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THE JOURNAL OF SAINIK SCHOOL BAL ACHADI

AWARD FOR THE BEST ANNUAL JOURNAL 2018-19

Sainik School Balachadi, in its long journey of 58 years, had achieved many milestones. But achieving a National Award for the Best School Macazine among Sainik Schools was a great feeling.

School magazine is the true pulse of an educational institution. It always tried to be a launch pad for the cadets to blossom their creative skills. As an editor, I was always fortunate to have whole hearted support of superiors, who constantly guided and encouraged me in its making, especially Col Dhirendra Kumar, the then Vice Principal of Sainik School Balachadi for his constant motivation.

The biggest mileage of our magazine 2018-19 was its theme, ‘Leadership’, the most suitable embodiment of Sainik School’s aims and objectives. I can not ignore the creative contributions of all our cadets, staff and well wishers for the magazine. I can not complete my words without remembering the designing, lay out and all creative works done by Mr. Thushar Madhavan of the Akshara Printers, Thiruvananthapuram for bringing out the magazine in its final stage.

Once again as an editor, I fondly cherish the moments of making the Leadership edition and extend my sincere thanks to everyone associated with it.

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FROM THE CHIEF EDITOR

Opinions, views and ideas expressed here in after are that of individual authors and may not reflect the official position of Sainik School Balachadi or Sainik School Society, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India.

Cover: The seventeen cadets of class XII, who cleared UPSC written exam and ten out of them were recommended by SSB.

Patron & Publisher Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal, Sainik school Balachadi, Jamnagar-361230, Tel: 02893 246226

Concept & Design Mr. Raghesh P R HOD- Social Science

Typesetting Layout & Design Thushar Madhavan Chithra Rajagopal ABC Color System, Trivandrum, Kerala Tel: 0471 2473911

Stills Mr. R. S. Mishra, Art Master

Printer Akshara Offset, Trivandrum, Kerala Tel: 0471 2471174

editorial team SITTING (L to R):- Lt Cdr Manu Arora (Vice Principal, Editorial Adviser), Gp Capt Ravinder Singh ( Principal, Patron), Mr. Raghesh P R (HOD- Social Science, Chief Editor) STANDING (L to R):- Mr. Nadeem Siddhiqui, LDC (Clerical Support), Ms. Sunita Kademani, HOD-English (Associate Editor, English), Dr. Bhavesh Chandegara, HOD – Gujarati (Associate Editor, Gujarati), Mrs. E A Mini, TGT- Hindi (Associate Editor, Hindi), Mr. Sunil Kumar, TGT- English (Associate Editor, English).

I am proudly presenting before you our school magazine, SANDESHAK 2019-20, a magazine of the students and for the students. I feel much satisfied as our previous edition of Sandeshak, the Leadership edition, was adjudged as the best school magazine among all Sainik Schools in a national competition. But we never believe in complacency, our journey towards innovation and betterment is still on, therefore we bring this edition of Sandeshak with another highly important and relevant educational theme, ‘Creativity’.

If the school is a building surrounded by four walls with the future inside, then the magazine is the launch pad for its talent and creative rockets.

Like previous year, we tried to bring certain innovation and creativity itself to make it a unique album of our campus. I take this opportunity to place on record my sincere gratitude to the Patron, Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal and Editorial adviser Lt Cdr Manu Arora, Vice Principal for their constant support and guidance.

I would be a failure in my duty if I ignore the contributions made by those Officers, Staff members, Ex students and students who stood by me by sharing the responsibilities and contributing for the creativity edition including the entire editorial team.

Above all, our constant inspiration and support is our children, parents, OBSSA members, members of our sister organisations and all our well wishers. I thank each and every one of them and humbly submit our new creativity edition for their review.

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY READING…

Cdt Devang Bhargav

Cdt Abhishek Raj

Cdt Abhishek Kumar Cdt Hemang Dumanya

Vijay Rupani Chief Minister, Gujarat State 3rd floor,Swarnim Sankul – 1, New Sachivalay, Sector 10, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

“A Person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read”

Mark Twain

There is an ancient Greek saying, “Give me a child for seven years, afterwards, let God or Devil take the child. They cannot change the child” This indicates the power of great teachers and what they can inculcate in the young minds. The Sainik School Balachadi is doing the same by providing holistic education based on globally accepted values.

Scholastic excellence with good military discipline and physical fitness has made Sainik Schools popular with General public. I am pleased to learn that the school has integrated Hon. Prime Minister’s initiatives like “Swatch Abhiyan, “Digital India”. ‘Fit India’ etc in the curriculum. In a state like Gujarat, it is high time to create awareness among the public about professional opportunities in armed forces. It made me immensely happy that the School cadets have done extremely well in district, State and national level by participating ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ and made Gujarat proud by representing the state.

I am happy to learn that Sainik School Balachadi is bringing out its 58th Annual School Journal “Sandeshak’ for the year 2019-20, based on the theme ‘Creativity’. I extend my heartiest felicitations to all the faculties and the students of this institution. Heartiest best wishes!

Vijay Rupani

Rann Utsav Rann Utsav is an awesome festival of Kutch, Gujarat, India.

It is a Carnival of Music, Dance, nature beauty of White Rann and much more than that when visited under the full Moon.

Kutch Rann Utsav is the shimmering landscape that gives the enchanting moments of this Fest, which feels like Heaven on Earth during festival time. In fact, it’s a Family holiday destination to explore fun moments and store in cameras for life time. Rann utsav official dates announced, it will be from 28th October 2019 to 12th February 2020.

Bhupendrasinh Chudasama Minister for Education, Gujarat State Salt Industry, Cow-Breeding and Civil Aviation Government of Gujarat Swarnim Sankul-1, 2nd Floor, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar-382 010

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”

- Benjamin Franklin

I am extremely reveled with satisfaction to know that Sainik School Balachadi is bringing out its 58 th edition of ‘ Sandeshak’ for the year 2019- 20.

I am glad to learn that the school focuses on the celebration of Human spirit, as ultimately that is what really matters.

All this must lead to becoming more, more human and more compassionate. Education with a value system has to be so designed that righteousness is developed in young minds. That should be the mission of education. I recently paid my second visit to the School on the occasion of its Annual Day celebrations. The school is making concerted efforts to facilitate its cadets to outshine in life. I am sure in years to come; the school will excel in all fields and will take steps towards presenting disciplined and self reliant citizen to our nation. I was highly satisfied to know the school’s active participation in the various stages of ‘Khel Mahakumbh ’ and made our state proud by representing it at National level.

It is heartening to know that the theme of the magazine is ‘Creativity’, as I have seen and experienced it during my visit to the School. The school can be a torch bearer for the entire educational institutions of Gujarat through its emphasis on value education and spontaneous creativity exhibited during Annual Exhibition. I also take this opportunity to say that the Sainik School Balachdi is a state asset and an unique institution of the state. I am sure that it will continue to be looked after by the state in a befitting manner. The school is blessed with a visionary administration and sincere faculty to take it to greater heights.

I wish the ‘Best of Luck’ to the Principal, Staff and Cadets in all their forthcoming ventures and achievements.

Bhupendrasinh Chudasama

Junagadh Junagadh, is a historical city, whose name means ‘Old Fort’, is situated south west Gujarat, 315 kilometers from Ahmedabad, 90 kilometers north of Somnath, and 50 kilometers northwest of Gir National Park.

The Fort is at the bottom of the sacred and temple-covered Girnar hills. It is the 19th century Mahabat Maqbara mausoleum complex of local rulers at Junagadh, which is an Indo-Islamic architectural marvel with intricate designs. The ruins of Uparkot Fort has some interesting structures such as step wells and Buddhist rock-cut caves, is another attraction.

Satish Singh Joint Secretary (Trg) Government of India Ministry of Defence New Delhi - 110011

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.�

- Albert Einstein

I am pleased to learn that school is publishing its Annual Magazine. I look forward to reading the same.

The school is doing a commendable job of grooming the cadets and preparing them to be disciplined and patriotic citizens.

Contribution of significant number of officers to the defence forces and other civilian positions is a testimony. Today the alumni are placed at senior ranks not just in Armed forces but also in other fields T his is a result of the hard work and dedication of the staff working in the school and I commend their contributions.

I exhort all the staff members and cadets to dedicate themselves to the noble task of nation building.

Satish Singh

Modhera Dance Festival The Sun Temple of Modhera is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of the Solanki Empire, which hosts the Annual Dance Festival and flaunts the glory and splendor of that era. The Modhera Dance Festival is one of the most famous celebration of art, music, dance and culture, in this part of the country. This unique occurrence showcases traditional dance forms of the region as well as acts as a platform bringing together the cultural ethos of other regions expressed in form of dance or nritya.

Maj Gen Dinesh Shrivastava General Officer Commanding Tele No. Army (O) 2401 (R) 2431 Headquarters, 11 Infantry Dvision Pin-908411 C/o 56 APO

It gives me pleasure to note that Sainik School Balachadi is shortly bringing out the next issue of its annual School Magazine Sandeshak for the year 2019-2020 I remember the famous sculptor of Michelangelo He created a beautiful statue and a friend of his said, “Out of a piece of stone you have created this beautiful statue.’’ The sculptor said, “This statue was already within the stone I have not created it. All I have done is, I have chiseled off the undesirable pieces which were around the statue and which were around the statue and which were masking the statue. “This is exactly the essence of Education It is heartening to note that Sainik School Balachadi has contributed significantly in preparing cadets to join the Armed Forces it has been striving hard to bring about all round improvement in the performance of its cadets with a special emphasis on their character building.

During my last visit to the School for LBA meet, I was happy to know that the school is going in right direction and momentum of technological advancement in education and has plans to create world class infrastructure of enable and Promote School are much more conducive to create a happy school environment there, which is a prime requirement of learning.

The School has to its credit some praiseworthy achievements in the past for which the school administration, teaching staff as well as the cadets deserve full credit I am sanguine that in its pursuit of Excellence the school will continue to scale dizzy heights in the years ahead.

Best wishes

Maj Gen Dinesh Shrivastava

Gir National Park GIR National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Sasan Gir, is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat. As per the 14th Asiatic Lion Census 2015, the Lion population was 523 (27% up compared to previous census in 2010). Today, it is the only area in Asia where Asiatic lions occur and is considered one of the most important protected areas in Asia because of its biodiversity. The Gir ecosystem with its diverse flora and fauna is now considered the jewel of Gujarat’s ecological resources.

Commodore G. Rambabu, Indian Navy Inspecting Officer, Sainik Schools Society Ministry of Defence Sainik Schools Society 101, D1 Wing, Sena Bhavan New Delhi - 110011

“When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts” - Dalai Lama

It gives me immense pleasure to know that Sainik School Balachadi is bringing out the 58th edition of its annual school magazine ‘Sandeshak’ for the year 2019-20. I take this opportunity to congratulate the editorial team of the previous edition of ‘Sandeshak’ for bagging the ‘Best Journal Award’.

Sainik School Balachadi holds a place of pride in the galaxy of Sainik Schools of the country because of its stellar contribution to the overall good of society. The school, with its vibrant infrastructure and dedicated staff, is moving step by step towards achieving its motto ‘In Pursuit of Excellence’.

The creation of the new infrastructure like synthetic volleyball and basketball court, new cadet’s hostel, leader’s gallery etc. is a testimony to the efforts put in by the school administration to provide top class infrastructure and conducive educational environment to the cadets in their march towards glory.

I convey my good wishes to the Officers, Staff and cadets on this occassion.

Jai Hind!

Commodore G. Rambabu

Garba Festival Garba is a form of dance which originated in the state of Gujarat in India. The name is derived from the Sanskrit term Garbha (“womb”) and Deep (“a small earthenware lamp”).

Many traditional garbas are performed around centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti. The circular and spiral figures of garba have similarities to other spiritual dances, such as those of Sufi culture (garba being an earlier tradition).

Gp Capt P Ravi Kumar Inspecting Officer, Sainik Schools Society Ministry of Defence Sainik Schools Society 101, D-1 Wing, Sena Bhawan New Delhi-110011

‘Iron rusts from disuse. Stagnant water loses its purity.

So does inaction sap the vigour of the mind’

- Leonardo Da vinci

All the waves of the Arabian sea won’t be able to obliterate the footprints left behind by the Balachadians over the years. The school would soon build doughty castles which won’t be washed away with the sands of time. When we have successfully tided over the paths closed by a deadly pathogen, the peaceable residents of this seaside seminary would be on their way to write new chapters in their history.

The school magazine mirrors all the marvellous feats of the school in the past year. It captures the spills and thrills in every sphere of the school’s activities- in words and images; in poetry and emotion; in prose and numbers; in reviews and reminiscences. The journey of the magazine does not end with its release or the reader browsing its contents. In fact it begins there and gets more intense and interesting with each passing year. The editorial team has just set rolling a magical ball which will at once soothe and stimulate the reader’s mind every time he or she comes in contact with it.

The art or the articles inside this book won’t change, though they were a result of being witness to the changes which happened in the lives of the cadets who would hereafter travel on their own separate paths somehow to always find their way back to each other. The real marvel of the magazine is in connecting lives which would scatter and radiate in different directions like the beams of the sun. Just as the magazine itself was created by stringing together different beads (of words, wisdom and worldviews) contributed by the creators, it will in the hereafter hold all of the authors and dramatis personae together. In a world where social media has unfortunately replaced the postal letters as a less creative means of expression, the annual magazine will hopefully continue to be a bastion of free and original thought.

Wishing the Principal, Staff and Cadets the best the year ahead has to offer.

Jai Hind!

Gp Capt P Ravi Kumar

Kite Festival The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) is regarded as one of the biggest festivals celebrated in Gujarat. The festival of Uttarayan marks the day when winter begins to turn into summer, according to the Indian calendar.

It is the sign for farmers that the sun is back and that harvest season is approaching which is called Makara Sankranti/Mahasankranti. This day marks the termination of the Winter season and the beginning of a new harvest season. Many cities in Gujarat organize kite competition between their citizens where the people compete with each other.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Principal Ministry of Defence Sainik Schools Balachadi Jamnagar, Gujarat 361230

It has been now more than two years since I took over Command of this prestigious School. I feel to have evolved as a human being and explored various facts of human personality which has empowered me as a Leader.

Theme of last year’s edition of the magazine was Leadership. which was adjudged as the best School Magazine among all the Schools. Keeping up the momentum, the theme of this year’s edition has been kept as -Creativity-. It is a known fact that creativity stimulates imagination. which is one of the most important aspects of Leadership. An imaginative Leader is a visionary leader he will keep his priorities clear and follow them with unflinching passion.

This year, the School has achieved many milestones in its pursuit towards excellence. Eleven Balachadians have been recommended by the SSB and are waiting eagerly to move in the corridors of Sudan Block. Their course has been delayed because of pandemic COVID-19.

This is a milestone as this is a highest entry in a single course after almost a decade. This has electrified the environment of the School and boosted the confidence of cadets enormously. Apart from this, Balachadians have also excelled in sports and other competitions at District, State and National level and brought glory to the School.

I thought the end of Session was slightly abrupt, as the School was forced to be closed because of looming threat of the pandemic and remains to be closed till I pen this Message. The endeavour of the School has been to rise to the challenge and continue the training of the cadets amidst the lockdown.

I am sure that cadets will face this challenge with their grit and prove their mettle. I am confident that my ‘Leaders’ will come out with flying colours in the next session also.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh

Dholavira Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern-day village 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of it. Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization/Harappan city

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Like every year, this year also we celebrated the 59th Annual Day of our glorious school on 19th Oct 2019. In continuation of the practice of delivering Annual report in hindi, this year our honourable Principal Gp Capt Ravinder Singh presented Annual report in hindi so as to present a clear picture and understanding of the achievements and happenings in the school to the audience who are mostly from the rural area. Here is the English version of the Annual Day Report which evaluates the performance of the school for the session 2018-19.

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I am privileged to undertake the pleasant duty of presenting the report of all the activities undertaken during the academic session 2018-19.

The Annual Report showcases the achievements of our school, undoubtedly, but also makes us think deeply about our shortcomings.

We have always been committed to create an environment in the school which helps the young minds to blossom and provide a platform for individual thinking and holistic development of the child’s personality.

We set standards and goals for ourselves and strive to achieve them – be it in the area of academics, sports, discipline, leadership and more.

I would like to place on record my appreciation for Lt Col Deepak Chaddha, Previous Adm Officer, Sainik School Balachadi and Col Dhirendra Kumar, PreviousVice Principal Sainik School Balachadi who were posted out to COD Agra wef 04 Jul 2019 and to 2 Corps Ambalawef 24 Jul 2019 respectively.

NDA Selection As you all know that the primary aim of the school is to prepare cadets academically, physically and mentally for entry into the National Defence Academy. Cdt UtkarshTiwari (5282) Cdt DarshitSuvagia (5322), Cdt Saurabh Kumar (5689) joined the 141 NDA and 103 NA course in Jan 2019.

CdtPrakashkumar (5193)Cdt Kushagra Kalra (5822), Cdt Luv Patel (5386) and joined 142 Course and 104 NA in July 2019.

We also bid adieu to Mr. Anoop VS, PGT Computer Science who proceeded to Sainik School Kalikiri on Inter School transfer wef 10 Jul 2019.

Let me alsotake this opportunity to welcome Lt Cdr Manu Arora who took over as our new Vice Principal this academic session. I would like to inform that Mr. Venkatesh& Mr. Balrajhave been appointed as PGT Chem and TGT English respectively.

Academics I wish to begin with our performance on the academic front.

Achieving academic excellence is at the heart core of our endeavor as educators. Academic achievements reflect a demonstrated ability to perform to the best of one’s ability by developing one’s intellectual potentials and skills with diligence and discipline. We are happy to share the details of the commendable performances of our students.

I am glad to inform you that like previous year once again we could maintain our mark of excellence with 100% result in our AISSCE & AISSE examination and were one of the 12 Sainik Schools out of 31 producing 100% result.

Cadet Hariom(5426) of class XII emerged as school topper with an aggregate score of 90.4 marks. Cadet Dhrupal Kumar Sosa (5434) stood 2nd by scoring 90.2 and Cadet Vivek Kumar ( 5409) stood 3rd with 90.0marks.

In class X Board exam result, Cadet Sudhanshu Kumar (5675) secured 95.6% and stood 1st. Cadet Divya Nilesh Kumar (5657) and Cadet Boda Meet Kumar (5662) stood second and third by scoring 95.2 and 95% of marks respectively.

Like every year, this year too the Sainik School society had organized a Principals’ workshop at sainik school Chottorgarh on 26 Sep, 2019. Rajya Raksha Mantri Shri. Suripad Yesso Naik presided over the meeting. I am pleased to inform to you all that, the school magazine ‘Sandeshak 2018-19’ was awarded the ‘Best Journal award’.

I complement the editorial board members for this achievement.

New Initiatives Keeping in mind the changing needs of the developing and competitive environment, the school has introduced some new initiatives with a hope of improving the cadets’ performance and adding to their overall development. Such as, Public speaking presentation by class XII cadets on weekly basis in front of the whole school for continuous evaluaton Continuous evaluation tests weekly class tests Introduction of newabs in Library and its Air conditioning Library

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Staff Enrichment Programme Teachers are among the basic components working relentlessly towards the realization of the multiple objectives of teaching and learning. It is important that this segment of the school remains wellinformed about the latest developments in their respective fields. To enable the teachers perform to the tune of the time, the school sendsthe staff members to attend Faculty Development Programmes/Seminars on different subjects to update their knowledge and to enhance their teaching skills. * Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar attended Regional Summit of School Principals on “Addiction in School

Children – New Age Challenges” which was held at The Rajkumar College, Rajkot on 24 Jan 2019. * All India Sainik Schools Teachers’ Workshop was conducted at Sainik School Bhubaneswarfrom 17 to 22 June 2019. Mr. Lalit Yadav, TGT Social Science, Mrs. Lajwanti Yadav, TGT English and Mrs. Meery Ray, TGT Mathematics attended the same.

The participant teachers shared their experience with other staff members on their arrival to school. * An enlightening session on Gender Sensitivity was organized by CBSE through RIE Ajmer held at Atmiya Vidya Shishu Mandir on 21 Jun, 2019.Mr. Ramesh J Makwana, TGT Social Science took part in the one day seminar.

Cadets Enrichment programme In this academic session, many training programmes were arranged for the development of cadets.

• 150 cadets from class VII and VIII and 06 staff members, 50 cadets and two staff members each day visited Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary from 28 to 30 Dec, 2018 as a part of Nature Education Camp.

• 60 cadets along with 02 Staff Members witnessed Static Display of Air craft and various equipments, which was organised by Air force Station, Jamnagar on 24 Jan 2019.

• In order to acquaint Cadets with Military tunes and customs of Defence Forces, a Band display was organised on 25 Jan 2019 by 03 Bihar Regt.

• Class wise, the cadets were taken to the Camp organized by AAD regiment from Jamnagar Brigade in Sainik School Balachadi campus from 21 to 23 Feb 2019.Cadets got an opportunity to witness the training of our soldiers on Radar and Anti Air Craft Guns.

• Specialised SSB Capsule was given to Class XII cadets by Cdr Gadhvi from 17-19 Jun, 2019, which give elaborate GTO tasks of SSB. Yoga Day

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• Four cadets escorted by a teacher attended IPSC Youth Leadership Seminar held at Doon School Dehradun, Uttarakhand from 18 to 22 Jul, 2019.

• The OBSSA is an inseparable part of our school.

The members visit the school in many occasions and contribute to the school in many ways.

• Army Day, Navy Day, Airforce Day, International Yoga Day and Kargil Vijay Diwaswere also celebrated to give exposure to our cadets about customs, traditions and achievements of our Great Leaders and motivate them to join the Defence Forces.

Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat As culmination to the year long activities being carried out under this programs, Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat Central Sainik Schools’ Mahotsav was held at Sainik School Bijapur from 29 - 31 Jan 2019. A team of 10 cadets along with a staff escort participated in the mega event.

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NCC Activites NCC has been the inseparable part of our curriculum and has been excellent credentials in grooming cadets by providing them training to be disciplined and patriotic citizens of our country.

The cadets are given basic military training in small arms and parades. With the aim of developing Character, Comradeship, Discipline, Leadership and a Secular outlook, our school provides compulsory NCC activities from class VII onwards. Major NCC activities conducted during this session are: • In order to give real time experience of Military Planning, Night Route March was organized for the cadets of class XII.

• Combined Annual Training NCC Camp was organized by 27 GujBn, Jamnagar in Sardar Patel School campus, Jamnagar from 05 Dec to 14 Dec 2018.

• Inter house Drill competition was organized on Independence Day. • As a part of NCC activities, Balachadi Beach Cleanliness Drive,organized by the Sainik School Balachadi NCC Coy on 15 Sep 2019 and 02 Oct 2019 respectively. Interaction with villagers while emphasing on swachtta Abhiyan & single use plastic were briefed.

• The school witnessed a live telecast of launching the ‘FIT INDIA’ campaign and the address of the P.M. Narendra Modi on the occasion of National Sports Day i.e on 29 Aug 2019

Hobby Clubs The School believes in an approach to develop cognitive skills by and nurturing them beyond four walls of a class room. To achieve this goal myriads of activities are especially designed to help students develop their personal talents and skills.

School carries out activities of Horse Riding Club, Art Club, Eco Club, Rock Climbing Club, Music and Band Club, Photography Club and many more. In this session, we have started a new ‘Philately Club’.

This will help in improving their general knowledge by collecting stamps of important individuals and events which have happened in the past and present. 26 of our cadets have passed an exam conducted by India Postal Service and now they are preparing for level II.

Games & Sports Sports competitions inculcate the spirit of positive challenges & sportsmanship among the students and prepare them for the life ahead. Sports, Games and Physical Fitness occupy a place of importance in our curriculum. Our students have actively participated in different sports competitions and won medals, certificates and trophies and brought laurels to the school.

• West Zone Inter Sainik Schools’ Sports and CoCurricular Competitions 2019-20 was organized at Sainik School Chittorgarh from 06 to 09 May 2019 in which our cadets participated in various games and literary activities. School stood at second in

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position during this competition.

• INS Valsura, as a part of Navy Week Celebration conducted Saurashtra Half Marathon on 9 Dec 2018. Cadets and Staff members from the school participated in 5 Kms Walkathon and 10 Kms Josh run. All the cadets and staff participated with great enthusiasm.

• Cdt Rohan and Cdt Rohit of Class XI represented the IPSC Schools in the 64th School National Athletics held at New Delhi from 14-19 Dec, 2018 The cadets exhibited true sportsmanship and enthusiasm in their participation. CdtRohan bagged the fourth position in 100 mtr race in U-17 category.

• Our school was entrusted with the responsibility of conducting Inter Zonal Sainik Schools Basketball Tournament 2019-20. The same was organized from 26 to 29 Aug 2019 which was hosted by our school and five schools who made it in the Zonal level participated in it. Celebrated cricketer of yester years Mr Salim Durrani was the chief guest for the closing ceremony.

Co-curricular activities facilitate the development of various domains of mind and personality such as the intellect, emotion, social engagement, morality and aesthetics. The school offers various literary activities at regular intervals throughout the year to ensure the all round development of students.

In order to expose their hidden talents and develop their communicative skills, Inter House English and Hindi Debate, Lecturette, Elocution, Essay Writing Competition, Poem Recitation, drawing Competition, Quiz, Hindi Pakhwada and Inter House drill Competition were organized. * 11th G.D Birla Thought Conclave was held at B.K.Birla Centre for Education, Shirgaon, Gahunje, Maval (Tk), Pune from 12 to 13 April 2019 in which cadets from class XII took part. * 17 cadets along with 2 staff escorts participated in COGNIVISION 2019 – An Inter School Fest held at Nand Vidya Niketan, Jamnagar on 27 Jul 2019. *3cadest of school took part in All India Platinum Jubilee English Debate Competition at BITS Pilani,Raj which was held from 29Aug- 01Sep2019. * Painting Competition by Petroleum Conservation research Association (P.C.R.A.) was organized on 16 Sep 2019 in which four of our cadets participated.

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School Functions & Celebrations

VIP Visits

Magistrate Jamnagar visited the school on 08/7/19.

This year many prominent persons visited the school. Such as,

• Col P PVyas (SP) visited on 15 Aug, 2019

• Gp Capt P Ravi Kumar, Inspecting Officer Sainik Schools Society visitedthe school from 17 to 18 Dec 2018.

• Maj Gen Dinesh Shrivastava, GOC, 11 Inf Div & Chairman, LBA, Sainik School Balachadi the school on his maiden visit to the school on 20 Sep 2019.

• District Education Officer of Jamnagar District visited the school on 28 Dec, 2018.

• Maj Gen Sandeep Sharma, GOC 11 InfDiv& Chairman, LBA visited the school on 16 Feb, 2019

Many festivals have religious origins which entwine rich cultural and heritage of our country. We celebrate together all the festivals and important days with great enthusiasm and reverence. The school celebrated:-

• Alumnus Lt Gen Asit Mistry, AVSM, SM, VSM General Officer Commanding, HQ Delhi Area, the highest rank serving officer and alumnus of our school visited on 17 Apr 2019.

• Shri Ravi Shankar (IAS), Collector& District

(a) Christmas (b) Diwali (c) Uttarayan (d) Saraswati Pooja (e) Mahashivaratri (f) Holi (g) Eid (h) Navratri

Projects Completed

Apart from festivals, school also celebrated various days:-

The following Infrastructure project has been completed:-

(a) Annual Day (b) Republic Day (c) Independence Day (d) Teacher’s Day (e) International Yoga Day (f) Matru Bhasha Diwas

• Construction of ‘Motivational Hall’/leader’s Gallery completed with multimedia setup.

Donations & New Additions This year under the banner of CSR and Old Boys some donations were made to the school. I wish to highlight the same here, • Lt Gen Asit Mistry, AVSM, SM, VSM General Officer Commanding, HQ Delhi Area, an alumnus of Sainik School Balachadi inaugurated the newly constructed “Leaders’ Gallery” – a motivational hall on 17 Apr 19.

• The newly constructed “Statue of Aim” in school campus on the eve of school raising day was inaugurated by Shri. Ravishankar, Collector and District Magistrate, Jamnagar .

• Capt Dinesh Patel, School Roll No.331, currently based in USA has donated 6 Tablets of Lenovo brand to the students of the school on27 Jul 2019.

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Projects in Pipe Line with The Fund Allotted By State Government • Roof top Solar and wind hybrid grid project.

• 01 Synthetic volleyball and 02 basketball courts.

• Procurement of new Furniture, Cupboards and Sports Equipments.

• Construction of 1.5 km of boundary wall of School Campus.

• Renovation of Indoor Sports Complex.

Future Infrastructure Planning To improve the infrastructure facilities at School following are planned:-

• Construction of Gazebos for parents.

• Renovation of Staff Quarters.

• Repair and renovation of Swimming Pool.

Conclusion

• Laying of new Sewage line for the whole campus.

On this memorable occasion as we recount our success with pride and happiness, we wish to dedicate all our achievements to the committed effort of a committed team called Sainik School Balachadi. We humbly salute our visionary leaders of the past and the great ones of the present and seek divine grace and blessings to guide us in all our endeavors and will continue our pursuit of excellence!

• Re-carpeting of Parade Ground.

Thank you & Jai Hind !

• Building of new hostel with capacity of 100 beds.

• Renovation of existing Auditorium with fitments of seating arrangements.

• Purchasing of new furniture for mess.

• Laying of Road side paver blocks.

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AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS...

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh had his early education at Bareli and had his PG in Mathematics from Bareli college in 1990. He was commissioned in the education branch of Indian Air Force ( IAF) on 2nd June 1993. During the long span of 26 years of his service, he had carried out instructional, administrative and intelligence duties at various IAF formations.

The Officer has undergone PWO & Interpretation and remote sensing courses from AFIS Pune and NRSA Hyderabad. He has served as an image analyst at Defence Image Processing (DIPSC) and image analyst at HQ, SWAC and Joint Director, Schools & Exams at Directorate of Education, Air HQ. Gp Capt Ravinder Singh has been awarded with AOC- in –C commendation in 1998 for his bringing up the AF school at AF Station, Bareli to the standards of achieving the ‘Best School in Central Air Command’.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Principal

He is married to Mrs. Sonia Singh, a post graduate in English & a trained teacher. She has been actively involved in AFWWA activities. Moreover, she has been voluntarily rendering her services for the spoken English orientation capsules specially designed for fresher , joined in class six for the last two years.

They are blessed with a son , Meyher, who is pursuing his senior secondary studies with Commerce stream.

