WE CELEBRATED RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY AT OUR SCHOOL TODAY! ONE OF THE TOP 5 LITERARY FIGURES WORLD-WIDE OF ALL TIMES, HE WAS THE FIRST FROM INDIA TO RECEIVE THE NOBEL PRIZE AND ALSO KNIGHTED (WHICH HE LATER RENOUNCED IN PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH ATROCITIES IN INDIA). A GREAT WRITER, POET, EDUCATIONIST, PAINTER, MUSICIAN...HE IS AN ICON WORLD-WIDE. WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS WHO RECITED POEMS AND RENDERED TAGORE'S SONGS-INCLUDING WELL KNOWN MIME ARTIST MOUMITA ADAK. THE CHILDREN PUT UP SOME GREAT PERFORMANCES. THE ICING ON THE CAKE WAS A RECITATION BY OUR 4 YEAR OLD AYUSH-WHO RECITED A 16-LINE POEM (USUALLY TAUGHT IN GRADE 2) IN BENGALI - AND HIS MOTHER -TONGUE IS NEPALI!
ARUN ADHIKARI (FORMER TEACHER AND MEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE INTRODUCING RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD OF LITERATURE...
OUR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS BEHAVE VERY WELL TODAY!
AYUSH (4) AND IN NURSERY, RECITING A 16 LINE POEM (EXTEMPORE) IN BENGALI. INTERESTINGLY HIS MOTHER-TONGUE IS NEPALI AND HE IS IN SCHOOL JUST 8 MONTHS!!
THE JUNIOR CLASSES PUT UP A DANCE TO ONE OF TAGORE'S SONGS FOR CHILDREN
MOUMITA ADAK-WELL KNOWN MIME AND THEATRE ARTIST RENDERED TWO POEMS BY TAGORE FOR CHILDREN
AMALESH MITRA (OUR BOARD CONSULTANT) AND AN ACTIVE PERSONALITY IN MIME, THEATRE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES RENDERED A FUNNY CHILDREN'S SONG
SUPARNA BHATTACHARYA, OUR NEIGHBOR AND AN REPUTED ORATOR, RENDERING A SPECIAL POEM BY TAGORE FOR CHILDREB
REBECCA LED THE DANCE BRIGADE - TRAINED THEM HERSELF OVER 4 DAYS
OUR TEACHERS (SOME ARE NOT IN THE PICTURE) SANG TWO TAGORE SONGS FOR THE AUDIENCE
