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“But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest ;” —Shakespeare agore’s cult has been a global fragment that melts in the Boishak Tsummer-spell, amidst the future folklores. Years yearn to hear the Rabindrik rhythm to bring about a change in Boshonto be that a Shantinike- tan glory or a Bengali, singing ‘Mone Robey Kina Robey midst all the challenges and vul- sense. Amare’, in the spring of Berlin. nerability today, the biggest chal- Furthermore, children from all classes ac- Asian International School lenge is to keep the body and soul tively participated in the virtual mass Yoga hath her glories defined in avid Apeaceful and sane. An amalgama- conducted by the physical education depart- pages of variety and unity. It tion of Yoga and Music is the right recipe to ment to celebrate the International Day of had spun the tale of Rabindra meet this goal. Hence, recently DPS Howrah Yoga. Through this session children were en- Jayanti on the weekend with a brought together these two age old mediums couraged to perform and feel the essence of difference. The e-celebration through a video compilation of young dip- various yogasanas, breathing exercises and was no less gratifying than the sites, performing yoga and playing a variety ‘Suryanamaskar’. It was a perfect boost for one spent on the premises. of instruments ranging from sarangi and everyone to start their day. The instructors Songs, recitation, drama, even shree khol, veena to synthesizer and guitar, took this opportunity to enlighten the stu- ‘boithoki’ took the best of our to celebrate a peaceful soul and a healthy body, dents about importance of yoga in our lives times in the quay.Enactment of the key to defeat the pandemic in its true and its positive implications. ‘Amal O Doiwala’ sculpted the reciprocation of the new pause the lockdown has caused. The choir sang in swing with the art integrated performances. The chit chat show and the Hindi recitation reflected how lan- guages across has shown it’s es- teem to Tagore’s humble king- ship across the Vedas of litera- ture.The principal’s knit and pearl garlanded ‘Kobiguru’ with the savour of jasmine and tulip. The celebration was a nutshell of Tagore’s remembrance and reverence enveloped in cuisines of the appropriate day.Thus is he remembered as he will be in many other mor- row to come. “ So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.” —Shakespeare Close encounter with a wild elephant e were travelling from animals which were let to roam free drive steadily towards the elephant Mysore to Udhagamandala in the sanctuary. They charged us Rs to show who is the boss. This memo- W via the dense Mudumalai for- 500 to explore the sanctuary in a ry will stay clearly printed in our est when we suddenly spotted an private jeep. We saw a herd of ele- minds forever! elephant calf! It looked very phants walking across the road. Then adorable and I think it was crossing something unexpected happened - VIJAYA KUMAR AR- the road to go to the other side, pos- one of the elephants stopped mov- JUN, class X D, sibly with its mother to drink water ing, turned and raced towards us! We Bharatiya Vidya Bha- from a nearby stream. were in an open jeep! I was fright- vans Public School, Ju- Until we came out of the forest ened and held on to my mother. The bilee Hills, Hyderabad our conversation was all about the jeep driver revved up the engine and elephant. We later halted at a drove towards the elephant. Hearing small town for tea, when we the noise, the elephant started re- saw a sign which read: ‘Mudu- treating. malai Forest Still in shock, the driver told us Wildlife Sanctu- that whenever such ary’ with some an incident hap- Ruby Park Public School pictures of elephants pens, we should here the mind is without fear and below it. We decided stay calm and rev the head is held high — is the biggest hope that we can put our to explore and see the up the engine and W faith in the looming threat of the Covid-19 pandemic. Keeping this view in mind, the students of Ruby Park Public School pre- sented a short musical to pay their homage to one of the greatest sons of Bengal, Ra- bindranath Tagore on May 8 to mark the birth anniversary of the great scholar and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The musical helped the chil- dren to get accustomed to their roots and learn the values that were put forward by him. They realised the importance of learning through activity which was the motto behind the establishment of Visva Social Media Can Be Potentially Dangerous Bharati in Shantiniketan. In the words of J Majumder, principal of Ruby Park Public School, “Students thoroughly enjoyed participating in this programme which was mentored by their teachers. It was an enriching experience for all.” Judges should not be swayed by the “emotional pitch of public opinion which is amplified by social media,” Chief Justice of India N V Ramana had cautioned last week. We debate: Is social media good or bad?

