KNOWLEDGE

WISDOM

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Prize Distribution & Annual Concert 2007-08Venue: Kala MandirDates: 11 & 12 November 2008

he foyer, where portraits of Satikanta Guha and Pritylata TGuha had been placed, was

decorated with a massive alpana of flowers by Ms N. Ghosh Bej, Ms K. Chakraborty and Ms A. Saha.

The prize distribution ceremony was spread over two days, but the same programme was held on both the days as all the pupils of Classes III-X and their guardians could not be accommodated on a single day.

The Programme1. Music in the Darkness, specially composed for the occasion by Mr A. Halder, was played on keyboards by Mr I. Dey and Mr Halder himself. 2. The Founder-Rector lit the Ceremonial Lamp.3. In a brief address, Mr Guha informed the audience that a letter, received a few days earlier from the CISCE, New Delhi, had brought the good news that Garden High has not only been granted permanent affiliation, but also been permitted to introduce Class XI from the 2009-10 session (see box below). This news was greeted with spontaneous applause by the audience on both days.

Mr Guha also announced the institution of 4 special prizes by the Satikanta Guha Foundation with effect

Grand Finale

n a letter dated 30 October 2008, the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi, has informed the ISchool that it has been granted permanent affiliation and permitted to introduce ‘Year 12 Classes’.

The first batch of 43 pupils of this School has already appeared for the ICSE Examination 2009. The Principal, and the Headmistress of Sri R.N. Singh Memorial High School, 1582/7 Rajdanga Main Road, Kolkata 700107, deserve to be congratulated on the excellent arrangements at the examination centre and thanked for the courtesy shown to the members of staff of this School. Results of the ICSE Examination 2009 are expected to be published by the end of May.

Higher Secondary (Class XI) classes are expected to begin around the middle of April 2009.

from the academic year 2007-08. These annual prizes, funded by donations from a person who wished to remain anonymous, were: (a) The Satikanta Guha Memorial Prize for the Best All-Round Pupil (Senior Category) – a certificate and Rs 15,000/- (b) The Pritylata Guha Memorial Prize for the Best All-Round Pupil (Junior Category) – a certificate and Rs 15,000/-(c) The Sanjay Sen Memorial Prize for Creative Arts – a certificate and Rs 10,000/- (d) The Arkaprabha Deb Memorial Prize for the Highest Aggregate in Physics and Mathematics – a certificate and Rs 10,000/-

Mr Guha added that Satikanta Guha

and Pritylata Guha needed no introduction. Sanjay Sen, an alumnus of South Point, was a distinguished maker of documentary films and had a lifelong interest in creative arts. Arkaprabha Deb, an ex-IAS officer and a member of the W.B. Taxation Tribunal, was a brilliant student of Physics with an abiding interest in Mathematics. He had also been an Academic Adviser of Garden High. 4. Ganesh Vandana, a dance choreo-graphed by Ms M. Guha Majumdar. 5. Abak Jalpan, a Bengali play directed by Ms A. Mukhopadhyay Maiti, Ms S. Mitra and Ms S. Majumdar. Of the actors, Shreyan Das VIIIB (Sutradhar), Kabir Ghosh VIIIB (Pathik) and Rajasi

Dyuti SahaSatikanta Guha Memorial Prize for theBest All-Round Pupil (Senior Category)

Divas RautPritylata Guha Memorial Prize for theBest All-Round Pupil (Junior Category)

Punnag SinhaArkaprabha Deb Memorial Prize for the

Highest Aggregate in Physics & Mathematics

Binitranjan MaitraSanjay Sen Memorial Prize for

Creative Arts

Special PrizesGhorai VIIIC (Beendi Pishi) deserve special mention. 6. Prize Distribution (see below) 7. Musical Interlude: Kausheyo Roy VIIC played the lively If I Were a Rich Man (The Fiddler on the Roof) on the violin, accompanied by Amitrajit Sarkar VIIIA on the keyboard. Amazing Grace was played on the violin by Madhupriya Chatterjee VIIA, Ruchira Singh VIC, Sohini Maiti VIIA, Rebeka Mukherjee VIIIA and Kausheyo Roy, accompanied by Amitrajit Sarkar (keyboard). 8. School Choir: Aditya Vikram Hari VIIIA led the choir in Raise Me Up, and Priyanjana Pramanik IXA in The Winner Takes It All. The song Turn, Turn, Turn was followed by a moving rendition of the baul song Emon Shomoi Kobe Je Srijon Hobe by Bhaswar Faisal Khan XA. 9. Elements: a dance choreographed by Ms M. Guha Majumdar. 10. Radiance: a dance on roller skates, with torches 11. Rhythm Speaks: a dance on roller skates, combining Bharatnatyam, Odissi, modern dance forms, and gymnastics with hoops.

