CH 7/7 | a ay The Ascent growing 445 togelher RNa eae MTC CEN Loe c aera a LAAIS THE MNIICE MARATINE NE VIVEKANANNA KENIRA VINYAIAYAS ARIINAPHAl PRANESH TRIICT - volume yxVInKr. Neelam Tarap Class Vl, VKV Joarm ‘ipi Yingfo 7 class, VV chaangTajo. aEditor ‘Su Aparna Palkar, Secretary, VKVAP Trust, Dibrugarh Executive Editor Sri Ananda Dutta Advisory Committee Sri Rupesh Mathur, Joint Secretary Sri Aruntaj Singh Shekhawat, Administrative Officer Mrs Pratibha Kulkarni, Office Secretary Sri P.M. Unnikrishnan, Education Officer, VKVAPT Sti S.C. Dixit, Education Officer, VKVAPT Sri§ Muralidharan, Education Officer, VKVAPT SriNitin R Jain, HRD Manager Sri Krishna Kumar, Member, VKVAP Trust Sri, Pankaj Kumar, Teacher, VKV Itanagar Illustrations SriTitan Dey, Teacher, VKV Kharsang Si Karnal Jyoti Patar, Teacher, VKV Roing Cover Page Design Sri Basanta Saikia, VKVAP Trust, Dibrugarh Published by The. House Magazine of Vivekatianda Kendra Vidyalayas Arunachal Pradesh Trust satse fAEET growingS|7 togelher VIVEKANANDA KENDRA VIDYALAYAS ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRUST “Breezy Meadows’ Riverside, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam @ 0373-2324320 Fax 0373-2321293 Email vkvapt@vkendra.org Website www.vkvaptiorg wwwwkendra.org Editorial 02 Annual Report 03-56 If We Can Have that National Homogeneity... 57-58 Growing Together-Innate Nature of Arunachal 59-60 Growing Together-An Arunachal Approach 61-62 GUMIN REGO KILAJU (GRK) ...a collaboration of positive minds for social arowth 63-66 Works Together While Growing Together ~ A Success Story 67-69 Concept of Growing together’ in the Indigenous culture of Arunachal Pradesh 70-71 Growing Together and Indigenous Culture Inter VKV Essay Writing Competition Essays It happened to me Memory Lane Pearls of the Land Rustling Words Uttisthta Jagrata Miscellaneous Hindi and Sanskrit Article‘They alone live who live for othery rest ave more dead than alive? - Swami Vivekananda This issue of ‘Arohi’, has incorporated the concept of ‘Growing Together’. In an era of unfeeling competitions, the attempts made to let others grow together is rare but expected. The instances made in this direction bring respite to many and fill our heart with positivity and hope. The concept of ‘Growing together’ is so finely blended in the societal fabric of Arunachal Pradesh that it has become an innate nature of the people. This grand ideals of living for others while thriving in life is found manifested naturally in the life in this society. We have many articles in this issues which have highlighted these aspects. A Vidyalaya provides ample opportunities to instill and nurture the concept of ‘Growing together’. From the classroom to the wider community, the Vidyalaya offers us all possible avenues to not only teach this lesson but also practice ‘Growing together’. Our students must assume the responsibility of being the care takers of the planet and live as instrument of divine one. In addition to the articles related to ‘Growing Together’, the magazine also contains usual sections like ‘It happened to me’, ‘Pearls from the land’ etc. which are adorned with articles by the creative students and staffs of our Vidyalayas. We are also celebrating 50 years of Vivekananda Rock Memorial, which has become a symbol of unity for the entire nation, as “ Vivekananda Shila Smarak -Ek Bharat Vijay Bharat’. Vivekananda Rock Memorial, exemplifies the concerted efforts of all to achieve a national goal. Let this issue of Arohi, be an offering in this maha celebration. Aparna Palkar Secretary VKVAP TrustCUE No Wap a Px Every duty is holy,and devotion to duty is the highest form ofthe worship of God ‘Swami Vivekananda In an endeavor to nurture the culture of this pristine land with the nourishment of quality education and thereby to dovetail the otherwise sequestered land to mother Bharat, Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, popularly known as VKVs, were established in Arunachal Pradesh in the year 1977. Mananeeya Eknathji Ranade, the founder of Vivekananda Kendra, an astute visionary envisaged to develop Arunachal Pradesh as an ideal state for the rest of our motherland. The chronicle has already completed four decades with its ineffaceable marks. VKVs, under the aegis of Vivekananda Kendra, a spiritually oriented service mission, inspired by such grand prophecy and electrifying ideals of Swami Vivekananda is leaping forward every year to materialize this vision. We are immensely happy to present the Annual Report which archives the wide range of activities carried out during the session 2018-19. The VKVs in Arunachal Pradesh as on 31 March 2019 SINo District Primary Middle Secondary _ Higher Total Secondary 1 Anjaw 1 1 2 Papum Pare 4 2 6 3. Changlang 1 1 1 3 4 West Siang 1 1 2 5 Upper Subansiri 1 1 6 —_Longding 1 1 7 East Siang 1 1 8 Lower Dibang Valley 1 1 9 EastKameng 1 2 3 10 West Kameng 1 1 2 41 Lohit 3 3 42 Lower Subansiri 1 1 1 3 13. Kurung Kumey 1 1 14 Upper Siang 1 1 15 Tawana 1 1 2 16 Pakke Kessang 2 2 47 Kra Daadi 1 1 18 Kamle 2 2 19 Leparada 1 1 TOTAL 4 7 20 6 y ts Aol Cpt ws Veslananda Kancra Vala, Arunachal adech Wart. 3 {Students Inauguration of VKV Mukto : The latest addition to the VKVs S eX VKV Mukto, the 37th VKV of Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Shri Pema Khandu in the presence of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju on 25th Tune 2018.The Hon'ble Chief Minister said that starting VKV Mukto and dedicating it to people is one of the cher- ished and most deserving works that they had done so far. While speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister acknowledged the contribution made by VKVs in Arunachal Pradesh. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju said that VKVs impart man making and nation building education stressing all round development of the children. Strength Strength Staffs Fe = Shri Rupesh Mathur, Joint Secretary, VKVs Arunachal Pradesh welcomed the gather- ing and informed them about various activities undertaken by Vivekananda Kendra in Arunachal Pradesh. Other dignitaries present: Shri Rinchen Dorjee a Trustee of VKVAPT, Shri Rinchin Norbu, Chairman School Support Group of VKV Kitpi, Parliamentary Secretary RWD, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Jambey Tashi, Hon'ble MLA Tawang, Shri Tsering Tashi, Padmashree Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Deputy Commissioner Tawang Shri Sang Phuntsok (IAS), and many officers from the Administrative and Engineering Departments along with Public Leaders. The school is up to Class VIII having hostel facility for boys only. ) 4 (ss Aum pr Vikan ana ala, Aninahal ech TidClass X Result : The students of VKVs depicted better performance in the Class X CBSE board examination sustaining the revered position in Arunachal Pradesh in terms of Class X board examination. Salient Features of Class X Result : 26 Total Appeared 978 Total Passed 959 \3 Pass Percentage 98.06 100 % Pass 19 VKVs 100 % First Division VKV Tafrogam| = <60 School wise Result sino] _vKv Appeared | Pots | above | above | com avory | Others | Compartment | Fail] Absent 1_|Tarrocam so} so] e | 2] 0 2 2 ninutt 73 | 79_| 19 | 26 | 22 2 7 3 _[ITANAGAR 39-30 [0 [2 [35 3 4 | BALAN 2 | 26] 3 | 7] 13 3 S_| Tzu 2r_[ 27 |_4 | 2 7 6 | iow apap 4 | | 2 7 7 NvinAR 27] 27 3 | 23 3 8 _| KHARSANG a1 [a1 {4 5 | 2 2 2 | sanperpewa| 34] s4 | 1 | 10 | 14 3 10_[ SuNPURA a1 [31 4 | 24 14 11 ROING: A = 32_| wimp TaWANG | 17_| a7 [4 3 | 10 6 13_[ vinekions 26 | 26 3 | 7 1" 14 [ KUPORWO. 39} 38 | 5 | 2 10 15 | YAZALL 35 | 35 rE 10 16 | SEWOSA 23 | 29 a [15 7] 17_| SHERGAON 20 | 28 32 15 76 _| SHER 36] 36 cE) 2 79_| Wessane 18] 18 7 2 20_| EWRS BANA s9_|s8 | 2 | 1 | 34 7 7 21_| viveKviHAR | 53_| 52] 5 | 6 | 24 75 7 22_[ OYAN 36 fas a1 | 4] 15 7 2a _[ NIALISA 2a 93 2 6 5 24 _[AMLIANG 13] 18 3 2 2 7 25_| JAIRAMPUR 26 | 24 2 [73 33 ia 26_[ ZIRO ee [7] 2a a Total 97e__[9s9 | 58 [169 | 517 215 [| 18 [1] 4 Percentage 98.06| 5.93 [17.28 | 52.86 | 21.98] 184 [0.10 1 Avoid Report» Vsnkananda Kenda Vidyalaya, Arunachal Pradech Tawt ) S (Students with 90% & above in Class X Board Exam Oo 7 SINo|’) Name of Student VKV 6 Percentage, 7_[ ia PUM HAUT Nigam 26 2_| KR SAUMIK_BERA TRanagar 25.6 [KM nFRASMITA NEY ltanagar a5 4 “4_| KR HARSHDEEP_DEY Nil 252 S_[ KR NISANKA GOSWAMI Niu 24.8 6 _| KMASISI_MELE Tafrogam 24.8 7 [KR ABHILASH CHOUDHARY Niu 24.6 @ | KM GOLLO_NINU Nil 94.6 | KR HONUK DADA, Bana 24.4 70 | Kw BURU_HANIO Nill 24.4 11__| KM LISHANK TASAR Nil 94.4 12 KRANKIT DEBROY Roing 24.4 73 KR ADVAITH_N_RAVI Vivek Viner 342 14_| KR ARNAB_BHATTACHARJEE ‘Vivek Vihar 24.2 75__| KM ROYAN_GUMSAR_SORUM Nill 24 16 | KR ANURAG TIWARI Nifjul 23.8 17 | KM BELINA_TAMUK Tafrogam 23.8 18 [KM-MITT_ JERANG Tatrogam 23.8 19__| KM ANNA PAO Tanagar 23.4 20__| KM TORI_BUGHI Ttanagar o34 21__| KR TONONG_DOSO yan 23.4 22_| KM DANI RINY! Balan 99.2 23__ | KM PUNYO_AMPT Niful 99.2 24 [KM NANG PETRIA_PANGYOUK Tatrogam 93.2 25__| Km SANGEY_LHAMU itanagar 93 26__| KM NANG ASSEETA NAMCHOOM Tafrogam 33 27__| KR PUU_MEDHI Kharsang 22.8 28__| KM GYAMAR_ANIA Baljan 92.6 29__| KR BISHAL MANDAL Ziro 92.6 30 [RM GOSUM_ORI ai Era 31_[ KR ALWIN_T_THOMAS Vivek Vihar 22.2 32__| KM JOYSHREE DAS Nig 92 33_| KR ABHIJIT DAS Nifjul 318 34 | KOBOM RONYA Kuporio 318 25__| KR TANA_HUTO. Niu 216 36 | KM MIYAM_PERTIN Tafrogam 316 27_| KR MAJOR JONGKEY Benderdowe era 36__| KRANKIT_SEN Nanagar ona 39 | KM MOI_YAMPI anagar oh 40 KM ANKITA DEY Nil ana “@1__| KR SAMPATH_VINAY_RAVURU Roing 314 32 [ KM AIREMI_KOMUT Tatrogam oh 43__[ KR MIRO_PAO Ttanagar 312 44__| KM PURA_NOUNGKU itanagar 312 45__| KR TOMI_NYODU. Vivek Vihar 312 46 [KM GEGAM ETE Nil 312 “a7 KMTARH_MALA Balan 3 Amul GRipt Vivekananda Kenda Vidyalaya, Arunachal Pradesh Thist- SINo |"). Namé bf Student VKV ¢ -Pertentage. ; 48__| KMBAYIR_LIKAR, Nig 31 29 KM PRIYANKA SINGH Nill 31 50] KR TOMI_NYORAK Nigul 908 S1__| KM_KARJUNG DADA Bana 90.6 S@__| KM SHAHNAZ_HUSEAIN Roing 90.6 3__| KM MEERA_NGADONG: TTatogam 90.6 S4__| KM TSERING_WANGMU Tawana 90.6 55__| KR DEBANIL_ROY Ttanagar 90.4 56 | KM LIKHA_MONO) Nifjull 90.2 57 KR SHAYAK PAL Tezu 90.2 sé [KR HIBU_YOMBO Vivek Vihar 90 Students with Centum marks in the subject: SINo Name of Student VKV Subject 7 NISANKA_ GOSWAMI Niji ‘Sanskrit 2 ARNAB_BHATTACHARJEE Vivek Vihar Sanskrit 3 ASISI_ MELE Tafrogam Social Science 4 ADVAITH_N_RAVI Vivek Vihar ‘Social Science 5 ARNAB_BHATTACHARJEE Vivek Vihar ‘Social Science 6 BELINA_TAMUK_ Tafrogam ‘Social Science 7 HIBU_ YOMBO. Vivek Vihar Social Science @ DOGHA DEGIO Bana ‘Social Science 9 MARI_PADU iran Social Science 10 [new _TaTIN Tilia Social Science IP Uc) SINo] KV Pass | Fail | Comp | Absent Total Stream 1 ITANAGAR | 35) 3 38 SCIENCE 2_ | NIRJULT 38 39 SCIENCE, 3 | RONG: 26 1 20 SCIENCE, 4 | YAZAU 3 1 5 SCIENCE, 5 | SHERGAON | _1 2 4 SCIENCE, 6 | JAIRAMPUR | 14, 4 18 SCIENCE 7__|_NIRJULI 21 1 22 ‘COMMERCE @ | ITANAGAR | 36 36 ARTS Total 475 4 15 1 495 1S Aid pir Ss Vaan nar ajay Anica rach Tt”) 7© TOP 10 in Science Stream ees) Name BS) MS 1 KM DEEPSHIKHA BARMAN ars 94.6 Niu 2 _ KR SHIDDARTH SRIVASTAVA 464 92.8 Roing 2 KM KAGO UM! 462 92.6 htanagar 4 KM KRITIKA PRIYADARSHANI 461 92.2 Roing 5 KM PURA TUNIYA 448 89.6 ltanagar 6 KR KOJ KIMEY 433 86.6 Itanagar KM TRIBENI BORGOHAIN 429 85.8 Itanagar KR SHIVAM SAGAR 429 65.8 Nil 8 KR NITESH KUMAR MAHARAJ 42i 84.2 Nigjul © KR ABHIGHEK NATH a0 20.8 Roing orm ISHA OJHA 418 83.6 Roing KM TECH! YAMANG 418 83.6 Nigul © Toppers in Arts Stream ( vkV Itanagar ) Position Name Total Marks VKV 1 KM DAKTER RIBA 456 912 2 KUMARI SAMPADA 238 are Gi KM YUKAR YANA 236 B72 © Toppers in Commerce Stream ( VKV Niguli ) Position Name Total Marks VKV 1 KR RALIVOTI BHATTAGHARJEE 564 Ey 2 KM VARSHA PAREEK 542 90.33 3 KR SHUVANKAR DEY 528 8 Distinguished Achievements of Students Laurels in State & National level State Level Science Exhibition: The VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh showed outstanding performance in the State Level Science Exhibition held on 19% November at GHSS, Itanagar. The topic of the exhibition was “Scientific solution for challenges in Life”. Km. Likha Rashmi (Team Leader) Km. Gyamar Cheku from VKV Vivek Vihar stood first in the State level in which 25 participants from different districts took part. The project was based on waste management and making the Machine model “CREW” - Credit from Waste. The project was guided by Shri Gupta Bigop Parida, Teacher, VKV Vivek Vihar. ) & (ss Ann par iv Vikan ard Way, Arinarhal Pach ThiIn addition to the above, the following VKVs got 1* Position in sub themes SUR THEME NAME OF THE STLINENT ve Health & Cleanliness Larmin Rigia Kuporijo. Resource Management Monaditya Bhattacharjee Nirjuli. Transport & communication Keonaiso Roo Amliang Environment conservation Jomi Ete Jirdin Outstanding performance in the State level Science Congress The students of VKVs swept the board in the state level 26th National Children Science Congress (NCSC) 2018 held in Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, IG Park on November 16-17, Ler YR ep eee alee Focal Iheme: "Science, Technology and Innovation for a Clean, Green and Healthy Nation”. @ Positions by VKVs: 6 out of 10 erty Deroy Tra Megha Raj Perl Karbom Kamsi erie) Tate Sao Nr SMe Peta) Nee TRC Teter tg Udhayso Krong, Amliang TeAll the State level Top 10 positions participated in the national level. at : = NIE National Level: x = Venue & Date: SIKSHA ‘O’ ANUSANDHAN, BHUBANESWAR from 27 to 31 December. Two of our students Km. Wessasswini Konwar from VKV Itanagar and Km. Lucky Modi from VKV Oyan have secured the first position in the Quiz programme and received the medals and prize from Hon'ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan. In Technical Session two students from Arunachal Pradesh have secured B+ Grade. State Level Science Seminar : Tenzin Dolkar of VKV, Kitpi Tawang secured the 3rd position in the State Level Science Seminar held at Dera Natung Government College on 27 August. The topic of the seminar was ‘Industrial Revolution 4.0: Are we prepared?” Eighteen students from different schools and districts participated in the state level science seminar National Award for Innovation : Model-LIFE JACKET WITH AN OXYGEN MASK” In a rejoicing news for the entire people of Longding district and the state as a whole, Kr. Maowang Wangham of class V from VKV Niausa bagged the very prestigious national award in Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Competition 2018. ‘Story Behind : It is reported that the young lad came up with this model after his friend died of drowning in the river sometime back which left a deep scar in his mind. The competition : It is a national level competition Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards 2018 Fetes eer ociam out orcinal techncloaca’y? he ideas and innovations from amongst the children "Former President of Ind up to class 12 or those out of school up to the age Se A! of 17yrs organized by NIF (National Innovation Foundation) to promote creativity and originality among children. ) 10 (i Aim pe Von onde Why, Arnal Bae TiNational Recognition of VKV ALT Project The ATL Project of VKV Jairampur has fetched rare acclaim by bagging the top notch position in the Atal Tinkering Marathon 2017 at National Level Competition organized by Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog. Project preparation: Sri Arjun Chetry, Sri Amit Kr Gupta and Sri Jyotishka Das under the guidance of Mr. Deepak Kumar (Mentor) The Competition in a Nutshell Focus Areas : Clean Energy, Waste Management, Smart Mobility, Health Care, Agritech, Water Resource Total Participation 30,000+ candidates from across the nation vied in the competition. Top 30 entries were shortlisted from top 100.In 2nd round one project from Clean Energy focus area was selected of our team. Innovation Journey of Top 30 Teams ONE Innovation from each focus area was selected at the highest level. VKV Jairampur held the top notch position in ‘Clean Energy’ Focus Area. Felicitating Ceremony On 14th Nov, 2018 the team was felicitated by Dr. Rajiv Kumar VC, Niti Aayog, Dr. Ramanan, Director AIM, Niti Aayog and Dr. Yuri Afanasev from United Nation attended children’s day event organized by UNICEF at the Islamic Cultural Centre. State Level NHPC Painting Competition : VKV students exhibited outstanding perfor- mance in the state level Painting Competition. The following are the results A 4 consolation prizes by VKV Jirdin, Dollunamukh,Banderdewa & Roing ‘st Prize~ Anurag Aryan Chetia, VKV Itanagar B ard Prize~ Bombina Bam, VKV Tafrogam 2 consolation prizes by VKV ltanagar& Jlrdin Performance in the State Level Merit Scholarship: The students of VKVs, as usual per- formed very well in the State Level Merit Scholarship exam held in the first week of November 2018. The following is a summary: so» Asnmid GR port vo» Vivekananda Kenden Vidyalaya, Aninachal Pradach Tat) 11 (Total Students selected for SMS from the State Nos of VKV Students selected @ Shn. Bisv Nat EOC Meg = Nirjuli ™ Vivek Vihar School wise Performance in State Merit Scholarship =itanagar ™ Jirdin NMMS: The students of VKVs have swept the board in the National Means cum Merit Scholarship Exam. It is noteworthy that all the 120 seats have been secured by VKV students. School wise Performance in NMSS 30 3 Science Connect (Level 2): 5 students from VKV Vivek Vihar took part in the regional level Science Connect exam held at Mizoram University, Aizawal which was organized by Mizoram Science and Technology and Vigyan Prasar. Kr Agnik Mandal won the ist position among all North East state. Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan: VIDYARTHI VIGYAN MANTHAN (VVM) is @ National program for educating and popularizing science among school students of Vit XI standards. VVM aims 0 identify and nurture tre bright minds among the student community, who are keen on subjects related to science. It is an initiative of Vijnana Bharati ( VIBHA), in collaboration with the National Council of Education Research and Training. VKVs have exhibited outstanding performance in the following districts: 1 Changlang T students from VKV Jairampur 2 Papum Pare 22 students from VKV Nifjuli ) 2 (eR EERSTE -Taba Opu, a Class 12 science student of the VKV Nijuli, stood first in the Northeast and bagged the second position at the national level Vidvarthi Viavan Manthan (VV). Inter VKV Academic Excellence Award: Two students of VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh have topped in two streams among the VKVs of North East. They were conferred Inter VKV Academic Excellence Award by Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakuman, Uttar Purbanchal. Ihe details of the students are as follow: SLNO JEP Name of the student SY seam MF viv MW Percentage 1 KUM. BISWA BAGE Arts. ltanagar 69.8 2 KUM. SWETA PAUL Science Itanagar 95.2 The Awards were be given at a glittering ceremony at VV Dhemaji in the valedictory function of the ‘Veenapani Lalitkala Samaroh (VLS)’- a cultural meet of the students of VKVs under Vivekananda Kendra Shiksha Prasar Vibhag, Guwahati held from MIth to 15th November 2018. x Prajnya Vikas Written Test: A large number of students took part in the Prajnya Vikas Written Test held on 10 November 2018. Some of the features of the competition : + Allthe 37 schools participated in the competition + 9918 students participated inthe competition in different categories, + Many schools ensured 1003battendance of studentsin the exam. + Yeatlong coaching was given in many schools Wee Participation in diferent Categories in Prajnya Vikas 2018-19 KM. PUNA UMM Vv 475 TAFROGAM ina Potion |. [KMGENAPERTIN Il 485 NIRJULI ONAN YAKANG I 455 NIRJULI 3° KM. EHINAMETO Vv 45 TAFROGAM eet Summary Rest Summa 8 oomoy___wes_cuss_wancsso_wed_ FRE Oui x PORTO FF _WESWAWAORNA —VI___625_NVEDTA IO Z SE a FAROE RATE SHO AR THRO ——________ eNO SR —_—o EEE ¥ Inter VKVs Essay Writing Competition: The interVKVs Essay Writing Competition was held on 3rd November in which 6756 students in all the groups participated. The following topics were given to the selected forthe competiti A(lvav) * Childhood of Swami Vivekananda /Swami Vivekananda “My Hero” B (vi, ig Vill) + Swami Vivekananda at World's Parliament of Religion / Swami ’ Vivekananda as a Speaker Swami Vivekananda in the West + Swami Vivekananda at World's Parliament of Religion / Swami C (K,X.X!&XIl) Vivekananda as a Great Social reformer /Swami Vivekananda as a Patriot The result of the competition was declared centrally on 7" January. Cash prizes and certificates were given to the students. ‘8 Amel Cpe 9 Vkananda Konda Vayalyn, Arnal Braoch Tet) 13 (teem me aL z oa Essay Writing Competition 2018 a Category _State level position Name of the student _VKV First Km Punna Ummi Tatrogam A( Class Ill to V) Second Dego Boji Liromoba Third Km Anushya U.K Nirjuli First Dolly Borang Oyan Amak Sonam Eri Nivedita Vihar Second B( Class VI to Vill) Km Hiya Bharadwaj Wessang Third Km Rine Tayu Sunpura Km Dakter Riba itanagar First Km Biki Yantu Balijan Km Megha Raj Yazali C( Class IX to XII) ear] Jumi Golo Nivedita Vihar Kr Gocham Tarak Sher Third Sumingso Pul Amliang The Inter VKVs Bhagawad Gita Chanting Competition is a regular feature of VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh. This year Chapter 18 was given for the competition. Competitions were held at different levels. The school level winners participated in Cluster level competitions which were conducted as per the details given below: Venue Group C and D winners in the cluster Level took part in the Final Competition at VKV Roing held from 19" to 20" January 2019. 