VIDYAMANDIRIAN

Birla Vidyamandir, Nainital

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CAMPUS ROUND UP

March 2:

CBSE examination for class X commences

March 6:

School re-opens after winter vacation. Boys of classes V to IX report to the school

March15:

Holi is celebrated in the campus

March22:

CBSE examination of class XII concludes. Boys leave for their homes

March25:

CBSE spot evaluation work for Physics begins in the school

March27:

CBSE examination of class X concludes. Boys leave for their home

April 1:

Mr. A. N. Mishra takes charge of Tagore House from Mr. T. D. Kandpal, the outgoing Housemaster

April 2:

Students of classes X & XII report to school

April 6:

Ram Navami and Birth Anniversary of Shri G. D. Birla ji celebrated. A cultural programme is organized in the school auditorium to mark the occasion. NCC Camp (Air Wing) commences under the supervision of NCC Officers from NCC Directorate. 37 Cadets of the school attend the camp 

April 9:

New Admissions to classes IV to IX & XI report to school. Principal informs about the school system to the gathering of the parents of the new admissions

April 10:

Forty students of classes IX and X attend a programme at St. Joseph College, Nainital on Indian Astronomical Space Mission organized by ARIES and Uttaranchal State Council for Science and Technology 

April 14:

New admissions go for an outing. Sikh boys attend Baisakhi Gurupurb at local Gurudwara

April 15:

NCC Air Wing Camp concludes

April 16:

Raman and Nehru House boys go for an outing

April 17:

NCC Army Wing ‘A’ Certificate Examination conducted. Twenty Cadets appear in the Exam.

April 19:

Inter House Hindi Elocution Contest for Juniors held

April 20:

Inter House Cricket Tournament for Juniors begin

April 21:

Prof. Gajendra Singh, Vice Chancellor of Doon University visits the school

April 23:

Subhash and Vivekanand House go for an outing. A friendly Cricket match is played between BVM and St. Joseph College at St. Joseph College ground

April 29:

Mr. N. N. Tewari, Mathematics teacher attends a workshop at Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi

April 30:

All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) held in the school. Five hundred candidates were enrolled in the centre of BVM. A friendly Cricket match played between BVM and Sherwood College, Nainital at Sherwood College ground

May 1:

NCC Army Wing drill practice begins under the supervision of local NCC unit officials

May 5:

Inter House Hindi Elocution contest for Seniors conducted. A Cricket match played between Class XII Science and Commerce students

May 12:

A Bharatnatyam dance programme organized in the school under the aegis of SPIC- MACAY. The renowned dancer Geeta Chandran and her student Sharanya Ritika performed in the auditorium.

May 15:

First Unit Test begins

May 20:

First Unit Test concludes

May 22:

A ten-day Calligraphy programme for classes IV to VIII commences

May 23:

CBSE result of class XII declared

May 24:

Inter House Cricket Match Final (Seniors A Group) held

May 26:

Result of class X declared

May 27:

English creative writing competitions (Jrs.) held 

May 28:

Parent-Teacher Interaction Programme held

May 29:

A seven-day Rock Climbing Course for class VIII students begins

May 30:

 Prizes for Inter House Cricket Tournament distributed

June 1-3:

A career counselling programme for classes X & XII organized by the Institute of Career Studies, Lucknow

June 4-7:

Twelve students of the school participate in RAZMATAZZ- a cultural competition hosted by Ashoka Halls Girls School, Ranikhet

June 5:

World Environment Day is observed in the school. Twenty one students visit Pt. Gobind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo to participate in On Spot Drawing and Painting Competition

June 5-7:

The members of the Board of Governors- Mr.U N Vajpeyi and Mr. R Prasad ji visit the school

June 6:

Rock Climbing course for class VIII students gets over. The students appear in the written test.

