the motion was La Martiniere College represented by Syed Mohd. Ayaan Rizvi as the principal or first speaker, Siddhart Mishra as the second speaker, Varnit Pandey as the third speaker and Vinayak Tandon as the fourth speaker. Opposing the motion was the team of La Martiniere Girls’ College represented by Saanvi Ganguly, Almas Fatima Baqri, Aaratrika Tewari and Varangi Singh as the first, second, third and fourth speakers respectively.
The arguments presented by both the sides revolved around the justification of Euthanasia, but the point to trigger one was, whether euthanasia be termed as murder or liberation, the girls’ team, proving that Euthanasia is in fact liberation and not murder, took home the trophy for the year 2022.
Rachit Raaj Sharma
12-B