Cultural Festival at Adharshila

 

The students of the Adharshila School put up their first ever Cultural Festival on Oct.2nd 2008. It was an exhilirating experience for the 5 outstation friends of Adharshila who attended the function. These were Abha Joshi, Shweta Rao, and Asmita Kabra (from the Adharshila Governing Board), Videh Upadhyay (Trustee, Samrakshan), and Chandrima Sinha, long time friend of Adharshila from Delhi. 

The evening began with a rendition of the National Anthem by the students, and was followed by a 3 hour long sequence of songs, dances and drama presentations by the young students. The local Station House Officer of the Agraa Police Station, Mr. Manoj Jha, was the Chief Guest, and the function was attended by people from almost all the neighbouring villages. 

Given that this was their very first appearance on stage in front of a nearly 1000 strong audience, the students performed with amazing flair and confidence. The singing was superb, the dancing graceful, and the actors in the plays were wonderfully well prepared. All this is especially remarkable for a school that runs on a skeletal budget, in one of the poorest regions of India, with teachers who are first generation schoolgoers themselves, and students from families with daily incomes of less than Rs.10..... 

Kudos to Adharshila, and to the entire teaching and support staff of the School, who have worked tirelessly for over a month to make the Cultural Evening a huge success!