ISB celebrates Tamil Day

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The Indian School Bahrain(ISB) celebrated Tamil Day at its campus in Isa Town on Monday. The programme was organised by the Department of Tamil  marking     Thai Pongal, a four-day festival which according to the Tamil calendar is usually celebrated from January 14 to January 17. The program was inaugurated by Guests of Honour  ISB Mega Fair General Convener S. Inayadullah (Managing  Director of Crown Electro-Mechanical   Services  )  and S. Sridhar   (General Manager of Trafco ) in the presence of  ISB Asst.Secretary Premalatha NS,  EC Member-Academics Mohammad Khursheed Alam,ISB Mega Fair  Patron   Mohammed Hussain Malim,Principal VR Palaniswamy,Vice Principals, Headteachers, staff and students.

The programme commenced at 9.30 am with National Anthems, followed by Holy Quran recitation,school prayer  and the lighting of the  traditional lamp.  Sreekanth S (Head Teachers Activities- IX-XII), CM Junith (Head Teacher Activities IV-VIII)  and  Tamil Teacher Rajeswari  coordinated the programme.  Guests of Honour S. Inayadullah and  S. Sridhar  delivered the felicitation speech.   Asst.Secretary Premalatha NS   spoke about the  beauty and the importance of Tamil language in the world and how the festival of Pongal is being celebrated over the years in Tamil Nadu. Students   Belsha welcomed the gathering and Dwarka proposed the vote of thanks. Around 80 students were involved in  different competitions and  around 30 students performed on stage.

Folk dance was presented by the students of Grade IX, Group songs were presented by students of classes VII to IX .  Speech contest winners  presented their speeches. Earlier students  performed the invocation dance.

At the end of the programme, the winners of different competitions- drawings, speech, poem recitation, essay writing and poetry writing in Tamil- were awarded certificates and trophies.

International News Desk, Bahrain

Mr.Sisel Panayil Soman, COO – Middle East