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St. Mark's Sr. Sec. Public School
MEERA BAGH, NEW DELHI - 87 |
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On 4th September 2023, students of Class IX attend an orientation session on SPICMACAY.
A SPICMACAY session was conducted by the executive body of SPICMACAY which included Shri. K. Vaidyanathan, a passionate admirer of music and art and a source of inspiration for artists and amateurs, Mr. Rajiv Giri, a National Coordinator with SPIC MACAY and Ms. Disha Verma an Executive student member of MACAY. |
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Under the aegis of Spic Macay, the students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh had the privilege of witnessing a Lec-dem by Dr. Uma Sharma, Padma Bhushan, Kathak exponenton 29 November, 2019. She was accompanied by Shri. Madhav Prasad ji as the vocalist, Shri. Mubarak Khanji on the tabla, Shri. Mustafa Khalidji on the sitar and her two disciples Ms. Sukriti and Ms. Anushka. Umaji commenced the recital with vandana and then went on to give a brief about ‘Kathak’ as a dance form.
She, along with her disciples, presented ‘Tode, Tukde Paran’ and proceeded with ‘Kavit’ (telling the story of Prahlad), Ganeshji’skavit and of Krishna dancing with ‘Gopis’. The next was Krishna’s Kaliya Mardan’ and ended with Yashoda and Krishna’s ‘Maiya Mori’. Her disciples displayed ‘Mughal ki Nazakat’.
The lec-dem ended with Umaji’s‘abhinay’ wherein she exhibited all the ‘rasas’. It was indeed a mesmerizing and an awe inspiring lec-dem. |
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5 students of St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh had the opportunity to be a part of the SPIC MACAY - Society of the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst the Youth. The highlight was the address by His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama by a talk on educating the heart and mind to over 2300 students from 50 schools at the Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi on September 20, 2019.
He enlightened the students as they are the very future of the country. According to him the past cannot be changed but future is in our hands. He sensitized the students that the root cause of all the problems is anger, feeling of jealousy and over-competition. The remedy to this is to form a strong thought of compassion towards others in our minds and hearts. In order to achieve success, we need to combine the modern knowledge with the Ancient Indian knowledge of kindness and compassion.
Rightly said by His Holiness “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion and if you want to be happy, practice compassion.“
“We are social animals and cooperation is necessary for our survival but cooperation is based on trust. “
He concluded by saying - “Your enemy is your best teacher.“ |
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Under the aegis of Spic Macay, St. Mark’s Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh had the privilege of organizing Manipuri Dance Recital by the renowned artists Guru Singhajit Singh ji and CharuSija Mathurji on 31 October, 2018. Accompanying them on the flute was Jagannath Ghoshalji and on the drums were Sarat Singh ji and Pradeep Singh ji. Luxmi Devi ji accompanied them as a dancer. The recital began with VasantRas. A mesmerizing display of the divine love between Krishna and Radha. It was followed by ‘Pung Cholom’, performed by the two drummers. Next was a dance recital that beautifully depicted the emotions of priestess who is dancing to awaken the deity from his slumber.
Guruji and Charuji then mesmerized the audience with their dance that portrayed the love story of Arjun and Chitrangda. The programme ended with another performance by the drummers, who performed a dance of Holi presented in Manipuri temples. The students were awe struck and enjoyed the performance thoroughly. |
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