Another fresh new year is here………….
Another year to rejoice………….
To banish worry, doubt and fear
To love, laugh and give!
This bright new year is given to us
To live each day with zest
To identify grow and try to be
The highest and the best!
We have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree
And sing more joyful songs!
These lines by William Arthur Ward set the stage for the new year to unfold itself. As we walk into 2012, I hope and pray that the Almighty showers his choicest blessings on the DPS Vasant Kunj family and gives us the strength and courage to continuously improve ourselves into better individuals.
I would also want to use this platform to wish all students of class 12 success in their endeavours. May your hardwork bear fruits of success and may your path of life be free of obstacles.
I would also like to wish all my colleagues and members of staff a very happy 2012………… It is because of their undettered and sincere efforts that the school continues to reach new frontiers of excellence.
May God bless you all……..
Bindu Sehgal
Monday, November 14, 2011
Happy Children's Day
14th November is historic and epochal in its significance. And as I sit to pen down my blog for this month, my first thoughts go to the man who made this date significant – Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru – the first Prime Minister of the country and a secular parliamentarian, a visionary, who saw India striving towards self reliance.
His birthday, which is also celebrated as Children’s Day, marks his love and faith in young children, whom he saw as reservoirs of change, custodians of heritage and the ushers of a brighter tomorrow. I too, firmly believe that the young are a powerhouse of energy, a dynamo that can light up the world if given the right impetus.
My only word of advice on this day to all of you would be ‘to follow the honest path’. The tree that grows stronger is the one that has learnt to survive the world. Therefore, in order to grow as individuals who would contribute to the ever-flowing stream of civilisation, you need to focus, aim, and give life your best shot.
My good wishes for the forthcoming examinations.
God bless
Bindu Sehgal
His birthday, which is also celebrated as Children’s Day, marks his love and faith in young children, whom he saw as reservoirs of change, custodians of heritage and the ushers of a brighter tomorrow. I too, firmly believe that the young are a powerhouse of energy, a dynamo that can light up the world if given the right impetus.
My only word of advice on this day to all of you would be ‘to follow the honest path’. The tree that grows stronger is the one that has learnt to survive the world. Therefore, in order to grow as individuals who would contribute to the ever-flowing stream of civilisation, you need to focus, aim, and give life your best shot.
My good wishes for the forthcoming examinations.
God bless
Bindu Sehgal
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dear Parents
Dear parents and students,
This festive season , my message for you is to capitalize on your potential and unleash the power of your dreams.
Take Time
Take time to work
It is the price of success
Take time to think
It is the source of power
Take time to play
It is the secret of perpetual youth
Take time to read
It is the fountain of wisdom
Take time to be friendly
It is the road to happiness
Take time to love and be loved
It is nourishment for the soul
Take time to share
It is too short a life to be selfish
Take time to laugh
It is the music of the heart
But most importantly, take time to dream
It is hitching your wagon to a star.
The power of the human imagination is quite possibly our greatest and most human asset. We can perceive and envision events and states of being, a preferred future, that have not yet come to pass and then we can work to make them happen. On a small scale, we exercise this muscle all the time without even realizing it. As a cricket or football enthusiast, what gets you out of bed at 5:30am or keep you up till 2am to watch your favorite game? It's your imagination, my friend. You have a picture of yourself somehow happier, fitter, stronger, leaner, or more competitive. Maybe you even have goals. If you have goals then you have dreams. We're all dreamers. Turning a dream into reality is what makes us human. But some people have bigger dreams than most.
When speaking of dreams, I am reminded of Pandit Nehru's Independence Day speech in 1947 which was the culmination into reality of an entire oppressed nation's dreams, and I quote:
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of
India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.
Even 64 years after that great event in our history, over the past few days, we have been fortunate enough to see history repeating itself- the peaceful protest led by Anna Hazare has rattled the establishment and given us hope for a brighter future. On this day that we celebrate the success of our great nation led by this common man who chose the path shown by Gandhiji to now become one of the most influential social leaders in Indian history, let's remember and extend his dream of a corruption free India by treating others with the dignity, honor, and respect that all people deserve.
As budding future businessmen, sports persons, corporate leaders, artisans, doctors, educationists and indeed responsible members of civil society, let us dream big for as Mother Teresa also said: reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. We grow great by dreams. All big men and women are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
Even Gandhiji said: A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
I would like to conclude my blog entry with Rabindranath Tagore's prayer:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Jai Hind.
Wishing you all a very happy diwali!!!!!
God bless
This festive season , my message for you is to capitalize on your potential and unleash the power of your dreams.
