The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SCHOOL BUZZ
Heritage students to celebrate Divali with
kids of Tihar inmates
Smriti Kak

Heritage students present a cultural show to celebrate Divali.

Students and staff of the Heritage School decided to celebrate Divali with the children of Tihar Jail inmates. The students put up a cultural show with the tiny ones from Class I dressed up as characters from Ramayana. The kids dressed up as Ram, Hanuman and even Shrupnakha were a delight to watch. Though most preferred to do their own thing, a few knew their parts too well.

For the visitors, the show was a welcome change. Interacting with their counterparts from the unprivileged society, was seen by the school as means of sensitising the students. Said the Director, Manit Jain, “We basically want to sensitise the students of the school and also offer exposure to these underprivileged children.”

The school is contemplating offering education to these children. Though the children will not be brought into the mainstream, the students and the teachers of the school will meet these children and give teaching aids.

Hockey tourney

In the Inter-school Boys Hockey Tournament held in zone 20, GHPS, Vasant Vihar defeated Upras Vidyalaya and won the championship. Eight schools from the zone participated in the tournament. In the junior section, the school’s team defeated Govt Boys Senior Secondary School, Delhi Cantt. The girls’ badminton team comprising Harsimran and Daminder Kaur defeated Army Public School and emerged winners.

In the Inter-school, zone 20 athletic meet held at Army School, Dhaula Kuan. Amit Kumar of Class VIII won the third position in 400m and first position in 1500m in the sub-junior boys’ category.

In the high jump, Devbir Singh of Class VIII stood second and Inderjit Singh of Class IX stood second in 200m race. In the senior boys’ category, Gursorav of Class IX, stood first in discus throw, Siddharth of Class IX stood second in high jump and in triple jump, Pankaj of Class X stood third.

In the fourth National Science Olympiad, Sarabjeet Singh of Class XII secured 29th rank and was awarded a cash prize of Rs 200, a wrist watch and discount coupons for purchasing books worth Rs 6,000. Ms Tejinder Kaur was also awarded for coordinating the Olympiad in the school.

Vegetarian recipe

To mark the 123rd birthday of Dada T L Vaswani, the founder of the Vaswani mission, a ‘Vegetarian Recipe’ contest was organised at Sadhu Vaswani. Students and parents from various schools in the Capital participated in the two-day event.

Culinary expertise saw everyday vegeies like peas, cauliflowers and cabbages being turned into exotic and mouth watering dishes. Judgements were based on the nutritive value, presentation and innovation. The popular ones were paneer (cottage cheese) cake, eggless cake and sago dahi vada. The school also hosted the annual volleyball tournament. The final day of the two-day event saw DAV Vasant Kunj fight it our with Salwan Public School to emerge winner.

Amity Utsav

Amity International, Noida, hosted the Amity Utsav 2002. The campus witnessed a frenzy that lasted 48 hours. The inaugural programme stated with the lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest, Mr Atul Chauhan, president, RBEF.

A kid at a fancy dress contest at Mother’s Dream School.

The utsav commemorates the founder’s day and organised an inter-school festival providing the students a platform to showcase their talents.

Among the schools that participated were DPS, Noida, Blue Bells, Cambridge, Ryan International and Father Agnel.

A total of 21 events were organised for students of Class I to XII. From street plays to shloka recitation and fusion dances, the students participated with zeal. The valedictory function was graced by Mr K. R. Mohan Rao, DM, Gautam Budh Nagar. The guest of honour was Mr Rajeev Krishnan, SSP, Gautam Budh Nagar.

Kids’ Hangama

Mother’s Dream organised a Kids’ ‘Hangama’ at the school for kids to have a blast. The two-day fun-filled ‘Hungama’ saw 500 kids participating in events like the fancy dress, drawing and colouring, smart baby contest and dance contest. The event was meant for kids to learn through fun.

Foundation Day

DPPS children performing a dance on the Foundation Day of the school.

The Delhi Police Public School celebrated its 13th foundation day. Lt-Governor, Vijai Kapoor was the Chief Guest and he was accompanied with his wife, Mrs Manju Kapoor.

The highlight of the programme was the dance drama, ‘Kritvchakra’ a representation of the Kalidas’s Ritu Samhar. Woven around the theme of life, the dance depicted the continuity in the web of life through creation and destruction, highlighting the beauty of life at the same time.

The students of the junior school presented ‘Dreams Unfolded’, a musical bonanza. Mr Kapoor appreciated the efforts put up by the students. Mrs Nirmala Gupta, wife of the Police Commissioner, Mr R. S. Gupta gave away the prizes for outstanding performance in sports, academics and extra-curricular activities. Principal, Mrs Ruchi Seth presented the annual report.

