Group Discussion Example

Example:       

Topic : “Basant should be banned or not”

(This topic has many dimensions, a very controversial topic and people would have a lot of fights while having discussion, some of the main points are:

Some would say that Besant is non-Islamic, it said that Hindus celebrate in remembrance for some bad thing done by someone. (Can’t recall the history).

Other would say that it’s a cultural event to celebrate the start of spring, has nothing to do with Islamic teachings.

Someone might say that we have a lot of loss of life because of kites and chords.

Some would argue that because of kite industry a lot of people earn money who would suffer if a ban is implemented.

So what is the right answer to this topic that would make others say “yes I agree with chest no” ??? The answer to this problem is to be diplomatic, neutral and give middle a solution rather than fight to convince others. Here is a possible answer.

“Bismillah Alrahman Alraheem. Gentlemen the topic that we have been given to us has been in debate for quite some time, that is the basant which is celebrated as a festival be banned or not.(this is an easy topic so you can go on with your views). As far as the religious issue is concerned it depends on thinking of people, The intention of people while celebrating basant is not to adopt some values of Hinduism, but to enjoy and to have some fun with their families and get some time off from their hectic life. But It has been seen that whenever basant is celebrated the society has to face a lot of troubles, many kids fall from roofs while chasing kites, people get cut because of chord, we have power fluctuation because of the electric wire that is used to fly kites. This festival brings nothing but problems for the society. Its history may not be good but it’s now a cultural thing especially for Lahore and we have seen that when it was celebrated on official level it attracted a lot of tourism.
What should be done is that Basant should be celebrated with responsibility, rather than flying kites on roof tops, public parks should be used where people can fly safely, and it would be a controlled environment so it would be easy to see that people use harmless chord not plastic or metal wire. By doing so no harm would be done to public and this festival would be enjoyed by all.”

What happens in this discussion is that you explain the topic,

Highlight the key issues.

Give proper solution for those issues.

This makes the discussion complete.