Lt Cdr Manu Arora was commissioned in the Indian Navy on 04th Jan 2010. He was instructor at INA, Ezhimala, and held the additional responsibility of Assistant Registrar (Academics) and SO to Principal. He was Lt Cdr (NE) –Exams at Directorate of Naval Education (DNE), where he was Coordinator and system administrator of all exams conducted through IN Online Examination System (INOES). He had been on deputation to Myanmar as part of Indian Navy Mobile Training Team at Myanmar Naval Training Command, Thanlyin for 12 weeks from Feb to May 17.

The Officer was awarded VCNS commendation for implementation of PAN-Navy internet based Indian Navy Digital Library and contract Management for e-Resources in 2018. He has undergone some of the major in-service courses like, SubLt Education at Naval Institute of Educational and Training Technology Advance Information warfare in 2012 at Signal School Kochi, and Information Security at JNTU, Hyderabad in 2013 and MTECH (CS) from MNIT Jaipur.

Lt Cdr Manu Arora Vice Principal

Lt Cdr Manu Arora took over as the Vice Principal of Sainik School Balachadi on 22 Jul 19. He was highly instrumental in the successful organization of online classes and other activities during the most turbulent academic year 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He is passionate in movie and a voracious reader. He plays badminton and tennis, and practice gardening and craft work in his free time.

He is married to Seema Choudhary, who is BSc Hons (Chem) and MBA (HR), she is a qualified Yoga practitioner and a part time Soft Skill trainer with approximately five years of experience. The couple is blessed with two sons.

Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar is an alumnus of Sainik School Satara. He was Commissioned in the Administrative / Fighter controller branch of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 29th May 2011. He did his fighter controlling course from Air Defence College, post Commissioning, at Lucknow.

He was posted in active fighter controlling duties at Hakimpet (Secundrabad) and Tezpur (Assam). He served four years as Senior Operations Officer at missile units (Igla Missile System) at Tezpur and Adampur (Punjab) and also a highly mobile unit (Mobile Observation Flight) at Adampur. He was awarded with AOC-in- C commendation in 2018 for his contributions in live deployments in Doklam sector in Sikkim and Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh.

Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar ADM Officer

The officer is a National level Basketball player and his interest includes cycling, travelling and playing games. He was appointed as Administrative Officer in Sainik School Balachadi on 4th December 2019. His experience as an officer and as a sportsman will be a great asset for our school and cadets to get motivated and join the prestigious NDA. The Officer is married to Sqn Ldr Sreelakshmi, a logistic officer of the Indian Air Force.

Mr. R K Suvagia, (Roll No 1069) is a proud alumnus of Sainik School Balachadi. He enjoys the rare distinction of becoming the Sr Master of his own alma mater. Mr. Suvagia joined Sainik School Balachadi in July 1988 as a TGT Science, after completing his education from Gujarat University. He was promoted as a PGT, Physics in June 2005. He became the Sr. Master on 1st March 2019.

He was an ace runner and sports man during his school days. He actively involved in co-curricular activities and represented his house and school in various inter house and inter school activities. His rich experience as a student and teacher of this school tremendously help in motivating our cadets in the development of the overall personality and joining in the prestigious National Defence Academy.

Mr. R K Suvagia Sr. Master

He held various important academic responsibilities in the school like House Master, NCC ANO, I/C Entrance exam, I/C UPSC & CBSE exams, I/C sports & games etc during his long career spanning over three decades.

He is married to Mrs Praveenaben, who is the Principal of a school under state govt. and blessed with a daughter and son. His daughter is settled in USA after marriage and son is pursuing his MD course.

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FAREWELL TO VICE PRINCIPAL & ADM OFFICER

Lt Col Deepak Chaddha joined Sainik School Balachadi on 17 January 2017 as its Administrative Officer. He was highly instrumental in setting up the valuable infrastructure of the School.

The Officer was very sincere and maintained high level integrity in all his dealings. He was a great motivation for our cadets being an alumnus of Sainik School Lucknow and National Defence Academy. His interactions with our cadets maintained high level discipline and values among the students. His direct involvement in mess related matters substantially improved the quality of food, hygiene and sanitation and other ancillary activities. He played a key role in the inauguration and setting up of the new Adm block and the shifting of various offices from the old building to the new building. He was posted as Adm Officer, COD Agra. We all members of the Balachadi fraternity wish him and his family a happy and fruitful tenure in all future endeavors.

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Col Dhirendra Kumar joined Sainik School Balachadi as its Vice Principal in July 2016. Being a NET, JRF and BEd holder, his involvement in pedagogical aspect of teaching learning activity was highly effective.

The school will always remember him for his active involvement in all training activities. His attitude towards cadets was like a true friend, philosopher and guide. During his tenure, the school achieved hundred per cent pass in classes X and XII consecutively for two years. He was a true shock absorber between higher administration and academic faculty and supported the academic staff for all their needs and requirements. He was posted as Col GS Edn HQ 2 Corps at Ambala. The school will always remember his great contribution for motivating our cadets for joining the prestigious NDA and achieving higher academic results. We all members of the Balachadi fraternity wish him and his family a happy and fruitful tenure in all future endeavors.

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WELCOME

TO NEW VICE PRINCIPAL & ADM OFFICER

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SWIFTLY SIFTING SANDS OF TIME Gp Capt P Ravi Kumar

Inspecting Officer, Sainik Schools Society

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ost of us, who are on the greyer side of fifty, have at one time- at least till the eighties, lived in a world free from mobile phones, internet, satellite television etc and discovered that travelling by air is far more inexpensive through our flight of imagination than in the company of the Maharaja (mascot of Air India). I wonder if the present generation, who unfortunately have no historical experience to compare, too feels the same way about it, but the path breaking inventions of transport and communication have not only shrunk space but they have compressed time too. While our childhood in the last century was long and languorous and one could even afford to laze a bit since we were left with so much time on our hands after school and siesta and games and running errands and listening to the radio and day dreaming and writing letters and reading novels etc that each day took forever to turn into night, in the modern world however children are having to stay awake through the night to keep up with their studies since there are far too many other things that consume their normal hours. They are always making a dash for it that a person may be pardoned for doubting whether Time is running away from them or is it trying to match the frenetic pace of activity surrounding the young boys and girls.

Do they ever get a breather? Time of the day when they are able to switch themselves off fully from all activity including the gaze of gizmos and do nothing at all? Completely relax? Or do our youngsters feel totally helpless when it comes to channeling time to their needs as per importance. And therefore find themselves always at the mercy of a merciless master called Time?

Having plenty of spare time is not necessarily a pointer to people being lazy. Its corollary is also not necessarily true that having no time to relax means that people are more hardworking.

These are only indicators of how we are able to handle time.

Whether we are making good utilization of time or wasting it depends on what goals we have set for our life.

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If we let life be treated like a rudderless boat, floating aimlessly as the winds carry it, then of course time is an ocean and the boat can afford to toss and turn and drift in whichever direction it pleases. There is absolutely no hurry since fate will decide the course of life. Here, the voyage, the events along the route as well as the destination are all shrouded in mystery.

The sailor should only be prepared to meet unexpected turbulence or turmoil as much as unforeseen sunshine or reward.

Whereas there is far more certainty in a life which has a purpose, because the individual is steering the boat along a charted course towards a definite port. Of course there will be impediments- some of which would also spring out of the blue- but there are contingencies which have already been planned to overcome the obstacles. When a boy or a girl has a clear aim which requires effort to achieve, he or she finds that the resources including time become scarce. That is when a young student would be required to make sacrifices and cut down certain erstwhile priorities.

What about time are indispensable? Time for study (including homework), to ensure that the sanctity of the study time is kept and that this precious time is not frittered away, it will be worthwhile for every student to study with a purpose by keeping two notebooks: (a) What may be called a “Deeds Diary” in which he or she may record the plan of study for the next day and at the end of each day write down the tasks which were accomplished; (b) “Rough Book” in which lessons / exercises may be recalled and revised by jotting them down from memory in point form. games & exercise, meals, bath & wash, sleep (minimum six to seven hours).

Night is meant mainly for diurnal animals to rest. Therefore it is foolhardy to meddle with the day-night cycle and their separate functions which are divergent as black and white, especially in a Sainik School where the cadets are expected to rise with the early morning siren which must be a nuisance as

much to them as to the birds on the trees.

Future leaders and makers of the country’s destiny can ill afford to revile the reveille.

What activities must also be accommodated?

Making bed & tidying up, hobbies & pastime like reading, discussion, hiking, travel, writing letters, introspection or meditation.

What indulgences can be relegated to the bottom of the ‘to-do list’? Browsing the net (unless it is related to studies), watching movies, wool gathering, keeping late hours and waking up late etc.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. Managing time is an art that students in a residential school learn and master the hard way through bitter experience. Those who are able to complete their tasks in time obviously have an edge over others who struggle to cope with time which keeps accelerating and the corresponding work which keeps accumulating every day they procrastinate.

The passing of years has been so rapid that no sooner a New Year is ushered in, than one realizes it’s already a few months old and thus the years roll on, like a juggernaut without brakes, with hardly any tangible interval between events like college valedictory, being recruited for a job, training, working in various echelons and also between the parallel proceedings like wedding, bringing up children etc. In the blink of an eye, the entire life has flashed by like a falling star in the sky. One realizes that there was not a single twinkling in which to make a conscious wish. Adding to the chaos are

addictive distractions like Whatsapp, Tic Toc, Candy Crush, Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds (PUBG) etc which are making otherwise sane men and women lose track of time and even neglect their obligations in terms of social behaviour and responsibility. To remain utterly immersed in them is as destructive as alcohol, smoking, gambling etc and equally hazardous to one’s health.

The aim of a Sainik School Cadet is already defined, the day he or she signs up to join the school. The training programme is also designed and circulated through the calendar.

All that a cadet is required to do is to allocate more time to areas which he or she needs to focus. The distractions mentioned in the previous paragraph are also not usually present.

Therefore the atmosphere in a Sainik School is far more conducive to preparing for one’s life’s pursuits. Unfortunately a student doesn’t realize the rare opportunity he or she has while studying in the school. Most young people nurse a regret soon after leaving the portals…

“I wish I had spent my time more judiciously”.

By then the sands of time have almost sifted through into the bottom receptacle. One may ask like Dr. Seuss, “How did it get so late so soon?” For a penitent person however, there’s hope in Mother Teresa’s words, “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”

A sure recourse is to tilt the hourglass and have another go.

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SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS

Sitting (from L to R):- Mr. Turlapati Prasad, Mr. R S Mishra, Mr. R Suvagia (Sr. Master), Lt Cdr Manu Arora (Vice Principal), Gp Capt Ravinder Singh ( Principal), Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar (Adm Officer), Mr. A K Singh, Dr. M Bohra, Mr. B K Jha. Standing First Row (From L to R):- Mr. D D Purohit, Mr. Raghesh P R, Mrs E A MINI, Ms Sunita Kademani, Mrs. Anju Yadav, Mrs. Lajwanti Yadav, Mrs. Veena Parmar, Mrs. Suma Joshi, Mr. Maitrik Jani Standing Last Row (from L to R):- Mr. Venkatesh, Mr. Balraj, Mr. Mayura Joshi, Mr. J V Mehta, Mr. Dharmik Jani, Mr. Vinod Harimkar, Mr. Lalit Yadav, Mr. K K Bajpayi, Mr. Arun V R, Mr. S. Sunil Kumar.

Sitting (L to R)- Cdt Rohan (School Sports Capt.), Cdt Dhaval (School Acad Capt), Cdt Roushan (Cdt Adjt ), Mr. R Suvagia (Sr. Master), Lt Cdr Manu Arora (Vice Principal), Gp Capt Ravinder Singh (Principal), Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar (Adm Officer), Cdt Shubham (School capt), Cdt Aditya (School Cdt QM), Cdt Vishal ( School Cult Capt), Cdt Aman Kumar ( School Vice Capt) Standing middle row - House appointments Standing last row (L to R) House Dorm prefects.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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SUPPORTING STAFF

Sitting from L to R):- Mr Rajender Singh, Mr Jagdish Bhenjaliya( Offg QM), Mr DC Pujara (Accountant), Lt Cdr Manu Arora( Vice Principal), Gp Capt Ravinder Singh (Principal), Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar (Adm Officer), Mr Munish Kumar Singh( Office Supdt), Mr Vijayanth Vyas (Mess Manager) Mr Rajesh M Rawal Standing (from L to R):- Mr D V Joshi, Mr Jagdish, Mr DV Sharma (Nurs. Asst), Mr Chhatrapal, Mrs Dharmistha Bhatt, Mr Dharamvirsinh Jadeja, Mr Nadeem Siddiqui, Mr Bhupendra Kumar, Mr Vijaysinh Vaghela

Sitting (from L to R):- Mr Vijayanth Vyas (Mess Manager), Lt Cdr Manu Arora (Vice Principal), Gp Capt Ravinder Singh (Principal), Sqn Ldr Mahesh Kumar (Adm Officer), Mr Jagdish Bhenjaliya (Offg QM) Standing Left to Right First Row:- Mr Vasant Vaghela, Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr Suresh Lal, Mr Yuvraj, Mr Ashok Sinh Vaghela, Mr Paresh Bhatt, Mr Farooq Chad, Mr Kavindra Kumar, Mr Dharmendra Sinh Jadeja, Mr Mahendrasinh Jadeja, Mr Bilal, Mr Chaman Vasant Vaghela, Mr Abdul, Mr Firoz Chavda, Standing Left To Right Second Row: Mr Yunush Bhai , Mr Sukhubha, Mr Birju Parmar, Mr Jagannath Behera, Mr Ravji Laddha, Mr Rajesh, Mr Charanjeet Singh, Mr Nayan Ghosh, Mr Birender Lal, Mr Akram, Mr Vinod, Mr Sunil Dudhaiya, Mr Asim Chad, Mr Bachu Limba, Standing Left To Right Third Row:- Mr Gumansinh Vaghela, Mr Balbir Singh, Mr Vijay Vasant, Mr Vijay Chaman, Mr Shivraj, Mr Ali, Mr Ashish Ashok, Mr Bhavesh Tariya, Mr Ashok Bhanji, 21

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The human brain is a tree and the fruits it won’t stop growing is thoughts - Idris babatunde

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Raghesh Nair, Chief Editor

A good classroom environment always has some elements of creativity which makes the lessons more interesting and interactive. The right mix of creativity along with curriculum helps students to be innovative and also encourages them to learn new things. Creative classrooms can really transform the way students acquire education and how they apply it in their real life. In fact, creative expression plays a key role in a student’s emotional development. A creative teacher teaching out of the box along with ensuring all required skills and knowledge is imparted to students.

It will be an empowering learning experience.

It does not mean that creativity is a factor related to education and learning. Its bigger role is in life itself. “Life is a balance of both – creativity and productivity. You can come up with a great idea, but to realize that idea you need discipline.” Says Sri Sri Ravishankar. A creative life is productive and for that one has to be disciplined.

“Human Intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education” - Sir Ken Robinson

“IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE” – ALBERT EINSTEIN. By considering the importance of Creativity in education and life itself, SANDESHAK 2019-20 edition is presented before you as a ‘CREATIVITY EDITION’.

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Pablo Picasso once said : “Everything you can imagine is real�.

Imagination is the seed of Creativity and it takes you across all the boundaries and makes you explore the unexplored. The question mark in the subject suggests its exploratory nature, we will try to travel through the myriad and complex maze of creativity and try to discover its subtle nature which adds impetus to the whole learning process and catapults the personality and potential of the child into a wholesome human being.

This whole thing is being conceived when humanity is passing through challenging times, when the backdrop is chaotic and full of uncertainties with the threat of Corona Virus looming large over the humanity. We will try to establish the importance of creativity in our lives and its natural being in social fabric of the humanity.

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Being at the helm of affairs in teaching learning process of a Sainik School has given me this opportunity to dwell upon this subject. The core of the matter is to ignite the imagination of young minds.

Keeping that in mind the theme of the current year issue of our School Magazine has been kept as Creativity.

Creativity and its status in learning process

In generic terms we can say that Creativity is an activity to improve our imagination skills so as to produce original and new things. Unfortunately till the time teaching learning process is performance based we may not be able to encourage students towards developing creativity skills. Educationists all over the World have been trying to release education from the clutches of performance, but have not been able to make much impact on the society

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because of socio-economic scenario. Education policies designed and implemented by the subsequent Governments have focused more on bringing uniformity in terms of syllabus and testing procedures. To an extent Government has been successful in doing so; institutions like CBSE and NCERT which have more than 20,000 schools affiliated to it have almost made uniform kind of education accessible to most of the citizens. It is not that the policy makers are oblivious to the importance of creativity in teaching learning process; introduction of Art in Sr. Secondary classes in the current session is such an indication.

In my personal opinion though such initiatives are welcome but will not bring desired results as creativity cannot be imparted in a structured and formal manner. The essence of creativity lies in its openness and freshness.

It is also affected by the environment in which the education is being imparted.

Importance of Creativity in the Sainik Schools

Sainik Schools as we all are aware have been established with the aim of preparing boys academically, physically and mentally for entry into the NDA. After being associated with the Schools for good about six years now I must admit that Sainik Schools have been quite successful in developing the first two aspects i.e. academics and physical but have been found wanting in developing the full potential of mental faculty which revolves around the development of cognitive skills, which emanate by encouraging creativity. Learning thru creativity definitely brings enormous confidence in the personality of the student which in turn ushers him to independent and original thinking. In the past we have been getting feedback from various SSBs which have brought out this factor again and again.

The article published in web page of ‘Frontiers in Psychology’ on 25 Oct 2016 establishes the relation between creativity and cognitive skills. It dwells upon the dilemma of employers to hire millenials (born between 1980 to 2000) which higher degree of cognitive skills over diligence and vice versa. Well in our scenario we in Defence services would require an individual who has a balance between diligence and cognitive skills.

Tackling the Challenge

Cognitive skills as we understand helps in better understanding of the subject, and medium of imparting these skills i.e. language is one the most important tools to deal with this problem. It helps the individual to become more eloquent and confident. This is the stumbling block for cadets of Sainik Schools as we all are aware of this hurdle.

We have been deploying various methods in developing this aspect, starting from language labs to conducting special class for improving their communication skills in English, but we are yet to get desired results. Cognitive skill development requires an environment other than books and teachers. It requires to touch the reflective senses of the student. We need to engage cadets in creative activities which enhance their language skills. Club activities like Art Club, Eco Club, Photography Club etc. may definitely help in encouraging their imagination, but we need to introduce activities in an informal manner which induces the students into the programme rather than forcing them.

My experience with Creativity in class room teaching

Spontaneity is the key to creativity. I remember walking into one of the sections of Class-IX as arrangement to an English teacher who was on leave. Generally I try taking the same subject for which the Class is scheduled.

After enquiring from the cadets we decided to continue with the chapter “A Baker from Goa”.

I decided to break the monotony of the class and asked one of the cadets with good hand at sketching to come on black board and draw the caricature of the Baker from the narration done by other cadet. He kept drawing while I told other cadets to enact a role play of the Baker, suddenly the class had come to life of course there was a silent chaos which translated into an environment of creativity and I could see all cognitive capacities at work, it was a learning experience for me too. I hope this experience will be vividly etched in the memory of those cadets throughout their life.

Encouraging responses from cadets is another way of stimulating their imagination.

Asking interesting riddles during the normal

class room teaching also stimulates their cognitive skill. One such astonishing response from the cadet of Class-VI gave me insight to their power of imagination. The riddle was “What is the thing which has an eye but cannot see”. A regular answer to this riddle would have been “a needle”, however, the response which I got was totally out of the box, one of the cadets responded “An eye of a cyclone” which was a spontaneous and original response. I made sure to award the cadet next day in the assembly.

The reason of sharing such experience is to emphasize that the means to stimulate imagination has to be equally imaginative so the cognitive skills of our teachers also need to be strong, then only the teaching learning cycle will be complete. I would like to share an apt quote of Bruce Garrabrandt, an American artist, “Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment, it fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones”.

The idea of sharing my thoughts and experiences on importance of creativity in personality development is just to highlight the missing link. I may not be qualified to give recommendations but feel qualified enough to generate stimuli. The subject is open for discussion…….

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

-James Russell Lowell

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The term creativity refers to the ability to produce something that is both new and valuable. Good education, proper care and provision of opportunities to inspire, stimulate and sharpen the creative mind and it is in this sphere that parents, society and teachers make a significant contribution.

One has to help children in nourishing and utilizing their creative abilities to the utmost, and the educational process should aim at developing creative abilities among children.

This can be done through teachers and parents who should know the importance of the creative process and the ways and means of developing creativity.

Creativity has growing significance in contemporary world, and received increased attention in recent educational reforms around the world.

In education field, creativity is believed to be a combination of abilities, skills, motivation, attitudes and other factors. Among all these attributes, creative thinking is always considered as central to creativity development.

Creativity is an elusive concept and can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. So is creativity in science domain. Creativity in science education may aim at developing scientific creativity, creativity in science education, and different approaches adopted by science educators, including poetry, inquiry-based science teaching, experimental methods, imagery and imagination. Many scientists suggest creativity in Physics education, including discovery, understanding, presentation, application, and integration of science knowledge. For infusing creativity into regular lessons, one may need to consider the approaches of existing science curriculum.

Science projects take on many modes of presentation so that students may be creative

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and exhibit their knowledge that will best show their work. There are five types of nurturing creative learning activities in science which are the discovery, understanding, presentation, application and transformation of scientific knowledge. The use of physics projects and an alternative approach allow students to learn about physics in a manner that is meaningful to them. By explaining the project to their peers or other students, some students can gain a deeper understanding of scientific concepts than from the traditional methods. Independent science research activities help students to foster creative knowledge.

In the science scenario approach, creative problem solving (CPS) is another common way to encorages creativity in science education. It aims to offer students an opportunity to “work with open-ended problems or tasks that require creative solution Creativity involves at least three conditions: (1) Production of a noble idea or a response, (2) The idea must solve a problem or accomplish some goal (3) The original insights must be sustained and developed to the full.

Creativity is extended over a period of time than limited to a brief episode. It is characterised by originality, adaptiveness and realisation.

Creativity is not equivalent to intelligence.

A highly intelligent individual need not necessarily be creative. Studies show that there is no significant correlation between the two. Creativity is more governed by the mode of thinking, rather than the amount of intelligence. However, creativity needs some amount of intelligence.

It is found that the culture, family atmosphere and education play significant roles in the development of creative talent. “Creativity flourishes when creative behaviour is encouraged.

K.K.Bajpayi

“Creativ ity is ju things. W st connecting hen yo creative people h u ask ow t somethin g, they fe hey did el guilty be cause th a little e y didn’t really do i t , t h e ju somethin g. It seem st saw ed obvio to them us after a w hile” – Steve J obs

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“A Creative mind is a Leader of World”

Creativity is not invented but it is discovered in the thoughts of people. There are many innovative minds reside in the World; but to discover it; CREATIVITY is required which is generally possessed by the leaders.

“God has gifted us many special qualities, Creativity is one of them”.

“Many qualities are required to lead someone, Creativity is one of them”.

“To win any special race; many factors are required, Creativity is one of them”.

“NOTHING beats CREATIVITY”

There are many things which compete with creativity, but creativity is the one which always wins. It is a part of memory which covers the new innovative ideas to have the new structural change.

This sense leads to the foundation of leader “The unbeatable leader who can suffer any problem without any major harm. Means; Leaders are to be creative, so that they can create someone as themselves without facing problem.

Cdt Shivam Gawar Roll No. 6318 Class & Sec: VI-B Nehru House

“Creativity:

A Gift From The God” Creativity is the main gift from the Almighty. This gift he has distributed in all of us. Now some people think as if they are not creative as compared to others. Many people do many things nicely which is creativity and those who find it difficult lose their hope and are not able to realize which creativity they had in themselves. The people who are creative aren’t born as creative persons, the reason why they could perform nicely are that they realize their creativity and start practicing and focusing at it more and more. There are many people who don’t even hope to improve themselves and this straightly means that they aren’t able to realize their ability and instead they keep on watching other persons and as they get their mindset like this they start losing their confidence creativity doesn’t mean that only painting is creativity rather than paintings there are thousands of creative works. One way to impress your creativity you can take it as a hobby but first you have to realize your creativity and then only you can build a creative mind. Always keep this in mind that the God has given you and each one of us creativity and you can know it only by realizing it yourself as nobody can tell and find it for you. So quickly realize your creativity and work upon it.

The more you create; the more you succeed; the more you succeed; the more you create.

BE CREATIVE.

Cdt Anurag Pandey Roll No. 6202 Class & Sec: IX-B

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Explore

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in the field you love

Creativity – We use the word so commonly in our daily life that if we are asked to define it, we are like, “Creative…mmm….means creative”.Yeah, a good point to giggle but if we focus on its impact in our life then the extent till which human generations have developed today, couldn’t have been possible without it.

Many people term the words creativity and innovative as similar. So here let me differentiate that innovation is just getting new ideas and creativity is what turns those ideas into reality.It is characterised by the ability to perceive the world in new ways and also tap into our inner pool of resources. Finding out hidden patterns and connections between unrelated phenomena and that’s how through years men have made the impossible possible.

If we look at it practically then one can explore his creativity in the field he gets interest in. So let me make it more clear with an example of myself in the field I have explored my creativity in i.e. the art of oratory. I identified it as everytime I grabbed the chance of facing the audience, I felt my confidence raised to a higher level.

And as I stated that slowly you start perceiving it in different ways. The same happened with me. Likewise every child is born with some different talents. The talent by which one can make recognize self. So identify it and explore your creativity in it. When I looked into my inner pool of resources and identified that I have good sense of humour, mimcry and singing which can be used as keys to make listeners

Don’t think.

Thinking is the enemy of creativity. You can’t try to do things.

You simply must do things.

-Ray Bradbury

more interested. I could also find out the hidden patterns in how to keep them more enthralled with various body movements. Also important is the connection between the type of event, my attire, my smile and the extent shall I become informal.

Everything comes in your hand if you start observing and applying.So don’t waste time, you have a lot of things to do. Explore your creativity in the field you love and get recognized by your talents.

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A creative teacher is the ….”

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye - Dorothy Parker

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One who makes the class applause.

One who makes the subject a gadget.

One who makes the theme a beam.

One who makes the rides the teaching aids.

One who uses technology with ideology.

One who gives clarification with application.

One who converts the classroom a magical bloom.

One who brings out the students’ talents.

One who transforms the ordeals into cordeals One who nurture students with great stature.

One who imparts values with no revenues.

One who can be looked at as the God beside the blackboard.

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Creativity: An ingredient of a Successful Leader!

Ever since we have been revealed the theme of our present issue of ‘Sandeshak 2019-20’ edition, my mind has always been pondering over a thought whether ‘creativity’ is achieved or it’s inborn. Well, a survey conducted in my class (XI & XII) proves that, it is inborn. But as young minds choose not to work hard but depend upon luck and expect for a miracle, I couldn’t stop myself digging more for a better conclusion. And here I put my views in this piece of writing.

In my experience of teaching over a period of time, I have realized that, creativity could either be inborn or could even be achieved by a person willing to be creative. For some, it may take less time and some can achieve it very quickly as they are ready to receive the creative vibes around helping them to represent themselves as a creative person. As read in our library written on wallpapers, “Learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge and knowledge makes you great.”

Well now, what is the benchmark for creativity?

You know what? Here is a good news! Yes! Dear reader, there is no limit for creativity; nor there a measuring scale. Like you all are aware of a famous proverb, “Winners do not do different things but, they do things differently”. Meaning to say, you don’t have to be an extraordinary person to be different and be appreciated. It’s just putting your ideas in an innovative way.

Well, if you ask me, schools could serve as treasure pots filled with creativity. We do not get as many

innovative ideas anywhere else than getting them in our own classrooms.

Here, each child comes from a different background and culture.

The same adds different culture and values to the learning atmosphere. Teachers can make best use of these ideas by developing the same into some good creative project. All we need to do is not to deny but encourage each child’s bit of creativity out of his/her bright brilliantmind.Beingteachers,we have no choice but encourage the smallest idea of a child it brings to the forum. We are here not to judge or criticize a child’s idea. We are here to foster these young minds into bright, creative and excellent older generations for the nation to take it to a much higher place.

A child could be creative in many ways. As mentors we must ensure that the child is having the same imagination and innovative ideas in a positive manner. We must direct and guide the students in the way it could be a positive contribution towards building a healthy society; and in turn a healthy nation. If you ask me, every parent has their bit towards their child, every wife has her bit towards her husband and every sibling has their bit towards their siblings.

My dear ladies, have you ever tried to realize your role in guiding your family’s creative potential into right direction?As the many responsibilities of the household lie upon you, if you are smart enough in handling the creative mindset of each of your

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family member, imagine the amount of healthy contribution that you have made towards the society!

Another point that comes to my mind while we try to make creativity a contagious concept, its very important to provide a congenial environment. As already discussed, along with encouraging a child to be creative, it is also our duty to provide a stress free and comfortable atmosphere to let the child come out with its potentials of being creative spontaneously.

So, there are different ways of doing it. Such as, not getting excited when a child commits mistakes, giving it another chance to prove or way to present himself in an even better way.Creativity is about more than imagining or making something that has not previously existed. Though most of us perceive the concept of creativity actualized as creation, creativity is really much broader—it is that force in each of us that begins with a yearning to answer an unanswered (or ill-answered) question by imagining more than one correct new answer (having no limit). Being comprehensively creative then concludes when an answer is realized. Often this concluded answer has to do with changing something that was true before we thought and acted creatively, in order to make a new or additional truth. In such cases, being creative is most fundamentally about advancing change in or about something. This article examines the differences between imagining, thinking, and acting creatively and about how each is related to leadership and change.

‘Creative leadership’ could be understood as a style of leadership based upon the concept of working cooperatively to develop innovative ideas. The aim of a leader and the group should be creating and applying conditions that promoted creativity. Creating such conditions, which are sometimes called “supportive contributions”, they could be psychological, material, and/or social supports that trigger, enable, and sustain creative thinking in others.

Leading others toward the attainment of a creative outcome involves “Deliberately engaging one’s imagination to define and guide a group toward a novel goal-a direction that is new for the group”.

An imaginative and thought-through response to opportunities and to challenging issues that inhibit learning at all levels. It is about seeing,

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thinking and doing things differently in order to improve the life chances of all students. Creative leaders also provide the conditions, environment and opportunities for others to be creative.

“A creative leader induces others to focus the process and process skills on meeting their challenges. They become consultants or facilitators in the process of solving the challenge rather than giving orders or doing the work themselves. Having transferred ownership, they then help others to achieve their own goals. These creative leadership skills hardly fit with the traditional management style that most organizations employ, but they can be learned.”