he debate is seemingly regarding the ethics of social irstly, my worthy opponent speaks about the choices media content but it is really about the choices users users make on social media and the internet in general. Tmake while interacting with the Internet. Hon’ble CJI’s FHowever, this is exactly what is manipulated on social comments need to be seen in their context — the media. The opposition speaks of the “right” people driving crime and disinformation breeding that happen the force of social media in the “right” way, but people under anonymity in these platforms, behav- on social media are psychologically influenced to act in iours which the judiciary is increasingly com- that way. The youth worship social media influencers Saini International School bindranath Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary on ing to adjudicate on. The right peo- and celebrities like the D’Amelio sis- “Let us not pray to be sheltered from dan- May 9. FOR ple are already harnessing the collec- ters who have the inherent power to AGAINST gers but to be fearless when facing them.” In remembrance of Gurudev,cultural events tive latitude of social media in the right steer our mindsets. Social media is not midst the fear and panic caused by the were held during the course of the day.The stu- way. These spaces are more inclusive than others, and only disturbingly addictive to the point that your whole outbreak of the threatening pandemic, dents paid tribute by offering dance, singing Awe at the Saini International School, melodious songs, reciting poems and exhibiting content consumers are increasingly exploring content cre- world revolves around a mere comment or like, but it Howrah, virtually celebrated Nobel laureate Ra- their artworks. ation. Amplification of youth voices plus power of network- also creates self-image issues, be it body image, ing and analytics constitute the foundation of many step- mental health or the power of your voice. Quite si- one ventures today. This is besides the campaigns running mply, social media is the root of the dissociation from reality. to promote and secure Global Goals and freedoms, which Finally, the opposition said that placement of proper on- enforce a political accountability of their own. While proper line reinforcement campaigns have to be placed enforcement systems to rein in disinforma- which in today’s pandemic-battered world is tion need to be placed, millions of users baseless. These “campaigns” are driven have voiced their opinion through so- mostly through biased propaganda cial media. and still cannot control cyberbully- Asish Singh, Class XII, St Augus- ing and negativity on social media. tine’s Day School, Barrackpore Maneeza Khan, Class XI, The Heritage School DENMARK EXPECT TO BE OUTNUMBERED IN THE STANDS, BUT PREPARING TO OUTPLAY THEIR OPPONENTS AT WEMBLEY IN A GO FOR THE FINALS

Photo: REUTERS areth Southgate says England ■ “We talk about perspective in sport but we rarely are ready to end their semi-final have it,” Southgate said. “This was a moment that hoodoo as they prepare to face brought it home for all of us. “I can also imagine Denmark in the last four of Euro what it has done for the Danish team, their bond. 2020, bidding to reach their first final at a major tournament ■ “We are talking about the things we have been since 1966. England topped their through but what they went through that day -- the group and beat old foes Germany way their captain was and the way the group was - Gin the round of 16 before ratcheting up expectations - and how that would have connected with their sup- with Saturday’s thumping 4-0 quarter-final win porters. That’s pretty powerful.” against Ukraine in Rome. Preparing to outplay Ready for next step ■ Outnumbered in the stands, not outplayed on the ■ England have fallen at the penultimate hurdle at field. That is the expectation of Denmark’s players major tournaments on four occasions since winning ahead of their European Championship semifinal the World Cup in 1966, including their defeat by Croa- match. Entry restrictions to Britain amid the pan- tia at the World Cup in Russia three years ago. But We talk about perspective in sport. demic are stopping Danish fans from traveling to Southgate believes his side have learned from that London to cheer