14 (sss Ainaia aezper vnnde andra iyo) Anica Brsdaeh TeThe following Cluster Level Winners took part in the Final Competition. enna] TES i louse ES Toe Mn Tc Tn ieee OPCs Ca es C Girls Nivedita Vihar, Balijan, Koloriang, Jirdin, Tafrogam, Niausa D Boys Bana, Ziro, Oyan, Amliang and NTT D Gins Nivedita Vihar, Balijan, Ziro, Te Mcrae ett) Ry Mtoe Lb ataled Bsr) C girls of Vivek Vihar & Sunpura and D Girls of Tawang, Vivek Vihar and Sunpura are also specially included as an appreciation to their excellent performance in the cluster level. © Mananeeya Bhanudasji, General Secretary, VRM & VK & also the Trustee of VKVAPT graced the final competition. While addressing the participants he stressed that Chanting of Gita improves concentration and positivity. @ All the 78 slokas were chanted by the participants at the final competition. Amal Rrra 8 Vnvkananda Vandra Vidyalaya, Arunachal Pradch Truet, ) 15The final Result has been given below: First Position Second Position Qo > @®d = 4 days of residential i Sargam Camp 7 124 camp in four venues. Vivek Inspire Workshop | 5-6 days Residential Batch Ill ( Class Vil) comes R len no Inspire students Vivek Inspire Workshop Batch II ( Class VIII) 3 2 Vivek Inspire Workshop 205 Batch | & II Vivek Inspire Workshop am Batch III Vivek Inspire Workshop 38 at Pune 3 ATL Pre activily Worksliop oa at VKV 5 ITO 4 | Science Connect (Level 2)| Heldat = =| S students from Mizoram University | yy Vivek Vihar Held at 3 Vigyan Jyoti Program IIT Guwahati from | 2 students from 30" August to VKV Roing 14" September TOTAL 723 116 ( ss sel GP pwr ss Vivekananda Vendra Vidyalaya, Arunachal Pradech TickPrayers, Bhajans and patriotic songs are an integral part of VKVs' daily routine. A series of Sargam camps were conducted in this session to cater to the need ofall the VKVs in order to refine the skills of teachers and students in singing, chanting etc. Sri R. Krishna Kumar from VKVAPT guided the participants and the escort teachers in all the venues. Sri Chayan Sarkar from VKV Yazali and Smt. Anjali Das, VKV Balijan were also in the organizing team as resource persons. Weary Cre ar ALE Ee VKVTafrogam Amliang, Tafragam, Te7u, Sunpura, Ring, Kharsang, 36 9 to 13" July Jairampur, Niausa, Changlang VKV Balijan Banderdewa, Balljan, Dollungmukh, Seljosa, Nivedita 17h to21*July Vihar, Nirjuli, Vivek Vihar, Itanagar 32 VKV Kitpi Tawang ‘Mukto, Kitpl Tawang, Shergaon, KGBV Wessang, Bana 30 10" to 13" Nov. VKV Dollungmukh reason Ziro, Kuporijo,Koloriang,Raga, 9g 20" to 23" Nov. Total 124 Participation in’Vigyan Jyoti’ Program: Two students namely Km Alina Tayeng and Km Pradipta Priyam from VKV Roing attended in Vigyan Jyoti program at IIT Guwahati from 30th August to 14 September 2018, an initiative of Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for the meritorious girl students of NE states. The program included various academic lecture sessions along with demonstration in laboratory and different exposure visits. The program gave a boost to inculcate the scientific temperament among the participants. Ss Aon CR po ss Msovananda Kanda Vilyalnya, Arunachal Bradach Tat 917 ¢Vivek Inspire Vivek Inspire, a specially designed program for the gifted children has completed 4th year.Many activities were conducted this year too to enrich the selected students of all the four batches. The summary of the same has been given below: Batch Venue Attendance Batch Ill ( Class Vil) 6-11 August Roing, Balijan, Ziro no Batch II ( Class Vill) 12-17 August Roing, Balijan, Ziro ng Batch | & II 22-27 October Roing, Nirjuli, Ziro 205 Batch III 22-27 November Roing, Balijan, Ziro 111 The workshops were conducted by the resource persons sent from JP, Pune. The following were some of the sessions conducted in the workshops: Group Tasks Science Experiment Relay Drawing, Brain storming, Balloon rocket, Measuring length, Map of ideal village, Scarp Book water purification, process of germi- Making, Taking an interview, Model |_| nation, pinhole camera making, Silent Drawing 18 (Ann pio Vkananca Kena Vilna, Aninarhal rach TaLanguage Related Sessions Calculating reading speed, GMAT Sessions Comprehension, Diary writing Psychological Aspect Movies Knowing basic emotions, The first batch of Vivek Inspire students from 10 VKVs namely VKVs Amliang, Sunpura, Roing, 4p {0 Tafrogam, Kharsang, Kuporijo, Sher, Itanagar, Banderdewa, Vivek Vihar were taken on an = educational trip as a part of Vivek Inspire program to Pune. 38 students undertook the tour program along with 6 escort teachers. The following are some of the highlights + There were many visits to important places like Zoological Garden, Alipore , Victoria Memorial, SAVITRIBAl PHULE UNIVERSITY, IUCCA, IGNITE, Parvati temple, Queen Mary's Technical Institute, PARAPLEGIC REHABILITATION CENTRE, Defense Institute of Advanced Technology ) Girinagar ; Alibag beach, Katraj Dairy farming, Imperial Museum at Calcutta. All the visits were immensely educative for the students. ncn i @ All the students were made into group according to their interest like Music, Painting, Automat, ISSER and photography and especially designed workshops were conducted # There were sessions like Seminar on Artificial Intelligence, Interaction programs and innovative science activities ae Ee Inspire So far # 80 % subject average of the first batch except for the Ziro cluster schools. ¢ 173 students in all the three batches have more than 80% subject average. # Achievements in various competitions such as : National Means Cum Merit Scholarship : The participants of Vivek Inspire bagged first three positions and also 8 positions out of first 10 positions in the state. ss Ania! Riots Vrekananda Konda Vidyalaya, trinachal radech Trst ) 19 (The details are given below SA et LS Rank in state level 1 ‘Angki Perme Tafrogam 2 Biswadeep Chakroborty —Nirjuli 2m 3 Punyo Sunya Nirjuli es 4 Reebina Pertin Sunpura ce 5 Lishi Teshi Joram 6 6 Rishab Verma Jairampur 7 7 Dutina Pertin Vivek Vihar 8" 8 Shanawaj Parvej Vivek Vilar ” State Merit Scholarship : Vivek Inspire students bagged 11 positions out of 35 in the State: ead Ls WLS Rank in state level 1 Biswadeep Chakroborty _ Nirjuli il Punyo Sunya Nirjuli 6" 3 Kipe Sange Nirjuli 7 4 Darken Gogoi Nirjuli on 5 Lip! lasar Nirjult 12" 6 Archisa U K Nirjuli 17" 7 Jumjo Bam Vivek Vihar 22nd 8 Reshma S Raju Vivek Vihar ash 9 Rishab Verma Itanagar 27 10 Anupam Gargaria Nirjuli 28" " Gyamar Cheku Vivek Vihar 30" In addition to the above Vivek Inspire participants fetched the following laurels: SI.No Competition Position { t ‘ » 1 20 (Amd pet ana es Weipa) ainarl aes TiParticipation in ‘Technovation’ Competition Technovation Is an international competition for girls. A team of girls namely km Lipi Tasar, Km Punyo Suman, Km Archisha U K, Km Nani Pipi, Km Nongmaith Suman Lowang participated in the competition by developing an App called ‘Crafttribe ‘for helping the traditional craftsmen to sell their products efficiently. The team was guided by JP Resource persons. Distinguished Achievements of teachers Govt Teachers Training Workshop Two workshops for the teachers of various Government schools in the Capital Complexes were conducted from 20 August to 25 August simultaneously at VKV Itanagar and Nirjuli. Workshop at VKV Itanagar : In the five days’ workshops, the teachers were given orientation on various aspects like Skill of introducing games in mathematics, Preparation of lesson notes, methods of _ teaching, skill of black board writing, storytelling as an effective tool in mathematics teaching. Different sessions were taken by Dr. Kakade Rajendra Chhagan, Principal VKV Itanagar and other teachers of VKV Itanagar which included Smt. Shilpi Das Gupta, Sri Rajiv Sonowal, Sri Manoj Saha, Sri Prakash Borah, Sri Hemant Kumar Chetia, Sri Pankaj Kumar, Smt Anita Subramaniam. The trainees were engaged in various activities throughout the training camp. In addition, different videos were also shown to the trainees. Many dignitaries from Govt. Department also graced different events. Workshop at Nirjuli : 18 teachers from different Govt. schools attended the workshop. Shri Tori Gadi A.P.O (Nodal Officer Training) attended the valedictory program. In the valedictory program. many teachers expressed that the workshop was extremely ben- Educational psychology eficial to them. Shri S.C.Dixit, Principal Metredstontssching gave away the certificates and spoke to the participants on the occasion. Siemens) 205 Arona! Repo Vikan Konda Vaal, Anion rvoch Tet 21 4s " Receipt of Prestigious Award by VKV Teacher It was a matter of great pleasure for the VKV family when Sri Janardan Singh Yadav (Principal), VKV Jirdin was conferred State Teachers Award on Sth September 2018 in an august function at Banquet Hall, Itanagar. A host of dignitaries including His Excellency, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Brig (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd) were present in the program in which 39 selected teachers were presented the award. Participation in NTSC Sri T Sritharan, Principal, VKV Jairampur; Sri K Jaishankar, Principal, VKV Ziro and Sri Dipjyoti Gayan, teacher, VKV Bana attended the National Teachers Science Congress held at Don Bosco Institute of Management, Guwahati on 6 September 2018. Dr. Megha Saklani, Program Officer, Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Dr. Jayanta Kr Sarma, Freelance Consultant (Environment and Development), Guwahati, Assam were the main resource persons of the program in which 54 teachers from North East took part. New and Emerging Media for Effective Science Learning, Transition to STEM Education, Science Communication for All, Science Learning for Sustainable Development, Innovation in Science Communication etc. were some of the topics discussed. Sri K Jaishankar and Sri Dipjyoti Gayan selected for Oral and Poster Presentations respectively at the National Level held at Ahmedabad, Gujarat. ) 22 (s» nmol Cpu» Vinkananda Kren ean, Arinachl Proc ThtTraining of Teachers during the Session NT mela Ud Training Program + Annual Principal Meet Cluster Level Principal Meet 3 TOC for New Teacher TOC for Primary a English Teachers 5 Capacity Building Programs by CBSE 6 ATI Training 7 Vivek Inspire Mentors Workshop Total Annual Principal Meet: Bee yamine attendance Clo ele Conducted from 8 to 10 August 35 at Tezu Conducted for Kameng and Papum Pare ral cluster in the month of December. Conducted at VKV Jairampur from 1st July to 3rd July 2018 Conducted at two venues for 53 all the clusters Conducted at VKV Kharsang and two schools at Itanagar Conducted at VKV Dibrugarh 8 from 29 October to 2 November Conducted on 16 & 17 August at VKV Itanagar 35 20 181 The Annual Principal Meet for this session was held at Tezu from 8" to 10" August. The unique feature of the Meet was that it was organized by the Alumni association of Namsai, Lohit and Anjaw Districts. A total number of 19" alumni who are in various Govt Departments and engaged in social works organized the event in a grand manner in a gesture of obeisance to the alma mater. Principals from 35" VKVs attended the Meet. Shri A Balakrishnan, Vice President, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari; Shri D. Bhanudas, ‘St Annis! Pips Mleananda Konda Vidyalaya, Aninachal Pradach Tet) 23 ¢General Secretary, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari; Shri Pravin Dabholkar, Joint General Secretary, —-VK, Kanyakumari and Secretary VKVAPT, Su Aparna Palkar, All India Sahitya Seva Team Member, Vivekananda Kendra, Dr Joram Begi & Dr Tejum Padu, Trustees, VKVAPT, Shri Rupesh Mathur, Joint Secretary, VKVAPT, Shri Arun Raj Singh Shekhawat, Administrative Officer, VKVAPT graced the occasion and illuminated the participants. Mananecya Balakrishnanji speaking on the topic ‘The genesis of VK and the work in front of us’ cited different examples of dedication of the founding workers and urged all the Principals to put the maximum effort to maintain VKVs as a symbol of service and dedication. Mananeeya Bhanudasji spoke on the topic “Tyaya’ and ‘Seva’ the Supreme ideals of Man making’. Mananeeya Aparna Didi presented detail observation report on her visit to the schools. Sri Arunji presented Accounting and administrative matters. There was discussion on the ‘Role of alumni’ which was conducted by Sri Rupeshji. In addition to the illumination by the elders, there were reporting of best practices of each VKV and CICs. Sri P M Unnikrishnan, Education Officer pre- sented Result analysis of Class X and XII and the yearly educational Report. Sri Nitin R Jain presented the recruitment report. Mananeeya Pravinji in the session’ Marching Forward’ summarized all the discussions and presented an action plan. 26 (i Amel pat ana oa ep Aina GSTTeachers Orientation Camp for New Teacher : Venue and date : VKV Jairampur from 1st July to 3rd July 2018. Attendance: 35 teachers Main Resource Person: Shri Prashant Divekar, Jnana Prabodhini, Pune Salient Features : @ Inauguration in the presence of Sti SS Chaudhary, ADC Jairampur. @ Topics covered: Classroom management for effective teaching, activity based learning, experiential learning, group discussion on different topics, activities to make students go from concrete examples to abstract ideas. @ Kendra Parichay: Session on Sister Nivedita, discussion on two Kendra publications before coming to the camp. A written Test was conducted during the camp which was coordinated by Sri Shyamal Chakraborty, Principal, VKV Kharsang. Sti P K Pandey, CIC Lohit and Tirap Cluster shared his experience on life in VKVs. Sri P M Unnikrichnan, Education Officer addressed the participante in the inaugural as well as concluding session. The camp ae viewed by the participants * Thanks to VKVAPT for training. Very much applicable - Siva Kumar A, VKV Jairampur * The camp has shown us the right path to reach our destination which is to be an effective teacher. - Kajuri Saikia, VKV Kitpi Tawang sis Ahad GR-port 8 Vianna Kees Vidyalaya, Arinachal Bradach Tat 25 (Orientation Camp for English Primary Teachers: Two orientation Camps for the primary leathers lakiny English subject was conducted as per the following details: [ siNo] Venue | Duration | Participating Schools [Attenda Dollungmukh] 18" to 21" Papumpare, Subansiri &| 30 October, 2018 _| Kameng Cluster 25" to 28" Siang, Lohit & Tirap December, 2018] Cluster 2a - | Is f @ 4 zg The camp at Dollungmukh was inaugurated with the presence of Mrs Pratibha Kulkarni, Office Secretary and Sri P M Unnikrishnan, Education Officer, VKVAPT. Smt K K Reena, Principal VKV Tafrogam; Sri Ananda Dutta, VKVAPT; Sri Devajit Dutta, VKV Nirjuli and Sri MR Lalu, Co-ordinator, Vivek Kiran Project were the main Resource persons in both the camp. The following are some of the highlights of the shibir: @ Sessions on: Developing Extra Reading Habits in Primary classes, Developing Writing skill, speaking and Listening skill; Story telling techniques, Basics of phonetics for primary class teachers, Creating a language enriched environment, effective use of the supplementary reader, Lesson planning, Teaching plans, effective interactions in the classroom ete. @ All the four Resource persons took Team teaching of a particular lesson. @ All participants were involved in activities during the camp. @ Sri P M Unnikrishnan guided the participants in professional development, how to plan a lesson for teaching in the primary class, tips for teaching handwriting. Apart from these, he guided in the inaugural and the concluding sessions. @ Follow up activities have been planned. 26 (y»» Annie (Rrra » Vivekananda Kenda Vidyalaya, Brunachal Praiesh ThsMa ed) CC} CBSE “Capacity Building Programme” on Assessment @ VKV Kharsang: A CBP on “Remodelled Structure of Assessment” by CBSE was organized on 14th July 2018 in VKV Kharsang. Shri Subrahmanya K. Sripada, Principal, DPS - Duliajan, Assam was the Resource person of the camp. A total number of 27 participants attended the training programme. The CBP helped to understand the reforms done by CBSE in the CI.VI to X assessment system. Participation in CBSE “Capacity Building Programme” on Mathematics : 10 VKV teachers from 6 VKVs attended a CBP by CBSE in Good Shepherd Schl, Naharlagun on 14" and 15" July. The CBP basically airned to orient teachers on joyful learning environment in Mathematics N Classroom. There were sessions on concept map presentation and discussion, Hand on activities (group work), model making, heme iz, Tangram design and presentation, maths fair etc. Participation in CBSE “Capacity Building Progra Development: 2 teachers from VKV Itanagar attended a International School, Naharlagun on 20 Junc. Dr. Sandee} Deputy Secretary, Guwahati) and Prof. Rishipal (Amity Uni' were the resource persons for the program. There was detailed dis« various life skills necessary for the students. The Resource persons also gave materials for conducting activities in the schools. ‘ss oval Gps WNebanaid Kandrs aly, Aninschal radach Tit) 27 4Participation in CBSE CPB on English: Two days capacity building pro- gramme on English was organized at KINGCUP PUBLIC SCHOOL ITANAGR on 28th & 29th Nov. 2018 by CBSE centers of excellence Guwahati. Overall 20 participants from different 10 schools of Itanagar & Assam including Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Itanagar & Vivek Vihar, attended the workshop. The main focus of the CBP was to enable teachers to adopt Constructivist approach in English classroom © Vivek Inspire Workshop for Mentors : 0 A mentors’ Workshop was conducted on 16 & 17 August at VKV Itanagar in which 20 mentors were present. Su. Mrinmayi Vaishampayan and Shri = PM. — Unnikrishnan, Education Officer VKVAPT were the main resource persons of the workshop. The workshop had also the gracious presence of Mananeeya Balakrishnanji, Vice President, Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari and Sri Rupesh Mathur, Joint Secretary, VKVAPT. In addition to different sessions like observation checklist, inspi- rational games etc., the mentors prepared an action plan for the session. ATL Activity: The activities of ATL have been gearing up in VKVs. It is a matter of great pleasure that in this session another 4 VKVs namely VKV Seijosa, Kharsang, Wessang & VKV Ziro have been selected for ATL project by the NITI Ayog. With the already existing ALT projects at VKV Kuporijo and VKV Jairampur now, there are 6 VKVs to avail this state-of the art project to enable students to be techno -savvy and innovative. Participation in ATI Workshop at VKV Dibrugarh: 8 teachers from 7 VKVs took part in the ATL Workshop conducted at VKV Dibrugarh from 29 October to 2 November 2018. The Workshop was conducted in collaboration with Jnana Prabodhini, Pune. In the 5 days workshop participants were given 2 problems to solve and experts from different fields were available to different fields were available to guide them. The Workshop included group discussion based on Lab ) 28 (Am pet Vasa an Way, Arinaral Bach Tienvironment. idea generation, problem identification, role of ATL In-charae. mentoring etc. At the end of the workshop teachers showcased their 5 days workshop. ATL Pre set- up Workshop After getting the final nod for installation of ATL, VKV Ziro conducted a pre set- up Workshop for the students and the ATL in -charges. Sri Ravindra Godbole. 2 teachers and 15 students participated in the 3 days workshop. The following were some of the activities: Introduction to ATL activities, Basics of electricity, essential components of electric circuit, projects. Unique Program Matri Puja: One of the most popular activities -‘Matri Puja’ was conducted in all the Secondary and Higher Secondary VKVs for the students of Class X and XII before the examination. Enabling students to strongly feel the bond between mother and child is the objective of the program. The emotions evoked in the program has very positive impact on the students which is believed to help students to choose the right path in life. During the Puja students perform Pada Puja. Sri R Krishna Kurnat, VKVAPT conducted the Puja in many of the schools. ESR RNC OAT 2Outreach Programs The VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh conducted Sadgamaya Shibir for the students of neighboring school students after the mid-term vacation. The students were exposed to umpteen numbers of activities within an ideal daily routine. In addition to the teaching staff of the schools, Resource persons were invited to enlighten the participants. Total Attendance: 1398 Glimpses of sessions taken in Sadgamaya Shibir Be) Tar Talore e- rLAL Core 0 1es (CeL a with Science, Fun with Mathematics, Incredible India, Geet Abhyasa, Am | smart?, Indian Culture and its Value, Personality Development-How and Nema Cece GME MEN 71 ee MSNCOl ane Ma Cole an Celu Telit Malo COM MT Mole TsUle ec) students, Effect of drug addiction on youth’s psychology etc. The Mobile Science Lab is a special intervention of VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh to take science education to the threshold of the rural students. In previous years, the mobile Science Lab covered thousands of students in the nook and 20 ( si Ann Riper Vivekananda Kenda Vidyalaya, Arinarhal Pradesh Tatcorner of Arunachal Pradesh and encouraged students in Science education. The MSL programme attempt to improve the scientific knowledge and develop an interest This camp will bring a drastic er te Scorn Ne eT eM ole) Ullale Mm CoMe(-\ (0) Came eg le mecnie MeSINa or health-Ritik Kumar, Govt Sec Fretstere =e 1s By attending various sessions, Li amo ele ole indigenous faith —-Kenyir Eee ae le eclmtrenicu) School in learning of science among students. It also focused to develop the joy of learning by observing and doing experiments. In this session, the MSL was taken to the schools of Papum Pare district .From 3rd July to 13th August, 22 Govt schools were covered in which 2230 students were benefited. The experiments and activities performed covered various topics of Sciences Light-Reflection and Refraction, Image formation by mirrors, Multiple Image forma- tion, Construction of Periscope, Electricity- Circuit diagrams and verification of Ohms law, Metals and Non Metals-properties of metals and non-metals, Basic nature of Metallic oxides etc. In addition, many videos were also shown to the students which included: Cleanest Village of Asia- Mwylyona, Forest Man of India- Jadhav Molai Payeng etc. Dr Ravikant Altekar, Retd. Scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Sri. Rajib Prasad, Teacher, VKVAPT, Sri. Subham Kr. Gupta, Volunteer, VKVAPT were the Resource persons who visited along with the MSL in Papum Pare. A weucl pt Vuaananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Sunachal Pradesh Twiet.) 