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Friday, December 6, 2013

Students write and paint about their ‘living icon’ for INTACH competition

Gangtok, 05 Dec: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Sikkim Chapter organized an all-India Essay Writing and Painting Competition for students from classes VI to IX yesterday at Deorali Girls Senior Secondary High School here.
Despite many of the schools already being closed for winter vacations, 31 students from five schools participated in the competition, an official press release informs.
Students were asked to write essay or paint on the topic, “My Living Icon” [on a living person of the State, district or their town who has contributed in the enhancement or preservation of art, crafts, performing arts, literature or a person who has contributed to the history of the town, natural environment or monument].
Students and teachers alike found the topic highly stimulating, the release informs.
Principal, Deorali Girls School, Sashi Chettri, who was the chief guest for the event, urged INTACH Sikkim that such competitions be held on a regular basis, preferably in the month of October before the annual examination fever sets in or winter vacations start. Bina Sharma, ex president of Rotary and senior teacher, and Surinder Sarda, co-convenor of INTACH, also addressed the students.
At the end of the competition, the INTACH Convenor PK Dong said, “The standard of essay writing and painting was quite good. We are quite hopeful that many of them would get regional prizes and some may even bag national prizes. All the entries would be evaluated in Delhi and results would be announced from there some time in March or April. One interesting feature was that at the instance of Sikkim Chapter INTACH headquarters in New Delhi accepted essay writing in Nepali being a major national language. Most of the students who painted portrait found the Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling as their Living Icon.”

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