June 7:

Inter House English Debate for Juniors is held on the topic- Cricket: A Wastage of Time

June 8:

Inter House Basket Ball Finals played between Pant and Nehru House

June 13:

Prizes for Basket Ball Tournament distributed

June 19:

Terminal Examination begins

June 24:

Terminal Examination concludes. Students leave for monsoon break

June 28:

Staff meeting is held. Teaching faculty leaves for monsoon break

RESULTS OF BOARD EXAMINATIONS – A SUMMARY

AISSE - CBSE CLASS X

No. of students appeared

113

No. of students in first division

109

No. of students in second division

04

No. of students in third division

Nil

Total no. of distinction in the subjects

410

No. of distinctions in aggregate

78

MARKS WISE CATEGORY OF STUDENTS IN AGGREGATE

90 and above

11

Between 80 and 89

43

Between 70 and 79

37

Between 60 and 69

18

Between 50 and 59

4

Below 50

Nil

MARKS WISE CATEGORY OF STUDENTS IN SUBJECT HIGHEST MARKS

English

94

Hindi

97

Sanskrit

94

Mathematics

95

Science

97

Social Studies

94

Introductory Information Technology

100

TOP ELEVEN POSITIONS IN SCHOOL

Hitesh Jadhwani

95.2

Pranav Gupta

93.0

Umang Singh

92.6

Shubham Agarwal

92.2

Dinesh Manani

92.0

Shakti Singh

91.8

Sameep Singhania

91.2

Kumar Pratyush

91.0

Rajdeep Singh

90.6

Naman Agarwal

90.4

Nikhil Shrivastava

90.4

AISSCE - CBSE CLASS XII

No. of students appeared

53

No. of students in first division

51

STREAM WISE (SCIENCE & COMMERCE)

Science

Commerce

No. of students appeared-

26

27

No. of students in first division-

26

25

Highest aggregate % (school topper)

