Great Grandeur of R-DAY Celebration at AVM

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In the supremely sacred land of Bharath where forbearance is the sign of beauty of all disciplines, Adherence to truth is the greatest penance and the sweet feeling pervading this land is the Motherly feeling. Character is more precious than life itself. What strength! What sacrifice! What adherence to dharma and justice! …Such a Bharath is my Motherland………………………

Nurturing the feeling of patriotism and righteousness and preparing the students to be effective participants in civic society, Atmiya Vidya Mandir celebrated 64th Republic Day with much gusto and grandeur. All students, teachers, hostel staff members and other members of AVM family gathered at school cricket ground to commemorate this national festival on 26th January. The chief guests of the event were P.Prabodh Swamiji, P. Sugney Swamiji and P.Fuvaji. These esteemed guests were accompanied by honourable dignitaries of the school P. Harish Sir and P Natuda. The chief guests were welcomed with mush zest as they arrived. After the pujan and invoking blessings of God, the flag was hoisted by the school principal Dr. Vijay Patel. The unfurled flag was honoured with singing of the national anthem. The jolly and jovial hosts of the programme were P Pushpak Sir and P Kshitij Sir. Soon, they announced beginning of the march past by the colourful troop of all four student-houses. The spectators students and teachers filled with pride to see them marching. It was followed by a heart-stirring speech by P Mukesh Sir.

The main attraction of this event was the melodious song on unity and fraternity sung by AVM choir group. Everybody presented in the event was enthralled to witness mesmerizing drill show by students of 1st and 2nd grade. It was an incredible show by tiny tots dressed up as black commandos as Sports teachers Yogesh Sir and Raj Sir trained them for such swiftness and scintillating movements. It was followed by a mass drill show by students of 3rd , 4th and 5th who were trained by Hemant Sir. Students of grade 6th and 7th demonstrated different Yoga exercises for healthy mind and healthy body. Last but not the least was human pyramid formed by students of 8th to 10th. These students exhibited their amazing strength and flexibility for forming human pyramid. The programme ended with vote of thanks and distribution of sweets. The celebration was marked with saluting the flag , carry the true spirit of independent and aware citizen of a self-governing country.

…………faith in our words,

…………….pride in our hearts,

…………memories in our souls,

with patriotic zest and fervour……   Let’s salute the nation on Republic Day!!!

Written by: Yathansh Joshi (Std 7)

“કેટલાક તો મનને રમાડે છે અને કેટલાકને મન રમાડે છે.”

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આ જીવનસૂત્ર શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીએ “સ્વામીની વાતો”
માં આપ્યું છે. સંવત 1841 અષાઢ માસની પૂનમના દિવસે શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામી
મહારાજનો જન્મ થયો હતો. આ દિવસની ખુશીમાં આત્મીય વિદ્યા મંદિરમાં એક અઠવાડિયું
શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીનું જીવન ચરિત્ર્ય અને સંદેશ વિદ્યાર્થીઓના મૂલ્યોમાં
વૃદ્ધિ સ્વરૂપે ઊજવવામાં આવ્યું હતું. આ ઉપલક્ષમાં સુહૃદમ હાઉસના ભૂલકાંઓએ એક સુંદર
નાટક રજૂ કર્યું હતું. જેનું શીર્ષક હતું – “ कह दो अपने आप से, मुझे बनना है गुणातीत जैसा। ”

