Reverence, 2014

An Annual Day I Ended Up attending

The Event

On the 26th of April, 2014, Delhi Public School, Ruby Park organised its annual day in the science city auditorium. The chief guest was the renowned Dadasaheb Phalke Award winning bengali film legend, Soumitra Chattopadhyay. It happens to be the second annual day of my school(s) that I that ever went to. And being there proved to be very productive!

An iPad from the Blue

I should call myself lucky for having chosen Delhi Public School, Ruby Park as my high school. The last year, I took a test, called the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), which is an exam conducted by the Indian Institute of Science, to encourage Indian students to join a career in research. Fortunately, I qualified the test, which makes me eligible for a scholarship, from the around August, 2014, if I choose to join a course in basic science (the term 'basic science' is properly explained in the link to the official site of KVPY). I was pretty happy to have been eligible for the scholarship and for a scope to embark a career path that I aspired to join.

Anyhow, I had barely expected a recognition from my school, for managing my way through the test! Yesterday, on the occasion of our school's annual day, I received a 'special prize' from my school, along with 4 of my friends, and what might that special prize be, other then an iPad Air! Now, this was barely expected. I mean, how much can you expect from a prize that your school is giving you for qualifying a little known examination? So, it was literally surprising and it was really difficult to control expressing it on stage, while receiving the prize!

My iPad Air.

And the box that it came in.

Other Prizes in the Bag

The iPad is not where it ends. I received three more wonderful books in the pack.

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.

An Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins.

The Race of My Life by Milkha Singh.

And last, but not the least, the certificate from school.

So, that sums it up. I am pretty much happy with the encouragement and support I received from my school and I feel really lucky for having been a student of it.

Farewell

Indian Equivalent of High-school Prom

The Homology of Farewell and Prom

Both farewell, in India, and prom, in the west, apparently originates from similar motives - remembering and enjoying the last official day of the school, generally with some celebration and overture. Today, on 22nd February, 2014, I happened to attend my High-School farewell. And it was quite an experience.

At School

We were given a red-carpet welcome, as we entered the school. We also received a standing ovation from the students of Class XI, while we were walking on the carpet laid for us. That, did make many of us blush, but we really did enjoy the welcome.

The attire I was in.

Outside school, with Soham Rudra, Titikhyu Dixit and Diganta Chakraborty (from left).

The singers of Class XI.

The nominees for the title of Miss D.P.S.

Mr. D.P.S. Ishan Sharma (no, he's not the bowler) and Miss D.P.S. Matam Manogna.

With Mr. Mrinal Kanti Sarkar (class teacher).

Beyond the Official Banner

With the closest friends, Titikhyu Dixit and Ayush Garg.

Sunandan Bhattacharya, the lazy, carefree genius.

 Sarthak Mohanty, best rapper I have ever met.

Aditya Bose, the perpetual sponsor (at the canteen).

Kanad Sinha, a guy with a particular attraction towards 'stone' (my classmates will know what I mean).

With Miss D.P.S. Lucky me!

Another group of friends - Indraneel Hazra, Ablohit Das, Risheen Mukherjee and Rajjeshwar Ganguly.

And, the craziness, our definitive property (I appear to have the jaws of a python).

The last look.

Bleh!

With school in the background.

The Well-known Couples

Debarati Sarkar and Soham Rudra.

Sourodip Mukherjee and Shreyasee Das.

Debjeet Dam and Ishani Mitra.

Food - The Ulterior Motive

The packet served at school.

The chicken pieces at KFC.

The hungry bite.

The post-lunch relaxation.

Closure

Well, the farewell, was certainly a event that we (hopefully, I have the authority of commenting on behalf of my friends) enjoyed a lot. This was most probably the last time, the whole batch assembled together and celebrated the upcoming separation. And this is the first time we found each other so well dressed and groomed. To our surprise, even our principal spoke with a smile in her face (we are appreciably afraid of our principal). So, overall, it was a event worth going to.