Take Time
Take time to work
It is the price of success
Take time to think
It is the source of power
Take time to play
It is the secret of perpetual youth
Take time to read
It is the fountain of wisdom
Take time to be friendly
It is the road to happiness
Take time to love and be loved
It is nourishment for the soul
Take time to share
It is too short a life to be selfish
Take time to laugh
It is the music of the heart
But most importantly, take time to dream
It is hitching your wagon to a star.
The power of the human imagination is quite possibly our greatest and most human asset. We can perceive and envision events and states of being, a preferred future, that have not yet come to pass and then we can work to make them happen. On a small scale, we exercise this muscle all the time without even realizing it. As a cricket or football enthusiast, what gets you out of bed at 5:30am or keep you up till 2am to watch your favorite game? It's your imagination, my friend. You have a picture of yourself somehow happier, fitter, stronger, leaner, or more competitive. Maybe you even have goals. If you have goals then you have dreams. We're all dreamers. Turning a dream into reality is what makes us human. But some people have bigger dreams than most.
When speaking of dreams, I am reminded of Pandit Nehru's Independence Day speech in 1947 which was the culmination into reality of an entire oppressed nation's dreams, and I quote:
"Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
The future beckons to us. Whither do we go and what shall be our endeavour? To bring freedom and opportunity to the common man, to the peasants and workers of
India; to fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create social, economic and political institutions which will ensure justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.
Even 64 years after that great event in our history, over the past few days, we have been fortunate enough to see history repeating itself- the peaceful protest led by Anna Hazare has rattled the establishment and given us hope for a brighter future. On this day that we celebrate the success of our great nation led by this common man who chose the path shown by Gandhiji to now become one of the most influential social leaders in Indian history, let's remember and extend his dream of a corruption free India by treating others with the dignity, honor, and respect that all people deserve.
As budding future businessmen, sports persons, corporate leaders, artisans, doctors, educationists and indeed responsible members of civil society, let us dream big for as Mother Teresa also said: reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. We grow great by dreams. All big men and women are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
Even Gandhiji said: A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
I would like to conclude my blog entry with Rabindranath Tagore's prayer:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Jai Hind.
Wishing you all a very happy diwali!!!!!
God bless
Thursday, October 15, 2009
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TEACHER’S SOUL
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TEACHER’S SOUL
Of all the relationships that epitomize selfless devotion and nurturing what comes to my mind after a parent child relationship is the bond between a teacher and a student.
I had once read that a teacher is like a potter, who manages to turn wet clay into a masterpiece. The profundity of the thought has stayed with me and infact has inspired me as a teacher to be imbued with true diligence to the noble task at hand.
Over the years thousands of students have passed through these hands and I have selflessly tried to nurture a value system that is the core or the beating heart of this institution. As a lamp that illuminates the path of its learners, my team of teachers and myself always see as our highest responsibility the equipping of young minds with skills to help them nurture into individuals who possess a keen intellect, a vision for the future and a heart that has the spirit of service as its agenda.
It has been our earnest endeavour to provide ethical direction and stimulus to the vast reservoir of energy within the portals of this institution, thereby enabling it to carve out creative and inspired individuals who would possess along with academic excellence the inner illumination required to dispel the darkness in the world.
It is with this basic guiding principle in mind DPS Vasant Kunj has been expanding its horizons and taking majestic strides towards its goal of excellence.
I would urge all students to go and thank their teachers for their inspiration and nurturing.
This month also marks the element of divinity and prosperity in our lives with Diwali being around the corner.
My goodwishes to all parents,students and colleagues.
May god bless you with good health and happiness.
Vinay Kumar
Of all the relationships that epitomize selfless devotion and nurturing what comes to my mind after a parent child relationship is the bond between a teacher and a student.
I had once read that a teacher is like a potter, who manages to turn wet clay into a masterpiece. The profundity of the thought has stayed with me and infact has inspired me as a teacher to be imbued with true diligence to the noble task at hand.
Over the years thousands of students have passed through these hands and I have selflessly tried to nurture a value system that is the core or the beating heart of this institution. As a lamp that illuminates the path of its learners, my team of teachers and myself always see as our highest responsibility the equipping of young minds with skills to help them nurture into individuals who possess a keen intellect, a vision for the future and a heart that has the spirit of service as its agenda.
It has been our earnest endeavour to provide ethical direction and stimulus to the vast reservoir of energy within the portals of this institution, thereby enabling it to carve out creative and inspired individuals who would possess along with academic excellence the inner illumination required to dispel the darkness in the world.
