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Established in 1936 The Doon School WEEKLY Saturday, November 27 z 2010 z Issue No. 2269 REGULARS TRADITIONAL ENGLISH PLAY HOLIDAY 2 TALK 4 REVIEW 5 CHECK-LIST8 Editorial Not Just DS-75 Vikramaditya Kapur remarks on the term gone by A Tale of Two Ma’ams Considering the myriad “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” events we witnessed, look- There can be no other way to describe it! To say it in the ing back at the beginning of words of Dickens could not be more appropriate for the term is not easy. Most of two people for whom I write the following lines. The the community felt that due Weekly that one sees on a Saturday morning is not the to the intensity of the Weekly that leaves for editing on Wednesday evenings. preparations for DS-75, There are myriad changes made to every item. Similarly, other events would be com- the Board member who joins in his C, B or A form is promised or just held for decidedly different from the one who leaves in his Sc form. the sake of it. In my opin- When he ends his tenure at the Weekly, there is a re- ion, that was a prediction that was proved wrong. Those who markable change in his writing and thought process. As a have been heavily involved with the normal School activities in writer and thinker he is several notches better than when the past showed no lack of enthusiasm. What was really com- he joined the Board. The question one asks is: what brings promised was the time being allotted by the School for these about this change in the Weekly and its Board members? activities. Is it the character of the publication? If that is the an- The term started with unusually high rainfall, which often swer then the question that follows it is: who creates that resulted in the cancellation of soccer practices and, luckily for character? Is it the Editor-in-Chief? I personally don’t us, even PT. One of the first inter-school events, DSMUN, 2010, think so. An Editor-in-Chief, at most, tweaks the system saw more participation from other schools than DSMUN, 2009. created by the previous Editors-in-Chief. After all, he is in The School also hosted the Chuckerbutty Debates and the Doon that position for only a year. Moreover, an Editor-in- School Quiz, two important events that were cancelled last year. Chief, along with the publication, is also shaped by vital The sporting events, such elements. Those vital elements are the masters-in-charge. as the Inter-House soccer, For almost a decade, PCH and STB have been these swimming and basketball vital elements. Their hours of editing and constructive criti- and the Inter-House Mu- cism that have been shaping Weeklys over the years can- sic Competition were as in- not be praised in one slim column. I remember collecting tense as last year. The sport- ‘skins’ of the Weekly from them every Thursday at lunch- ing events that were directly time and noticing the red marks of their corrections, which affected were athletics and sometimes covered the entire article. The styles of function- boxing, which lost practice ing of both differed. PCH would occasionally have these hours due to the stage being set up on the Main Field. There bursts of ‘This is complete babu English!’ and equally was much dismay at the sight of the pylons being erected and suddenly there would be moments of encouragement follow- the Field being occupied. Following the setting-up of the stage ing it. STB, on the other hand, would use subtle sarcasm was the arrival of the guards and policemen at each gate as (peppered with her strange ‘Hindiisms’) in a soft tone, security gradually increased. While students were rounding up rarely raising her voice. They both played the ‘bad cop’, their preparations for their plays, publications, concerts and ex- seeing no point in being ‘good cops’ with us, and had an hibitions, the organizing body was giving the finishing touches uncanny similarity of thought. Even if you caught them to the event of the year. off-guard, separately, they vetoed the same articles, made DS-75 came and we saw the arrival of more than 2000 Old the ditto corrections, gave the same suggestions and used Boys on campus. The President of India, the Governor of similar expressions to say it like it is! Personally, I am Uttarakhand, the King of Bhutan, Kapil Sibal and other promi- indebted to those red marks and criticisms I received for nent figures graced us with my pieces. their presence. The Now, when they have decided to hand over charge of President’s and Governor’s this publication, I must acknowledge that all the ‘blasting’ suggestions to make the and corrections were worth it. No piece (except this Edi- School co-educational re- torial) could have been published without them. Although ceived much coverage in the this Editorial is inadequate, on behalf of all those who media in the days