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It’s not just a place where you get to learn Einstein’s Theory of SCHOOL IS COOL Relativity. It’s also a place where you can think beyond the classroom. Hence we say, SCHOOL IS COOL! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 03

DPS, East Punjabi Bagh cel- and poured out ebrated its Founders’ Day. their love through The visionaries of the their voices. The house captains of Sschool chairman Dayal various houses namely – Kirti, Niti, yan Bharati School, ROUTE TO ROOTS Chand Garg, Gopal Krishan Gup- Shanti, and Pragati showcased their Saket celebrated the ta, the Manager, and the laudable, feelings through visuals and words. 40th Anniversary of ories of his association with the pur, the first Director of the school. Dr Sushil Kumar Gupta attended To sum up, the children of Fun the Founders Day over school, congratulating and ex- The old students articulated their the occasion. It is G three days which cul- pressing his good wishes to the man- experiences and his influence on all the culmina- minated in the grand celebration, agement, administration, staff, par- their young minds. In an interview, tion of the vision, ‘Walking Down Memory Lane’. ents and students on having the first principal of the school Vini- hard work, and The list of guests included the achieved this milestone. ta Chaturvedi spoke affectionately strong will power. school Chairman Gopal Ansal, the The school marked this mo- of the nascent days of the school, School principal members of the school governing mentous occasion by releasing two when the school was taking shape. Umesh Kumar body, the school Director Lata e-books, featuring the contribution The school paid a fitting tribute Chhikara with his Vaidyanathan, the Principal Nishi of the primary and high school stu- to the indelible contribution and in- modern ideology Manglik, the Vice Principal Sanjay dents respectively: ‘Nature is Heal- fluence of Late R. C. Shekhar, a for- proved to be a Bhardwaj, the PTA members and ing’, featuring the amazing gallery mer principal and Director of the great guiding parents, along with alumni, current of photographs and ‘Musings on school, presenting an interview of force. Striking a students, and faculty, all gathered Covid Times’, an anthology of his, from 2016, reflecting his balance between to celebrate the school’s glorious School and a Padma Shri awardee short stories. thoughts and advice. The pro- tradition and first four decades. (2010). On this occasion, a tribute Through the segment present- gramme also featured classical modernity are very precious to and Frolic activity were awarded The highlight of the cultural was paid to the founding father, Lala ed by the first batch that passed out dance performances; instrumental him and are given importance. for scoring high percentage in the programme was the performance Chiranjeelal Ansal, a visionary and in 1988, the school paid a tribute to music and vocal music recitals and The parents and the emeriti were activity based on GK, logical think- of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar, philanthropist. The school Chair- the loving memory and everlasting snippets of memoirs presented by available to attended the occasion. ing, reasoning and Mathematical an illustrious alumnus of the man, Gopal Ansal shared the mem- contribution of Padam Shri MN Ka- school alumni and present students. Students presented their thoughts Aptitude. Chrysalis-I 2020: Online edition WINNING AND Rising to the occassion mar Khera, (X) at elhi Public School, sec 45, GROWING Cambridge Gurgaon organized School, Noida has Chrysalis 2020. Ideated he Sri Ram College Of A designed two ap- Dby Aditi Misra, Chrysalis Commerce conducted plication for Android users- aims to provide the young adults INDIA COVID-19 TRACKER with a platform where they can MUN. 15 students of and COVID-19 TRACKER. share their stories of overcoming The First app is hurdles in life and help inspire T Mount st. Mary’s School, named INDIA COVID-19 others. Delhi Cantt from classes VIII- TRACKER. It shows Ac- The theme of the tive, Confirmed, Recov- First Edition of XII participated as different ered and Deceased cases Chrysalis 2020 was countries’ delegates in this of all the states with an “The steering wheel of easy click. The app is your life is in your event. Chinni Singh (XI) got the linked to the website of hands”. The event fea- prize of Best News Reporter the Indian Medical Asso- tured 5 courageous ciation (IMA) and gets up- speakers from class IX along with a cash prize. Other dated every hour. –XII. The diversity of The second app is named, talks ranged from - finding grief towards strength. dents how one is always stronger participants of the events got COVID 19 TRACKER. It opportuni- Aditi Misra, Director Princi- than the bullies, how memories a certificate of appreciation. shows the data in the form of ties amidst pal in her address urged the au- are a source of power in life and a pie chart on the home page challenges, dience to unleash the power with- that each one of us has the abili- The event was a good learning with complete statistics of corona can also search for the name of the body posi- in them and to keep growing fear- ty to make a change. The team and experience for the students cases globally. It contains a ‘track country by using the search option. tivity and lessly. She appreciated every speakers made sure they uphold country’ option. Clicking on it, one Its statistics get updated every day self love to speaker for overcoming the hur- the motto #LockedDownButNot- and was fruitful too. can get a scrollable list of all coun- as it is linked with the website of growing from dles in their lives and told the stu- KnockedDown. tries affected by this virus. The user WHO (World Health Organisation). MY VISIT TO THE ARMY GARRISON ince childhood, I had chance to have a glimpse of tion area, a pharmaceutical always dreamt of join- how our soldiers live their garden and forest reserves. S ing the Indian Army. I lives irrespective of how the We also visited the Mandir, have always been inspired by conditions they Masjid, and Gurdwara how the armed force officers are in, how in- (MMG) where one can see talk, the way they present tense the that for a soldier, themselves, and their disci- training is or his country is his pline. how far they priority rather I had the privilege of may be from than his religion. meeting the officers at the their families. I felt that I Winter military base at Mehdipat- We were belonged to nam during a trip organised greeted by the this place though Dreaming of smooth, in the air by our school. It was a rare faculty mem- I was visiting it clean and Aah!! I smell fall... opportunity where chil- bers as they served hot crispy for the first Frosty white Christmas... Yellow, red n brown dren like us are samosas, mouth-watering time. I loved the experience I woke up today to a are leaves... given a jalebis, and the famous Os- and it has strengthened my Light blue sky... Beautiful colours falling mania biscuits of Hyder- resolve to join the forces. I With the Sun shining... from the trees. abad. We saw many beauti- wish more such educational And a cup of hot Does this mean my favourite ful natural spots like trips are organised to pro- chocolate in season about to be here!! the open air vide us with more insight My favourite mug to enjoy medita- into the life of our forces. I First day of hopeful season Yes. Winter is coming...!! BHAVIK KAUSHIK, felt very proud and elated. When it’s neither hot Gia Sachdev, X, GD Goenka class X A, Nasr Boys School, nor humid Gachibowli, Hyderabad And I could feel a nip Public School, Dwarka

