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Issue: April & May, 2016

KPS outshined in School Excellence Award – 2016

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad has added another feather

in its cap by winning four awards in different categories of “School Excellence Award – 2016”.

The prestigious Award Ceremony was organized on 10th

May, 2016 at The Hotel Grand JBR, Lucknow by EduAce and Government of Uttar Pradesh. A number of schools

from all over U.P. contested in various categories.

KPS outshined with laurels and accolades by being award-

ed in four categories. KPS secured the 1st position in ‘Excellence in Driving Holistic Learning’ and

‘Excellence in Teachers’ Development Programme’. The 2nd position was bagged in ‘Driving Innovations’

while the 3rd position was secured in ‘Special Needs School of the Year’ category. The other categories in-

cluded ‘Excellence in use of Digital Technology’, ‘Excellence in Sports’, ‘Excellence in Class room teaching’

and ‘Excellence in Community Development’.

The awards were conferred upon by the honourable Chief Guest Professor Abhishek Mishra, Minister of Skill Develop-

ment and Vocational Education Group. Mr. Gaurava Yadav,

Founder & CEO EduAce services welcomed the guests. It’s a matter of great pride and honour that KPS was the only school to

be awarded in 4 categories.

The innovative approach and efforts of the school in building the future of India were lauded and greatly appreciated by the audi-

ence as well as the authorities.

Inside this Issue:

KPS Headlines 1-4

KPS Achievements 5-8

Assemblages 9

Creative Outpour 10-15

Tasty Bites 16

Reading Galore 17

Birthday Bash 18-19

Message from Vice

Chairman Desk

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International Convention on Inventions in the Classroom - ICIC:2016

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad hosted the International

Convention on Inventions in the Classroom - ICIC on

30th March, 2016. Mr. Chris Williams, British Council Ambas-

sador, International School Partnerships Specialist, U.K. was

the Chief Guest for the occasion.

Dr. Kavita Sharma, Dr. Gagan Gupta, Mr. T.P.Sharma,

Dr.M.V.S.V. Prasad, & Dr. Varada Nikalje from NCERT, Mr.

Bikramjit Sen, Ms. Anuradha Sharma, Mr. Ashtamurthy

Killimangalam from ACER, Ms. Deepali Adak from Sunny

Prep & High School were the venerated judges for the occasion.

Apart from the delegates, forty six contestants participated in ICIC – 2016. Participants from Paki-

stan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Kolka-

ta and Ghaziabad showcased their ingenuity in classroom innovation and truly promulgated the dic-

tum of transcending borders with education.

The contestants participated in four categories, Science, Languages, Mathematics and Social Science.

The First Prize in the Science category was shared by Ms. Smita

from St. Kabir School, Hissar and Ms. Rajini Julka from Bibox,

Delhi followed by Ms. Madhavi Goswami– Seth Anandram Jaipuria

School, Ghaziabad who was awarded the Second Prize for Biology.

Consolation Prize was conferred to Mr. Abhinav Dutta from DPSG

International. Ms. Silvy Zachariah KV, AAIG was conferred with

the First Prize for Languages, Ms.Amita Sinha from Kaushalya

World School, Greater Noida won the Second Prize, Ms. Sarmistha

Bhattacharya from Samsara World Academy, Greater Noida was

awarded with the Third Prize; the Consolation Prize was awarded

to Ms. Rekha Srivastava from Maple Bear, Delhi. Ms. Radifa Niazi

from DPS, Srinagar was awarded the First Prize for Mathematics,

Ms.Ritu Sharma from KV Babugarh Cantt. and Ms.Sangeeta Shukramani, KV SainikVihar, Delhi were

conferred with the Second Prize; the Consolation Prize was given to Ms.Pratibha from Mind Edutain-

ment, Kolkata. In the Social Science category Mr.Arindam Chakraborty from Khaitan Public School,

Sahibabad was awarded the First Prize, followed by 2nd Prize winner Mr. Kartikay Sharma from Sand

Dunes Academy Sr.Sec School, Jaipur. The Consolation Prize was conferred to Mr. J.K.Saini from Pati-

ala.

The programme commenced with the lighting of the Lamp Ceremony by the Chief Guest Mr. Chris

Williams, Mrs. Karuna Khaitan & Ms. Ratna Dhamija, Director ACER, India, followed by a Dance Dra-

ma which encapsulated the rendition of the ‘Atma Nubha.’

The Chief Guest Mr.Chris Williams shared the nuances and pedagogy followed at Lincoln Christ Hospi-

tal School, U.K. and the Teacher Standards in U.K. The audience engaged in an interactive session for

the same. The Education Director Ms. Geeta Varshneya extended the vote of thanks to the Chief

Guest, Judges, Participants and the Khaitan fraternity for their cooperation to make ICIC a platform

for showcasing a teacher’s talent in classroom teaching.


