Mayoor October - November 2019 Vol 69 * No 4 Mayo College Newsletter

INSIDE THIS ISSUE... Happenings Happenings 1 CBSE Interschool (West Zone) Boxing 2019 Beyond Our Gates 9 Mayo College Ajmer hosted the CBSE Interschool (West Zone) Boxing 2019 Junior School Buzz 12 for U-17 & U-19 BOYS & GIRLS at Obituary 12 zonal level for the CBSE Schools of Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Musings and Jottings 13 Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan regions Crossword 15 from 2 to 5 Oct 2019. EDITORIAL BOARD The event took place under the supervision of more than 20 officials. Editor-in-Chief Kuntal Majumdar The outstation judges were led by Dr Jagdish N Saini, HoD Physical Editor-Junior School Education, Government College, Mr Shiraz Ellis Jaipur and Dr OP Bhadhana (Retd Professor) Kendriya Sanskriti Student Editor Siddharth Arya Vidyapeeth, Jaipur while the team of local PTEs was led by Mr Ravinder S Technical Support Panwar and Mr Rewat Singh. Ms Abha Jain A Total of 147 School had registered Correspondent out of which 90 of them sent their Udit Singh Boxers. The first bout was inaugurated Tanishq Sharma by Mr Mandeep Singh, Observer form Bhavamanyu Singh the CBSE. Published by Following were the guests of honour Lt Gen SH Kulkarni for the prize giving- PVSM, AVSM, VSM** (Retd) Director a) Mr Pramod Kumar Ranwaka, Headmaster, Mayo College Photographs b) Mr Alok Sharma, Director- Sports, Mr Alok Sharma Mayo College M/s SL Artist c) Mr Mandeep Singh, Observer from CBSE Printed at d) Mr Sunil Dhabai, Officer In-charge Physical Cell, Secondary Education, Ajmer Job Offset Printers Mob: 9829472031 Two eminent professional Boxers Mr Rajesh Kasana (Luka) and Mr Sawan Kaushik were present to motivate the Boxers. Team Managers and Coached from participating Suggestion and feedback [email protected] schools appreciated the efforts of the Sports department of Mayo College. 1 Chronology Table

02 Oct Wed CBSE Interschool (West Zone) Boxing 2019 03 Oct Thu Inter Asian Parliamentary Debating Workshop Talk on Gandhi & his Philosophy Platinum Jubilee English Debate 11 Oct Fri Inter House PT Competition Gibson Debate & Quiz 2019 12 Oct Sat JASSI Open Golf Tournament 2019 13 Oct Sun Round Square Conference Leadership Programme 14 Oct Mon CBSE West Zone Archery 2019 IPSC U-17 Basketball 2019 15 Oct Tue Le Concours de la Francophonie 2019 18 Oct Fri Inter House Athletics Meet 2019 All India IPSC Wall Climbing Competition 2019 Hoisting Mayo Flag High at IPSC Athletics 21 Oct Mon RSC Service Project at Maa Dham IPSC Badminton Championship 2019 27 Oct Sun Lakshmi Poojan at Diwali 31 Oct Thu A Talk on Climate Action Leadership 04 Nov Mon Stream Preparation Session 2019 05 Nov Tue Pinegrove Invitational Cricket Tournament 2019 07 Nov Thu The India Today Cup 10 Nov Sun IH Basketball Tournament Gibson Quiz 2019 14 Nov Thu Children's Day Celebration

