The Progressive Teacher Vol 06 Issue 01

of the school during the morning
assembly where teachers and children
paid tribute to the life of each jawan, and
extended their support to their families.
Candles were lit in their memories,
patriotic songs were sung, prayers were
said and silence was observed to honour
the martyred soldiers.
The school head boy and head girl recalled
the deadliest ever terror strike against
Indian security forces in three decades of
Kashmir militancy. Ananya Gupta of class
VII voiced the charred feelings of LAHS
fraternity at the gory killing of 40+ CRPF
personnel and read out an emotional
poem about a bereaved son who exhibited
his firm commitment to uphold the family
tradition of martyrdom, unflinchingly.
Mrs Sampa Das, our teacher offered
prayers for the brave hearts to Almighty
God for bestowing a heavenly abode to
each of the departed souls and keep their
souls resplendent in the Eternal World.
In the end, a ‘Hall of Fame’ was
inaugurated for the martyrs with
inscriptions of the name of each jawan
and the battalions which they belonged to.
All the names of our valiant soldiers were
silkscreened on the centre stage of school
assembly ground and floral tributes were
paid by the teachers and students. A
number of prayer meetings and special
tribute sessions were organised at all the
branches of the school.
On Monday, 18th of February, entire
LAHS fraternity observed ‘WHITE
MONDAY’. All the teachers and staff
members wore white dresses to signify
their grief over the callous attack on
Indian soldiers and to highlight that
despite all these sufferings India continues
to be a peace-loving nation.
Further reflecting their solidarity with
our brave soldiers, the management, staff
and students also wrote a letter to the
Deputy Commandant of Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF), Gwalior, expressing
their grief at the ruthless killing of the
CRPF soldiers in Pulwama and pledging
their spirit of standing with the martyrs’
families in this hour of utter loss.
The entire school was deeply aggrieved
at the martyrdom of our brave CRPFG
jawans and saluted their zeal and sacrifice
for the motherland. We all take respite
in these propitious words of Baha’u’llah:
“These fruitless strifes, these ruinous
wars shall pass away, and the ‘Most Great
Peace’ shall come….”
“ They may torture
my body, break my
bones; even kill me.
Then they will have
my dead body, but
not my obedience
-Mahatma Gandhi
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