Vol: 1
No: 3
Gul e Lala May 2011
Delhi Public School, Srinagar
NEWSLETTER
PATRON K K Sharma COORDINATOR Jahangir Baqal EDITOR Ehsan Quddusi CREATIVE DIRECTOR Madeeha Riyaz GRAPHICS & LAYOUT Irshad Ul Islam Under the advice of Vijay Dhar Kiran Dhar Drop us your suggestions / comments at
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BOOKAROO
07 MAY
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obody knew what this event is all about coz it was their very first time in the valley. A month before preparations were been made. In came mails from Delhi telling us what they required. Venues were to be setup …. Not 1 … not 2 but seven of them. Names for the venues were had to be kept Atrium, Pachakatha, Stadium, Studio, Workshop, Crafty Corner and Doddle Wall. Then a list of Artist who were going to be a part of this event. They were 20 of them writers, illustrators, crafts master and a singer. The whole school came into action. Teachers were being given tasks , volunteers were been chosen and at the end a Hugh banner was standing at the gates of DPS Srinagar that read …. “ BOOKAROO first time in Srinagar.” It was 7th of May , there was excitement in the air. At 10:30 the Atrium at Tiny Tots was full of children. Arjum was standing there playing his guitar and Jeeva was narrating her story. All the students were shouting and were excited as the narration went on. In this way each and every venue was occupied by artists and children.
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You could find children everywhere at every venue. Some listening to the story and some learning how to create comic books. Some were testing their painting skills at the doodle wall while some were creating art at the crafty corner. The whole school was colorful and joyous and no one knew how day 1 ended. The other day there were children with their parents telling them their first day experiences at the Bookaroo. You could see little ones pulling their parents to the venues. It was yet another busy day and a total different experience for children and their parents.
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Governor’s Visit
10 MAY
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is Excellency Governor Shri. N.N Vohra and Mrs. Usha Vohra visited DPS Srinagar on 10th May 2011. The guest of honor was been given a tour of the school. He was been first escorted to the tiny tots where the children were performing a colorful dance. Then he paid a visit to the English lab where he keenly heard a student giving an extempore on Anna Hazare. A colorful cultural program was held in the Indoor Stadium which then was ended by the National Anthem of India. Mr. and Mrs.Vohra praised the management of DPS including its chairman Vijay Dhar and Kiran Dhar for providing good education and state – of – the art facilities to the students. Mrs. Usha Vohra was very impressed by the students of the school.
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Glimpses of Governor’s Visit
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Nano Nagle Inter School debate competition
12 MAY
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n inter school debate was held at Presentation Convent High School on 12th May, 2011.
The topic of the debate was Anna Hazare's way forward to the corrupt free society. 10 schools participated in the competition where the chief guest was Suraiya Abdullah. Faizan Bakshi and Anika Adfar participated in the competition from D.P.S. Faizan Bakshi spoke against the motion where he described corruption as a 2way process where not only politician and bureaucrats but also common people are at fault. Anika Adfar spoke for the motion and described Anna Hazare's method of campaigning against corruption emphatic and result oriented process. The two participants from D.P.S Srinagar stood Ist followed by Burn hall School. 09
Tangsoodo Championship
17 MAY 2nd state Tangsoodo Championship was held in DPS Srinagar on 17th May, 2011. It was a 3 day event in which 317 students from 27 schools had participated. From DPS Srinagar 75 students from age group of 5 to 17 took part in this event. DPS bagged in 43 medals among which 17 were gold, 15 were silver and 11 were Bronze. Mr Farooq Rinzoo (Director of Information) was one amongst the panel of guests that consisted of Mr. K.K.Sharma (Principal D.P.S), Mrs .Meenakshi Sharma(Chairman Jammu and a Kashmir Tangsoodo Association ), Dr. AG Madhoosh , Mr Omkar Pajnu, and Mr. Sajad Hussain.
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Glimpses of Tangsoodo Championship
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Art Camp At DPS
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n art camp was held in DPS Srinagar where students and faculty members from Jamia Millia Islamia were invited. 22 people participated in this 7 day camp. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Asif Iqbal Khan (HOD department of fine arts).Mr Vijay Dhar, Mrs Kiran Dhar and Mrs Shama were also a part of the occasion. Zahoor Zargar (Dean faculty of fine Arts ) and other artists from Calcutta held an interactive session with the fine arts students from classes 11th and 12th.
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Anti Drugs & Anti Smoking Camp
24 MAY
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nti Drugs and Anti Smoking Camp was held in DPS Srinagar on 24 May, 2011.This camp was been organized by Kashmir Socio Academy.
The panel of guests who were a part of this event are Dr. Mehboob Beigh (M.P), S.M Sinha (IGP Kashmir), Dr. Muzzarfar khan (HOD Drug De-addict Center)and Dr. Qaiser (HOD G B Pant Hospital). The event was started by Mr. Shuja – Ul – Haq who is a journalist by profession. All the guests took over the dais one by one for few minutes where they talked about their experiences with drug addicts and smokers. Dr. Muzzafar Khan presented a slide show to the student and explained the effects on drugs. This overall was a very enlightening camp.
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Glimpses of Anti Drug & Anti Smoking Camp
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Inter School Symposium
28 MAY
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n inter school symposium on “ILL EFFECTS OF SMOKING� was held at S.P Hr secondary school Srinagar on 28th May , 2011. 20 schools participated in the event. Mukarram Wahid from class 11th took part representing DPS in the competition. He spoke about why one picks up this habit, how a person is caught in this cycle of illusion and how this menace extends to the various dimensions of our lives. Mukkaram stood 2nd and received a cash price of RS 3000 along with a trophy.
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Glimpses of
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