Items 10 & 11 were choreographed by Ms M. Mookherjee.

Item 11 developed into a Grand Finale with all the other dancers and actors joining in. The Grand Finale brought the audience to their feet, clapping and cheering.

Prize DistributionAll the prizes were handed over to the recipients by the Founder-Rector.

On both days, prizes were also given for Perfect Attendance and Inter-House events.11 Nov: Pupils of Classes III-V received prizes for their academic performance. 12 Nov: (a) Pupils of Classes VI-IX received prizes for their academic performance. (b) The Inter-House Championship Trophy, won by Chinar, was received by Aditya Saha IXA (Captain) and Suschismita Sarkar VIIIA (Vice Captain). (c) Special Prizes – Winners The Satikanta Guha Memorial Prize for the Best All-Round Pupil (Senior Category) – Dyuti Saha IXB The Pritylata Guha Memorial Prize for the Best All-Round Pupil (Junior Category) – Divas Raut VIIB The Sanjoy Sen Memorial Prize for Creative Arts – Binitranjan Maitra IXA The Arkaprabha Deb Memorial Prize for the Highest Aggregate in Physics & Mathematics – Punnag Sinha IXB

On 14 November 2008, pupils were treated to chocolates to celebrate Children’s Day and Foundation Day, which falls on 18 November 2008.A puppet show was held for the Juniors.

Sayaree Datta IIIE, Sristi Nandi VC and Aronyo Mitra VIB of the Activity Club (Drama & Elocution – Mrs Katy Lai Roy) were selected to take part in a film, The Waiting City, directed by Ms Claire McCarthy.

Priyanjana Pramanik IXA, Sukanya Dey IXA and Amitrajit Sarkar VIIIA qualified for the Semifinal Round of the Spelling Bee conducted by The American Library, American Center. Contestants were asked to spell in American English.Priyanjana and Amitrajit qualified for the Final Round held at the American Center on 3 February 2009.

We warmly welcome the following members of staff to the Garden High family:

Sraboni Chowdhury Counsellor

Samidha Bhaduri Nursery I

Rita Ray Chaudhury Nursery II

Apsara Sen Nursery II

Purba Ghosal Class I

Indrani Bhattacharya Class IV

Mohua Datta Class IV

Sagarika Banerjee Class VI

AnuradhaRoy Chowdhury English

Suparna Ghosh Mathematics

Tirthankar Paul Physics

Sarbari Nandi Bengali

Mani ShankarChatterjee Office

Parna Mookherjee Office

Chitralekha Sarkar Office

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Ongoing Activities

10 & 11 July 2008: Classes IV & V watched The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. A request from pupils that they be taught the song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, has been forwarded to the music teachers.

17 July 2008: Garden High continued its ‘green’ effort with the pupils planting a fresh lot of trees, krishnachura, radhachura and jarul, along the western boundary wall of the School.

17 &18 July 2008: Classes VI & VII watched Oliver Twist.

22-30 July 2008: In an effort to learn how to control traffic, pupils were on patrol duty outside the School premises. This activity will be taken up again in the new session.

7 & 8 August 2008: Pupils bought rakhis made by the mentally challenged children of Partner Hooghly.

12 September 2008: Pupils of IXA delivered the educational material theyhad collected to the underprivileged children of Sarada Mission, Siriti.

ndependence Day was observed as Iusual on the School premises.Following the order of seniority of

service in the School, it was Mrs Tulika Biswas’ turn this year to perform the honourable duty of hoisting the National Flag.

