Phulai / Class Magazine / Secondary Wing / May 2018

BURN HALL QUEST-2018 An interschool quiz was held in Burn Hall School on 24th May, 2018, in which DPS Srinagar participated competing with ten more schools. It was a general knowledge quiz –“Burn Hall Quest 2018” comprising of five rounds. Children had a good learning experience and look forward to more such programmes. These brain teasers help children in developing their aptitude and gange their intellect.

ENGLISH ACTIVITY “Magic of may” To celebrate language, the school had planned an appealing activity for children which involved dressing up like favorite character from any book. The aim of this activity was to tap the creative skills of our children and to give vent to their expressions.

Children were dressed up in the most innovative ways ranging from factious characters to their on screen heroes. The campus had come aline with the colorful range of costumes that children wore.

A photo shoot of the same was held in the school ground. Thereafter, the homeroom teachers took individual photographs of their respective classes which added to the thrill of the day. Overall, it was a memorable day which hopefully pane way for more such activities in future as well.

Prefects investiture ceremony On 26th May 2018,Prefect investiture ceremony was held in DPS Srinagar. The ceremony commenced with March parade of house masters, Mistresses and students followed by welcome speech by Ms Shafaq Afshaan ( vice principal ).Then the honorable Principal, Mr Alistair Freese took over ,seeking pledge from the captains, vice captains and prefects to work smoothly and sincerely,upholding the values of the Alma-mater.

The students were handed over their badges and the list of duties starting from Chinar house followed by deodar house and likewise for other houses.The house captains, vice captains and the prefects of each house were called one by one and invested.

Thereafter, the sports captains were also called upon and offered badges and sashes.

Vice head boy and vice head girl,sadiq Ali and Gurleen wazir respectively were invested next.

Finally,the Head boy -Babar Bilal and Head girlSuzanne Aftab took oaths,promising to fulfil their duties to the best of their ability.

The ceremony culminated into a prayer service conducted by Ms. Shafaq Afshaan. Thereafter, the guest of honour, Mr. Salman Shah gave a wonderful speech urging students to believe in themselves and overcome the fear of failure.He also thanked DPS for having been instrumental in shaping his career.

It was followed by speeches given by Babar Bilal (head boy) and Suzanne Aftab (Head girl) Last but not the least....vote of thanks was given

by Vice head boy and Vice head girl.

Karewas: A Treasure of Kashmir Soon To Be Lost Forever

Aharbal, Anantnag, Arigam, Baramulla have been exposed by these rivers.

The Kashmir valley is an oval-shaped basin, 140 km long and 40 km wide, trending in the NNW–SSE direction. It is an intermountain valley fill, comprising of unconsolidated gravel and mud. A succession of plateaus is present above the Plains of Jhelum and its tributaries. These plateau-like terraces are called ‘Karewas’ or ‘Vudr’ in the local language. Despite continuous erosion since millions of years, more than half of the valley is still occupied by the Karewa. These sediments are dominantly lacustrine in origin. Due to the rise of Pirpanjal, the drainage was impounded and a lake of about 5000 sq. km area was developed and thus a basin was formed.

The rest of the Karewa sediments occupy the middle of the entire flank of the valley, including Pampore, Srinagar, Burzuhom, Dilpur, Pattan, Parihaspora, and parts of Baramulla District. These represent upper Karewas of the valley. The late Cenozoic deposits exposed in the Kashmir valley assume special significance as they are extensively fluvioglacial, fluvial, lacustrine and eolian in origin. The age determination of a Karewa is based on the correlation between Karewa and Shiwalik fauna from India and Pakistan. As far as the age of Karewas is concerned, the lack of chronological control has impeded the development of a detailed reconstruction of the Karewas depositional history in the intermountain basin of the valley.

Karewa sediments are treasures of many human civilizations and habitations. The Stone Age man has survived the harshest of the Pleistocene glaciations through these karewas.

The Karewa deposits in the Kashmir valley have been conventionally divided into two stages, lower and upper, representing argillaceous and arenaceous facies respectively. The upper Karewas are less fossiliferous than the lower Karewas. The entire belt touching the foothills of the Pirpanjal represents the lower Karewas, which has been exposed to the rivers starting from the south such as Veshav, Rembiara, Romushu, Dodhganga, Shaliganga, Boknag nar and Ningli. Lower Karewa sections at

In the past, correlations between exposures have been based primarily on lithological similarities and limited palaeontological data. Magnetostratigraphy and fission track method dating allow a reliable chronology for the sediments deposited in the basin. The dated Karewa sediments span the interval from 3.0 to 0.4 m.y. Geological field expeditions by a number of national and international workers have helped collect a wealth of fossil data in the last two centuries. Vertebrate palaeontological studies of the Karewa Group date to the time of Godwin-Austen (1864), which reports of fish scales from Gogjapatri, Liddarmarg and Yusmarg. Hora described the remains of Schizothorax and Oreinus from the Ningli Nala section at Butapatri. DeTerra and

Paterson reported Elephas hysudricus, Cervus, Rhinoceros, Felis and Shivatheriumgiganteum from Somber and Nagam sections. Apart from the micro and mega vertebrate fossils, Karewas are rich in Ostrocods, which provide palaeoecological significance. The different studies carried on Ostrocods show that the upper Karewas were deposited in a large, permanent, cool, slightly alkaline lake which was fed by a number of sluggish weedy tributaries. In the same way, palaeoenvironment of lower Karewas was deposited under partly shallow to deep lacustrine, partly fluvial and swampy conditions. The Ostrocods are highly suitable for palaeoecological studies because of their excellent preservation, great abundance and rapid dispersal.

