The festival of Navratri is a time when the air is filled with excitement, elation, and energy! One way to celebrate this huge festival is by playing Garba, and the Junior Student Council seized this opportunity; to plan our first event, a Garba dance competition on 4th October 2022. The students of grades 6, 7, and 8 enthusiastically changed into their traditional attire, brought out their dandiyas, and came together to celebrate this wonderful event.

Taking place in our 5th-floor hall, a playlist of loud, energetic, Garba songs filled the air. To our pleasant surprise, most students knew these tunes, adding to the fun of the evening. Students started by forming large circles, and began to show off their moves! There were three circles of dancing pupils that all created their unique steps and added to the excitement in a different way. Clapping hands and snapping fingers, the students continued to dance, screaming at top of their voices and jumping with immeasurable joy. The teachers couldn’t resist, and soon dived right into it too, joining in with the lively groups of students and eagerly dancing too! Even our principal, Mr. Navroz joined in on the fun! Every person present in the room was expressing the meaning of Navratri in their own unique way: dancing freely, dressed in traditional costumes, and singing traditional songs. At the very end of the event, awards were given to the “Best Dressed” and “Best Dancer” of each participating grade. These were the students who took a little extra effort to do their best and stand out among the rest. A hearty congratulations to them!

Lastly, to all our middle school students, present teachers, judges, Mr. Navroz, and Ms. Prajakta, a special thank you for helping make our first JSC event a stupendous success!

Tribes for Good: Community Project

Through our partnership with Tribes For Good, Grade 11 student Vipanshi Agarwal designed and led a series of workshops for women with skills in beauty and makeup — combining financial literacy, confidence-building, and awareness of cruelty-free practices. What she found was that the skills were already there. What was missing was someone connecting those skills to the idea of income. This is her reflection on what it means to create impact, and what she learned when she stopped trying to teach and started listening.

Zine, Cosmetics of Capitalism – A passion project

Cosmetics of Capitalism began with two things that had always run parallel in Vipanshi’s life: a deep commitment to animal welfare and a growing curiosity about the economic systems that allow cruelty to persist. In this zine, Vipanshi Agarwal investigates the ethical and economic costs of animal testing in the cosmetics industry — an issue she argues is as much a business question as a moral one.