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Editorial The Global Times Vol.3, Issue 2, February 2009
Award
reward
“The highest reward for man’s toil is not what
he gets for it but what he becomes by it.”
John Ruskin
Dr. Amita Chauhan
Chairperson
The XX National Excellence
Awards for Education
and Cultural Heritage, bestowed
by the T P Jhunjhunwala
Foundation on
January 27, 2009, has been
an honour for me and the
entire Amity Family. The
award defines the quality
education and cultural values that Amity
Schools have imbibed in every child that passes
out of this institution. It’s been my earnest desire
to bring up a new generation, rich in traditional
values, ready to adopt modern outlook,
while moving ahead with confident strides,
leaving their imprint at all levels.
While the award has definitely made me feel
proud, it has also increased by responsibility.
Remember, each award that recognizes your excellence,
brings with it a lot of expectations. The
award is a motivation, to excel and surpass the
earlier performance level.
At Amity, I have given awards to so many students
for their superior performance in academics
and co-curricular activities. For me, every prize
distribution function was a step towards enhancing
my performance. In every success, I see my
success. The numerous awards displayed in the
schools is a constant reminder to reinforce the excellent
standards defined. Each award has a story.
A tale of perseverance and perspiration. A tale of
nights spent awake while the world slept. A tale of
humanistic ambitions and self belief.
And next time, when you receive a prize, remember
the one you bestowed on me.
Fare in love
and war
“People always make war when they say they
love peace.”
DH Lawrence
Love and War. Love in War.
Or was it War & Peace Leo
Tolstoy wrote a masterpiece
epic which I never dared to
read. Love begets Peace and
War is assumed for Peace. The
Vira Sharma subject has been written, discussed
and filmed zillion times (An award winning
topic in any case). So, what’s new if
February brandishes Love notes & War fears
It’s a strange feeling, to define and celebrate
love as platoons across the borders march closer
to one another. But it’s definitely an expression
that needs to be shared, spread and debated.
What’s love The Amity-e-Poll poses: Is Love
free; can love be bought or is love expensive
Love, most of us agree, is the best thing in life
and Free. Most agree that it cannot be bought.
The new generation that has been fed dollops of
‘Buy one get one free’, views what is Free with
‘Condition’s apply’. The materialistic, consumerist
milieu may seem to have blinded humanistic
virtues, but values that define and
differentiate an Indian from the world, emerge
strong and steadfast... Love with no bonding.
Love with Freedom. Love with No returns. And
Love begets Love.
Then why not share it
And though War may seem be the only option
to fight terrorism and expensive, ‘love thy
neighbour’ Spiderman continue to weave its
love spells with negotiations and negations.
A bunch of chimpanzees may fight the whole
day, but end the day with kisses. From Animal
kingdom to universe, the language of
love has only one expression. It has no place
for war. February springs-in hues of Love
that adore the nature.
Excellence recognised
Adorning the Amity Universe as the crowning
glory was the felicitation of Chairperson,
Ritnand Balved Education Foundation,
Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan with the prestigious National
Excellence Award 2008-09 bestowed by the
T P Jhunjhunwala Foundation for promoting and
preserving Education and Cultural Heritage. The
award was given at a special function held at
Chinmaya Mission Centre, Lodhi Road on January
27, 2009.
The occasion was presided by S P Jaiswal, Union
Minister of Home Affairs for State, chief guest Dr
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, eminent parliamentarian
and legal luminary, bhajan samrat Anoop Jalota,
Swami Nikhilanandji and Shila Jhunjhunwala. Congratulating
the recipients, Swami Nikhilanandji, in
his discourse, conveyed the message for others to
follow the path shown by the award winners. Drawing
lessons from Bhagwad Gita, he said, “We often
look for happiness outside us, while real happiness
lies within us. To change the world, we need to put
our actions and thoughts together and the world will
become perfect.”
“The award is a celebration of person behind person,”
said Dr Singhvi. “Just as Dr Ashok Chauhan
supported Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan at every stage,
From left to right: Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, S P Jaiswal,
Swami Nikhilanand Ji and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Rishav Lugar, Manu Goel & Rahul
Rana, IX, AIS PV
When we were assigned the
task of a Radio Show by
our English Teacher, we
decided to give it our best shot. We
really wanted a famous personality
who was serving the nation and very
soon, we happened to get in touch with
one such person, the then CM of
Jammu & Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi
Azad. The moment we contacted him,
we got a positive reply. We were
thrilled albeit pretty nervous, but the
simple man that he is, he immediately
put our fears to rest.
Since when are you in politics
I am in politics since I was a student
of class XI. My father and uncle took
active part in politics at that time, so
they influenced me to join politics too.
First, I became a student leader, then
The Global Times is a good newspaper.
The best part of the paper is that
it is helping young talent to express
themselves freely.