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Annual Art and Science Exhibition

The students of Classes III-VIII partici-pated in the Annual Art and Science

Exhibition on 19th March. The exhibi-tion was inaugurated by the Education Di-

rector of Khaitan Public School, Ms. Gee-

ta Varshneya. This is an annual event where selected works of art and science

are displayed by our young learners. Stu-dents explained how the models work and

also showed their art work to the parents. The art pieces and models were appreci-

ated by one and all.

Visit of Mythological Fictional writer Mr. Christopher C. Doyle

S t u den t s

of Classes IX – XII

were ec-static with

joy to meet the

Mytho log i ca l

Fiction Writer Mr. Christopher C. Doyle, who likes to

call himself an ‘entertainer’, on 5th April, 2016. The author introduced the

students with his famous literary works – ‘The Secret of Mahabharata’ and

‘The Mahabharata Quest’. All the students were extremely excited to

know about the amalgamation of My-thology with Science and Fiction. It was

an interactive session which unveiled various mysteries of the past and

quenched the curiosity of the students about the genre.

Visit of Architect and Urban Planner

Architect and Urban Planner Mr. Sunil Sehgal from Apex Studio Architecture held an interactive ses-

sion with the students of Classes XI & XII on 5th May, 2016. He held a 60 minute session with the

students to brief them about the nuances of pursuing Architecture as a career option.

The visual presentation given by him showcased the various colleges offering the course, the eligibility criteria, and information about the

entrance tests.

The informative session was lauded by the students. It helped them come once step closer to decide their career path after school.

Ms. Sabita Seth, HM Senior Wing, thanked Mr. Sehgal for his gracious presence at Khaitan Public School.

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An Orientation Programme

An Orientation Programme was held for the parents of the new admissions of Classes Pre Nursery - XII. The Educa-

tion Director Ms. Geeta Varshneya welcomed them. In a brief interactive session, she elucidated the parents about

the working of the school. The parents were also introduced to the Head Mistresses, Coordinators and various Process Owners. In the end, they were requested to visit

the new classrooms in order to interact with their wards’ respective class teachers.


The Cleanliness Drive

(The Cleanliness

Drive (Swachh Bha-

rat Abhiyan) was an

initiative by the

Khaitan Public

School Community Service Club. The

cleanliness drive was conducted by the

District Magistrate and his officials in col-

laboration with the renowned social work-

er Ms. Raj Sharma. This drive was to

make the citizens aware of their surround-

ings.

It was a drive designed to say no to plastic

bags as they harm the environment. Stu-

dents marched with banners and used

cloth bags to collect polythene bags scat-

A workshop on Time Management

A workshop on Time Management was or-ganised by Khaitan Public School, conducted by experts from ‘Fortis’ hospital for Class VIII on 11th May, 2016. Dr. Sushree Sahu, Psy-chologist, Mental Health Department, was the guest speaker.

Time management has become inevitable in the growth and development of our emerg-ing new learners. The goal of the workshop was to bring a change in the attitudes of stu-dents so as to plan their academic studies and co-curricular activities at school and home through framing time schedules. The students were also informed about how to execute their time schedules.

A number of participatory and interactive students from class VIII made this session a very educative session and a grand success.

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Khaitan Achievements

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5 Shooters from Khaitan Public

School Qualify for UP State

Shooting

Championship-2016

Five students of Khaitan Public School,

Sahibabad, recently qualified for UP

State Shooting Championship after win-

ning medals in Pre UP State Shooting

Championship held at Shamli from 24th

April to 27th April, 2016.

Vansh Sawhney (VI), Shubham

Sharma (X), Aryansh Bhardwaj (X),

Gagan Saini (XII), and Kashish Shar-

ma (XII) are the names of the students

who qualified for states after their bril-

liant performance in the Pre tournament.

Mr. Gaurav Gupta, PGT Com-merce at KPS, shines at Teach-

er’s Professional Olympiad, 2015

Mr. Gaurav Gupta, PGT Commerce has

secured a National Rank of 424 at Centre for Teacher Accreditation

(CENTA) Teacher’s Professional Olym-piad (TPO), a first of its kind national

competition meant to reward, recog-nize, and celebrate the achievements

of school teachers.

The subject rank of Mr Gaurav Gupta

in Mathematics is 24. More than 5000 teachers from 300 cit-

ies/towns across 25 states/U.T.s partic-ipated in TPO, 2015 held on 5th De-

cember, 2015.

Earlier this month he received the final results with CENTA Appreciation Certifi-

cate. Apart from felicitating the individual

winner, CENTA has also awarded Ap-preciation Certificate to Khaitan Public

School Sahibabad, one of the winning

organizations at CENTA TPO 2015.


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CBSE Cryptic Crossword Con-

test-2016

City round of the

CBSE Cryptic

Crossword Con-

test, 2016 was

held at Amity In-

ternational, Vasundhra, Sector-6 on

29th April, 2016. 28 schools of the

vicinity participated in the contest.

Apoorva and Sparsh Kasana of Class

XI secured the Runner-up position.

Max Healthy India Inter-School

Quiz Contest

A healthy lifestyle is the key to long life.