that fol- have worked for this publication with them both, I must lowed. It must be noted that thank them for their support and contribution. Thank even an unseasonal storm paid us a visit during the cel- you very much, Ma’ams. (contd. on page 3) 1. The Doon School Weekly Saturday, November 27 8 Regulars TENNIS ACCOLADES DT PRIZES The following are the results of the Individual Tennis The following are the Design and Technology awards Tournament 2010: for 2010: Sardar Mohammed Tennis Tournament for Seniors: Metal Work: Winner: Kanav Mehra D-form: Runner-up: Divij Budhraja 1st: Yash Dhandhania Dr SR Vohra Tennis Tournament for Juniors: 2nd: Nikunj Agarwal Winner: Arush Sood C-form: Runner-up: Devang Mehra 1st: Mohammed Amaan Kaazmi 2nd: Sachin Mehra Well done all! Wood Work: LAMDA KUDOS D-form: The following obtained Distinction in the respective 1st: Karan Sethy categories of LAMDA: 2nd: Arth Gupta Bronze Medal (Grade 6): Vikramaditya Kapur, Vidit C-form: Sidana, Shubham Dhingra, Pranay Raj Kapoor, Imroz 1st: Hussain Haider Suri, Himanshu Todi, Pulkit Agarwal 2nd: Shubham Sikaria Silver Medal (Grade 7): Shashvat Dhandhania, Sagar Ishwar Chand Trophy for the Best Carpenter: Karnavat, Saud Khan, Mahak Sharma, Siddhant Dixit, Saransh Seth Siddharth Kaul, Akshay Sharan, Aditya Vikram Gupta Karandhari Lall Memorial Trophy for Best Metal Gold Medal (Grade 8): Spandan Gopal Agarwal, Worker: Arvind Sharma Vikram Kejriwal, Raghav Puri Well done, all! Congratulations! INDIVIDUAL AWARDS PPOINTMENTS The following are the results of the Individual Chess A Championship: The appointments for the English Literary Society Winner: Gopal Singh Mann are as follows: Runner-up: Sarthak Gupta Reading for Performance: Raghav Puri Speaking Of Verse and Prose: Spandan Gopal The following are the results of the SR Das Memorial Agarwal general Knowledge Prize Test, 2010: Public Speaking: Revant Nayyar 1st: Saadman Mahmood Chowdhury and Shubham Agrawal 2nd: Tushar Thakral Ashray Batra has been appointed Boy-in-charge of the Implement Store. The following were awarded the Certificate of Merit for German Language: Sagar Karnavat has been appointed Boy-in-charge of 1st: Anubhav Agrawal the Nature Club 2nd: Kartikeya Jain and Varun Narain Sinha Siddharth Dhanda has been appointed Boy-in-charge of The following trophies were awarded: the Science Society The Sunil Rawlley Prize for the Most Promising Agastaya Bellad has been appointed Boy-in-charge of Tennis Player, 2010: Kanav Mehra. the Pin and Thread STA The Sunil Rawlley Prize for the Most Promising Anshuman Bhargava has been appointed Boy-in-charge Swimmer, 2010: Aditya Vikram Gupta. of the Trophy Squad The Best PT Leader, 2010: Viren Kapoor Raman Trophy for the Best Motor Mechanics, 2010: We wish them all a fruitful tenure! Shreyvardhan Swaroop and Samarth Jaiswal IISPSC The following were awarded the Certificate of Ex- The School was represented by Vivek Santayana, cellence in Yoga, 2010: Shoumitra Srivastava, Piroune Balachandran, Vikram D-form: Kartikeya Kardam, Tanmay Gupta and Ayush Kejriwal, Revant Nayyar and Shashvat Dhandhania at Sarawgi the International Independent Schools Public Speak- C-form: Suyash Shivam, Mihir Kiran and Akshay Sarawgi ing Competition (IISPSC) at Ashbury College, Ot- tawa, between October 10 and 12. In recognition of The following received various levels of the Reading their participation, School has been asked to send four Award in their respective categories: boys, representing India, at the World Championships, Juniors: The World Individual Debating and Public Speak- Silver: Abhayraj Jain, Krishna Lohiya and Kanishka Dev Tyagi ing Contest to be held at Moreton Bay Boys Gram- Bronze: Sachin Mehra mar School, Melbourne in April 2011. Mediums: Congratulations! Silver: Pranay Raj Kapoor Seniors: ROUND SQUARE Silver: Kanishka Malik and Raghav Puri Pulakit Aggarwal, Jai Ahuja, Ashutosh Goyal, Zayan Sachit Taneja and Arvind Sharma have been awarded Khodaiji , Harshvardhan Singh represented the School the Scholar’s Blazer. at the Junior Regional Round Square Conference The following boys have been awarded the IAYP Blazer held at Dhirubhai Ambani International School, for successfully completing all three standards: Nilesh Agarwal, Mumbai held between November 11 to 14. A report Devansh Khaitan, Viren Kapur and Arvind Sharma. runs in this issue. Well done, all! 2. The Doon School Weekly Saturday, November 27 (contd. from page 1) ebrations and destroyed the stage, but the remarkable resilience of the School body and organisers brought the situation under control. Most of the stage was re-constructed within 24 hours, and the venue for the President’s address was shifted to the MPH. The efficiency of Doscos was tested through this incident, that too at a time when activity in the School was at its pinnacle.

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