Winners of Gibson Debate 2019 Accolades at Rajasthan State U-16 Athletics 2 Mayoor Inter Asian Parliamentary Debating Workshop Gibson Debate & Quiz 2019 A three day Asian Parliamentary Debating Workshop kicked The 25th JTM Gibson Memorial Invitational English Debate off on Thursday, 3 Oct 2019 with an introductory session & Quiz 2019 flagged off on 11 Oct, 2019 with the with the participants. Mr Parth Maniktala, an acclaimed registration of the arriving teams and the draw of lots for the Debater from the Delhi University, was the resource preliminary round of debates to start with on the 12th Oct. person. In the introductory session, the participants were In the 102 year of its inception the event started with the oriented about the different formats of debating and basic preliminary round of the quiz for the 14 participating terminology related to them. During the sessions on 4th and schools. 5th Oct, the principles of Debating were discussed through a series of mock Debates. About 25 boys, from class VIII – XII, participated in the workshop. Talk on Gandhi & his Philosophy The Assistant Superintendent of Police, IPS Harsh Wardhan, spent some time on 3 Oct 2019 with the Boys at Mayo College to talk about Gandhi and his philosophy. He also gave away the Prizes to the Winners whose compositions on 'How to create a Sustainable Mayo using Gandhian The pleasant October evening was planned for the opening principles' were adjudged the best. The event was organized ceremony of the Silver Jubilee of the debating and quiz in collaboration with the Ajmer Police. Siddharth Sinh event. Ms Shashi Banerjee, the founder director of the Parmar emerged the Winner, while Anant Rohmetra and Pathways school was the chief guest for the evening. Rajvansh Sharma were adjudged the First and Second Runner-up respectively. Inter House PT Competition The Inter House PT Competition was held on 11 Oct 2019 at the SMS Jaipur Pavilion. Lt Gen SH Kulkarni (Retd), Director was the Chief Guest for the competition. The Houses displayed a table of 40 exercises, well coordinated together with the drum. It turned out to be a flawless display of harmony of body and mind in synchronization. Kashmir House secured the first position while Rajasthan and BT Noted quiz maestro Ajay Poonia conducted the Final round were placed at second and third respectively. of the Quiz for the six finalist teams at the ceremony. These teams contested for each point among themselves and at the end of five tough rounds, Doon School comprising Ivor Ismail and Gurmehar Bedi stood first with 85 points followed by Mayo College Quiz team consisting of Priyakrit Singh and Siddharth Arya at the 1st runners up position with 64 points; proving their mettle to a fascinated audience.

Oman Lower defeated their Upper counterpart by a narrow margin, while Prithviraj House secured first position followed by Ajaypal and Durgadas at the second and third respectively in the Junior division. Mayoor 3 The Preliminary round of debate started on 12 Oct 2019 at 7 CBSE West Zone Archery 2019 different venues, where 14 different teams deliberated against each other in an Asian Parliamentary format. Eight teams contested in the quarter finals and four teams, namely The Doon School Dehradun, The Vasant Valley School Delhi, The Shiv Nadar School Gurugram and the Host Mayo College Ajmer, sailed to the semi final.

Mayo College Archers participated in the CBSE West Zone Archery Competition 2019 which was held at Mayo College Ajmer from 14 to 16 Oct 2019. The competition was an opportunity for the Mayoites to showcase their own talent.

The first semi final, on 13 Oct was between the Doon School and the Vasant Valley School where the young debaters deliberated against each other on the motion that the socio economic background of an individual should be considered as a mitigating factor in punishment for crimes. The second semi final witnessed some avid debating on the same motion, where Shiv Nadar School defeated the host Mayo College by a narrow margin to sail to the final. The under 19 team comprising Manav Sharma, Ish Gupta, Udit Singh and Parmer Siddharth Sinh secured the second position. In the Recurve Round, Mayo College under 19 archers, comprising Yashashwa Singh Rathore, Raghodai Rathore and Ishaan Gupta bagged the first position. Shashwat Modani secured the individual second position in the Compound Round.

The Final Debate on 13 Oct 2019 was held in the evening at the Kangra Amphitheatre where Vasant Valley School Delhi defeated Shiv Nadar School Gurugram deliberating on the motion that this House endorses Gandhian forms of protest. Lady Kishwar Desai, Lord Meghnath Desai's wife graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. She addressed the audience after the Debate and took questions thereafter.

