Literary Week was a unique experience for most us. With a guest author coming in, various competitions and a fabulous book fair, our school was swarming with activity. The adventure writer Mr. Deepak Dalal put quite a spin on the week and the book fair was rather enjoyable as well. The competitions included the Elocution Competition and the Book Discussion. There were also a variety of quizzes.
Mr. Dalal started off by saying that writing had always been his passion and only became an occupation much later on in his life. He managed to explain the setting and basic storyline of three of his stories to us within in his visiting time. These three books were ‘The Snow Leopard Adventure’, ‘The Ranthambore Adventure’ and ‘Aniruddh’s Dreams’. The books were set respectively in Ladakh, Rajasthan and Mumbai.
The second competition was the Book Discussion. Students from Senior School came and spoke on a book called ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’. The theme of honor and the genre of magical realism were spoken upon. This competition was won by Air house with Water house coming second.
There were many quizzes throughout Literary Week. One of my favorites was the one regarding English literature. This quiz had five rounds, the first three being Q/A, the fourth a visual round and the fifth an audio round. The teachers seemed to find the Middle School’s eagerness to answer the questions amusing!
The book fair was the highlight of the week. A range of books covering children from grades 5 to 12 were seen on the shelves of the Primary School’s temporary ‘library’. Almost everyone found something worth reading and books quickly disappeared off the shelves.
Overall, Literary Week was a fun experience and I wouldn’t mind having a repeat at all. The events inspired many of us to read more and more each day. I’m sure a repeat would help carry this further.
-Ayona Sengupta
8B
-Varun, from Random House
-Deepak Dalal
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