જેમાં બાળકોને શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીની એકાવધાનીના
દર્શનની ઝાંખી સહજ થઈ.
નાટકની શરૂઆત બે
વિદ્યાર્થીઓના હસી-મજાકથી થાય છે. ત્યારબાદ પરીક્ષાનો સમય નજીક આવે છે. તે
વિદ્યાર્થી પરીક્ષાના સમયે અત્યંત મૂઝવણમાં હોય છે. તે એકાગ્રતાથી વાંચી શકતો નથી,
તેનું મન તેનું કહ્યું માનતું નથી. આમ, તેને અભ્યાસમાં અત્યાધિક વ્યવધાન ઉત્પન્ન
થાય છે. આવી પરિસ્થિતિની અંદર તેને ભૂતપૂર્વની શાળા યાદ આવે છે, ત્યાંની સર્જનાત્મક પ્રાર્થનાસભા (ક્રિયેટીવ એસેમ્બલિ) યાદ
આવે છે, ત્યાંના શિક્ષકો અને હાઉસ માસ્ટરની સંભાળ તથા સલાહ યાદ આવે છે. અને તેથી તેની
આંખ અશ્રુભીની થાય છે. ત્યારબાદ તે પ.પૂ. હરિપ્રસાદ સ્વામીજીના પ્રવચનની C.D. જુએ છે. સ્વામીજીની અમૃતવાણીથી તેને બળ મળે છે. અને તેના
પૂર્વાશ્રમના શિક્ષકને રાત્રે 1:30 કલાકે ફોન કરે છે અને પોતાની મૂંઝવણ જણાવે છે. 
        શિક્ષક તેને સાંત્વના આપે છે અને આશ્વાસન આપતા શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ
સ્વામીજીના જીવન પ્રસંગ દ્વારા પરોક્ષ રીતે શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીની
એકાવધાનીના દર્શનની ઝાંખી કરાવે છે. અને ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીની એક બીજી વાત પણ કરે
છે કે “નિરંતર સર્વ ક્રિયામાં પાછું વળી વળીને જોવું જે મારે ભણવું છે, ને હું શું
કરું છું.” આમ, તેઓ તેને સમજાવે છે કે આપણે જીવનમાં ઘણીવાર રસ્તો ભટકી જઈશું, વિટંબણામાં
અટવાઈ જઈશું, તેવા સમયે આપણી પાસે કોઈ ન હોતા આવી પરિસ્થિતિમાં આપણા સાચા સલાહકાર,
આપણા સાચા માર્ગદર્શક “સ્વામીની વાતો” જ છે. આ “સ્વામીની વાતો” આજે આપણને અભ્યાસના
સમયે, મોટા થઈને બિસ્નેઝ તથા નોકરીના સમયે તથા વૃદ્ધાવસ્થાના સમયે અર્થાત આજીવન
જીવનની તમામ સમસ્યાઓ, મુશ્કેલીઓ તથા દુવિધાઓના સમયે કામ આવે છે. તેમાં આપણી સઘળી
સમસ્યાઓનું સમાધાન સમાયેલું છે. 
આમ, વિદ્યાર્થી શિક્ષકની વાતોથી અને શ્રી ગુણાતીતાનંદ
સ્વામીજીના જીવન પ્રસંગથી તે સમજી જાય છે અને પોતે ભટકેલા માર્ગેથી પાછો વળે છે.
અને ગુણાતીતાનંદ સ્વામીજીના રાહચિંધ્યા માર્ગે ચાલવાનું નક્કી કરે છે. આમ તેની
તમામ મૂંઝવણોનું નિરાકરણ થતાં તે શાંત થાય છે અને તે ખૂબ જ એકાગ્રતાથી વાંચી શકે
છે.
અંતમાં તે વિદ્યાર્થી સર્વે વિદ્યાર્થી મિત્રોને એક
સંદેશ પાઠવે છે કે ‘આજથી આપણે બધા એક નિયમ લઈશું કે દરરોજ રાત્રે “સ્વામીની વાતો”
માંથી એક કે બે વાતો વાંચીને જ સૂઈ જઈશું. સ્વામીની વાતો જ આપણા સાચા અને સારા
મિત્રો છે. दोस्तो,..आजसे हम बंदर नहि बनेंगे…कह दो अपने मन को… कह दो अपने आप से … “मुजे बनना है गुणातीत जैसा।”


લેખક – ગૌતમ સર

February Birthdays

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Visit of Dr. K Parameswaran (GNLU) at Atmiya Vidya Mandir

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Dr K Parameswaran, who is a Professor of Law at the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar visited our school on the 27th of October 2012. He gave lectures on Education, Life and Law: Bridging the Gap and Legal Education: A Career in Option.

Dr Parameswaran was welcomed in the auditorium by class 10th to 12th students. He was offered a bouquet by our Principal Dr. Vijay Patel and was introduced by Paramrut Sir.

 

Through the introduction it was known that he had a core spiritual background owing to his association with the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and currently served as a teacher at GNLU. He first talked about education and life and helped us realise that if we enjoyed studying, it would automatically become easy for us. He also made it very clear that there is no success without facing difficulties.

Then he talked to us about Law as a career. He told the students that law bridges the gap between problems and solutions and is a very lucrative option. From his experience, he shared that he found studying as well as teaching law to be very interesting. He even said that it is one of the most difficult careers but if a student has will, determination & hard work than he/she can easily study and excel in the field of law. He also mentioned that law was a lucrative career option in terms of earning money.

