ISB Celebrates Punjabi Divas 2020
Indian School Bahrain (ISB) celebrated Punjabi Divas 2020 in vibrant colors on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at the school’s Jashanmal Auditorium. Jhujhar Singh Minhas (Managing Director, Dashmesh Groups of Companies) was the chief guest on the occasion. In his speech Mr. Jhujhar Singh Minhas highlighted the contribution of Punjab state and Punjabi language, an Indo-Aryan language with more than 125 million native speakers in the Indian subcontinent and around the world. He appreciated the efforts of the students and teachers to make the Punjabi Day a big success. ISB Asst.Secretary Premalatha NS, Principal VR Palaniswamy,Staff Representative Johnson K Devassy, Vice-Principals Anand Nair, Satheesh G, Vinod S, Academic Coordinator MS Pillai, Head Teachers Jose Thomas,Parvathi Devdasan,Priya Laji, Head Teachers( Activity) Sreekanth S and Junith CM also attended the ceremony. Trophies and certificates were awarded to all winners of different competitions by the chief guest. The programme which was organised by the ISB Punjabi Language Department was a grand show.It began with the national anthem of Bahrain and India and school prayer song followed by the recitation from Holy Qur’an and Guru Granth Sahib. Prayer of Shabad was performed by the students followed by the lighting of the lamp. Punjabi language Teacher Rewa Rani welcomed the gathering. HoD Baboo Khan announced the name of winners in different competitions. Teacher Parminder Kaur gave vote of thanks. This was the grand finale of the week-long celebrations wherein many competitions were organized for Punjabi students. The main competitions were in handwriting, picture identification and poem recitation. Apart from competitions, there were lots of variety programs such as Punjabi ‘Giddha dance, Bhangra Dance, Punjabi poems and songs. A slide presentation about the state of Punjab was presented by students of classes VI to X. The Indian School Kingdom of Bahrain
