From left: Annamma Joseph, Headmistress, Shainy Joseph, Headmistress, A K Shrivastava, Principal, Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief, The Peninsula, Lukose K Chacko, Vice-Chairman, Shirley Rappai, Vice-Principal and Sindhu Manoj, Headmistress, during the 9th Foundation Day celebration at Birla Public School.
The Birla Public School (BPS) celebrated its ninth Founders’ Day with a slew of cultural events attended by students, parents and a number of dignitaries.
Guests at the three-day event included Khalid Al Sayed, editor-in-chief of The Peninsula, Dr Lulwa A Al Misnad, former director board member of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation and senior school officials.
Al Sayed who was the chief guest on the second day appreciated the remarkable achievements of the school within a span of nine years. He stressed the importance of reading and shared an amusing anecdote from his student life. He also underlined the role of education in personality development.
Al Misnad, the first day’s chief guest stressed the importance of cultural intermingling and the strong foundation that has been laid in Qatar owing to the partnership between GCC countries and India.
Tiny tots of the school showcased a digital world, presenting their programmes through Kids Valley TV, a channel with a difference featuring their talents and skills. The rendition of The Selfish Giant transported the audience to the world of legends and folklore.
The exquisite dance form of Srilanka found expression in the programme titled Thillana Thillana. Gramaphone to Iphone etched the evolution of technology over the years. Spinning a yarn through the changes in one’s apparel figured in Lavie the Life a performance by the International Curriculum students of Grade 1.
On the second day, the audience observed a minute’s silence as a mark of respect to Pandit Ravi Shankar, the music maestro, who passed away earlier in the day.
The changing facets of education featuring the gurukuls, the proliferation of English education and computer assisted education presented by the third graders marked the opening of the cultural evening on the day.
Diversity transformers which ensued featuring the second graders was a performance that captured the reformations in the art of street drama. A world engulfed in the quagmire of materialistic rat –race was portrayed in Apna Sapna Money Money. The fourth graders highlighted the power of music to transcend the barriers of language and withstand the test of time in Musical Time Machine. The young students staged a Hindi play titled Bahu Ki Vida voicing their concern over social evils like dowry, female foeticide and denial of the right to education.
The teachers of Birla school staged a drama titled The Visages which was a celebration of womanhood depicting powerful iconic characters such as Lady Macbeth, Annarkali, Unniarcha and Kannaki. The Peninsula