Later on in the day a special seminar was arranged for the students aspiring for a career in law. Dr Parameswaran solved their doubts and was happy to see such a huge number of law career aspirants raising intelligent questions. He guided them about the techniques to deal with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), job prospects and life at National Law Universities. He even said that it was not always necessary to practise law after studying as one could also run a successful business after their study with their understanding of law. He also said that many successful UPSC candidates are law graduates. Finally at the end of the seminar, Dr Parameswaran was presented a memento by our Vice-Principal Ashish Patel.

Dr Parameswaran certainly passed over his passion for law to the students and motivated us to “Be Nice and Work Hard”. He keenly took a campus tour and expressed his pleasure meeting with the students and staff of our school.

Written by: Aneesh Sharma (12th Commerce)

AVM Star Voice Hunt 2012-13

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Shaking off the winter sloth, Atmiya Vidya Mandir geared up for a high-voltage Pre-Uttarayan Break event.
As students and teachers were getting overwhelmed with countdown of Uttarayan Break, once again the Art and Music department of Atmiya Vidya Mandir laid a platform to support the budding singers to flourish with their inherent talent of singing. The most enchanting grand finale of AVM Star Voice Hunt was held on 10th January 2013. The sole purpose of this event was to give recognition to the talented singers of the school as well as honing the different intricacies of singing.

This great event was preceded by two elimination rounds. First, there was an Open Audition round in which near around 200 students participated, this strength was remarkable enough to conclude that a large number of students of AVM have inclination towards music. The semi-final round was held among 30 selected students which put only 8 students to contest in grand finale.

 

At the grand finale, upping the tempo further were singers in the solo singers’ category. Geetgauravbhai and Shrimadbhai of Std V enthralled the audience with “Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana…” and “Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le” respectively, first runners-up, Kevalbhai sang the melodic “Butterfly Fly Away”. The winner, Sarvanamanbhai of grade 7, had a huge round of applause coming his way when he sang “Tujhko jo paya”. The audience excitedly shook their heads and soon gasped for breath as Rajbhai Panpaliya of grade 10 sang the most liked “Jee le zara…..”. Surrounded by hair-raising rhythms that only the band members could tell, “There is an appeal in the rawness, it all seems so divine,” said an overjoyed judge Birju Sir.

In this ‘Music Battle,’ all performances were planned and organized to create an attempt to capture the spicy yet melodious flavour of singing on stage. The performances of student-singers were largely of the Modern-Jazz & Contemporary forms, with a high quotient of singing skill and grace. Synchronization and rhythm were the key themes of this singing contest as participants sang groovy numbers. From the intense and hard hitting, to the light hearted and tongue-in cheek, turned out to be a grand hit.

“The challenge was to sing fairly well to coordinate with the type of song selected for singing” said Mr. Mayank (Antriksh Band) one of the judges.

Taking the audience through both the old and new numbers there was an ear-splitting response. The day’s events drew to a close as Ronak Mistry and Anand Pandya gave a scintillating, energy-filled performance on instrumental music.

The finalists ultimately achieved the following positions:

Group A: Std 1 to 5 

  • Geetgaurav Joshi – First
  • Shrimad G Patel – Second
  • Param Thakor – Third
  • Keval Rohit – Fourth

Group B: Std 6 to 10

  • Sarvanaman B Patel – First
  • Bhavesh Rajpurohit – Second
  • Raj Panpaliya – Third
  • Nirmal Patel – Fourth

Group: Keyboard

  • Anand Pandya – First
  • Ronak Mistry – Second

Judges: Mayank Sir, Vishal Sir, Birju Sir

The event could not have possibly been the way it happened had it not been for the untiring efforts of the music teachers of Atmiya Vidya Mandir: Somnath Sir and Jaimin Sir supported by students of grade 10.