92.0

90.8

Total no. of distinction in the subjects

88

66

No. of distinctions in aggregate

17

10

MARKS WISE CATEGORY OF STUDENTS IN AGGREGATE

90 and above

2

Between 80 and 89

15

Between 70 and 79

18

Between 60 and 69

16

Between 50 and 59

2

Below 50

Nil

MARKS WISE CATEGORY OF STUDENTS IN SUBJECT HIGHEST MARKS

English

93

Mathematics

95

Business Studies

90

Information Practices

97

Economics

97

Accountancy

96

Physical Education

90

Biology

85

Physics

86

Chemistry

92

TOP FIVE POSITIONS IN SCHOOL

Science

Ankit Verma

92.0

Gaurav Vig

87.6

Vidit Tiwari

85.4

Abhinav Agarwal

84.2

Soumil Agarwal

84.2

Commerce

Akshat Mittal

90.8

Rajat Raj Agarwal

85.0

Akhil Kabra

84.4

Nakul Bansal

82.4

Himanshu Goel

81.4

INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

THE CHAMPIONS

JUNIORS GROUP

Best Scorer

Dev Saini

Best Shooter

Ravi Agrahari

Best Defender

Vishal Sharma

Best Rebounder

Utkarsh Kaushik

Best Feeder

Ashish Kumar

Promising Player

Shubham Mishra

Finals Man of the Match

Dheeraj Saklani

Player of the Tournament

Rohit Agrahari

SENIORS B GROUP

Best Scorer

Abhishek Gangwar

Best Shooter

Ranveer Singh

Best Defender

Jarnail Singh

Best Rebounder

Brij Kishor

Best Feeder

Abhishek Gupta

Promising Player

Ikpukar Singh

Finals Man of the Match

Kawal Jeet Singh

Player of the Tournament

Kishan Kumar

SENIORS A GROUP

Best Scorer

Anubhav Agarwal

Best Shooter

Shashank Arora

Best Defender

Ankur Vishnoi

Best Rebounder

Prakhar Gupta

Best Feeder

Saras Agarwal

Promising Player

Karan Yadav

Finals Man of the Match

Pranav Gupta

Player of the Tournament

Tejpreet Singh Chawla

Special Awards

Abhijeet Singh Negi, Robin Agarwal

JUNIORS GROUP

First

RK House

Second

Patel House

Third

Raman House

Fourth

Gandhi House

SENIORS B GROUP

First

Tilak House

Second

Tagore House

Third

Pant House

Fourth

Nehru House

SENIORS A GROUP

First

Pant House

Second

Nehru House

Third

Tagore House

Fourth

Tilak House

INTER HOUSE CRICKET TOURNAMENT

JUNIORS B GROUP

Best Batsman

Bhanu Prakash Singh

Best Bowler

Divyanshu Shukla

Best Fielder

Pushpendra Yadav

Best Wicketkeeper

Manoj Agrahari

Best All rounder

Harsh Gupta

Promising Player

Harshit Agarwal

Player of the Tournament

Jaideep Bajad

JUNIORS A GROUP

Best Batsman

Rahul Agrahari

Best Bowler

Rohit Agrahari

Best Fielder

Md. Amaar Siddique

Best Wicketkeeper

Dev Saini

Best All rounder

Ravi Agrahari

Promising Player

Rohit Yadav

Player of the Tournament

Rohit Singh

SENIORS B GROUP

Best Batsman

Brij Kishor

Best Bowler

Aditya Gupta

Best Fielder

Raman Seth

Best Wicketkeeper

Nitish Tewari

Best All rounder

Chirag Vermani

Promising Player

Utkarsh Singh

Player of the Tournament

Abhishek Gangwar

Special Awards

Ankit Singh, Vaibhav Gupta, Mukesh Choubey

SENIORS A GROUP

Best Batsman

Rajdeep Singh

Best Bowler

Anurag Trivedi

Best Fielder

Rahul Singh

Best Wicketkeeper

Gaurav Singh

Best All rounder

Arpit Gupta

Promising Player

Rachit Vishnoi

Final’s Man of the Match

Pranav Gupta

Best Catch of the tournament

Robin Agarwal

Player of the Tournament

Abhijeet Singh Negi

Special Awards

Abhijeet Singh, Ashish Duhan, Abhinav Katyal

JUNIORS B GROUP

First

Patel House

Second

Gandhi House

Third

Raman House

Fourth

RK House

JUNIORS A GROUP

First

Raman House

Second

Patel House

Third

RK House

Fourth

Gandhi House

SENIORS B GROUP

First

Tagore House

Second

Pant House

Third

Nehru House

Fourth

Tilak House

SENIORS A GROUP

First

Pant House

Second

Tilak House

Third

Nehru House

Fourth

Tagore House

ARTICLES & REPORTS

PATEL TONES DOWN GANDHI

Inter House Cricket Tournament (Jrs.)

After the two tensed knock out matches and brilliant victory, it was the turn for Patel House and Gandhi House to lock their horns in the final match of the Inter House Cricket Tournament for Juniors. The teams of both the houses were geared up to prove their critics wrong. At 3.00 pm., under the luminous sun in field no. 1 the captains appeared with the umpire for the toss. It was an ideal weather for cricket- cool and pleasant. Amidst the cheer of the spectators Patel House won the toss and preferred to field.

Gandhians entry on the pitch was dashing. Both the openers seemed to be brimming with confidence. Harsh Gupta kept on hitting the ball in a tennis fashion that procured him 52 runs and led the Gandhians to a respectable stand. In ten overs the team of Gandhi House scored 127 runs with an average of 12.7 per over.

128 was the target to hit for the Patelians. The openers of Patel House Shubham Chaudhary and Jaideep entered the field with overflowing confidence. Jaideep made 30 fine runs while Shubham got injured and was substituted by Naman Mishra. After making 12 quick  runs Naman got out. Next to follow in the line of the batsman was Harshit Agarwal. He played a sizzling inning of 38 runs encompassing four lofty sixes. When he was gone Brijendra took the charge and added 15 valuable runs to the score board. But the target was still eluding the Patelians’ dream to win the match. The supporters found their hearts sinking. The Gandhians’ fans were cheering. It was a ‘do or die’ situation for the Patelians.

