Report of Mumbai Region

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan took an excellent initiative this year to make Rabindranath Tagore ,a Literary genius familiar to the current generation of school goers .This initiative has succeded in creating a platform, where the students could express themselves ,through various Essays, Book reviews and Powerpoint presentations,and skits .Although the task was hurrculean , it undoubtedly succeeded in bringing Tagore closer to the teaching fraternity and student community who could understand ,appreciate and enrich themselves with the eternal works of Tagore and made Tagore a household name .In Mumbai region about 50 % of the schools took part in the festivities where projects were created at the school level for active participation by students from Class 3 to Class 12.

SHEWTA SINGH V B 
FIRST PRIZE AT REGIONAL LEVEL
 FOR HER PPT ON CABULLIWALLAH
IN HINDI.

DIVYANSHI BODDU III C
FIRST PRIZE AT REGIONAL LEVEL
 FOR HER PPT ON CABULLIWALLAH
 IN ENGLISH.

These regional winners did a commendable job by painting the story and supporting with text .

While some expressed themselves through paintings ,some were overwhelmed by his thoughts .

While the screen shorts above are just a glimpse of the actvities undertaken at the regional level, it was the involvement of the students in large numbers and the various technology tools they learnt while developing creative insights into Gurudevs work which is truly rewarding and speaks volumes of the success of the project in achieving the 21^st century skills .as one of the students wrote in his book review .

REVIEW:

Gitanjali could be described as the song offering to the divine. It resembles the poetry of

mysticism and Tagore’s reaction to his vision of reality. Gitanjali emphasis the divine

concept of Tagore. He believes God to be omnipotent and believes God to be present in

everyone. According to Tagore the divinity lies in nature.

His poems contain words of life which created a deep impact in my mind. Tagore’s

poem, “He is the innermost one, who awakens my being with… ” is one of those

poems which redefined my concept of God, in this poem Tagore has freed god from the

walls of temples. Tagore visualizes God to be his loving father and finds his symbol in

every corner of the nature ,”When I bring to you coloured toys my child, why there

is such a play of colours on clouds……….” is a poem that has made me to find life

in even dark grey clouds.

Tagore’s poem “The child who is decked with prince’s robes…… keep one shut off

from the heavenly dust of earth…” makes me sad about the chi ldren, the dear ones

of god who are separated from nature.

In poem, “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where

knowledge is free……. into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country

awake.” Tagore shows his sympathy towards poor who are kept away from the

attainment of knowledge and freedom, along with that he envisioned an India where

poor is empowered with light of knowledge. This is one of those poems which give birth

to a social worker in my mind.

Truly the beauty of “Gitanjali” fascinates me.

Our sincere Thanks to kendriya vidyalaya sangathan ,Assistant commissioner Mumbai region Sri PRL Gupta and Mrs Aruna Bhalla for their support and for this wonderful opportunity to learn and relearn .

The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.