After an extract from a recorded speech of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was played, Priyanjana Pramanik IXA spoke about the INA and pupils sang its marching song, Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja. Two songs, De Dol De Dol (Kazi Nazrul) and Ban Esheche Mara Gange (Mukunda Das), sung in chorus, were

Independence DayCelebrations

followed by an enthralling rendering of Lalan Fakir’s Jey Deen Hindu Mussalman by Bhaswar Faisal Khan XA. The programme ended with A.R. Rehman’s Bharat Humko, sung in chorus again. To Mr A. Halder goes the credit of not only training the singers but also accompanying them on the synthesizer.

This was a memorable visit for our pupils which they hope to repeat soon.

18, 19 & 26 September 2008: Pupils of Class V were taken on a visit to the Indian Museum. Their area of study was sources of history.

22 & 23 September 2008: Funds collected by pupils from their families and friends were donated to HelpAge India.

4 November 2008: The film, The Merchant of Venice, was shown to Class VIII.

5 November 2008: Classes IX & X watched Julius Caesar.

Children’s Day, 14 November 2008: A magic show was held for Nursery I & II, Classes I & II.

28 Nov & 5 Dec 2008: Classes IX & X were shown Hiroshima, a documentary on the dropping of the atom bomb and its devastating effects. The film has been made more poignant with four survivors relating their experiences of the bombing.

5 December 2008: Lovingly wrapped Christmas gifts, given by pupils for distribution amongst their less fortunate brothers and sisters, were collected by the Missionaries of Charity.

12 March 2009: Nursery I watched Nursery Rhymes.

13 March 2009: Nursery I & II watched Tom & Jerry cartoons.

he Inter-House Quiz Competition T(Seniors) was held on 8 July 2008. It was an exciting event. Mr Kushal Biswas, the Quizmaster, kept the audience hugely entertained with his witty remarks. There was an initial written round and the answers to the questions spelt GARDEN HIGH SCHOOL. Having got off to a rollicking start, the quiz became even more entertaining with a live round. Bhombol Guha, a Golden Retriever, was paraded before the teams amidst squeals of excitement. The question was in two parts – ‘Name the breed and explain why it is called a retriever.’ A bomkai was modelled by Ms Trina Dasgupta, and Mr Subhabrata Nandi (‘Subho Sir’ to everyone) modelled Nike gear for a

question on the logo. The fourth question was on a sweet that the teams were given to eat and identify. It was a kheer kadamba, as one team correctly guessed.

There were also questions for the audience and prizes were given on the spot for correct answers.First: Cedar House – Tathagath Tiwary IXB, Satyanu Bhadra IXB, Satyajit Mallick XB, Shinjan Mitra IXB (Reserve)Second: Oak House – Sutirtha Bhattacharyya VIIIC, Soham Bhattacharya IXB, Bhaswar Faisal Khan XA, Payel Paul IXB (Reserve)Third: Palm House – Agnidhra Ghosh XA, Sukanya Dey IXA, Priyanjana Pramanik IXA, Sohanu Ghosh XB (Reserve)Fourth: Chinar House – Binayak Basu IXB, Shinjon Pramanik IXB, Dhaibat Mukherjee XB, Aditya Saha XA (Reserve)

The Middle School Inter-House Quiz was held on 30 September 2008. Once again, Mr Kushal Biswas started the quiz with a written round. Kushal Sir kept the teams and audience rocking with laughter.

Inter-HouseQuiz Competitions

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The live round was led by a delightfully frisky Lhasa Apso called Missy, belonging to Kaushalya Gupta XA, followed by two little guinea pigs called Fudge and Fluffy, belonging to Anamika Sen XA. Ms Trina Dasgupta modelled a Lucknow chikan sari and the teams were given apams to eat and identify. This elicited hilarious answers like shoru pithe and patishapta and was eventually identified correctly by a member of the audience. The audio round had everyone tapping their feet and clapping. There were plenty of prizes for the audience. First: Oak House – Sutirtha Bhattacharyya VIIIC, Shourya Bari VIIIA, Vignesh Kalidas VIIA, Tanmoy Paul VIIIC (Reserve)Second: Palm House – Amitrajit Sarkar VIIIA, Aishi Bala VIIIC, Bodhisatya Chatterjee VIIIC, Titir De VIE (Reserve)Third: Cedar House – Aindrila Pal VIIA, Swagata Lakshmi Sanyal VIID, Srinjoy Chatterjee VIID, Kabir Ghosh VIIIB (Reserve)Fourth: Chinar House – Sadashiv Mitra VIC, Ruchira Singh VIC, Aditya

Vikram Hari VIIIA, Bishwaraj Bhattacharyya VIIIA(Reserve)

Both the quizzes were huge successes and we look forward to more in the near future.