Written by: Yathansh Joshi (Std 7)

“संत की चिंता विद्यार्थी की प्रगति”

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आत्मीय विद्यामंदिर के प्राण समान श्री हरिप्रसाद
स्वामिजी हरिधाम में भक्तो से गोष्ठि कर उनकी समस्याओं का समाधान करने वलसाड़ जा
रहे थें। जाते हुए रास्ते में स्वामिजी बार-बार आत्मीय विद्यामंदिर के बच्चों को
याद कर रहे थे तथा अनायास ही निर्णय ले लिया कि वें बच्चों से मिलना चाहते है, वें
बच्चों के दर्शन करके ही अपना आगे का कार्यक्रम प्रारंभ करेंगें। अत: वें भविष्य
की सभा, मीटिंग एवं उद्घाटन को स्थगित कर सीधे कोली-भरथाणा रात को करीब 11:00 बजे
पहूँच गए।

दिनांक 28 दिसंबर 2013 शाम को अपनी
व्यस्तता के बावजूद आत्मीय विद्यामंदिर में पधारे और योगीबापा के स्वरूप बच्चों के
दर्शन की अभिलाषा स्कूल के आचार्य श्री से व्यक्त की तथा बच्चों से मिल कर उनके
साथ गोष्ठि की।
विद्यार्थियों के उत्तम प्राप्तांक
एवं श्रेष्ठ तथा सफ़ल जीवन हेतु कुछ नुस्खे भी दिए। जिसमें—

  1. जिसके मित्र अच्छे
    उनका जीवन उत्तम बनता है।
  2. विद्यार्थी जीवन में
    पढ़ाई ही महत्वपूर्ण हैं, अत: पढ़ाई करना, जहाँ समझ में ना आए उस पंक्ति को
    रेखांकित करना तथा बाद में उसकी समझ के लिए अपने मित्र या शिक्षक से पुछकर शंका का
    समाधान करना।
  3. पढ़ाई करते समय हमारी
    पास वाला विद्यार्थी भी क्या कर रहा है उस ओर भी ध्यान नहीं जाना चाहिए।
  4. यदि हम गुस्से न हो तो
    हमारी आंतरिक शक्ति बढ़ती है तथा हमारी याददाश्त में बढ़ोतरी होती है।
  5.  माँ, शिक्षक एवं गुरु
    की मर्यादा का कभी भी उलंधन नहीं करना चाहिए।
इस प्रकार स्वामी हरिप्रसादजी ने विद्यार्थी के उत्तम परिणाम एवं संस्कारयुक्त
जीवन जीने का आशिर्वाद देकर विद्यार्थिओ के अच्छे अंक की कामना कर आत्मीय
विद्यामंदिर से करीब 7:45 बजे गमन किया।

हिन्दी शिक्षक

मुकेश जोशी

INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL COMPETITION 2012-13

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Introduction:

The Annual Inter House Basketball Competition of the year 2012 – 13 was organized by Sports Department in the month of December’12. It was the first Competition after the Diwali Vacation.

Basketball is such a sport which has global appeal NBA stars are house hold names even in India. The sport has understandably more entreaty at AVM as a American and Canadian students reside at school. So it was not a surprise to see an obvious buzz and excitement on the basketball courts during the competition.

Here is a brief summary of the competition.

This competition was held in four different groups. The criterion for selection was based on their skill fluency and according to the Class. Aim of the competition was to have the maximum number of participation.

Sr.No
Group
Class
1
LEARNER
4TH and 5TH
2
SUB JUNIOR
6TH  and 7TH
3
JUNIOR
8TH and 9TH
4
SENIOR
10TH and 11TH

 

Students Response:

As the competition motto was “Learn, enjoy and be competitive”, students were very much eager to understand the latest rules of Basketball. They were enjoying the matches as well as learning the rules, they were seen discussing the tactics and strategies used by various teams.

Academic teaching Staff:

Normally sports time is the time during which the academic teachers get a breather and can relax. But such was the excitement regarding the competition that most of the teachers felt compelled to be on the court and cheer up for the students and see the new side of the students which they do not get to see during the class room hours.

We are happy to mention some teachers name who were almost present everyday during the tournament. They are Prabhudarshan Sir, Suvasin Madam, Sharmil Madam, Binu Madam, Rekha Madam, Tarun Sir and Amrapali Madam, Sarvajeet Sir, Rakesh Sir to name a few.

The highlight of the competition came when Principal sir Respected Vijay Patel came on the court to enjoy the basketball fever at the school. Being a vivid sports enthusiast himself he could not help but show his appreciation to a fantastic show put on by the students from various age groups.

Sports Team:

At Atmiya Vidya Mandir we are blessed with a young and enthusiastic sports team. Not only they are good at teaching skills to the students but given a chance they can show what they can do with their own skills. Half time during the matches became a spectacle for the students as the sports teachers show their skills by practicing two point, three point and half court throws. Not only that the competition was concluded with sports team enjoying a friendly match with the 12th standard students.