By now the injured skipper of Patel House Shubham Choudhary had recovered. When he returned to the crease, Patelians found the rays of hope back with them. True to the expectation of the audience Shubham started hitting the ball like a hungry lion. The fielders and the bowlers found themselves miserable against his raid. Very soon the Patelians were able to touch the target, realising their long cherished dream to win the trophy.

Shanu Kumar

VIII A, Patel House

FINAL: PANT v/s NEHRU

Inter House Basketball Tournament (Srs.)

Having defeated Tagore and Tilak to make a coveted place in the finals, Pant house had to win over the mighty Nuhruites who the advantage of beating our team by 30-21 in the league play offs.

The Principal was introduced to the teams by the captains, Robin Agarwal of Pant House and Prakhar Gupta of Nehru House. As the match proceeded, the first basket was scored by Shashank Arora of Nehru House. He in the process nearly turned out to be the terminator for Pant House. With the ball swinging up and down equally on both sides, the three quarters went off leaving the score board flash with the score 21-25 in favour of Pant House.

The duo- Shashank Arora and Karan Yadav came to rescue the team of Nehru House and were successful in leveling the score by 28-28. It was the end of the stipulated time of four quarters. Now Anubhav Agarwal, Pranav Gupta, Abhineet Negi, Robin Agarwal, and Arpit were found in the court together formulating further strategy for the extra time of ten minutes.

The game resumed. Long shots by Sahshank kept haunting the Pantians. They learnt that it was not the end of the world, rather they aptly proved that ‘when going gets tough, it is tough that keeps going’. Pantians lifted their spirit high and so did their game. When Anubhav scored the basket the score card read 30-28. This basket rolled the Pantians up towards the winning stand. The two consecutive baskets by Parnav Gupta confirmed the victory of Pant House over Nehru House as the score was 34-28.

Pantians won again turning the tide to their favour. Anubhav Agarwal scored maximum points i.e. 50 in the tournament which was followed by Pranav Gupta with 40 points. The tournament ended but our spirit are still high for the next one to follow.

Robin Agarwal, Captain

Basket Ball Team, Pant House

PANT HOUSE WINS OVER TILAK HOUSE

Inter House Cricket Final (Srs.)

We are destined to win not by chance but by choice. Having defeated all the three houses in the league matches, Pant House steered their ways to the finals. On the opposite side Tilak House already had a cliffhanger in their bag with just one run victory over Nehru House and 44 run over Tagore House. The two finalists were quite enthusiastic and ambitious for lifting the trophy.

The finals began with the arrival of the principal. The teams were introduced by the captains Abhinav Katyal of Pant House and Anurag Trivedi of Tilak House. The toss went in favour of Tilak House. They decided to bat first. For the first time in the tournament Pantians were bowling first. With the dashing entry of ‘Tilakites Ace’ Ashish Duhan, their spirit went up to cloud nine.

After giving a good stand for about five overs, Dangwal and Trivedi tried to raise the score and in the process Dangwal played a lofted shot which was snatched in the air by Robin Agarwal. It was a wonderful catch ever taken in the field no. 1. With the useful contribution of Sameep in 20 overs, Tilak House managed to score a total of 113 runs, leaving Pantians to score 114 runs to win.

Pant House openers Rajdeep and Arpit started the inning. They kept ticking the score board with singles and doubles until Ashish Duhan attacking for Tilakites sent Rajdeep to the pavilion at the score of four. Robin also fell in the trap laid by Duhan, at 7. With brilliant bowling and fielding combo by Tilakites, Pantians lost their 6 wickets at the hopeless total of 61 runs. Now came Pranav Gupta on strike. The duo, Pranav and Ambhav, began to show their mettle. Playing sensibly all around the wicket and hitting the ball on merit, brought life to the match. A brilliant match winning knock by Pranav (38) and Ambhav’s rock solid stand of 21, brought Pantians on winning track. Pranav was out when Pant House needed 4 runs to win with 21 balls in hand.

