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UNESCO World Heritage: Mountain Railway of India

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway SchoolCompetition

Sponsors 1. Glenarys 2. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (United Kingdom) 3. banglanatak dot com 4. Axis Bank, Kurseong Branch

Volunteers 1. Darjeeling Rehabilitation Committee 2. North Bengal University Students


The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, its design applies bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. The tracks have been re-laid and retaining walls rebuilt at various points during the highly eventful history of the railways’ operation, regularly disturbed by monsoon rain, landslides and rock-falls. The vulnerabilities are clearly linked to the fact that these properties are functioning railways which require constant repair and the changing of parts.

The school competition was organized to sensitize the upcoming generation on the small narrow gauge train that foretells the rich ancestor’s history of the hills. The competition covered track area from Sukna to Darjeeling, encouraging creative expression through art, poems, story and films related to the intrinsic values of the participates to the heritage.

Date 15th -20th November 2016

Categories Painting Group A / Group B Poem Group A / Group B Short Story Group A / Group B Photography Amateur /

Professionals Short Film Amateur /

Professionals

Criteria Group A Class V - VII Group B Class IX - XII

DARJEELING HIMALAYAN

RAILWAY

BACKGROUND


The competition targeted the schools in the areas along the

DHR track from Sukna to Darjeeling, encouraging

creative expression through art, poems, story and films

related to the intrinsic values of the participates to the

heritage.

Call for entry was circulated to 60 schools in the concerned areas with 350 students participated in the School competition. (Annex 1 - list of schools visited); (Annex 2 – list of the entries)

The entries were first gathered at each area and showcased at the corresponding DHR station for screening between 14 and 19 November 2016. The selected entries from each area were subsequently reviewed for final selection.

The announcement of the winners were made on 20 November 2016 at Chawrasta, Darjeeling.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

DATE STATION CHIEF GUEST

14th November Sukna Mr. Narbahadur Dahal Writer and Nepali Poet Mr. Tshering Dahal; Sabashad of Gorkha Territorial Administration and English Teacher at Sukna High School. Mr. T.R. Sharma Retired Post Master Sukna Post Office

15th November Tindharia Ms Deoki Pradhan Subba Principal Renuka Uchha Vidalaya - Tindharia Ms Rosyrani Mukhia English Teacher :Tindharia Girls High School; Senior citizen Association

16th November Kurseong Mr Binod Prakesh Pradhan Social Worker in Kurseong

17th November Sonada Mr Nima Tshering Bhutia Social Worker in Sonada

18th November Ghum Mr Chandan Station Manager D.H.R

19th November Darjeeling Mr. Kai Weise UNESCO Consultant Ms. Moe Chiba Section Chief and Programme Specialist for Culture -UNESCO

20th November Chowrasta Mrs Karuna Pradhan Executive Engineer - Gorkha Territorial Administration Mr. Bharat Prakash Rai Coordinator FOSEP N.G.O. Darjeeling Mr. Suman Pradhan Station Manager :Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Mr. David Charlesworth Mr. Peter Tiller The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society Ms. Moe Chiba Section Chief and Programme Specialist for Culture -UNESCO

Exhibition At Darjeeling, Lelong ,Sonada, Dilaram, Kurseong, Gayabari, Tindharia, Sukna


JURY MEMBERS Category Judges

Poetry

Ms. Coutino (English Entry) Professor North Point College, Darjeeling Ms Karma Doma (Nepali Entry) Principal Glendale Academy

Art and Painting

Mr Saroj Triwa Executive Body in Himalayan Art Academy Mr Thandup Sherpa Cashier and Executive in Himalayan Art Academy

Photography Mr. Satish Chettri (Photography Selection) Secretary Darjeeling Photography Society

Short story Ms. Coutino (English Entry) Professor North Point College Darjeeling Ms Karma Doma (Nepali Entry) Principal Glendale Academy