Three different complementary conceptualizations have been suggested which reflect the different contexts in which creative leadership can be applied: facilitating creativity, directing a creative vision, and integrating diverse creative contributions.

Creative leadership may be enacted differently depending on the context.

As facilitators, creative leaders foster others’ creativity and may take individuals through a process that helps them generate new ideas, such as brainstorming. By this each individual can receive credit for their distinct contribution, and successful leadership in this context depends on the leader’s ability to synthesize others’ creative inputs.

However, we live in a data-driven world that allows you to create parameters in which to channel the work of the creative, while giving them the freedom to experiment. Rather than keeping your talent on a tight leash, consider pairing them with others who complement their own particular skillset.

Ideas come to us at peculiar times. They don’t work on a nine-to-five schedule with lunch in-between. This is another area in which to stimulate creative minds and thoughts. If you have the space, consider installing a break-out room free of distractions; at the very least, allow time away from the grind for an idea to blossom.

Instead of criticizing creative ideas, motivate others to be critical of their own work in the manner of author William Faulkner, who urged writers to ‘kill all their darlings’. Finally, regardless of outcome, reward those who

conceived the project.

To develop creative thinking in your domain, here are some tricks and suggestions: • Re-think how you think • Take risks • Use data to promote better output • Collaboration is king • Encourage ideas and encourage improvement of those ideas • Give talent the space to think, create and refine • Reward creative proposals Correctly developed and encouraged, creativity offers a competitive atmosphere which gives advantages over their rivals. Ask these questions to yourself: How will you develop your team’s creative talent?

Does Creativity Come From Nature or Nurture?

Its always the same question with all those who think about creativity whether innovation or creativity is nature or nurture. Are we born with it or not? And the answer is, both. There are five or six studies of genetically identical twins that are separated at birth. They grew up in different family environments. They’re tested for creativity when they become adults and about one-third of their creativity or innovation skills are indeed sourced from their genetics – their DNA. The other two-thirds, though, come from the world we grow up in and the world we work in.

So, if You want to be creative, You can!

Ms Sunita Kademani PGT English Sainik School Balachadi

THOUGHTS CAPTURED FROM THE “LENSES OF MY SENSES”

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Mrs. Sonia Singh W/o Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Principal

UNIQUE TOUCH OF NATURE Every soul is unique, born to play a unique role. So to compare , is to complain against your own uniqueness.

A picture paints a thousand words, a phrase which indicates that a picture can express more clearly than words can. Nevertheless, the picture can be captioned, interpreted or provide a context to catch the reader’s eye. Here are few photographs that were home to my wandering thoughts.

LIVE LIFE IN FULL BLOOM Don’t these delightful flowers seem like our cadets going for a huddle before their match? Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.

It is literally so true that Napoleon Hill opined, “ You can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”

HAND IN HAND Our society is blessed to have elders. Let’s be generous to them. May be the grandchildren forget the gifts they got from their grandparents, but they will always remember the warmth of their hug, sparkling smile and good time spent with them.

EMBLEM OF BEAUTY The brilliance of peacock displaying its plumage. Generally, beauty is considered to be lady’s prerogative, but, peacocks are more beautiful than peahen, as nature has designed so. Hence, a person can be beautiful irrespective of the gender.

Men can be extremely beautiful to behold.

THE BLUE CANVAS The luminance of the sky from our terrace reminded me of majestic lines by Rabindranath Tagore, “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.”

Courtesy – Mr. R S Mishra

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CHANDRAYAAN-2 (India’s success in space exploration)

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handrayaan-2 is India’s second lunar exploration after Chandrayaan-1, which was launched in 2008. Chandrayaan is derived from the Hindi – Sanskrit word in which ‘Chandra : Moon, Yaan : Vehicle’.

Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22 Jul 2019 from second Launchpad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. Instead of using the outdated PSLV rockets, ISRO had used its GSLV series to launch the Mission.

The Mission consist of three parts – Orbiter, Lander and Rover.

The Orbiter will hover around the Moon at a distance of 100 Kms. It was designed to work for 1 year. It will take images of the Moon for one year and send the data to Earth. At the time of launch its weight was 1400 Kgs. The Lander is named as “Vikram” in honour of the father of Indian Space programme and founder of ISRO, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. The Lander is designed to work for 1 lunar day (14 earth days).

The Lander can communicate with Orbiter, Rover and Space Centre too. It also consist of a small Rover placed inside it, which would come out only after soft landing on lunar surface.

The six-wheeled Rover has been named as ‘Pragyan’ which in Sanskrit means ‘Wisdom.

It’s weight is 27 Kgs and it is also designed to work for 1 lunar day same as Lander.

The Rover is designed such that it works on the help of solar energy and another significance is

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that it is having the logo of ISRO printed on its tyres, so it will be leaving the imprints of ISRO while moving on the lunar surface.

The Chandrayaan-2 Mission was launched with the help of India’s latest and most powerful rocket i.e. Geosynchronous Satellite launch vehicle – Mark – III (GSLV-MK-III) which is also dubbed as Bahubali.

The main objective of Chandrayaan-2 was to detect the Moon’s surface and search for water on the South Pole or the far side of the Moon because the NASA’s research had claimed that Moon’s polar craters are having the lowest temperature in the solar system and also consist of water in the form of ice and glaciers.

Also, the Chandrayaan-1 which was launched in 2008, its reports have revealed that there is presence of water on the far side of the Moon.

Thus, to testify these reports, ISRO planned a lunar exploration for the second time and sent a lunar probe in July 2019 naming it as Chandrayaan-2. The other objective was to study the lunar soil and Mineralogy. The Mission is also significant because ‘Muthaya Vanitha’ and ‘Ritu Karidhal’, both the mission director and project director respectively are women, which is the best example of women empowerment. This is a very noble step taken by the space agency by appointing both the women directors and both of them have proven the mettle and showed us that women are not lagging behind in any field by performing the Mission very meticulously and successfully concluding the Mission. ISRO Chief, Dr. K Sivan has praised them for the same. Another significance of the Mission is that India would have become the first country to land on the far

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side of the Moon and fourth country to make a soft landing on the lunar surface. Earlier, USA, Russia and China have sent their probe and performed soft landing on the Moon but no country has been able to achieve this feat of landing on far side of the Moon. So, this was a very significant Mission for India. Another significance is that the Mission is built with a initial cost of “Rs. 141 Million” which is even less than the cost of making a Hollywood movie “Avengers : End Game” and another thing is that by this Mission, ISRO has taken stride towards Prime Minister’s noble initiative Make in India by making Chandrayaan-2 a “completely indigenously developed mission”.

The Mission has achieved a 95% success with the placement of Orbiter in the Moon’s orbit.

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The Orbiter will take photos of the Moon for one year and send the data to Earth. ON 07 Sep 2019, students from all over India were selected and given a golden opportunity to watch the live landing of the Chandrayaan-2 along with our Prime Minister at a research centre in Bengaluru. All were excited and awaited the historic moment. The Lander was all set to make a soft landing on the lunar surface. At about 01:00 AM it tried to make a soft landing on the lunar surface, but when it was 02 Kms away, ISRO lost contact with the Lander. All of them were heart broken, especially the ISRO Chief Dr. K Sivan but the Prime Minister consoled him saying that new dawn will come, many opportunities will come. Efforts have been made to restore communication but

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the efforts were not fruitful. The Rover could not come out of the Lander due to improper landing and thus it cannot gather important information about the Moon.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is India’s topmost space agency. Earlier also it has performed various missions like Chandrayaan-1, Mangalyaan (MOM). It has achieved the milestone of sending 104 satellites in one go in a rocket which is a World Record for any space agency. Also, the Mangalyaan-1 mission also known as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) which was conducted in Sep 2013 has made India the first country to carry out an Interplanetary Mission successfully and the satellite has successfully completed 04 years in the Mars Orbit which is another great achievement for space agency. Also, its Chandrayaan-1, the first lunar exploration revealed many facts about Moon and the presence of water on Moon. Now talking about future plans, ISRO has said that after Chandrayaan-2 had failed, Prime Minister announced that India’s own Space Station would be built by 2025. Also, it has planned a third visit to the Moon, Chandrayaan-3 which is a Japan-India collaborated mission.

And there is Mangalyaan-2, second mission to Mars and most important in the Aditya-L1, which is India’s first mission to Sun to study its atmosphere and many more such plans are there.

Though Chandrayaan-2 had failed, people throughout the country are happy with the efforts of ISRO scientists and the Prime Minister had congratulated them for their sincere efforts and precise, accurate and co-ordinated work and advised them not to get disappointed by such type of failures saying that : “Failures are a part of Life”.

Really, Chandrayaan-2 mission is yet another feather which ISRO had added to its Cap and gained international and worldwide fame and name.

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Amazing

MATHEMATICS FACTS

1.

The word “hundred” comes from the old Norse term, “hundrath”, which actually means 120 and not 100.

2.

In a room of 23 people there’s a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday.

3.

“Forty” is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in alphabetical order.

4.

Conversely, “one” is the only number that is spelt with letters arranged in descending order.

5.

From 0 to 1000, the only number that has the letter “a” in it is “one thousand”.

6.

‘Four’ is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself.

7.

Every odd number has an “e” in it.

8.

“Eleven plus two” is an anagram of “twelve plus one” which is pretty fitting as the answer to both equations is 13.

9.

Also, there are 13 letters in both “eleven plus two” and “twelve plus one”.

10. Zero is not represented in Roman numerals.

11. The word “mathematics” only appears in one Shakespearean play, “The Taming of the Shrew”.

12. 40 °C is equal to -40 °F. 13. The symbol for division (i.e.÷) is called an obelus.

14. A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time. It means 1/100th of a second.

15. The Square Root of Two Is Called "Pythagoras' Constant."

16. Take any number, and multiply it by three. Then, take the digits of that new number and add them all together. Whatever number that equals will always be divisible by three, no matter what number you started with.

17. If you multiply a number by 9 and add all the digits of the new number together, the sum will always add up to 9.

18. If a Pizza Has Radius "Z" and Height "A" the Equation Becomes…Since the volume of a cylinder is PI, times the radius squared, times height, that would mean a pizza with radius "Z" and height "A" would have the volume of…

PI * z * z * a.

19. A googol means 1 followed by 100 zeroes. A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol zeroes. If it's hard to imagine how long that number would look, there's good reason for that: to write it out would create a number that's so huge, if you wrote it out and printed it in a volumed series of books, it would weigh more than the entire planet.

Mr Daudayal Purohit PGT Maths

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20. There's a Specific Name for 35th Anniversaries It's called a "Coral Anniversary.

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Freedom is Our Birth Right Too

I wish you all a happy Independence Day.

I too am an Indian, but I have yet to gain my Independence. Free India still chooses to separate me and put me behind the bars of so called “Special Schools”.

Gonna (going + to)

I am gonna talk to him.

2.

I’ve gotta go!

Cdt Bhavin Makwana 3.

Roll NO. 5611 Class & Sec: XII-A Pratap House

Talking Books or Braille Books are hardly available in our libraries. The best of our educational institutions do not have the technology to read out test to us. No wonder only 0.2% of blind people in India are able to access higher education.

Cdt Akhil Pratap Singh Roll No. 6126 Class & Sec: VII-A SP House

Take a pledge this 15th Aug to genuinely ensure that “Education for All” does not remain a mere slogan. Help make India’s educational institutions accessible and disabled-friendly.

NDA Aspirants

Gotta (got + to)

He always looks for ‘’Accommodation’’ But it’s only feasible after recruiter’s ‘’Recommendation’’ His trip commences with UPSC “Preparation” And ends up with Merit list “Declaration”.

He has to come across numerous “Difficulty”, But it needs to be welcome with full “Hospitality ‘’.

In SSB, WAT he requires a firm “Conception ‘’ Whereas PPDT assess your “Perception ‘’.

Barely thing which prevail in this struggle is ‘’Authenticity” So, Aspirants needs to expose their “Versatility”.

Wanna (want + to) I wanna come along.

4.

Lemme (let + me) Lemme go!

5.

Gimme (give + me) Gimme a break

6.

Outta (out + of) Get outta here.

7.

Kinda (kind + of) Kinda outta luck

8.

I’mma (I’m + going + to) I’mma talk to him

9.

Hafta (have + to) I hafta do it.

10. Dunno (doesn’t, don’t + know) I dunno what to do?

Cdt Nishant Kumar Rahi Roll No. 5933 Class & Sec: IX-B Sardar Patel House

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dSMsV ikFkZ feJk vuqdzekad&5793 d{kk&nloha ^v* x#M+ lnu

dSMsV vk’kh"k dqekj vuqdzekad&6125 d{kk&lkroha ^c* vkaxzs lnu

QqVckWy dk f[kykM+h cuus dk liuk ^djr&djr vH;kl ds tM+efr gksr lqtku jljh vkor tkr rs fly ij ijr fulkuA* thou esa lQyrk ikus ds fy, ekuo dks ’kkjhfjd] ekufld rFkk vkfRed fodkl dh vko’;drk iM+rh gSA bu rhuksa ds lkeatL; rFkk ;ksxnku ls gh ekuo thou iw.kZrk dks izkIr gksrk gSA euq"; ds O;fDrRo ds lokZaxh.k fodkl ds fy, Hkh bu rhuksa dh vko’;drk gSA O;fDr dk lokZaxh.k fodkl rHkh laHko gS tc euq"; 'kkjhfjd n`f"V ls ifjiDo rFkk vkfRed n`f"V ls l’kDr rFkk iz[kj gksA

ftyk Lrj vkSj jkT; Lrj esa Hkh igyk LFkku izkIr fd;kA mlds ckn jkT; [ksy ea=h }kjk gekjs lewg ls X;kjg f[kykfM+;ksa dks pqu fy;k x;k vkSj gesa jk"Vªh; [ksy esa tkus dk ekSdk feykA ftlesa ls eSa Hkh ,d FkkA lqcg lok rhu cts ge lHkh vgenkckn ds gokbZ vM~Ms ij x, vkSj lok lkr cts gokbZ tgkt esa cSBdj ef.kiqj dks jokuk gks x,A

tc EkSa vkB o"kZ dk Fkk rc eSa lekpkj i= ds [ksy i`"B dks [kksydj QqVckWy ds f[kykfM+;ksa dks ns[krk jgrk rFkk muds ckjs esa lksprk jgrk fd os dSls ,d izfl) QqVckWy f[kykM+h cus gSaA esjh Hkh bPNk Fkh fd eSa Hkh ,d QqVckWy f[kykM+h cuwWaA eq>s lSfud Ldwy ,dek= ,slk Ldwy yxk ftlesa i<+kbZ ds lkFk&lkFk lkfgfR;d xfrfof/k;ksa vkSj [ksydwn dks Hkh LFkku fn;k tkrk gS ftlls fd Nk=ksa dk lokZaxh.k fodkl gks ldsA eSa dM+h esgur dj lSfud Ldwy esa nkf[kyk ik;k vkSj Ldwy ds gh eSnku ij vH;kl djrk jgkA tc eSa lkroha d{kk esa izos’k fd;k rc eq>s if’peh {ks= QqVckWy izfr;ksfxrk esa tkus dk ekSdk feykA mlesa gekjs lewg us nwljk LFkku izkIr fd;kA mlds ckn gekjs Ldwy }kjk gekjs lewg dks [ksy egkdqaHk esa tkus dk ekSdk feykA bl [ksy egkdqaHk esa gekjk lewg

nksigj ds nks cts ge lcus ogkWa mrjdj ns[kk rks pkjksa rjQ igkM+ gh igkM+ fn[kkbZ ns jgk FkkA ogkWa ds lHkh yksx xksjs vkSj ukVs ,d leku fn[krs FksA ml fnu ge yksxksa us [kkuk [kkdj vkjke fd;kA vkSj vxys fnu ge lHkh fcgkj ds lkFk [ksysA ml fnu ge u gkjs vkSj u thrsA nksuksa dk xksy ’kwU;&’kwU; jgkA vkSj fQj vxys fnu gekjk eSp gfj;k.kk ds lkFk Fkk ftlesa ge yksxksa dh gkj gqbZA gekjs lewg ds lHkh lnL; fujk’k Fks rc lc yksxksa us ,d lkFk ckrphr dh vkSj vxys eSp ds fy, vH;kl djus yxsA vxys fny gekjk lewg dukZVd ds lkFk eSp [ksyk vkSj eSp MªkW gks x;kA okLro esa gesa bl [ksy ds }kjk cgqr dqN lh[kus dks feykA vkSj var esa ge lHkh jsyxkM+h ls vius&vius ?kj pys vk,A

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’kghnksa dks esjk ueu bl oru ij dqckZuh dks EkSa ,d iSxke fy[krk gWwaA LoxZ rd ;g vkokt+ tk, ;g vkxkt+ djrk gWawA ;kn j[kuk ,s 'kghn] oru rsjh dqckZuh u Hkwysxk] er lkspuk fd ekWa dk gkypky dksbZ u iwNsxkA oru ij dqckZuh nsus okyksa dks 'kr&’kr ueu gS esjkA Hkj canwd xksyh ls eSa ,d iSxke NksM+rk gwWa LoxZ rd ;g xwWatus dk vkxkt+ NksM+rk gwWaA ejs ugha rqe 'kghn gks x,A mRrj gks ;k nf{k.k lkjk ns’k rqEgsa lyke djsxkA ,d vej ohj dh xkFkk cPpk&cPpk ;kn djsxkA

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dSMsV fueZy dqekj vuqdzekad&5908 d{kk&uoha ^v* vkaxzs lnu

ekuo cuk nkuo dHkh&dHkh eSa vius vki esa xoZ eglwl djrk gwWa ij ;g xoZ T+;knk nsj rd jg ugha ikrkA vkl&ikl ds lekpkj i=ksa esa fy[ks vR;kpkjksa vkSj tqeZ dks i<+dj esjk eu VwV tkrk gSA lksprk gwWa 'kk;n eSa xyr yksxksa ds chp jg jgk gwWaA gkWa] ;g ckr lp gS fd /khjs&/khjsa ekuo viuk vfLrRo [kksrk tk jgk gSA Hkxoku us

ekuo tkfr dks i`Foh ij lcls Js"B tho cuk;k gS ij yksxksa ds bl rjg iki djus ls /kjrh dk fouk’k gksrk tk jgk gSA vius xyr ,oa uhp dk;Z ls yksxksa dks 'keZ ugha vkrhA eq>s rks ;g nkuo dk y{k.k izrhr gksrk gSA vkt vxj bl l`f"V esa dksbZ cnyko vk jgk gS rks og ekuo ds pyrs ugha cfYd nkuo

ds pyrsA yksHk vkSj ykyp ds dkj.k vkt dbZ lkjs thoksa dk i`Foh ij ls vfLrRo mB x;k gSA vkt gekjs ns’k esa ,sls yksxksa dh deh ugha gS tks ns’k dks vanj ls [kks[kyk djus esa yxs gq, gSaA og vius gh yksxksa ds tku ds ihNs gkFk /kksdj iM+s jgrs gSaA bl rjg rks 'kk;n ,d fnu nkuoksa dks gh viuk fe= Lohdkj djuk iM+sxkA vkt nkuoksa dk pkjksa rjQ+ igjk yxk gqvk gS vkSj i`Foh dks cpkus ds cnys og i`Foh dks u"V djus esa yxs gq, gSaA yksHk] ykyPk] ?k`.kk bR;kfn ds dkj.k vkt yksx ,d nwljksa dh tku ys ysrs gSaA pksjh] MdSrh] ywV&ekj] vR;kpkj vkfn vkt dk rek’kk cu x;k gSA tgkWa ut+j nkSM+kvks ogkWa ;s lc ut+j vkus yxrk gSA yksxksa ds }kjk tkuojksa ,oa if{k;ksa dks ekjuk] dkVuk] ijs’kku djuk] vekuoh; O;ogkj djuk] dSn djuk vkfn yksxksa dk jkst+kuk dk;Z gks x;k gSA dHkh&dHkh rks eq>s ;g lkspdj 'keZ vkrh gS fd nqfu;k dk Js"B tho vkt lcls uhps igqWap x;k gSA ekuo dks viuk vlyh :Ik igpkudj i`Foh dh j{kk djuh pkfg,A ugha] rks vxj ;s lc pyrk jgk rks 'kk;n ,d fnu lkjk ekuo nkuo cu tk,xk vkSj fQj ekuo dk vfLrRo ugha jg tk,xk vkSj bl i`Foh dk fouk’k lqfuf’pr gSA

Bird

To find the universal elements enough;

To find the air and the water exhilarating; To be refreshed by a morning walk or An evening saunter…. To be thrilled by The stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s Nest or a wild flower in spring- these are Some of the rewards of the simple life.

Cdt Bhavesh Vadhel Roll No. 5883 Class & Sec: IX-A Garuda House

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Dream

Prelims, tests, boards, you do the Math

Finish your exams we’ll talk after that.

Amidst the Maths, the Chemistry and History Paints and colours are all that I can see.

Or dancing my way through huge auditions Then landing on notebooks and journal submissions Your music or your future? You have to decide But how do you know it’ll fail, unless someone tried “Focus” say my elders, think of your future feats How shall I spill my imagination on these answer sheets?

I study determined, I study night and day.

Can I just breathe, to live through my way?

Academics is integral, this can never be denied But what about my thoughts, that craves to be personified So if education stops imagination to ascend and to rise It won’t be long before the creativity within us dies.

Cdt Yuvraj Singh Roll No. 6083 Class & Sec: VIII-C SP House

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Cdt Raju Galchar Roll No. 6300 Class & Sec : IX-B Nehru House

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he takes care of us every now and then She always tells me to sleep before ten She never creates a mess And is surely priceless She loves me the most And she protects me from ghost She is very kind She always works with cool mind She loves everyone With her I always have fun.

ક�ડ�ટ દ� વાંશ ભાયાણી (૬૨૩૦) ૬-બ, નેહ� સદન

�દ ંુ ર અક્ષર� ંુ મહત્વ ગાંધીએ ક�ું છે , “નઠારા અક્ષર અ� ૂર� ક�ળવણીની િનશાની છે .” �ુદર ં અક્ષર કોને ન ગમે ? �ુદર ં અક્ષર� લખાયે� ું લખાણ વાંચ�ું સૌને ગમે.

ગરબ�ડયા અને સાવ �ણા-�ણા અક્ષર� લખાયે� ું લખાણ વાંચવાનો કંટાળો આવે છે .

�ુદર ં અક્ષર�ુ ં િવશેષ મહત્વ છે . વ્ય�ક્તનો પ�રચય તેના અક્ષર પરથી થઈ શક� છે

�ના અક્ષર સારા હોય તે બધી બાબતોમાં વ્યવ�સ્થત હોય છે . તેના �ુસ્તકો વ્યવ�સ્થત

ગોઠવાયેલા હોય છે . તે દર� ક કામમાં પણ ચોક્સાઈ રાખતો હોય છે . �ુદર ં અક્ષર સા�ું ઘર� � ું છે .

દર� ક િવદ્યાથ�ના અક્ષર સારા ક�મ નથી હોતા ? નાના બાળકની �ગળ�ઓ મજ�ુત

થાય તે પહ�લા તો તેની પાસે � ૂળાક્ષરો, બારક્ષર� ક� એબીસીડ� લખાવવાની શ�આત

થઈ �ય છે . બાળકને દર� ક અક્ષર લખવાની સાચી ર�ત િશખવવી જોઈએ તેના બદલે

શ�આતથી જ લખવાનો બોજ વધાર� દ� વામાં આવે છે . બાળકને ઘરકામ પણ વધાર�

આપવામાં આવે છે .

નાના બાળકને તેની �ગળ�ઓ બરાબર ટ�વાય નહ� ત્યાં �ુધી ં તેની પાસે અક્ષર

લેખન કરાવ�ું જોઈએ નહ�. વળ� દર� ક અક્ષરનો ચો�સ મરોળ હોય છે . બાળકને

There’s

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always a FIRST TIME To take the first step To win the first prize To unlatch a cage And free a love bird.

To learn the first word To scrap an elbow To become a good leader To dream in slumber.

To relish the first tour To watch a shooting star To feed a hungry kitten To lick clean a jelly jar.

To hide behind a big tree To nurse a broken heart To try and climb with balance First time on a chart.

To fall in love In hope of nothing to gain There’s always a first time And then always again.

તે ર�તે જ લખતા િશખવ�ું જોઈએ. બાળક પાસે ડબલ લાઈન ક� ચાર લાઈનની

નોટ�ુકમાંજ

લખાવાનો મહાવરો કરાવવો જોઈએ. બાળક બરાબર લખ� ું ન થાય ત્યાં �ુધી

તેને ઘર કામ ન આપ�ું જોઈએ. ઘર કામ પણ મયાર્�દત હો�ું જોઈએ. બાળકને સારા

અક્ષર�ુ ં મહત્વ સમ��ું જોઈએ. િશક્ષક� પણ બ્લેક બોડર્ માં સારા અક્ષર� જ લખ�ું

જોઈએ. આવારનવાર �ુદર ં અક્ષર� લખવાની સ્પધાર્ પણ રાખી શકાય. �ુદર ં અક્ષર�ુ ં પ્રદશર્ન પણ ગોઠવી શકાય.

એકવાર �ુદર ં અક્ષર� લખવાની ટ�વ પડ�ાં પછ� તે �વનભર ટક� રહ� છે . આપણે

�ુદર ં અક્ષર� લખવાનો દઢ સંકલ્પ કર�એ.

Cdt Shivam Raj Roll No. 6031 Class & Sec: VIII-C Angre House

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“I saw that

bad handwriting should be regarded as

a sign of an imperfect education.”

- M K Gandhi

My favourite leader is Mahatma Gandhi. The full name of Mahatma Gandhi is Mohandas

Karamchand Gandhi. His childhood name was Moniya. His mother’s name was Putli Bai and father’s name was Karamchand Gandhi. He was married to Kasturba in 1883.

After completing his matric exam, he went to England for higher education. He got the degree of Barrister in 1891. Then he came back to India and went to South Africa. He started his first “Satyagraha” (Satya – Truth, Graha – Without Violence) from South Africa in 1906.

He then came back to India in 1915. After one year, he made the “Sabarmati Ashram” at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. After one year, he started second “Satyagraha” to Champaran in 1918.

After that he started the strike “Doesn’t give the Tax” in Gujarat. In 1930 he started Dandi March. In the beginning only 78 people were there, the distance covered was 385 Kms. He believed in the weapon of “Satyagraha”. He was sent to jail many times by the Britishers.

Gandhiji was a very simple man. He had great faith in God. He believed in truth and nonviolence. Therefore people call him “Mahatma”. Due to his hard work we got our Independence on 15th Aug 1947.

Gandhiji was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on 30th Jan 1948. At last breath, he spoke “Hey Ram”. People fondly remember Gandhiji as “The Father of the Nation”.

cnyrk cpiu

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oks bZaVksa ds fodVsa] oks VwVk lk cYYkkA oks xfy;ksa ds jkSud] oks viuk eqgYykA oks tscksa esa flDds] epkrs Fks 'kksjA vehjh ds fnu oks feV~Vh dk xYykA ,s cpiu] crk rw dgkWa [kks x;k gS\ ;k crk rw D;k vc cM+k gks x;k gSA

Cdt Anish Kumar Roll No. Class & Sec: VII – A Angre House

phy mM+h] dkSvk mM+k muds lkFk gh cpiu Hkh dgha mM+ gh x;kA dkxt+ dh d’rh Fkh] ikuh dk fdukjk Fkk] [ksyus dh eLrh Fkh ;g fny vkokjk Fkk dgkWa vk x, ge bl le>nkjh ds ny&ny og uknku cpiu Hkh fdruk I;kjk FkkA

dSMsV jkS’ku dqekj vuqdzekad&5568 d{kk&ckjgoha ^c* izrki lnu

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અપમાન એ �ુઃખ છે

એક નાની છોકર� હતી એ�ુ ં નામ �ુશી હ�.ું તે અનાથ હતી પણ તેને કચારો વાળતા, થાળ�

ધોતા, ઘર ચમકાવતા, ખાવા�ુ ં બાનાવતા વગેર� આવડ� ું હ�.ું એકવાર શેઠ તેમને જોવા આવ્યા

તે છોકર��ુ ં કામ તેને ગમી ગ�ુ ં અને તેને ઘરકામ માટ� લઈ ગયા એક �દવસ ઘર બહાર તે કચરો વાળતી હતી ત્યાર� તેને એક સોનાનો િસ�ો મળ્યો હતો પણ તે કટાઈ ગયેલો હતો. તેણે આ કાટ કાઢવાની બ�જ ુ કોિશશ કર� પણ કાટ િનકળ્યો નહ�. પછ� તેણે આ િસ�ો તેણે પોતાના ચપ્પલમાં રાખી દ�ધો. એક �દવસ એક સ્વામી આવ્યા તે સ્વામીને આખા ગામમાંથી સો�ુ ં લેવા�ુ ં હ�.ું એમને

એક �ુદ્ધ ભગવાનની � ૂત� બનાવવી હતી. તે શેઠને ઘર� પહ�ચ્યા ત્યાં તો શેઠ અને શેઠાણી ઘ�ુ ં સો�ુ ં લઈને આવ્યા તે પછ� તે સો�ુ ં લઈ સ્વામી બહાર િનક્ળ્યાં ત્યાં છોકર� દોડ�ને સ્વામી પાસે ગઈ તેણે સોનાનો કટાઈ ગયેલો િસ�ો આપ્યો. સ્વામીએ ક�ું તારો આ નાનો િસ�ો અમને બ�ુ ં મોટ� � ૂત� બવનાવવા ક�મ ચાલે તેમ કહ� તે ચાલતા થયા ચાલતા થયા. પછ� સ્વામીએ બ�ું જ સો�ુ ં ઓગાળ�, બીબામાં નાખી � ૂત� બનાવી પણ � ૂત��ુ ં �ુખ ઉદાસ થયે� ું દ� ખા� ું હ� ું ત્યાર� �ુ� બોલ્યા. આ સો�ુ ં

લેવામાં તમે કઈક � ૂલ કર� છે . કાતો અપમાન ક�ુ� છે કાતો કરાવ્�ુ ં અને તે સા�ુઓને ગામમાં

ક�ડ�ટ શ્રેય ચૌહાણ (૬૨૨૦)

પાછા મોકલ્યા. તે પેલી છોકર� પાસે ગયા. ત્યાર� તેની પાસેથી િસ�ો લઈને �ુદ્ધ ભગવાનની � ૂત�

૬-બ, શા�ી સદન

બી�વાર બનાવવામાં આવી પછ� તે � ૂત��ુ ં �ુખ હસ� ું થ�ુ.ં

100 ની કરામત ક�ડ�ટ ક�વલ મકવાણા (૫૮૪૮) ૧૦-બ, �ગ્રે સદન

૧૦૦ ’પાર�

:

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:

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એર કાલ્પિનક પાત્ર

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Somebody has rightly said that, “I don’t need to

Cdt Shivam Roll No. 6318 Class & Sec: VI-B Nehru House

find the treasure; it comes to me by itself whenever I visit a place known as library. These words really inspired me. In many schools very few students are interested in reading. The one who thinks that it is just wasting the time, then they are the one who are totally wrong. Library is very important especially for a cadet of Sainik Schools. By reading they would be able to pronounce their feelings and thoughts

IMPORTANCE OF

LIBRARY

freely and it is not that only the Sainik Schools cadets need to read but each and every person need to read.