Le Concours de la Francophonie 2019 Le Concours de la Francophonie (Competition of the Francophonie), was held from 15 to 16 Oct, 2019 at Mayo College, Ajmer. The occasion was graced by Ms. Rupa Chakravarty, Principal of Suncity School, Gurugram. The grand success of the event was an outcome of the exuberant participation of the talented students from India and abroad. 4 Mayoor Students of three overseas schools, namely Gateway College Sri Lanka, GEMS Modern Academy Dubai and Townley Grammar United Kingdom,participated in this flagship cross cultural and literary event.

The evening was replete with the different schools presenting their superbly directed short films, effectively capturing stories, characters and emotions on celluloid. The screening of these films added an emotional aura to the atmosphere. Huge applause rented the air as the winners Le Concours de la Francophonie 2019 began on 15th Oct from various schools proudly marched up on to the stage to with a Declamation and Reading Competition where the receive their prizes. The Overall Winner of the competition participants excelled with their fluent French diction and was The Mother's International School, New Delhi. Being pronunciation. This tone and hue pervaded the French the host School, Mayo College as Runners Up, passed on the festivities in the evening programme at the amazingly trophy to GEMS Modern Academy, Dubai which had ranked decked up Kangra Amphitheatre, where the Chief Guest, third in the two day competitive events. The Director Ms. Rupa Chakravarty lavishly commended the superb appreciated the exemplary efforts of the French society entertainment fillers presented by the students of Mayo under the leadership of Devesh Arora, the President French College Girls' School and Mayo College. The audience was Society. enthralled by the competitive events of Poetry Recitation and renditionof Solo Song. The Mayo College Director, Lt. Inter House Athletics Meet 2019 General Surendra Kulkarni (Retd) extended a very warm welcome to the chief guest, dignitaries, guests of honour, escort teachers as well as the participants.

The Inter House Athletics Meet was held at St. John's Ground of Mayo College, Ajmer from 18 to 22 Oct, 2019. The concluding day of Le Concours de la Francophonie Chief Guest of Opening Ceremony was Mr Pramod included the Spelling Bee and the Quiz competitions where Chaturvedi, Headmaster – Junior School while Mr Randhir the Judges were amply impressed by the expertise and Vikram Singh very kindly consented to be the Chief Guest knowledge of the participants and had to conduct many tie for the closing ceremony. breakers to decide the winner in a very closely contested Dushyant Panwar of Ajmer House, Gaurav Singh of event. Bharatpur House, Vyon Rastogi of Oman House and Mayoor 5 Dhairyash Dhruv Yadav of Ajaypal House were declared In the Middles division, Gaurav Singh of Bharatpur House Individual Group Champions in Senior, Middles, Oman and and Tejas Singh of Kashmir House have created new records Junior Division respectively. in High Jump and 100 Mts race respectively. In the Senior Division, Arjun Sheoran of Jaipur House has created two new records in Shut Put and Discus Throw respectively.

In Senior Category, Jaipur House secured the first position, closely followed by Ajmer and Kashmir House in the second Lakshmi Poojan at Diwali and third position respectively. In the Middles category, Diwali festival was celebrated at the School Temple on 27 Bharatpur House emerged triumphant followed by Ajmer Oct 2019 at 6:30 PM. On this occasion Goddess Lakshmi, and Jaipur at the second and third position respectively. Lord Ganesha and Lord Krishna were decorated very beautifully with flowers, electric lights and lamps. The Lakshmi Pooja and Aarti were performed by the Director, Lt Gen SH Kulkarni (Retd). After the pooja, prasaad was distributed to the devotees.

Oman Upper House was few shades better than their lower counterpart, while Ajaypal House had the last laugh in Junior Category. 6 Mayoor A Talk on Climate Action Leadership The counsellor presented various career paths and options Students of Class 11 and 12 attended a talk on available to students after 10th grade studies, marking the environmental problems and climate action leadership on important stages in moving forward, and highlighting the 31 Oct 2019 at the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Mayo subject choices needed for UG admissions in India and College Ajmer. Mr Indra Shekhar Singh, an old boy and an abroad. environmental activist, spoke about a few solutions to the IH Basketball Tournament climate crisis. The Inter House Basketball Competition was held from 10 to 14 Nov 2019. All houses participated with great enthusiasm and zeal. Mr Pramod Kumar Ranwaka, Head Master Senior School, Mayo College graced the finals as the chief guest. The semi-final and final matches of Senior and Middle Divisions were keenly contested.