However, people in the area seem to be destroying these table lands at the cost of development and petty commerce, ignoring the geological and aesthetic significance of these formations even though alternative construction and building material is available in vast amounts. This only shows our ignorance about understanding earth sciences as a subject. The rich fertile soil is being used for landfill purposes at construction sites which is not only wastage of resource, but a threat taking into account the high seismic zone our Valley falls into.

The rush of trucks and tractors into these areas for soil results in air pollution. The dust blocks the stomata of the leaves of apple trees which then causes the trees to dry up. The dust also causes serious health problems to the Local people.

The karewas are home to unique biodiversity. The famous almond orchids are best grown in the soils of karewas. Their destruction results in the loss of such a unique biodiversity of Kashmir. The negligence of the concerned authorities will lead to the destruction of these karewas especially in Pattan area. The government employees take money from the people and give them permission to destroy these karewas without knowing the impacts which are faced by all of us. Hundreds of examples are found around the Pattan area where agricultural lands are filled, especially alongside National Highways.

In fact, the agriculture of the valley dominantly survives and sustains on Karewa soils. The world famous saffron from Pampore and apples from Shopian are best examples in support of my claim. The rampant anthropogenic erosion since a couple of years has reduced these plateau lands into ugly ravines. Thus we need to preserve this geological treasure and legacy for the generations to come. Government has to give special attention for preventing the destruction of these special treasures of Kashmir; else the results will be deleterious in the future.

Shabir Ahmad Dar

Karewas

Sinner's Tomorrow

" Tears behind her smile "

Ambiguity just needs a touch But I need to learn the basics Will I be motherless!

But I am existence less Will I ever enchant him?

But I am a deign fatal.

Defile, ruin, corrupt Still here I stand.

Still!

Though the smile was shown But the happiness was fake; What if tears were hidden Wasn't the pain real?; She was badly broken inside, but What others saw was a strong stone; She shouted in her own heart And kept finding peace in her mind; She prayed for ways around So got trapped on the island i had made;

Shouldn't my legs have been broken?

Aware of his might

With night, sun faded With morning, the moon and the stars too;

I still had not bow Ah!now at last I know, What wrong I did.

Oh PIETY!Here again I stand Devoid of worldly.

Left I am like a flower sans motley

And yesterday faded with her today Maybe today also with her tomorrow; But something was there, that would never go Was it her pain or something else!!!

Would that stay forever?

Farheen Qadri 10th F

Bless me!

Induce me your fear And make me among your dearest, Here I am again without myself,self Again to you with my repentance.

To Pure,purer,purist

DARKNESS It is the darkness inside my heart, Who haunts me every hour , It is the problem which can't be apart.

It knocks at my door, With pasts or more.

I move inside the room

Anaum pandit

Darkness comes there, In the face of the person whom I care.

Darkness comes near me

What else?

And kicks my heart so hard

Is the ray of hope and peace

That the heart inside me cries like a fire, very fast.

Showering its wonders somewhere else?

When will these mournful days

I move away from him,

Of darkness disappear

But it is his spirit of darkness.

Once and for all?

Who haunts me every hour ,

And reveal a bright day

I don't know why he does this,

Full of the golden-yellow rays of hope

To hurt me or to realize me That he will never leave me apart.

He comes in my dream

And peace.

To bring feelings of Oneness and love among all of us.

Why doesn’t the sun rise

And talks to me like a star, Then simply insert a knife in me and says Who you are?

To reveal the rays of hope And peace for all?

Why can't the sun barge

He is a demon with angelic face,

Through the clouds of evil and darkness

Who hates me and wants to give me pains.

To shower the beautiful feelings of

I want him to leave me alone,

Peace and hope on all of us?

So that I can forget about him

SEHER SALEEM

And about his smile of hates alone.

Hakeem Konain Zehra. 9th A.

Sleep to die I close my eyes

The sun has not risen yet‌ The sun has not risen yet

Sink in Sleep

In this valley of hate

No, can't sleep

Where countless wars have been fought

So, I think

And innocents are being killed

I remember

Now and then.

Last night, I had a dream

Massacres and killings

A terrible dream

Curfewed nights and black days

I saw that I was drowning

Deep in my sleep

The Tears of Germany

Drowning to death All alone Then, I woke up With a heart full of fear Its the fear of death Now, I fear death And I have heard people say "Sleep in someway Analogous to death" Now I know It’s not that I can't sleep It’s just that I won't sleep -Fizraa Fayaz Wani 10th H

The Nazis are sometimes referred as the most brutal government and are also found guilty of killing so many people but is it true!

If you get involved in a fight but you didn’t do anything and you are caught. At that time the teacher says that you were the reason for the indiscipline!

See no sense, so how the allies did decided that Germany is reason for the war.

Basically we all are puppets we just follow what we are presented we don’t question it and accidently if someone does ask why he is pulled back by everyone. Did anyone ask U.S.A about Hiroshima Nagasaki? But ask Hitler why he stood up for the wrong why he wanted to protect his people. It is right to exploit their resources and to such an extent that a piece of bread costs 2,400 dollars.

Now after my study I can say that Hitler was a hero, a desirable dictator and a person who could change the world.