Hostel Staff:

From hostel staff, all house Masters and Didis showed their presence in some matches. Sugna Didi is always present all the competition throughout the year. Tejas Sir, Himanshu Sir, Vijay Bhai, Pranav Sir, Pankaj Sir showed valuable presence on basketball court.

Rita aunty came daily to encourage the students.

Scoring:

Devang Sir and Amrapali Madam did their job of scoring fairly with full dedication.

Refereeing:

Bankim Sir and Ishwar Sir were referees for Learner group and sub junior group matches. Ritesh Sir and Yogesh Sir were for Junior and Senior group matches. All the referees were performed their jobs very sincerely and were very consistent with their calls.

If the aim of a sports competition was to create awareness, enthusiasm about the sports, then Basketball competition certainly did that. More importantly, during the course of the competition so many of the students gained confidence to showcase their skills in front of whole school. So many students get inspired to do well in whatever they are good at or want to become good at.

Here are the final results:

The final standings of houses in various groups is as below,

HOUSE NAME
LEARNER
(4TH and
5TH)
SUB
JUNIOR
(6TH and
7TH
)
JUNIOR
(8TH and
9TH)
SENIOR
(10TH and
11TH)
TOTAL
POINTS
SATYAM
08
10
04
04
26
SHIVAM
06
04
10
08
28
SUNDARAM
10
08
06
10
34
SUHRADAM
04
06
08
06
24

Report compiled by- Mr. Yogesh Magdum (Basketball Coach)

Inter House Handball Competition 2012-13

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Finals Date: 31st December 2012

Group Result: Junior – Std 7 and 8

  • 1st Place – Shivam House
  • 2nd Place – Satyam House
  • 3rd Place – Sundaram House

Group Result: Senior – 9, 10 and 11

  • 1st Place – Shivam House
  • 2nd Place – Suhradam House
  • 3rd Place – Satyam House

Best performance in Junior Group:

  • Darshan J Patel
  • Aman Patel

Best performance in Senior Group:

  • Akshay Golwala
  • Manan Ladani

Final Housewise Results:

  • 1st Place – Shivam House – 20 points
  • 2nd Place – Satyam House – 14 points
  • 3rd Place – Suhradam House – 12 points
  • 4th Place – Sundaram House – 10 points

Coach: Mr. Kalpesh Desai
Sports in charge: Mr. Ramakar Dubey

Smart Bano… Effective Bano….. Pratham 18 Jeevan Bano By Sundaram House

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O Lord!…Make my mind pure to realise you…Make my soul one with you….

Nurtured with a sense of gratitude towards God and urge to keep a fine balance of intellectual and spiritual faculties, students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir are striving to live up to this status and Sundaram House members assured that this is not an imaginary situation because Vachnamrut Pratham 18 shows us the way to lead a meaningful and purposeful life. Sundaram House members very well elucidated the teachings of this universally applicable powerful discourse which describes the ways to safeguard our senses to attain this state.

 

The Sundaram House students, through the daily assemblies made a humble effort to give an insight into how to make judicious use of our cognitive senses of – sight, smell, touch ,taste and hearing, in order to conserve our energy and flourish with our inherent talent to achieve our goal. Throughout the week in the morning assemblies, the students of Sundaram House explained – What is the cause of disturbances in one’s mind and how can one practice P18 in day to day life to calm these disturbances?

The well drafted video presentations and the talk shows in the creative assembly were live propositions to explain closely the best way to keep concentration and good result. The dance performance was a medium to suggest the audience the need to follow Vachnamrut Pratham 18 as it helps the students to keep away from distractions and negativity. The performances of this creative assembly were intended to convey a broader meaning of cognitive senses, a broader and better understanding about how positive perception through these senses play a foreseeable role in accelerating our pace towards our goal.

The talk show in the creative assembly was performed by Aman Gadia (as host) and Shubham Patel (as Dr. Arjav) who was portrayed as a renowned psychologist and he conveyed very well what P18 says about choices and decision making. All the students learnt the need to develop wisdom to discriminate between right and wrong choices. Everyone was made to understand how important it is to follow the Vivek of judicious use of our indriyas. The assembly was gracefully concluded by a mesmerizing dance performance by the junior students on the beats of Do aisa vardan Guruvar.


In the end the students repeated the message of Dr. Arjav –“Smart bano effective bano aur pratham 18 Jeevan bano”

Written by:
Shubham Patel and Shubham Pansari (11th Commerce)