Birla Public School Doha Principal along with other officials during the World Peace Campaign 2017-2018 held at the school on Thursday. Pic: Salim Matramkot /The Peninsula
DOHA: Hundreds of tiny tots of Birla Public school made a beeline with their soft toys and laid them at the base of a gun mounted on the open stage in front of the whole school as the students stood in awed silence watching the children appealing to the world leadership to refrain from war and grant them the freedom to live a peaceful childhood.
This act was a frame from a series of pageantry that the school’s art department organised as part of sending a message to the world that peace is the need of the day.
At the start of the pageantry was a pristine world of peace and harmony that existed in the lap of nature which was suddenly interrupted by man’s greed for more and more wealth which resulted in war and devastation. The disruption in peace has been felt over the history of mankind reverberated in the hearts of men across the centuries.
Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani initiated efforts as early as 1995 towards peace across the continents which flame the Emir H H Sheikh Thamin bin Hamad Al Thani has been carrying forward.
Students and staff left multi-colour thumb prints on canvas conveying the message that different though we are as human beings we are united as mankind and so, we must live in peace.
A long winding procession of children and pageantry proclaiming world peace in loud and clear language circumnavigated the school sending a message that Birla students demand to be heard and peace is their birth right.
A P Sharma, Principal offering felicitation recalled the great efforts the Emir H H Sheikh Thamim bin Hamad Al Thani is making towards world peace and congratulated the state on its untiring endeavor in ensuring world peace in general and in the region in particular.
George Edison , Vice –Principal, addressing the students recalled the great sufferings that mankind had undergone all through centuries such as heinous wars and genocide like Jewish holocaust, Ruwandan genocide, Armenian massacres, world wars, wars in Europe and Asia leaving hundreds of millions of people killed and greater number to undergo and survive devastations of war.
Shirly Rappai, Senior Vice Principal, led the pageantry march holding the national flag.
Siju Thomas, Teacher in the department of fine arts, conceived the idea, planned it and got it executed with the teams of teachers from dance, music, PE and Languages. School scouts and guides added a special charm to the discipline.
Sreelakshmi, Dance Teacher, choreographed the dance segment, John Mpamei and Marshal, Music teacher and HoD, Music composed music.
Alisha Sulthana , Minha students of grade 8, compered the programme, Ann Rose, also of the same grade, proposed a vote of thanks.
