Calcutta Telegraph, India
May 3 2005
Bending it like boy Beckhams
Riot of colour
It was all about colour, culture and creativity at Milaap 2005, the
inter-school fest organised by Spicmacay’s Calcutta chapter, in
association with TTIS, on April 29 and 30 at St Thomas Day School.
Picture by Rashbehari DasChildren of Nabadisha participated in an
enrolment drive, “Send my friend to school”, organised by Vikramshila
Education Resource Society, Banga Education Society and the Paschim
Banga Rajya Prarambhik Shiksha Unnayan Sanstha on April 30 and May 2.
Picture by Sanjoy ChattopadhyayaThe North Point Day School, Dum Dum,
team celebrates its victory at the Linc-TTIS 5-a-side Football
Tournament at CC&FC on Saturday. They beat Julien Day Ganganagar 2-1.
Picture by Rashbehari DasStudents of Delhi Public School dropped in
at Victoria Memorial as part of a city tour. Class VIII to X students
from 10 Delhi Public Schools in the eastern region were in town to
participate in the Inter DPS Sports Quiz organised at DPS Ruby Park
on April 29 and 30. Picture by Aranya SenCalcutta School of Music
Students Dance Ensemble presented Eclectick, with Odissi,
Bharatanatyam, Manipuri and modern dance, at Max Mueller Bhavan on
April 30. Picture by Sanjoy ChattopadhyayaVishma Pratap of Learnium
School (top) participated in the International Computer Olympiad held
in Romania recently, which was sponsored by Microsoft. He was the
only Indian to bag a medal, winning a silver. Forty-one countries
participated, with 171 teams and 240 individuals. Vishma is in Class
V in Learnium School. The name of his project was Incredible India.
Above is a picture of the Indian stall at the eventHariyana Vidya
Mandir Guardians Forum organised a cultural programme on April 29 at
Science City auditorium. After performances by students of the
school, Bangla band Bhoomi took centrestage. Picture by Aranya Sen
All of 150 schools took up the challenge, although only 48 made the
cut. And the winner is… The Linc-TTIS 5-a-side Football Tournament
concluded on Saturday evening, at the CC&FC. It started on a
league-cum-knockout basis, with eight groups comprising six teams
each.
The two top teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage in
the quarter-finals. Two friendly exhibition matches between team A
(TTIS and teachers) and team B (games teachers from participating
schools) was held at CC&FC on April 26 and 30. Team A beat Team B
4-2.
On Saturday, North Point Day School, Dum Dum, and Julien Day School,
Ganganagar, fought for the title. St James and La Martiniere for Boys
played for the third position before the final match. The former won
2-1.
In the final, Tanmoy Kundu of North Point scored the first goal
within the first minute. The excitement was palpable as Nazrul Haque
Kayal of Julien Day scored the second goal. The decider was the
second goal by Tanmoy Kundu. The cheerleaders on both sides were
unputdownable, as they supported their team.
Ryan Price of St James was awarded the best player of the series.
Saheb Ghosh of Julien Day was awarded the best goalkeeper of the
series. Muzaffar Rahman of Bishnupur Sir Romesh Institution won the
highest scorer award with 19 goals in the series. Armenian College
was the recipient of a special award.
Sourendra Kumar Das,
Sri Aurobindo Institute of Education