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WHAT’S YOUR MANTRA?

few weeks into the world unfortunate, we recognised some pandemic is if we keep our eyes
of virtual classes and of the positive changes that open, and focus on the positive
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A eractions, DPS 45 held a were taking place in our lives and changes happening around us.
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competition ‘Goonj – Inter School around us. These included the This was conveyed by the gradual
Online Cultural Fest’, and invited improvement in environmental removal of the blindfold from
students from numerous schools, conditions due to the decrease in the first student to the last. The
including DPS International, to the number of vehicles on the road, props placed around each student
participate. A group of ten students and how since all individuals were represented the several activities
from DP 1 volunteered and were expected to continue working and such as baking and painting that
required to formulate a caption learning from home, they were able individuals all around the world
based on their chosen topic: to spend time doing activities that were beginning to do due to the
silver linings. After several group they loved. extra time that they had on their
discussions, we decided to place hands.
our chosen topic into a current So, the caption that we came
context and began to brainstorm up with was: “Hope can only be At the end of the event, it was
the silver lining of the ongoing experienced when we open our announced that DPS International
pandemic. eyes.” The message behind this won first place, and all students
caption was that the only way were given online certificates.
Even though the rapid spread of that we’ll have the ability to cope
the virus in the world was extremely with the negative impacts of the — Sneha Anand, DP 1

Winning entry by our school – “Hope can only be experienced when we open our eyes.”

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