He motivated the boys to take leadership roles in this new changing world. He spoke of readopting a new Swadeshi Movement, through which local communities are empowered and our carbon footprint can be decreased. The need of the day is to create new systems which are earth centric and conserve life of all beings and not just human beings. He gave the maxim of increasing non- Jaipur house has won 25 consecutive Middles and Seniors violence towards the earth and decreasing violence in all our matches since 2014 and 3 Middles and 2 Seniors Inter House actions. He urged the students to apply this principle in all Basketball Championship in last 5 years.Arjun Sheoran of decisions whether one is buying food or choosing clothes. Jaipur house has been the most promising player since 2015. He stressed on Mayo embracing sustainability to save the planet. Finally, he concluded that the students should all strive to not be just boys of the world but Men of the Earth. Stream Preparation Session 2019 The students of Class X attended a session on “Stream Preparation” on 04 Nov 2019. Mr Anuj Jain from EduGroomers, Mumbai took the session, wherein he discussed about various regular and new age careers, in Science, Humanities, Arts, Commerce and other Technical and Vocational stream. An eight page handout listing the career options in Science, Commerce and Arts with the list of summer schools and important notes on subject choices for 11 and 12 graders for In the Senior Division, Jaipur House secured the first UG admissions was shared with each student. The position closely followed by Bharatpur House and Colvin PowerPoint Slide information was paraphrased into a pictorial House at the second and third position respectively. In the representation for this handout for easy understanding. More Middles Division, Ajmer House bagged the first position emphasis was given to Student Engagement and attending to closely followed by Bharatpur and Rajasthan at the second their Questions / Career Queries. and third respectively. Mayoor 7 In the Senior Category, Arjun Sheoran of Jaipur House and Dhruv Bansal of Bharatpur House were jointly declared the Best Player of the Tournament. Kartikey Jandial of Ajmer house and Tanishq Sharma of Bharatpur House were jointly adjudged the best player of the Middles category.

Love and care for children translated into a joyous celebration of Children's Day through a short and sweet cultural programme staged at the Kangra Amphitheatre. Teachers of Mayo College Ajmer, prepared a special programme for the boys which included soulful poetry, melodious songs, colourful and energetic dances and a Arjun Sheoran of Jaipur House and Rudransh Choudhary of hilarious play with a meaningful message. A power point Rajasthan House emerged the highest scorer in the Senior presentation displayed much cherished and unforgettable and Middles category respectively. moments of the teachers and the taught. The programme ended on a fun filled free style dancing amongst the students of Class 12 and teachers. The Director wished the children loads of happiness on the occasion.

Children's Day Celebration The morning assembly on 14 Nov, 2019 was resonant with hymns and prayers dedicated to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and his subsequent love for children. Ms Preeti Joshi and Ms Diksha Jagga, delivered heart rendering speeches commemorating the life and philosophy of Pt Nehru, delving out from the past some anecdotes to complement their notion. 8 Mayoor Beyond Our Gates