Keeping this notion in mind Max Health

Care organised the ‘Max Healthy India

Quiz Competition’ in the school premis-

es to help students understand that,

without health there is no happiness, no

peace and no success.18 students from

Classes III-VIII participated in the first

round of the quiz and four students qual-

ified for the semi-final round. The quiz

was interesting and well organized. The

winners were: Pratham Jain (VIII C),

Urvi Tyagi (VII A), Kabir Sharma,

and Lavanya Singh (V D).

The Smart-Vocab Challenger

Zonal round

The Smart-Vocab Challenger Zonal

round was held in our school on

28th March,2016.

Fifteen students from Khaitan Public School, Uttam School for Girls, and

DLF Public school, participated in it. It was conducted by Quiz Master Ms.

Dolly Haryal. In the Junior group, Aditi Singh of

DLF Public School won the first prize. In the Senior group, first po-

sition was bagged by Mrigya Gupta

of DLF Public School, and Sparsh Kasana of Khaitan Public School got

the second position.


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Khaitanians win Gold at Vibrations-2016, a National Level

Dance Competition

On the eve of the World Dance Day, Kesari

Devi Bajaj (KDB) Public School, Gha-

ziabad organised a national level dance com-petition ‘Vibrations-2016’ based on the

theme – Epics and Classics of India. Khai-tan Public School, Sahibabad presented a

dance choreography ‘CHAKRAVYUHU’, the story based on Abhimanyu’s brutal death

on the 13th day of the greatest war ever fought in India i.e., Mahabharata.

The students of Khaitan Public School gave a heart wrenching performance and

stood first in the competition. The entire presentation was conceptualized

and Choreographed by Ms. Anusuya Ghosh Banerjee (Cultural Head) and assisted by Ms.

Suman Rawat & Mr. Peeyush Hasija. 11

schools from Ghaziabad and Delhi participated in this competition. The name of the winning

team of students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad are:

Ayushi Kumar (IX) | Shruti Segal (IX) | Anish-

ma Prashanti (IX) | Shreya Goel (X) | Dhruv (X) | Himani (X) | Krishna (X) | Aditya Tomar

(VIII)

Ghaziabad district team of Roller Hockey Team

10 member Ghaziabad district team

of Roller Hockey also won Silver medal in U-12 category. 9 out of 10

students were students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad. The Team

is as follows:

Gorang Mundhra (Captian) | Ansh Sawhney (Vice Captain) |

Udai Manan (Keeper) | Pulkit |

Suyash Rajput | Akhil Chaudhary | Kapish | Avyukt Sharma |

Keshav

U-19 Ghaziabad District team also won a Bronze medal at the tourna-

ment. 2 Members including captain of the team were from Khaitan Pub-

lic School, Sahibabad. Students of Khaitan Public School who were part

of the team:

Harsh Mundhra (Captain) Ayush

Mittal


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Ghaziabad’s top school emerges with 2nd best medal tally in Uttar Pradesh at

Roller Skating Championship

Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad emerged among top 2 schools at the final day of the Uttar Pradesh Roller Skating Championship, 2016. Students were led by Mr. Akash

Tomar, Skating Coach at Khaitan Public School. They per-formed valiantly in the championship, scoring medals in all

categories ranging from 300 metre Speed skating to the team events such as Roller Hockey. The winning run of Khaitan Public School ended with the

final tally of 13 Gold, 5 Silver, and 1 Bronze medal at the end of the championship on day 2. The Championship was conducted at the state level by Meerut District on 14th and 15th

April at IMT Academy, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

List of Students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad, who bagged a medal

at the championship: U-8: 300m Speed Skating : Krish Mehta (Gold Medal)

U-8 : 500m Speed Skating : Krish Mehta (Gold Medal)

U-10 : 300m Speed Skating : Darsh Chaudhary (Gold Medal)

U-10 : 500m Speed Skating : Darsh Chaudhary (Gold Medal)

U-8 : Girls 300m Speed Skating : Mehak Mehar (Gold Medal)

U-8 : Girls 500m Speed Skating : Mehak Mehar (Gold Medal)

U-8 : Girls 500m Speed Skating : Yashika Bhatt (Gold Medal)

U-8 : Girls 1500m Road Race : Yashika Bhatt (Silver Medal)

U-8 : 300m Speed Skating : Arman Tyagi (Gold Medal)

U-8 : 500m Speed Skating : Arman Tyagi (Gold Medal)

U-6 : 300m Speed Skating : Vansh Tuli (Gold Medal)

U-6 : 500m Speed Skating : Vansh Tuli (Gold Medal)

U-16 : 300m Speed Skating : Ujjwal Sharma (Gold Medal)

Ab-16 : 300m Speed Skating : Ayush Mittal (Gold Medal)

Ab-16 : 500m Speed Skating : Ayush Mittal (Silver Medal)

U-6 : 300m Speed Skating : Umaan Huzer (Silver Medal)

U-6 : 1500m Road Race : Umaan Huzer (Silver Medal)

U-6 : 1500m Road Race : Vartual Kaushik (Silver Medal)

10 member Ghaziabad district team of Roller Hockey also won Silver medal in U-12 category. 9 out of 10 students were students from Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad. The Team is as follows:

Gorang Mundhra (Captian); Ansh Sawhney (Vice Captain); Udai Manan (Keeper); Pulkit

Suyash Rajput; Akhil Chaudhary; Kapish; Avyukt Sharma & Keshav.