on their team. Only Danish people disappointment and are ready to take the next step. This was a moment that brought it already in England, or who live in England, can buy “We’ve knocked off so many hoodoos or perceived home for all of us They are riding a a ticket from the country’s allocation of about 5,800 barriers already and I feel like this group of play- from an expected capacity of 60,000 spectators. ers will feel this is just the next challenge,” he said. wave of emotion and that’s a powerful ■ Denmark midfielder Christian Norgaard is gear- ■ “I guess the interesting part for us is we won’t force that’s coming to Wembley. ing up for a “hostile environment” at Wembley.That, feel totally satisfied if it’s just a semi-final for us, though, might not be such a bad thing. “They’ll get whereas maybe three years ago, although there was GARETH SOUTHGATE, wild support,” Norgaard said. “But maybe they’ll massive disappointment after the semi-final, there turn on their own team if things don’t go well for was a feeling we’d come a long way. Now we’ve repli- England Manager them. There is pressure on them,” he added. “We cated what we did there, but that won’t be enough can play more freely. We have always been able to to fulfil the group.That’s a positive sign.” slight knock. “To go and have that different environ- do that, but we also have expectations of ourselves. ment, preparation, focus was definitely helpful. But now We believe we can deliver something.” Bukayo Saka to be coming back to Wembley is a great thing for us.” High expectations ■ Like Norgaard, a defensive midfielder for new- ly promoted English team Brentford, Andreas Chris- ■ A key difference from 2018 is heightened expec- Power after crisis tensen also plays in England with Chelsea and has tation, with Southgate himself admitting their bench- already been to Wembley twice this season in the mark in Russia was to end England’s 12-year wait ■ Southgate says going through “real-life experiences FA Cup - for the team’s win over Manchester City for a knockout victory.The former international de- together” such as the sickening racism experienced in the semifinals and a loss to Leicester in the fi- fender now has more knockout wins than any pre- in Montenegro and Bulgaria in Euro 2020 qualifiers nal. The center back knows England’s players well vious England manager and will go looking for an- has helped create a bond among his players. and doesn’t see a massive gap between the teams. other in Wednesday’s semi-final bolstered by a bois- terous partisan crowd of 60,000-plus at Wembley. ■ Semi-final opponents Denmark have also been ■ “Player by player, they will probably say yes,” brought closer together following Christian Eriksen’s said Christensen, when asked if England was the ■ “It’s great to be coming back now,” said Southgate, cardiac arrest in their group opener.The Inter Milan favorite. “I feel like we have the qualities to play who expects teenager Bukayo Saka to return to train- player needed resuscitation on the pitch before a suc- against everyone. As a team, I would not say they ing on Monday after missing the Ukraine match with a cessful operation in hospital. are that much better.” AGENCIES Photo: REUTERS STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN SL SERIES: YADAV he high of a success- ful debut series be- Thind him, Indian batsman Suryakumar Ya- dav on Tuesday said he would be looking to “start from the scratch” in the up- Novak Djokovic marched into his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final while Roger Federer became the oldest coming limited-overs as- signment against Sri Lan- man in the modern era to make the last-eight at Wimbledon on ‘Manic Monday’ at the All England Club ka, eager to learn from “calm and composed” head xcitement and adora- women’s and men’s fourth-round singles ing,’’ he said. At 39, Federer is the old- coach Rahul Dravid. Yadav tion greeted every matches be scheduled on one day, a tra- est Wimbledon quarterfinalist in the made his India debut in the o: ANi point claimed by dition vanishing along with that of a Open era, since 1968. T20 format during the t