JASSI Open Golf Tournament 2019 debutant debaters Prithviraj Singh Chauhan and Rohan Four boys of Mayo College Ajmer, namely Gurmehar Kang, Jindal, who performed the role of adjudicator. All the four Samaranjay Singh, Jaiveer Singh and Mitravardhan Singh boys are from Class X. Mayo College was slated to speak participated in the JASSI Open Golf Tournament held on 12 against the motion and their contender was St. George's, Oct 2019 at ITC Manaser. The tournament was organized Mussourie A team. The theme for the first round was "Child Rights and Parenting" and the motion co-decided upon was by MAAD. The students were escorted by Mr Maqbool. "The Global Youth believes that Intrusion of the Privacy of Samaranjay Singh emerged the winner of the Tournament. Children is a Requisite for Healthy Parenting". Mayo College won the non-elimination round by two ballots. Udit Singh was declared the Best speaker opposition in this round. The Quarter Finals started on the morning of 4th Oct, 2019 with an elimination round of British Parliamentary Debate wherein contending teams zeroed in on the motion "The Rational India Citizen believes that Entertainment and Media Houses should Publically Propose their Political Affiliations". Mayo College was chosen for team proposition at this stage and they contested against the Scindia School B team. Mayo College won the elimination round by three ballots amidst thunderous applause from the impressed audience, and moved to the semi-finals. Udit Singh was adjudged the Best speaker opposition in the Quarter Final round. Rohan Jindal Two Mayoites were awarded special prizes: Mitravardhan was also selected as one of the semi-finalist adjudicator. Singh for Longest Drive and Gurmehar Kang for Best The first Semi-final round saw the four legendary teams of Straight Drive, Closest Chip and Second Shot closest to the Mayo College, Daly College, PPS Nabha and Mayo College pin. Girls' School battling it out in the British Parliamentary round with the motion, "The Rational Citizens of the World Believe that Policy Makers Have the Highest say in Integrating Refugees in the Host Countries". Mayo College team opened the debate with two main speakers Udit Singh and debutante speaker Udit Agarwal presenting their case. Daly College was the opening opposition, PPS Nabha the closing government and MCGS team was the worthy closing opposition. The Mayoites floored the judges and the host school audience alike in the 1897 British-era library which was the setting of this vibrant exchange, and quite effortlessly moved on to the Final round of the 46th All India Platinum Jubilee Memorial Inter-School English Debate. The finale of the Scindia Platinum Jubilee Memorial English Platinum Jubilee English Debate Debate saw four school teams fighting it out for the coveted The 46th All India Platinum Jubilee Memorial Inter-School running trophy.The adjudicators co-decided the motion to English Debate at The Scindia School, Gwalior started on 03 be deliberated upon as, "This house as the rational people of Oct, 2019 with a non elimination round of British India regrets scrapping section 377 of the IPC". Mayo Parliamentary Debate wherein 10 teams from participating College was the opening government, St. George's College schools vociferously advocated their standpoints. Mussourie opening opposition, Dhiru Bhai Ambani Mayo team comprised Udit Singh, Udit Agarwal and two International School closing government and Mayo College Mayoor 9 Girls' School the closing opposition. Mr Aditya All India IPSC Wall Climbing Competition 2019 Bandopadhyaya, noted activist and lawmaker presided over The 8th All India IPSC Sport Climbing Competition was held the ceremony as the chairperson. Udit Agarwal opened the at Sainik School, Kunjpura, from 16 to 18 Oct 2019. Five debate as the opening Govt Prime Minister followed by Udit Schools took part in the tournament which was held in the Singh who came in second as the opening Deputy Prime Lead, Speed and Bouldering Climbing for all three (U-14, U- Minister. Mayo team presented their case meticulously and 17 & U-19) categories. was duly awarded with the third position. Udit Singh emerged as the favourite speaker taking into his kitty most awards - Best Speaker Opposition- First Round, Best speaker Opposition - Quarter Final and the Best Speaker Proposition- Finals Meanwhile, the two member Mathematics Quiz team of Mayo College comprising Dhruv Khandelwal and Vedansh Mittal moved on to the final round of the Inter-School Math Quiz held at The Scindia School, Gwalior. They went through an intense online quiz followed by a logical and Mayo College Team comprised 10 climbers namely Saatvik reasoning analysis paper to reach this stage. Mayo College Talreja and Aryavardhan Agrawal from Oman House, Math Team gave a tough fight to the other five contestant Kanishk Kainya of Ajmer House, Shashwat Bose of schools. They worked back to back in a grueling schedule Bharatpur House, Moulick Gupta of Rajasthan House, covering the entire landscape of the host school's campus, in Rajpratap Singh Dhindsa and Raunak Singh Dhanoa of Jaipur the Treasure Hunt which constituted the last and final round House and Vishnu Anand of Kashmir House. of the Quiz.

