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The Doon School WEEKLY “I Sketch Your World Exactly As It Goes.” -Arthur Foot May 2, 2020|Issue No Established in 1936 The Doon School WEEKLY “I sketch your world exactly as it goes.” -Arthur Foot May 2, 2020|Issue No. 2570 the weekly planner service and self PROBLEM OF THE WEEK A satire on the life of a Weekly board An account of the writer’s quarantine Let’s see if you can solve this Math member. experience. problem! Page 3 Page 5 Page 6 Vaishnav Jana To... The Doon School Weekly reports on the various relief efforts done by School. As a result of the recently imposed board around it. nation-wide lockdown, thousands The team volunteered in The team of families scattered through slums Cantonment Board areas like across India were left without Nayagaon, Jantanwala, Sahaspur, volunteered in any sources of livelihood. Slum and Hariyawala Bridge, as well as Cantonment dwellers and informal migrant in Araghar Chowki in the heart of workers in Dehradun also faced the city to get a better picture of Board areas the same fate. Daily wage workers the situation in Dehradun. School like Nayagaon, were affected the most, having no contributed in the distribution of work and therefore no income. dry ration packages to these areas Jantanwala, Since service is the foundation by funding Aasra’s distribution, Sahaspur, and upon which our School was built, and by providing packages directly it was only natural for Doon to do to the Cantonment board. On Hariyawala its part as an institution for those average, each package could Bridge, as well as less privileged than us. Along with support a family of four for the Dehradun Cantonment Board about two weeks. Each package in Araghar Chowki and the Aasra Trust, a local NGO contained a range of necessities in the heart of the that focuses on the welfare of including various staple foods and underprivileged children living in ingredients, as well as personal city. the riverbed slum under the Bindal care products such as soap and Bridge in Dehradun, a team from detergent. families and migrant workers. School comprising some Masters, Apart from arranging basic Despite the lack of protective gear, members of the Administrative necessities for these trapped the city’s corona warriors on the Staff and the School Doctor daily wage workers, School also relief front battle on. The team’s worked to provide the financially distributed Personal Protection interactions with the stranded disadvantaged with essential Equipment (PPE) kits to branches migrant workers have brought supplies to help them survive these of the local administration, like home, first hand, the difficulties trying times. As one member the Dehradun Police, the Doon faced by these people. For instance, of the team says, “The Doon Hospital, and the IMA Blood a young labor couple from Jhansi School stepped forward to stand Bank. This was accomplished are stuck in Jantanwala. They in solidarity with slum dwellers largely through collaboration with had left their three children – the and helped Aasraa in providing the local administration. The aim youngest being fourteen months food supplies to the marginalized of distribution of PPEs was to old and the eldest six years – with and needy”. The goal, according help “the upfront warriors of the their grandparents, who are in to another member, was to “reach novel coronavirus”. their late sixties with no source out to places and people where Although the team has tried to of income. They were distraught, politicians, NGOs etc. haven’t do its bit for those around, as the and desperately seeking help from been able to reach”. Considering situation worsens, it is becoming all that they met, just so that they this, the Aasra Trust is working increasingly difficult sustain the could go back home. Sadly, given inside the city, and the Cantonment help being afforded to stranded (Continued on Page 2) 2 the doon school weekly (Continued from Page 1) appreciate the efforts of the team, the organisations the prevailing circumstances, the team members were involved, the DSOBS, masters and members of our not in a position to help this couple go back home. administrative staff, students, and parents in doing Numerous families across the city and the country their bit in extending a helping hand. have been thrust into similar circumstances and we Ideas are Bulletproof Ishan Singhee reflects on photography as his hobby. Originally, my plan was to create a physical photo people enjoy the pictures that I have collected from album of some of the scenic places I visited and my experiences. I hope it will inspire others to click the various memories I captured around the world. photographs of the everyday things in their day to day However, when a friend asked me to share some lives as much as pictures of something exceptional and with him right then, Younique was born. Younique novel. Photographs document the world. Whether is a photography account started on Instagram with you’re a street photographer documenting mountains pictures ranging from South India to Scotland. in Nepal, or waking up before sunrise to exercise and I never owned a DSLR and was never a part enjoy the view, it is a great feeling to be freezing the of the photography club in School, but taking moment through photography. photographs was something I enjoy doing by myself. I didn’t begin this page because it was productive and I love photography for the thrill of capturing the could tick another box on my college application, but magnificence of the scenes I was fortunate to see for simply because it was a nice way to reminisce some myself in various parts of the world that I visit. experiences and occasions. Aesthetically pleasing I have always loved showing people these pictures produce a positive attitude in the viewer’s photographs and videos whilst telling them stories mind. This is a good way for people to be positive in about the different trips undertaken and the various such distressing times. I have really enjoyed capturing destinations I visited. It is a trip of its own to go down videos of the sunrise and sunset through the week. memory lane and revisit each experience I have had Photography has been a very enriching and rewarding over the years, bringing it to life with pictures. experience for me, and with Younique, I hope it will My aim for Younique is that it grows over time and encourage you to be a shutterbug too! Dreams Sai Arjun Saturday, May 2 | Issue No. 2570 the doon school weekly 3 The Weekly Planner Shreyan Mittal “You have been accepted. You start work tomorrow.” routine. Throughout the week, he had to chase after Upon hearing these words from the Commander Generals for strategies and even members of the of the Weekly Planner, the recruit was filled with Staff to check whether they had corrected the plans. emotions. Of course, he managed to not let it show On Friday noon, the whole board of the Weekly on his face, but from the inside, he was ecstatic. The Planner would assemble in the War Room, slogging Weekly Planner was one of the most elite institutions to send the plans for publishing. Even after all that, in the Army. It had the task of publishing plans every the work was not over. That same night, the recruits week for the service men and ensure that they stayed would travel hundreds of miles to pick up the payload up to date with the latest news. Even after he passed of plans and deliver them to the troops on a bright the test for entry into the Weekly Planner with flying Saturday morning. colours, he had to pass an extremely tough interview, Without a shadow of doubt, there were many from which only four candidates were to be taken. instances where he thought the Elders would pull the The privilege of being one of those rare four, the plug on his spot on the board, as had happened to a opportunity to serve this institution, was something fellow recruit who started with him, but they always which the recruit did not take lightly. showed faith in him and he tried his level best to not Over the course of the next couple of weeks, he let them down. However, in contrast to popular belief, learnt all the rules and regulations that he had to there were many instances when the troops set work follow to the T. Even one tiny mistake could mean aside and enjoyed themselves. For example, once a the Newbie, a nickname given to him by the older year, the team was tasked with making a plan that was soldiers, would be placed on an indefinite period aimed to lighten the mood of the soldiers. It was filled of Probation. During these periods, he was to be with hilarious fails of soldiers and even poked fun extremely careful to not make any mistakes and ensure at the staff. In addition, throughout the year, there the older soldiers, called Elders, did not get an excuse existed a friendly rivalry between the Weekly Planner to terminate his position. Every week, on Saturday, and the Yearly Memorabilia. Even though the latter the recruits had to bring new tactical strategies and only released their plan once a year, they too worked ideas for ambushes, weapons and camouflage. The all year round. Each plan, they attempted to oust Newbie’s whole Saturday was practically spent on each other, and claim the throne for the Best Plan of this, thinking of new and innovative ways that would the Year. There was also the end of the year, where please the Elders, and not result in him getting the entire board was given chocolates and premium shouted at.
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