Learning & Fun Unlimited he school serves as the first totally different. learning place for most of the There are different clubs HARMEET KAUR, XII, T people. My school is my sec- including environment club, social DAV Public School, ond home where I spend most of service group, water, and electrici- Sec 14 Faridabad my time. It gives me a platform to ty saver club, cleanli- grow better in life. My school is ness club, etc., which not just about academics but also everyone on the make school life joy- gives equal priority to our holistic same scale. ful and induce the development. Music, dance, qualities of a School is not just about drawing classes as responsible citizen. achievements but also about last- well as sports activity The annual ing friendships as we accomplish fill us with energy and sports day, inter- tasks with team spirit. One of the the vivacity of mind, house tourna- main reasons why I love my school body, and spirit. ments, festival cele- is that it does not measure Actually at home too we brations, picnics among other play outdoor games events make the school life so but to indulge in special. At the end of the year, sports activity in we have a grand annual function school under which gives us an opportunity to the supervision showcase our talent. With all of coaches is this, school is truly fun!

PALAK ZALAVADIYA, class VII, BAANI KAUR DHALL, XI, Shree Vasishtha Vidhyalaya, Surat St.Mark's School, Meera Bagh MYSHA WAQAR, XII, Hamdard Public School “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” SIR MPLY SPO TS Jackie Joyner-Kersee, former track and field athele 04 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 ‘THIS TEAM MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF JUICE’

CSK head coach admitted his team might have run out of juice this season. CSK are embracing one of their worst seasons in the history of IPL. The three-time champions have so far managed to make it to the playoffs in all ten seasons that they have been part of the tournament but this year the streak is likely to come to an end. Here’s what went wrong for CSK... Fair enough, this season we MSD LOSING HIS weren’t really there. Also the ‘FINISHING TOUCH’ Dhoni came back to professional crick- youngsters, we WHY CSK et after 14 months of sabbatical in the didn’t see the ongoing IPL 2020. However, Dhoni, who is regarded as the best finisher in the spark to push the FAILED TO world, hasn’t been up to the mark, fail- guys. ing to finish off games. In the match CLICK? against RR, he gave two Indian leggies without international experience Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia the respect that Shane Warne would prob- DISAPPOINTING ably have got in his prime. Dhoni prob- ably knew in his mind what he had to BATTING SHOW do, but it was evident that his game MS Dhoni-led side has been disap- where he could churn out sixes at ease pointing with the bat. Even Dhoni had has left him. conceded that a lot deliveries are being left by his side’s batsmen in a format which mostly rewards big shots. “Bat- KRIS SRIKKANTH TEARS ting has been bit of a worry. We need to do something about it. We can’t just INTO MS DHONI’S CSK keep turning up...it is almost the same thing that is happening maybe the in- ‘YOUNGSTERS’ COMMENT dividuals are different. Our batting has lacked a bit of, you can say, power more Many have questioned the Inclusion of Former India Kris from the 6th over onwards.” Kedar Jadhav in Playing XI Srikkanth slammed Dhoni POOR FORM OF for saying that youngsters ‘THIS ONE IS AN in his team lack spark INDIAN PLAYERS AGEING TEAM’ That was an atrocious comment. One of Chennai's biggest problems Led by a 39-year-old Mahendra Singh It is so demotivating for young- this season has been the inability of Dhoni, CSK players’ average age is a sters. Will any youngster want to Indian players to absorb pressure. little over 30 and the team is often re- play for CSK when a captain says stuff like While did win CSK ferred to as the league’s ‘Dad’s Army’. this? How can he make that statement? the first game of the season against “If you look at a couple of other fac- How can he say that he is not able to find , the likes of Kedar tors, this one is an ageing team. Also, a ‘spark’ in youngsters? What did you see Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, Ravindra the conditions...the spinners at this in Kedar Jadhav? I can’t understand. Jadeja (with the ball), etc. couldn't stage are playing a small role but still Absolute rubbish. What spark is quite produce the level of perform- not playing the substantial role we are there in Piyush Chawla? ances that were expected from them. used to,” said Fleming. Kris Srikkanth