IPSC U-17 Basketball 2019

In Lead Climbing,Shashwat Bose of Bharatpur secured third 11 students participated in IPSC Basketball U-17 position. Tournament, held at Emerald Heights International School, Indore from 14 to 17 Oct 2019. Students participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. Total 21 teams participated which were divided in 6 pools. Mayo College played three matches. Final Match was between MNSS, Rai vs. LKSCE, Gotan.

10 Mayoor RSC Service Project at Maa Dham Mayo U-17 team played four matches in the qualifying A delegation of four boys namely round. Out of four matches, Mayo won three and lost one. A d i t y a B a n g e r, R u d r a n s h Mayo won against B K Birla Centre for Education Pune, Choudhary, Raunak Singh Dhanoa Global Genesis Noida and Vidya Niketan Birla Public School and Vansh Pratap Singh Mann Pilani but lost to Doon School Dehradun and qualified for escorted by Ms Tripti Pareek the quarter finals. In the quarter finals Mayo College lost to a t t e n d e d a Ro u n d S q u a r e The Emerald Heights International School, Indore. Community Service Project based Yadunandan Gupta and Samarth Garg performed their best on the theme "Touching others lives in Pre-Quarter Final (Individual Event) but could not make and transforming your own" hosted to the next round. by The Shri Ram School, Aravali from 21 to 24 Oct, 2019 at Maa Dham, Vrindavan (an ashram run by Dr. Mohini Giri, a social activist and founder of Guild for Service, New Delhi). Dr. Mohini is the daughter-in-law of the former President of India, Mr. V.V. Giri and has also been awarded with Padma Bhushan. The journey of project began with a visit to Kaveladeo Bird Sanctuary, Bharatpur. It was a magnificent experience for the boys to connect with nature. On 22 Oct the delegation went to the camp site i.e. Maa Dham. There were The details of participants are as follows: delegations from 7 schools across the nation, which participated enthusiastically in this project. The work at the S. No. Sch No Name of Student Category site (Maa Dham) was divided in five sections: art, clay 1 2916 Anirudh Singh U-14 pottery, construction, teaching, medical camp and of course 2 2865 Eshaan Jain U-14 interactions with the members of the Maa Dham. 3 2863 Keshavraj Singh Rathore U-14 4 3020 NitanshSachdeva U-14 5 3007 GaurangBhanger U-14 6 2547 Yadunandan Gupta U-17 7 2450 Samarth Garg U-17 8 2770 Yuvraj Singh Ranawat U-17 9 2324 VedanshTaluka U-17 The project has accentuated the hardships of a common 10 2331 Arnav Adhlakha U-17 man. It has really helped the children discover their trueselves. It was definitely an awe-inspiring experience for Pinegrove Invitational Cricket Tournament 2019 the children to understand the essence of Round Square Discoveries.

IPSC Badminton Championship 2019 Mayo College Badminton Team comprising ten students participated in the IPSC Badminton Championship-2019 Boys (U-14 and U-17) held at B. K. Birla Centre for Education, Pune from 21 to 23 of October 2019. Mayoor 11 Mayo College U-13 Cricket Team participated at the Junior School Buzz Pinegrove Invitational Cricket Tournament from 5 to 12 Nov 2019. The team reached the semifinals and played with Round Square Conference Leadership Programme great courage and skill to emerge the Hardline Winner. A delegation from Mayo College, Ajmer attended the Round Square Conference Leadership Programme hosted by The Doon School, Dehradun from 13 to 16 Oct 2019. Delegations from thirteen schools participated in the Conference. Pranjal Vashistha, Aryan Agarwal, Yuvraj Sahni, Atharava Garg, Viraj Paul and Parth Gupta participated in this conference from Mayo College. They were escorted by Mr. Sheetal Savita.