It was not all over for Tilakites. Anubhav Rastogi struck two wickets; but perhaps it was too late for something remarkable to happen. Ankit Bhatt and Ambhav hit the winning runs and once again Pant House emerged as the winner.

In the tournament, the highest scorer was Rajdeep with 77 runs; maximum wickets were taken by Abhineet Singh Negi i.e. 10 wickets, Highest team total was 162 runs by Pant House.

Abhinav Katyal

XII C, Cricket Captain, Pant House

INTER HOUSE DEBATE COMPETITION FOR JUNIORS

(Prize winning Debates)

CRICKET: A WASTAGE OF TIME

 -FIRST

For the motion                                                           

Friends, at the outset let me first quote what a wise man once said about cricket. “Cricket is a game where two fools are trying to hit a ball, which in turn is driving eleven other fools as they try to chase that ball and the complete show is rendering thousands of others outside the field crazy.”

How true, isn’t it? Imagine this madness going on not for an hour, not for a day but for complete five days. And what happens in these five days? Students neglect of forget their studies, teachers loose interest in teaching, officials, workers and even clerks abandon their works as spectators or glued to their TVs and radio sets. The end product being five precious days lost.

My opponents will bitterly contest this aspect but then let me draw their attention to the fact that considering this factor only the organizers come up with their so called invention of time saving One Day International matches or ODIs, about which I will talk a little later. But lat me first emphasize that it was, only after a consensus that five days matches waste time, the ODIs came into existence. Now what is this ODI cricket? You play the day out and play at night under artificially illuminated field! Friends what is all this?  

Night is for sleeping and resting not for the foolish adventure of getting the bat and ball together. These people first waste their day and then the night playing and the rest of them waste their time watching such a foolish sport. Friends, where is there any doubt left now? Be it a five days match or ODIs, cricket is surely a wastage of time.

After the match the players have packed up and gone but not the fever left in some insane fans. They now watch action replay, listen to experts’ comments, read long articles covering the post mortem of the game and involve their friends and colleagues in long and fruitless discussions which causes the fruitless uses of time, it is just sheer wastage of time and thus cricket too is a wastage of time.

The media too takes undue advantage of cricket. Cricketers become advertising stars and endorse various products. Small children watch these ads fondly and also the things. This is all because they are mad after cricket or cricket stars. They don’t even think whether the product is worth its cost or not but the children have to buy it. Sometimes they even have a competition amongst themselves that who has got the maximum number of products used or advertised by famous cricketers like Sachin, Dhoni or someone else. All cricket stars are misguiding children by endorsing inferior products. Friends what do we gain out of cricket? The answer will be nothing. Friends time is precious and we should take full advantage of it. We should not waste our time watching such a foolish game. Now I am concluding, and I feel that you all will agree to the fact that cricket is just a sheer wastage of time.    

Apoorva Singh Saini

VIII C, Patel House

                               - SECOND

Against the motion

Cricket is a source of healthy entertainment for millions of people. It’s a game where grit and determination triumph. The viewing of cricket helps them in breaking the monotony of their lives. They are charged and resume their work with more energy. Cricket is a source to refresh our mind. I wonder why my worthy opponents do not understand the values of life. Instead of making fuss and superfluous statement that cricket is a wastage of time, they should try to see cricket as a lifeline for crores of people across the globe.

Let me explain my words in more detail. Two neighboring countries develop animosity to such an extent that they are thirsty of each others blood. They equip themselves with nuclear weapons that can claim thousands of lives leaving thousands and thousands of children and relatives homeless and desperate. Yes, you’re right. I am talking about the two neighboring countries India and Pakistan. The mounting pressures at the borders are heaved off as both the countries agree to play cricket match with each other.