Lovely Mehrotra, BJMC-II,
ASCO, Amity University, Noida
It is a remarkable
newspaper, as it has
achieved great heights
in relatively no time.
Given that it is mostly
managed by school
kids, the effort is
worth its value in
GT m@il
she reciprocated the same by standing bedrock behind
him,” he elaborated. Commending on the noble
work done by the recipients, Shri S P Jaiswal pointed
out, “I don’t agree that someone has no time for social
work. There is enough time, opportunity and
means especially in a country like India.”
The award instituted in 1991, has been conferred upon
individuals who have left a mark in their fields
Youth Leader of Indian National Congress
and served the Congress for
eight years after which I forayed into
the central government as Deputy
Minister in-charge of Law, Justice and
Company Affairs Ministry in 1982 for
the first time.
Who is your role model
My role model is Mahatma Gandhi. I
have been reading him since childhood
and attended many camps where they
taught about the sacrifices made by
him. His love and affection for the
people inspired me and attracted me
towards politics.
What do you like to do during your
free time
My hobby is gardening. Whenever I
go abroad, instead of shopping I look
for different type of seeds. I have not
had much time to watch movies for the
past 30 years but whenever I get time,
I watch action movies. Mostly, they
gold! Looking forward to a ‘schoolcollege’
collaboration!
Ashish Anant, BJMC-II, ASCO,
Amity University, Noida
A paper for old times sake, a paper
to make you feel special and give
you importance. A paper
that touches your heart
and mind when you go
through it-that’s The
Global Times for you!
Megha Chauhan
MJMC-I, ASCO,
Amity Univ, Noida
are my companions in cars and planes,
ie, when I’m traveling. I enjoy listening
to songs of Mukesh whenever I
travel.
What is your message for the young
people
The youngsters today, are very lucky.
As a creative person, I love the
vibrancy of colours and its so good to
see such a colourful newspaper! My
best wishes to The Global Times! May
it scale new heights!
Gunjan Singhvi, MJMC-I, ASCO,
Amity Univ, Noida
The January edition of The Global
Times was very interesting. The fact
that a major chunk of articles in the
newspaper is contributed by school
students, it’s indeed commendable.
Vishal Bazaz, MJMC-I, ASCO,
Amity Univ, Noida
through their commitment for the cause. Amongst the
list of recipients are Dr Naresh Trehan, Pandit Birju
Maharaj, Sonal Mansingh, Prof Yash Pal, Raja &
Radha Reddy and Geeta Chandran. The occasion also
marked the felicitation of Dr Mohan Nair for remarkable
work done in the field of medicine.
(To post your congratulatory messages, log on to
www.theglobaltimes.in through ‘Post your article’)
The citation reads...
T P Jhunjhunwala Foundation National Excellence Award 2008-2009
The TP Jhunjhunwala Foundation
National Excellence
Award in Education for the year 2008-2009 goes to
Dr Amita Chauhan, noted educationist, Vedic
scholar and philanthropist, for her immeasurable
contribution to the select field of education
and for taking the cultural heritage
of India across the seven seas.
Founder President of the Institute of
Vedic Culture, Germany; Chairperson,
Amity International Schools
and a Sanskrit scholar of
eminence, Dr Chauhan is
an educationist whose
influence goes far beyond
the boundaries of
her institutions. A visionary
with the gift of
realism, she has dedicated
her life to the
cause of bringing
world-class education to
Indian students. She regularly
articulates her
views on various aspects
of learning and edification
in all forms of
Excellence Award
Awarded by
Shila Jhunjhunwala,
Chairperson &
Yatish Aggarwal,
Trustee
media and was even a guest Editor
for The Times of India.
Current chairperson of the Ritnand Balved Education
Foundation, Dr Chauhan has infused a new
impetus into the activities of the programme of
Amity Humanity Foundation, which promotes
equitable social development
by undertaking projects on
issues targeting women, children
and the elderly. Under its benevolent
aegis, Dr Chauhan founded
Amitasha, a school that provides
free education, books, meals and
clothing for over a thousand underprivileged
girl children.
Amongst her many pioneering
schooling concepts is the Amity Indian
Military College, Manesar, a
residential school that aims at imparting
education with a view to
equip students to seek entry into the
armed forces of India.
The TP Jhunjhunwala Foundation
salutes Dr Amita Chauhan for her
abiding efforts to preserve the essence
and improve future hopes of education
in India.
“The youth should not give
up their cultural heritage”
The knowledge which we lacked in the
past years, is found in abundance in
today’s generations. I find youngsters
of our country more fluent in English
than other countries. Come what may,
the youth should not give up their
cultural heritage.
Pearls of wisdom
If you want to succeed, you must
make your own opportunities.
If you want your dreams to come
true, you must wake up.
The man who cannot believe in
himself, cannot believe in anything.
They who conquer believe in
themselves.
Compiled by:
R V Nivedita (VIII C)
AIS Sec 46, Gurgaon
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