31* 4 <*. Ursavas CELEBRATIONS The VKV campus is always vibrant with Utsavas and celebrations. Each Utsava has its own specific objectives rooted in the culture of our motherland. hy “ig gn A brief overview of the same has been given below: arc} Btu M tcl PSEC Tet ay * House wise Bhajan Competition-VKV Sher Guru Pujon by Class X students- VKV Niausa i 19377 [® Guru Aarti, Significance of Guru Purnima on the basis of previous issues of Kendra Bharati & Yuva Bharati-VKV Kuporijo © elicitation af Teacher from neighhoring Govt school-VKV Banderdewa © Swadhyaya on Ved Vyas-VKV Raga * Program at Govt. Primary School, New Khimyang Village-VKV Kharsang Procession in the neighboring areas-VKV Tezu | © Two exhibitions: Universal wae “ Traditions and Customs of Apatanis” & Life Brotherhood and Messages of Swami Vivekananda” and Day Wall magazine on the theme “ India’s Contribution to the World” -VKV Ziro * Prabhat Pheri with the association of Arun Jyoti, alumni association, govt schools etc 32 Saal ep Ss SRS Wades Vaya ARRSCRST DSTO TREart ec y Due ley eels Lud Inauguration of Library Week, Swadhaya the Sadhana Divas 12794 letter sent by Mananeeya Nivedita Vide. Vice President, Vivekananda Kendra, Pushpanjali Gita Jayanti 11276 Importance of the Day, Gita Chanting Singing of Vande Mataram, Daily one Samartha speech highlighting strengths of Bharat Bharat Parva Mata, Marathon race in VKV Dalijan, Slide show in VKV Kuporijo Vivekananda 17200 Presence of dignitaries, Colorful cultural Jayanti program Celebrations of Library Week All the VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh celebrated Library week from 19 November to 25 November on the occasion of Sadhana Divas with lots of activities. Some of the activities conducted during the celebration have been given below: Invitation of Guest Speaker, Poem Recitation, Visiting District Library, Book Review, Handwriting Competition, Newspaper reading Competition, Story Writing Competition, Title Change Competition, Book Hunt Competition, Skit on Library Awareness, Essay Writing Competition, Book Display etc. i Annid Ripe 8 Vivovansieda Kenda Vityalaya, Bninachsl Bradach Tact) 32Celebration of Mathematics Day : Mathematics Day, Sri. Srinivasan Ramanujan birthday, was observed on 22 December in all the VKVs with much enthusiasm and lot of activities to foster interest in mathematics education. VKV Oyan held a ees exhibition and a quiz program on the occasion. More than 80 items were put for exhibition prepared hy the students Prior to this, a “Maths workshop"was conducted in the school on 16th December (Sunday) from 9 am to 12:30 pm. More than 100 students from class VI to Class X participated in this workshop. This workshop provided them a rich experience of learning by doing. Participants could make many nos. of models, charts etc. during this workshop. Nature education Trail : Ihe students of Class-IX and Class-VI of VKV Seijosa attended the Nature Education Trail Programme on 28th Nov & 6th Dec 2018 respectively. For Class-IX, it was a residential camp & for Class-MI it was only one day camp. The following were some of the activities which fascinated the students: Museum of leaves, treasure hunt, collection of seeds, drawing activities, bird watching, magic spot, Night Camp fire. ALUMNI REUNION PROGRAMME: An “Alumni reunion” program of the commerce stream of VKV Nirjuli was conducted on 10th June 2018 from 10:30 am onwards, for the first three passed out batches (2016-18). The program was attended by 23 alumni out of 46 passed out students. The participants were enlight- ened and oriented by Sri Dani Sulu, IAS, Secretary of Planning, Finance, Libraries and Research, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh as the Chief Guest. The program was very successful in terms of guiding the alumni and to buttress the bond of the alumni with the alma mater and the present batches of students Watering the Roots: All the VKVs took up activities at least in three areas to strengthen the roots. Bringing Cultural clarity in the students, staff and the society is one of the most important aspects that schools have taken up. The following activities were conducted during the session for Cultural Clarity: 34 (ssi pied ade aca Ratna Aninchal BdaEhIndigenous Faith Day Celebration: All the VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh celebrated Indigenous Faith Day on Ist December with lot ot enthusiasm. Salient Features of the celebration: Traditional Dance and Drama competitions were conducted in the celebration. ‘© School participated In processions organized by Indigenous people. @ Invited Speakers told about the values inherent in the indigenous faith. jes conducted for Cultural Clarity ¢ + Celebration of Local Festivals specific to the areas. * Conducting Essay Writing Competitions on the importance of tradition and Culture. * Collecting oral folklore for publication in Arohi-the House magazine. + Visiting local temples. + Wearing traditional dress on specific occasions to evoke the feeling of pride ‘on local dress and costumes + Inviting guest speakers to speak on the importance of rituals. + Inviting priests to conduct local pujas. + Introduction of local Prayer songs. Year Ending Comprehensive Scholastic Assessment in Primary Class: In addition to the regular assessment pattern, this session saw a massive comprehen- sive assessment in the primary classes in all the VKVs. The details are given below: Comprehensive Assessment Subject: English & Maths Classes: | to V Skills assessed: English: Reading aloud, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar& Usage, Listening Mathematics: Mental Test, Written Test, Activity 1 Anal Ripert ss savanna Kanda Vityalaya, Arinachl Bradach Tact ) 35The findings of the assessment will be used for planning in academic training required to the teacher and to boost academic innovation to address any shortcoming. Infrastructure Development: The session has seen massive infrastructure development in different VKVs. The following buildings have been inaugurated this year: SI.No Particulars VKV 1 Multipurpose Hall Seijosa 2) Multipurpose Hall Kharsang a Tata BlueScope Toilet Block Nivedita Vihar It is a matter of great pleasure that Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2015 is awarded to Vivekananda Kendra. for the gquyor and contribution in Rural development, Education and Natural Resources. The Award Ceremony of Gandhi Peace Prize by Hon'ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 26" February, 2019. Mananeeya P Parameswaran Ji, President, Vivekananda Kendra received the award and Su Aparna Palkar, Secretary VKVAPT presented the acceptance speech on behalf of entire Vivekananda Kendra family. The awardees were selected by the jury under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi. The jury comprises the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan, Leader of the single largest Opposition Party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge and Member of Parliament. L.K. Advani. Sri Vishal Sah, VKV alumnus got IAS 63rd Rank: It is a rejoicing news to the entire VKV family that Sri Vishal Sah,a VI alumnus stood at 63 rank in IAS 2019. Sri Vishal completed his schooling 10 from VKV Oyan. We wish him all the best for his career. ) 36 ( bs Aid Rpt vw Vivekananda Kenda Uda, Aric hal Pradesh TiceI studied at VKV, Oyan since class 2 to class 10. This period has been one of fhe most memorable parts of my schooling, where I learned from Great teachers, made friends, and qot motivated to keep striving towards the greater good. The values that we were taught, the practice of TO US eC Ue LTC shared with us became an indispensable fool with me fo overcome Cem UCC RI RUT CM a Oe Re SCR ICU EURO CEC ON Ne ELBIT) Pee COM SCOR eee Roem MRSC Me MCI CRSA RUSE The Vivek Kiran Project which was undertaken jointly by VKVAPT and Tata Trusts through its implementing agency NEIDA has been completed successfully leaving perceptible marks in the formal education scenario of Kimin Circle of Arunachal Pradesh. The project targeted to strengthen the govt schools through the following major programs: SI.No Geran mcamenea 1 Strengthening of eS Anganwadis of Pre-Primary Education Kimin Circle 2 English Language 12 Government schools Development Programme 6 Government Middle 3 Strengthening Science Education and Secondary Schools a ene a 6 Government Middle He Skill Development Programme and Secondary Schools Ss Resource Centre at VKV - Sher _| For all the Programs #lmproved in the quality of competitions and an increased number of participation in the school as well as District level. Avid pit os Vuaananda Kaci Vidyalaya, Branachal raloeh Twiet) 37# Improvement in academic achievement in all the classes. An increase of 20 % is identified during the last part of the project. % Positive approach towards Pre-primary education. ## New experience of library and laboratory utilization. Promoting learning among teachers for professional development. % Brought a sea change in the functioning of Anganwadis. # Has reduced the drop outs in the schools. #% More books, more reading and more leaming is the new trend in the schools. Voices from the Stakeholders For me it's a great privilege to be associated with the Vivek Kiran project. I, on behalf of the ICDS Project Kimin, Take this opportunity to convey my gratitude to the VKVAPT and Tata Trust for selecting ICDS Project Kimin for the Vivek Kiran Project. __ Jaya Taba, CDPO, ICDS Project, KIMN The Vivek Kiran has played a pivotal role in shaping the students to become the responsible citizens of our country showing their versatility in all spheres with dedication and discipline. __Bomgi Doke, Principal, GHSS, KIMIN We take this opportunity to put in record the contribution of the following members for the successful completion of the Project: Overall Co- ordinator: Sri P M Unnikrishnan, Co-ordinators: Sri Sanjay Karkare, Sri Rajiv Prasad, Sri M R Lalu, Sri Vishnu R Tata Trust Co-ordinators~ Sri Benny George, Sri Dimbeswar Borah & Su Preeti Songthing. In the voyage of VKVs, people from entire Arunachal Pradesh and from different corners of India and outside have extended their unstinted support during the last session also. We take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone and anticipate that same co -operation will continue from all to carry out the noble task. The coming session is going to see the grand celebration of SO years of Vivekananda Rock Memorial as “Vivekananda Shila Smarak :: Ek Bharat-Vijay Bhara’. The VRM is the epitome of solidarity of all for a grand purpose. The celebration will augment the sampark of Vivekananda Kendra with each and every one in mother Bharat. Let us all join wholeheartedly to make the celebration a successful one. 30 (ss Aived Gti Vaan andes Vila, Aninachal Brauch Tat.Dignitaries Visit Throughout the year, many dignitaries visited the VKVs on various occasion and the students were enriched with thelr valuable interactions. Sl. VKVs DIGNITARIES DESIGNATION 1 Amliong Sri Sede Potom Additional Deputy Commissioner, Heyuliang ‘Smt Dasanglu Pul MILA, 45-Hayuliang (S/T) Sri Dagbom Riba Deputy Commissioner, Anjaw H. Hailyang Superintendent of Police, Khupa ‘Su Lui Shiba Extra Assistant Commissioner, Hayuliang 2 Balijan Sri. Amo ‘Superintendent of Police, Papumpare, Arunachal Pradesh Sri$.8 Dixit Former Education Officer, VKVAPT Dr. Joram Beda IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Papumpare Sri Pravin Dabholker Joint General Secretary VK & Secretary VKVAPT ‘Smt Radhilu Chai Techi Chairperson, Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women (APSCW) Sri Glamde Tamin General Secretary, VKV Alumin! Association Jairampur Sri Gorge Joseph Deputy Director Urban Development, Jairampur 4 diedin Sri Eto Ete Deputy Director of School Education, West Siang District ‘Smt Binti Mibang, Circle Officer, Kombo Circle, Aalo SriJombom Kato District Medical Officer, Aalo 5 Kharsang Sri7. Rumi ‘Additional Deputy Commissioner, Miao 6 — Kuporiio Sri Danish Ashraf Deputy Commissioner, Daporijo Dr. T. Dakpe District Medical Officer, Daporijo Colonel Talum Dubi Indian Army Sri Puluk Lida President, IFCS Upper Subansiri Sri B. Towsi ‘Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dumporijo Smti Dani Rikang, Circle Officer, Daporijo 7 Niausa Sri Sotal kei ‘Advisor to Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh M. Karmakar CO,, 19th Sikh Regiment, Longding 8 Oyan SriR.K. Fimen Brigadier Chief Engineer - Brahmanas Project. ‘Sri Omak Apang Ex. MP-Former State Minister Sri Mosumi Yamdu {Social Worker from Japan Dr Sharma Vico Chancellor, Arunedaya University, Itanagar & Former NSS State Co-Ordinator Sri Kabit Apang ‘Additional Deputy Commissioner, Rul 9 Roing Sri Aduk Paron District Forest Officer, Lower Dibang Valley Sri Prasant Divekar Teacher Trainer, Jnana Prabodhini, Pune Dr. S.J. Mitapo Medical Officer District Hospital, Roing Sri Sanjay Kr. Sain IPs, SP, Lower Dibang Valley SriJothilingam Mathematician Dr. Harch Chaturvedi Aceictant Profescor, IT Guwahati Charu Monga Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati Sri Ego Doye DDSE, Lower Dibang Valley S115. B Singh Principal, DIET Roing Sri Bishen Mepo Vice President, idu Mishmi Cultural & Literary Society Sri Pawan Kumar Assistant Commandant, CRPF SriTamune Miso Joint Secretary, Vigilance, Government ot Arunachal Pradesh Sri S.8. Singh IPS, DGP, Arunachal Pradesh Sri Abinash Kumar ‘Senior Manager, NHPC SriG. Narendra Project Vigilance Officer, NHPC Dr. Meenakshi Barve Educationist Sri Dwipen Goswami Divisional Manager, LIC Jorhat + Aud pes ss Viana Kanda Vidyalaya, Ainachal radoch Tat) 3004Sl. VKVs 10 Seijosa 11 Sher 12 Shergaon 13 Sunpura 14 Tafrogam 45 Nivedita Vihar 16 Itanagar 17 Uromoba 18 Ziro 49 Nirjull 20. Koloriang 21 Banderdewa DIGNITARIES Sri Tamuna Messar SriT. R, Tapu Sri Prasanth Dev Shri Pisa Kachi ‘Smt Kyoda Rakhi Sri Suraj Gurung Sri Dorjee Leta Sri Richin Khandu Mosobi Sri Asan Keri Sri Sotelum Bellal Sri Dorje Wangdi Thungan ‘Smt Pooja Sardeshmukh Sri Soloi Neadong Sri Mahesh Chai Sri Subhasish Sengupta Sri Karma Leki Brig. Rakshvir Col. Rajiv Dhingra MMananeeya talakrishnan 11 Sri Hemu Techi Sri Sanjay Tamang, Sri Tokong Pertin SriTadam Ligu Dr. Tayek Talom Dr. AX. Pandey Prof. Saket Kushwaha Sri Nyamar Karbak Sri Degi Kamki Sri Maryom Karlo (APCS) Sri Subrahmanya Kumar Sripada Sri Revindre Godbole Er. Tage Taki Dr. Hemant Tiwari Sri Kuru Tal Sri Chukhu Takar Sri Habung Tamang, Sri Hibu Tama Sri Hage Tarun Dr. Joram Begi Dr. Dinamani Singh Sri Mihin Gambo Dr. Honjon Perme Sri Santosh Kumar Rai Sri Giogi Kaha Sri Token Saring Sri Surendra Choudhury Sri SBK Singh Vip visis 2018-19 DESIGNATION Deputy Commissioner, Pakke Kessang Additional Deputy Commissioner, Seijosa Asst. Commandant. ITBP District Treasury Officer Circle Officer, Kimin Additional Deputy Commissioner, Rupa, West Kameng, Major, Indian Army, Pune ‘Commander, Indian Air Force Circle Officer, Shergaon Extra Assistant Commissioner SP, Lohit District Software Engineer, Japan Secretary, IFACS, Arunachal Pradesh Minister of Animal Husbandaries, Veternary, Dairy, Youth Affairs EAC & First Class Judicial Magistrate, Tezu Deputy Commissioner, Lohit District Chief Engineer, UDAVAK ‘Commandant, BRTF Dimwe ‘Vice-President, VM & VK Ex. MLA, Pakke Kessang, DY. Commandant, IRBN Director, Trade & Commerce Executive Engineer, RWO Director, Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh Professor, DNGC, Itanagar Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, AP Former MLA PO, (10D) Extra Assistant Commissioner, Liromoba Resource person, CBSE Mechenical Engineer, Pune MLA, Ziro, Government of Arunachal Pradesh IPS, Superitendent of Police, Lower Subansiri District Vice Chairman, Department of Indeginious Affairs, Government of Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Commissiner, Lower Subansiri District President, Apatani Youth Association (AYA), Hapoli & Former Principal-cum-Chairman of Heritage Academy, Ziro DDSE, Lower Subansiri District Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC), Hapoli, Lower Subansiri District Chief information Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh Associate professor, Electronics and Engineering NERIST, Nirjull Superitendent of Police, Kurung Kumoy Circle Officer, Koloriang IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Kurung Kumey DDSE, Kurung Kumey DSP, Kurung Kumey IPS, Principal, Police Training Center IPS, DGP, Arunachal Pradesh 40 (Ss asaaia ae veka ants aja ARUnSehST BrSdGch Tlcst 2 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 vkvs Wessang Basar Vivek Vihar Raga Bana Yingkiong Changlang, Tezu Kitpi Tawang Dollungmukh Kimi DIGNITARIES ‘Swami Sarvangananda Maharaj Smt Niharika Borah Sri Vikash Kumar Sri JT. Obi Sri Jeevanji ‘sri Jimi Chiram, Dr. Debajit Mahanta ‘Sri Moki Loyi Sri Mama Natung, ‘Smt Pooja Natung Sri Akash Deep Sri Alo Libang, ‘sri Komin Borang Sri Annying Bol Sri Obang Mibang Sri Pandov Perme ‘sri Arrik D Basar Dr. RDas, Sri Tesam Pongte Dr. Dorje Wangdi Thongon Sri Kajal Karmakar or. amin Tayeng Dr. K Babu ‘sri Sapalan Manyu Sri Gauri Sankar ‘SriJune Kadu Sri Tsering Tashi Dr. Rikya Lhavoe Rinpoche Sri Rinchin Dorjee ‘Sri Likha Togur Dr. Ved Prakash Sri Raju Sharma ‘Sri B.P. Rao ‘sr Nitish Kumar Tomar Sri Pooran Chandra Gupta ‘sri Gamli Padu ‘SFI Koy lacho Sri Deepak Rattan Sagar Sri Oni Apum Sri Tapan Das Sri Pranab Jyoti Mazumdar S11 Asti Ke, Roy Sri Sisanta Deka Sri Dhurbajyoti Mushahary Sri Kime Rangbia ‘sri Nandeshwar Bhuyan VIP VISITS 2018-19 DESIGNATION Secretary, RK Mission, Lumdung, Professor, IM, Ahmedabad SP, East kameng ADC, Lower Subansiri District CO, Yachul Circle IPs Deputy Director of Science & Technology Deputy Commissioner, Kamle District MLA, Sopa West EACI/C Bana IAS, MD (Swatch Bharat Mission Grameen U.P) Minister of Health, Panchayat & Rural Development, GoAP Block Education Officer, Yingkiong, Divisional Forest Officer, Yingkiong Assistant Registerer of Cooperative Society, Yingkiong, Circle Officer, Yingkiong DMO, Changlang PO, (IDD) MILA, North Changlang, SP, Lohit DO, Tezu Senior medical umncer, Zonal Hospital, Tezu Professor, Indra Gandhi Govt. College Tezu DFO, Lohit Commandant 9th BN, ITBP, Lohitpur Chief Senior Officer NIC, Tezu MLATawang Rinponche Former Chairman APPSC, Trustee Member, KV Arunachal Pradesh trust DOSE, Kamle District, Raga vo, NHPC Research Associate, Guwahati University GM, (CSR), NHPC Commandant, CIS, NHPC Gerukamukh JWO 2 AFRU, DM Range IAF Divisional Commissioner, Go Arunachal Pradesh SbO, Dollungmukn GM, DMPP NHPC, Roing Senior Manager, HR Department, NEEPCO (KAHEP) Senior Manager (Civil), NEEPCO (KaHEP) Senior Manager (Finance), NEEPCO (KaHEP) Head uf the Project, NEEPCO (KeHIEP) Senior Manager (Electrical & Mechanical), NEEPCO (KaHEP) Senior Manager (Civil), NEEPCO (KaHEP) Forest Range Otticer, Pakke Tiger Reserve GM (Electrical & Mechanical), NEEPCO (KaHEP) ss Al Ruy ss Vabananda Kanda Vidyalaya, Arunachal Pradach Trust ) 4Sl. VkVs DIGNITARIES Sri Pema Khandu Sri Kiran Rifflu Smt Kerye Dogang, Sri Rajiv Chiduni Sri Lobsabe Wangchu Bapu Sri Sang Phunstok Sri Jambey Tashi Sri Gambey Wangdi Sri Chotki Dondup 33 Chayang Tajo 34 Mukto VIP visits DESIGNATION Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh MoS, Government of India MILA, 9th Chayang Tojo Assembly Constituency ‘ADC, Chayang Tajo. ‘Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jang Deputy Commissioner, Tawang MLA, Lumla Chairman DOKAA, GO Arunachal Pradesh Circle Officer, Mukto Let Swami Vivekananda’s faith in the potentiality of each one takes us forward in our endeavor as he wrote to one of his disciples as below: The Mother's heart, the hero's wil, The softest flowers’ sweetest feel; The charm and force that ever sway The altar-fire's flaming play; The strength that leads, in love obeys; Far-reaching dreams, and patient ways, Eternal faith in Self, in all, The light Divine in great, in small; All these and more than | could see, Today may "Mother" grant to thee! Looking forward for a fruitful year ahead TONe ee wisSchool AMLIANG BALUAN JAIRAMPUR RO KHARSANG KUPORO ALISA SEUOSA SHER SHERGAON SUNPURA TEROGAN NIVEDITA VIHAR TTANAGAR, YAZALL LIROMOBA RO NIRIULL OLORIANG RANDFROFWA WESSANG BASAR JORAM VIVEK VIHAR RAGA BANA ADO YINGKIONG CCHANGLANG TEU KITPLTAWANG DOLLUNGMUKH Kin CCHAYANG TAJO ‘MKT VKVAPT TOTAL VKVs Strength as on 31st March, 2019 Started 1977 1977 1987 981 1977 1977 1977 1977 1981 1981 1980 1994 1995 197 198 2000 2002 2003 3004 2007 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2012 2015 2016 2016 267 18 270 439 250 301 84 495 3 192 1377 28 m4 2 23 7 128 13 ~ 2018 3337 9687 Total 13042 DE 179 16 85 210 402 238 192 128 13 n No. of 3 16 10 4 05 15 i) at 10 W o 15 ap 2 oo 2B 06 B 04 W oO 10 oO pry 04 10 oO 7 7 B iy 16 B or oO 7 02 cry 6 580 «6293 Principals KI, BADAMUIA KUMAK SINGH RIT. M,SATHIAN SRIT. SRITHARAN SRIJANARDAN SINGH YADAV SRI SHYAMAL CHAKRABORTY SRITRIPUR M.P.CHAUBEY SRLASHIS CHATTFRIFE SRI AJAYAKUMAR ‘RIA. KRISHNAN SIM. RANJANA SRIVASTAVA SRI PADMANABHAN V. P. SRIK.K, SUBRAMANIAN SRI BALAIIN. WAGHAMARE SIMTK. K,REENA SMT. RAIIR. (DR. KAKADE RAJENDRA CHRAGAN SMT RITA RAJ 50, BRIM KONWAR SRIK.JAISANKAR SRI SUBHASH CHANDRA DIXIT SRI BHIM PRASAD UPADHYAY SRIP RAIAN SRI PT, NANDAKUMARAN SUINDU GURUNG SRITRILOCHAN GOUTAM SRI PRADEEP Y. SRI PRABIN CHANDRA DEY SRI SANGRAM CHOWDHURY ‘RI DHAN BO SRI MADAN KR. SARKAR SRL HARKA POON SRI SURESH KR. BEHERA SRI MURALEEDHARAN PILLAI. SRI MURUGAN R. Si LAKH NATH HANDIQUE SRI SANJEEB KR, KAR, ‘RIV. OMANAKUTTAN ‘Ss Amel Cpe Vnkanands Kendra yale, Arinachal radach Tet) 43 (Annie! 