One thing is main in many students that in their library if the books are issued they won’t read it and if they are asked to write the summary then they find somebody who can write for them.

The thing which they are doing is that they are not taking chances of improving their language instead they give the chance to somebody else and he gets its benefits. The one who has not read the book fails whenever he faces any examination, interview or a speaking competition. So reading books is a great benefit on getting them from library. So library is a source of benefit.

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Who is faithful to you? Who can admire you? Who can motivate you? Who

can applaud you? Who can change the world for you? Who can get the best from you? Who can destroy everything for you?

Ask this question to yourself, who is inside you?

The answer will be – “it is not God, it is not Nature, it is not Human, it is not an angel, it’s only and only you!”

Cdt Sumit Raj Roll No. 6034 Class & Sec: VIII-B Shivaji House

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H

ow to decide my Aim? I don’t want wealth and Fame.

Respect and Honour Is what I desire.

Cdt Sandeep Karmata Roll No. 6135 Class & Sec: VII-B Angre House

Doctor and Engineer could be a good choice But, these could make my life a noisy stuff I can also opt to be a Businessman But this can only give me money’s rain.

Thought of becoming a Policeman But, Anti-Corruption is my motive and plan.

I can try to become an Advocate My mother is a Homemaker My father is a Havildar I want to become an Army Officer Serve my Country with Priase and Honour

Journey of

life

Cdt Ashish Kumar Roll No. 6332 Class & Sec: IX-A Nehru House

Life is a journey. It consists of confused activity.

But we should have patience.

There should be thousands of emotions, in all our relations.

We should not be scared of life.

It’s a journey where we have to be wise.

Life should have a goal, this is true, even for a little foal.

Life is full of colours, where there are many things to discover.

There are challenges waiting for you.

Oh God! Thank you for this beautiful Life……

Cdt Abhishek Kumar Roll No. 6297 Class & Sec: VI-C Nehru House

My first day at

Sainik school BALACHADI My first day at Sainik School Balachadi was

as a Class-VI cadet. I had taken admission on 06th May 2019 because my name was in the 3rd merit list. I came here with my father at 06:00 am. I was totally surprised to see that here it was too dark, but, in Bihar sun would be visible in the sky.

We were waiting for the teachers who take my admission documents. Finally, I had submitted all my documents and got admission. I got Nehru house as my junior house and I also got my Roll No.. I went to shopping complex to buy all the required items according to the list given to me.

I put all my things on my bed and went for lunch in the mess with my father. Then we reached Nehru house and started to arrange my things in my cupboard. At 03:00 pm our prep started and I went there at 03:20 pm. We had the prep till 04:20 pm and then we went for playing games.

In games time I went for a haircut. After taking haircut I felt that I am in Sainik School. Then I came back to house and took bath. I had no prep dress that’s why I had to wear colour dress. I didn’t know about the seniority and juniority, but my batch mates were very good and they told me everything about the school. At the night prep I felt crying but I controlled my emotions and try to get over it. After the prep I went to my dorm, change my dress and sleep. This is the experience of my first day at Sainik School Balachadi.

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trees, more use of vehicles and fossil fuels.

When climate change occurs, temperature can increase draftically. Due to increase in temperature it can result in more floods, droughts, intense rain as well as frequent and severe heat waves. Oceans and Glaciers have also experienced climate change. Oceans are warming and becoming more acidic and glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising. If these changes will frequently occur, there will be no life possible on Earth. As we know that due to climate change big cities like New York, Sydney and Mumbai are at a risk of being drowned in future due to increase in the sea levels.

Climate Change YOU MUST NOT IGNORE OR THE FUTURE MIGHT BE NO MORE (First Prize in Inter House English Essay Writing Competition 2019-20, Group – C) Cdt Lavish Kumar Roll No. 6017 Class & Sec: VIII-C Tagore House

Climate

change refers to any significant change in climate that occurs over several decades or longer. In other words, climate change includes major changes in temperature, precipitation or mind patterns among other ill effects in climate. Climate change occurs when change in earth’s climate result in new weather pattern that remain in place for an extended period. It is the most essential issue

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of our generation. We are the first who witness its early signs and last who have a chance of stopping them from happening.

“Men argue, Nature acts” Climate change is caused by several activities such as volcanic eruption, change in plate tectonics of earth, solar radiation, biotic processes and many more and also be caused by human activities such as cutting down of

“Climate change doesn’t respect borders It doesn’t respect who you are Rich and Poor; small and big Therefore this is what we call global changes It requires only global solidarity” When we hear of climate change, the first thing that comes to our mind is global warming. No doubt that there are also other factors that causes climate change, but, most commonly is global warming. Occurring of global warming is due to green-house effect.

When large amount of harmful gases such as carbon dioxide, dinitrogen oxide, methane and water vapour released into atmosphere it creates blanket around the atmosphere which absorb the energy and causing it to warm. This is nothing but green-house effect.

As these changes frequently occur, they are likely to present challenges to our society and environment.

“Small changes make big days” People throughout the World are taking action to fight climate change. For example – Greta Thunberg (who is the Swedish environment activist) takes part in climate strike in Montreal on Friday, 27th Sep 2019 and also marched alongside an estimated 5 lakh people at a global

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strike in Montreal. Now, the question arises that what changes can we make to stop climate change, which are listed below: Stop cutting down trees Drive less Use less hot water

Clean Earth,

Green Eart h

Keep the Earth clean,

Change bulbs to light emitting diode (LED)

Cdt Rushit Roll No. 6080 Class & Sec: VIII-B Garuda House

And also Green.

Throw that garbage in the Tin Anywhere it may be you have seen We should do Forestation Not to do De-forestation Don’t throw garbage here and there, Please take a little bit of care, Plant as many trees as you can Let it be five or ten.

Earth is our home, keep it Clean Protect it properly, keep it Green.

Recycle more and avoid product with a lot of packaging According to IPCC (Integrated Professional Competency Course) human caused global warming is impacting both human and natural system on all the continents and across the oceans.

As it is said that there is a solution for each and every thing, so, definitely there will be some solutions to stop climate change which are given below: Control population: Yes, if the population is controlled then there will be no climate change.

Because if the people are more in number more use of vehicles and fossil fuel, factories will be there.

Stop cutting down trees: Believe it or not, cutting of trees is the prime reason of climate change. If this can be stopped, then climate change will not occur.

Focus on renewable sources.

Plant a tree: If a tree is planted by each and every person then there will no changes in climate. You will get shock to know that a single tree can absorb one ton of CO2 over its lifetime. “A small step by each and every person can make a big change” “Green living is one of the best way to save Planet” In conclusion, We need to take part in strike like Greta Thunberg to fight climate change. We should understand its causes. We must urge illiterate people how cutting down trees is bad for us. We should plant a tree at-least once in a year.

“LIVE NOW DO NOW”

Laugh out Loud Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher Student Teacher

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

What is your name?

S N sir.

What does that mean?

Surendra Naik sir.

What is your father’s name?

S N sir.

And what does that mean?

Subhash Naik sir.

Which place you belong?

S N sir.

What does that mean?

Srinagar sir.

How old are you?

S N sir.

What does that mean?

Student : Sixteen years old.

Teacher : S N sir.

Student : Satyanash.

Cdt Virendra Singh Roll No. 6329 Class: VI-C Nehru House

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R

ising prices is a term which is totally related with the economic branch. Rising prices can be defined as the rise in the cost of goods due to certain reason. Rising prices are calculated under two categories. The first one is on daily basis and second one is by comparing the price of certain goods in present with that of it two decades before. Somewhere, rising prices also reflects the growth of economy. It is the sum total or the output of economic agenda and programs of the country.

There are various consequences and causes of rise in price of goods. Causes of rise in price vary in different countries. In India, some causes of inflation are more based on custom duties, less production, over population, less self-dependency, deficiency of resources, less opportunity of good jobs etc. If we will analyse all the above mentioned causes, we will come to know that all are interdependent.

It is because all the sectors of the economy are interdependent. We know that if the production of the country will match with demand of the population then country will be recognised as the self-dependent country but in India we cannot match the demand of population without production because India is a over populated country. Over population

is the root cause of all the problems of the country. Over population leads to less selfdependency which ultimately lead to more imports of goods. Import of goods has custom duties on them. Custom duties contribute to the slight increase in the price of goods. If we will think and understand the scenario, we will realise that the transactions of India are mainly happening in dollars which reduces the value of Rupees in share market. One main reason of rise in prices is the deficit of resources in the country, because of which the particular resources are imported from other countries.

Example of it is petroleum. Increase in income can be one powerful reason of rise in prices.

When the people will earn more they will demand more which is common matter but the matter of concern is they will demand for branded goods which cost more. As the law of marketing says which has more demand will only survive in market and hence in this situation only the high price goods will survive.

Pre Independence period of India can be recognised as the root of rise in prices of goods.

Many famines occurred in India during World War-I and World War-II which increased the price of goods because the demand was more but the supply was less because all major part

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Cdt Ashwani Kumar Roll No. 5790 Class & Sec: X Garuda House

(First Prize in Inter House English Essay Writing Competition 2019-20, Group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; B)

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of produce was sent to Britain for their Army which resulted in the Great Famine of Bengal in 1943.

“Inflation is not natural; it is we who decides it”.

The causes of inflation are many but the consequences of it are very harsh. Whether it is related to local public, government bodies, technological advancement, NGOs etc., the main consequence of rise in price is the small scale violence, large public riots, protests against government. Local public is the most affected part of it. The people below poverty line and middle class families suffer from the problem of deficiency and dissatisfaction. We have seen the miseries of people below poverty line and have often spotted them on the pathways living in harsh conditions with no roof on their heads. A report says 33% of the people in America will go jobless because of the Artificial Intelligence. Technological Intelligence is good but it should not adjust the needs of the

Cdt Eshant Choudhary Roll No. 5907 Class & Sec: IX-B Shivaji House

people or disturb their social order. The first two forms of AI that is ANI (Artificial Normal Intelligence) and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) are not disturbing humanity but is supporting it. But its third form that is ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence) can be proved disastrous to humanity because that will be the time when humanity will be over ruled by the machines. Though the time has not come but, it can come if the development is not done properly. “When Machines Become Smart, We Must Become Smarter”.

For managing all these consequences we must have some remedies or guidelines for it. We should increase the production so that we can match it with the demand of various social groups. This can be achieved by increasing the number of self-production programs such as Make in India, which will boost the selfdependency. It will also lead to rise in job opportunities. It will decrease the imports and will also increase the value of Rupee in

share market. We should start education and awareness programs which will make the people educated and knowledgeable, which increase the job options for them. Population policies should be introduced to manage the problem of over population. As the thought say “Where there is a WILL, there is a WAY”. We can tackle any problem but, WILL matters. The guidelines given by the government should be properly followed.

According to me, the inflation will happen but increasing the knowledge of person matters.

If it will be done so then inflation will not be a problem. If we start following all the rules the inflation will not be the problem for our country. It will only boost our economy and our country will prosper like anything.

“Every Problem Has A Solution; The Matter Of Concern Is How We Find It”.

So rise, awake and solve the problem.

My past Days

In the darkness of the night, memories blind my sight.

I remember the old days past, spent with my friends fast.

All the fun that we enjoyed, but, now time has changed There is hustle and bustle in our life. Life is but a period of strife, Only books, exams and marks, no wondering and playing in parks.

Often those days come to mind, the days that we left behind.

It is difficult to forget our childhood, yet, carry on with life, we should.

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તકનો લાભ

એક રા� િનઃસંતાન હતા તેમણે ઉ�રાિધકાર� તર�ક� રા� િનમવા માટ� તેમના રા�યમાં બહોળ� પ્રિસ�દ્ધ કર� અને ચો�સ �દવસ અને સમયે કસોટ� યો�. કસોટ� માટ� એકિત્રત થયેલ સૌને કસોટ�ના

િનયમો જણાવવામાં આવ્યા ક�,

દરબારગઢમાં

દરવા� નંબર એકમાંથી, સામે દરવા� નંબર ક�ડ�ટ પી� ૂષ દોમ�ડયા(૫૭૪૫) ૧૧-અ,, સરદાર પટ� લ સદન

ક� ‘આ� � જોઈએ તે તદન ફ્ર� છે .’ થોડા તેમાં લલચાયા અને ત્યાં િવિવધ પોષાક, ઘર� ણા પહ�રવા

લાગ્યાં. � થોડ� આગળ વધ્યા તો તેમણે આગળ ફર� એક સ્ક્ર�ન જો�ું �ની બા�ુમાં ં મોટા-મોટા એક્ટરો-

એક્ટ્ર�સોને ડાન્સ કરતા જોયા ત્યાં લખેલ ક� ‘આવો આ� આ મહાન એક્ટર-ઓક્ટ્ર�સોને સાથે ડાન્સ

બે� ુ ં �તર � લગભગ ત્રણ �ક.મી. હ�.ું આ �તર

કરવાનો લહાવો માણો.’ ઘણા શોખીનો ત્યાં રોકાય

સૌને આ શરત બ�જ ુ સામાન્ય લાગી અને લગભગ

સ્નાનાગાર ક� �માં �ુગધ ં ી દ્વવ્ય �ુક્ત પાણી ફર� � ું

પાસ થઈ રા� બની શક��ુ.ં

રોકાયા. છે લ્લે એક વ્ય�ક્ત દરવા� નંબર બેમાંથી

સૌ પ્રથમ પસાર કર� તેને રા� િનમવામાં આવશે.

તમામને થ�ુ ં ક� ચાલો આપણે તો � ૂબજ સહ�લાઈથી ચો�સક સમયે બેલ વગાડવામાં આવ્યો અને આવ્યા. સૌ સૌને લીલી ઝંડ� આપી રવાના કરવામાં આવ્યા

ગયા. ત્યારબાદ આગળ રસ્તો હતો, �યાં � ૂબ સરસ હ�,ું �વારા પણ હતા ત્યાં થોડા મફતમાં નાહવા બહાર િનકળ્યો ત્યાંત� ે ુ ં રા� અને મંત્રી મંડળે તે� ુ ં સ્વાગત ક�ુ� અને તેને રાજ િતલક ક�ુર્

ઉત્સાહમાં િનરાતે આમતેમ રાજ મહ�લ જોતા આગળ

ત્યાર� રા� એ તે વ્ય�ક્તને � ૂછ�ું ક� ‘તને રસ્તામાં

તેમાં લખે� ું હ�,ું ‘જરા આ બા�ુ ં તો �ુઓ’ �યા

આપ્યા ક� ‘હા, દ� ખાણા. બીજો પ્ર� રા� એ કયાર્ ક�

લાગ્યા. આગળ રસ્તામાં એક બોડર્ આવ્�ુ.ં વધવા લાગ્યા

આ �હ�રાતોના બોડર્ ના દ� ખાયા’ તો તેણે જવાબ

બી, આગળ િવિવધ ભાવતા ભોજનો �માં પં�બી

‘તો તે ત્યાં ક�મ ન ગયો’ ત્યાર� પેલાએ � ૂબ જ સરસ

ઇન્ડ�ન,ચાઈનીઝ,પીઝા વગેર� હતા સાઉથ ઇન્ડ�ન અને કાઉન્ટર પર લખે� ું હ� ું ક� ‘આ� જમો. તદન � જમ�ું હોય તે ભેટ ભર�ને જમો મફત.’ થોડા શોખીનો જમવા રોકાય ગયા. મફત

બાક�ના આગળ વધ્યા તો થોડ� �ૂ ર ફર� મો�ું બોડર્

આવ્�ુ.ં ‘આ બા�ુ ં નજર કરો’ �યા િવિવધ �તના

1. Family will come miles to bury you, but won’t even cross street to come and support you when you are alive.

2. We don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply (it is biggest communication problem).

3. If you are too nice with others, people will either perceive you as weak or they will take you for granted.

4. Walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of temple, mosque, church etc.

5. Spend some time with your elders. Not everything is found on Google.

6. We live in such a generation where comedians speak truth and politicians are doing comedy.

7. Your degree is just a piece of paper, your education is seen in your behaviour.

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કપડા ઘર� ણાનો ઢગલો હતો અને ત્યાં લખે� ું હ� ું

જવાબ આપતા ક�ું ક� આ તમામ તો એક �દવસ

� ૂર� ું જ મફત છે . જો �ુ ં રા� બનીશ તો મારા માટ�

કાયમ બની જશે. આપણી �જ�દગીમાં પણ ઘણા બોડર્ આવે છે પણ આપણે એક જ જગ્યાએ ધ્યાન રાખ�ું જોઈએ તો આપ�ુ ં બ�ું જ આપણને મળ� જશે.

Bitter truth of today’s society

Bhavin Makwana Roll NO. 5611 Class & Sec: XII-A Pratap House

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“If you think yourselves strong, strong you will be. Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be” – Swami Vivekananda.

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Self help is the best help

ear friends, all of us have heard of Swami Vivekananda, the fire brand, fearless, patriotic monk of India.

His life and teachings are a great source of inspiration and learning to us, even today. He had a vision for our country.

Great philosophers, like Vivekananda had nobody for their support in the quest of their mission.

They believed in and helped themselves to achieve their goals, accomplish their mission and to realise their vision.

The self-belief creates faith in oneself. Faith brings confidence. Confidence leads to fearlessness and fearlessness is exhibited through mental strength and courage.

Swami Vivekananda had said “Never does any help come from the outside….

There is no help for man.

Pull yourself out of the difficulties by yourself for the service of this world.”

One day, when Vivekananda was wandering the Ghats of Varanasi, during his Bharat

Paribhraman days, he was chased by a group of monkeys. The frightened young Vivekananda started running to escape from the rogue monkeys.

He felt that he had no strength and courage to face those unruly monkeys. The people on the Dashashwamedh Ghat were witnessing this incident with varied emoti ons – anxiety, amusement and fun. Though everyone was watching, yet nobody came to the rescue of frightened Vivekananda.

By the strict order of an old sadhu, who was sitting nearby and observing everything, Vivekananda stopped running at once. He made up his mind and mustered the courage to face the brutes. He believed in himself that ‘He can’. This brought confidence and fearlessness in him. Our Upanishads say, ‘strength is life and weakness is death’. Vivekananda turned around and faced those chasing monkeys.

To everbody’s surprise, the hooligan monkeys suddenly stopped and

looked at the new, stubborn, strong and confident Vivekananda.

The monkeys couldn’t look into his fiery eyes now. They left the place as though nothing had happened.

Dear friends, life, seldom throw many a surprising challenges to us. Be adamant and strong, not to be bogged down by them. Have faith and help yourself to face those challenges. You can overcome them with much ease. You will be the winner. You only, can help yourself. Self-help is the best help.

“Arise, Awake, sleep no more; within each of you there is the power to remove all miseries, Believe this, and that power will be manifested” – Swami Vivekananda.

Cdt Aditi Joshi

Roll No. 6169 Class& Sec: VI – A Shastri House

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There were two girls in a school. They were good

Cdt Ayush Shrivastva Roll No. 6041 Class & Sec: XI-A Shivaji House

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friends but the difference came out in their age.

However, such a long gap of age between Natasha and Riya was not liked by one of the friends of Riya.

Listening to her Riya tried to take some tests to find whether Natasha follow her friendship or not. She stopped talking to her to see whether her friend was concerned about it or not. But her friend did not know anything hence she didn’t pay much attention about it, coincidently this happened and Riya had a sour belief that Natasha is just a friend but not too close. Riya thanked Annushka but never realised that she was going to lose a star from sky. One day Riya and her friends went on for a party. Riya had promised her friend that she would give a grand party. So they will like it.

But unfortunately she left her purse at home which she realised after the party was over coincidently Natasha was present there. In an hope she went to her and asked for help. The poor girl Natasha without thinking much about it she snapped out. Her purse gave away whatever she had feeling lack of money she gave her watch and promised to return it tomorrow after she pays the bill.

Seeing this act of affection and love Riya was shocked. She felt very guilty for whatever she did.

She told Natasha about it and asked her that why was she not upset with it. Natasha calmly told only one thing. “True friends are like stars which are not visible but you know that they are there somewhere”.

Either it is friendship or love in the relation of a couple, junior-senior or anything else, never hope for something.

Just do what you are destined to.

Cdt. Harshit Singh Rathore Roll No. 6165 Class & Sec: IX-B Shivaji House

Luck He worked by Day, And toiled by Night.

He gave up Play, And some Delight.

Dry books to read, New things to learn.

And forged ahead, Success to Earn He plodded on, With Faith and Pluck.

And when he Won, Men called it Luck!

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INDIAN SOLDIERS They are saviours

Its fun to learn when its free to learn

Cdt Suraj Kumar Roll No. 6190 Class& Sec: VII-B SP House

To enhance critical and creative thinking and generate curiosity among the students by connecting learning with real life situations, the CBSE has launched creative and critical thinking (CCT) weekly practice programme in all CBSE schools.

Strong as the barriers.

Known for their excellent behaviour That’s why they are called Warriors.

They are Indian soldiers, CBSE CCT practice aims at empowering teachers to ask They don’t sleep, so that we can sleep questions connected to real life situations and build Sitting on the border, responsibility on their shoulders curiosity among the students, facilitate discussion They are Indian soldiers. to build collaborations and problem solving skills Engrossed in duty without fear and to engage parents and community at large in Loving India avoiding loved ones dear student’s learning process, said Standing on the heights, involving in the fights Teachers can use these questions at the Before them can anytime strike death. beginning of a class to make the students But in motherland they have faith. curious about the topic that will be taught They are Indian soldiers in the class or has already been taught.

Brimming with zeal and ability in battle Students can be asked to partivipate and By hard practice they get into forces attempt these questions for gaining In that they have to go through tough situations. succes in consultation with their They are Indian soldiers. friends and family.

They live in bunkers during war, They live in barracks during peace.

But they are provided with in fear Which is rudimentary, but to save our country They are obligatory, they are Indian soldiers So they should be respected.

In India if one soldier dies The whole country should rise Cdt Aman Kumar To kill and being killed for the Motherland Roll No. 6131 Class & Sec: VII-A Because we are Indian not any other known for our courage and valour Tagore House

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The patriotic youth joins the Army to serve the Nation.

Cdt Aditya Zapadiya Roll No. 6259 Class & Sec: VI-C Nehru House

THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER

Dabhi umar K m e Cdt H oll No. 6119 R I-A Sec:VI Class & i House Shastr

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Such a young man in a Khakhi uniform with a rifle in his hand is known as a soldier. He is taught to face difficulties bravely and is also taught to lead a hard life during his training period. So, he is strong and well built. He is never afraid of death. He has love for his country. He has a high sense of patriotism. When his country is invaded by the enemies, he sheds his blood for the sake of his countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freedom. He is the hero of the battle field and the poet has sung songs about his life full of heroic deeds. When the Nation is under any calamity like floods, earthquake or communal clashes, he lays down his life to save the lives of the people of the country. During emergency he can live without food for days. Sometimes he has to pass a day without drinking even a drop of water. Even though, he is always cheerful. What a difficult and loyal person the soldier is! We countrymen should never forget his services on account of which we stand safe enjoying freedom we are proud of him, the son of India.

GOLD MEDAL is made up of Gold, but, it consists of hard work, determination and versatile feeling of being a Champion.

SILVER MEDAL is also made up of Silver but it consist of sweat, consistency and great regret of just missed and got title of runners up.

MEDALS BRONZE MEDAL gives the feeling of never give up and indicates to try always. The one who get bronze medal lives with satisfactory performance.

Cdt Kuldeep Yadav Roll No. 5661 Class & Sec: XI-A Shivaji House

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According to the history of Jammu & Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh was the last ruling maharaja of the princely state.

The official state animal and state bird of Jammu & Kashmir are the Hangul and Black-necked Crane respectively.

The Pir Panjal railway tunnel is, India’s longest railway tunnel which

Cdt Saurabh Patel

is situated in Kashmir.

Roll No. 5936 Class & Sec: IX-B Tagore House

Jhelum is the only major Himalayan River that flows through Kashmir valley.

Kashmir is the largest producer of Saffron in India and the third largest in the World.

Dras is the coldest inhabited place in India.

India’s first floating Post Office was built on a house-boat at the western edge of Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Wazwan is one of the traditional dishes in Kashmir.

TEN interesting facts about KASHMIR

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ake troubles as challenges Never give up or turn away And the hurdles in life Will never obstruct your way Life is a struggle Keep struggling till you can Never learn to surrender Be a vigourous radiant man If you suffer a loss Keep trying again and again Being stable and hopeful Will turn your loss to gain Nothing is impossible Make your dreams come true Cdt Akhil Pratap Singh The policy of “Never Say Die”!

Roll No. 6126 Class & Sec: VII-A Will make it possible for you.

never ive up

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Kashmir’s cultural heritage flourished with the contribution of Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism.

The floating market in Srinagar is a tourist attraction and the only one of its kind in India.

Don’t say a lie Cdt Shiv am

Roll No. 6 3 Class & S 18 ec: VI Nehru Ho use

I said something

, a lie I don’t kn ow why?

There wo rds went a hundre First the G d mile, od and th en the rep Came to tile my dream at a horrib I also said le night lies to my teacher And also brake the pitcher The three letters lie Made my life didn’t fly I realised my mista ke very la At last I fo te und the p ledge I ha ve to take .

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Compulsory NCC training is an integral part of Sainik School curriculum. It is imparted right from Class VI to XII with an aim of becoming disciplined, honest, patriotic, secular and wedded to the national cause irrespective of caste, creed and language. The School has an Independent Unit of NCC Junior Wing and Senior Wing. All boys of classes IX and X are required to attend Annual Training Camps at selected places during vacation. Selected boys are sent for Rock climbing and Advance Leadership courses. The NCC ANOs take regular theory classes for various classes in addition to the training for parade and other activities.

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ANGRE Patience and Perseverence

Activity Points 2020 9/

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S CLE 201 NI

Sports & Games 61 Co-Curricular Activities 54 UPSC-NDA 21.66 Grand Total SI No- 1 To 3 136.66 Position

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Appointments

I Term

II Term

House Vice Captain

Cdt Rakesh Ranjan(5694

Cdt Anand Parmar(5653)

Dorm Prefect I

Cdt Jenil Savaliya (5683)

Cdt Yash Patel (5652)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt Sumit Kumar (5832)

Cdt Ayush Sing (6160)

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The House Organization

Asst House Master Mr K K Bajpayee Hostel Superintendent Mr Mahipal sing Jadeja

House Master Mr Bhavesh Chandegra House Tutor Mrs Veena G Parmar House Captain Cdt Dev Singhania (5630)

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House Report

Introduction: Our house is named after, Kanhoji Angre, A sea warrior and first Naval chief of Maratha Navy. We call ourselves ‘SAILORS’. This year we sailed our ship to victory and our house cadets bought laurels to our house. In academics our Ex house Captain Cdt Dhruvrajsinh Jadeja scored 85% in class XII and recommended for NDA. In class X the result was very good. 6 cadets from our house scored more than 90% in CBSE exam.In class VIII Cdt Ankit (5934) stood third rank in the batch. Two cadets from our house, Cdt Dev Singhania, (5630) House captain and Cdt Vishal Parmar (5618) school cultural captain have cleared UPSC and are recommended by SSB. Sports and Games: This year our house cadets also performed very well in sports championship, from beginning. Cdt Ishu Kumar was given best emerging player in Sr football. In Inter House (IH) volley ball

School Cultural Captain Cdt Vishal Paramar

Annual Journal of Sainik School Balachadi

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m and 3000 m and also represented our school at National levels. Cdt Ashish got III prize in IPSC rock climbing held at S S Kunjpura.

Cadets in Food Festival

championship Cdt. Sumit (5832) was adjudged ‘Best emerging Player. We proved ourselves as the best sailors and Cdt. Ashish Kumar was adjudged best swimmer in his category during IH Swimming Competition. Cdt Krishna Gopal and Cdt Ishu Kumar were marvelous in two mega events of the school, that are IH cross country and IH Atheletic meet. From Jr Group Cdt Shivam and Cdt Ashish stood 1st and 2nd and from Sr Group Cdt Nevil and Cdt Rajal won gold medal in Triple jump and 100 metre race respectively. From Jr group Cdt Ashish and Cdt Shivam won gold medals in 200 m and 400 m respectively. Overall cdt Harsh, Cdt Rakesh, Cdt Sumit, Cdt Manjesh, Cdt Ishu, Cdt Ankit and Cdt Shashi also won medals. In west Zone championship our house cadets participated enthusiastically and Cdt Ankit was given ‘Best Goalkeeper’ award for Jr football. Our house cadets also participated in various other sports competition like khelmahakumbh. In which they bought laurels to the school. Cdt Krishna Gopal and Cdt Shivam won gold medals in different race at district level. We also have an IPSC champion, Cdt Krishna Gopal who won gold medals in 1500

In literarary Activity also our house performed very well. In IH Eng debate Cdt Mayur secured first position and Cdt Amit (5677) secured 3rd position in IH Hindi Debate competition. In IH Eng Essay writing Cdt Dev (5630) stood 3rd and he also clinched 2nd position in Intra district English essay writing competition. In cultural evening our house was given prize for best Hindi skit. IH drawing and painting competition our house cadets Cdt Hemang (5765) and Cdt Yash Patel (5652) shared 1st position and Cdt Anand (5653) secured 3rd position in Sr Category whereas Cdt Ashish (6125) stood 1st and Cdt Kaushik Das (6151) stood 2nd in Jr category. Cdt Anand was given Best Artist of the School award on Annual day and our house also holds ‘Best public speaker trophy’ this year.

Our house cadets also represented school in various competitions like Cdt Amit, Cdt Mayur and Cdt Nitya participated in Inter school debate competition held at Gotan. Cdt Vishal represented school at Lit feast 2019-20 held at pune. Many cadets participated in competition held at Nand Vidya Niketan and K D Ambani Motikhavdi Jamnagar. Cdt Shivam, Cdt Akshay and Cdt Abhishek also won prizes for Philately project making competiton. Cdt Ishu won Best Drill cadet on 26 January. Cadets of our house participated in District level Tableau competition and drill competition at Aliabada and won first prizein both. At last, ‘we proud sailors are not born we are made’.

