Rain hardly dampens spiritof inter-school festival

Updated on: Saturday, November 05, 2011

The incessant rain was hardly a dampener for the students of Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram who worked hard for more than two months to prepare for their inter-school cultural fest ‘Astra' that began on Friday. “Yesterday, we called up all the participating schools and told them that even if the government declares a holiday due to the heavy rain, our two-day cultural fest will go on,” said P.Akhil, a class 12 student of the school and one of the general coordinators of the event.

With 22 city schools participating in innovative events such as ‘A-Head', a hairstyling event, ‘Quizzitch', a Harry Potter quiz and ‘Channel Surfing', an advertisement game, on day one of Astra, the student coordinators remained on their toes. “We wanted to make our cultural festival very unique unlike those in many schools where the same events get repeated,” said Pranav Kashyap, a class 11 student.

J.Ajeeth Prasath Jain, Senior Principal of Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram, said the cultural event was being launched after a gap of seven years. “Participating in events such as interschool cultural fests and sporting activities are important to develop the all-round personality of a child,” he said. “Academics alone does not play a role in the all round development of the student. It is a system that gives equal importance to both scholastic and co-scholastic events,” he added.

At the inauguration of the cultural fest, E.Sarath Babu, CEO and founder of Food King Catering Services, encouraged the students to take notice of the problems in society. “The wonderful opportunity that students have will help them explore the potential for not only themselves but also society at large,” he said. Mr.Babu urged the students to consider politics as a career and said it was the one place where maximum impact can be made.

“I had limited facilities till my school level and did not have electricity in my house. I used to study using a kerosene lamp which meant I could only notice the books in my hand,” he said. He asked the students: “What is the biggest mistake you can make in life?” and gave the answer: “Not exploring your fullest potential!” said Mr.Babu. R.Vaidyanathan, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai Kendra also participated.

Rain hardly dampens spiritof inter-school festival

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