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The crux of this entire and continuing education is ‘Growing Together’ It was in the 1980s that I first heard about Arunachal Pradesh from my sister, a Sannyasini, serving in the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Girls’ High School, Khonsa, Arunachal Pradesh. The image I formed at that time was of people as pristine as the mountain air they breathed. I continue to. be as amazed today as I was then, Community life in Northeast is clear and precise. Decisions are arrived at by consensus. ‘Independent’ is foolishness; inter-connectedness, inter-relatedness, inter-dependence is wisdom, Be it in matters of assisting one another in cultivation, construction of homes, taking care of children, elders, guests, of marriage, of passing away, security, development, the entire gamut of life - family, village, groups of villages, inter-community and so on live on one mantra- growing together. On a visit to a village, we found our karyakarta now had one more wife. Both the wives lived happily like they were sisters. The new wife was in her late 20s/early 30s. A distant cousin of our aryakarta had passed away. The clan held a meeting and asked him to marry the cousin's wife. Reason: After her husband had died it was the duty of the clan to take care of her in all aspects in such a way that she continued to live a life of fulfillment and dignity, At Ziro we visited a karyakarta who had come from Itanagar to meet us. The Chang ghar was new. Her brother was working as LDC, posted in Sagali several hours away from Ziro. Bhabhiji was with him, The house was for Bhabhiji’s relatives! They were in higher secondary school at Ziro but could not get arom in a hostel! Brother built it so they could continue their studies! When it is ‘Growing together’. the definition of family seamlessly expands. In several places now-a-days, to be ‘practical’ is to be deceitful to ensure one’s perks and promotions and often sadly, to mar the growth of others; some in leadership roles look the other way when one’s own people behave unethically and yet be judgmental about others! In the ‘community life of the Northeast one can see that such sham gets detected and responded to; where need be there is punishment. Punishment is part of growing together. What Saama-daama-danda-bheda means in practice can be seen here. In most decisions, communities sit together; for issues that affect clans directly, the clans sit together. For repeated offenders, it is the family that decides. It could even be death. Why family? Firstly, family takes responsibility for both - the good and offensive behaviour of its members. 1We 5 SV GROW ins “eagether Secondly, it preempts a possible sense of vengeance — which can take place if the decision had been taken by ones outside the family. One can understand such care and concern within families, clans, villages and community. The wonderful aspect is that this understanding stretches to inter community relationships too. Manyiang —the Apatani-Nyishi traditionally handed-down friendship continues. In fact the two communities revitalized it when they resolved to work out challenges that faced their communities. It was a community initiative, not a government one! Many communities have such inter-community relationships. They are nurtured during occasions such as marriages, festivals, etc. Their importance come to the fore to resolve challenges. At such times there might be fights that can have terrible consequences. Yet, even the dead One cannot but appreciate the manifestation here of the Advaitic truth that Swami Vivekananda speaks about, “Here and here alone the human heart expanded till it included not only the human, but birds, beasts, and plants; from the highest gods to grains of sand, the highest and the lowest, all find a place in the heart of man, grown great, infinite.” (“India’s Message to the World’, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, volume 4, p.314). This is Dharma, this is Yelam — the eternal path that Lambona Golgi Bote Talom Rukbo sought to adapt for continuity. Itis this wise way of life that the indigenous faith movements seek to nurture. In so doing not only development but even the security of the country is taken care of. Ajit Doval - National Security Advisor, Government of India, and former Director - Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, was asked to name qualities from the Northeast that the rest of the country could imbibe. Doval, who had spent several years in the Northeast, outlined three qualities. homogeneity, respect for women, and great sense of humour and liveliness. Of the first one, he says, “Tribal sentiment is basically one. ‘My tribe man - right or wrong. He is my man; I will die for him,’ That is what makes ita tribe. Ifthe whole India was a ibe... [would have no problem. You don’t need a National Security Advisor because then we will have the tribal instinct... Whatever is in the interest of one.. is in the interest of everybody. We all stay together, we all sit together.. There is a great amount of homogeneity in a tribe. If we can have that national homogeneity...” If we can have that homogeneity - we can grow together, itis a win-win for all —itis in short, Ek Bhaarat - Vijayee Bharat. ‘Towards that national homogeneity may we work and grow together. PEs Cr enc tog Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari. She is at present Praant Sangathak, Vivekananda Kendra — Telugu Praant (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana). cela Meee Ceca Oa)WoRSwine Growing Together Snnate Nature of Arunachal 7" We the people of Bharat worship nature as God. We love nature, we feel comfortable and blessed in the lap of Mother Nature, Nature has inbuilt supporting system of Growing Together. We Jeam from nature, we imbibe certain qualities from nature. A society which has the closest relationship with nature, gets the privilege of knowing the innate integral aspect of nature. The aspect becomes an integral part of the society and it get manifested in many different ways. Arunachal Pradesh, the land of rising sun is blessed by all the bounty of nature. In turn, the society has imbibed many qualities from the Mother Nature which get reflected in their day to day living. I wish to share few qualities which are beyond the comprehension of the elites of our time. Once in connection with the Swasthya Seva Manch karya of Arun Jyoti project, Sujatha didi and me went to Ngopok village near Pasighat after crossing mighty Siang river. We visited one of our karyakartas house as planned earlier. The Karyakarta introduced his parents to us. They looked quite old, After a while he told us why his parents are unexpectedly looking too old. In Adi society, there is a very good custom. If a couple has no issue then the husband’s brothers son becomes a son of that couple. He takes care of them as his own parents. In this era of utter disregard to the family ties, such custom is like a ray of hope. According to me this is the highest system of Growing ‘Together. The pain of infertility, which makes a person distress throughout his/her life is not felt due to such custom. No one feels the pain of infertility. In the same way in order to address the orphans, Arunachal has a very good custom. In Arunachal no one is left orphan. Ifa child becomes orphan, he/she is taken care by his/her maternal or paternal side relatives as their own, They take care of them so well that unless someone informs us we will not be able to know that the child is not their own. Once owned is owning in totally. All children of the family Grow Together. During my visits to different houses in different villages in connection with Sampark in Arunachal Pradesh I came to know about Polygamy system. Initially, I did not have any positive aspect of the system. But in due course, I was surprised to find healthy atmosphere in the system. Ihave observed. that in such a family, any child could go to any of the mother’s house and eat, sleep and play. No mother was seen in worry about fooding of her child at food time. She is accustomed to be sure that her child would have taken food in one of the mother's house. If the child does not return to house at night the same assumptions have been formed- the child is safe in one of the houses. I am sure these are absolute example of ‘Growing Together’ In addition to the above examples, the celebrations of the festivals in Arunachal Pradesh together iSaas eae = eae aac 7 Pee Pee rae Ze “Tegether with colorful dresses and happiness also exemplifies the concept of ‘Growing together’. In the construction of new house, the whole village is engaged. If some sad incident takes place also whole Village becomes part of it. This is called as Gaina. When in the modern world, all are after the pursuit of one’s own happiness, in the society of Arunachal Pradesh happiness and sorrow is shared equally by the whole village. Apart from the village life, the concept of Growing together may be perceived in every walk of life. When we were at Vivekanand Kendra Vidyalaya Tafrogam I was fortune to observe many instances of ‘Growing Together’ in action. In the Vidyalaya, parents were allowed to meet their children on second Saturday. In those days communication was not as easy as today and it was obvious that all the parents were unable to turn up for the same. If one parent reached from one village he / she used to call all children from that village and talk to them and found out if they were in need of anything. If any of the child needed something one parent could provide whatever needed. All children were his/ her children. First time when we introduced traditional dress as hostel uniform at Tafrogam I asked the students. what we were to wear as the top on it. Within a fraction of second, answer came Didi we would use same color top as the frock of the younger girls ... Growing Together is the Innate Nature of Arunachal We consider ourselves very fortunate to get chance to live with the people with such large heart. Let us all learn from the people of Arunachal and ‘Grow Together’ till we bring this prayer a reality . Pee Oger NCCE Cr cc Ros Mercy Atpresent she is at Kanyakumari Branch Kendujhar ikea nee\ — Wor Swine Growing Together: An Arunachali Approach °Q¢ Pranjali Yerikar Arunachal Pradesh is the land of Rising Sun, where nature is seen in its most beautiful forms - may it be virgin forest land or bountiful rivers flowing through them. Here nature and human life are inseparable. It is not we Arunachali people are just dependent on Mother Nature for livelihood but Mother Nature and Arunachali are taking care of each other at every moment of life. Arunachal Pradesh being the home of 27 major communities has a very beautiful bond between communities. It is not mixture of different cultures living in one land but it is a beautiful expression of One Indian Culture in different regions of this land. Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture is doing research for finding out these commonalities and strengthening the inter-community bonds. Finding commonalities is not a very simple task as these communities are apparently far different from each other, with varied dialects, different costumes, different customs but ultimately worshipping the Supreme Being everywhere in the nature. In this context, | remembered four incidents rather experiences | had during my posting in Arunachal Pradesh. At this moment | must confess that | understood the essence of Bharatiya Sanskriti (Indian Culture) in Arunachal only. | remember it was my first visit to Nyedar Namlo. | was not able to understand the Nyishi chanting but I was listening to it very carefully. When prayer was over, | asked about the meaning of very first prayer. | was surprised to know that it was similar to the ‘Sankalpa’ which is chanted before every Puja in Sanskrit. The priest told very clearly, “Didi, we are invoking Supreme Being in this altar and so in this invocation we are mentioning the address where we are inviting him”. The ‘Sankapla’ is also similar thing. This was an eye opener for me. This is what is Growing in tune with Culture. Itwas an evening when the phone rang up and we rushed to VKV Nirjuli, There was an attack on VKV Niruli Principal by some anti-social elements. For the safety of the girls they were kept in one room and as soon as we reached | was sent to that room to talk to them. | entered in the room and all girls gathered around me. They wanted to go out to fight with goons and save their Principal Sir. | was telling them that situation outside was in control and they need not worry about their teachers. One girl came to me and asked, “Didi, few days ago you told us about Rani Laxmibai and today you are worrying about our safety? This is contradictory, we are spirited like Rani Laxmibai, allow us to go and fight”. This was “Growing with Understanding”. “Traditional Systems: Change and Continuity’ of Nyishi community was a celebrated seminar conducted by Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture. There were so many papers but one paper was on ‘Manyang’. The paper was on traditional friendship between Nyishi and Apatani community. The communities which share the bounty of Mother Nature also share a bond of love. The stories of inter community feuds are told to separate these communities from each other but this paper on Friendship bond was not only strengthening the inter-—WorBwine Tegether community relationships but also community confidence. Manyang narrates story of these strong bonds which are transferred from one generation to other. This is the way of “Growing Together”. Smt. Higio Aruni didi entered Kendra Karyalaya and said, “Come Pranjali, we have to go somewhere.” | got ready and we moved together. After working together for Nyishi Seminar we often visit many places together and discuss a lot. While discussing with her in car | learnt that she wanted to do some new creation and | was amazed to listen her purpose. Nyishi community is the largest community of Arunachal Pradesh spread over 5 districts. As Arunachal is very rich in expressions of culture in its art forms every district represents different design of ‘Gale’. Aruni didi wanted to design such a “gale” which can represent all the designs together. It was not a simple task. There were so many hurdles on the way but she was determined and her team was spirited. Ultimately after 6-7 months continuous efforts it was possible to arrive at a design which TO MAKE A GREAT FUTURE INDIA, , a ‘THE WHOLE SECRET LIES IN represented all districts. In this entire process ORGANIZATION, ACCUMULATION learnt how to “Grow with Unity”. OF POWER, CO-ORDINATION OF WILL. SUE SCe RCO Te Car ene Mirereney cree Atpresent she is the Prant Sangathak, een oes Ke Amine Cena ARANBACKGROUND: Manisa social animal. It needs an ideal society to grow and realize its full potential. A society which provides environment conducive for growth of its members leading to overall social growth and development. A society with strong institutional frameworks that enables social and economic activities strengthening social cohesion, A society to incubate a better breed of young generation for man making and nation building. A society which balances its human activities for sustainable management of its resources and having a collective will to preserve nature. Does our society have these attributes today? The answer is perhaps ano. In fact, today our society is afflicted with so many social ills. Our youth are swayed by waves of social degradation. The crosswinds of materialism devoid of moral and cultural values have stressed our social fabric. The cultural ethos imbibed from our forefathers is diminishing. ‘The gap between rich and poor is wider. The blind race for materialism is creating a chaotic society where collective development has taken a back seat. The overall standard of education needs improvement. The drug addiction, alcoholism and anti-social behaviours are on the rise. The environmental degradation is posing a serious danger to our flora and fauna. The rampant exploitation of our natural resources is leading to imbalances and most of our rare species are at the edge of extinction. The society is disintegrating on the basis of clan, title, language, region etc. The unemployment 1 GUMIN REGO KILAJU (GRK) «+-4 collaboration of positive minds for social gronth. #Iungam Basar among the young population is a major problem. Alll these are threatening the age old peaceful coexistence of our people, even though we are blessed abundantly by Mother Nature. We have land resources, rivers, forest and we are culturally very rich, yet our society is degrading day by day. The reasons are not far to fetch. The analysis reveals that the lack of wisdom, knowledge and direction to our younger generation is one of the main reasons Now, how can we retrieve our age old glory? Can we lend our collective efforts for building a society which is at peace with itself? Can we make a society where collective growth and development is its core ideal? But who will lead in evolving such a society? Is it the duty of our leaders? Is it the duty of our Government? Does each members of our society have any role? Is it alright to sit idle and lament? BIRTH OF GRK MOVEMENT: Keeping all these in minds, in the year 2012, all the Officers and Officials of GORI and SOI villages of LEPARADA DISTRICT of Arunachal Pradesh decided to come together to work on many issues afflicting our society. They formed a non-governmental organisation called as Gumin Rego Kilaju(GRK) and started works of social reforms and changes in micro level. It was a Zcollaboration of all positive minds for social growth. It became a people’s movement very soon. The guiding thoughts which inspired the humble beginning of GRK as people’s movement was to do something together or put efforts collectively to improve our society instead ofWoRSwine waiting the Government or a leader to come and do it for us. The belief that no angel is coming to help us unless we do it ourselves was the guiding principle. The realisation has dawned upon our people that one cannot bring positive changes to the society by lamenting and blaming the prevalent social conditions. It can be reformed and given a new direction by collectively joining hands and work on the issues of social importance. Hence, the idea of ‘doing instead of lamenting’ and changing the attitude to WE, OURS AND US from earlier mentality of I, MY AND ME. It was felt that itis, time for sharing our knowledge to our people by involving ourselves collectively and to provide guidance and direction. It was also time to collectively harness the energy of all the likeminded people and channelize their energy for lifting our society out of this chaotic and moribund social state. Whoever has a positive bent of mind is welcome to join this movement without hankering for individual recognition. It was the time to pay back ones root by silently lending helping hands physically, mentally and financially according to one’s capability and walking together towards positive social growth. This social movement of GRK was launched on 6th Dec, 2012 amidst the huge presence of people of Gori and Soi village. It started taking roots in adjacent villages very soon with the joining of hands by more and more people. All our Leaders, Officers/Officials, intellectuals, senior members, working people, PRI members, HGBs, GBs, youth, students and womenfolk of Leparada District and beyond are leading this social movement today. All the expenses of its activities are borne out of voluntary contribution of people especially government employees. Within 7 years of its movement, almost all area of Leparada district, adopted the philosophy of GRK. The good works done through GRK has now spread to other districts as well. Some of the works done collectively by our people under the aegis of GRK movement are listed here as under- 1. BAN ON FISHING: The ban on fishing was imposed indefinitely. This has led to huge increase of number of fishes and aquatic lives in our rivers. Additionally, 75000 fingerlings were also released in our rivers to increase the number of fishes. Today, we organize one day traditional fishing during BasCon Festival with tourist and villagers to earn revenue. 2. BAN ON HUNTING: The imposition of ban on any form of hunting initially for five years adopted in the year 2012 is still in force. Many animals and birds are now visible in our forests. 3.BAN ON PLASTIC: The plastics have been banned in villages. This has reduced plastic pollution and its hazards. 4. BAN ON GAMBLING: There is ban on any form of gambling such as playing cards, carrom, ludo, chess etc. within village jurisdiction. This has reduced loitering of people around without any productivity. 5. BAN ON IMFL: There is ban on use of Indian Made Foreign Liquors (IMFL) in any social functions to avoid intoxication and alcoholism, The crime rate and road accidents have reduced due to this. Also the workshops are conducted by Village Level Disciplinary Committee to check drug addiction and alcoholism Nee AWoRSwine 6.SANITATION: It is now compulsory to construct pigsty for maintaining cleanliness in our village. Social services are conducted regularly to clean the village area, The Hospital data confirmed that this has reduced infectious diseases among villagers 7. DISCOURAGING SOCIAL DIVIDE: The division of society on the basis of clan, title or region is discouraged to maintain social unity. 