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Assemblages

Endeavour

A special assembly was conducted by the

students of class XI. They discussed about

three streams offered in school i.e. Hu-

manities, Commerce and Science as well

as various career options that the students

can avail.

The students also briefed the audience

about their long term and short term

goals; and why is it a necessity for them

to have a goal. They also emphasized on

the importance and need of discipline in

their life.

Towards the end, Education Director Ms.

Geeta Varshneya, shared her thoughts

with the students on importance of goal

setting, time management and a struc-

tured time table in a students’ life; she al-

so distributed medals to the Olympiad

rankers.


Class- III-E

hosted a class

assembly on

the topic

‘Mother’s

Day’.

The assembly

commenced

with a prayer

followed by

the Thought of the Day.

An informative skit befitting the topic

was enacted by the students.

The skit brought to light the various

qualities of a mother, her love and

sacrifices.

In the end, students sang a melodious

song to pay tribute to all the mothers

of the world.

Ms. Lovely Arora (H.M. Middle Wing)

applauded the students for their ef-

forts. It was an enthralling assembly.

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Creative Corner

Why Women Empowerment is the only way Forward for a

Better Society The nature divided us into two genders i.e. male and female while

crafting the most complex living structure; but the society classified these mortal beings as family earners and family makers. This divi-sion of labour was charted out centuries ago when the earnings were

solely based on physical labor. Biologically, this system was appro-priate around the time when humans were far from civilization, living

as cave-people. But as time progressed, this idea became rigid and turned to a baseless stone-carved rule. People forgot the logic be-hind the understanding, thus leading to discrimination, oppression,

and subjugation of women.

Now the human population lives in a globalized era and the modern

civilization is at its pinnacle. Today’s jobs no longer merely require physical labour but mostly depend on intellect and creativity of employees. Often women are

more than capable of overcoming these barriers but the traditional mindset of Indian society denies women of these basic rights. It is still considered in rural areas that a female is just a burden and capable of only managing the house. This rudimentary thinking leads to female in-

fanticide and female child deaths. This disturbs the female-male ratio and causes imbalance in the social milieu and hampers the social growth of a civilization. If the girl child survives, then

her path of life is not a bed of roses. At a very young age, the child is taught to be submissive, respect elders, and their male counterparts. This congenital submission by the female enables

the men to harass a woman mentally, physically and sexually throughout her life.

The scenario in urban regions is quite contrasting. The thinking prevalent in city-dwellers is that if a married woman is working then she is not a good home-maker as she is not devoting

her full time to the family.

Women empowerment refers to providing females with opportunities that enable

them to walk shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts.

The Indian government has enacted much legislation to support the cause: The Equal Remu-neration Act, The Dowry Prohibition Act, The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and

The Maternity Benefit Act to name a few.

Today’s woman, with the help of many aids provided by government, is single-handedly man-aging her job and the home. No longer is she confined within the four walls. She is stepping

out and showcasing her talent in various fields. This change has occurred only since last two decades. The mind-set of general population is changing. Women are being promoted and are

doing better than ever.

All of us, men and women, must come together to support the cause of women empowerment and spread the message of equality, because that is the only way forward in which there will

be no discrimination on the basis of gender.

By : Manavika Khanna (XI C)

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Hackers – The misunderstood race | The Technocratie

The word evokes an imagery of a hooded, shady figure sit-

ting on a computer, furiously tapping the keys on the key-

board in an effort to bring an entire organisation down to

its knees.

Now, a few things to be understood right off the bat:

1. ‘Hackers’ as a word died in the past century. If you’re

still using it, time for a much-needed update.

2. People who can be referred to as ‘Hackers’ are not the

ones described above.

So, now having made myself clear, we can move on to

properly defining this misunderstood lot.

From Dictionary.com

A person who circumvents security and breaks into a

network, computer, file, etc., usually with malicious

intent.

So, the person passes through network security as if they weren’t even there and messes with things, no

surprise. Keyword that is used above is ‘usually’. You remove that word from this definition, and you have

just defined ‘Crackers.’

Or wait, let’s approach the classification through an easier analogy, Hats.

Black Hat Hackers

Black Hat Hackers are the ones most of us know of. They break into companies, steal data, and disappear

without a trace (at least try to). Or they can do what is called in technical terms, a ‘DDoS’, basically flooding

the server with so many requests that the server says ‘That’s enough, I quit!’ and goes down, usually only

for short periods (It takes tons of computational power to do this).