Elocution

n Inter-House Elocution Contest Awas held in the new hall on the fifth floor on 26 September 2008 for pupils of Class III.

Judges: Mrs Ratna Bose, Mrs Rajashri Biswas, Mrs Kavita Guha.

Winners

First: Roshni Singh IIIC of Cedar House – The Swing

Second: Sourashmi Basu IIIE of Chinar House – The Owl and the PussycatJoint Third: Sayanti Ghosh IIIF of Oak House – A Sweet Dream Shreeja Bhattacharya IIIF of Palm House – A Ferry

The Inter-House Elocution Contest for Classes IV and V was held in the Bus Bay on 14 November, Children’s Day.Judges (Class IV): Mrs Kavita Guha, Mrs Ratna Bose, Mrs Mahua DasguptaJudges (Class V): Mrs Bijoylakshmi Ghoshal, Mr Jayanta Dasgupta, Mrs Kavita Guha

Winners - Class IVFirst: Aatreyee Mohanta IVA of Cedar House – Tummy BeastSecond: Srijita Banerjee IVE of Palm House – Work and PlayThird: Tanistha Bhagawati IVA of Palm House – Colours

Winners - Class VFirst: Kopai Chakraborty VA of Oak House – I Want to Be MondaySecond: Sristi Nandi VC of Cedar House – The Balloon Man Third: Sneha Chatterjee VE of Palm House – The Owl and the Pussycat

Sculpture & Clay Modelling AWorkshop was conducted by Mr Subhabrata Nandi, Art & Craft teacher, from 19-27 January 2009 in the Annexe. The workshop was attended by 13 pupils of Class VII.

Mr Bipin Goswami, the eminent sculptor, kindly visited the School to look at the work done by the pupils and encourage them in their efforts.

Sculpture & ClayModelling Workshop

ursery I had a wonderful time Nmaking jhal muri on 13 February 2009. There were puffed rice, tomatoes, boiled potatoes, coriander leaves and bhujia among other things. With the help of the teachers and staff, the children chopped, sliced, sprinkled and mixed. Needless to say, the tiny tots enjoyed the mixing part the most and were elbow deep in muri. After the mixture was ready, there was a lot of feasting and merry-making.

Pupils of Nursery II-Class II had their turn on 6 March 2009. Nursery II made a delicious churmur, the Preps an equally scrumptious aloo kabli, Class I classy cheese and tomato sandwiches, and Class II mouth-watering dahi puchkas. The Annexe was filled with the sound of eager munching and sighs of satisfaction.

A farewell tea party was held on 5 February 2009 by the Founder-Rector for the outgoing Class X. Teachers concerned were also invited. After the Principal and the Pro-Rector had addressed the gathering, Mr Guha asked the pupils to remember that in future many would pass the ICSE Examination from Garden High, but the batch of 2009 would always be special as the first.

4-13 February 2009: Four teams took part in the Annual Staff Cricket Tournament: Tigers (Capt: Mr Jayanta Dasgupta), Lions (Capt: Mr T.K. Gopalan), Bisons (Capt: Mr Partha Ghosh), and Elephants (Capt: Mr Dibyendu Saha).In the 12-over final match, the Tigers beat the Lions by 48 runs.Man of the Match (League Matches): Mr Swapan Naskar, Mr Amitava Dasgupta, Mr Anindya Bhaumik, Mr Sanjay Das, Mr Debjit Bose, Mr Jeeban BoseThe Man of the Series & Man of the Match (Final): Mr Debjit BoseScorer: Mr Rajat Kanti DasUmpires: Mr Biswanath Bhattacharya, Ms Anita SenguptaMedical Team: Ms Astomi Patra, Ms Chandana Pandey

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Soccer

Srinjan Ghosh IVA attended a karate camp at Digha. This All India Summer Camp was organized by Martial Art India under the Shinkyokushin Karate Federation of India. Srinjan won a bronze medal in the category of Upper Blue Belt (8-10 years).

