Newsletter

Date: 22 September 2013

Criteria of CAS – Creativity

Approximate time - 8 hours

Venue – D Y Patil International School, Nagpur

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” - Gustave Flaubert

I and my classmate Himanshu Halve suggested our CAS coordinator, like every school we should have a newsletter. We have many students who like write. Some have also chosen journalism as a career. Our Coordinator ma’am gave both of us the responsibility of project. So we planned everything. It was our job to organizing everything, select the writers, and make a proper and sophisticated newsletter. We selected Asmita Meshram, Jaidev Pahade, Shradha Wakode and Jagveer pal as our writers.  Asmita wrote an article on “Homosexuality in India”. Jaidev wrote amazing article on the school’s football team’s performance. Shradha and Jagveer reflected their CAS activies through spectacular articles. Jagveer also wrote a poem. I and Himanshu edited every article, design the Newsletter and add animation. We worked collaboratively to make this Newsletter a success.

We decided to write an editorial together, about this newsletter and CAS. Through this I have developed a new skill. I gave 8 hours in this activity. This activity required great amount of focus, creativity and skill.

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Hindi Divas

Activity Date – 20 September 2013

Approximate Time - 2 hours

Criteria of CAS – Creativity

Hindi is an official language of India. It has got respect of our national language as there thousands languages in India. In India language changes in every 50 km, still Hindi is the most convenient and used language in India.

Hindi Divas is an annual literary-day celebration in India and other Hindi speaking countries. Hindi is not seen just as a language in India, it is pride and honor of our country. When my Hindi teacher Miss. Vijaylaxmi Kanate asked me to organize the Hindi Divas celebration to be held in our school and do the comparing. I agreed to undertake this new challenge as I saw it as an opportunity to rise up as a leader and a speaker. I belong from an Urdu speaking family, Urdu and Hindi are similar languages. So I thought it would be easy for me but it wasn’t, as Vijaylaxmi ma’am explained me the difference between spoken language and authentic language. The authentic language has words with difficult pronunciations and you have to use them with very grammatically sentences. Whereas stage skills comes I never got chance to be the anchor and manage the whole function. I always saw my seniors do it and thought how it would feel to manage such big audience. Being on the stage and explaining things to such big audience is very difficult. Many people suffer through stage fear. I have seen many of friends have that problem, I was hoping I don’t get that.

First of all I planned the activity. Then I gathered some information on Hindi Divas for introduction of the function. After my research I realized that Hindi is growing language and before 2 or 3 years back it has realized in internet. It is shame for all of us Hindi speaking population that Hindi has still not got the recognition in the world it deserves. Many great poets and writers of India chose Hindi as medium to represent their thoughts to the public. I think Hindi is great language which represents India’s culture and history in a fabulous form.

We made and sent a formal invitation to our teachers. Before we started the function I was very scared for my performance, my heartbeat got fast, there were many thoughts in my mind at that situation I wanted to run away but I chose be there and face my fear. I didn’t wanted to be known as a coward I wanted be known as the courageous one. As we started the program I don’t know from where but I got some amazing confidence and started the celebration with a very good introduction. Then we had a quiz by Himanshu, where students had to convert given English word in Hindi and vice versa. We also had some patriotic songs by students to show us the importance of the bond between Hindi and India. Our CBSE principal Mr. Nair recited a poem “Secular Machar”. Then some of schoolmates also recited poems, in my perspective Asmita Meshram did the best. We ended the program with our national anthem. I think by this activity I developed a new skill of hosting events.

To School by Cycling

Criteria of CAS - Action
Approximate Time - 2 hours

Reflection - 1] How to work in a team

                  2] Get knowledge about my skills

                  3] Enhance my cycling skills

Cycling is one of the way of transport and also a great sport, and it is a good exercise too it enhances our stamina,improve our health and increase fitness. Some people regularly do cycling to lose their fat and stay fit and some people do it just because they loving doing it. I do it for both. I got to know that our school has started extra classes on Saturdays where we would cover our lagging portion. I and my friends Himanshu Halve and Jaidev Pahade thought it would be great to come to school by cycling because we always search for new adventures but some of my friends disagreed by saying that it would be such a labour and also suggested us not to do that, but we didn't listen to their suggestions. So finally we decided to come by cycling.

Cycling Day

“Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.” 

- Lance Armstrong

From home to school

07 September 2013 It was a great morning birds chirping, rays of sun coming through fluffy clouds it was the sunrise. I took my cycle to get at Radisson blu hotel because at that place I and my friends decided to gather, it is 3km way from my home to Radisson blu hotel and It took me 5 minutes to get there because I was enjoying the wind which was challenging me. After that we started our cycling journey of 17km with destination our school  but also had one many thoughts in my head because of the curiosity as we started three of us were irritated by traffic, car & truck drivers blowing horns and people shouting and some were just busy doing their work, but soon we got in the area of forest where there was a moment of silence where I forgot all my tensions and worries, where I felt my existence in this world it was like God directly showering his blessing upon me, I will not forget that experience in my whole life.

After half-an-hour we were in MIHAN an unfinished project but it was amazing because there was nobody but us on road,

I felt like I am the king of that road riding my horse with pride and honour, As there was no one there so it was a no man’s land I can do anything I wanted to do we thought racing but there was no finish line and starting line and no prize but satisfaction rules were just to be ahead of other two. Soon I was tired and I thought I won’t be to able do it,

and then a voice in came from my heart asked me what happened? I said I can’t do it, he asked do you want to do it? I answered yes I want to do it, and I started thinking how do I do it? I saw my friends away ahead of me and I thought I will try to do it, then I said to myself I can do it and I started cycling and it was the wind again challenging me but this time it was again my will a voice which came from my heart who said I will do it and I began pedalling as fast as I can with all my physical power applied on it. Then with my head up with courage and seeking destination, I saw the gate of my school it was the same feelings that a man would have watching gates of heavens. It sounds funny and little crazy but when I entered the school through the gate the title track from the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander started playing in my head and I said to myself yes! I did it.

After all of this realized the feeling of accomplishing something for which you have been trying so hard, I can just say that I got the moment of peace and satisfaction in my mind which I was seeking in the starting of my journey.
From school to home

Time for the return journey was 1:40 but the weather was changed; it was not as good as it was in morning, the sun was on our heads its rays were on fire I felt like my head was burning and all wet with sweat. But it was not tough as it was in morning because I knew if can do it one time I can do it again. 17km in sunny weather with hot breeze if there is hell on this world I promise won’t be worst than this, but somehow I managed to keep up. Then after-an-half hour we decide to take a break and as we were in city area we stopped at near grocery store and bought some cold drinks when drunk that bottle finally my head stopped burning. Soon we were at Radisson blu hotel where our journey started and only one thing was going on all of us mind that finally our journey has ended. After all of this I learned so many things like know about my skill and capability and one more that it is not the destination which matters it’s the way which matter.