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GARUDA Fight till the last

Activity Points 2020 9/

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Position

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Sports & Games 37 Co-Curricular Activities 49 UPSC-NDA 7.42 Grand Total SI No- 1 To 3 93.42

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Appointments

I Term

II Term

Dorm Prefect I

Cdt. Sahil Bodar (5704)

Cdt. Keyur Bhalala (5714)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt. Shivam Kumar (5853)

Cdt. Manas Garchar (5844)

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Asst House Master Mrs Anju Yadav House Ward Boy Mr Dharmvir Jadeja House Vice Captain Cdt Srujal Kumar (5692)

House Master Mr S Sunil Kumar House Tutor Mr Raghesh P R House Captain Cdt.Akash Kumar (5561)

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House Report Annual Journal of Sainik School Balachadi

With the sharp eye and valiant attitude, we, the great green Garudians stepped into the new session 2019-20. House Positions in The Various Competitions were,

Winning Co-Curricular Trophy Introduction: The house is named after â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Garudaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology. He is variously the vehicle mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu, a dharma-protector and Astasena in Buddhism, and the Yaksha of the Jain Tirthankara Shantinatha. Garuda is depicted as having the golden body of a strong man with a white face, red wings and an Eagles beak and with a crown on his head. The ancient Deity was said to be massive and large enough to block out the sun. From Indian perspective, Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila and is considered to be the vehicle of Lord Vishnu.

Kho Kho Winners

Individual Achievements: Cdt Laljee Kumar, Roll no- 5816 I in IH Hindi Debate Competition and Cdt Parth Mishra, Roll no 5793 II in IH Hindi Debate Competition, Cdt Abhishek Raj Roll No- 5905 and Cdt Hemal Shrimali both got III position in IH English Debate Competition and they had also gone in various schools to represent our school.

Sports And Games: Garudians performed well I sports and games too this academic session at the individual level too. The achievements in

Creativity Edition

Games and Sports were Cdt. Amrit Raj (5910) became the best emerging player of IH BasketBall Championship, Cdt Praveen Kumar (6177) got I position in Long Jump, Cdt. Gaurav (5815) and Cdt. Krunal (5841) stood VI and IX position respectively in IH Cross Country Championship, Cdt Amrit Raj (5910) represented School in the National level in Junior Football Team, Cdt Dhruvraj Jethwa bagged three medals in IH Swimming Championship and became the best swimmer of the school.

Cdt Nishant, Cdt Ripal,and Cdt Dhaval cleared UPSC-NDA written Examination and appeared in SSB. Cdt Nishant successfully cracked interview.

Basketball Champions

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NEHRU Never give up

The House Organization

Cdt. Rajal Kumar (5834)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt. Aditya Raj (5850)

S CLE 201 NI

Dorm Prefect I

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2020 9/

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Asst House Master Mrs. Lajwanti Yadav Ward Boy Mr. Bhupendra House Vice Captain Cdt. Hemal Shrimali (5686)

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House Master Mr. Lalit Yadav House Tutor Mr. Balraj House Captain Cdt. Sudhanshu Kumar (5675)

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category) IH Boxing Championship. Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar (5675) has represented school as captain of school hockey team during Inter school championship.

Junior Boxing Champions The house infrastructure seems to stand with open arms to embrace the budding cadets. And with the arrival of new birds in the nest is bustling with activity, noise and vigour . The onset was marked with the orientation of the new entrants and familiarization with the surroundings. The house created an environment of ‘A home away from home’ as our motto is child’s safety, health and happiness. The pleasant environment of Nehru house motivates the dwellers to excel in their academics and enrich themselves with knowledge .

For the overall development of personality various co- curricular activities are also organized in the school and our house members enthusiastically participated in various events .The Patriots proved their mettle and came out with shining colours.

The Enthusiastic Patriots have been consistent and versatile in all the arenas. The individuals who contributed with their outstanding performances are: Anurag Maurya (6270) and Adarsh Kumar (6213) bagged second position and Shivam Gawar (6318) third position in IH English Essay Writing

Competition. Aameen Kanpariya (6289) and Rudr Kaushik (6272) secured I position and Bhautik Chavda secured III position in IH Painting Competition. Abhishek Kumar (6297) bagged first position and Adarsh Kumar (6213) secured II Chandresh Rathod (6262) Anurag Singh Dhakad (6278), Ansh Kumar (6268) secured IV, VI, VII place respectively in IH Cross Country Adarsh Kumar (6213) stood first in IH Athletics –200 Mt Race, Abhishek Kumar (6297) secured first position in 100 Mt Race, Chandresh Rathod (6262) stood III in position in IH Athletics – 100 Mt Race. Aman Singh (6299) and Dhakad Aryan Singh (6308) bagged first position, Ansh Chaudhary (6268) and Jay Manek (6264) bagged II position in IH Athletics – 3 Legged race during IH Athletics.

Rajal Kumar (5834) secured I position in 100 Mt race (Srs) and III position in 400Mt Race (Srs). Raju Galchar (6300) secured III position in IH Athletics – 100 Mt Race (Jrs). Adarsh Kumar (6213) bagged I place and Utkarsh (6276) bagged II position in IH Boxing Championship (42-45 kg weight category) Veerendra Singh Rajput(6329) secured I place (35-40 kg weight category) and Aditya Raj (5850) secured II position in (56-59 kg weight

Cadet Hemal Shrimali (5686) House Vice Captain represented the school at Youth Leadership Seminar held at DOON International School in Dehradoon. He also represented the school in Inter School English Debate held at KD Ambani Vidyamandir, Jamnagar. Cadet Sudhanshu Kumar (5675) House Captain represented the school in Inter School Science Quiz held at LK Singhania Education Centre, Gotan. Cadet Neel Patel (6205) has represented our school in Cambridge English debate held at BK Birla Vidyapeeth , Pilani.

In the end of session these diamonds with finesse and shine will be handed over to various senior houses for the realization of potential. The house will be ready again to welcome new entrants of new session.

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House Vice Captain

Cdt Radhe Raman (5669)

Cdt Satish Kumar (5682)

Dorm Prefect I

Cdt Satish Kumar (5682)

Cdt Aditya Sosa (6040)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt Suryakant Kumar (5851)

Cdt Rajiv Ranjan (5836)

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Asst House Master Mr. Piyush Viramgama Hostel Superintendent Mr. Vijay Vaghela House Vice Captain Cdt Satish Kumar (5682)

House Master Mr. Ramersh Makwana House Tutor Mrs. E A Mini House Captain Cdt Akhil Singh (5924)

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Cdt. Akash Ranjan (5586) got I and III position in Inter House English Essay Writing and Inter House Lecturette Competition respectively.

SPORTS AND GAMES: The Warriors put all their worth and might to participate in the various sports events conducted this year. Our House secured various positions in different events held this academic session.

ACADEMICS : We are proud to notify that three of our class XII, cadets, Cdt Akash Ranjan (5586), Cdt Dharmik Dudhat (5530), Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar (5564) cleared UPSC and out of them them, Cdt Akash Ranjan (5586) and Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar (5564) cracked SSB and are recommended to join NDA 144th batch. The academic year 2019-2020 was yet another milestone for we “The Warriors”.

We did exceptionally well in academics. Cdt. Divya Gambhawa (5657) secured II position in class X, CDT. Abhishek Kumar (5807) got III position in class IX, Cdt. Anupam Anand got III position in class VII.

in 100m and 200m both in juniors category. Cdt Deepanshu Gupta (5987) got II position in 800mt and 1500mt both in juniors’ category. Our two relay teams got III position (4X100m Srs. 4X400m Jrs.), one got II position (4X100m Jrs.) in Inter House Athletics Competition. Not only that Cdt Radhe Raman (5669) was adjudged as Best Boxer and was also on the I position in open weight category in Inter House Boxing Competition.

The list of achievements goes on and on. The warriors were ever ready fight the battle when it comes to our self-esteem. We always try to keep our flag of victory high. The warriors believe in action not words.

Annual Exhibition Prize from the Education Minister Introduction: The Pratap House is named after the great warrior Maharaja Pratap Singh. Under the house motto “We fearless warriors believe in action not words”, Pratapians have left no stones unturned in achieving their dreams in various fields this academic year too. The warriors are committed to excel in all walks of life and always put their best foot forward to achieve the pinnacle of success.

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The SSB winner’s experiences

The individual Achievements: Cdt Sachin Kumar (6030), Cdt Deepanshu Gupta (5987) and Cdt Anup Kumar (6070) got VII, IV and IX position respectively in IH Cross Country. Cdt Aryan Vahoniya (6057) got II position in 30m breast stroke and Cdt Shiv Kumar (5866) got III position in 60m free style seniors and our house cadets secured II position in 4X30m relay in Inter House Swimming Competition. Cdt Shiv Kumar (5866) got II position in 110m hurdles and triple jump both in seniors’ category. Cdt Rajiv Ranjan (5836) got III position in 1500m and 3000m race both in senior’s category. Cdt Ajay Kumar (5944) got I position

Investiture Ceremony School Cadet adjutant Cdt Roushan Kumar

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SARDAR PATEL Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

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Cdt Ravit Bavaliya

Cdt Ajay Karmur

Dorm Incharge I

Cdt Ashish Kumar

Cdt Subrat Pradhan(6065)

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Cdt Sumit Chavda

Cdt Abhinav Chouhan

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Asst House Master Mr. Dharmik N Jani House Ward Boy Mr. Vijay Vaghela House Vice Captain Cdt Ajay Karmur

House Master Mr. D.D. Purohit House Tutor Mr. R. S. Mishra House Captain Cdt Ayush Pathak

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English. Cdt Aman Pratap stood III in IH Hindi Essay Writing Comp and Cdt Lekh stood III in IH English Essay Writing Comp.

Co-curricular Activities: Cdt Aman Shukla was adjudged the best Quizard at Pune. Cdt Harsh Desai

Receiving Best Academic House Trophy

Academics: The congenial atmosphere of the house helped the inmates to achieve the best year after year. To begin with academics, the house produced 2 academic toppers of their respective classes. Cdt Hariom Kumar (5426) of class XII and Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar (5675) Class X .Cdt Aman Pratap stood II in Class VIII. Cdt Avinash, Cdt Meet and Cdt Vivek Kumar stood III in their respective classes. Five of Class XII Cadets cracked UPSC 2019 Cdt Ayush, Cdt Avinash and Cdt Aditya, Cdt Gopal and Cdt Aman Shukla. Cdt Vivek Kumar secured All India 6th Rank in Merit List for 143rd course of NDA. Cdt Aditya Kumar cleared SSB. Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar received 5,000/- cash prize for Hindi Topper in CBSE Class X exam 2019, Cdt Dewang and Cdt Vivek received 1,000/- cash prize each for English Topper in Class X and Class XII respectively, and Cdt Hariom received 10,000/cash prize for Physics Topper in Class XII. Literary Activities: Heading on with Literary activities where again Titans proved their mettle.

Cdt Ajay Kumar got II position in IH Hindi Debate, Cdt Dewang I position in IH English, Cdt Aman Shukla and Cdt Dewang stood I and II in IH

Investiture Ceremony School Cadet QM, Cdt Aditya Kumar stood on III in position in IH Drawing competition.

Cdt Aman Shukla and Cdt Meet Boda represented School at INS Valsura Quiz and secured first and third position respectively. Cdt Dewang bagged I prize in CATC Camp Lecturette. Cdt Nishant and Cdt Aman Pratap represented school in RDC Camp at Ahemdabad. Cdt Meet and Cdt Dewang took part in CATC XVI at Ahemdabad. Cdt Harshit represented School in Leadership Seminar at Dehradun. SP House won prize for The Best Food Stall in Decoration which was conducted for the first time in school on the occasion of ParentsTeachers Meet.

Sports and Games: Titans are consistent and ever shining in the field of games and sports as well.

Cdt Aman Pratap took part in National Athletics in 800 Mts. Cdt Krishna took part in IPSC Wall climbing held at Kunjpura. Cdt Naveen, Cdt Anant, Cdt Ayush and Cdt Nishant participated in National

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Level Junior Football Tournament. 20 cadets of SP house participated in West Zone games.13 cadets took part in Khel Maha Kumbh and brought laurels for the school. SP house cadets also took part in Jamnagar district Parade on 26 January and stood first in all contingents. Cdt Lekh was adjudged the best Boxer in IH Boxing competition in his group.

Cdt Aman Pratap was the best emerging player in IH Hockey competition. Cdt Ashish Paswan has won the prize for highest goal scorer for his team in IH Hockey Competition. In IH Cross Country Competition, Cdt Piyush, Cdt Krishna and Cdt Rohit stood on VI, VII and X position in Sr Group and in Jr Group, Cdt Sourabh and Cdt Sachin stood on V and X place respectively. Cdt Sourabh Kumar performed well in first IH Swimming Comp.

At last we express our sincere gratitude to school administration for providing all possible and desired support. In a nut shell 2019-20 was the session of full of achievements for Titans.

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The House Organization

Cdt. Bhaskar Kumar (5788)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt. Abhishek Kumar (5807)

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Asst House Master Mr. Mayura Joshi Ward Boy Mr. Bhupender Kumar House Vice Captain Cdt. Priyanshu (5681)

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House Master Mrs. Suma M Joshi House Tutor Mr. Brijesh Kumar Jha House Captain Cdt. Vishal Raj (5678)

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In Inter House Boxing Championship Cdt Chandraveer Singh (6317) of class 6th secured II position in light weight category and Cdt Bhaskar (5788) of class X secured II position in 52-55kg category and also adjudged as the best competitor.

In Inter House Swimming competition, Cdt Pratham Prajapati (6198) and Cdt Het Patel (6196) of class IX secured II and III position in breaststroke category.

Annual Cultural Programme The house has been named after II prime minister of India, Mr Lal Bahadur Shastri. Shastri house follows the house motto in letter and spirit.

The aim of Shastri house is to chisel the raw and undone stones into marvelous and dazzling diamonds.

As a result of sustained and relentless work, the house has achieved outstanding achievements in academics and sports. In English essay writing competition Cdt Athravkumar secured I position and house got I position. In Hindi poem recitation, Cdt Aditi Joshi (6169) and Cdt Prem Prakash (6319) secured II and III position respectively.

In solo performance, we also secured I and II position. In group performance, our house got overall I position. Cdt Abhay Raj (6307) and Cdt Abhinav Pratap Singh (6273) secured I and III position in Hindi Essay writing competition. In Philately club, Aditi Joshi of class VI A, has secured State Level Scholarship of Rs.6000 from Postal Department. She is the only girl cadet among the winners. During 58th Annual day celebrations, commemorating 150th birth anniversary of

Mahatma Gandhi, Aditi Joshi sang a beautiful prayer “Vaishnava Janato” as lead singer.

Cdt. Prince Raj (6269), Cdt. Ved Sharma (6277) and Cdt. Aadi Jain (6274)of class VI secured I, II and III rank in the half yearly examination with 95%,94.92% and 94.34% respectively. Cdt Prince Raj (6269) also secured III position in Inter house drawing competition.

We, Shastrians are consistent and ever shining in the field of games and sports also. In cross country, four cadets of our house were in top ten positions. Cdt Abhay Raj (6307), Cdt Parthraj Jadeja (6265), Cdt Om Gohil (6229) and Cdt Rajan Gondaliya (6321) secured III, V, VI and IX position respectively.

In Inter House Athletics also, we bagged top positions. Cdt. Abhay Raj (6307), Cdt Parthraj Jadeja (6265) secured II and III position in 200m.

Cdt. Kunal Kumar secured II position 100m race. Cdt Rudra Tejani (6253) and Cdt Kanan Shyara(6311) secured III position in three legged race. House Captain Cdt Vishal Raj (5678) bagged I and II position in 400m and 100m race respectively.

Two members of our family i.e. Cdt Prince Patel and Cdt Deepraj Chavda of class 6th got the motivational prize from the Principal’s desk for displaying high level of concern about environment by picking plastic & other litter along the road while moving from mess to school building.

In the school exhibition, Shastri House cadets prepared their dream model i.e., NDA which is the ultimate destination of Sainik School cadets. It was adjudged “Best Defence Model” in the School Annual Exhibition.

Cadets of the house are enthusiastic and energetic.

All efforts are being made to see that they could get maximum out of themselves to discover the true spirit and live the life of a true shastrians.

Annual Exhibition Trophy (Defence) from the Education Minister

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SHIVAJI We Care

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II Term

House Vice Captain

Cdt Bhupendra Kumar (5711)

Ranveer Nandan (5676

Dorm Prefect I

Cdt Aniket Raj (5672)

Cdt Brijesh Patel (5710)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt Balkrishna (5824)

Cdt Abhishek Kumar (5799)

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The House Organization

Asst House Master Mrs. Merry Ray & Mr. Maitrik Jani House Ward Boy Mr Chatrapal Vaghela House Captain Cdt Ritik Raj (5605)

House Master Mr. Turlapati Prasad House Tutor Dr. Venkateshwar School Captain Cdt Shubham Singh (5554)

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Introduction: The Shivaji House has been named after the legendary king of The Maratha Empire, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The cadets of the house are like heroes, practicing the life skills and values of Shivaji in their lives.

Academics: The academic year 2019-20 was yet a new mile stone for us. We Marathas did exceptionally well in academics, sports & games as well as in UPSC-NDA. We have a good no. of Academic Toppers in every class to our credit.

Co-Curricular Activities: Our house secured 1st position in Hindi Grammar park working model during IH Annual day Exhibition. Cdt Aman Kumar (5643) class XII secured I in Group Discussion conducted at Goenka School, Pune (Topic: Thought Conclave) for the session 201920. Cdt Shubham Singh (5554) of class12 secured I position in English Essay writing competition held at Jamnagar. Cdt Divya Patel (5717) secured III position in INS Valsura Quiz Competition held at Jamnagar.

Literary Activities: Cdt Priyanshu Patel (6023) of class VIII secured 2nd position in Inter House Hindi Essay Writing competition in group B. Cdt Abhishek Kumar (5799) of class X secured III

Investiture Ceremony School Cadet Captain Shubham Mayank Singh

Annual Athletic Championship - Seniors position in IH- Hindi Debate. Cdt Rahul Rathore (6139) of class VII got 3rd position in IH Drawing & Painting Competition in group B. Individual Achievements: Cdt Shubham Mayank Singh (5554) was adjudged “Best cadet” for the academic session 2019-20. Cdt Deepanshu Sharma (5916) of class IX participated in U- 14 National FootBall Championship held at Imphal. Cdt. Bhupendra Kumar (5711) of class XI was awarded ‘Rama Krishna Rao Memorial Trophy’ for the being Basketball player, Best Athlete award and was the champion in IH- Boxing Competition in (56-59Kg) category. Cdt Ranveer Nandan (5676) of class XI was awarded the best Foot Ball player in Inter House Foot Ball championship, secured I position in IH – Cross Country senior group, champion in 1500 Mts race and secured II position in 800 Mt race in Annual Athletic Meet. Cdt Manthan Chanderpal (5808) of class X secured II position in both IH-Cross-Country competition and 3000 Mts IH Athletic race. Cdt Abhishek Kumar (5799) of class X secured 2nd position in IH-Athletic ShotPut. Cdt Balkrishna (5824) of class X achieved II position in IH annual athletics 200 Mts Race. Cdt Raman Kumar (6134) of class VII achieved VIII

position in IH cross country in top 10 of group B. Cdt Aman Kumar (6115) of class VII achieved II position in IH Boxing Competition in 37-39 Kg category. Cdt Dhwanil Rawal (5892) of class IX achieved II position in 60 Mts free style in IH swimming competition and was selected for state level swimming competition.

UPSC- NDA: Out of 10 cadets of class XII, 02 cadets Shubham Mayank Singh (5554) and Aman Kumar (5643) cleared UPSC written exam as well as SSB.

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TAGORE Pursuit of knowledge

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House Vice Captain

Cdt Prince Raj (5679)

Cdt Gaurav Dafda (5684)

Dorm Prefect I

Cdt Aatman Sabhaya (5791)

Cdt Subrat Pradhan(6065)

Dorm Prefect II

Cdt Sourya Ray (5791)

Cdt Aush Patel (5770)

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The House Organization

Asst House Master Ms Sunita Kademani Hostel Superintendent Mr Jagdeesh

House Master Mr Arun V R House Tutor Dr Mahesh Bohra House Captain Cdt Aditya kumar Ravi (5627)

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Yogesh (5839) represented school at IPSC Athletics in 100m, 200m and Long Jump. Cdt Parth (5763) and Cdt Harshwardhan (6163) represented school at All India English Debate Competition held at Birla Public School Pilani.

Inter House Debate Champions Introduction: Tagore House is named after the Noble laureate Guru Rabindranath Tagore, who gave India its National Anthem. The motto of the house is In Pursuit of Knowledge. The house flag colour yellow stands for freshness, happiness, positivity, energy, intellect and so on.

As per the tradition of our house sending at least one cadet to NDA every year, our house Captain Cdt Aditya Ravi (5627) cleared SSB and will be joining NDA soon. Two cadets of our house Cdt Ankit (5518) and Cdt Aditya Ravi (5627) cleared UPSC. Cdt Vatsal (6004) was the topper of class VIII with 97% and Cdt Sourya (5791) was the topper of class IX with 96%.

Cdt Aman Kumar (5670) represented school at All India Sainik School mountaineering Expedition and also participated in West Zone Hindi Debate competition. Four of our Cadets participated in Khel Mahakumbh, Cdt Krushpalwala (5742), Cdt Yogesh (5839) (Hockey), Cdt Arjun Raj (6013) in Football and Cdt Shaurya (5791) in Basketball. Cdt Yogesh (5839) secured first position in 100m & 200m race and Cdt Arjun Raj (6013) secured first & second position in 100m and 200m respectively at district level.

Cdt Arjun Raj (6013) also represented school at National Level U-14 Football Championship. Cdt

Cdt Aman Anand (5921) represented school at IPSC Rock Climbing Competition and bagged third position which was held at Sainik School Kunjpura.

Cdt Shaurya Ray (5791) was the commander of the school contingent that won first prize in JD at NCC Camp and 26 Jan 2020 Drill Competition held at the district level. Cdt Chetan (5879) was a part of the Tableau competition that won first prize on 26 Jan 2020 at district level.

Coming on to the literary events Cdt Lavish (6017) and Cdt Vatsal (6004) secured first and second position in English Essay Writing competition (Group C). While Cdt Sourya (5791) and Cdt Parth (5763) secured second and third position respectively in Group B. Cdt Lavish (6017) and Cdt Vivek (6035) secured First and third position in Inter House Hindi Essay Writing competition (Group C). Cdt Manish (5640), Cdt Prince Raj (5679) and Cdt Sourya (5791) stood first in Inter House GK competition. Cdt Aman kumar (5670) stood first position in Inter house Hindi debate competition.

Cdt Parth (5763) and Cdt Harshvardhan (6163)

Annual Exhibition Prize

Best House in Co- Curricular Activity secured second position in Inter House English Debate competition.

Sports and Games: Heading on to the Sports event, Cdt Prince Raj (5679) who was the team captain of the school volley ball team was awarded with Ram Krishna Rao Memorial Trophy for best Volleyball player. Cdt Subrat (6065) was adjudged as the best goal keeper of Inter House Hockey Competition.

Cdt Subrat (6065) also secured first position in shot put and Discus throw events during Annual Athletic Meet. Cdt Yogesh( 5839) was adjudged as the Best Player in the Hockey Competition who stood first, second and third in 200m,long jump,100m in Annual athletic meet. Cdt Arjun Raj (6013) secured second position in 100m and 200m race respectively in Annual Athletic Meet.

Cdt Lavish 6017 was adjudged as he Best emerging player in Inter House Junior Football Competition.

Cdt Kuleshwar Kumar bagged third position in Group B of Inter House Cross Country Competition While Ct Akhil (5917) secured IX position in Group A category. Cdt Nehil (5995) stood second position in 34-46 kg category inter house Boxing Championship while Cadet Parshant Mishra (6185) and Cadet Haresh (5975) stood third position in 37-3kg and 30-33Kg category respectively .

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ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN GOAL SETTING Imagination is one of the intangible qualities that help us to set our goals. It is the purest fuel on Earth. It is a uniquely human factor that has been the foundation of every great idea and invention since the dawn of time.

Lt Cdr Manu Arora Vice Principal.

Imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the five senses.

It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present, or have happened in the past. There is nothing childish or shameful about making imagination a vital part of your leadership competencies. Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs used their imagination envisaging how personal computers could change the world.

Some people don’t take imagination seriously, saying “It’s only imagination, it’s not real”. However, these very people use it, even the most practical, and down to earth people. For some people, it is easy to see mental pictures. Others find it easier to imagine a feeling, and some are more comfortable imagining the sensation of one of the five senses. Training of the imagination gives the ability to combine all the senses.

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A highly developed strong imagination does not make you a daydreamer and impractical. On the contrary, it strengthens your creative abilities, and is a great tool for recreating and remodeling your world and your life.

As a leader, you need to know your goal and have a vision of what you want to achieve. Creative imagination together with Empathic imagination is a very powerful combination. Some of the great leaders of the past like Gandhiji, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa etc.. were very much driven by their empathic imagination.

Dear Cadets, these boys are our pride, as they reached far ahead in their process of fulfilling our school’s goal.

They are the great source of inspiration for all of us. Here you must remember, the power of imagination will help you to achieve your goal…that’s why its rightly said, ‘the only limitation is lack of imagination’.

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ainik Schools are established as a feeder institutions of the prestigious National Defence Academy. The greatest dream of every Sainik School boy is to join the NDA or INA. We are on a 24x7 basis keep on giving various experiences and training activities for the boys from the lower level onwards to bring out the Men out of these cadets.

Various dignitaries are being invited for providing training and personality development sessions apart from the in house training activities of the Core SSB training team including Principal, Vice Principal and the Adm Officer. To motivate and enrich the boys, a state of the art motivation hall called “Leaders’ Gallery”, with modern facilities, has been inaugurated last year.

This time we are extremely proud to say the Ten cadets of this batch and two cadets of the previous batch were recommended by the SSB. We are hopeful that they will join their destination very soon.

Cdt Dhruvraj

Cdt Gopal

Cdt Vivek Kumar (6th All India UPSC Merit)

Cdt Rajiv Ranjan

Cdt Shubham Kumar (2nd in Merit All India Technical Entry)

Cadets joined in the January 2020 course 1. Cdt Dhruvraj 2. Cdt Vivek Kumar Cadets recommended by SSB for the 144th course 1. Cdt Shubham Mayank Singh 2. Cdt Aman Kumar 3. Cdt Dev Singhaniya 4. Cdt Akash Ranjan 5. Cdt Nishant Kumar 6. Cdt Vishal Parmar

7. Cdt Aditya Kumar Ravi 8. Cdt Adithya Kumar 9. Cdt Sudhanshu Kumar 10. Cdt Rajiv Ranjan (Previous Batch) 11. Cdt Shubham Kumar (Previous Batch) 12. Cdt Gopal

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Writer and a Wildlife Photographer Mr. Vinod Goel (394) left his home and parents at tender age of 11 years, he left his home and parents for schooling in a hostel at Sainik School Balachadi in the State of Gujarat (from 1967 to 1972 ). Obtained Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from Indian Institute of Science at Banglore in 1975. Later on as a Civil Servant in the Ministry of Finance in the Indian Customs and Central Excise Service ,his job took him to various parts of the country of India. His very first visit to Kanha National Park in Central India in April 2004 ignited the passion for wildlife and has not digressed from that. During the last 12 years he had been to more than 50 to 60 National parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Initially he visited the wildlife sanctuaries in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. He had been to all the national parks of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal. Out of 50 tiger reserves in the country he has been to more than 20 tiger reserves and photographed tigers in 12 of them. Apart from tigers he has captured unbelievable moments in the wild.

He held his first solo exhibition “Tiger’s Realm; at The India International Centre New Delhi in Dec 2011.The second exhibition namely “Jewels of the Wild “ was held at India Habitat Centre New Delhi along with his son ‘Bharat Goel’, now Director of Wildnest Travel and photography Private Limited. In May 2012, Ministry of Environment and Forest invited duo of father and son to hold an exhibition during the world level conference on Global tiger recovery Program at New Delhi. In April 2016 Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate change invited to hold a Photo Exhibition for the delegates of the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference for tiger conservation at India Habitat Center, New Delhi From 2013 he started writing. His articles on Wildlife have appeared in reputed magazines such as ‘Airports India’, ‘Rail Bandhu’ (monthly magazine in India’s premier trains namely Rajdhani Express, Shatabadi Express and Doronto Express), ‘Shubh Yatra’ (an inflight magazine of Air India airline), ‘Exotica’ (Magazine in five star hotels), and ‘Terrascape’ etc.

His photographs have appeared in the books namely, ‘Wild Fire’, ‘Winged Fire’ and ‘Saving Wild India - A Blue Print for Change’ by the well-known conservationist and writer ‘Valmik Thapar’. Another photograph appeared in the book named ‘Tadoba Inheritance’ by Sanctuary Asia magazine.

For the last 4 years his photographs are appearing in the annual calendars of WWF-India (World Wildlife Fund –India ).

After superannuation in the year 2015, he is completely into wildlife. Through his articles and photographs he is trying to make people aware of the rich wildlife heritage of the country and exhorting them to protect the same for the benefit of future generations.

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Daily safety pledge for students of Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar and an inspirational poem titled ‘Sea Fever’ by John Masefield This is something nobody taught me in school or NDA or Indian Navy. But, in my years in the corporate world, I learnt; i.e. our single biggest responsibility to our organisation; be it a school, office or a factory, is our personal safety as also safety of people around us.

REMEMBER, our families are waiting at home. They are depending on us.

Tomorrow when we grow up and pick up a job, we will be their bread winners.

By a stupid mistake of an unsafe act, we can deprive them of this dependency.

in place and then perhaps be able to take greater measured risks. Risk ( R) is a product of Probability (P) and Consequence (C), in other words (P) x (C) = R. One of the ways to reduce risks in our daily lives is by making conscious efforts to remove hazards (unsafe actions and unsafe conditions). For e.g. once in a week doing house keeping or ‘SHRAMDAN’ in school to remove paper, wood, plastic, rag pieces etc. out of our houses or classrooms or laboratories, any school premises keeps fire at bay. All these items that I I choose to share this in ‘Golden listed are fire hazards because they are Memories’ and my aim is single. inflammable and act as fuel to the fire.