Holistic education

Aagan, a play school for kids between two and a half and four believes in teaching the children using novel ways. The objective is to teach the children in stress free and natural environment and encourage the child’s inquisitiveness and sense of exploring.

The children are encouraged to participate in various activities of their choice. These activities allow them to explore and stimulate their mind.

At the Sri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir allows holistic development for children between three and five. The children are encouraged to take part in various activities, whether it is sand dune building, playing with colours or birds and even setting the birds free. The school plans to start classes for senior students as well. A two-day workshop was conducted recently in the school. The aim was to know and encourage the children to take up various activities of interest.

GHPS’ Prayas

The school organised an exhibition called Prayas, where students got together to put forth different aspects of their education. Modes and charts made by the students drew applause.

Mr Arvinder Singh Lovely was the Chief Guest, while Mr Gurcharan Singh, Vice-President, DSGMC, was the guest of honour. He applauded the students for their efforts.

The parents and the visitors expressed happiness at the successful presentation of the exhibition and congratulated the Principal and his staff for their efforts.

Input by Parminder Singh

PRINCIPAL SPEAK
We see the world as we are

Once the disciples of Dronacharya asked him, “How is that Yudhistra is recognised as an embodiment of virtues and Duryodhana as a wicked man?” Dronacharya called out Duryodhana and replied, “ O Duryodhana go and seek a virtuous man”. Obeying his guru’s command, Duryodhan travelled far and wide and returned after a long time. He told Dronacharya: “I searched high and low but could not find even a single virtuous man in the whole world. I saw men only of evil nature everywhere.” Dronacharya then instructed Yudhishtra: “O Yudhishtra, find a wicked man and bring him to me. “Yudhishtra, too, travelled far and wide and came back after many years. Humbly, he approached his guru and said: “My worthy master, I tried hard to find such a man but could not find even a single wicked man in the whole world.”

The moral of the story is that we see the world the way we are. Most of the time, other people’s behaviour is a reaction to our own. We receive what we give and we perceive as we are. If we have a positive attitude we find that everyone is wonderful. And when we treat people with respect we receive respect in return.

Most of us find what we are looking for. If we are looking for friendship and the positive, that is what we get.

We should determine our focus. Andrew Carnegie says, “Dealing with people is like digging gold. When you go digging for an ounce of gold, you have to move tons of dirt to get an ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you don’t go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold.” It is important that we should look for goodness in people and in situations. We will not fail to find it for there is something positive in every person and every situation. In order to bring about a change we need to make a conscious effort and be committed to make positive thoughts and behaviour a part of our life.

How often one hears the phrase, “ I began to love everybody and everything.” It’s not hard to understand why this is true. When people are able to get rid of negative feelings, they develop a kind of delight in living. The world seems so different and newly wonderful that they tend to love everyone and everything.

Tomorrow is Divali, a festival of lights that will bring a new light into our lives. It is a celebration of all that is good and positive. It is a time when people extend goodwill and good wishes to everyone and receive the same from them. It is a time when we give and receive gifts. Let a new positive attitude be the greatest gift to yourself. This would make both you and the world truly happy.

Madhu Chandra, Principal, Birla Vidya Niketan

COURTS

HC appoints panel to seize pirated Hollywood prints
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 3
Spelling relief for the makers of Hollywood blockbusters, the Delhi High Court has ordered the appointment of a court commissioner to seize and seal all prints of films whose copyright vests with seven major studios of Hollywood.

Justice K. S. Gupta also empowered the commissioner to break open locks and seek police assistance, if necessary, to conduct raids or seize prints, incriminating documents and even plates used or intended to be used for production of infringing copies. The orders were not just restricted to the shop premises but also extended to any other place.

The order was passed earlier this week against a library operating in the Khan Market area of south Delhi on a petition filed on behalf of Time Warner, Columbia, Disney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, Tristar Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal.

Appointing lawyer M. N. Dudeja as the Commissioner, the judge said he was satisfied that there was a prima facie case and issued an ex parte ad interim injunction, restraining the defendants and their agents from selling, offering for sale, or hiring prints of the films listed in pages 81 to 172. He also issued notice on the petition and listed the matter to come up on November 20.

The judge also directed that the Commissioner would be paid a sum of Rs 10,000 as his fee by the petitioners.

According to counsel for the petitioners Chander M. Lall, recent operations had resulted in a total seizure of several hundred VHS tapes, DVDs and LDs and over 1,000 VCDs.

The studios’ complaint is against libraries, which not only rent out pirated prints of latest Hollywood releases, but also sell these to their customers, forming a complete supply chain of pirated products, he added.

Mr Lall said that rental business could be an important source of revenue for the film industry, which, at present, was entirely being lost to piracy.