It is with this basic guiding principle in mind DPS Vasant Kunj has been expanding its horizons and taking majestic strides towards its goal of excellence.
I would urge all students to go and thank their teachers for their inspiration and nurturing.
This month also marks the element of divinity and prosperity in our lives with Diwali being around the corner.
My goodwishes to all parents,students and colleagues.
May god bless you with good health and happiness.
Vinay Kumar
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Secret Unraveled……………………
The mystery of human life and how to go about it has been one of the most profound questions of all time. Be it theologists or religious leaders, creative heads, visionaries or men of substance have all tried answering this empirically heavy thought.
Well my years of experience with life have taught me one simple lesson which I thought I would share with all of you in this blog. The answers to all problems lie in the human mind. It has the invincible power of creation. What I try and resist will always persist and if I want something to happen with all my heart all I have to do is to imagine it with a faith that has insurmountable power.
There is what I call the secret to a good life in a nutshell.
My blog last month was a precursor to this thought. In fact the presentation that I gave to all members of staff rested on bringing in them the paradigm shift of analyzing their mind and not let external factors be responsible for how and what they feel . Try creating a feel good factor that resonates with universe and you would be surprised at all the goodness that comes back your way. Instead of cribbing and encouraging negative thoughts and emotions train your mind to embrace and enhance happy and positive vibes. For when they become a part of the cosmos they multiply and help you attract more positivity and happiness in your life.
As they say the mind can achieve all that it can perceive.
Thereby proving that if I m perceiving all in the negative then that is what I am achieving or building and visa versa.
Do not live your life in the superficial mode. The real you is the energy inside and not the body outside. Do not let the physical act as a barrier to your growth and development as an energy centre.
How do I do this?
Believe in the indubitable power of the human will to achieve what it sets out to.
So dear friends, students and colleagues, unleash the power of positivity, happiness and the endless reserve of feeling good that the almighty has blessed us with………..
May you see the light……………
God bless
Vinay kumar
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
TODAY IS THE BAST DAY OF MY LIFE.......
Dear Colleagues, Friends and Students
A very warm welcome to all of you after the summer holidays. The first day of school reopening after holidays is associated with hustle-bustle due to exams, new students trying to locate classrooms and teachers trying to take down their new time tables.
But for me this time is like the blooming of a fresh flower, ready radiate its glory. I look at it as positive action time. A time when new policies are put into action, new thoughts and ideas are put into practice.
This time in the staff meeting the idea I wanted to spread was an awareness of the self. Thus took shape my presentation on the Science of Self Management. The core idea that I wanted to instill in all members of this organization from the beginning has been the inculcation of a happy work culture.
Apart from working towards professional and personal goals are we happy people? Do we allow little things upset us or do we look at them as opportunities of improvement?
Is my answer to a stimulus a response or a reaction? Will I let my mind rule over my spirit?
What started as a small idea was spread as a movement of positive growth. I would like to urge all of you that as you get up in the morning after thanking the almighty for his blessing promise yourself that this is going to be the best day of my life as I'm going to make the most of it by being positive, spreading a smile and helping all in need and remaining calm .We can learn a lot by using simple techniques of meditation. Ask yourself whether I'm in harmony with my inner self or a chaotic nebulous. Only when the self is at peace can it radiate serenity. May the almighty guide you in all your endeavours.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Spinning the yarn of education with threads of dedication.......
The CBSE results are the most awaited event on the academic calendar of our country. Despite the rising mercurial levels they still manage to generate ample interest and publicity. Even the forlorn relatives call to find out how your child has performed!
Like any anxious parent, I do pray to the supreme powers to answer their hard work with worthy results. This year has been no exception and my prayers have been answered. The batch of 2008-09 has performed incredibly well.
Our class XII science topper scored a whopping 96.2% and the commerce topper followed close at 95.4%. The class X students have scored equally well with the topper
Bagging 94.6%. With over a 100 students scoring
above 907o in class XII, I feel proud and humbled at the same time.
Our achievements have set new standards and proved to us that dedication towards a chosen aim is the secret of success. It has been our earnest endeavour to provide our students with an enriching and positive environment, state of the art facilities to inculcate value based overall development.
I am extremely thankful to my team of teachers who are committed in true spirit to our quest of providing the best to our learners. It reminds me of a quote by Rabindranath Tagore," a teacher is a life long learner, a lamp that burns itself to illuminate the lives of others."
I also send my best wishes to all students of class XII who are now embarking on a new journey, starting anew chapter in life. Keep the DPS motto in your heart and your eyes on the goal, believe me the almighty will pave way for you!
God bless
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