Bordumsa Calling

Visit Don Bosco School Galenja-Bordumsomething to be proud of. sa. You can be sure of a warm welcome provided By and large the people here are Buddhists by young hearts bubbling with love. The youngand Hindus. There are some who practice Dosters here are genuinely simple, lovable, generny-Polo, and other indigenous religions. There ous, cheerful and enthusiastic. are a handful of Christians in and around. There

Well, for those who have not visited this are no incidents of religious intolerance as they place, DBS Galenja is situated at the outskirts respect one another. of Bordumsa township in Changlang district of The history of this centre can be traced back Arunachal Pradesh. It is at the border area of to 2002 or so when Fr. Theophilus Ganlari Sdb Tinsukia district of Assam. There is a road here and two dedicated teachers Ms Asiisa and Ms that demarcates Athia startboth the neiged the houring states. school in

Our centre a thatched has nearly 600 h o u s e . students from They realNursery to ly worked class VIII. We hard and have 40 hostel faced unboys, a teacher told diffiwarden, and culties in two Salesians order to (Rev. Fr. Jose bring up Edamala as the centre. Rector & AdAs a result ministrator; Fr. the school Michael Hinghas grown ba as Vice Recand is still tor and Headmaster). The Vedruna Sisters coljourneying ahead to progress. Successive Salelaborate in the school and run a girls’ hostel with sians who worked here have contributed in their 34 hostellers. There are around eight other small own ways. If I remember rightly the headmasprivate hostels that cater to our students. ters in succession were Fr. Lonuo Linus sdb, Fr.

We as Indians are familiar with the idea of E.C. Michael sdb, and Fr. Athishu Anthony sdb. ‘unity in diversity’. There is a miniature India Many boys and girls have benefited and there is here at DBS Galenja-Bordumsa. It is amazing great rush for admissions to this beautiful instito see various tribes and communities in the tution. school. We have nearly 20 different communiSoon the school is going to have inspecties in our school: Khamtis, Deoris, Singphos, tion for ICSE board recognition. Most probably, Ponthais, Tangsas, Noctes, Mossangs, Wanchos, it will be sometime in the month of October or Ollos, Tutsas, Mishmis, Chakmas, Assamese, beginning of November 2016. Necessary prepaAdivasis, Boros, Nepalese, Bengalis, Biharis, et rations are being followed up by the Fathers and al. Although the children come from different collaborators. Your prayers for the successful cultural and ethnic backgrounds, yet they form inspection and subsequent recognition of the a beautiful tapestry of unity and fraternity. That school will be highly appreciated. is the beauty of DBS Galenja-Bordumsa and it’s - Fr. Hingba Michael Sdb 16 / Dimapur Links: July - August 2016