8. OPEN DEFECATION FREE: It is now compulsory to construct toilets in villages and discourage open defecation, Hundreds of toilets have been constructed long before SWACCH BHARAT ABHIYAN was launched by Govt, of India, Around 32 villages have been declared open. defecation free (ODF) now. 8. ORGANIC CULTIVATION: Encouraging youth to take agriculture and horticulture activities particularly organic cultivation as alternative employment. Several workshops and trainings have been conducted to impart knowledge on organic cultivation. 9. PARENT- TEACHER MEET: In order to improve the performance of Govt. schools, regular Parent-teachers meet in schools are encouraged. The toppers of schools are also rewarded as a token of encouragement. 10.GRK FOOTBALL ACADEMY: Encouraging games and sports is a very important agenda of GRK. AGRK FOOTBALL ACADEMY is running now in Basar with the help of volunteer donations. More than 30 talented young children are selected after rigorous test. Recently, two young students of this Academy have been selected by 1 Sangey Laden Sports School Itanagar for further study and coaching. 11, ENCOURAGING TOURISM: The villagers are encouraged to be part of growing tourism by keeping the villages clean and plantation of avenue trees and promoting ‘HOME STAY’ concept to augment the income. 12. BASAR CONFLUENCE FESTIVAL: In order to attract tourism, improve rural economy and showease the rich cultural aspects, an annual calendar event of BASAR CONFLUENCE or BasCon FESTIVAL is organised. Unlike any other festival, BasCon is a unique festival which is organised by the community. This year the BasCon 4.0 is being organised from 1* to 4* December, 2019 with the help of State Government. 13. RIVER CLEANING: The water is source of life. Therefore, it is very important to clean our water sources from any contaminations. The GRK is conducting river cleaning annually to spread awareness. 14. ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM: Renowned bloggers, poets, photographers, Painters and story writers are invited and hosted in Basar for a month to work on various aspects of lives of native people and share through social media, The idea is to document the culture, food, religion ete for posterity. This programme culminates on the eve of BasCon for wider publicity of their works, 15. BIRDING PROGRAM: Another program to preserve birds, the birding program has been also organised. A large number of species of birds have been recorded. During the seven years of journey, themovement of GRK has touched almost all aspects of our lives. As a result of the concerted efforts of our people, today the GRK has brought, about many positive social changes and reformations. However, GRK still believe that a Jot more are remaining to be done. In fact, more one delves deeper into our society, more one finds social ills which need a collective efforts to weed it out, The caravan is moving on and more and more like minded people are joining the chain to contribute for social wellbeing without hankering for personal mileage or recognition. The comerstone of WE, OURS AND US from earlier mentality of I, MY AND. MEis our beacon that guide the relentless march, for achieving a society which is at peace, having equality, brotherhood, social justice leading to prosperity. The journey of social transformation continues... Come and join GRK and be a part of this wonderful movement! .... a people’s movement! Further details on GRK can be accessed in the website www.grkbasar.org The author is the Founder Secretary General of GRK. By profession he is an Architect and presently working as Deputy Director in the Department of Urban Development and Housing, Govt. Of Arunachal Pradesh posted in the office of the Chief Engineer, Mowb-II Itanagar. 7 NOC AYpay OREWine Works Together Growing Together A Sueeess Story The contributions and role of human resources development especially in education sector in Arunachal Pradesh is spectacular, but while achieving this feat the Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalayas Arunachal Pradesh Trust (VKVAPT) and its Karyakartas have had to toil with a lot of problems and hardships. Most of the parents are grateful to the Karyakartas of VKVAPT for their zeal and enthusiasm to create this healthy education environment for our children. The various success stories of VKVs are the result of the motto of working towards growing together, The framework laid down by VKVAPT has drawn innumerable well wishers and individu- als from every walks of life for a healthy growth of educational sector in the state. However there are still many issues that lay in our hand to work together to achieve further height. While re-collecting my association with VKV Chimpu, Itanagar, campus, my mind flashes. back at imminent threat of huge boulders to VKV Chimpu campus as per the unusual handwritten, circular from neighboring resident. On a rainy summer day in May, 2008, I received a call from one of the dedicated vacation In-charge of VK, Itanagar. He, with desperate and frantic voice, told me that they have got unusual information from a nearby resident, that VKV Chimpu, has threat of few huge boulders which were precariously hanging beside the retaining wall of KV No II, Itanagar and in between the road leading to Itanagar and Hollongi. This was the result of massive erosion caused by heavy downpour for several ULI By : TOKONG PERTIN days. Due to the incessant rain, at any moment the piles of huge boulders were likely to slip down and massive damage was assured to the school property. After the telephonic conversation with vacation In-charge of VKV Itanagar, [immediately rushed to VKV Itanagar Campus covering 6 kms distance and witnessed the most dangerous scene from the school Campus. I rang up the Director, Disaster Management (then Relief & Rehabilitation Dept) as well as the Deputy Director Disaster Management but neither help nor advice came from their side. Next, [rang up the then SP Papum Pare, Shri. Hibu Tamang, IPS, presently posted at New Delhi as the Additional Commissioner of Police VVIP Security, Delhi Police and also holding additional charges as Addl, Commissioner of Police, Special Police Unit for North East Region (SPU-NER) to ensure safety and security of North East people in Delhi. It was before creation of SP Capital Complex, Itanagar. Both of us tried our best to coordinate with PWD to engage a JCB or Falkland to remove the precariously dangling huge stock of boulders just above the VKV Itanagar Campus. Due to darkness around on that, day, we could not take any further step. However, during the night there was heavy downpour, fortunately nothing was occurred. The next day with the help of PWD ICB the huge GNM CCAM 67(ys —~<¥ OREWins pile of dangerously dangling stone were safely removed to the great relief of all. “The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified” ‘Swami Vivekananda Thereafter, with the spark of this thought of Swamiji we decided to organize ourselves with, a few dedicated well wishers to form group of VKV supporters who can be contacted for 24x7 hours for any problem encountered by VKV Chimpu. As a result of that endeavor sometime the full-fledged VKV School Support Group (SSG) came into being. This SSG works in a different manner compared to other School Management Groups found in many schools across our State. This group of VKV Itanagar’s well-wishers has been drawn from all walks of life with a motto to attend any call of the situation from VV on 24X7 hours. The SSG members work together with the school authority based on need of situation, We all help to ventilate the problems as per the need of school to higher authorities of the state and have succeeded in many such endeavors. The SSG and school authority sits in regular interval to discuss and ponder over the issues related to school welfare. From 2016-17 onward the SSG started functioning in a more organized and systematic manner, like felicitating achievers of school an- ually, s0 as to boost the morale of the students as well as VKV asa team, Though VKV Itanagar produces good result in class X and Class XII CBSE Board examination, but due to change of CCE to annual exam system, as amember of the SSG, we have witnessed, psychological impact on students as well as their parents. In real sense, under RTE no detention system was adopted and in Arunachal Pradesh, perhaps there has been some psychological damage to the tribal dominated state of ours. Here also the SSG’s services were roped in, and after thorough con- sultation and discussion, it was unanimously de- cided amongst _ others to invite some motiva- tional speakers and also to felicitate achievers of student’s community every year with much fanfare to boost the aspiration level of — stu- dents from the resources contributed generally by the SSG team. And the magic is that the school still produces the best result in CBSE Class X and Class XII board examination. Itis not an in- dividual feat, rather a contribution and combined effort of the students, teachers, school admin- istration, and the parents including the SSG team to keep the spirit alive for the motto to work together while growing together. Last year in 2018, Dr. Madhu Rani Teotia, IAS, Secretary, Education, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, the person behind structural changes in education system in Arunachal Pradesh, graced the function as the chief Guest to honor the young academic achievers of VKY, Itanagar. In addition to her motivational speech, she appre- ciated the SSG format of VKY, Itanagar Nee AAAThus, if Hook back on my relation with VKY, it turns me nostalgic as my association with VKV started as a parent and now, Lam one of the active Member of the SSG. In all these years, I have witnessed many positive changes in this school ~ the quality of education, the methods of application of knowledge etc. A lot of things have changed but one thing that remained constant is the ideology of Swami Vivekananda, which is leading the students, the teachers and even the parents for their betterment. The students, the teachers, the parents including the SSG have collectively played an important role in bringing in the positive and qualitative changes. As I pen down my thoughts, I congratulate the teachers and the students for their ever inspiring success stories that are written in the history chapter of our state, and to uphold the name of this school. Weas a Support Group have and will always stand firm to provide all the help and support to this school for the children of tomorrow. And, it is truly said that here, in VKV, we work together while growing together as a whole, for the community, for the society. The greatest sacrifice is when The author of this write-up/ article is a ee four own happiness for Member of the School Support Group of VKV the sake of someone else. (Chimpu), lanagar and is presently holding the post of Director, Trade and Commerce, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. He can be reached at tokongpertin@ gmail.com 1m WoRSwine Concert oF ‘Growing together’ in the Indigenous culture of Arunachal Pradesh India is a country of diversity. India, from centuries has lived to the diversities of its people’s culture, religion, caste, race, land and it’s much looked upon for by the world Variation and beauty in the diversity is seen from Kashmir in the north to Kanyakumari in the south, and from Gujarat, in the west to Arunachal, in the East. Arunachal Pradesh, the Land of Dawnlit Mountains, is a beauty in just its name; digging in, one can dive in the river of amazement and wonders. ‘The landscape is of hilly track nested in the foothills of Himalayas, and endowed with wide topographical variations. Vegetation and wildlife, rivers and streams originating in the higher Himalayas have flowed down forming tributaries of the mighty Brahmaputra which have nested many lives along its banks, making their own niches ‘There reside about more than 26 tribes and sub-tribes with their tribal culture, identity and ethnicity in wide varieties. One living here can't just only know the people here, the people's modesty and uniqueness but also the essence of the indigenous preserved cultures can be felt just, right. ‘The Monpas and Sherdukpens of Tawang and West Kameng districts followed the Mahayana Buddhism. The Apatanis, Galos, Mishmis, Nyishis, Tagins, Akas etc. who worship the Sun. Dr. Yadar Kabak and the Moon God, while Noctes, Wanchos and Khamptis follow basic Vaishnavism and Buddhism. Its feels good to know that people of different beliefs thrive together so well, and there is beauty in the differences. Also the Galos, Apatanis, Tagins and Adis are commonly known, as the Tani Clan in relevance to myth of having originated from the same forefather Abotani Again plunging deeper, you can know the various languages, which are mostly derived from, Tibeto — Burman language, with more than 50 dialects. But then also for the convenience of communication Hindi, Assamese and English are used profusely. What more fascinating is the way people have lived, in much proximity of their existence with the nature. People here are dependent on Mother Nature for everything, from the traditional handicrafts, fishing hunting tools and housing etc. So, eco- friendly growth and development is the only respite for the people which will continue to link people with the pristine nature Skills on handicrafts are passed down to generations. Government has also initiated small industries and training institutes for skill development of the craftsmen. This is a necessary step to keep going indigenously made styles of handicrafts. ~NEWoe ~<¥ eRSwas And now when it comes to the food habits of the people, basically the staple food is rice. And also people love taking the local made alcohol called Apong, made of fermented rice and millets. Along with this, dancing is always a part of their merry — making ceremonies; a group dance by the women mostly to the folk-lore songs and chants called Ponungs-ponu, Some chants are also meant for calling of deities, power of spirits and are about historical events, myths and hence these practices, songs and chants are important to be continued; to be practiced and encouraged. Agriculture is the means of living for the people and knowing this, cultivation has been of utmost importance and thereby even the festivals are for the prosperity of crops each year. The Myoko of Apatanis, Boori-boot and Nyokum Yullo of Nyishis, Tamladu by Mishmis ete. bring colour and prosperity to all. Thoom, cultivation is the prominent form of agriculture practiced across the state ¢ indigenous belief of particularly the Tani Clan is the Doni — Poloism, i.e. worship of Sun Moon, and also for the Idu Mishmi Tribe who worship their own Deities. Recently seen influence of Christianity across the state is a harmful element for the breakage of Indigenous belief, and a part of its own identity. In this regard, [really miss those moments lived in the VKVs of Nivedita Vihar and Itanagar, when we were taught about the richness and uniqueness of Arunachali Culture and Traditions by our teachers. The work done by Vivekananda Kendra to make this concept of ‘Growing Together’ come true is commendable. Arunachal despite being a heaven on earth, for a long time, the world has remained dark to a its richness because of the state’s remote location, but the scenario is changing and it is growing to be of blooming tourist interest. Summing up, itis known that Arunachal is a state of prosperity and heavenly abode; people here live in peace and harmony, despite the diversities. And then living here and knowing them is exactly what you see can be felt, the se~ renity, the taste of cultural richness, which is getting erased from most of the place of world. Though the people are evolving with the modern world development, but remaining rooted to its origin is its real essence and world has got to see this. And hence, with this what Arunachal Pradesh needs to embrace now is what it has and preserve the very same, that the world is losing at great pace; along with welcoming the developments and necessary changes. Government should have the department and all necessary ways initiated for the preservation of this inborn culture and identity. People should be educated and made aware of their own ethnicity and the importance. It is noteworthy to mention that VKVs are imparting Man — making and Nation - building education to the remotest parts of the state. It's always my prayer for the people and this, land that it must keep enchanting the people from. outside and thriving in this world, and the generations and generations of this land should get to see its own beauty. je author is an Alumnus of VKVs Nivedita Vihar and Itanagar. The article has been collected by VKV Raga.Ash ~<¥ OREWine Growing Together| Indigenous Culture Loss of culture is loss of identity- We need to know who we are because it makes a difference in who our future generation will be. Arunachal Pradesh; hidden in the northeastern region of India is a state that exudes a variety of colors in the form of different traditions and culture and is known as ‘Land of Rising Sun”. When we talk about the culture of Arunachal Pradesh it is truly varied in the sense that the state has 26 major tribes including sub-tribes, Every tribe has their own unique set of tradition and customs. Now, the question arises how do we grow our indigenous culture? How do we preserve it? Culture and its heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs and aspiration, thereby defining a person’s national identity. It is important to preserve our cultural heritage because it keeps our integrity as a person, But nowadays our society is not concerned with educating the youth, with our own culture and tradition which in turn encourages the influence of Western and other culture. The main purpose of rising awareness in our youth is that they are the future of the society who will pass on their cultural knowledge to theirnext generation. And also by visiting sacred shrine(Eg. Gamgi) for better understanding of religious culture and by promoting traditional festivals like Mopin, Solung, Nyokum, Dree ete. Learning Art and Crafts- We have our own unique handmade traditional craftsmanship like weaving (Gale), bamboo and cane crafts (hats, baskets, cane backpacks etc.), weapons, Sri. Linni Chisi omaments and also household activities. These are the unique yet very fragile and the skilled hereditary traits of Arunachal tradition that is usually passed on to the next generation. + To promote this art and craft we can further organize vocational classes for the youngsters during their vacations or if possible add such art and craft classes in their curriculum. + Parents may let their children spend holidays with their grandparents which will help them in better adaptation to the traditional way ofliving. So learning about the traditional culture is an important part of identity development. Knowing about our cultural heritage, background and our state( Arunachal Pradesh), being proud of our indigenous culture, knowing our language and cultural knowledge, understanding of connection to the family and the community, learning the stories of our forefathers, sense of belonging and pride, understanding of the culture ultimately describe oneself, We can achieve such cultural advancement in indigenous growth by implementing and promoting awareness programs with respect to indigenous culture. Learning traditional belief + First and foremost making our “mother tongue” as our priority by recommending the parents to use their own mother tongue with their children. So that the children could comprehend NORE AAAWING their traditional dialect for better interaction. + Also by introducing “Tani Lipi” as subject in academic system so that our next generation would benefit from our own indigenous script to promote and preserve our mother tongue (tribal language) which are on the verge of extinction. Learning about Religious tradition- We follow indigenous belief which has been systemized under the banner,”’Donyi-Polo”(Sun and Moon) ever since founded by “Daadi Bote Talom Rukbo”. No cultural intrusion performed on the local tradition to convince people that their original religion is less valuable should be encouraged. So, Arunachal Pradesh brimming with tremendous anthropological richness, is ahome to several groups of indigenous people. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the richness of its indigenous culture from extinction and help it grow more efficiently. Ask yourself a question- WHERE DO WE BELONG TO...?? [The author is the General Secretary, Central, Kargu Gamgi, Basar, Leparada district (A.P). The article has been collected by VKV Basar.) a “The rain drop from the sky: Ifit is caught in hands, itis pure enough fordrinking, If'it falls ina gutter, its value drops so much that it can't be used even for ‘washing the feet. Ifit falls on hot surface, itperishes. If it falls on lotus leaf, it shines like a pearl and finally, if it falls on oyster, it becomes a pearl. The drop is same, but its existence and worth depend on with whom itassociates.”Later KV Extay Whiting Sub-Junior Category Swami Vivekananda “My Hero” Puna Ummi Class: V, VKV Tafrogam Swami Vivekananda is my hero, He is one of the greatest son of mother Bharat, He is a social reformer, philosopher and a great monk of India, He is really very heroic in all the aspects. ‘Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863, in Calcutta. Swami Vivekananda gave his whole life to save his motherland. I choose him as my hero because I want to do something great for my country, I adore all the good qualities of Swamiji. He was intelligent from his birth. Because of his bravery and intelligence, he became the leader of his friends. From the very young age, Swami Vivekananda known as Narendra was a very inquisitive. Because of his learning, he had a strong desire to meet God. At that time, the Brahma Samaj activities were carried out vigorously in Bengal. Narendra also became a part of the committee. Though Narendra asked many about God but nobody could quench his thirst. So he started wandering here and there in search of truth. At last, after meeting Ramakrishna Paramhansa, he learnt about the mystery of religion and God, After his father’s death, being the eldest son of the family, Narendra had to shoulder the responsibility of nurturing his family. As the family had no money left after the father’s death, it was a troublesome time for them. There were many times when Narendra did not even touch a morsel of food for days on end. ‘Atthe same time, Ramakrishna was diagnosed with throat cancer. When Narendra went to help him, he was overjoyed to see Narendra. Ramakrishna gave all his miraculous power to Narendra and heaved a sigh of relief. Later, Narendra also became a Sannyasi to obtain knowledge and to know the people of the country he embarked on a journey in Bharat. He saw the real plight of the people during his journey. In December 1892, he meditated for three days in Kanyakumari and hit upon a plan to rejuvenate India. He decided to go to America to address in the World Parliament of Religion. Swamiji reestablished the glory of India throughout the world with his electrifying speeches. Swamiji will remain as a hero and inspiration to me. NRE AAALater KV Extay Whiting Junior Category Swami Vivekananda at Dolly Borang World’s Parliament of Religion Class: Vl, VV Oyan Swami Vivekananda embodied the mission of India in the World. Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at World’s Parliament of Religion at Chicago, America in 1893. This was the first ‘World Parliament of Religion and it was held from 11 to 27 September 1893. In 2012 a three days World conference was organized to commemorate the 150" Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. ‘The first World’s Parliament of Religion started on 11 September 1893 at Permanent Memorial Art Palace (also identified as World’s Congress Auxiliary building), now the Art Institute of Chicago, as part of the World's Columbian Exposition. Vivekananda gave his first lecture on that day. Towards the afternoon his turn came, after so much of procrastination. Though initially nervous, he bowed to Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, and he felt he got new energy in his body; he felt someone or something else had occupied his body- “The Soul of India, the echo of the Rishis, the voice of Ramakrishna, the mouthpiece of the resurgent Time spirit”. Then began his speech with salutation, “Sisters and brothers of America!”. To these words he got a standing ovation from a crowd of seven thousand, which sted for two minutes. When silence was restored he began his address. He greeted the youngest of the nations on behalf of “the most ancient order of monks in the world, the Vedic order of sannyasins, a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance!” On 15th September, in his speech Vivekananda tried to explain the reason of disagreement between each other and different sects and religions, He told a story of a frog, which is popularly known as kuor bang. And in the story he told, a frog used to live in a well. It was born there and brought up there and it used to think his well was the biggest water land of the world. One day, a frog from a sea came to that well. When the frog from the sea told the frog of the well that sea is much bigger than that well, the frog of the well did not believe it and drove the frog of the sea away from his well. Vivekananda concluded- “That has been the difficulty all the while. I am a Hindu. I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well. The Christian sits in his little well and thinks the whole world is his well. The Muslim sits in his little well and thinks that is the whole world.” On 194 September, Vivekananda gave a short introduction of Hinduism and spoke on “The meaning of the Hindu religion”. He also talked about the 3 oldest religions of the world, namely Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism and their survival and the emergence of Christianity. He then went ahead and shared his knowledge of the Vedanta philosophy, the concept of god, soul and body in Hinduism. On 20 September, in this brief address Vivekananda made a “little criticism” and told, religion was not the most important need of Indians at that moment. He regretted for sending of Christian missionaries and trying to save the souls of Indians although poverty had been a much more important 1Diter VKV Extay Whiting issue at that time. He then told, his aim was to join the Chicago Parliament of Religions and to seek aid for his impoverished people. On 26th September, in this speech Vivekananda talked on Buddhism. He talked about origin of Buddhism, relation between Buddhism and Brahmanism, Buddhism and Vedas. He concluded “Hinduism cannot live without Buddhism, nor Buddhism without Hinduism.” and showed how Buddhism is the fulfillment to Hinduism. Address at the Final Session (27 September 1893) This was Vivekananda’s final address at the Parliament of World’s religion. In his last speech he told that the Parliament had become an accomplished fact. He thanked the “noble souls” for organizing the Parliament which he felt “proved to the world that holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character”. He finished his speech with appeal “Help and not Fight,” “Assimilation and not Destruction,” “Harmony and Peace and not Dissension.” ‘Swami Vivekananda spent his whole life spreading spiritual knowledge around the world and upliftment of poor in India. His contribution to Indian history will always be remembered. Ke Amine Cena ARANLater KV Extay Whiting fiesta nl ee) Senior Categor . 80rY Swami Vivekananda as a Great Social Reformer Km Megha Raj Class: XI, VKV Yazali “Now a star in the heaven, was a superstar on the earth,”-such was the eminent personality of Swami Vivekananda that the whole mass cannot stop themselves, but bow down their heads to him. Planet Earth has millions of stars to its service, but Swamiji stays the brightest among them. The greatest son of mother India took his first breathe as the divine child of father Viswanath Dutta and mother Bhubaneswari Devi on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti. On 12" January, 1863, the whole neighborhood rejoiced in the birth of the great legend. Blessed with the power of his father and serenity of his mother, small Narendra (as he was called in his childhood) was a warehouse of thoughts. Such was the curiosity that when he reached his college, he began searching for ‘God’. Before that, in instance where he showed the mass who he was. and for what he came on the Earth, Meeting Sri Ramakrishna was one of the turning points of his life. It was that time when Sri Ramakrishna became the path shower for Swamiji. It was then that he came to know about the true goal of his existence, which was to serve his country, to serve his Mother India. Then, surprisingly, the death of his guru came as another big turn in his life. The strong Swami Vivekananda could not bear the separation from his guru ‘Sisters and brothers of America’-this one sentence became a huge crowd appetizer. In the World Parliament of Religion, he began his speech with these words and there was thrill created within the audience and they gave him a long standing applause. From that time onwards, Swamiji’s fame has crossed all the boundaries, he became world famous ‘There was something burning him from inside, He took a deep breath and thought about his own countrymen, That time, financial condition of our country was not at all good. There were lot of people below poverty line, There was tears in his eyes when he thought about the situation of his countrymen, He decided to tour India. He walked on foot. When he reached Kanyakumari, he paved his way to the shore of the great sea and on a rock, he decided to sit and meditate, People believe, he was in that position for consecutively three days. He dreamt about the past, the present and the future of our country. ‘The great Saint then went to his hometown in Calcutta. There he established Ramakrishna Mission as a tribute to his guru. The mission got engaged in great social reformation. Swamiji was till that time known as great Saint, but from then, he became a great social Reformer too. Social reformer is any person who brings or tries to bring some changes in the norms, in the ideals according to which a society runs. How can one deny Swamiji from getting that tag? He is the one who has been able to inspire each and every one. He asked everyone to come out from deep slumber and work for the upliftment of our country. He said “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.” This quote itself is studded with tiny spheres of hope and motivation, He has guided us to 1 rsLater KV Extay Whiting friar ke ee remain adamant till we reach our prime destination, Swamiji once quoted “Service to humanity is the greatest form of worship’. He himself believed in this, Ifa person is in any problem, he would leave no stone unturned in solving his problem. That must be our motto. God has sculpted each one of us for a special reason, What we have to do is find that reason and work for that. Swami Vivekananda has himself led a selfless life and has expected his fellow citizens to do the same, What bad would one get in helping others? He has taught us the divine lesson of not hurting others. It is because if we hurt others, we hurt God’s creation which is amounting to hurting him. IN the same way, he had encouraged every woman to come out of their huts and fight for their right. India has been strengthened by the vigor and wisdom of Swami Vivekananda. India is able to raise its status just because of great personalities like Swami Vivekananda LT Sani Vivekananda asa an Senior Category Great Social Class X Reformer eae Among the greatest men born in India, Swami Vivekananda is shining as the brightest star. From early childhood, Narendra was a very bright student and a voracious reader. His memory and reading capacity was exceptional. During his studies he made himself well versed in all the philosophical and religious texts of Hinduism be it Upanishads, Vedas, Ramayana or Mahabharata, All these reading made him a very inquisitive person. His quest for truth and knowledge took him to Ramakrishna and Narendranath transformed to Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was a great social reformer. But his concept of social reformation was distinet from others in the sense that he emphasized on the spiritual upliftment as a prerequisite for social reformation, He had the mission of raising Bharat mata as the ‘Jagat Guru’ . He believed that socialism can be spread among the people by bringing all the caste people under a one roof. Though Swamiji belonged to a upper caster, he had never shown any discrimination against the lower caste. He had the habit of giving away his goods like cloths etc. to the poor people. The sole purpose of his life was to raise India to the revered level that once it was held. He left his, comfortable life and became a monk due to his intense love towards his country. His thoughts and ideas spread across the world made tremendous influence on the people around the world. Swamiji did not only concentrate to spread his message to the world, but also exhibited much concern for social reformation in India through various social acts. One among them was the service work undertaken during the plague epidemic. The writings and speeches of Swami Vivekananda were full of messages against the social and religious evils. He had great faith on the potentiality of the youths of India for social upliftment. He wanted to instill courage and strength by removing all sorts of weakness in man. ‘Swami Vivekananda will remain as a role model for me. NOE AAALater KV Extay Whiting Senior Category ean ee) CA A? , Suan Vivekananda asa Great Social Class-xil, VKV Roveliane eee “Lam proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance’-these were the words of the 30 years old monk who introduced the culture and religion. of millions of Indian to the world and made the world aware of the greatness. Born on 12th January 1863, Swami Vivekananda, known as Naren as a child, was a voracious reader and a very curious child and young Naren later grew up to become one of the greatest social reformers of the 19* century who shaped not only India but the whole world, On 11" September 1893, Swami Vivekananda spoke at the Parliament of the World Religion in Chicago. This was the introduction of the greatness of our religion to the world, Swami Vivekananda showed the world the true nature of Hinduism and preached it with pride. “I go forth to preach a religion of which Buddhism is nothing but a rebel child and Christianity but a distant echo’, He taught the nation to take pride in its religion and face the rest of the world with courage. Swamiji had very deep knowledge about the ancient scriptures as well as the modern world. As an intellectual, he was very critical of the social differences which haunted the Indian society during that time. “The caste should be according to one’s deeds and actions and not by birth’, he would say. He believed that each soul is potentially divine, He wanted all Indians to be highly educated, self-supporting. One of the most remarkable things Swami Vivekananda did as a social reformer was to recognizing men and women as equal in contributing to the nation building, He did not believe in discriminating people based on gender. In one of his letter to his brother disciple Swamiji asked “Is there any sex distinction in the Aman?” His love for his country is second to none. Through his teachings and his actions Swamiji taught generations of young men and women to love their motherland. He gave momentum to the freedom movement in our country. ‘The young, humble and highly intellectual monk from Bengal showed the world the greatness and spirituality of anation which was previously viewed as nothing but a country dominated by European. Asaltrue son of the Bharat mata, he jerked awake the nation to fight for their freedom and planted in the youth the seed of spirituality and nationalism, Swami Vivekananda’ philosophies and teachings are very much in action in the modern days and so many people have been working on the upliftment of the society inspired by the ideals of Swamiji. 1Sudlent & Teachers’Ci Happened to me Iwas the first because | was the —_ smallest. Ulti- All because of mately we arrived in the VKV Campus and heaved Bu FFALOES: asignotreties. onthe way fell down several times =) but | stood up again and again and ran. It was the i most frightening incident of my life. By:- Km Shristypriya Saikia cl VKV, Banderdewa —— iris horns. I thought to pull its tail and did, When I pulled its tail, it tuned back and kicked me. Alas, Ifell down witha loud thud on the road. Thank God! It was not a highway. I think that the sheep was in a very bad mood . From that day I stopped pulling tails of When I was small [had the animals. habit of pulling tails of animals Four years ago | was in VKV Niausa. One day one didi came and asked my mother to accompany her to a shop which was far away on a hill top. As my mother was having a headache, | volunteered to accompany her, We were going up and up. Suddenly | found one of my school friends who told us that in that village there might be a quarrel as many people were carrying guns in their hands-the reason of the quarrel was Killing of some butfaloes of their village. We were so frightened. After hearing that we all stared to run from that place. such as cats’, dogs,” goats ‘Acnsiyn Unodkeishnn and other domestic animal. Chass V, VKV Niu One day, my mother, my sister, my grandfather and I went to market to buy some vegetables and groceries, suddenly I saw a sheep with 1Cit Happened to me A TRAGIC JOURNEY Iwas returning from Delhito Itanagar after spending my summer vacation with my grandparents. We boarded the train from Anand Vihar to Naharlagun on 19th May 2018. | was in high spirits as we had en- joyed alot during holidays, had visited many forts, temples etc. But the best part was that | had got new clothes as gifts and among them was my favorite green colour Jaipuri Lehenga. We slept at around 11'O clock at night in the train. Unfortunately, when we woke up at 7’0 clock in the morning, we found our trolley bag missing in which my new clothes were kept. Somebody had stolen it. We complained to the Railway Police but all was in vain. | cried a lot when | reached home. It was a very sad day for me as | had lost most of my new clothes including my favorite green Lehenga. G By: Avika Mishra Class:-VII {B},VRV, anagar Journey from . this hostel of V.K.V. Roing. The name of my Sadness to Happiness (22 cinauy uno tam senna son When my father went back leaving me here | felt that | was the saddest boy in this world. | knew nobody here and nobody knew me. I felt like the person in the story who was left alone inanisland, But my hostel was not an island. It Then one day my father brought me to _is fullof friends even for strangers. Seeing me : AV | still remember the day when my parents declared that | would be sent to a hostel. | felt very sad thinking that the hostel would not be like my home.Cit Happened to me sitting sad one of the hostellers said “Let's goto the playground”. It was sports time in the afternoon. When | was at home | didn’t get any playground to play. I didn’t have friends to play with. My sadness van- ished immediately and | became a happy boy seeing the huge playground with group of boys playing different games. Now | say to everybody that my hostel is the second best home for me. Kr. Lham Dorjee Class-IV, VK.V. Roing wirled in Undercurrent Two years back I went to a river with my brother and his friends for bathing. The water was deep at the middle of the river. The other side of the river was only a few meters away. My brother and his friends were able to wade through the water to get to the other side, Seeing them I got excited and wanted to follow them. As Ireached the middle of the river my feet lost the grip as there was an under current in the river. I was about to be swayed away, Icried for help. Just then somebody grabbed my one hand and pulled me out of that force. He Chow SukhawaSingkai #8 one of my brother's friends who saved my VX Class-VIII, VV Roing. _ life that day. From that day Tam afraid of going to any river water 1Cit Happened to me Our Wonderful Experience This is one of my early childhood incident. | and my sister like other children wanted to play cooking. So, whenever we went to Ruksin or Pasighat we insisted our parents to buy “Khelna Bati” forus, Our persistence brought us a set of the same and we were eager to cook food. One day when after cooking mother was taking rest we saw that some fire was left in the “Gulung’ (Fireplace). We immediately took the advantage and put the plastic cooker and also some uncooked rice and pour some water. We were very excited to know the result but the result was quite different. The smell of the melting plastic reached my mother who rushed to Paggor. Surprising us she burst out with loud laugh and we gaped at her. * Gulung (Fireplace) * Paggor (Kitchen) Km Naken Riyang Class - VII, VKV Oyan AVYCi Happened to me WAL Many incidents occur in our life as we grow but there are some which cannotbe forgotten. These incidents also teach us some moral chapter Which should be abided. This incident happened when | was in class VI and date was 27° January. | and my friends were planning to go to the tea garden which was at the back of our schoo! campus. We all thought it would be nice but unfortunately when we were about to cross over the wall our _ scolded us and warned us not to go again without warden caught us red handed. We _permission of elders and warden. After that day we were brought back to hostel. My never stepped out without asking the _ warden. elder brother had been called who read in class X in this school. Ev- erything was unfolded to him. He Kr Kenjing Osik was not telling anything there to me Class VII, VKV Oyan but he racted afterwards and warned ~ me not to repeat same thing in fu- _™“~— ture. Not only he but all his friends ULI | The Ascent 201Cit Happened to me Itwas my first time, | saw my mother in wet eyes, | didn’t know what had happened to me? But, a sort of pinch and a depth of sadness stroke my heart. I didn’t know what sort of things had made my mother cry? She did not share anything with me. Then my sadness turned into anger and eagerness. | really wanted to know, what made my mother cry? Whenever asked, she only replied, “Don't worry 'm Ok!” Then a great darkness of confusion left in my mind, What was it that made my mother cry? Did | know that reason? | really wanted to know, but this question remained as a question to me. Inever knew, what that was. ‘Suddenly a thought came to my mind-I don’t know the reason that made my mother cry, but | will never make my mother cry because ofme But I really wanted to know the reason behind my mother's wet eyes. What was the reason? —_—_——s Kr. Yumlam Sonu, Class-IX, VKV,Sher AVYWHEN MY SISTER WAS LOST di M See One day we were going to a shopping complex along with my mother. Entering the complex, my mother got busy in buying new cloths. My three Cit Happened to me sisters were playing hide and seek inside the complex. One of my sisters was hiding under the cloths. After sometime we completely forgot about her and came out from the shopping complex. Suddenly my mother asked “Where is Rilam?”. We looked here and there but she was not there. Then | went back to the complex and shouted ‘Rilam! Rilam!’ On hearing the name she came out from where she was hiding, From that day onwards, we were very careful about our sister whenever we go to market. KR. JIYAN BAGANG, CLASS V, VKV, DOLLUNGMUKH Learn Galo Proverbs “Dobiribidogem eme gulen ta, dore rese dogem isi telenta” Fire may breakout even during rainy day and flood during sunny day. That means the unforeseen and unexpected things may be happen at any time. By Km. Marya Ete Class-X , VRV Vivek Vihar “Menki menri na gumin menyak do kaki tarina yasu kopa do” Menki Menri means those who always argue or pointed to small things such persons are the trouble maker of the society and those who always peep in small things see the bad things and invite problems. The saying advises to be broadness and firm. The Ascent 201Cit Happened to me J used to tease the animals when | was 5 to 6 years old. One day when | was back from school tohome, I came back eating chana which | bought from the shop. Just when | was about to reach my home I threw the paper and suddenly a cow came and ate it. Then | caught the tail of that cow and went on pulling the tail, Lastly, the cow kicked me ‘on my mouth and it started bleeding. When | reached home everyone started asking about the same. From that day onwards | stopped teasing animals. KR. DORI NGURI |CLASS V VKV DOLLUNGMUKH her hand and was continuously chewing that thing. | thought it was sweet so I teased her by saying that she was eating something alone without giving me. But to my surprise she laughed but said nothing. When we reached home, | asked her what she was eating. In reply she again just smiled. | got angry and on that day we were going back to Namsai. So without bidding her goodbye I eft the village. The separation was long due to some reason and we came back to the village after 5 years. As There was a friend in village who always welcomed me whenever | used to visit my village. We were best buddies, | was 8 years old, and she was 1 year older than me. We used to play army- army in the jungle, One day after coming from the jungle Inoticed that she was holding something in AAAARA 88Cit Happened to me soon as we arrived there, Iran towards my buddy's house. | saw that her mother was sitting in the veranda and stitching something. The moment her mother saw me, she broke into tears. | asked what the matter was. She didn’t say anything. She gave me a letter and said that her daughter had written it for me. | got confused, when I read the letter, | said nothing and ran to my home. There | cried bitterly; | felt so uncomfortable and lonely; | was regretting myself. The matter was that she died of chewing too much tobacco. She was addicted to it, But as a good friend she never encouraged me to take it. At that moment | realized that tobacco is asilent killer. Ku. Nomin Ruthi Khimhun 3 Class: IX, VKV Tafrogam It is about an accident which happened to me at a tender oy age of seven. On one Sunday “ Y Ad afternoon | along with my mother and elder sister went £2 ; to visit the local zoo at Roing. y I was really very excited hopping to see many kinds of ;,| | animals in the zoo but when | reached there, | found there nothing but only a few monkeys and a single fawn which was | hiding under the bushes. | went near to the cage to watch 7] those monkeys inside it. There were two monkeys inside the cage fighting and chasing each other. After that when they 1Cit Happened to me saw™me they came closer tome and | was busy looking at their glittering eyes. One of them was sneaking its hand out from a small hole indicating that they were hungry and asking me for the packet of chips which | was holding in my hand. | tore the packet of chips and started giving one by one to both of them and when the packet was finished, | started talking to my sister who approached me to talk about the fawn which was diligently eating its launch. At that moment one of them outstretched its hand as far as it could and pulled my frock and on the other side my sister quickly pulled me towards her, | felt as if my heart beat stopped for asecond. Then my sister suddenly gave a jerk and we both fell down on the ground. The end of my frock was with those mischievous monkeys inside the cage but my life was saved. Ku. Leslie Bellai VKV Tafrogam Over excited “ae This happened to me this year in school. Our school assembly consists of prayer, news, stories and thought (Hindi and English). Each student should compulsory tell the stories and interpret the thought tum by turn. And it was now my tum, | was happy as wellas excited as |had already prepared my thought in English. During assembly prayer, Iwas in a deep thought about my preparation and how | would be presenting. When the National Anthem was over then | suddenly stood up from my place and went in the middle of the assembly infront J of principal di, When | was ready to say my thought, | felt something was wrong. When | turned back | saw the news reading girl standing behind me and looking at me in a confused way. After that | looked at the students they were staring at me silently. Then principal di smiled and said, “Aren't you much excited and have come before the news?”. Then! remembered that after the prayer and National Anthem, there was news reading, Everybody had alaugh at my cost. rum ae) ae NRE AWhen | was in CI-VI, | got the opportunity to partici- pate in Geeta Chanting Competition. We went to Amliang for cluster level. That was my first visit to Amliang. | had heard from my friends that the road was very bad and not constructed well. The road to Amliang was very dangerous and when we were go- ing through many hills and steep curves, suddenly we were stuck in the middle of the journey. We were six people including the didi who went with us as es- cort teacher and the driver. We were the junior group and the senior group went in another car. Their car went first so they were too far from us. Our car had some problem. The driver bhaiya did not know how to repair the car. We were very afraid and was not knowing what to do. Itwas too cold outside as it was the season of winter. There was complete silence outside except the sound of the waterfall. Jyotshna Cit Happened to me An Unforgetable didi who was with us tried to call our prin= cipal didi, and many others but there was no network in the dense forest. Nobody was passing that way. We were not able todo anything so didi told us to stay in the car hoping that if somebody passed that way we would go with them. We stayed in the car for many hours and suddenly a Tata sumo (which carries passengers) passed that way. We stopped the vehicle and asked if there was some place for us, But the vehicle was loaded with passengers and luggage. So we were not able to go in that vehicle, We asked the driver of that vehicle to pass the message to any teacher of VKV Amliang while passing the school, After some hours the vehicle of VKV Amliang came and we went init. We reached there before the evening prayer. We had been too tired but were relieved toreach the beautiful school, our destina- tion. 4 Nang Khenawati Hopak Class: VII, VKV Tafrogam The Ascent 201Cit Happened to me APU In our language grandfather is called Apu My Apu was bom before the Independence. He was a man {ull of joy and cheerfulness. He was friendly with everyone including my friends. He told us many stories, jokes and many other incidents of his childhood. He was broken when my uncle died but he somehow consoled himself. When | was standard |, | was sent to hostel in Assam As | grew up, my APU became older and older buthe had a great cute wrinkled smile on his face. When | was reading in class IV he had a pressure stroke and was admitted in ICU. Though he couldn't talk well but he still kept up his smile. When | was admitted in V.K.V. Tafrogam my grandfather was happy because my father too studied in V.K.V, Niausa. When | went for vacation | saw that my grandfather was not in the gate to welcome me, like every time he used to do. | saw that my grandfa- ther was in his bed and was very sick. | was afraid that he would die. Whole vacation | took care of him and when I went back to my hostel | kept thinking about him. In the first parent's meet | asked my mother about ‘APU who replied that he was still alive. Butin the second parent's meet | was informed that grandfather was no more. | could not describe my grief to lose my grandfather. | still remember his wrinkled face, his love and all his memories. Km. Angun Wangsu Class VII, VKV Tafrogam NE AAACit Happened to me ce Extinguishing ‘One morning | and my mother were sitting in front of our house. Suddenly we saw that a house was burning opposite to ‘our house. My mother immediately ran fast to that house. Without wasting a second, | opened a water tap and filled water in a bucket and ran to the burning house and 3 4EARN LONGCHANG LANGUAGE ] Kr. Tunel Zongsam Class- VI, VKV Changlang threw water on the house. My mother asked : IESSeTaNT™ Perera me to inform all the neighbors and at the] poc same time running for more buckets of ¢ CAT water. People gathered around the house :| PIG. WAG and they also started throwing water onthe $] HORSE CAMRANG house. At last the fire was put out.:| sNaKE Pow Everyone appreciated me as Ibravelyand :| FRoG LOCKAT smartly came forward to organize cow MAN everyone. 3] BUFFALO :| | ELEPHANT MUKAT Tadar Aku, : : Class-VII,VKV NIVEDITAVIHAR $ DEER CHOK | The Ascent 2018-19 93Memorp Lane My Realizations | started my journey in VV Oyan from class Ill, That time I hate my school due to strict rou- tine like wake up early, going for prayer etc. It was a bit unpleasant task for me but now be- cause of this tight schedule | can proudly say that Ihave become a responsible student and | must admit this that no any other Institute can ever teach me such good routine. | must thank to my parents who thought to admit me here. |am re- ally fortunate one. This is my last year here but | never think to be not a part of this. | have spent here 8 years, Each and every day was a memo- rable one. | would like to share here a few of those memorable days. Dear Reader, Let's start with PRAYER Prayer is a part of our life. | used to lead Prayer in my school. | must say that being attentive in prayer is highly beneficial for us. Some of the advantages of prayer that | feel personally are: 1. Relieving our stress. 2. Develop confidence. 3, Improve our vocal. 4, Improve our pronunciation. 5. Brings about discipline. Co- curricular Activities We may be winner or loser but must participate in co-curricular activities. We are not born confident, we have to achieve through our practices and participating in co-curricular oR ek Sie an, GA, ha AAAARA gt=FaSecalaesMemory Lane activities build our confidence. For this we must start first because start to work is the first achievement. When I was at primary level our three Didis viz Jisha didi, Reshi didi, Ambili didi conducted so many programs to find out our hidden talent. Some lines for hosteller First of all being a captain of Subhash hostel | would like to convey a message to all of you that living in hostel teaches us a lot -waking up early in the morning, reaching prayer on time, controlling juniors ete., I swear it makes you really a responsible person. | must say that itis the best part of life because our schedule teaches us how to manage our time fruitfully. This is the place where one can build our personality. Kr, Otit Tondrang Class - X, VKV Oyan be ea tes ne cag SUN Pere rte pee anak Seed ne ead ‘You helped me when I was in trouble Sea nee ead BO oe SN eS Brother Brother Brother PN npr sna od Brother Brother Brother BETS REN cris Speci) Ey Brother Brother Brother een | The Ascent 2018-19 95Memorp Lane In VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh, selected students from Class VIII of Middle schools are transferred to another VKV for their higher studies and in my case the same thing had happened. | was transferred to a new school from where | had my five years of schooling. | was quite exhilarating but got a bitjittery to get admitted in a new school My experience in my new school was somewhat uncanny as | saw many — unfamiliar faces around me. Moreover, Ihad got used to friendly and enchanting atmosphere of my old “gg By:Km.Gyammar Cheku Class-IX (A) VKV Vivek Vihar school. The place through which | became a part of VKVs, the place where I got to know deeply about the great soul like Swami Vivekananda, Eknath ji and so on- the place where everyone comes empty handed and goes back realizing the measures within. When I look back at the days I spent in my old school | find each day and each moment to be precious and worth cherishing. My nostalgia got heightened when I think about my teachers, who struggled day and night to teach their students — exhaustively. They are the persons whom | owe a dept of gratitude forthey had always been intended to make me learn the necessary life skills in AVA \'Memory Lane addition to the academic subjects. With the passage of time | have been realizing that the teachers of my new school are also immensely inspiring and fantastically interested to impart their knowledge to their $ inquisitive students. And it was only in the latter half of the session | could indulge myself to the new environment of the new school profoundly. er Converse in ADI Language ‘At last the day has arrived, the most awfal English : What is your name? day of my life. Tomorrow we are departing. All Adi: Nok amine ingkoue ? the students of Class X are going to theirrespec- English : Iread in V.K.V Oyan. tive homes. The days in the school were the most Adi :Ngo,V.K.VOyan lo poridung. enjoyable time in my life. We were like a family. English : What are you doing? From moming bel till the Subbratri we enjoyedall Adi: Noingko ko la idun? the days, English : Are you fine? ‘My sschool has a magical atmosphere where Adi: Noaidun? : ‘we could gain anything from anywhere. Iam going to miss my school alot, Always willbe proud tobe a VKVian. English : Lam going to my village. Adi: Ngo dolung endak- Kun. English : You are very good. Adi: Noairunako. Km. Dolly Borang Class — VI, VK.V Oyan Kr. Ravi Doka = Class- X ( EMRS, Bane) a ea Tana Ms | The Ascent 201£Pearls of the land Story of Tokke pekke ee RCCL RCA Ry ium onary heart of a jungle. It soon happened that the Prac Cae Cco eae ROU ae ce ‘own. Soon afterthe marriage, the wife started ORC ane mee RCE UR a RRR aR ORCS eo ehnescit Still not satisfied, the wife asked a strange Cree ame ae ee a CORR Cen RS brother said “You”. “If so, prove it to me by Killing your sister and if you can't, | will leave Meee ok MS ca OUT aL Tee eae ea ecm ace from their farm. She said “Aao, today | brought Rc cence after hearing this cried but didn't show it. As she was cooking, he said “Berme Cec m Unt acme td platform? Ourmother buried her ornaments, Ree eu eau Racy Cee eae ace Reem coh Us Zi Poe cue CO a ee with one swing he beheaded his sister. As she died, his wife tured into a wild hen and flew away (in Nyishi tribe we call them Doujang Napung meaning the wife who brings quarrels in home.). The brother lost4 Pearls of the land Puce WM Cm CC Lay OSC aCe a ta) Or eee mC Ce cad and the bird comes in search of her brother TRUEST Mache oe Kr. Tangngo Taku (Believed to be the name of the brother.) ANS le heeica $$$ LET'S SPEAK AKA sn SOO na Collected by : Laxmi Jebisow( Class II) How are you? Ba KheKhaKuniya Ba Udasuma Will you go to school tomorrow ? What are you doing ? Ba Dra Ha School JiO Ma Ba Ha Dang Khoa Come here. Will you play with me? ‘Aage Be Je Bia Ba No DraKhelioma Let’s go together. Whatis your name ? Cho Sa Jibo BaNin Hawa Go Away. Where are you going ? Ba Khabia Ba Hange Je O Wa Have you taken your food ? Ba Aawa Cho So Ma When did you come ? aPearls of the land TORGYA Monpas have a colorful festive heritage The festivals are mainly associated with agri- culture and religious occasion. Torgya is one of those festivals which is associated with reli- gious occasion. Torgya is a monastic festival held every year for 3 days starting from 28" to 30" day of Tibetan lunar calendar. The festival is a vibrant affair where elaborate costumes are worn, masks decorate faces depicting animals and deities, and dances are performed to drums and cymbals. MEANING The name ‘TORGYA' has been derived from a big offering which is done on the first day of torgya. Torgya is a pyramidal — structure made from flour about ten feet high which is placed before the images of deities in the prayer hall. The torgya [Torma] is eventually thrown into the prayers to end evils from affecting the people and society. - A MAJOR EVENT ‘CHHAM’ [DANCE] The core event of the festival is Chham The dances done during this three days are mostly related to teach some kind of lessons for the people to accumulate good karmas and avoid accumulating bad karmas. There are some dances which is danced for the well- being of Mon area. Gorai Cham, Zha Cham, Choegyal, Yaab Yum etc. are some of the major dances of the 1* day, Chonying , Gonying, Dud Cham are some of the major monastic dances of the 2" day & the abbot of Tawang monastery gives blessing [Wang] to people . On the 3" day Sho Cham, Durd and Palden Lhamo dances are major monastic dances. TORGYA DUNGYUR Every third year of the torgya is called dungyur festival when the celebrations are grander. A message is sent to his holiness AAAARAthe DalaiLamaayearaheadofits _perfor- mance. His holiness send a relic called ‘Fabgyuri a holy item which is mixed with bar- ley flour to make small precious pills of at least one dungyur that is hundred millions. These pills are called ‘mani rilbu’. On the last day , the abbot bestows blessings, sprinkles holy water and distributes holy thread to each person. This ritual is called wang and the thread signifies good spirit, welfare, health and longevity. Objective and significance The objective of the festival is to ward off any kind of eternal aggression and to protect people from natural disasters. Torgya’s signifi- cance is to bring peace, good health and wel- fare of the people. G. Lobsang Lhamu Serdang CLASS- XI V.K.V Itanagar ae Pearls of the land 2, VEZ eZ = The leopard 7 the frog Once there was a leopard. He was playing in the field. While playing, he stepped ona frog. The frog's eyes became big and it started cried loudly. The leopard felt scared and ran into the jungle. A bear saw the leopard and asked him “Why are you running?” The leopard said “There is a frog crying in the field”. The bear said “Let's go together and see the frog”. Both of them tied each other with a rope and went to see the frog. The frog saw the leopard and said in oud voice “Thank you bear for bringing my Junch to me”. Hearing this leopard ran away. When the owner of the field Norbu Wangdi came, the frog said “Thave guarded your field from a leopard.” Norbu Wangdi thanked the frog and gave him a reward. Collected by Kunga Thinley Class: Five ,VKV, Mukto Rrohi_ the Ascent 2018-19 ammrryPearls of the land Mithun & Woman In the olden days there was a competition between a mithun and a gir. Inthe competition, the gil challenged the mithun that she would defeat itin com- petition. Therefore the said competition took place somewhere in the lake (Singi). The competition was in fact for swimming They both jumped into the lake and started Thaapna Khai thap, Shorn Khaai swimming. However, during the com- 5 petition the girl got tired. Therefore she ue took the help of her husband to be res- WCET Tat ker CUAL eek Ce eee iem|| — itmay healorspoil the situation. defeated her. Therefore, traditionally till to- day woman are exchanged for mithun as ( Monpa Proverbs a bride price in the Nyishi society. Km. Ananya Rigio (Class ~ Vi), VKV Baljan Km. Lobsang Dolma (Class: XI) VKY, ItanagarPearls of the land MATMUR JAMOH THE UNKNOWN Waaats) Today Br we see the history of our motherland we can find the great sacrifices made by the people from every walk of life for the cause of this Punya Bhumi, Some of them are Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekar Azad, Sukdev etc... but still many of them are unknown to us. Now | am going to give a glimpse of the sacrifice made by a great warrior of Arunachal Pradesh who took his last breathe at cellular jail at Andaman and Nicobar Island for sake of his motherland. To whom if We salute hundreds time is also very lessas I feel The British policy of expansion had also its impact on the Himalayan state - Arunachal Pradesh during their colonialism. In 1900s the British were on the move of the expedition towards ADI Region, Noel Williamson a British servant was posted in Sadiya as an assistant politcal officer. In 1905 when political officer Noe! Williamson had gathered many variable information from the local people. Now it was 1911 that officer Noel Williamson was returning from his travel from Upper Siang and reached Kebang village. After reaching there Officer Williamson was heading to meet the leaders of Kebang village. The ADIS were looking at him as if they would kill him, He requested them to give the permission to enter the further region of ADIS but wouldn't persuade them to give him the permission. Noel Williamson was told to move back, the area was too dangerous for him to enter further but he refused to obey the words of Adis Rrohi_ the Ascent 2018-19 amenPearls of the land and there was a very big misunderstand- _ and Nicobar Islands where he died in obscurity. ing among them. Matmor Jamoh, a man He was the freedom fighter of our state who was very brave and fearless hadkilled Arunachal Pradesh. His name will be attached to the officer Noel Williamsons in 1911 at _ the heart of all the Arunachali Komsing village as he did notllike the Brit- ish interference to their soil and people's day-to-day life. His followers who had leamt from Jamoh that never to be under the domination of anyone had killed another British officer Dr. Gregorson at Pangi both in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. KM, HABUNG HANCHIE On 31* March 1911, Jamoh was soon ar- CLASS VI VKV DOLLUNGMUKH rested and sent to cellular jail in Andaman EE Ls HOW DID THE MAN GET NOSE Once upon atime there were two