‘Players may withdraw from Barca not among Champions My role is to bat at tours due to bio-bubble burnout’ League favourites, says Koeman number five for now Photo: ANI Jos Buttler ngland’s players can withdraw from tours Photo: ANI if they feel playing in bio-secure bubbles during the Covid-19 pandemic will take E a toll on their mental health, the coun- try’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has said. England hosted West Indies, Pakistan and Aus- tralia after cricket’s restart in July, with the teams restricted to playing in Manchester and Southampton where the ECB had set up bubbles. The has set up a bubble for players in the United Arab Emirates and sim- ilar curbs on movement will be in place with Eng- land expected to tour South Africa next month.

We’ve spoken about this as a team and we’ve Barcelona coach believes his accepted that guys will come in and out of side are not among the favourites to win this the bubble as they feel it is affecting their mental season's Champions League with the health. I do think we will see people pull out of tours. FC Barcelona coach Catalans having made a stuttering start to That’s just going to be the reality of things. Ronald Koeman with the new season. Ansu Fati during a Eoin Morgan, KKR captain match

Against which club did In 2018, Messi become the a) Seven K b) Six K c) Five K d) Four K Q6: Messi score the that Q7: Barcelona captain. From won Barça their first Club World Cup? whom did he take over? How many times has WLEDGE a) Club Atlético River Plate K a) David Villa K b) Fernando Torres K Q11: Messi been ‘Pichichi’ (top TEST YOUR KNO K K K K b) Estudiantes c) Rosario Central c) Sergio Ramos d) Andrés Iniesta scorer) in ? d) Santos FC K FOOTBALL QUIZ | a) Two times K b) Seven times K The league title in 2019 c) Three times K d) Six times K Q8: saw Lionel Messi become How many Ballon d'Or At what age did Lionel the most decorated footballer in He ended 2012 with the Q1: awards has Lionel Messi Q4: Messi cross the Atlantic FC Barcelona history. How many Q12: record number of goals won? to try his luck in Barcelona, and in a calendar year. How many goals K K K K trophies does he have to his name? a) Four b) Five c) Six d) Seven join the Under 14s. a) 32 K b) 34 K c) 30 K d) 37 K did he score? K K K K a) 13 b) 14 c) 15 d) 16 a) 91 K b) 95 K c) 97 K d) 92 K How many European In which year did Messi Q2: Golden Shoes awards has Messi made his first Q9: became the youngest player Lionel Messi played at Lionel Messi won? Q5: appearance in an official ever to score in the league for Barça, Q13: the Beijing Olympics, a) Four K b) Five K c) Six K d) Seven K match on October 16, 2004, in a record now held by Ansu Fati? and came home with which medal? Barcelona’s derby win at the a) 2004 K b) 2005 K c) 2006 K d) 2007 K a) Gold K b) Silver K c) Bronze K Q3: Which club in Argentina Olympic Stadium. Against which d) None of the above K did Messi play for in his club did they play? How many times has ANSWERS: 1- c) Six 2- c) six 3- b) Newell's Old Youth career? a) Juventus K b) K Q10: Lionel Messi been the Boys 4- a) 13 5- c) Espanyol 6- b) Estudiantes a) Rosario Central K b) Newell's Old Boys K c) Espanyol K d) Valencia K 7- d) Andrés Iniesta 8- b) 34 9- b) 2005 10- b) c) Tiro Federal K d) Belgrano de Rosario K Champions League top scorer? Six 11- b) Seven times 12- a) 91 13- a) Gold