My Aim is to influence young, impressionable minds of my school Another example is if you are climbing mates who sometimes may put a ladder, it is important to hold the themselves in grave danger out of a handrail because otherwise there is a false sense of bravado, or silly mischief; risk of falling. If your friend is climbing what we call ‘horseplay’ as a metaphor on a stool to change a bulb or clean a in official parlance and become a victim fan, do remember to care for him and themselves. And, when that happens, hold the stool firmly so that he doesn’t all your dreams come crashing down. lose balance and fall. While working at When we indulge in such horseplay, a height, it is surprising that fatal injuries our innocent minds do not know that are caused when you fall from a lesser through our unsafe action, we may height than a greater height. This is cause ourselves a grave injury or even because when you fall from a greater a fatality which later our families have height, you have time to change your to pay for. posture and perhaps instead of falling on your head, you can achieve a fall on This is not to say we should be timid. your feet. Handling electrical equipment On the contrary, through Risk-Based without grounding yourselves also can Thinking, we develop be fatal. Use of Personal Protective a habit of studying our Equipment (PPE) such as rubber risks, we learn to put gloves, wearing rubber slippers etc. are appropriate controls fundamental to electrical

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safety. Switching off the main switch is always recommended when you touch an electrical socket.

If you are walking as a pedestrian on a busy road, be mindful of vehicles around you. When you cross the road, look to the right, look to the left and look to the right again; cross the road only when it is safe to do so. Use zebra crossing always and every time. In India, every four minutes, a person dies in a road accident and the victim is either a pedestrian or a cyclist or a two-wheeler driver. In our school, fortunately, there are few vehicles and therefore risk is less, all the same, it is good discipline to walk in a squad. By walking in a squad, you provide a large aspect to a vehicle driver and that makes him take a corrective action in time.

When you are near a crane or a fork lift handling loads, make sure, you do not pass behind the crane or the fork lift where the driver cannot see you. You should always remain in the eyeshot of the driver. Stay at least 9 metres or 30 feet outside the radius of the crane. A swinging load can hurt you if you are not careful. A Golden Rule to avoid a man-machine interface : When a man moves, machine, machine doesn’t move and when a machine moves, man doesn’t move. Stay well clear. It is a good practice to draw

attention of the driver and warn him of your presence in his vicinity.

Sad irony is that in India, these fundamentals are not taught in schools.

In fact, it is the other way round. Children are taught to take blind risks such as running between vehicles while crossing a road, touching electrical sockets without rubber sippers or gloves, using a ladder without three point contact etc.

This is grossly incorrect. We should be teaching these basic rules of safety in the junior school so that children when gaining adult-hood become safety cultured citizens. Our schools need to devote time teaching children about health and safety; it is only then that India and Indians will remain safe.

To remind you of your responsibilities towards safety, I am sharing a ‘Safety Pledge’ which I would be happy if is taken during daily assembly. I am also sharing some interesting mnemonics’ which are very handy for learning about safety. Please use them in your daily lives and don’t forget to share with your friends.

Make ZERO HARM your life’s Goal. GO HOME SAFE…YOUR FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR YOU.

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Sea Fever

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

Capt (IN) Ankit Vaishnav (376), a navy veteran, is from Sainik School Balachadi’s 1972 Batch.

Popularly known in school for his debating skills, Ankit in his final year held the baton as ‘School Captain’ and also distinction as ‘Best All-Round Cadet’. After passing out from school, Ankit joined National Defence Academy as a naval cadet in his first attempt. Ankit is ex-NDA, 50th Course.

In a career spanning nearly 43 years, Ankit has held distinguished billets afloat and ashore both in Indian Navy (IN) as well as the Merchant Navy in equal measure. Some of the prestigious appointments he held in Indian Navy include command of INS Alleppey, a mine-sweeper in 1989 and later between 1997 and 1998, he commanded the 21ST Missile Vessel Squadron (MVS); a Squadron of six missile corvettes. On 31st December, 1998, Ankit took voluntary retirement to pursue a second career in the Merchant Navy. Between 1999 and 2019, Ankit worked in the Merchant Navy. Therein, he held commands of five off-shore Dynamic Positioning (DP) vessels. In addition, Ankit gained extensive experience in port operations in various ports in India and abroad. In fact in his last appointment in 2018-19, life took a full circle for him wherein he came back to serve near his alma mater. He was chosen to be Director & CEO of Essar Bulk Terminal in Salaya Port near Jamnagar based on his past experience as COO and CEO of Dubai Ports World (DP World)’s two large container terminals. At 63, he is still active, associated with training of Indian Navy personnel in safety management, with special focus on helping the uniformed personnel imbibe modern Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) concepts, tools and techniques, in other words, giving back to his service which made him what he is today!

Ankit Vaishnav is married to Milu and they both have a son, who is in a senior position in India’s entertainment sector. In his spare time, Ankit indulges in reading, watching television and improving his health & fitness. Ankit loves tennis and golf.

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Learning Principles of Success from Eagles • Have you ever seen Eagles flying with sparrows or other small birds? No, because they fly alone as no other bird is capable of flying at the altitude that they can fly. Eagles fly with eagles.

• Eagles have a very strong vision up to a range of 5kms. When an eagle sights a prey, he focuses on it and does not stop till he gets it. Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle.

Similar to Eagles who do not eat dead things but feed on fresh prey you should also steer clear of outdated information. Always do your research well.

• Eagles cherish storms. They use the strong winds to lift themselves above the storm. They can then rest their wings and glide. We too can use the storms in our life to achieve greater heights. Achievers relish challenges.

• An eagle tests before it trusts. A female eagle tests a male eagle before she agrees to mate with him. This is how the game begins. The female eagle flies to the earth and picks up a twig. She flies back in the air and drops the twig.

The male eagle who has been pursuing her all this while now flies towards the twig to catch before it falls to the earth. He catches it and brings it back to her. She drops it again and again he picks it up in the air to bring it back to her. The same is repeated many times before she allows him to mate with her. This teaches us that you must test the commitment of the people if you intend to partner or employ them in your venture.

• When it is time to lay eggs both the eagles search for a place high on a cliff so that predators are kept at bay. The male eagle flies to the earth to pick up grass and twigs to make a soft nest. Both of them participate equally to raise their family. The male eagle brings the food and female eagle protects them.

When it is time for the young ones to learn how to fly the mother eagle gives them a hard push from the edge of the cliff and off they go flying in the air.

The building of nest teaches us the value of active and equal participation of partners in a venture that leads to success. People who love us do not let us languish in a sloth but PUSH us to grow and prosper.

Note: I have often used the Video “Even Eagles Need a Push” by David Macnally in my talks to young students. Kindly, watch it on the net to understand the need for someone to give you a push in the right direction.

• Did you know that an eagle goes through lot of pain to get a fresh set of feathers and its claws? On growing old it goes somewhere high up in the mountains where it pulls out every feather on its body and the nails in its claws. He even breaks its beak in the end. he stays in the mountains for until he grows new feathers, claws and its beak. The lesson here is that we do need to shed our old habits that burden us and replace them with new ones that bring growth.

May I hope these lessons of success learnt from eagles help you introspect and grow to be successful. Remember, Change is inevitable and the faster you learn to accept it faster you will be able to succeed. Team Work and Cooperation are essential ingredients for growth of an organization and as an individual. Choose the company of people who push you to excel.

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Capt (IN) Dinesh Kumar Lamba (Rtd) BSc(Hons), MA( Stats), MSc (Def Studies), ND Accredited Trainer Projects in Controlled Environment 2 & AGILE Project Management.s Roll Number 133, Sainik School Balachadi and former Principal Sainik School Balachadi (1997 to 2001)

Capt (IN) D K Lamba (Rtd), an alumnus of ssb (1962- 67), roll no 133, joined Indian Navy as an edu officer on 8 th oct 1973, after completing his post graduation in statistics from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Capt Lamba specialized in Navigation and Direction and h is an alumnus of the prestigious Defence Service Staff College, Wellington. He held many appointments both ashore n afloat. Some of them are Instructor at NDA, Training officer in INS Mysore and Tir. He was PRO of Navy before taking over as the Principal of Sainik School Balachadi, a rare distinction to lead his own almamater. He lead the school successfully during the most turbulent days of the Cyclone of 1998 and devaststing Earthquake of 2001. His devotion to duty in resurrection of the school in record time won him Flag Officer Commanding- in- chief, Southern Naval Command Commendations as well as appreciation from the Govt. of Gujarat. Capt Lamba is a keen sportsman who plays Cricket, Tennis and Golf.

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Light in the Darkness

I asked my mother dear, “Why do people see leaves green and flourishing; Why not the old, yellow ones. Fallen on the ground? “My mother looked at me in surprise, wondering how such thoughts, came into my mind. I asked myself, “Why do people see the waves coming and going. Why not those that hit the rocks? I got the answer myself. They have to see out of the box, into the deep, into the dark.

Bright ideas will come, even in the darkness. If one is strong in mind. It is a question of perspective, which side you wish to see.

see after watching a documentary in school on climate change. Once Great understood the climate crisis, she experienced eco anxiety. She stopped eating, stopped speaking and fell into depression. Eventually, Greta sought all the information she could about climate change and its causes and began changing her own habits to lessen her carbon footprint.

Small in

AGE

but great

IN WORK

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anadian Autumn is an eagle clan Anishinaabekure from Northern Ontario. She has been a “Water Warrior” since the age of 8, ever since she learned of First Nation Communities that couldn’t drink water due to contamination from industrial activity and oil pipelines. In 2019, she was named the Chief Water Commissioner, representing 40 First Nations in Ontario, many of whom lack clean drinking water. In her role, she visits reserves, meet with leaders and speaks globally about indigenous and water rights.

Fionn Ferreira from Ireland,Age – 18 years

Fionn grew up on a remote island in west cork, a seaside

Mohammed Al Jounde from Syria, Age – 18 years

Mohammed grew up in Syria, but fled for

Lebanon when life became too dangerous at home. Like other refugee children, he couldn’t go to school, so he set out to support children in the same situation.

Together with his family, 12 years old Mohammed built a school in a Refugee Camp where 200 children now access their right to education. He was awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2017.

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Autumn Peltier from Canada, Age 15 – years

Greta Thunberg from Sweden Age – 17 years

At 08 years, she knew what the World should

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Cdt Ajay Kumar Roll No. 6071 Class & Sec: VIII-A Tagore House

region in southern Ireland. Fionn spent his childhood creating science project and paddling around the coasts of Ireland with his Kayak. Though his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of micro plastic pollution on the environment.

When Fionn was in high school, he invented a new method of extracting micro-plastics from the water using his own version of ferro fluid, a liquid developed by NASA. Fionn introduced the concept at the 2019 Google Science Fair, where he won the competition from his methodology to remove micro plastics from water.

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Atharv Kumar

MY HOUSE

Roll No. 6271 Class & Sec:VI Shastri House

a home away from home (First Prize in Inter House English Essay Writing Competition 2019-20, Group – D)

I

am writing about the house which is given to me in Sainik School Balachadi, that is Shastri House. My house is named after a very great person, Lal Bahadur Sharstri, the former Prime Minister of India. He encouraged the soldiers to fight and defeat the Pakistani forces which were continuously attacking on us. He also gave us the slogan of “JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN”. Shastriji wanted the Indian soldiers to cross the border and capture Pakistani territory. The inauguration of Sainik School Balachadi was done

by Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1962 when he was the Prime Minister of India. The first House which was constructed was Shastri House. In front of our House, there is a statue of Shastriji wearing a garland.

My House is known for its all-round excellence from the beginning.

Whenever some activity is being held in our school, people from my House participate with full enthusiasm. Though, we live in the junior / holding House, we still want to prove ourselves better than others. For example – one day when I was playing badminton, some bhaiyas came and took the racket away from me. I was not hapy with this. So, I said “Bhaiya, you’re not playing that good, I can play better than you”. Bhaiya said, “Come, let’s play a match. If you win than you can play, but if I win, I will play”. I gave my best in that match and won it. After that, that Bhaiya never came to play.

The day I joined this school, I felt there is nothing special. But, when I spent some days in my House, I made many friends then I realised that my house is the best place to live. AT home, we meet our friends only for some time but here, we stay with them and can have fun throughout the day. The best thing that I like about my House is that when someone needs help, everyone is ready to help. All the people who live in my House contribute to make it the best of the best. Whenever there is some festival or some one’s birthday, we celebrate it with full energy, happiness and enthusiasm.

When we are low in confidence our house Staff and Appointments encourage us.

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અને ભણી�ુ ં રાતે મોડા મોડા ત્યાર� િસનીયરને આવ્�ુ ં યાદ બધાએ કર� ફર�યાદ અને ખાવા�ુ ં છે આઝાદ તેણે કરાવ્�ું કદમતાલ છોકરા થઈ ગયા બેહાલ ખાતા-ખાતા બધાએ િવચા�ુ� ક� �ુ ં કામ આવ્યો �ુ�વાર.

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Why did you have to go, Dad?

Why did you have to die?

Why did you leave me behind?

With nothing to do but cry?

I miss you terribly, Dad I can’t believe that you’re gone I can’t believe this has happened I don’t know how life will go on.

Those times we had together Keep coming back home Those shopping sprees, eat outs And all the movies we went to see.

I miss all our talks and walks And I miss the love you should I miss the amazing guidance And all the stories told.

I miss every time I wrote a poem And should it to you I remember how proud you were And you also told me so.

I remember the pains you took To make sure I was okay No one can ever again

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Cdt Lavish Kumar Roll No. 6017 Class & Sec: VIII-C Tagore House

1.

Love me in that same way.

You were the best, Dad You had a heart of Gold And what hurts me now Is the thing I left untold.

My love for you, Dad Will never go away In fact it only grows Intense each day.

I hope that somewhere Wherever you may be You can hear me now And read this poem and see.

This poem doesn’t do you justice, Dad Nothing ever will But do you wonder the reason Why I’m writing it still?

I wrote it, Dad, because I know how you loved the sight I wrote to tell you That I will continue to write.

I will continue to make you proud I’ll continue to shine I will always remember that Your heart rests with mine.

Those who had coins, enjoyed in rain. Those who had notes, were busy

looking for shelter.

2. Man and God both met somewhere. Both exclaimed “My Creator”.

3. He asked, are you Hindu or Muslim? The response came, “I am hungry”.

4. The fool didn’t know it was impossible so he did it.

5. “Wrong Numbers” said a familiar voice.

6. What if God asks you after you die, “So how was Heaven”.

7. We don’t make friends anymore. We add them nowadays.

8. What is pain – seeing tears in your parents’ eyes and reason is “You”.

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“OUR EXPERIENCE : ALL INDIA ENGLISH DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2019-20”

This

was an unforgettable experience. An experience which taught us a lot of things. On a fine morning we were informed that we had to prepare for upcoming competition of English debate which was going to be held at Pilani.

Many cadets started preparing for the selection and only three cadets were going to be selected. Fortunately, three of us Cdt Parth and Cdt Shourya of Class-X and Cdt Neel of Class-IX were selected.

After the selection, we got the dates of debate and we started preparing. We were provided with the rule book sent by Birla Public School for the championship. In that rule book it was specified that debate will be in Cambridge format. We were totally blank about this format. We did not know what Cambridge format is.

But, however, we managed to see

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some videos from internet and understood a little bit. As we were fearing, but the journey ahead of this experience was unimaginable.

On 27th August 2019, after having lunch we departed from school for the competition. We were escorted by Ms. Merry Ray. Our train was scheduled to depart in evening and reach Jaipur 28th August 2019. From there we had travelled in bus to Pilani, where we were received by the Headmaster of Birla Public School. After reaching the school, we were given our rooms, freshen up and were taken mess by the school Captain.

We had a small conversation with the school appointments, there we were briefed about the Cambridge form of debate. They also informed us about the events for the next four days. Actually, Cambridge debate is the oldest form of debate in which two parties are there, one proposition

(1) Cdt Parth Bharadia (5763) (2) Cdt Shourya Ray (5791)

and one opposition. Each party consists of three members.

Among which there is one lead speaker, one middle speaker and one concluding speaker.

First of all, the lead speaker of the first party comes and speaks about the topic, then he / she is questioned by the opposition party. Later, the lead speaker of the opposition party comes and gives his points. Then again, he / she is questioned by the proposition party. This thing follows for every speaker. On 29th August, we were having rest as all other school had to report on 29th.

In the afternoon, our registration was done and in evening we had conference where were given topics and our opposition team for the 1st round. Along with us SS Kunjpura, SS Chittorgarh and Military School Ajmer were staying. We were provided the topic “Political correctness is

sane and necessary”. We got the proposition side. We were given computers for our research work. On that night we prepared our scripts very seriously as we feared because we were junior most participants amongst 20 schools. Most of the participants were from Class-XII. Next day, we had our breakfast and went to library which was our venue for 1st debate. Our opposition school was Birla Shishu Vihar School.

We were a little bit nervous as it was our first Cambridge debate.

However, Cdt Neel who was the lead speaker started the debate successfully. Then Cdt Parth who was the middle speaker, also gave strong points related to the topic and later Cdt Shourya who was the concluding speaker. He concluded the debate by countering the opposition team strongly. We countered the opposition team by questioning hard questions.

We also answered their questions confidently.

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After the debate, all schools had to meet at the conference hall where the results of 1st round were going to be announced. In the conference hall, we were declared as the winners against Birla Shishu Vihar School. We were overjoyed to hear this as it was our first attempt only.

Now we were more confident as this win was a motivating factor for us. At that time only was were given the topics for the second round. We were given the topic “Religion has no role in 21st century”. This time also we were given the proposition side. Our opposition team was Hyderabad Public School.. Amazingly, we won this debate also. After that, we qualified for the quarter final round against Birla Vidyapith School. But unfortunately this time we lost the debate. We stood 7th out of 20 schools. The champion was Modi Public School and the runner up was Hyderabad Public School. Though we lost the quarter finals but, we were happy as we won 02 rounds out of 03 rounds. It was a very learning experience for us and we came to know several things. On the last day we had a small tour of Pilani city. We also had dinner with the Principal of Birla Public School.

Next day we departed from Pilani and reached Balachadi on 02nd September. It was a very enjoyable and amazing experience which filled immense confidence and improved our English speaking skills. We will never forget this life worth remembering experience.

Cdt Utsav Busa Roll No. 6077 Class & Sec: VIII-A Angre House

As the year comes to a close

It’s time to reflect what we chose.

As the Earth completes its revolution We must fulfill our resolution.

A long journey ends, a new one begins Let’s overcome defeats and aim for wins.

Let’s love and gratitude to other gift And quickly resolve all our rift.

Create enthusiasm for study and play

Work and play together, together pray Let’s foster gender equality Boys and girls have equal ability Let’s make the new start, forget mistakes past And make the New Year letter than the last Next year we shall all be in tenth We need to gather all over strength Face the challenge of Board with smiles After that we must go miles and miles We have to choose our careers bright Leave the wrong and choose the right We have to go a long, long way Our dreams will shine like ray No barriers will put us down Success will be our crown Just remember the proverb all the time Whatever the weather, whatever the clime Early to be and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise Let’s stop cutting trees, plant new ones Save the Earth for daughters and sons Let’s save water, let’s save land Let’s work for our race hand in hand Respect nature, the Earth and Sun All the World shares just one Let’s keep our city, state and country clean No garbage, no litter anywhere should be seen Let’s do what presents, teachers and elders well We wish our friends far and near A very happy, happy New Year.

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A book

Book is a simple structure with two hard covers and rest

In differences

WE UNITE

Cdt Vatsal Khant Roll No. 6199 Class & Sec: IX-A Shastri House

W

e may come from different backgrounds, belong to different religions, have opposite tastes and be guided by different ideals. You may live in a different time zone while I live under the influence of a different culture.

consists of pages. So, what is book in meaningful manner?

It is not simple really, it consists of everything which is inside the Earth, like study material for different stages, for different services, separate subjects books, biographies, autobiographies, novels, history, GK and a lot is found inside a simple book. If we heard a simple word book, it seems normal but, if we think further so, it considered like it is most gracious and precious thing I have even heard.

Book is made up of trees and ink used for written work. You think that every book in the World become blank so what will happen, have you ever thought that? I had thought earlier, if books will become blank so, the World will become rest, persons can’t get knowledge they will become a burden for the Earth. So books are Cdt Hrushabh Vaza Roll No. 6209 everything for us. We should utilise more and Class & Sec: IX-A more books how much you can read. You should read Shastri House a book daily.

We wake up to the same Sun and sleep under the same Stars. But the common thread is that, we remain undeleted to the Grace of mother Earth and have a deep bond towards it. This is what makes us friends. Both of us shed tears. Joy too brings up us tears. There are fears that have restrained us – we both cling to the hope that grows in us.

We are bound by different pasts and varying actions, but wish for a bright future.

Irrespective of where someone is from or what one wears and possesses, there is nobody who hasn’t been born to die. Let this thought not escape us.

Join hands with me on this journey to revolutionise the World.

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Cdt Ayush Aslaliya Roll No. 5770 Class & Sec: X-C Tagore House

Always Be Cool, Don’t have Ego with your Friends and Family members.

Give up Hurting Individuals. Just Keep Loving Mankind.

Never Omit Prayers. Quietly Remember God. Speak Truth Use Valid Words to Expres Your Zeal.

Follow this ABCD… of life and you will lead a happy life.

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Cdt Amrit Raj

A marvellous experience of 68th national sgfI football tournament “Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step”.

Big achievements can only be

earned by small initiatives. The same has happened to me. I along with my football team would never got the opportunity of playing National Football Tournament, if we hadn’t taken the initiative of participating in Gujarat Khel Maha Kumbh.

Khel Maha Kumbh was my first step towards my great achievement.

We participated in all the district, zonal and state level matches and became the champions. Then we attended the National Football Camp at Gandhi Nagar. Gujarat and got selected for representing Gujarat state at National level.

It was the happiest moment for me when I heard that our whole 11 players have been selected for playing Nationals at Imphal, Manipur. I jumped with joy and our whole team started dancing at that moment. It was my first experience of playing a football match at this big platform. I was informed to play as Right

Winged Defender and that was my favourite place.

Govt. of Gujarat arranged air tickets for our journey. This was the first time of my life to complete a journey by touching the sky.

The scenery of land from the sky is wonderful and the beautiful pattern of clouds makes the sky a paradise. I was surprised to know that I have shifted from western most state to eastern most place in just a few hours.

Imphal was an amazing and a different place as compared to other parts of India. The beauty was pasted on my eyes when I saw the greenery. Different flora and fauna, a unique food, a unique culture and a different language. Imphal was covered with mountains all around and the climate was superb.

Opening ceremony of our game was on 3rd Nov and 32 teams participated in the competition.

Imphal is a place famous for football craze as there are around thousand grounds and every child is aware and full of skills. Our

team played three matches with Bihar, Haryana and Karnataka in which we lost one match and draw 02 matches. We were not qualified to paly other matches and our team’s heart filled with sorrow.

Our coach then motivated us and told us that success and failure are part of our life and we should always move forward and always continue learning and improving things.

Then I thought for a while and concluded that it was a great exposure for me to learn and develop my skills and I really learned new things there. I felt

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proud to wear the kit of Gujarat team and played for Gujarat state.

The experience of becoming a player of Gujarat team was really amazing. I made new friends, met with other people of different region, saw a different culture and visited a place where nature lies.

The feeling was wonderful and a proud one. I really thank from my inner heart to the institution and the state for giving me this unforgettable opportunity to play for our state. It was the best moment for my life and will always be there in my heart.

“JAI HIND”

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Cdt Akhil Pratap Singh Roll No. 6126 Class & Sec: VII-A Sardar Patel House

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ns’k dh vkt+knh esa ^egkRek xkWa/kh* dk ;ksxnku dSMsV yfo’k dqekj vuqdzekad&6017 d{kk&vkBoha ^l* VSxksj lnu

varlZnu fganh fuca/k ys[ku izfr;ksfxrk esa izFke iqjLdkj izkIr fuca/k ¼lewg ^c*] d{kk&lkroha&vkBoha½

izLrkouk& gekjk ns’k Hkkjr ,d ,slk ns’k gS tgkWa ij vusd egkiq#"kksa us tUe fy;k gSA bu egkiq#"kksa us viuk cfynku nsdj Hkkjr dh vkt+knh esa vfoLej.kh; ;ksxnku jgk gSA bUgha egkiq#"kksa esa ls ,d Fks egkRek xkWa/khA ^nq%[k ls nwj igWaqpdj xkWa/kh lq[k ls ekSu [kM+s gks ejrs&[kirs balkuksa ds bl Hkkjr esa rqEgha cM+s gksA* xkWa/kh ifjp;& 2 vDrwcj lu~ 1869bZ- dks Hkkjr dh /kjrh us ,d ,sls egkiq#"k dks tUe fn;k ftlus u dsoy Hkkjrh; jktuhfr dk uD’kk cnyk cfYd laiw.kZ fo’o dks lR;] vfgalk vkSj izse dks vts; 'kfDr ds n’kZu djk,A mudk tUe xqtjkr jkT; iksjcanj ft+ys esa gqvk FkkA uSfrd f’k{kk& oSls rks gesa xkWa/kh th ls cgqr dqN lh[kus dks feyrk gS D;ksafd os ekuo ds deksZa ij fo’okl djrs Fks u fd tkfr;ksa ijA os dgrs Fks fd ân; ifjorZu ls lekt esa cnyko yk;k tk ldrk gSA muds dgs gq, dqN izfl) okD; gS& ,d fouez rjhds ls vki iwjh nqfu;k dks fgyk ldrs gSaA [kqn esa og cnyko ykb, tk vki nqfu;k esa ns[kuk pkgrs gSaA ^xyh&xyh Hk; ls dkWaih Fkh] xkWao&’kgj lges Fks vaxzst+h tYyknksa ds] lkWalksa rd ij igjs Fks nks lkS o"kZ rd geus xksjksa dh djh xqykeh ij rqeus tc vy[k tykbZ] xksjh uLysa dkWaih fcu gfFk;kj yM+s gks] fQj Hkh gkj x;k ’kSrku

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gs ckiw! rqedks esjk iz.kke] gs ckiw! rqedks esjk iz.kkeA* vkt+knh esa ;ksxnku& egkRek xkWa/kh dk Lora=rk vkanksyu esa vfoLej.kh; ;ksxnku jgk gSA egkRek xkWa/kh us ;Waw rks dbZ NksVs&cM+s vkanksyu fd, ysfdu dqN ,sls vkanksyu Hkh Fks ftUgksaus Hkkjrh; lekt dh fn’kkk cnyus dk egRRoiw.kZ dk;Z fd;kA mudh lcls cM+h fo’ks"krk ;g Fkh fd mUgksaus Hkkjro"kZ ds fc[kjs lekt dks fey&tqydj jguk fl[kk;kA paikj.k lR;kxzg& paikj.k 1917 bZ- esa fd;k x;k FkkA paikj.k lR;kxzg egkRek xkWa/kh th dh igyh Hkkxhnkjh FkhA vaxzst+ yksx paikj.k ds fdlkuksa dks uhy mxkus ds fy, etcwj dj jgs Fks tks fdlkuksa dks ilan ugha FkkA rc egkRek xkWa/kh th us vaxzst+ksa dks ;g cksyus ls etcwj dj gh fn;k fd fdlku viuh eupkgh [ksrh dj ldrs gSaA [ksM+k vkanksyu& [ksM+k vkanksyu 1918 bZ- esa gqvk FkkA 1918 bZ- esa tc [ksM+k esa ck<+ vkbZ rc ck<+ ds dkj.k ogkWa dh Qlysa u"V gks xbZ FkhaA blds ckotwn vaxzst+ yksx ogkWa ds fdlkuksa ls mruk gh dj ekWax jgs Fks ftruk os igys ekWaxrs FksA rc egkRek xkWa/kh th us cM+h dfBukb;ksa dk lkeuk djrs gq,] fdlkuksa dks mudk vf/kdkj fnyok;kA vlg;ksx vkanksyu & vlg;ksx vkanksyu 1920 bZ- esa ’kq: fd;k x;k FkkA blls igys vaxzst+ksa us 1919 bZ- esa jkWysV vf/kfu;e cuk;kA bl vf/kfu;e ds rgr Hkkjrokfl;ksa dks fcuk tkWap fd, tsy esa dSn dj fn;k tkrk FkkA bl vf/kfu;e ls eqfDr ikus ds fy, Hkkjrokfl;kas vkSj dzkafrdkfj;ksa us tfy;kWaokyk ckx esa cSBd cqykbZA rc vaxzst+h ‘’kkle tujy Mk;j us HkhM+ ij xksfy;kWa pykus dk vkns’k nsdj Hkkjrokfl;ksa vkSj

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dzkafrdkfj;ksa dks ejok fn;kA tc egkRek xkWa/kh th dks bl gknls ds ckjs esa irk pyk rc muds ân; dks xgjh Bsl igqWaphA blds ckn egkRek xkWa/kh th us Hkkjrokfl;ksa dks le>k;k fd ‘’kkafriw.kZ vlg;ksx vkanksyu dk ikyu djuk gh lQyrk dh daqth gSA Hkkjr NksM+ks vkanksyu& ^Hkkjr NksM+ks vkanksyu* 1942 bZ- esa ‘’kq: fd;k x;kF ;g vkanksyu fczfV’k lkezkT; dks lekIr djus ds fy, pyk;k x;k FkkA bl vkanksyu us fczfV’k ljdkj dks fgykdj j[k fn;k x;k FkkA ^lPpkbZ dk ysdj ’kL= vkSj vfgalk dks ys vL= rwus viuk ns’k cpk;k xksjksa dks Fkk nwj Hkxk;k nq’eu ls I;kj fd;k ckiw! djrk rq>s ueu rq>s p<+krk izse lqeuA* milagkj& Lora=rk vkanksyu ds izfrf"Br usrk egkRek xkWa/khth Hkys gh vkt bl nqfu;k esa thfor ugha gS ijarq muds vPNs deksZa dk izHkko vkt Hkh gSA egkRek xkWa/kh th us og dj fn[kk;k ftls dksbZ djus dh lksp Hkh ugha ldrkA mUgksaus gfFk;kjksa dks bLrseky fd, fcuk Hkkjr dks vkt+knh fnyokbZA ^cl thou esa ;kn j[kuk lp vkSj esgur dk lnk lkFk j[kuk ckiw rqEgkjs lkFk gS vkSj lHkh cPpksa ds ikl gS lPPkkbZ tgkWa Hkh gS ogkWa ckiw dk okl gSA*

ft+anxh dSMsV vfHk"ksd xqIrk vuqdzekad&6194 d{kk&uoha ^v* vkaxzs lnu

મોટામાં મોટ� � ૂિમ

: મા� ૃ� ૂિમ

મોટામાં મોટ� ખાઈ

: અદ� ખાઈ

મોટામાં મોટ� ખાણ

: ઓળખાણ

મોટામાં મો�ું કામ

: સત્કામ

મોટામાં મોટો રામ

: આરામ

મોટામાં મોટો દ� શ

: ઉપદ� શ

મોટામાં મોટો બંધ

: સંબધ ં

મોટામાં મોટ� રાણી

: ઉઘરાણી

મોટામાં મોટ� બાઈ

: ગર�બાઈ

મોટામાં મોટ� ગન

: લગન

મોટામાં મોટા છે ડા

: �ટાછાડા

મોટામાં મોટ� કાર

: ઓમકાર

ft+anxh gh og le; gS] tks rqEgsa /kjk ij xqt+kjuk gSA rqEgsa vc gksuk deZe; gS] fta+nxh viuh lWaokjuk gSA ft+anxh ls ft+anxh Hkj dk ugha gksrk ;g lkFk gS] thou ej.k dk iz’u ugha] ;g rks fo/kkrk ds gkFk gSaA\ ysfdu iz.k djks tc rd ;g fta+nxh lax gS thou dk gj ,d {k.k ,d ubZ meax gSA fujk’kk fta+nxh dk uke ugha gS ft;ks u flQZ thus ds fy, ft+anxh dk y{; rqEgkjs vanj dgha gS ft+anxh rks gS vkuan dk jl ihus ds fy,A izHkq us thou ds :i esa vuks[kk volj fn;k rqEgsa viuh {kerkvksa o izfrHkkvksa dks iznf’kZr djuk gS bZ’oj us rks tx dk egklkxj fn;k rqEgsa viuh HkfDr o iz;klksa ls bls lajf{kr djuk gSA nq%[k gS lPpk fe= dHkh u NksM+sxk gkFk lq[k vPNs le; rd gS fQj u nsxk lkFk eaft+y ls nks dn Hkj dh nwjh gSA

મોટામાં મોટું ?

