Students of Class VII of Delhi Public School, Chandigarh presented their class show ‘Kavyanjali – a Rhythmic Flight’ (an Inter-Section Poetry Recitation Competition) on the occasion of the Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony. The school Principal, Mrs Reema Dewan, congratulated the students and the parents. She said that the middle school was the focus area and all efforts were being made to give the students a wholesome exposure. Besides the Robotics lab that has been set up, the children will get a fruitful experience in the AI lab too. She also apprised the parents about the school’s commitment to prepare the students to grow up to be innovative, creative and independent thinkers. Having been the City Coordinator for the past 4-5 years has helped her to get better insight into the working of the education system and use it to for the benefit of the school. Dr. Papiya Mukherjee (Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, Panjab University) and Dr Nusrat Shafiq (Professor of Pharmacology, PGI, Chandigarh) were the judges of the recitation competition. Taking the opportunity to exhibit their talent and confidence, the students of class 7 recited their poems with enthusiasm. Children brought alive the poems of Roald Dahl, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Rudyard Kipling, Piyush Mishra among others, with the beauty of their expression, thoughts, rhyme, rhythm and music of words. While one team took a leaf from the Mahabharata, the other touched patriotism. Serious themes like female foeticide left the audience teary-eyed and thoughtful while the lighter ones like Television and Muddlehead, had the audience in splits. The judges were truly enraptured by the performances and lauded the efforts of the students.