Friends, I don’t want to make any ruthless speech. What I want to say is that life is very important. Let this life be filled up with happiness and excitement. And this happiness and excitement you can easily get when you use your time in watching and playing. If then also my worthy opponents think cricket is a wastage of time, let me suggest them a plan.

Sometimes you plan to see a movie in a theatre with your friends in an evening. So what do you do? Don’t you finish your pending job early? Similarly, you can enjoy the thrill of cricket but before enjoying cricket finish your work in time.

Cricket has it’s own history. In India Ranji Trophy started in the year 1934-35. The first match was played between Bombay and North India. The first One Day International was played in the year 1974. Till date cricket has produced so many sport stars. Sachin’s batting is acknowledged superb by the great cricketers of the world. M. S. Dhoni ranks first in ODI rating. We are proud of Sachin, we are proud of Dhoni. We are proud of their cricketing and the honour they brought home. At last, I would like to say enjoy cricket playing and viewing. Happy cricketing.

Ayush Ranjan

Class 7B, Gandhi House

AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN ICON –

DR. K. KASTURIRANGAN

Around 40 students from Birla Vidyamandir went to St. Joseph’s College, Nainital on the arrival of Dr. Kasurirangan, one of the most eminent personalities responsible for overall development of ISRO Indian Space Research Organization.

The ISRO space programme has come a long way from a modest beginning with the Needi Apache rocket launcher November, 1963 to the successful launch of ASLV-3 in May, 1992. Dr. Kasturirangan steered the Indian Space programme gloriously for over 9 years as Chairman of ISRO, of Space Commission and Secretary to the Govt. of India in the development of space research. He was earlier appointed as the Director of ISRO Satellite Centre where he oversaw the activities related to the development of the new generation space craft  and INSAT-2 and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite- IRS-1A & 1B as well as scientific satellites. He was also the Project Director for India’s first experimental earth observation satellite- Bhaskar I & II.

It is thus interesting to see in a historical perspective the striking synergy between the development of space science, identification of the needs of development through innovative application that justified the continued up gradation of technology of satellites and launch vehicles. The choice of recent initiatives in space science undertaken by ISRO are- a multi wave length astronomical observatory (ASTROSAT), Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-I) 2006-07 and India’s first mission to the moon (Chandrayaan-I) It is worth pointing out that these are the first dedicated science mission of ISRO.

Dr. Kasurirangan was accompanied by Prof. Ramsagar, Director, Aryabhatt Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital. At the end of the powerful PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Kasturirangan in front of the students of around ten esteemed educational institutions of Nainital and Press gallery, Prof. Ramsagar and Dr. Kasturirangan were presented mementos by the Principal, Peter Emmanuel of St. Joseph College, Nainital.

It was a wonderful experience to be face to face with such eminent personality Dr. Kasturirangan (MP- Rajya Sabha, winner of Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar award, Padmshree, Padmabhushan, Padmavibhushan and many prestigious awards in the field of space and astronomy). I am sure we, as budding scientists, have seen our guiding star.

In the end I would like to thank our Principal, Mr. Anil Sharma and Mr. Anurag Mathur, Mr. PRS Kirola for making this trip possible and more importantly an event which we will cherish throughout our life.

Pallav Singhal & Gaurav Ashish

IX A, Vivekanand House

A BOOK FAIR IN THE CAMPUS

BOOKS: OUR TRUE FRINDS

It was a huge collection of the latest and best books from around the world that the Scholastics India Pvt. Ltd. put up in the Gymnasium of the school. The book fair had a touch of May fair as it was held from 22 May to 24 May, 2006.   

It was a great fun to have glimpse of several books on varied subjects ranging from ancient mythology to the modern space technology. The shelves were stacked with fiction and non fiction books. And of course there were educational games for the students who wanted more excitement in the process of learning. The books on General Knowledge, Mathematics and Science were really beyond our imagination. We are proud to have some copies of them to develop more knowledge.