Short films UNESCO CCMP Team

GRAND FINAL WINNERS POETRY

GROUP A 1 Garima Brahman Renuka Uchha vidalaya - Tindharia 2 Nimesh Chettri Sai Sundaram school 3 Surabhi Pradhan Dowhill school - Kurseong

GROUP B 1 Choten Sherpa R.K.S.P School - Darjeeling 2 Ankit Pradhan Sai Sundaram school 3 Sital Rai Holy Cross Sonada

SHORT STORY GROUP A 1 Aayush Rai Gyanodya school - Darjeeling 2 Aakansha Chetttri Gyanodya school - Darjeeling 3 Sonam Choden Sherpa Gyanodya school - Darjeeling GROUP B 1 Dipanshna Mukhia Gyanodya school - Darjeeling 2 Rishika Pradhan Renuka Uchha vidalaya - Tindharia 3 Smita Rai Sunrise school lebong - Darjeeling


PAINTING AND ART GROUP A 1 Saonli Chakraborthy Downhill school - Kurseong 2 Noor Jahan Sunshine school - Kurseong 3 Riya Tamang Downhill school - Kurseong GROUP B 1 Nikita Thakur B.S.M.I. School Lebong - Darjeeling 2 Manaswita Sen Dowhill school Kurseong 3 Abhay Rai Gyanodhya school - Darjeeling

PHOTOGRAPHY AMATEUR 1 Shriya Sunam Sardaswari Girls School Darjeeling 2 Radhika Thami Ghum Girls High School 3 Deepankar Pakhrin Mountain Heritage school Ghum PROFESSIONAL 1 Prabin Pradhan Darjeeling photography society Darjeeling 2 Surendra Pradhan Darjeeling Photography Society

3 Sandipani Shibani Chattopadhayay D.P.S

SHORT FILM

1 Nikhil Chettri and his group (Nishant upadhyay, Rohit Kumar Shah)

Notre dame academy school Darjeeling

2 Gaurav Sarki and Kishen Government college


The award ceremony was graced by the presence of Mrs Karuna Pradhan; Bharat

Prakash Rai and Mr Suman Pradhan, as well as the representatives from the Darjeeling

Himalayan Railway Society who presented the certificates and prizes to the winners.

The work of the winners in the categories of paintings, photos and short films were

showcased at the big screen in Chawrasta throughout the day of 20 November 2016

GRAND AWARD

CEREMONY


Around 350 students participated in the School competition and the event received a positive feedback, thus increasing the communities’ value towards the railway heritage

An array of folk performances were organized at each station and at Chawrasta, with the support of the NGO, banglanatak dot com, who is the UNESCO partner in the execution of the Government of West Bengal project on the promotion of rural craft and cultural hubs.

Cultural Week Participation


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would particularly like to acknowledge the support of the Sponsors

Mr. Ajay Edwards from Glenarys, representative from Axis Bank Kurseong Branch and

representatives from the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (United Kingdom). We

also recognize the contribution of the Volunteers - Mr. Abdulla Azam and his Team from

the Darjeeling Rehabilitation Committee and Mr. Sailesh Chettri and Yanky Sherpa from

the North Bengal University who made this event a success.


PhotographyCompetitionwinningentries First Prize : Photo by Prabin Pradhan


Second Prize: Photo by Surendra Pradhan


Third Prize: Photo by Sandipani Shibani Chattopadhyay


PaintingCompetitionwinningentries

GroupA

First Prize: Saonli Chakraborthy (Dowhill School Kurseong)


Second Prize : Noor Jahan (Sunshine School Kurseong)


Third Prize: Riya Tamang (Dowhill School Kurseong)


GroupB

First Prize: Nikita Thakur (B.S.M.i. School lebong Darjeeling)


Second Prize: Manaswita Sen (Dowhill School Kurseong)


Third prize: Abhay Rai (Gyanodhya School Darjeeling)

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