These guys are the prime targets of cyber crime cells. They’re an underground mafia of sorts, maintaining

secret databases of each one’s bragging rights.

White Hat Hackers

These guys are the misunderstood lot. So terribly at points, that most people don’t even know just how

much they earn by legit methods!

Most White Hat Hackers prefer the term ‘Penetration Tester’, and for good reason. At the core, both White

Hats and Black Hats do the same thing, but the difference is the intent. White Hats are recruited by firms to

test their network defenses, and if a loophole exists, the White Hat will leave a trace on the systems that he

was there, to prove his point, and offers his opinion on how to close the hole.

White Hats are usually more formidable that Black Hats, since most large IT firms(read: Google) face up to a

1000 attacks each day and never face a second’s downtime, thanks to their penetration testers who keep all

the loopholes plugged tightly.

Grey Hat Hackers

Grey Hats are on the fence here, nothing special other than the fact that they have no moral compass and

only money is the guidance whether a loophole they discover ends up in the company’s hands on whose plat-

form it was discovered, or on a shady underground guy’s, whose has intention is to destroy that organisation

and gain control over its networks.

This is the easiest classification of Hackers which I can devise. The differences essentially end at their moral

inclinations, since everyone uses the same tool, the Swiss Army Knife of Hacking.

Well, this is getting too technical, so I think I’ll rest my case here. Hope you guys understand a bit more

about ‘Hackers’ now!

By :Harsh Shandilya (XII C)


http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hacker?s=t

https://www.offensive-security.com/community-projects/backtrack-linux/

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Relevance of Sports

Sports are all forms of usually competitive

physical activities or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to

use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to

participants, and in some cases, entertain-ment for spectators.

Usually, the contest or game is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the

other. Some sports allow a tie game; oth-ers provide tie-breaking methods, to en-

sure one winner and one loser. Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or cus-

toms, which serve to ensure fair competi-

tion, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Technology plays an important

part in modern sports. With it being a nec-essary part of some sports (such as motor-

sport), it is used in others to improve per-formance. Some sports also use it to allow

off-field decision making. Youth sports pre-sent children with opportunities for fun,

socialization, forming peer relationships, physical fitness, and athletic scholarships.

Activists for education and the war on drugs encourage youth sports as a means

to increase educational participation and to fight the illegal drug trade.

By : Simran Gulati(X D)

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The Real but Fake World

People don’t show honesty,

To the ones who really trust them. Faces shown and faces hidden,

In the motive of pretension. Promises are made to regret;

The loss of faith and humanity. Now I fear I’ll not find,

A heart full of purity.

I have been so kind,

To people who never mind, About me or my life,

Whom I now in spite, Want to forget forever,

To make my life smoother,

For I have gained maturity, From the world full of brutality.

By - Rupal Handoo (XII B)


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Correct Road taken

This is a story of a boy, named Rahul who belongs to a very poor family. He has two

younger brothers and his parents

in his family’s. The family financial

condition is not so good, even though his father took loan from

others and made their son com-plete their high school. And as a

result the pressure of loan accumu-lated on the father's head. Until,

Rahul completed his high school, mountains of troubles broke out on

his family. Every person was pres-suring his father to pay the loan.

Besides, his father was now unem-ployed.

Rahul started taking tuitions and

earn a living for his family. After

some time his father started to work again. He has now started studying in college. He continued his studies and was

very concerned about his motives.

The dream of becoming an officer was taking birth in Rahul's mind. Meanwhile, eligibil-ity test for teacher's were announced for applying. Rahul halfheartedly applied for the

same. Exams happened and he scored 105 marks out of 150. He received many ap-pointment letters from different schools, but he didn't go to any. He still has the desire

to become an officer. Months passed on. Finally, he received a letter in which only four days were left before the ending date to apply.

His mother compelled him to go there and he started his job. On the contrary, his fa-ther’s health got deteriorated. So, he suggested his father to stay at home and rest.

During this period Rahul returned the loan which was taken by his father and now, he took a sigh of relief. He is doing hard efforts for civil services. His both the brothers

are doing their studies well.

Now, Rahul wonders had his mother not forced him to go for the interview,

what would have been his family condition today???

Rahul learnt a lesson" Something is better than nothing and no job is small or menial".

By : Nandini Sharma (IX E)


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Celebrations

Mahavir Jayanti, also known as Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, is the most important reli-

gious holiday for Jains. It celebrates the birth o f Mahavira . Acco rd ing to Ja in

texts, Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day

of the bright half of the moon in the month of Chaitra in the year 599 BC. Mahavira was

born in a democratic kingdom (Ganarajya), Vajji, where the king was chosen by votes. Vaishali was its capital. As a child, Mahavira was called with the name

'Vardhamana', which means "One who grows", because of the increased prosperity in the kingdom at the time of his birth.