ક�ડ�ટ અિમત પરમાર (૫૯૬૧) ૮-ક, �ગ્રે સદન

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know where we are and also help us sort out what is important in life. There, firstly I met climbers from all parts of the country which was very exhilarating. After that, in the evening all climbers took dinner and went to the room.

The next morning my heart beat was pumping very fast because first time I participated.

Before start of the competition all the climbers took Oath and after that climbing started. First day our school got in top-15, second day also our school gets in top-8 and finally third day I woke up early morning, took bath and breakfast.

Before the arrival of Chief Guest, all the climbers were present over there. The Chief Guest of the day was Colonel BD Chandola, Principal Sainik School Kunjpura. All the climbers were ready and after that the competition started. At the end, result was announced. I was also selected in top-3 for the 3rd position and our school also got position in top-3. After that Certificate and Memento were given by the Chief Guest to all the climbers who got the position. I was very happy when got the Certificate.

My experience of Wall Climbing IN KUNJPURA

Cdt Ashish Kumar Roll No. 6125 Class & Sec: VII-B, Angre House

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb? The great experience during All India IPSC Sports Climbing Competition – 2019 at Sainik School Kunjpura, Karnal, Haryana taught me many things. I like climbing because they open our eyes to let us

Cdt Varun Raj Roll No. 5909 Class & Sec: IX-B Garuda House

ou are the creator of your own life. Your future depends upon only on you no one else in this World will be responsible for your future. If you will keep your dreams with you and only imagining that I will be a successful person in the coming years, it is sure that you will not be able to achieve your dream, for achieving your dreams you have to put a lot of effort in the years to come. Dreaming big is a very easy thing to do but to achieve that dream you have to put in a lot of efforts and hard work. There may be some instances where you will feel that I should drop my dream and try to do something else. At that moment think of the efforts and hard work which you put till now to achieve your dream.

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Dream is not which you see while sleeping, It is the thing which doesn’t let you sleep.

Rightly said by the missile man of India, dream is the thing which doesn’t let you sleep. So, keep your aspirations high and do hard work to achieve that. Today or tomorrow you are surely going to achieve it.

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રામાયણ િવશે �ણવા �� ંુ -

વાલ્મી�ક ઋિષના િપતા - �ુિનશ્રી પ્રચેતના શ્રવણના માતાિપતા - સોમવતી અને શાંત�ુ રામના ઈષ્ટદ� વતા - િશવ શબર��ુ ં � ૂળ નામ - શ્રમણા મંદોદર�ના િપતા�ુ ં નામ - માયા�ુર સીતા��ુ ં � ૂવર્જન્મ�ુ ં નામ - વેદવતી ભરતની પત્ની�ુ ં નામ - માંડવી શ�ુધ્નની પત્ની�ુ ં નામ - �ુતક�િત� હ�ુમાન�ના �ુત્ર�ુ ં નામ - મકરધ્વજ રાવણના માતા-િપતા�ુ નામ - ક� કસી અને િવ�ા વાલ્મી�ક રામાયણના પ્રથમ શ્લોકનો પ્રથમ શબ્દ - તપ સીતા�ના માતા�ુ ં નામ - �ુનયના

eaft+y ut+j ugha vk jgh

ક�ડ�ટ િનમર્લ નાનેરા (૫૭૪૪) ૧૧-અ, સરદાર પટ� લ સદન

� વન

ેઅ શ િવ

ું

હોય

છે.

ીઓ ે. ક� છ માખ શ ધ ીમ રહ� ટલ યો � ૂ ખ્ � eaft+y ut+j ugha vk jgh 000 ુ ી ધ 0 � ર્ 4 ી ી. ે. વષ rks D;k eSa lQ+j NksM+ nwWaA 0 થ નથ ક� છ 0 એક ો શ .

0 ો ી ત થ થ સી ાં 4 eqf’dysa] pqukSfr;kWa cgqr gS vkxs �ળય ે. ોન ેવો ડુ ામ મહ ત સ કરો � � ક� છ ર વ ા ધ ી શ પ rks D;k eSa eqWag eksM+ nwWaA ટ મ ન પ ોઈ ાર�ય પટ ાણસ એક રજ � મ . ે ખ ે nkx fn[ksaxs lQ+snh esa ી ગ છ વ � રન પ્રાણ �દ ુ ં હોય કાવ્યા ર�ય ા સ � rks D;k mls viukuk NksM+ nwWaA ક્ � ો � ા� ુ ં � પલ �ચ ગ�ડ ખ ય dy ekSr t+:jh gS ી ે.

1 ુ ં � ટ્ર�લ ક� છ થી. ામે ામ� શ ન સ ઓસ્ ચ ી rks D;k vkt thuk NksM+ nwWaA ુ ં ી ાવ તી ૂ ર્ન ાફ� � છે. �ઘ બન �ય ક ી eSa bUgsa NksM+ nsrk ij lw;Z iwoZ ls mxuk ugha NksM+rk �જર ર ય � શ ક્ષ ાર ં ુદ ડપ ખાય ી� લા� છે. vkSj eqf’dysa] pqukSfr;ksa esa લ ણ ગ� ટ પ ાય � ાછ ો ખ મ 0 ે સ ર્ ીન eSa [kqn dks vkt+ekuk ugha NksM+ ldrk 30 શાક કોલ મા ં રાખ ુ ડો ં ત ા ર � ર ekuk lQyrk lqfuf’pr u gksA ઉલ્ વાછ એક ા� ુ ં મ ર ં દ ી ij [kqn lQ+j v/kwjk ugha NksM+ ldrk છ� પક્ષ બ ા lQ+j Hkys gks eaxy dk ખ �રુ ક�ડ�ટ િમહ�ર ગામી(૫૭૭૬) ij chp esa ne rksM+ ugha ldrkA uke&dSMsV vfouk’k dqekj ૧૦-ક, �ગ્રે સદન vuqdzekad&5556 d{kk&ckjgoha ^v* ljnkj iVsy lnu

ઓ

ી ણ ા પ્ર

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Our

motivational tour to Indian Naval Academy was flagged off by motivational words of our Principal Sir. We started our journey on 23rd Nov early morning. From Hapa, we boarded Okha-Ernakulam Express at 06:30 AM. The train journey was nearly of 40 hours, so it was quite boring but, due to beautiful scenery

of Konkan Railway we enjoyed during our journey. We reached our dream destination on 24th Nov. In Naval Academy, we were allotted with two squadrons namely ‘Achiever’ and ‘Braveheart’ to live in. Thereafter we got a chance to meet the Deputy Commandant of the Academy.

On day three, we saw nearly the complete campus of the Academy.

Starting with Nalanda Black, which is main Administrative Block of the Academy, Bhaskara Black, Aryabhatt Black, Panini Library which is also the biggest library of Kerala.

We went on to see the Stable, Arjun Baggle, Firing Range,

To fulfill my dream I will never scare and scream I will prove to whole World in a jar I am a rising star.

Cdt Lekh Vashisththa

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star

Roll No. 6038 Class & Sec: VIII-A SP House

In the morning I wake up

And put on my make up To see the sky, so far I am a rising star.

Never care for anyone As you have with you someone Sweet n lovely soul Which gives you candy bar I am a rising star.

At last the time will come, When I will be, what I wished to become Then with full of my heart, I will play guitar I am a rising star.

Cdt Meet Boda Roll No. 5662 Class & Sec: XI-A SP House

MWTC (Marakkar Watermanship Training Centre), Pereira Parade Ground, where we was rehearsal of Passing Out Parade. We also enjoyed on Zamorin Beach. There in the Academy, we played football on Astroturf and volleyball on synthetic court.

We got an opportunity to taste the good of Kerala in Katari Cadets’ Mess. There we met our 08 proud Balachadians. They shared words of wisdom with us. They motivated us to join Defence forces. We went on outing to Bekal Fort and to a famous temple of Kerala where we had delicious lunch.

We enjoyed a lot during the tour and finally came back on 29th Nov afternoon to our school. In the Naval Academy tour, we learnt many OLQs such as Punctuality, Courage, and Sportsman Spirit etc.

Overall, the tour was a source of inspiration for all of us.

G r o ha ve wn we up

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Somewhere between “10 toffees for 1 Rupee” and “1 toffee for 10 Rupees”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “come to the ground” and “come online”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “stealing chocolate of our sister” and “buying chocolate for her children”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “just five more minutes, Amma” and “pressing the snooze button”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “crying out loud just to get what we want” and “holding our tears when we are broken inside”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “I want to grow up” and “I want to be a child again”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “lets meet and plan” and “lets plan and meet”, we grew up!

Somewhere between “being afraid of our patents” and “praying for our parents”, we grew up!

Cdt Akhil Singh

And as we grew up, we realised how silently our lives have changed over the years and we are just growing so silently.

Roll No. 5924 Class & Sec: XII – B Pratap House

A land of wisdom Cdt Rohit Parmar

My dreams have the right to know

Roll No. 6164 Class & Sec: VIII-A Shivaji House

Why for centuries by have been breaking Why don’t they even come true?

My bands have the right to know Why do they remain without work all along?

Why do they have nothing to do My feet have the right to know Why from village to village they walk on their own Why are there no signs of a bus yet My hunger has the right to know Why grain rots in Godowns?

While I don’t even get a fistful of rice My old mother has the right to know Why are there no medicines?

Needless, dispensaries or bandages My children have the right to know Who do they labour day and night Why is there no school in sight?

INDIA

then & now

Cdt Viraj Trivedi Roll No. 6210 Class & Sec: IX-B Nehru House

And of divine sages The playground of scientists Whose footsteps were ways This is the country which Once decided World’s fate It was chanting the mantras When whole was illiterate This all explains How much India was great But it’s the past Let’s know what’s the present A factory of black money And home of corruption Where dreams suck the blood And s cut the head When I think about the past And compare with the present The Heaven is now Hell What we were and what we are In this modern era I can’t identify this country So, I urge to Almighty Please return my India

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Hkwryksa ds ryksa esa] cht QVrs gSa dbZ vadqjksa esa] Hkw /kjk ds dbZ :i gSa] dSMsV lanhi dqekj cht oks tks mitrs gSa dadM+ esa] vuqdzekad&5803 d{kk&nloha ^l* Hkwdai vk, Tokyk foLQksV ds] ljnkj iVsy lnu ikuh Hkkjh cjls rwQku vk, leanj esa] [kqn ij Hkjkslk] esgur esa /;ku gks] ges'kk thr feyrh gS ,d lksp ds fldanj esaA

,d lksp fldanj esa

dSMsV vkfnR; dqekj vuqdzekad&6127 d{kk&lkroha ^c* usg: lnu

ekWa ekaW Hkh D;k [kwc gksrh gS lcls I;kjk esgcwc gksrh gS yk[k deh gks eq>esa fQj Hkh cPps muds uwj gksrs gSa yxrk tSls lkWalsa mudh cPpksa ds uke gksrh gSa lp rks ;gh gS ;kjksa]

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ekWa rks igyk I;kj gksrh gS vkWalw dks ve`r le> cPpksa dh [kkfrj ih ysrh gS yM+uk iM+s nqfu;k ls rks [kqn dks vkxs dj ysrh gS Ikrk gksrk gS mudks Tk+ekus dh ckrsa fdlh I;kj ds [kkfrj cPps bl uwj dks NksM+ nsrs gSa ij vafre lkWal rd oks fny ls nqvk gh nsrh gS cPps esjs vkxs c<+s vkSj os gj iy [kqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;k jgsa nq%[k dh lk;k Hkh u iM+s lQyrk muds dne pwes yk[kksa dh HkhM+ esa Hkh tkus dSls og igpku ysrh gS cPPkksa dh [kwclwjrh ds fy, viuh [kwclwjrh [kks nsrh gS gjne viuh pkgrksa esa cPpksa dh yach mez gks cl ;gh ,d ekWa dh vkl gksrh gS cl ;gh ,d ekWa dh vkl gksrh gSA

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Cdt Viraj Bhatt Roll No. 6207 Class & Sec: IX-B Nehru House

INFINITE LIMITS Incredible

Cdt Dhwanil

INDIA

India, India invincible India

Roll No. 5892 Class & Sec: IX-B Shivaji House

Growing India, seventh largest India Having history invincible From the starting of the time Rama to Maharana, Maharana to Akbar, Akbar to Alauddin Alauddin to Jai Singh Marathas always play glory games, Mughals are terrified All ends when Company came, Company always play guilty game Tipu the Tiger shown bravery, India now wants Republic Now Bapu came from England. Started revolts all over the country.

Bardoli Satyagrah started, Sardar was motivated.

Bapu done Dandi March near Navsari in Gujarat.

In India, Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place.

Now Britishers have fear in mind.

They thought to leave India.

Britishers have dirty mind, they separated Pakistan.

Ambedkar made the Constitution Now India is Indomitable.

Only one person can stop you from achieving

your dreams. He can stop you from being what you want to. He can stop you from achieving your goals and targets. Who is he? Where does he live? Why does he do so? A very simple answer, you yourself.

You are yourself responsible for your failures. For example – if you practice very hard for any game and unfortunately, you lose, then you will lose hope. But if you have determination and courage, nobody can stop you from winning? Even the greatest people will appreciate your sincere efforts.

But that does not mean you will not listen to yourself or even ask to yourself and do whatever you like. You should be able to understand what is wrong and what is right. Once chosen the right path, do hard work and don’t stop till you achieve your goal. What can’t you do? You can climb one of the greatest mountains in the World, you can visit one of the coldest points on Earth. You can travel one of the farthest points in space. You will not face any problem, if you have that potential to practice sincerely. And ultimately, you will achieve your goal!

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Talent Never Stays Hidden Viraj Trivedi Roll No. 6210 Class & Sec: IX-B Nehru House

but also able tofulfill requirements.

Once there was a poor family

living in a village. There was a boy, his sister and his father in his family. The family was too poor that were not able to afford proper meals every day. His father was very hard working

Cdt Abhigaya Mondal Roll No. 6204 Class & Sec: IX-B Nehru House

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he his

wasn’t family’s

Once there was a fair organized in the village and the boy was too curious to know that what is a fair? He wore torn clothes and nothing in his foot. He went to the fair and was too amazed after seeing it. He entered the fair. He had a habit of singing while walking.

He was roaming in the

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fair singing songs.

He was enjoying the lights and crowd of the eve. The fair comprised of various rides, stalls and a stage.

Then the whole gathering was requested to come near the stage and perform anything they like to. Some were dancing, some were singing while some showed stunts. Then the audience was told to hold their breath because a famous singer was there for his performance.

When the singer was backstage getting ready for the performance, he spotted this boy. His name was ‘Shiv’. Singer ignored him, completed his performance and came back, but still the boy was standing there. Singer went near him and asked him that why was he standing there for such a long time.

Shiv replied, “Because I like singing”. Singer told him to sing a few lines. The melodious voice of Shiv impressed the singer. He took Shiv and his family to the city, gave them proper clothes to wear, a beautiful bunglow to live. Shiv was encouraged by the singer to participate in various competitions.

Shiv achieved many prizes and became rich.

He thanked the singer a lot for encouraging him. The boy also opened an academy of singing for free. He lived a happy life.

Moral of the Story : Always try to help / motivate someone by being a helping hand.

Teen Brain is unique

he human brain is constantly evolving and responding to the environment. But in adolescence, the scene is different. When the child hits puberty, the body changes dramatically and so does the brain. It is changing in a way that is unique only for this phase of life. But then these points do not change every part of the child’s brain reaches adult maturity exactly at the same time. The part of the brain just behind the forehead – the performance cortex – is responsible for decision making ability. This area does not mature until the early 20s or even mid-20s.

Primary emotions of joy, rage, fear and excitement are expressed by limbic cortex, which is stuck keep inside the brain and matures at 12 – 13 years. There is a full 6 – 7 year gap between the maturing of pre-frontal cortex and limbic cortex of the brain. This is why adolescents behave impulsively.

SANDESHAK 2019-20

પહોચ્યાં. �યાં અમે ઘણી ડો�લ્ફન

જોઈ અને તે જોવામાં અનેરો આનંદ આવ્યો. ત્યાંથી ક�મ્પ સ્થળે આવી અમે બેટ દ્વારકા મં�દરના દશર્ન

કરવા ગયા. ત્યાં અમને �ણવા મળ્�ું ક� દ્વારકા શહ�ર�ુ ં નામ ‘દ્વાર’

શબ્દ પરથી પડ�ું હ� ું કારણ ક�

દ્વારકા નગર� � સમદ્રમાં સમાય

ગઈ તેની �દવાલમાં ઘણા દ્વાર હતા. બેટનો અથર્ થાય ટા�ુ. બેટ દ્વારકાને

અમારા

‘ભેટ’ દ્વારકા પણ કહ�વામાં આવે છે

ઓખા(ભારતીય તટરક્ષક દળ) ુ વ અને સ�દ્રુ ી ક�મ્પ (બેટ દ્વારકા) નો અ�ભ

આ જગ્યા એ ભેટ કયાર્ હતા તથા

પ્રવાસની

અલગ વસ્� ુ બનાવી. આ કરવા�ુ ં

શ્રી�ૃષ્ણ 125 વષર્ � ૃથ્વી પર રહ્યાં

ત્યારબાદ

ઘણા િવટામીન અને પ્રોટ�ન હોય છે

મં�દર� દશર્ન કયાર્ બાદ અમે ખર�દ�

�ક.મી. ચાલ્યા બાદ અમારા ક�મ્પ

સંપકર્ માં આવે છે અને આપણા

પહ�ચી રાત્રી ભોજન ક�ુ.�

શ�આત

તાર�ખ 11 નવેમ્બર 2019 ની રોજ થઈ. સવારમાં વહ�લા સાડા ચાર વાગ્યે ટ્ર�નમાં બેસી સાડા આઠ વાગ્યે

ઓખા પહ�ચ્યા. ત્યાં તટરક્ષકના સૈિનકો અમને લેવા આવ્યા હતા.

�યાંથી અમે તટરક્ષકના તાલીમ

સ્થળે પહ�ચ્યા. ત્યાં અમે તટરક્ષક િવશેની ડો�ુમન્ે ટર� �ફલ્મ તથા તટરક્ષક�ુ ં વહાણ ‘હોવર ક્રાફ્ટ’

જો�ુ.ં તેને ‘એર �ુશન’ િવ�હકલ પણ કહ�વાય છે .

તટરક્ષકના તાલીમ પછ� અમે

તેના હ�ડ ક્વાટર્ સ પહ�ચ્યા ત્યાં અમને તટરક્ષકમાં ભરતી થવા િવશે મા�હતી આપવામાં આવી. પછ�

ચાર વાગ્યે અમે ઓખાના દ�રયા

�કનાર� ગયા. ત્યાંથી હોળ�માં બેસી બેડ

દ્વારકા

પહ�ચ્યા

બેડદ્વારકાના જગલ ં િવસ્તારમાં 1

િવસ્તારમાં પહ�ચ્યા. � િવસ્તાર�ુ ં નામ નંદનવન હ�.ું તે જગ્યા

પ્રા�ૃિતક અને �ુદર ં હતી. નીચે સ�ુદ્ર �કનારો અને વહાણો દ� ખાતા હતા.

ત્યા અમારા રહ�વા માટ� કોથળાથી

તં� ુ બાનાવ્યા હતા અને તેના

નામ સ�ુદ્રી �વોના નામ પરથી

ુ ાં રાખવામાં આવ્યા હતા. એક તં�મ આઠ છોકરા રહ� શકતા હતા. આગલા

�દવસે

સવારમાં 6

કારણ ક�

�ુમાદાએ

અને 100 વષર્ દ્વારકામાં રહ્યાં હતા.

માટ� આનાથી તે આપણા શર�રના

માટ� બ�રમાં ગયા. �તે ક�મ્પ

શર�રને

િવટામીન

અને

પ્રોટ�ન

મળ� શક�. ત્યાં અને િછપલા અને નાની નાની માછલીઓ જોઈ અને

અન્ય સ�ુદ્રી �વ જોવા ગયા. આ �વોમાં અમે કરચલા, પફર માછલી, કારપેટ, ફ્લાવર, સ્ટોન

માછલી, સ્ટાર માછલી વગેર� જોયા.

ત્યારબાદ ક�મ્પ સ્થળે જઈ રાત્રી ભોજન લી�ુ.ં

પાણી પહ�ચ� ું હ�.ું � ૂય�દય અમારા

રવીન્દર િસ�હ પણ અમાર� સાથે

�.એસ.મીરા બહ�નમાં ગયા �યાં

અમે બપોર�ુ ં ભોજન લી�ુ.ં

અમે સ�ુદ્રમાં ન્હાયા. ત્યારબાદ અમે

નાસ્તા કર� સ�ુદ્રની ર� તીથી અલગ-

સાંભળવા મળ્યાં. �મને 1971 માં ભારતીય નૌસેનાને � ૂબજ મદદ કર� હતી. તે હાલમાં આ મર�ન

ક�મ્પ ચલાવે છે તેમને દ્વારકાની પૌરા�ણક કથા તથા દ�રયા િવશે

ઘ�ું ભૌગો�લક જ્ઞાન હ�.ું પછ�ના

�દવસે અમે સવાર� સમદ્રી સ્નાન કર�

સાવાર� ઉઠ� કસરત કર� ડો�લ્ફન

જવામાં આવ્યાં �યાંથી વહાણને

માટ� સપનાથી ઓ�ં નહ� ું પછ�

રાત્રે �હ�મતિસ�હના �ુવણર્ વચન

ક�મ્પમાંથી િવદાય લીધી.

માછલી જોવા ગયા. સાથે અમાર�

કા�ુ કર� શકાઈ ત્યારબાદ આઈ.સી.

ચોખા

�ુખ્ય કારણ એ છે ક� સેવાળમાં

વાગ્યે ઉઠ�ને અમે સમદ્રમાં � ૂય�દય જોવા ગયા. તે સ�ુદ્રમાં ગળા �ુધી

�ૃષ્ણને

બેટ દ્વારકા � ૂબજ પિવત્ર જગ્યા છે .

અમે આઈ.સી.�.એસ.માં ગયા. ત્યાં અમને વાહનના �ુખ્ય ભાગમાં લઈ

શ્રી

સ્�ૂલના

આચાયર્

�ૃપ

ક�પ્ટન

જોડાયા. રસ્તો બે કલાકનો હતો. તે સમય દરમ્યાન હોડ�માં ડ�સ્કો-ડ��

કયાર્. બે કલાક પછ� ડો�લ્ફન બેલ્ટમાં

ક�ડ�ટ હ�માંગ �ુમા�ણયા (૫૭૬૫) ૧૦-ક, �ગ્રે સદન

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you’re never Alone

Cdt Bhavin Makwana Roll NO. 5611 Class & Sec: XII-A Pratap House

You’re never alone, I’m always near

When you are troubled, down or blue All you have to do is call me

I’m always here for you It doesn’t matter where I’m at It doesn’t matter when When you need someone to talk to I’m here to be your friend If you need someone to hold your hand Or a hug to say I care If you need a shoulder to cry on For you I will be there So never think you are a burden When the weight gets to be too much You might find if look hard enough A good friend could be the right touch.

You’re never alone, I’m always here Through the good times and the bad I’m always here to be your friend I don’t like to see you sad.

Modern Gadgets

Ring, Ring! Tring, tring!

Cdt Harshit Singh Rathore Roll No. 6165 Class & Sec: IX-B Shivaji House

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What is that sound I hear?

Oh! It’s my phone ring, But what is it doing here?

Now let’s see who is calling me, On my little blue phone, I think so it will surely be, My mother who is all alone.

My hope towars success

Cdt Abhinav Chauhan Roll No. 5785 Class & Sec: X-C SP House

The World is hopeful more It makes my heart at shore Life is hard enough That’s why I am feeling tough.

When World decides to fall I made myself to stand tall So when I die I don’t wish everyone to cry.

Do not see how long to walk Be self-reliant without talk When anyone ask ‘do you not fear’?

Tell them it is my job dear.

Keep focus on your goal Till the time it become whole.

Hello, Hello! Hello, Hello!

How have you been?

Oh Harshit, my tooth, it’s yellow Where have you been?

My mother is strict, my mother is stern She can take a big stick And spank you till you burn.

I kept the phone, away from my ear And threw it in the sea, right over here I wish this modern gadget, wasn’t even here I’ve thrown so much of my budget And that was unexpected!

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dSMsV vf[ky flag

vuqdzekad&5924 d{kk&ckjgoha ^c*, izrki lnu

cqt+qxksZa dh mis{kk D;ksa\ ^vksYM ,t gkse* lqudj cM+k vthc yxrk gSA eq>s Hkh yxk tc igyh ckj eSaus ;g uke lqukA eu esa ;g loky mRiUu gqvk fd D;k gS ;g\ bldh D;k vko’;drk gS\ vkSj bu lkjs iz’uksa dk mÙkj eq>s rc feyk tc eSa viuh d{kk vkSj izkpk;Z egksn; ds lkFk ut+nhdh ‘’kgj tkeuxj eas fLFkr ,d ^vksYM ,t gkse* esa x,A eq>s cM+k vk’p;Z vkSj nq%[k gqvk tc irk pyk bl lalkj esa dqN ,slh Hkh larku gS ftUgksaus vius ekWa&cki dks vdsyk NksM+ fn;k gSA

mu cqt+qxksZa ds psgjksa ij [kq’kh Fkh ij ;g dkSu tkurk fd og [kq’kh vanj ls fdruh FkhA ge viuh lH;rk ,oa laLd`fr dks dSls Hkwy x,\ ftl ns’k us ^vfrfFk nsoks Hko%* dk fopkj fn;k mlh ns’k esa gekjs vius] gekjs tUenkrk ijk, dSls gks x,\ ftl ekrk&firk us gesa tUe fn;k] gekjk ikyu&iks"k.k fd;k] gesa thuk fl[kk;k cM+s gksdj geus mudk gh ifjR;kx dj fn;kA ftUgksaus ?kj fn;k mUgsa gh cs?kj dj fn;kA ftl ekrk&firk us gesa cM+k fd;k ogh gekjs fy, cks> cu x,A D;k ge mudk ikyu&iks"k.k ugha dj ldrs\ ogkWa tkdj mu cqt+qxksZa ds pj.k Li’kZ djus ds ckn dqN ckrphr dh rks irk pyk fd vc mudh larkusa nwljs ns’kksa esa viuk thou [kq’kh ls O;rhr dj jgs gSa] vkSj mu cqt+qxksZa dk cM+Iiu rks ns[kks os vHkh Hkh vius cPpksa ds fgr ds ckjs esa gh lksp jgs FksA tc mUk cqt+qxksZa us ge cPpksa dks ns[kk rks mUgsa vius cPpksa dh ;kn vk xbaZ vkSj mudh vkWa[ksa ue gks xbZaA muds

lkFk&lkFk ge Hkh vius vkWalqvksa dks jksd ugha ik,A os ogkWa [kqn dks vdsyk vkSj cscl eglwl djrs gSa ij ;g csclh nwljksa ds lkeus >ydus ugha nsrsA mudks I;kj ls ge lHkh nknk th cqykus yxsA ;g lqudj mUgsa cgqr vPNk yxkA gekjs euksjatu ds fy, os tknwxj cudj ukuk izdkj ds tknw fn[kk, vkSj vius vrhr dh dgkfu;kWa Hkh lqukbZaA muds ckjs esa vf/kd tkuus ij irk pyk fd csVs rks feyus ugha vkrs ysfdu csfV;kWa muls feyus t+:j vkrh gSaA csVh ijkbZ gksus ds ckn Hkh vius ekrk&firk ls Lusg djrh gSa] mudk vknj djrh gSaA ;g vQ+lksl dh ckr gS fd vkt Hkh yk[kksa deZB ;qok vius lq[k ds fy, vius o`) ekrk&firk ls

I;kj vkSj vk’khokZn nsdj gesa fonk fd;kA ysfdu ,d ckj fQj gekjh vkWa[kksa esa ueh vk xbZ FkhA ogkWa tkdj eSaus ;g lh[kk vkSj le>k fd ge fdrus Hkh cM+s D;ksa u gks tk, vius ekrk&firk tSls egku ugha cu ldrsA vkt ge tks Hkh gSa vius ekrk&firk dh otg ls gSA gekjs cqjs oDr esa tc os gekjk lkFk ns ldrs gSa rks gesa Hkh muds cq<+kis dk lgkjk cuuk pkfg,A eSaus [kqn ;g eglwl fd;k gS fd thou dh lcls cM+h [kq’kh vius ekrk&firk dh bTt+r djus ls feyrh gSA esjh cl ;gh dkeuk gS fd eSa vius ekrk&firk vkSj cM+s cqt+qxksZa dks ges’kk lgkjk nwWa vkSj mudk lEeku d:WaA ^viuksa ds njfe;kWa fl;klr fQ+t+wy gS] ed+ln u gks dksbZ] rks cx+kor fQ+t+wy gS] jkst+k] uekt+] iwtk] eafnj] xq#}kjk ;k gks gt] ekWa cki [kq’k u gks rks lkjh bcknr fQ+t+wy gSA*

iSls Nhu ysrs gSa] mUgsa edku cspus ij etcwj dj nsrs gSaA le;] I;kj vkSj vknj nsuk rks nwj cgqr ls ?kjksa esa mUgsa vWa/ksjs dejksa esa /kdsy fn;k tkrk gSA Hkkstu Hkh le; ij ugha fn;k tkrk vkSj ;gkWa rd fd rkus Hkh lquk, tkrsA ns’k ls ckgj pys x, ;qok rks ^vkmV vkWQ lkbV* vkSj ^vkmV vkWQ ekbaM* dk QkWewZyk viukus yxrs gSaA tc ge yksx ogkWa ls fudy rc mUgksaus gesa pkWdysV ckWaVhA vkSj geus muds pj.k Li’kZ fd,A mUgksaus cgqr lkjk

^ekrk&firk dh lsok gh lPpk /keZ gSA*

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a leadership is synonymous with anxiety (medical science proves this). Such people aren’t leaders, they may be called managers.

