Special Assembly for Baisakhi and Ambedkar Jayanti by class 5.

On 7th March, 2017, a joint assembly was conducted by all the sections of class V to observe Baisakhi and Ambedkar Jayanti.

The assembly began with the School choir singing on the occasion of Baisakhi. The song was specially composed for the occasion. Students then lined up in stage to speak by turn about the significance of celebrating Baisakhi.

Baisakhi is the harvest festival of North India, celebrating the bounty of the winter or the Rabi crop. It is observed in the month of April in the Hindu month of Baisakh. For the Sikh community, the festival also marks the anniversary of the Khalsa founded by Guru Gobind Singh. On this day he chose his five devoted disciples, namely Panj Pyarae, and established the five Ks of Sikhism- kachha (shorts), kesh (long hair), kargha (small comb), kirpan (a kind of dagger) and kada (iron bangle).

Five students came dressed as the ' Panj Pyarae to present a symbolic depiction of the same. This was followed by a skit celebrating the memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, instrumental in framing the Indian Constitution and fighting for the rights of Dalits in free India.

A brief talk by Ayan Nath of class VC on Dr. Ambedkar was very impressive. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, popularly known as Baba Sahib, was born on 14th April, 1891 and was independent Indias first Law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India. In 1990, the Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian award, was conferred upon Dr. Ambedkar.

The assembly ended with a group of students presenting the bhangra as a vigorous dholak lent the beats. The vibrant costumes and the rhythmic footwork added much fun fare to the enriching assembly.

Ms. Neena Maini, the Head Teacher- Primary, then addressed the assembly and applauded the students.

The able narrator through the assembly programme was Rwiti Roy of VD; the talk on Baisakhi was by Pratham Goel VC, Peehu Kashyap VB and Dhruv Nagwani VC. Students dressed as the Panj Pyarae were Parmeet Singh VE, Gurpreet Singh VD, Jasraj Singh IVD, Srshpreet Singh VC and Gunraj Singh VC.

The young speakers on Baisakhi and on Dr. Ambedkar were Krunal Patel and Niyati Khurana of VA, Zavaibah Akhtar and Shubhi Kohli of VC and Ayan Nath of VC.

Participants in the bhangra were Nehal Sharma, Peehu Kashyap, Hukmi Kaur, Viraaj Gaba, Sourav Kumar, Niyati Khurana, Kaavya Ghera and Sanskriti Chhabra.

Ms. Purnima Dwivedi.