The idol of Mahavira is carried out on a chariot, in a procession called rath yatra. Dur-ing the day, most members of the Jain community engage in some sort of charitable

act. Many devotees visit temples dedicated to Mahavira to meditate and offer prayers. Donations are collected in order to promote charitable missions like saving cows from

slaughter or helping to feed poor people. Ancient Jain temples across India typically see an extremely high volume of practitioners come to pay their respects and join in

the celebrations.

By : Ujjwal (X B)

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Vaisakhi, also known as Baisakhi, Vaishakhi,

or Vasakhi refers to the harvest festival of the Punjab, the Punjabi New Year falling on the first day of Vaisakh which is

the first solar month of the Punjabi calendar, Khalsa Sir-jana Divas which marks the birth of the Khalsa in the year

1699 and the Mesha Sankranti festival. It is celebrated on either 13 or 14 April. Vaisakhi is a Punjabi harvest fes-

tival for people of the Punjab region. This day is also ob-served as a thanks giving day by farmers whereby farmers pay their tribute, thanking

God for the abundant harvest and also praying for future prosperity.

The main celebration takes place at Talwandi Sabo (where Guru Gobind Singh stayed

for nine months and completed the recompilation of the Guru Granth Sahib), and in the Gurudwara at Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa and at the Golden

Temple in Amritsar. It is culturally and traditionally regarded as an important and sig-nificant Punjabi festival, further exemplified by the thousands of Sikh pilgrims from

around the world arriving each year to commemorate the day at the sacred Sikh

sites of Nankana Sahib.

By : Ujjwal Sachdeva (X E)


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What leads to success in life? IQ or EQ?

In today’s time and age, it’s very important to possess balanced Emotions to survive

and grow in the world. As High Academic performers {With High Intelligent Quo-

tient (IQ} doesn’t necessarily guarantee success in life. You all must have experienced

or witnessed people who have high IQ but still fail to hold a job for a longer time,

doesn’t have cordial relationship with co-workers, failed marriages, Low endur-

ance, Low self-esteem, etc.

Future is uncertain and unpredictable, we have to prepare our selves and our kids for

the best and for the worst of it. It is disheartening to

see that the talented Youth of our country are facing

severe emotional turmoil and are unable to deal with

the stress effectively. They are getting depressed, so-

cially withdrawal, and also having negative

thoughts clouding their logical part of the brain. The

time has come where we start questioning our parent-

ing methods. Why & what’s wrong with our gener-

ation? Why aren’t they able to cope up with the stressors in life?

Emotional Quotient (EQ) is the new phenomena that has become the inevitable part

of our lives.

Emotional Quotient is to monitor and regulate our emotions. We humans are driven by

emotions. It’s necessary to have a healthy balance in emotions. We need to keep a

tab especially on our negative emotions like (Anger, Jealousy, etc.).

We need to teach our kids to be positive in life, be compassionate, be patient, be

hopeful, have faith in themselves, Self- Regulation, manage anger effectively, value

the importance of time, etc. The concept of EQ has emerged and now is valued by all

the organizations as well, whether it’s a school set up or corporate companies. The

companies are assessing the EQ of a person along with the IQ before hiring people.

So together, lets promise each other that we will imbibe and give utmost importance

to EQ- as it makes or breaks our life.

By : Manika Pal (Counsellor)


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TASTY BITES

STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE

PREPRATION TIME= 10 min. RECIPE TYPE: breakfast, beverage

CUISINE: International

SERVES: 2

INGREDIENTS (measuring cup=250

ml)

250 grams strawberries 22 to 25 small

to medium strawberries

2 cups chilled milk, 500 ml, you can al-

so add 2.5 cups milk

3 to 4 tbsp sugar or add as required (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

First rinse the strawberries and then drain them.

Put the chopped strawberries in a blender jar along with 2 cups

chilled milk.

Add 3 tbsp sugar or as per taste. If the strawberries are very

sweet, then you don't need to add any sugar.

Blend till smooth.

Pour in a tall glass and serve fresh.

You can also add a scoop of vanilla ice cream or strawberry ice

cream and turn it into a strawberry ice cream shake.

BY: SHRIYA VARMA (IX)


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BOOK REVIEW

THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI #49

Recently, I read a book called ‘The Way of the Samurai’

part 49 of ‘Geronimo Stilton’ series, published by

Scholastic. It is a story about a mouse called ‘Geronimo

Stilton’ who is the editor of a magazine. In this book, he

goes to Japan with Wild Willie in search of a legendary

ancient samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-

lost fighting technique. The story talks about the adven-

turous journey of Stilton and his friends to Japan. They

fight bravely with a group of talented ninjas in order to

secure back the secret scroll which had fallen in the

wrong hands. The book is illustrated well. It is interest-

ing to read not only because of its story but also be-

cause of its absorbing highlights, font and design. It’s

another treat for Geronimo Stilton fans. Overall a great

read!