The books were so attractive that they not only drew attention of the senior boys, the Junior ones also took deep interest in them. It goes without saying that the fair was a great success especially in developing the reading habit among the students.

We found it a matter of great honour to have this Book Fair in our school campus. Unlike other book fairs, this book fair had a selective range of books specially meant for children of our age group. We are thankful to Scholastics India Pvt. Ltd. for such a wonderful book fair and we are equally thankful to Principal sir for letting us experience the amazing world of books.

Poras Raj & Ayush Chaudhary

VIII A, Subhash House 

STRAPPING UP DISCIPLINE

NCC AIR WING TRAINING

From 6 April to 15 April 2006 a camp for the Air Wing of NCC was organized. There were 37 students, 25 from Junior School and 12 from the Senior School participated in the camp. The trainers- Sergeant C. T. Bhaskar, N. P. Tripathi and JWO Dilani came all the way from Lucknow.

After having the breakfast at 8.00 am, we were asked to report in the field no 1. From 8.20 to 10.00 am. we kept sweating in the rigorous march past. At 10.10 am. the lecture session began in the assembly hall in which all the three sergeants elaborated the basic skills.

On the very first day they made us to run 4-5 rounds of the field. After that we were taught marching, saluting, about turn, attention, at ease, left and right etc. that made us realize the importance of discipline. They briefed us about the motto of NCC, positions, commanders, headquarters and about the importance of NCC.

We were also given the lessons on hygiene, diet, what type of dress we should wear during the fight and about our jet planes, aero planes and helicopters etc.. They also informed us about the Indian Air Force. As the days passed by we began to feel that we have learnt so many things that can not be easily forgotten. We were successful in enriching our knowledge and experience.    

On the last day of the camp we played a cricket match with the sergeants and enjoyed a lot. We are thankful to our Principal sir and Mr. Amit Joshi, I/c NCC Air Wing of the school for organizing such a memorable camp.

Himanshu Gera

IX A, Vivekanad House 

ALUMNI WRITES

14^th March 2006

Dr. M. S. Rao

245 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2RP, UK

Tel.: (+44) 1223- 240970

Dear Mr. Anil Sharma,

You must think I am ungrateful so and so, after availing such a splendid welcome and reception which you had so kindly offered to us when we visited the BVM last month. Thanks to you efforts and the help of your Headmaster, I was so overcome with nostalgia of over 55 years ago, when I spent some of my happiest and most formative four years of my life. Gita was very impressed indeed with my old school and not least, with the quality of the lunch you had kindly arranged. She to this day thinks it was one of the nicest meals she has had and better than any of the hotel foods.

My sincere thanks to you for all your efforts and for making us feel so much at home. Please also convey my thanks and gratitude to your Headmaster who took such trouble and time off for my sake. At the Junior School he keeps such meticulous records that he could dig out my details in the 1949 to 1952 batch!

Incidentally I remember you mentioning your friend Mr. Tewari, the Headmaster of the Scindhia School, Gwalior, (whose father I believe was Mr. K. C. Tewari and was a teacher at BVM when I was there). He has been featured in an article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph (a popular national daily here) with praise for him and his school. I shall send you a cutting of it. You might even get it on the net.

Many thanks once again and with our very best wishes and regards. Our invitation stands for you (with family) to visit us here any time you can come this way.

Satish (and Gita) Rao 

LITERARY GUST

On 27 May, English Literary society organized essay and poem competitions for the students of class 4 to class 8. The subjects for essay writing competition were-

Class IV- My School, Class V- My Favourite Sport, Class VI- Why Reading Is Important To Me, Class VIII- India of My Dream. The topics given for the poem writing competition were- Class IV- Sky/ Tree/ Mother, Class V- Stars/ Boat/ Teacher, Class VI- Sun/ Cricket/ Book, Class VII- School/ Friend/ Nainital, Class VIII- My Dream/ Nature/ India. The winners of these competitions are-

The coordinator of these creative writing competitions was Mr. K. K. Sahu that were sponsored by the Scholastics India Pvt. Ltd.