Ahaan Agarwal well contributed with the bat, scoring 55 runs in 3 matches for Mayo College while Yuvraj Singh Rathore took 6 wickets in 3 matches for Mayo College.Yashashveer Singh Rathore produced a commendable all-round performance in the tournament for Mayo College, securing 65 runs and 5 wickets in three matches. The India Today Cup The first day began with Registrations and ice breaking A delegation comprising Pavit Maheshwari, Harveer Singh session, with meaningful discussion on the ideals of Round and Priyakrit Singh Rathore participated in the India Today Square. It was facilitated by Ms. Anez Khatre and Mr Anand Cup held at Vasant Valley School, New Delhi. Mr Gaurav Kumar Mandian. In the evening the Headmaster hosted a Kumar was the Teacher Escort. dinner for all the delegates. Thirty teams from various schools of India and abroad debated fiercely on 7 and 8 Nov 2019. In the preliminary round, Mayo won two debates out of three. Harveer Singh and Pavit Maheshwari were adjudged the Best Speakers in two of the preliminary debates respectively.

Obituary

With profound grief we inform the sad demise of: For the next three days, the delegates stayed in the camp at 1. Mr Digvijay Singhji of Uniara, former Home Minister Maldevta Farms, located at the foothills of the Himalayas. of Rajasthan They were divided into four groups: Black Panther, Vikings, 2. Mr Arun Chandra Pal, f/o Sujit Kumar Pal Aims and Wolfpack and their first task was to give them a 3. Mr Dunger Singh Deora, grandfather of Mahender name, a slogan, and design a flag for their group. There were Singh Deora adventure activities like Trekking, Rappelling, Slithering, Rock-climbing and Treasure Hunt. The delegates were We pray for peace of the departed souls. addressed by the first keynote speaker Mr Ramesh Prasad Badoni,a President MedalAwardee for encouraging ICT in the remote sector and villages. 12 Mayoor Musing & Jottings

Strange but True! 1. In the 1400s a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb.' 2. Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden'... and thus The participants were awe struck by the machinations of the word GOLF entered into the English language. Nature when they visited the dark Caverns of Sulphur Caves in the vicinity. As they lived in tents in the midst of 3. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king wilderness, they learnt to respect Nature and appreciate its from history: gifts. All of this was complemented by enriching sessions on Spades - King David, Decision Making, Ethical Dilemmas, and various group tasks Hearts - Charlemagne, to learn People-skills. The high mountains and the gurgling Clubs -Alexander the Great, river set the stage for intense reflections on various social issues and personal goals. The young boys and girls also Diamonds - Julius Caesar witnessed performances by Sambhav Manch Parivaar and 4. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed each delegation put up thought-provoking performances on frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress various aspects of Leadership. tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase... 'Goodnight, sleep tight' paved its way into English language. 5. It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. The cultural evening was organized on the second last day 6. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in where the young Mayoites performed a dance on the beat of old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender “what do you mean” by Justin Bieber. The theme of the would yell at them “Mind your pints and quarts” and settle dance was Quality in Equality. The performance was down.' It's where we get the phrase “mind your P's and Q's” appreciated by everyone. Last day begun with the treasure 7. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle hunt activity, in which each group had to reach at a particular baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When place in minimum possible time. The group members were they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some provided with some instructions to coordinate on paper and service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this a compass. It was a unique and enriching experience for practice. every participant. 8. In 1696, William III of England introduced a property tax that required those living in houses with more than six windows to pay a levy. In order to avoid the tax, house owners would brick up all windows except six. The Window Tax lasted until 1851, and older houses with bricked-up windows are still a common sight in the U.K. As the bricked- up windows prevented some rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was referred to as “daylight robbery”! Now, there you have the origin of these phrases. Mayoor 13 Know your facts For example: Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Oxymoron is a rhetorical devicethat uses an ostensible self- The word 'oxymoron', which appeared in English for the contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a first time in 1640, has an interesting etymology. In ancient paradox. In short a literary device through which two Greek Oxus means "sharp or pointed" and mows means apparently contradictory ideas or opposite words is used "dull, stupid, or foolish." So oxymoron is itself an oxymoron, side by side to emphasis something. literally meaning "a sharp dullness" or "pointed foolishness”. Glimpses of 2018-19

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