Noted film director Mahesh Bhatt inaugurated the 15th founder’s day celebration of the Asian School here on Sunday. large number of guests and parents of the students participated in the event which had a theme of ‘World Peace and harmony’.
Speaking on the occasion Bhatt said that opportune time has arrived to celebrate women development in our country. Mahesh Bhatt, who is a famous writer, director and producer from the world of Indian Cinema, expressed his views candidly on the freedom of children and the eminent role of women in society. He exhorted the students to search for their talents and work upon them for greater glory and accomplishment.
The President and Managing Director of School Amarjeet Singh in his address highlighted the need of more support by every parent to their wards towards moving out from the confines of their homes and work towards forming teams to keep the surrounding serene. This way the objective of a ‘Swach Bharat’ could be achieved soon, jointly, he added.
The Principal of the school Arun Kumar Das presented the annual report and encapsulated the salient events and results of the academic year 2014 in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas. He advised the parents to be sensitive towards their ward’s urbane upbringing which is replete with demands for various fashionable articles which has no relevance to their academic progress or for building-up a well honed personality. Das said that the parents should take their wards for visits to places which are away from the influence of cities so that they learn to have a clearer view of their environment and world they are living, which indeed would be a good training of citizenship.
The highlight of the cultural programme was a beautiful presentation of the great Indian epic Ramayana in its pristine form. The programe was conceived and directed by troupe of famous choreographer Shaimak Davar and was performed by 300 students which left the audience enraptured. The Head Boy of school Abhijit Singh Chug passionately shared his experiences and the vote of thanks was proposed by the Head Girl Sunia Shamsi.