Roger Federer. It all Middle Sunday without any play. Amid home series against Eng- Pho Egot to be too much for all the chaos of a packed schedule, one Djokovic untroubled land, in which he scored a ing forward to it,” said the his opponent at the All England could be forgiven for imagining Feder- half century and was gen- aggressive right-handed Club, No. 23 seed Lorenzo er held the stage to himself. He’s coming Djokovic made it to his 12th quarterfinal erally impressive. He is Mumbai batsman. Asked if Sonego. So in the latter stages of off a pair of knee operations and he’s at the All England Club while continu- part of the Shikhar a successful debut series his 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 loss to the eight- participating in a Grand Slam tourna- ing his pursuit of a calendar-year Grand Dhawan-led second string would help him cope better time champion, Sonego would ment for the last time before turning 40. Slam, never troubled while defeating No. India team, which will take with the pressure, Yadav win a point and mark the occa- Who knows how many of these he has left? 17 Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. “It’s not a on Sri Lanka in 3 ODIs and said, “I think, that (debut sion by waving his arms to ask “I guess to some extent it’s nice to secret that I am trying to win as many as many T20 Internation- series against England) the crowd for some love, as if to see that the work I put in paid off, that Slams as possible,’’ said the top-seeded als starting July 13. was a completely different say, “Hey, I’m here, too, OK?’’ I’m able to play at this level,’’ said Fed- Djokovic, who needs to win three more “Pressure will be there, challenge and every-time The match was the last at erer, who only played eight matches in matches to equal the men’s record of 20 because if there is no pres- you come, I mean for a bat- Centre Court on what was Wim- 2021 till last week. “I can actually wake major singles titles, held by Federer and sure, there is no fun, so as ter, every-time you go in or bledon’s last Manic Monday: As up in the morning and feel all right. ... Rafael Nadal. Next up for him is Hun- I said, it will be a great chal- play a different game, you of next year, no longer will all 16 It’s very rewarding and it’s a good feel- gary’s Marton Fucsovics. AGENCIES lenge and I am really look- start from scratch.” PTI Photos: AP

a) Leander Paes ❑ b) Vijender Singh ❑ reinforced polymer support bat? a) Zimbabwe ❑ b) Australia ❑ Who was the first Indian c) KD Jadhav ❑ d) Gurbux Singh ❑ a) Virat Kohli ❑ b) Kapil Dev ❑ c) South Africa ❑ d) Sri Lanka ❑ Q11: athlete to win a gold QUIZ TIME! c) Chris Gayle ❑ d) Ricky Ponting ❑ medal in the Asian Games? Who has become the Which among the following Q8: How many medals have been a) PT Usha ❑ b) Tintu Luka ❑ Q1: youngest-ever Grandmaster in Q4: games was previously Thisara Perera has won by the India men’s c) Lavy Pinto ❑ d) Kamaljeet Sandhu ❑ hockey team at Asian Games till date? chess history, breaking the previous known as Mintonette? Q7: announced his retirement ❑ ❑ a) 11 ❑ b) 9 ❑ c) 13 ❑ d) 15 ❑ record held by Sergey Karjakin? a) Football b) Handball from international cricket. He was Which Indian player ❑ ❑ playing for which country? a) Anish Giri ❑ b) Abhimanyu Mishra ❑ c) Volleyball d) Tennis Q12: became the highest Which athlete has been c) Nihal Sarin ❑ d) Samay Raina ❑ Q9: ranked badminton player in the Which football club was Thisara Perera called the “Queen of the Track” ? world in April 2018? Q5: designated as the FIFA ❑ ❑ Ezra Cup is related to which a) Merlene Ottey ❑ b) Marita Coach ❑ a) Srikanth Kidambi b) Ajay Jayaram Q2: of the following sports? Club of the Century in 2000? ❑ ❑ c) Sourabh Verma ❑ d) H.S. Prannoy ❑ ❑ ❑ c) Allyson Felix d) Jarmila Kratochvilova a) Polo ❑ b) Tennis ❑ a) Manchester United b) Liverpool ❑ ❑ ANSWERS: 1. b. Abhimanyu Mishra 2. a. Polo c) Cricket ❑ d) Football ❑ c) Real Madrid d) Arsenal Q10: Which of the following is 3. c. KD Jadhav 4. c. Volleyball the oldest Grand Slam 5. c. Real Madrid 6. d. Ricky Ponting Which among the following Who was the first tournament? 7. d. Sri Lanka 8. d. 15 9. a. Merlene Ottey Q3: Indian players was famous Q6: international player to use a) US Open ❑ b) Australian Open ❑ 10. d. Wimbledon 11. d. Kamaljeet Sandhu as “Pocket Dynamo”? a Kookaburra released carbon fibre- c) French Open ❑ d) Wimbledon ❑ 12. a. Srikanth Kidambi Photo: GETTY IMAGES