By: Yash Nain (VII D)


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Classes III & IV

Akshi Gupta, Simran Bhalla, Mohd Zaki Zobair, Piyush Sarkar, Mohd Kaif, Akshat Verma, Sharvani Sri-

vastava, Krish Mehta, Mahira Khan, Aalya Bhardwaj, Akshat Joshi, Anureet Kaur Sandhu, Janav Ranjeet

Naik, Unnati Jain, Jai Krishna, Navya Sharma, Anshika Mavi, Daksh Pathak, Mahi Jhunjhunwala, Parth

Saxena, Dhruva Joshi, Suhani Sharma, Garvit Arya, Sanhvi Chaturvedi, Yashika Kaushik, Debangi Das,

Akshay Rana, Mehul Bansal, Shreyas Singh, Kartikey Joshi, Apurva Roy, Ishita Kasana, Aarush Upadhyay,

Ansh Nirwan, Armaan Sahal, Shashwat Chaudhary, Bhavya Kumar, Anmol, Darsh Singhal, Karnpriya Shar-

ma, Navya Sidana, Saieesh Dhar, Soumil Sharma, Tanishq Jha, Snehal Dixit, Udayendu Bose, Niket Gupta,

Nischay Sharma, Aryan Singh, Abi Gupta, Achal Grover, Aarnav Choudhary, Anya Singh, Armaan Tyagi,

Anushka Goyal, Architt Krishna Bharadwaj, Arnav Singh, Adwait Bharadwaj, Rajyavardhan Singh, Preet,

Priyansh Chandel, Rashi Chaudhary, Pranav, Sanvi Chaturvedi, Lavanya Yadav, Ruchi Kaushik, Ujjwal

Pratap Singh, Pradyuman Badwal, Vaibhavi Kaushik, Daksh Jain, Manleen Walia, Shriya Garg & Ujjwal

Sharma.

Classes V & VI

Siya Mahajan, Dhruv Gupta, Naman Sharma, Aryan Sinha, Nishkarsh Kasana, Sanchit Arora, Anushka

Anand, Ishaan Nagar, Ishita Jain, Vidushi Raj Asthana, Pragati Choubey, Yash Kumar, Monish Jain, Drishti,

Yash Goel, Vishakha Ranjan, Shejal Choudhary, Arnav Goyal, Anubhuti Priya, Vartul Kaushik, Aditya Ku-

mar, Harshvardhan Dagar, Fatir Raza, Devishi Sachdeva, Omar Akmal, Bhavya Singh, Kavya Mathur,

Aarush Rastogi, Ayush, Etasha Tufchi, Guneet Kaur Sandhu, Lavanya Kaur, Aditya S, Rida Geelani, Palak

Birmiwala, Chhavi Koul, Krishna Kakkar, Parth Singh, Rudra Rana, Divyansh Pant, Kushwardhan Plawat,

Ananya Jain, Aradhya Tyagi, Archit Sapra, Arjun Rajput, Yash Kumar Singh, Mohd. Armaan & Shauryadeep

Singh.


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Classes VII & VIII

Tarandeep Singh, Harshdeep Varshney, Sneha Jain, Kavya Gaur, Vishal Sharma, Udai Mannan, Arnav

Tomar, Jahnvi Chauhan, Shubhanshu Gupta, Aditi Sharma, Mayank Dubey, Atharva Singh, Manya Singh

Gaur, Naman Jain, Lakshya Kapoor, Dhruv Wazir, Raxit Singh, Darsh Verma, Shirsha Sarkar, Gagan Prakash

Beetan, Tarun Kaul, Nishkarsh Jain, Anshika Gupta, Suhail Chaudhary, Samridh Sinha, Aditya Nanda, Ab-

hishek Singhal, Samridhi Singh, Krish Kaul, Nikhil Choudhary, Ankit Sharma, Gaurika Sharma, Lakshay Ku-

mar, Astha, Abhinav Agnihotri, Ansh, Nishika, Hirakjyoti Das, Archit Jain, Pulkit Khattar, Urvi Tyagi, Nihar

Poddar, Tushar Garg, Caustav Karan, Aryan Arora, Dev Verma & Satakshi Sharma.

Classes XI & X

Richa Arya, Suhail Choudhary, Harshita Tyagi, Karan Chaudhary, Pranjal Sharma, Himanshu Dwivedi, Moin

Khan, Sarthak Sinha, Tanya Rana, Riddhi Sharma, Muskan Sanghi, Tasmiya Akmal, Nikhil Sharma, Sid-

dharth Singh, Arman Malik, Namami Pasricha, Akriti Sharma, Nisha Chauhan, Sumaiya Khan, Arjun Shar-

ma, Anshika Paruthi, Madhav Khosla, K.V. Prashant Dwivedi, Manik Dhedha, Parth Aggarwal, Harshal

Garg, Siddharth Kasana, Shruti Srivastava, Shruti Sehgal, Shriya Varma, Vishakha Sharma, Samarth Singh,

Jai Karan Mahajan, Ashuditi Devbala & Aryan Kotru.