he Inter-House Football TTournament was held from 30 January-3 February 2009. The Cedar team, captained by Rudra Pratap Chakraborty IXA, lifted the Pritylata Guha Memorial Cup.Runner-Up: ChinarJoint Third: Oak & PalmBest Player: Rudra Pratap ChakrabortyBest Goalkeeper: Soham Choudhury IXBBest Strikers: Sachit Sinha Roy IXB & Subhodeep Basu VIIICBest Defender: Surya Sekhar Debnath IXAHouse Championship: Cedar

couts, Guides, and Cubs have been Sintroduced in this School from the academic session 2008-09. The activities, held every Saturday on the School premises, are conducted by the Second Explorers’ Group.

The 2nd Explorers’ Group of Garden High School went to the Ganganagar Scout Campsite near Madhyamgram,

ishit Mitra and Debopriyo OBhattacharya, both of Class VII, participated in karate tournaments held in Delhi from 9-11 January 2009.

Oishit, who took part in the 12th All India Kamagata Cup Tournament, stood 1st in Kumite (Fighting) and was awarded a gold medal. He also stood 1st in Kata (Art of Fighting), winning another gold medal. A panel of 5 judges selected Oishit as the Best Karate Ka (Best Karate Player) out of 508 contestants and awarded him a trophy. He was also awarded the 1st Dan Black Belt certificate.

In the Seigo-Kai Do Karate Tournament, Debopriyo won a gold medal in Kumite (Fighting) and a bronze medal in Kata (Art of Fighting).

The prizes were presented to the boys by Sensei Isamu Kamagata of Japan, who is the Soshi (Founder) of the Seigo-Kai-Do style of Karate.

Karate

Scouts, Guides, & Cubs

Coaching: Mr Biswanath Bhattacharya has been engaged to train selected pupils. These training sessions, free of any charge, are usually held on Tuesdays and Thursdays after School and on weekend mornings.

23 January 2009: The School team, led by Sachit Sinha Roy IXB, played a friendly match against St Lawrence School. St Lawrence scored 141 runs. Garden High won the match by 7 wickets, Agnijit Das VIIIC scoring 61 runs and taking 2 wickets.

27 January 2009: The outgoing Class X played a cricket match against the School Staff.

Aditya Sengupta, the captain of the Class X team, won the toss and elected to field. The Staff, led by Mr Dibyendu Saha, proved that their prowess was not confined to the classroom or working desk only. Mr Kaushik Ghosh scored 25 runs and took 2 wickets. Mr Debjit Bose also scored 25 runs. The Staff beat Class X convincingly by 70 runs!

The pupils were treated to a consolation tea party in the School canteen.

Cricket

24 Parganas, for their first Group Camp and Outing (22-24 December 2008). Guardians of Cubs were invited to join their wards on the last day.

The Scouts, Guides and Cubs received training in self-reliance skills and adventure activities. These activities included laying and following Woodcraft Signs, Campfires, laying and lighting a fire to cook, Commando Courses, and Hiking.

Pronay Roy IXB, Sanhati Das IXA and Ushij Chatterjee IID were adjudged the Best Campers.

he Final of the Inter-House Table TTennis Competition was held on 18 September 2008. The final match was a closely fought encounter.Winner: Sourish Bannerjee VICRunner-Up: Sayak Sarkar VIIIB Third: Anupam Sinha Roy VIIIAHouse Championship: Chinar

An Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament was organized by B.D. Memorial Institute on 19, 20, 21, 27 & 28 September 2008 at Indus Valley World School.

In their first participation in an inter-school meet, the Garden High Table Tennis Team, comprising Divas Raut VIIIB, Sayak Sarkar VIIIB, Sourish Ghosh VIID, Anupam Sinha Roy VIIIA and Rudra Pratap Chakraborty IXA, lifted the Runner-Up Trophy.

The teachers who coached the players and encouraged them at every step were Ms Anita Sengupta and Mr Jeeban Bose.

Table Tennis

Garden High took part in the Annual Sports Meet, West Bengal Chapter, held by the Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate on 19 January 2009 at Deshbandhu Park (Oval) Ground, Shyambazar.

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n December every year, the pupils of Nursery II-Class II put up a Imarvellous Christmas show on the

ground floor of the Hexagon. All the teachers felt that parents should see how talented their children are. So, on 19 December 2008, a variety show was presented at the Science City Auditorium by the juniormost classes of the School.