In an another event English Literary Society organized English Elocution Contest for Seniors on 8^th May 2006. The results are as under.

INDIVIDUAL POSITION

First-                Abhijeet Singh

Second-            Lokesh Mandhyan

Third-               Tushar Maithani & Kunal Bhatt

HOUSE POSITION

First-                Nehru House

Second-            Pant House

Third-               Tilak House

Fourth-             Tagore House

On 7^th June 2006, English Debate Competition was held. The topic for the debate was CRICKET: A WASTAGE OF TIME. The participants vehemently opposed each other. The results are as under-

INDIVIDUAL POSITION

First-                Apoorva Saini               Patel House

Second-            Ayush Ranjan               Gandhi House

Third-               Nitesh Malpani              Patel House

HOUSE POSITION

First-                Patel House

Second-            Gandhi House

Third-               RK House

Fourth-             Raman House

The Hindi Literary Society organized Hindi Poem Recitation and Hindi Elocution Contests for Juniors. The results are-

Hindi Elocution Contest (19. 4. 2006)

INDIVIDUAL POSITION

First-                Apoorva Saini               Patel House

Second-            Ankit Tiwari                  Gandhi House

                        Rajat Kumar                 RK House

Third-               Saurabh Dubey             RK House

HOUSE POSITION

First-                Patel House

Second-            RK House

Third-               Gandhi House

Fourth-             Raman House

Hindi Poem Recitation Contest (10. 5. 2006)

INDIVIDUAL POSITION

First-                Ankit Tiwari                  Gandhi House

Second-            Satyam Parashar           Gandhi House

Third-               Naman Mishra              Patel House

HOUSE POSITION

First-                Patel House

Second-            Gandhi House

Third-               RK House

Fourth-             Raman House

POETRY SECTION

BOAT

When the day begins, we rise and clear off dreams

One after another down the running streams.

The boats begin sailing, moving around

They tell the world the way of living.

With no trouble at all, the sailors row on gaily

The boats keep on sailing smoothly.

I think someone sitting in the boat will be delighted

The boat away from the land makes us excited.

This is why I love to make and play with paper boats

When it rains, and fog covers whole day.

Aishwary Tandon

V B, Patel House

THE SUN

I beat the darkness of the night

And bring the dawn in the world, filling up with light

Through the hills at the top, I leave my mark

And up I move as smoke of a cigar.

The cock gives an alarm that makes me awake

And makes the sleepy world rise once again

It keeps my spirit high and high

And tells me the limit is only the sky.

  When it is noon I am just above the earth

I observe the work of the world

I throw the hot rays to warm up this planet

That makes the people work like an army cadet.

When I skid down to the west

And settle all the people to get some rest

‘Good bye!’ says my violet- orange ray

The world gropes in dark to get my way.

Tushar Maithani

IX B, Nehru House

NAINITAL

If you want to see a heaven on the earth someday

Come to the Lake town, Nainital one day.

The hill slopes are covered with evergreen trees

It seems like living in the wonderful dreams.

See, from all the nooks and corner there’re tourists

They stroll on Mall and enjoy delicious feasts.

The schools of Nainital have produced many Stars

The cool, pleasant climate is liked by one and all.

People you will find are very cool here

In it’s pollution free environment they live without fear.

When the darkness falls, and crawls night

The vision I see, stars down the land in my sight.

Felling of the trees are strictly prohibited here

The greed of man is not entertained my dear.

If you want to see a heaven on the earth someday

Come to the Lake town, Nainital one day.

Ankit Tiwari

VII B Gandhi House

Editor:

Mr. Kamal Kant Sahu

Published By:

The Principal, Birla Vidyamandir, Nainital (UA) - 263 001 INDIA