The Delhi Public School (DPS) Raipur celebrated ‘Hindi Diwas’ on Wednesday.
The celebrations were conducted in the form of a dedicated assembly, which featured a dance drama based on “Navras”. On the occasion, Varenya Agrawal of Class IX delivered a speech about the dismal state of Hindi language usage in the country, a DPS press release informed here on Thursday.
On the occasion, there was an Inter-school Hindi poetry writing competition, which gave the pupils a chance to exhibit their literary flair.
In this competition, eleven schools across the State participated, in which Krishna Public School, Raipur and Bal Bharti Public School, Seepat, Bilaspur were the overall winners. Individual prizes were presented to the winners.
One more competition was organised for classes VI to IX, a reading challenge programme – Anuvartan. In this competition, 300 students participated and read three books within one month.
The First, second, third and consolation prizes were given to the winners. Moreover, at the assembly, the DPS Raipur Principal Raghunath Mukherjee spoke about the importance of our cultural heritage.
The Pro-Vice Chairman, Baldeo Singh Bhatia and the senior members of the managing committee Vijay Shah and Pukhraj Jain also sent their best wishes for the occasion.