It was an ambitious project aiming at presenting more than 750 children on the stage.

The programme started with a Ganesh Vandana by the pupils of the Middle School. This was followed by Friends Forever, a musical by pupils of Nursery II. Sattwik Chatterjee was Ella Pow the Elephant, Pranit Shaw Braveheart the Lion, Aagneyee Biswas Growly the Bear, Pushkar Ghosh Zee Zee the Zebra, Aryaveer Das Matt the Monkey, and Ahana Ray was Chirpy the Bird. Samogga Chowdhury made a cute Torty the Tortoise, Arnesh Chowdhury played Fi Fi

the Frog, Soumodeep Sen made a fine Giffy the Giraffe, and Swaham Chakraborty danced a delightful Penguin Polka as Pengi the Penguin. Hemanga Shankar Saha was Santa Claus, and little Zubin Ghosh made a simply delightful Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The Dancing Flowers were Ayush Maity, Abhipriti Sen, Subhojit Chandra, Kanak Parida, Pragnya Das and Niharika Ray. The rest of the Nursery Class were the Animals of the Forest who sang the songs.

In a brief interlude, Kausheyo Roy VIIC played Barcarolle (Offenbach) and Memories (Cats) on the violin. This was followed by the Preparatory presentation of ...And They Lived Happily Ever After, a play based on the fairy tale, The Sleeping Beauty. Adreesh Joardar played the King and Bristisnata Dutta, his Queen. Arnisha Barman was the beautiful, sleeping Princess who was saved by Ainish Dutt, the handsome young Prince. Stutti Periwal stole the show as the cackling, evil Black Fairy. The Courtiers,

who told the story and celebrated the Princess’ birthday, were Abhigyan Bhattacharya, Jyotishka Roy, Romit Datta, Abhrajit Bhattacharya, Subhrojit Bhattacharya, Suvosree Bag, Wrik Dey , Ehrar Bose, Adit Nandi and Shinjan Sanyal. The Dancing Fairies were Sinchani Samanta, Ekanwita Baldewa, Upasana Chowdhury, Sreejita Roy, Upasana Bhattacharya, Anwesha Chatterjee, Dipanwita Das, Tuhina Bannerjee, Gayatri Maitra, Ishani Bose, Satakshi Mitra and Disha Das.

Atralita Saha, Sagnik Biswas, Suchorita Chowdhury, Pradyuman Agarwal, Adipto Bhattacharjee, Priyanshu Dey, Spandan Sengupta, Oishik Mukherjee, Richik Chakraborty, Sagnik Chakraborty, Ushnik Sanyal, Dripto Bhattacharya, Debarghya Roy, Swastika Basu, Anish Bhattacharya, Ayush Chattoraj, Saikat Mitra and Abhrajit Mukherjee were the Trees of the Magic Forest. The rest of the Preparatory Class were Courtiers who sang the songs.

Variety Show (Nursery II~Class II)with musical interludes by pupils of other classes

Choir: Class II

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During the next interval, Aditya Vikram Hari VIIIA and Priyanjana Pramanik IXA sang two delightful numbers, Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) and A Whole New World (Aladdin).

Class I came on next with the play, The Elves And The Shoemaker. Mukund Daga played the Shoemaker with Pratiti Pradhan as his Wife. Pubali Ghosh and Aniruddha Guha acted as Nancy and Peter, their children. Madhurai Mitra was the Rich Lady. The Grandfather and Grandmother, the narrators of the story, were Rajeshwari Bhowmik and Shreya Mondal. Dibyarup Nath and Oishani Deb played their little grandchildren, Rishi and Tina. Amitava Roy acted as the children’s Father and Anushka Mitra, their Mother. The Mischievous Elves who danced their way into the hearts of the audience were Dhriti Kumar, Prerana Chatterjee, Rupkatha Chowdhury, Vishaka Chander, Indrayani Bhadra and Ananya Dasgupta. The Buyers who came to the shop were Anandi Bhaduri, Snidhi Dhar, Diptarup Ray, Dipta Chowdhury and Anamitra Majumdar. The rest of Class I were the Elves who sang the songs.

