72nd Republic Day

Republic Day is one of the prominent national festivals celebrated every year on January 26^th with utmost enthusiasm and zeal in VKV Dibrugarh.

The school band escorted Smt. Rajukumari Sharma, Retd. Teacher, VKV Dibrugarh, Sri R. M. Thakre and Sri Shasanka Roy, Vice Principals, VKV Dibrugarh to the ground where they  unfurled the tricolour amidst a cheerful and proud crowd of teachers, students and parents.

Everyone saluted the National Flag, sung the National anthem and pledged themselves to upholding the honour and integrity, diversity and uniqueness that is “INDIA”.

Rajkumari didi in her speech spoke about the significance of the day and said that one must follow truth seeking approach. Whatever one’s problem or situation be, we need to try to seek truth, according to Swamiji. We should all join hands together to become one, together we make a family, families make up a society and societies together make up the whole country. We should be proud of our constitution and try to understand how our system is formed and how we have become the biggest democracy in the world. After the valuable speech the teachers presented a patriotic song which reverberated the surroundings and the students of classes I to III performed an action song.

After the celebration of Republic Day, teachers organized a Prize distribution ceremony for the students and teachers who participated in the various programmes organized during the lockdown period both online and offline. After that a friendly Volley Ball match was organized between the teachers and students.

The celebration concluded with Shanti Mantra and everyone dispersed after Prasad with the image of the fluttering tricolour in their minds.

 

 

  Netaji Jayanti

On the occasion of the 124^thBirth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, to look back on his life and all that he accomplished as one of the most celebrated young freedom fighters. The great day was observed in VKV Dibrugarh on 23rd January, 2021 with a brief programme in morning assembly. A speech on the significance of the day by our student Kr. Jyotiraditya Upadhyaya of Class VIII and it continued with a patriotic song “Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja” sung by all the students and teachers with an action song by the students of classes I to III. Smt. Deepika Paik, teacher, VKV Dibrugarh, spoke on the significance of the day. She narrated a small incident from Netaji’s life that he was blessed son of our motherland who was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings. 

 Swami Vivekananda Jayanti

Despite the ongoing pandemic like every other year this year too VKV Dibrugarh left no stone unturned in the celebration of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti.  The celebration began with Samartha Bharat Parva which was observed from 26th December, 2020 to 11th January, 2021 in the Vidyalaya to awaken national consciousness among the youth focusing on the strengths of our Nation.

Everyday on these dates students and teachers offered flowers to a decorated photo of Swamiji in the morning school assembly which was followed by Swadesh Mantra and Veer Gatha by teachers, then everyone sang the National song ‘Vande Mataram.

On 12th January, Pushpanjali Karyakarm was held at various locations in the city where our teachers, students and staff members participated area-wise. Many teachers and students decorated a photo of Swamiji at their homes and offered floral tribute in honour of  his birth anniversary.

12th January declared as National Youth Day is celebrated by many schools and institutions all around the world.

Teachers and staff members gathered in the Vidyalaya campus and began the celebration by offering floral tribute to Swamiji. Thereafter all gathered in the Sanskriti Sabha Griha of the Vidyalaya where our Vice Principal, Sri R.M. Thakre welcomed the chief guest, Dr. Srishtidhar Dutta, Chairman, VKV Dibrugarh. This was followed by a short programme which included  Vivek Geet performance by the teachers, speech by the chief guest and floral tribute. Though there was an absence of students and a large crowd this time the teachers were overjoyed and thrilled for their performance.

The chief guest in his speech spoke about the ideals of Swamiji and his lectures and writings that derive source of inspiration from Indian scriptures and the broad outlook of his master Sri Ram Krishna Paramhansa. He also highlighted in his speech how Swamiji wandered about all around the country and motivated numerous youth organizations, study circles and service projects involving youth. Swamiji focused on the youth as he believed that they were the future of the nation.

After the speech of the chief guest,  a short prize distribution ceremony for the teachers who participated in singing competition last week was held.

Vice Principal, Shanshaka sir concluded the programme with a vote of thanks. All the teachers and staff members stood up for performing Aarti which was led by music teacher Smt. Pranamika didi.

Kalpataru Divas

This day is celebrated on 1^st January every year in the morning assembly in VKV Dibrugarh in presence of both students and teachers. A speech on Kalpataru Divas was given by our teacher Smt. Deepa Bora. In her speech she spoke about Kalpataru Day as annual religious festival observed by monks of Rama Krishna Math as well as worldwide. Vedanta Societies have narrated the reason behind the celebration of Kalpataru Divas. She also highlighted that the celebration of this divas protects the Dharma and Spiritual Sanskriti of Indian culture. The programme continued with a speech by Sri Biren Saikia, teacher, on one of the hero of Samartha Bharat Sri Jadav “Molai” Payeng, an environment activist and forestry worker from Majuli popularly known as the “Forest Man of India”. He worked efficiently and formed a forest and to him it seemed a great achievement than receiving an award which is really an inspiration for us. The programme ended with Shantimantra followed by National Song and then Aarti of Bharat Mata by the students and teachers.