A great leader is made when he can provide the opportunity, freedom, love, support and discipline to his fellows so that they may achieve what he / she could not. A leader makes sure that in times of crises, they all suffering a lot.

Can I

learn to be a leader

Y

Cdt Rahul Patel Roll No. 6074 Class & Sec:VIII-A Angre House

ou can’t, there is no answer to the “how”, sadly. So stop reading lest you end up broken hearted. I don’t believe that anybody should attempt to be a leader.It’s because of a certain that you’ve inculcated within yourself or a certain level of observation, a certain experience or insight, you are able to see something… that most cannot.Now, when you can see certain things that others cannot, they will simply make you their leader, it’s that simple. There are various ways to lead – you can get elected or selected or you can pull other people down or you may simply work it out.Simply, people will put you on a pedestal because of qualities they don’t possess.

So what’s leadership?Once you sit on a perch, you can see better than others, otherwise you’ll end up making a ridiculous fool of yourself.

But how does one get to that perch?Just the fact that you want to see something, not because you consider yourself to be above the others.

There isn’t any particular quality of a leader.Just that his sense of life is beyond himself.When somebody leads the rest, it signifies that he / she is willing to think, feel and act for more people than himself.The others are self – centered. When you’re a leader, you’re managing a thousand minds. Know this… why should thousands surrender themselves to you and be regulated? When you can control your own mind (which MOST cannot) only then can you control other minds.Leaders who cannot control their own minds end up leading just by chance – such

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Being a leader demands sacrifice for others. We call them leaders because they choose to go first, because they take the risk before anybody else does, because they will choose to sacrifice, so that their people may gain, so that their people are protected.And when we do, the natural response is that our people will sacrifice for us. They will give us their blood, sweat and

tears so that their leader’s vision may live and come to life. And when we ask them why would they even do then they say, “Because they would’ve done it for me”.

L - lead by example E - enthusiastic A - ambitious D - determined E - encourage others R - ready to learn and teach If you was right then you ultimately be a leader.

A = 01 T = 20 T = 20 I = 09 T = 20 U = 21 D = 04 E = 05 -----------------------100% ------------------------

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xams are near, Its time to fear.

No time for television, Just focus on your Mission.

Hindi needs perfection, Maths gives me tension.

Science is full of experiments, Social Science is full of Political Elements.

My exams are very tough, Cdt Maulik Sonigra Roll No. 5876 Yet I like my exams very much.

Class & Sec: IX-B Angre House

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Great moment with Olympians in a Prize Awarding Ceremony

games in our life and motivated to keep the sportsmanship and josh high.

Cdt Ankit Kumar Singh Roll No. 5934 Class & Sec: IX-A Angre House

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he auspicious day of 22nd Dec 2019 was one of my memorable days of my life because on that day there was the closing ceremony of Khel Maha Kumbh 2019-20. All the state champions of every discipline / game were invited in the Transtedia Football Stadium at Ahmedabad near Kankaria. I was very pleased to hear the news because our school (U-14) football team was also one of the champions.

We had to report at Ahmedabad at 1400 hrs.

As we reached there by bus, I saw a very large stadium. As I entered in the stadium I saw there were champions from all over Gujarat.

Then we proceeded to the main ground from where all the spectators were sitting around in the stadium was clearly visible. I got flag to lead Jamnagar champions.

Suddenly the band was began to blow. Then, the chief guest, the guest of honour and other

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After that I and one of my friends went to Ms. Dutee Chand – the fastest woman, we talked to her. “Jai Hind ma’am, we are from Sainik School Balachadi and we are the state champions of (U-14) football”. She congratulated and gave her best wishes for future endeavours. Then, we went to meet Mr. Dhanraj Pillai. Really, I was very eager to meet Dhanraj Pillai because, only I had read about him in the chapters.

I introduced myself to him and he also gave his best wishes to us and said to keep it up. Really, I was feeling proud to be there with Arjun Awardees. We had group photographs with them.

This was one of the best moments of my life.

I would like to thank the school administration for giving us golden opportunity and I’ve learnt various new things.

guests arrived. The chief guest was Shri Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat and Ms. Dutee Chand, Principal Secretary of Sports in Gujarat, Mr. Dhanraj Pillai and various Arjun and Dronacharya awardees were present there. Soon the programme started with the folk dance of Gujarat and later the prizes were distributed by the Hon’ble Chief Guest.

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“ What a School thinks about its Library, is a measure of what it feels about Education” In this era of Academic transformation and revolution, Information Literacy is an important requirement of the day to day teaching learning activity. Modern schools are much beyond class rooms and rudimentary system of learning. Today, School Libraries are playing an effective role in this regard. Students and teachers need their own internal navigation system to manage the information rich environment that surrounds them.

Our school library is one of the most advanced one in this category. Our Principal, Gp Capt Ravinder Singh has taken special care and attention in modernizing the library in to a state of the art store house of information and knowledge. Our qualified librarian, Mr. Vinod Harimkar, has successfully fulfilled our dream of having a most modern library with E- learning and E- content facilities that made the library a most sought after location in the campus for students and staff.

“Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader”

NEW INFRASTRUCTURE As a part of providing better facilities to the Cadets, two of our outdoor cemented Basketball courts have been converted into durable Synthetic courts. One new Volleyball Synthetic court has also been constructed with an idea to reduce players’ fatigue and to reduce impact on players’ knee with the cushion effect of shock absorbing PU s. The surface is anti-skid which provides safety to the players.

A pair of Movable and Height Adjustable Basketball Posts have been purchased for indoor sports complex of the School to ensure uninterrupted gaming in adverse weather conditions even.

Francis Bacon said, “Reading maketh a full man”. True to his words, Balachadians deserve a comfortable reading. Our library has been upgraded with digital tabs, new furniture and Air conditioners.

“The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety” says Goethe. A new compound wall has been constructed around the dwelling area of students in the campus.

Compound wall

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Indoor Basketball ring

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Falicitating Cadet’s Cleared UPSC Exam

Plogging

Freshers Day

CBSE Seminar at DPS Rajkot

SSB

GOC’s Commendation Certificate to staff for their dedicated service.

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Naval Band of INS Valsura

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The investiture ceremony signifies the most important event in the academic year of a Residential School especially a Sainik School. On this day school consigns newly invested office bearers.

Donning the Mantle of accountability, they also pledge to bestow their duties to the best of their abilities. The chief guest on this occasion was Lieutenant General Asit Mistry AVSM SM VSM, Commandant, NDA, the proud alumni of Sainik School Balachadi. The presence of this highly decorated officer has given a different ambience to the entire event. Six school appointmens, one School vice captain and other house appointments where invested with important responsibilities. It was conducted with high degree of earnestness and passion. It is an example of a child centric approach that will frame a responsible citizen.

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Army Day, Air Force Day, & Navy Day Celebration

Constitutional Day celebration and oath taking of preamble

Inaguration of Statue of Aim by the District Collector

Morning Yoga in progress

Republic Day Musical Night

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ANNUAL The Chief Guest also inaugurated and witnessed the Inter House Exhibition in the Indoor Sports Complex on this occasion. The Chief Guest gave away the prizes and trophies to the winners and appreciated the never tiring efforts by Principal, Vice Principal, school staff and students on putting up a grand show and also congratulated all academics and Co scholastic achievers. He also emphasized the need to imbibe holistic Personality in cadets and motivated them to be sincere, truthful, disciplined.The Programme culminated with Vote of Thanks proposed by Lt Cr Manu Arora, Vice Principal.

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Sainik School Balachadi celebrated its 59th Annual Day with great pomp and show on 19 Oct 2019. Shri Bhupendra Sinh Manubha Chudasama, Minister of Education (Primary,Secondary & Adult), Higher&Technical Education, Law&Justice, Legislative &Parliamentary Affairs, Salt Industry, Cow breeding and Civil Aviation was the Chief Guest on this occasion.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi welcomed the Chief Guest.

The Chief Guest laid wreath at the Shaurya Stambh,The War Memorial of the Martyrs.

A windshield tour was also conducted to acquaint the Chief Guest about the school.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal presented the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Report highlighting the prominent achievements, new appointments in academic staff And the mission of the school. It was followed by a mesmerizing cultural show Performed by Balachadians in various categories.

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ssb training

The vibrant School Administration has left no stones unturned in its endeavor to improve the qualitative result of the School in CBSE as well as UPSC-NDA Exam. With that sole aim a UPSC & SSB Core Team was formed. The staff members of the team selflessly trained the cadets, prepared them for both the UPSC-NDA Exam and SSB. The team worked round the clock to facilitate the apt teaching, training and mock interviews of the cadets by experts, Experienced Officers from Defence Forces. Highly experienced officers and trained Ex- GTOs, Interviewing Officers, Psychologists etc.. are invited for week long sessions to provide the most suitable exposure to our cadets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet are the fruits of adversity.â&#x20AC;? Likewise, the hard work and the motivation shown by the core team enabled the Cadets to come up with flying colours in NDA Selection.

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TRAINING CLUB

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A club is an association of people united by a common interest or goal. Training Clubs Provide a way for students to be involved with their school as a totality. It gives students an opportunity to showcase and hone their talents and also prepare them for intra school competitions, various club activities are conducted through the year. Club activities not only help students shape their personal interests and hobbies but also improve their leadership and social skills. The selected students plan the activities for the year. Students share their ideas and enjoy learning from each other during club periods. Teachers are there to guide them at every step. Experts are also invited to share their ideas with the students.

There are Horse riding, Wall climbing, Music, Art, Photography ,Philately etc.. are some of the Club activities in our school.

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71st Republic Day was celebrated on 26Jan 2020 with full enthusiasm and fervour. The Passing out Parade of the out going batch was also conducted on the same day which marks the completion of the corse in Sainik School Balachadi. The chief guest, Principal and other dignitaries congratulated the cadets and wished them a bright future. This year is a special year as this batch has got 12 recommendations from SSB to join the National Defence Academy.

To bid adieu to the out going batch (ClassXII) a Farewell Party was organized by class XI on19Feb 2020 in front of the mess.Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Class XI cadets read out compliments for each cadet of class XII while Principal presented a memento to the same. The outgoing class XIIcadets recounted their memories, experiences in emotional and nostalgic tones. The Chief Guest spoke about the vast transformation from a child to a gentleman that has taken place in each one of the passing out cadet.

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Youth Leadership Seminar at Dehradun Cognivision - Essar School

Off Campus Events Kaustival

LK Singhaniya - Debate & Science Quiz Epiphany LIT Fest

Epiphany LIT Fest

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INA Ezhimala

Visit to Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary:The cadets of classes VII& VIII Escorted by Mr PiyushViramgama (TGTScience) and Mr Balraj (TGT English) visited Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary from 12 to14Jan 2020.

Visit to Narara Bird Sanctuary:50 cadets of class IX along with 03 staff Members visited Narara Marine National Park, Vadinar (Jamnagar) from 18 to19 Jan2020.

Visit to Old age Home: Cadets of class XII along with Principal sir, mam visited an old age home in Jamnagar. It was part of developing the habit of respecting elders and understanding their problems. It was a module in value education. Boys interacted with the people passing through the last phase of their lives.

Mountaineering

Porbandar CG Visit

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Visit of old age home

We Visited

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Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary

Okha Nature Camp

Okha Nature Camp

Flag off group mountaneering NDA Tour

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Cycling by Supporting Staff The Chief Guest with the Mascot ‘Puffy’

The 59th Annual Athletic Meet at Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar was conducted from 12 to 16 Dec, 2019. The important annual event concluded with traditional pomp and fervor covering all disciplines of track and field events at the school Athletic ground.

Brig RK Magotra, Deputy Director General, NCC Directorate Gujarat, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu graced the Closing Ceremony and was given a warm welcome

by Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi. On his arrival, ‘Puffy’ the mascot for the event presented the school cap to the Chief Guest as a token of honour.

Cadet Shubham Mayank Singh, School Cadet Captain delivered the welcome address.

The Chief Guest gave away the prizes and medals to the winning Cadets and presented the championship trophy to Angre House.

Cadet Bhupendra of Shivaji House and Cadet Shivam Raj of Angre House bagged the Best Athlete Trophy in the Senior and Junior category respectively.

The colourful closing ceremony included March Past based on the tunes performed by 8 Maratha Light Infantry Jamnagar, Aerobics, Saree Drill and scintillating display of Horse Riding skills were also performed by the Cadets like fast riding, Tent Pegging, obstacle Jumping etc. To make Cadets aware of local species and their qualities, for the first time a mascot name ‘Puffy’ was introduced based on the Puffer fish found in this region.

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Three Legged Race

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Junior Athletic Championship - Nehru House

Pyramid Display

Saree Drill Display

Senior Athletic Championship - Angre House

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Swimming competition in progress

Swimming Champions Angre House

g & n i m m i Sw lo o p r e t a W Friendly Waterpolo Match

Obstacle Race ChampionsSardar Patel House

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Obstacle Race

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Garba Dance for the visiting teams

Sainik School Kunjpura (Haryana) lifting championship trophy

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March past of the final event

INTERZO Basketball final match in progress

Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar hosted the ‘Inter Zonal Sainik Schools Basketball Tournament 2019-20’ from 26-29 Aug 2019.

Five Sainik Schools from different Zones of the country - Sainik School Kunjpura (Haryana) from North Zone, Sainik School Imphal (Manipur) from East Zone, Sainik School Kazhakootam (Kerala) from South Zone, Sainik School Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) from West Zone and Sainik School Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) from Central Zone participated in this mega event.

The Overall championship trophy was bagged by Sainik School Kunjpura (Haryana) while Sainik School Kazhakootam (Kerala) won the ‘Fair Play Trophy’. Cadet Naveen of Sainik School Kunjpura was adjudged as the ‘Best Player’ of the tournament.

Mr Salim Durani, former Indian Cricketer and Arjun Awardee graced the Closing Ceremony. Mr Vaman Jani, former Ranji Player & Chief selector Saurashtra Cricket Association was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. They were welcomed by Gp Gapt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi.

The Chief Guest gave away the prizes and trophies to the winners. While addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest emphasized the role of games and sports activities in moulding the students into holistic personalities. He also congratulated the winners and the participants for exhibiting true sportsmanship.

Chief Guest of the event Salim Durani, ace Cricketer

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Volleyball Champions Tagore House

Basketball Champions Garuda House

School Taekwondo Team

School team played National level

Cadets participated in National Athletics

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Senior Cross Country Champions - Angre House

Junior Cross Country Champions - Nehru House

Inter House Cross Country Race for Classes VI to XII was organised on 01 Dec, 2019. The Cross Country Race was organized in three categories i.e Category A (Classes IX-XII) Category B (Classes VII â&#x20AC;&#x201C;VIII) & Category C (Fresher Houses). Gp Cpt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi flagged off the race for the contestants. On this occasion Lt Cdr Manu Arora, Vice Principal, Senior master and all the staff members were present. The Chief Guest gave away the prizes to the winners. The house positions of Inter House Cross Country Race are as follow. Angre House I with 18.17 Point, SP House II with 16.28 Points, Pratap House III with 16.05 Points, Tagore House IV with 16.00 Points, Shivaji House V with 15.70 Points & Garuda House VI with 15.38 Points whereas, in Freshers Nehru House won the Inter House Cross Country Race by 163 points.

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English Debate Championship Trophy - Tagore House

Hindi Debate Championship Trophy - Garuda House

Poem recitation

Hindi Debate in progress

Co Curricular

Gallery

Judges selecting the best paintings

Essay writing competition in progress

Painting competitions in progress

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Holi Celebrations

Spic Macay musical programme

Christmas Celebrations

New Year Celebrations

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Session ending staff picnic

Gandhi Jayanthi Celebration

Cockhouse Party Celebration

Teachers Day Celebration

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Independence Day1 On 15 Aug 2019 on the occasion of Independence Day an Inter House Drill Competition was organized in the school. All six houses Angre House, Shivaji House, Pratap House, Tagore House, Garuda House and Sardar Patel House performed the synchronised drill on the occasion .The performance was judged on the basis of different aspects such as Military Bearing, Turnout, Word of command, Marching Style, Saluting and Overall coordination. The Chief Guest of this Inter House Drill Competition was Col(Rtd) Prakash P. Vyas an alumnus of the school.

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71 st Republic Day was celebrated on 26Jan 2020 with full enthusiasm and fervour.The event commenced with Laying the Wreath at the Shourya Stambh-The War Memorial of Martyrs By the Chief Guest Brig Kiran Kumar Thacker (Rtd)to pay homage to Those who sacrificed their lives for the sake of country. Indian Tricolour was unfurled by the Chief Guest followed by the National Anthem, School Song, magnificent Band Display and March-Past.Cdt Abhishek Rajand Cdt Aman Pratap delivered English and Hindi Speeches respectively. The Tiny Tots of Balniketan also presented a cultural performance on the occasion. Audience witnessed the stupendous performance by the Balachadians. It was really a celebration worth witnessing.

Drill competition winner

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The parents visited the schoolon 12 Jan 2020 on the occasion of Uttarayan/ Makar Sankranti. The Chief Guest, Gp Capt Ravinder Singh, Principal Sainik School Balachadi welcomed and conveyed New Year wishes to the parents, staff and cadets. The parents interacted with the teachers and House Masters about the progress of their wards. They also praised the school authorities for such new initiative by organizing FoodFest. The cadets enjoyed the kite flying in athletic ground with their parents. The parents, cadets, staff and families enjoyed the Food Carnival on this occasion. Everyone enjoyed the dishes prepared by the cadets (chefs). Parents shared their concern and got their doubts clarified. The parents also assured whole hearted cooperation to the school administration for the betterment of their wards in academics and cocurricular activities.

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Makar Sankranti

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Navaratri & Lohri

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

-Nelson Mandela

‘Balniketan the primary wing of Sainik School Balachadi was established particularly to impart quality education to the children of the employees of Sainik School Balachadi.

School imparts the education from nursery to class V. The School nurtures the child to join, Sainik School and the ‘Defence Forces’. It is the only English medium primary school, in the vicinity of Balachadi village. School caters to the needs for quality education of rural public, from surrounding 08 villages like Balachadi, Jambuda, Sachana, Khiri, Jodiya, Aliabada, Hadiyana, Vavdi and more.

The School has completed 55 years and has recorded phenomenal growth both in size and stature. We are always eager to keep pace with the latest innovations in the field of education to make it more effective and meaningful. In this connection, the school has specially developed smart classroom equipped with smart board and relevant E-classes to facilitate technology enabled learning along with a library. Number of activities enables the students to grow their level of confidence, knowledge and enhance their all round development like festivals, various competitions, system of conducting regular quiz, healthy tiffin system etc..

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The school expresses its gratitude as it bid farewell to its former Headmistress Mrs Priyanka Singh and Chairman Col Dhirendra Kumar for guiding, motivating and developing the school. The school welcomes its new chairman Lt Cdr Manu Arora who joined as Vice Principal, Sainik School Balachadi in the month of July-2019. We are sure school will touch new horizons in all the areas under his leadership. The school also bid farewell to Mrs. T. Prasanna Vani, ex-teacher and also welcomed Mrs Dolly Raval, as Headmistress and Mrs Tarlika Chakravarti, as teacher.

The school also takes this as an opportunity to express sincere gratitude to the Patron, Gp Capt Ravinder Singh for providing able guidance, motivation and strong support to surge towards our vision of creating the best school possible with the help of limited resources. At the end of this academic year, it is the time for introspection and we re-dedicate ourselves in the service of this institution and the nation at large. Wishing all our students their parents and guardians the best of success and happiness.

Thanking you all.

Mrs. Dolly Raval (Head Mistress)

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THE PASSING OUT BATCH 2019-20

DHAVAL KORVADIYA ‘Shiksha Mantri’ – Academic Topper

RIPAL KUMAR NAKIYA Stephen Hawkins of the house

SUDHANSHU KUMAR Always the mantra - NDA

AVINASH KUMAR ‘Shayar’ of the house, aspire to join Navy

ADITYA KUMAR CADET QM – Grand old man of the house

DHANANJAY KUMAR A Space scientist in the making

KISHAN K PIPAROTAR Lionel Messi of Angre house

PREET GINOYA A Silent Topper, who Always Sleep

GOPAL R BORKHATARIYA Dream of a doctor, but landed in NDA

VISHAL KR PARMAR A motivational speaker in making

ANKIT KUMAR ‘Jack of all trades’

ABHAY KUMAR ‘Biggest bhikhari’Super talented.

HARSH CHAUDHARI The playboy of juniors

SHUBHAM KR SINGH School Captain- Gentleman personified

AMAN SHUKLA All India best quizzard – ‘Tiger Shukla’

AKASH RANJAN ‘Michael jackson’- cracked UPSC in zero trial

ADITHYARAJ GOHIL A fighter pilot in his dreams

KULDIP A DUDHAGARA A chemist in the making

KARAN K CHITRA Most wanted fan of MS Dhoni

SMIT R BORSADIYA House electrician & ‘Nastha Man’

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AKHIL SINGH Studious but a master sprinter

NIRAV R MACHHAR Public speaker, a studious guy

UTAM SHEKHALIYA Known as ‘Hawa’ & Joshila of The house

AAYUSH PATHAK Carolina Marin of the batch

DHARMIK CHOVATIYA ‘Monkey of the house Master room’

YASH KUMAR KANANI ‘Kim-Jong’ of the house

HARSHVARDHAN GOHIL ‘Cuticura’ of the house- most handsome.

NISHANT KUMAR Hockey Wizard – Cracked SSB

RAUSHAN KUMAR Ronaldo of the house

RITIK RAJ ‘Captain cool’ of Shivaji house.

MEET METHANIYA Known as the ‘Machho Man’ of the house

MANISH KUMAR ‘Dyan Chand’ of the house

SAGAR S LUNASIYA Man of punctuality – silent & studious

MIHIR KR V VAGHASIYA A Picaso from amreli – like ‘butter’ the most

MITUL KR MARKANA Always frank with juniors – Mr. Cool

RIDHIBA VAGHELA (D/S) The odd one out- but so courageous

YUVARAJ YADAV (D/S) Making research in silence…

VISWAJEET K SINGH Sleeping beauty – the big uncle..

DIPENDRA SINGH Lost in the world of pubgy

AYUSH RANJAN Seriousness personified

DHARMIK DUDHAD ‘Ramanujam’ of the batch

HET KUMAR PATEL ‘Creativity Master’ of the house

ROHAN ‘Khel Mantri’ of the school

SHIVAM PANDEY Live life king size

BHAVIN J MACWANA Mr. Perfect of The house

ADITYA KUMAR RAVI Role model of juniors

SANJAY KR M GOHIL Tiny man, fond of eating Maggi

ASHISH KUMAR Kumar sanu of the School, Pakoda Master

AMAN KUMAR ‘Noodleman’ & Einstein of the house

DEV SINGHANIYA ‘China’ of the batchA marvellous Cricketer

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HARSHIT PATIDAR Best Debator, Expert in making Pani Puri.

KARAN PARMAR Event manager of the House

RUSHIRAJ SINH ZALA SSB Jockey – An Instagram baby

HARSHIT PANDEY The ‘Lal Maratha Bahubali’

RAHUL T VITHALAPARA The mini doctor of the house

PARTH K GALANI The abode of girl friends

PRINCE V CHANGANI Keep on searching new hair styles

KETU S PATEL Fashion expert of the house

RAJMANI KUMAR The legendary bathroom singer

UTSAV R RUDANI ‘Adolf Hitler’ of the house

TUSHAR A AMALASEDA keep on searching charging points

ABHAY PRATAP SINGH Last word of Football Goal Keeper

AKASH KUMAR The skelton for Bio Lab

RAUSHAN KUMAR A computer genius in making

ROHIT KR CHAHAR ‘Tufan’ of the house, Cross Country champion

PRABHAT KUMAR ‘Pele of the house’ – lovable guy.

DIVYESH KR BARIYA Silence personified – most obedient

MANISH SAURAV A paracommando in making

ANSHUL RANA Dhobi of the house – except own cloths.

RAJ S PARMAR Arijith Singh of the house

YUVARAJ JADAV ‘Minister of Food’ of the house

DEVENDRA KR PRAJAPATI ‘Bro’ of everyone, specially juniors.

AJAY KUMAR MAHATO Sunil chhetri of the house

PARAG R SAKHIYA ‘Snacks stealer’ of the house

VIKASH KUMAR The Bhojpuri specialist of the batch.

RONAK N VALA ‘Burj Khalifa’ of the batch

SHIVAM KUMAR Die for Michael Jordan & Rohit Sharma

AJAY KR RATHWA Pubgy master of the house

ANSARI MD TANVEER A thorough gentleman – story of inspiration

AMIT KUMAR Silent killer of the house.

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Sainik School Balachadi, being a military biased Residential Public School, keep on receiving dignitaries from various fields on various occasions. Most of the visitors are officials and alumni who keep on motivating our cadets to join the armed forces as officers.

4. Maj Gen Dinesh Srivastava, GOC, Chairman, LBA visited school on the occasion of the 99th LBA meeting.

1. Sh Savjibhai Dholakia, the diamond baron, visited our school as part of familiarization and he delivered a motivational speech to our cadets.

6. Sh Bhupender Sinh Chudasma, Education Minister, Gujarat State visited the school as Chief guest for the 58th Annual day & Annual Exhibition on 19th Oct 2019.

2. Lt Gen Asit Mistry AVSM SM VSM, (Roll no-795) visited school on 17-4-2019 as the chief guest of Investiture ceremony and for the inauguration of the Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gallery.

7. Mr. Naresh Raval, Congress leader and Ex- Industrial Minister made a goodwill visit to school and visited the Leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gallery.

3. Brig (Dr) Kiran Kumat Thakkar (Rtd) visited the school as a chief guest of the Republic day celebrations.

8. Rear Admiral Dhiren Vig (Roll no 1096) visited school on the occasion of 99th LBA meeting.

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5. Col P P Vyas (Veteran), visited the school as the chief guest of the independence day celebrations.

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9. Mr. Ravi Shankar IAS, Dist. Collector, Jamnagar, visited the school on the occasion of Raising Day on 8th July 2019.

He inaugurated the ‘Statue of Aim’ in front of the Academic block.

10. Mr. Salim Durani, the ace Cricketer of India in yester years, visited the school as a chief guest of the Inter Zonal Basketball Championship. He distributed prizes to the winners.

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11. Pandit Partho Sarathy, Sarod Master and Mr. Ashish Paul, Thabla performed a grand musical evening at Sainik School Balachadi as part of SPIC MACAY (Jamnagar)

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Lest we forget...

MR. K S MEHTA

MRS. MERRY RAY

Sept 2017 - Jan 2020

May 2017 - Jan 2020

Mr. Kayali Singh Mehta, Quarter Master of the school joined on 6th Sept 2017. He served in the Indian Army (Army Air Defence) for 30 years. He resigned on 29th Jan 2020 after putting service for around three years.

Mrs. Merry Ray, joined the school on 6the May 2017 as a TGT, Mathematics. After having a short span of service, she left the school on 28th Jan 2020.

MR. ANOOP VS

MRS. SUMA JOSHI

MR. TURLAPATI PRASAD

Mar 2015 - July 2019

Feb 2010 - June 2020

July 2013 - July 2020

Mr. Anoop VS, joined the school on 20th March 2015 as a PGT, Computer Science.

He played a crucial role in setting up the advanced IT infrastructure of the school.

He was transferred to Sainik School Kalikiri on 12th July 2019.

Mrs. Suma Joshi, joined the school as a TGT, Mathematics on 10th Feb 2010. She was the house master of Shastri & Nehru houses for six years.

She was transferred to Sainik School Kodagu on 1st June 2020.

Mr. Turlapati Prasad, joined the school on 29th July 2013 as a PGT, Chemistry. He was the Head of the Department of Chemistry. He was transferred to Sainik School Kalikiri on 16th July 2020.

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MR. MAITRIK JANI Mr. Maitrik Jani, an alumnus of Sainik School Balachadi and Rajastan Technical University, joined the School on 18th November 2019 as PGT, Computer Science. He is having rich experience in the field of teaching and academic management in various reputed schools. He is married and having a daughter.

DR. VENKATESHWAR

MR. BALRAJ

MS. ANKUR CHAUDHARY

Mr. Venkateshwar joined Sainik School Balachadi on 1st Aug 2019 as a PGT, Chemistry.

He is having an experience of almost ten years in the field of teaching, including four years in Sainik School Rewa.

He is married and having two children.

MR BALRAJ TGT English, CTO NCC ( Double Masters in English Lang Lit & ELT, B.Ed, STET, CTET) joined our school on 4th July 2019. He is having rich experience of teaching in Public schools affiliated to CBSE since 2010 .

Ms. Ankur Chaudhary, an alumna of NIT Nagpur, joined the school on 5th June 2020 as a TGT, Mathematics. She is a NCC ‘C’ certificate holder and a good sports person. She nurtures the hobby of art and craft.

On 26th January 2020, on the occasion of Republic Day, the district administration of Jamnagar has organized a Republic Day parade competition and Tableau competition based on the theme â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;EK BHARAT SHRESHTA BHARATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. There were more than 40 tableau and 20 parade contingent in the competition. Sainik School Balachadi has presented a Tableau based on the traditional folk dance of Gujarat and Chattiasgarh. It was displayed on a military truck provided by 3 Bihar Regiment, from the Jamnagar Military Station. The Parade contingent and Tableau of Sainik School Balachadi won the first prize in both segments

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