In the interval, Binitranjan Maitra XA

played two enchanting pieces on the violin: Partita II (J.S. Bach) and Salut d’Amour (Edward Elgar). Mr A. Halder accompanied him on keyboards.

And then came the turn of the Class II Choir. They sang popular numbers like I Have a Dream, Purano Shei Diner Kotha/Auld Lang Syne, Jamaican Farewell, Banana Boat Song, Matilda, My Grandfather’s Clock, Small World, Do Re Mi/Saare Key Saare.

This was followed by a colourful Garba, choreographed by Ms A. Sachdev, and an energetic Bhangra, choreographed by Ms M. Guha Majumdar. Both the items were performed by pupils of Classes I & II.

The Bhangra became the Grand Finale when the principal performers of the plays and the Garba joined in, while the teachers sprayed them with snow, funny thread, and confetti.

Garba: Class I – Kaushiki Ray, Rushali Mukherjee, Subhashree Dutta, Anuska Chatterjee, Anoushka Chaudhury

Class II – Subhadip Mukherjee, Soham Paul, Hritosloke Roy, Ayush Sengupta, Priyanjana Ghosh, Jhimli Ojha, Soundarjyo Sen, Prasakha Mahapatra, Ananya Kumar, Siddhant Agarwal, Kalpita Bose, Abhra Kumar

Mitra, Aritrya Das, Rishita Paul, Sohini Paul, Aritra Kanjilal, Arjo Sen, Ayushi Ghosh, Bidisha Deb, Oishi Mallick Ganguly, Shakya Bhattacharya, Oishik Paul, Aryamann Sain, Kingle Das, Apratim Karmakar

Bhangra: Class I – Sumali Kanjilal, Diyasha Roy Banik, Srijita Chatterjee, Mrittika Roy, Ishita Chatterji, Swarnika Saha, Amrita Halder

Class II – Anushmita Dutta, Aditi Das, Neelangshu Jyoti Bagchi, Agnit Roy, Bidisha Roy, Shreyas Roy, Sushmita Saha, Sukanya Sengupta, Madhura Mukherjee, Pramita Dasgupta, Moitreya Banerjee, Adarsha Chattopadhyay, Gargi Bhattacharyya, Abhirup Das, Aritrayan Bhattacharyya, Debaditya Chakraborty, Sanjana Shankar, Shreyas Bhaumik, Dharmesh Kumar Rathi, Pratik Guha, Oishiki Ganguly, Yash Rajpara, Ashmita Samaddar, Reetom Rakshit, Urna Bandyopadhyay, Ushij Chatterjee

The Variety Show was possible because of the untiring efforts of Mrs Ratna Bose and her enthusiastic team of teachers, who wrote the scripts and lyrics, setting them to music or fitting them to the tunes of popular numbers. Mr R. (Georgie) Guha and Mr A. Halder were in charge of music.

Garba: Classes I & II

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A selective list of books in the library

English (Reference Section)1. Funk & Wagnalls New

Encyclopedia (29 vols)2. Encyclopedia Britannica (32 vols)3. The Oxford Companion to English

Literature4. The Cambridge Guide to English

Literature5. Encyclopedia of Science6. Astronomy Encyclopedia7. Dictionary of National Biography

(India) (4 vols)8. Oxford English Dictionary

(20 vols)9. The American Heritage Dictionary

of Science10. The New Encyclopedia of Science

(9 vols)11. Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Lands

and Peoples12. 21st Century Universal

Encyclopedia (30 vols)13. Encyclopedia of Philosophy (8 vols)14. The Cambridge Dictionary of

Philosophy15. The Oxford Dictionary of World

Religions16. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics

(13 vols)17. Samsad Companion to

Mahabharata18. Man, Myth and Magic (17 vols)19. The Oxford Companion to Indian

Theatre

20. The Dictionary of Art (34 vols)21. Encyclopedia of Indian Literature

(6 vols)22. American National Biography

(24 vols)23. The Dictionary of National

Biography (22 vols)24. The Dictionary of National

Biography, Twentieth Century (8 vols)

25. The Sistine Chapel (2 vols)26. The Jahangirnama27. Norton Critical Editions (53 vols)

[ Total acquisitions from 01 April to 31 September 2008: English 542 Bengali 119 Hindi 62 ]

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