Classes XI & XII

Prajjwal Srivastava, Peeyush Sisodia, Ujjwal Prakash Sharma, Tushar Chauhan, Akshita Bhardwaj, Shaurya

Bhargava, Riddhi Maheshwari, Sakshi Singh, Rachit Chaudhary, Abhinav Sharma, Harsh Shandilya, Prajawal

Srivastava, Ayush Singhwal, Akash Kumar, Nikhil Mishra, Shivam Kumar Singh, Vinit Malik, Kavyanjali

Jha, Tanishq Sindhu, Akriti Goel, Ritesh Garg, Mallika Verma, Rupal Handoo, Anand Roy, Poornima

Choudhary, Swarn Kaur, Aryan Dixit, Yuvraj Singh Nainwal, Ankit Kumar, Anjali Sharma, Kush Raghav,

Riddhi Sharma, Shubham Pal, Trisha Baunthiyal & Sayonee Mitra.

Staff

Ms. Swati Sharma , Ms. Anita Jhawer, Ms. Charu Goswami, Ms. Rachna Priya Verma, Ms. Garima Bhasin,

Ms. Sherly John, Mr. Babu Lal Thapa, Ms. Preeti Gupta, Ms. Vineeta Singh , Ms. Mansi Sharma, Ms. Rishi-

ka Sharma, Ms. Garima Gupta , Ms. Rachna Bhatnagar , Ms. Kumari Ritu , Ms. Saumya Shri Nayak, Ms.

Sangeeta Parmar, Mr. Pawan Dutt, Ms. Ekta Singh, Dr. Sher Ali Khan, Ms. Shalini Arora, Ms. Shikha

Singh, Mr. Mahipal Singh Rawat, Mr. Amit Gupta, Ms. Lovely Arora, Ms. Monika Ahuja, Mr. Salman

Hussain Warsi, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Yadav & Ms. Greeshma Varma.


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VICE—CHAIRMAN’s MESSAGE Hello students,

Today is more exciting time than ever to be a young en-trepreneur and a dreamer in India. There are tremendous opportunities for growth. If you are willing and daring to

take calculative risks for a better tomorrow, you can reap the rewards that this herculean economy has to offer. India is one of the few countries with a very young popu-lation that has insatiable needs. You simply need to tap the market and fulfill the demands. I truly believe in the phrase that “You are only limited

by your mind.” I changed my thinking process after reading the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. A definite must-read for anyone who wants to make a dent in the world and to do big in life. Today, I believe there is nothing you cannot achieve if you have dreamt it before. Infact, if you look around, everything that you see is actually crafted by humans. It was conceived and de-veloped by someone like you, whether an idea, organization, or a country. Therefore, the first path to live your dream is to actually believe in your dream.

The path may not be as clear as it looks in the beginning, but what is easy isn’t worth it. Right?

The most frustrating aspect about dreaming is that only you can see the dream. Other than working on your dream, you will have to work on convincing others to believe in your dreams. You will have to make people see the same dream as you have seen, and then the dream will become reality one day, with the joint efforts of the dreamer i.e, you and the people you made to dream. Khaitan Public School was also built on a dream. A dream seen by my Grandmother, Mrs. Draupadi Khai-tan. She dreamt of a school with thousands of children studying in it and getting quality education. My young friends,

today you are entering the most exciting phase of our country’s growth. There are so many opportuni-ties and you are in the thick of it. Dream big, stay true to your dream, because you yourself don’t know what you can achieve, your true potential. At this point, I remember a story my father once told me. There was a very successful entrepreneur by the name of Rohit in India who used to own a shoe company. His sales were doing very well in India, so he decided to expand his business to other countries. He had heard about this tiny

little country called Zambia in Africa and so, he researched on the market capabilities in the country. Later, he

sent one of his head territory managers, Rahul, to Zambia to investigate the market in the country, and find out more about the possibilities of success in the zone. Upon reaching Zambia, Rahul called his boss and told him, “Sir there is absolutely no market here! Nobody is wearing shoes.” At this point his boss, Rohit called him back to India. Rohit decided to go to Zambia himself, and he got very excited looking at the conditions in the country. He called up his manufacturing unit in India and told them, “Start producing on a large scale, there is a huge market

here, nobody is wearing shoes.” My students, remember it’s all about how you see the world. Always remember to look at it through your own eyes, your own experience, with a belief in yourself . If you want to be successful, be creative in your thinking, take calculative risks, and I can assure you, the world will be at your feet. – Mr. Anirudh Khaitan (Vice Chairman)

Endeavour

THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Chief Editor: Ms. Geeta Varshneya

Editor: Ms. Sabita Seth

Teacher’s Editorial Board: Ms. Shivani Shesh (Head), Ms.

Sangeeta Parmar, Ms. Chanda Banerjee & Ms. Jyoti Sharma

and Ms. Swati Kapoor.

Student’s Editorial Board: Ayushi Chowdhary (XI)

Student Reporters: Nikita Gupta (XI), Harsh Shandilya

(XI), Riya Singh (XI), Kavyanjali Jha (XI). Sector – V Rajendra Nagar

Sahibabad, Ghaziabad (U.P.)


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