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The 15th NALSAR Debating Championship 2025
Sep 5, 2025 · BP
Motions
15th NALSAR Debating Championship 2025 (2025)11 motionsCA: Banun S., 🇵🇭 Bea C., Keshav R., 🇮🇳 Vansh C., Shaurya S.
- Round 1Following the electoral loss in 2024, THS the Democratic Party’s strategy of progressive mobilization even at the expense of centrist coalition building (eg: actively platforming progressives such as AOC and Zohran Mamdani, Democratic leaders using Bernie Sanders as a surrogate in public rallies, etc.)
- Round 2THBT feminist movements in South East Asia should actively oppose marriage migration corridors
- Round 3THS western financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) actively employing measures to privatise state controlled energy assets in Sub Saharan Africa (Nigeria’s power sector sell-offs, Ghana’s loan-linked tariff reforms, Senegal’s concession agreements backed by risk guarantees., etc.)
- Round 4THBT progressives in Malaysia should refrain from actively criticising the Pakatan Harapan administration
- Round 5In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless
- Open Pre-Quarters FinalsTHBT the state should ban the creation, distribution and displays of art which involve elements of self harm (e.g. "The Starving Artist", exhibitions which involve artists in uncomfortable positions for long periods of time, blood painting, etc.)
- Open Quarter FinalsTHS increased issuances of perpetual bonds for renewable energy projects
- Novice Semi FinalsThis House Opposes the norm of “gaman” in Japanese society
- Open Semi FinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the Middle East for the new Syrian government to move towards strengthening ties with the United States, even at the expense of relations with Iran and Russia
- Novice FinalsTHP self-effort religious teachings over grace-based ones
- Open Grand FinalsTHR the rise of internal disputes within political dynasties in India’s state parties
What gets set here
Politics36%
Social & Identity18%
Economics18%
Arts & Culture9%
International Relations9%
Religion9%
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19% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 76.4.
Last edition: 25 of 133 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break25 teams
- Novice break13 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry J. | OW | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Abhinav M. | DLO | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 82 |
| 🇬🇧 Shaurya C. | DPM | THBT progressives in Malaysia should refrain from actively criticising the Pakatan Harapan administration | 82 |
| Naman | PM | THBT progressives in Malaysia should refrain from actively criticising the Pakatan Harapan administration | 82 |
| Chinmaya M. | LO | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 82 |
| 🇮🇳 Tanshi | GW | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 81 |
| Mahor | OW | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 81 |
| Rohan K. | MO | In states that have recently decolonised, THBT governments should pursue direct restitution of colonial landholdings as opposed to redistributing them among the landless | 81 |
| 🇬🇧 Shaurya C. | DLO | THS western financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) actively employing measures to privatise state controlled energy assets in Sub Saharan Africa (Nigeria’s power sector sell-offs, Ghana’s loan-linked tariff reforms, Senegal’s concession agreements backed by risk guarantees., etc.) | 81 |
| Mahor | OW | THBT progressives in Malaysia should refrain from actively criticising the Pakatan Harapan administration | 81 |
| Siddharth M. | GW | THS western financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) actively employing measures to privatise state controlled energy assets in Sub Saharan Africa (Nigeria’s power sector sell-offs, Ghana’s loan-linked tariff reforms, Senegal’s concession agreements backed by risk guarantees., etc.) | 81 |
| 🇮🇳 Raghav D. | MG | THS western financial institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) actively employing measures to privatise state controlled energy assets in Sub Saharan Africa (Nigeria’s power sector sell-offs, Ghana’s loan-linked tariff reforms, Senegal’s concession agreements backed by risk guarantees., etc.) | 81 |
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