friends name Tago and Taro. One day Tago and Taro went for hunting in jungle. Tago saw one beautiful bird and he aimed at the bird. While he was aiming the bird, Taro said, “Tago, why are you hunting the beautiful bird”. Tago replied, “I want its feather’. When they were talking the bird flew away. Tago got very angry on Taro and he angrily shot the arrow into his face, From that day onwards it is believed that human being have got nose. KR. GOMSA BOLE CLASS: Ill (THREE), VKV, LIROMOBA AAAARA 104Pearls of the land The Monk who saved his parents (A Khamti Folktale) Once there was a Khamti boy. He had a great desire to become a monk. His parents were fisher man and woman. One day the boy requested his parents —"Chow, Meh! Since childhood you both have given me all I need. Today I want to worship Lord Buddha and become a monk." His father said “What will you do by becoming a monk? You will not be able to spend a joyful life.” Son again requested - “Please, chow | want tolive in temple and worship Lord Buddha.” The parents directly rejected. That night the son ran away from home to become a monk. Next day, His parents searched and found that he had left home. After many years, the parents grew older and older. Soon they died together and was sent in hell for their bad deeds. Many bad spirits were present there. One of the bad spirits got hold of them and put them in the hot boiling water. But they were socked because nothing happened. They were simply drowning in the boiling water. The spirits asked them-“Why nothing is happening to you? Have you got any child?” They replied-"Yes, my son is a monk in the temple.” The spirit said-"Oh! That’s why! Your son is protecting both of you by his powers.” Thus, the khamtis believe that when a son becomes a monk, His parent's bad deeds will be forgiven and would go to heaven! Collected by: Km. Sneha Mongkhung (Class VII), VKV Tafrogam ~~ GNM ccm OME 105Pearls of the land The feelish Sen Tagin Folk Tale — — Once there lived a woman with her foolish son in a village, One day the boy said to his mother, “There is a mouse sleeping near our door. Ic is still sleeping”. The mother said “Oh my boy! The mouse is dead!” Every day, the old woman collected fruits and roots from the forest to eat. She also collected dry branches to use as firewood at home. One day, she was tired and sat down to rest. She asked her son to bring dried branches and dry leaves from the jungle. The son went to the jungle. He saw animals lying under a tree. As he neared the tree, he saw that it was a group of deer. The deer were sleeping. But the foolish boy thought that they were dead. He thought, “Today we can eat deer meat for dinner!” The foolish son rushed back home very happily. He asked his mother, “Do you want deer meat”. The mother smiled and said, “Yes, my son.” The son picked up a bag to bring the meat. He began to run towards the jungle. Then he thought, “Would my mother like hard bones or soft bones?” ‘The foolish son rushed home again. He asked his mother, “Do you want meat with hard bones or meat with soft bones”? The mother smiled and said, “As you wish, my son’. The son ran back to the jungle. But, by then, the deer had got up and were running, ‘The son felt sad that he could not give his mother any meat. He felt ashamed and sat down. He re- turns home only at night. The mother asked him, “Where is the meat”? The son had noth- ing to say. The mother smiled and welcomed him into the house KR BAGUM ROMIN CLASS: V (FIVE) V.K.V. LIROMOBA.HOW DID ABOTANI WIN THE STRONGEST ELEPHANT (GALO FOLK TALE) Long, long ago there was a very strong elephant in the forest. He was the strongest living creature. One day he was walking proudly in the forest. One day one bat came and said, “Abotani is stronger than you". The Elephant said “Who is Abotani? | will win him easily” and he started searching Abotani. Finally the elephant reach Abotani's house and asked, “Are you Abotani". “No, but what do you want to do?-Abotani replied. Elephant said “ One bat is saying that Abotani is stronger than me, that’s why | wantto fight with him”, Abotani said, ”Lwill tie you with a thick rope and | will go and bring Abotani’. "Ok, but you bring him fast’, Abotani went away. The elephant waited for many days. After some months Abotani returned, Elephant asked, “Where is Abotani? ” Abotani said, “I did not find him, | am going to search him again’ Abotani again went away and came back after two or three months Elephant asked him, “Did you find Abotani? if you have found then send him away | want to eat lot of food” Abotani said “I am Abotani I have tied you Pearls of the land formany months and now you have become very weak. If you wish I will never open you’, Elephant said, “Please, have pity on me I will be your servant for my whole life”, Abotani made him his servant. oneness KR BAGUM ROMIN CLASS: V, V.K.V. LIROMOBAPearls of the land BOORI-BOOT YULLO ANTHEM (NYISHI FESTIVAL) Eiji Piime Piibere Heyi Biine bibere hii DojiJilenre Chinyah Donyak Nyaglienre Boori-Bootem Molaju Lubu Sikom Jolaju Lubi kolaju Echii-Dulli Pima Dobe Diire-Yare Rema Dobe Ejii (the Sun) will continue to rise every morning from the eastern sk, while Heyi (water) of mighty rivers and streams will continue to low on ts ‘own course to give life to all the living creatures on Earth. When the Sun is about to appear early morning in the eastern sky, a beautiful red horizon appears. As soon asthe sun rises, red horizon of sky disappears and the ray of the sun makes the sky bright, vast and blue dotted with several lines of white clouds. Let's celebrate Boori-Boot Yullo as festival of peace, prosperity and for the general well-being of human kind and all living creatures on Earth. To protect human kind from epidemic diseases, and to immune the ‘community members from natural calamities, drought and famine. AVYPearls of the land Gutte-Gamte lire Leepa Boorii Bootem-MolajuLubu Sikom Jolaju, Lubu Jolaju Anyi Biirme OKumto Bbii- Biiro Okumto Chinte-Bitte Haglaju Nyirmen Domen Menlaju Boorii Bootem-MolajuLubu ‘Sikom Jolaju, Lubu Jolaju Words in Wanchoo language Migratory birds like mountain Nightingale and SkyLark will appear in and around our villages just after Boori-Boot Yallo (festival) to wam us on arrival of new seasons (winter solstice entering into spring solstice), so we all must be ready for the new agricultural season. Let's celebrate Boori-Boot Yullo as festival of Peace, prosperity and general well-being of human kind and all the living creatures on Earth, Sisters and brothers, do come together and let us get together in common place to celebrate our festival Letus cook quality food, let us drink quality drinks, and let us enjoy a merry-making during this auspicious occasion of Boori-Boot Yullo. Let’s celebrate Boori-Boot Yullo as festival of Peace, prosperity and general well-being of human kind and all the living creatures on Earth, Km. MAGA MANSI CLASS-VIIL, VKV RAGA NGLISH WANCHOO ola Dog ar Cat ean TMT. Kr: Ponjo Wangpan loa Aan a GNM CccM ORE 109Pearls of the land Thep int (An AdiFolktale) of Monkey Once there lived a scrawny little man anda scrawny little woman. Their neighbor felt pity upon them as they thought they were old and poor. So they tried every possible way to help them. But in real they were thieves. Whenever they visited their neighbors every time something would be missing, but they never suspected the old couples. One day the old couple's neighbor became sick. They came to meet him. While going back they stole his hard earned money. The man saw them running away with his money. He began to shout for help. The others came and began chasing the ei old couple. They could not run more and climbed _ atree. The man shouted them to come down but Cesar Lae they didn’t. The man decided to build house down E LISH WANCHOO the tree. Now the old couple could not escape as oe ony they built houses all around the tree the tree where : the couple climbed was the fruit of mango. See- eo Chaahnu ing the mango the woman said “Old man we can Bear Chapnce feed upon the fruit” From that day they began to Lier ey feed upon the fruits. The fruits were green and they on Nem started to eat leaves. The leaves were also over. The seasons began changing a lot, They had to eat the stems and branches. At the fear of falling down they could not sleep. Because of not getting good sleep they got dark circles and eyes were Saas look ee OMA Coren an ANC Arohi_ the Ascent 2018-1Pearls of the land sunken. Hair started growing all over their body. Their teeth became wider by eating the branches and stems and seeds. They could not speak nicely and began chattering, Alas they were tured into monkeys. Thinking there is no value of the money they had stolen, day ago they threw it away. Thus the scrawny little man and scrawny little woman became the first generation of monkey. Thinking they would again tum back into human beings they do the same as we do. Collected by: Ku, Ayanam Perme Class: VIII, VKV Tafrogam = Arohi_ the Ascent 2018-19 amirPearls of the land In olden days dogs and goats were good friends. The dogs had horns but the goats didn’t. So one day the goat asked his friend, dog to lend him his horn. The dog agreed to give as the goat was his best friend. But he said that he would lend him only for three days. The goat too agreed. While going back home the goat came to a river to drink wa- ter. He saw his image in the water looked beautiful with the horns. So, he made-up his mind that he would not return the horn to his friend. After three days the dog went to get back his horn, The goat was not willing to part with such a beautiful thing. The dog was disappointed, and his horn was with his friend. So he fought and struggled to take back his horn. But the goat was a good fighter than him with the horn. So from that day they became enemies and fight when- ever they meet, THE DOG'S HORN OTT Ma ea oy OE CR aa ay ad ear er ce CE ae EUS nes CeCe cue sae Collected by: Ku. Ngamhai Rangkham Class: VIL, VKV Tafrogam Pome ue Date eee0) VO ACLEC ra MINCE Coc eel aPearls of the land A leamed monk would often notice that one of his temple boys was always missing from the monastery at night. Very early one morning he noticed the boy entering the monastery gate. Confronting him, he asked him where he had been alll night. The boy said he had been to the most beautiful places on earth. He had played in gardens filled with all kinds | MIRAGE of flower, rowed down silvery (A Khamti Folk tale) steamed and walked in beautiful meadow, The monk gave the boy a bundle of stick with white paper flags pasted on them. He told the boy to take the bundle with him at night and plant one flag in every place he had been to. The boy followed the instruction and come backin the following moming empty handed. “Let's go and see the beautiful place where you visited at night’, the monk told to the boy. The monk and the boy went together. The first flag was found on a pile of cow dung. Some were found under houses, in dirty pools of water, piles ofrotting garbage, pigsty and such like, The boy was stunned. “How did @ROk - 44 aa TD ho a the flags come to be in such filthy places?” he asked. The monk gave him this answer, “Whatever you saw at night was a mirage created by the devil, who controls your soul. You have chosen to follow him”. The boy was asked to leave the monastery. Collected by: Nang Wanisha Mungkhung Class: VII, VKV TafrogamMOH MOL FESTIVAL Moh-molis one the most important festivals of Arunachal Pradesh. Itis a prominent pre-harvest festival celebrated by the Tangsa community of Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh. Moh-mol marks the ending of the sowing season and the end of toil and labors in the fields. It signifies the beginning of a new year, a time for merriment and is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm. Prayer is done to bring in a prosperous harvest season and for weallth and longevity of the community. Itis also a time to remember the departed souls and pray for them. People wearing the colorful and culturally flamboyant traditional dresses sing and perform folk dances during the Moh-mol festival. The Nong (Drum) a traditional musical instru-Pearls of the land ment is played during the celebration. It is an amazing experience as the sound reverberates through the mystic setting of the Tangsa Villages. The indigenous Sapolo folk dance form of the Tangsa Community form the main highlight of the Moh-mol festival MOH-MOL DANCE Moh-mol dance is the traditional dance form of Tangsa Community of Changlang District performed during Moh-mol festival. This dance is performed in group irrespective of genders. Dressed in their colorful festival attires, generally the young men and women dance to the sound of Gong (Jaam) and beat of drum (Nong). The dancers move at the rhythms of the drum beat. The dancers dance and sing the traditional songs. The lead dancers sing the songs and all the dancers followed him in chorus. The dance movementis very fast and hence needed energy to perform. In villages on the festival day the dance troupes make three rounds in their respective villages for three times in order to drive away the evil spirit from the village and for a happy and prosperous living of the village people. After finishing the rounds, the dance troupe would visit houses for merry making Learn Galo Proverbs “Jenpuk jennak na yasu jenpado” ‘Making friends within a short period of time may invite danger. Do not make friends with stranger at ‘once without knowing the background of him or her. A By Km. Marya Ete SexPearls of the land STORY OF 4B0 PAGDO AND SMEARING OF Sy RICE PASTE On It is believed that, there lived a man named Abo Pagdo, in West Siang district, who was brave and very skilful. One day some villagers came to Abo Pagdo and reported that there was a demon Mithun who harassed them and killed some of felt for a moment that it was simply a rumor. Next day the villagers came to Abo Pagdo with three dead bodies which were badly crushed by the demon Mithun, So Abo Pagdo went out with some villagers next day and hid behind the farm to see the demon. lagers, Abo Pagdo Suddenly, someone made a noise and they could somehow escape from the demon chey saw. Next day Abo Pagdo went well prepared. By hiding himself, he threw a spare, it tore into the demon Mithun which rushed cowards Abo Pagdo. Though he was badly injured he was successful to win. The news spread in the village-everyone was very happy. All the villagers then came with traps and spares. All started throwing spares to the demon, Finally, it fell down with blood. They left the spot with great pleasure, shouting and drumming. That night, there was a victory party at Abo Pagdo's house. When the party was in progress, three villagers came co him and reported that the demon was still alive. All the villagers stopped the party and planned to kill him to death next morning. Next day, when Abo Pagdo reached the spot, he found the demon still breathing. So she villagers gave Abo Pagdo a local dao and asked him to cut his head into two pieces. Abo Pagdo while doing so, a girl came and started smearing the rice paste on his face and head. When asked, the git! told that it was the paste made of their grains from now onwards, they would be free from demon & its destruction. Now they would have no scarcity of grain & paddy. Since then, Galo people started smearing rice paste on Mopin and scarifies Mithun& celebrate 3 days in the month of April 5®, 68 on 7® every year. AVYIM ustling/Words Vi. R There lies an exciting lesson In the history section, Which is all about the great nations That | have to listen with attention, And have to read with passion, Not with fashion norwith tension On every occasion, vacation and every season, To be not confused during the examination And to make a good relation with education. I must surely read the lesson. Kr. Ralung Bagang Class— Vil (EMRS, Bana) India Ngo-ge Nyoke hoge mwiw Indian Nge Nga-ge Abang Boru La Aanye-Berme. Ngo Nge-ge Nyoke ham Aabyi do ho laagab Ngo so Nyoke ge Lusa- Lusa Nyeje- Aaje ham Aaye go paaden. Ngo Loxiam Aai be Nyedub — Adub Nyeta Hin. Ngo Ngage Aan-Aab, Teachers hoge mwiw Nyello ngam khiden —paden hoge mwiw Niya- ko Ngam Aai—be doba- tayin. Ngoge Nyoke hoge Ngo- ge Niya- ko gab Ngo Nga-ge dinam sam khump gayen. Mwlw ge Aai- kor hoge seek — geek ho aaro Nga — ge Hemp — Henyir dotayin. KR. WOHANG TANTE CLASS- VI, VKV CHANGLANG | The Ascent 2018-19 17i, y Mf y Lf] Yi ling Soe Mj lf // Wf We search for affection But Happiness is something That we can bring to our life. Each soul is fighter Every heartis storm iy We redeem ourselves every single day To make our life better. Lifeis too short Don’tloath of anything Bite back your thunder Fight with your demons Don'tgiveup Fulfil your dreams, fly high Km.Anupriya Chhotaray (Class: XI) ‘You may find happiness VK, Itanagar Even in the rain droplets Orin diamonds,YY IW PWM ALM) je Wh Sie © is he ee kek e He is my good, loving and cating father... Kim. JiaDas Class — Ill, VKV Oyan 1yy UMMM Wy) Far from home, Everyone is stranger at first Soon becomes like cousins and friends Changing our shirts From civil to uniform From singing songs To chanting slokas Fresh like morning dew Hostel is something That | can't express in words Kr. Likha Kama It's just like my home. Class-VHI, VKV Sher MN Fath ° SX) (\, Heisthe one whomIadmite He is the one who teaches us / ~, Heisavery hardworking person, He does his best to make his “) Hekeeps on workinguntiland Child happy. yy Unless he gets success. Heis my super hero. r / ee wy) He is the one who eams and ee Runs our family. He sacrifices his everything to Km Gamba Ete Fulfill his daughters wish. Class- VII, VKV JirdinYi YW I WW he Mey Md Wierds va ew an Cc tT Father and mother are my Gods \ feel like Tam other pe) Ina heavenly abode fe ] r} Fathet and mother take care of us, They run here and there for us like our VKV school bus ae They care us ke ee They think good for us They love us \ ‘They scold us \\ Fas wate | But they never harm us | Father and Mother I LOVE YOU. \ \ } f \ Ke Toko Dokaum | Class-VIT AA A Romane con cat.fy, NATURE The clouds float in the sky, A sense of calm fills my mind. The gentle breeze that touches my face Inspire me to do well. ‘The sweet fragrance of the flowers at blooming, Bring vibrancy to my life. ‘The hills and the valleys at a distance, Make scene unique for painters. The lovely butterflies fluttering about, Bring the message of being cheerful and happy. ‘The birds that soar high in the sky, Boast of the freedom they carry in their wing, Nature is a teacher, life is a lesson, So, enjoy, the bits and piece a” + « ere + * By: ROLAN WANSU Class:VIII, VKV Jairampur | AM YY f) ONLY DEEDS MATTER Lam surrounded by clouds of ignorance They are so black that there is no end No light of divinity can pass through, ‘The black clouds include criticism, regret and the way my appearance is, Tam finding the path to obtain salvation Butitis too late as the blackness of the cloud has swallowed my world as lam regretting about my past because of my appearance, people laugh atme They only see me as acrying girl But who knows itis the tears of ignorance Tam waiting for the path of light So Ican say to someone that Itis not the appearance but the good works and deeds that matter. Surabhi C Class X (A), VV Nitjuli 122 AAAARAGf YHOU pfessbs Hh Friendship is a happy experience males us laugh, & . : LEARN ed x6 & : NOCTE LANGUAGE Itmakes us sing, > vu Zk : It makes us seek, S26 = . Itmakes us weep, > : : MIANG And above all, v : HU maton Fp bsp 2 ruemant —PoK t Ri s Doe ae Km Jungam om 3 FIG WAK Class- VII, VKV Jirdin . KM. TAM MARRY | CLASS VI VKV DOLLUNGMUKH Our Teachers Who born for the nation, Who gives us love,Our Teachers Who gives us knowledge, Who teach us learning, ‘Who teach us speaking, ‘They are our teachers. ‘Who come from different places, ‘Who work every day and night, Who create doctors, engineers etc, Who can change the world, They are our teachers. Kr. Mibom Bui Class — IX, VK.V Ziro grass | The Ascent 2018-19UU Ml, . f /j Nature gives you all, But what do you give to nature? She is akind soul, Because all in this world are her creation, Try to learn something from her. She can teach you. Try to ask questions to her. If you don’t listen to her. She will show you herself one day. SOL Eh Who is a soldier? One who fights for the nation One who dies for the nation One who goes to the war field To protect the mother land. Who is a soldier? One who never loose One who always win One who fight 4 z Collected by Kr.Chakra Lamdik Class-VII1, VKV Sher Once allady was travelling in train with her daughter, both were reading books. Seeing this other passengers were surprised because these days children are addicted to mobile and video games. One passenger curiously asked the women, “How did you motivate your child to develop ahobby of reading books? The women simply replied, “Children don't listen us, they just copy.”SO SOO EO EX SO OG SHIBU MANDAL Class: Vil, VKV Jairampur God created this world not for the benefit of mankind alone. No doubt, man today is the ‘master of the world. He has tamed even ti- gers, elephants, and king cobra, But neither God nor his sense of superiority gives him the right to hunt down all kinds of animals, big or small, harmful orharmless. other also live in peace and harmony. Hunting or violence against animals is against the will of God and the law of land. Therefore, co-existence should be our motto. Animals normally live in forests. They don't attack us unless we provoke them or intrude in their territory. They are afraid of us, They serve some useful purposes. So killing them for pleasure or for their skin and bones is not only acrime but asin also. We need to leam to live together not only ‘with our fellow being but also with all the crea- tures created by God. In other words, we should live our live ourselves as well as let TTT a