Imagine all the vast wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of India flying from all over the country and settling down graciously under one roof. To everyone this would seem unbelievable. But this did turn out to be a reality, an artistic one though, in the spacious hall of the Middle Section of the Boys High School (BHS) and College here.
Behind it was the massive team spirit of not only nearly 1,000 students of the BHS Middle Section but also of a dedicated team of teachers. It found manifestation in a three-day rare exhibition, focussing vividly and colourfully on India's varied and enormously rich wildlife sanctuaries and all its national parks.
The three-day exhibition which concluded on Saturday attracted a large number of inquisitive and excited students from other schools also during the three days it remained open.
The exhibition presented a large spread of as many as 120 models, 1000 charts, and 10 slide projections on all wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Moreover, this gigantic presentation was made of natural products, such as twigs, grass, leaves, roots, clay, mud and waste paper.
"It's stupendous, it would exhilarate anyone who views this exquisite manifestation of our children's incredible creative imagination and ability to translate it into art forms," observed CV Innes, BHS Principal, who inaugurated the exhibition.
{{/usCountry}}"It's stupendous, it would exhilarate anyone who views this exquisite manifestation of our children's incredible creative imagination and ability to translate it into art forms," observed CV Innes, BHS Principal, who inaugurated the exhibition.
{{/usCountry}}Among the special guests present were Prof Raghu Sinha and Dr Sushmita Roy of Allahabad University as well as Mitchell Innes of Saint John's Academy.
"All the participating students and the Middle Section teachers, Larry French, C Menzes, Gauri Hajela, in particular, and all other teachers, in general, deserve congratulations for contributing towards this remarkably innovative presentation by children," said Innes.
Those brought literally alive in miniature prototypes at the exhibition included Dachigam of Kashmir, Periyar of Kerala, Gir of Gujarat, Manas of northern UP, Kaziranga of Assam and many more. Yet another highlight was a photographic presentation on wildlife by Arunjeet Bannerji and Mitchell Innes. The message was clear and emphatic: conserve Nature for the future of the mankind.
And now something which rarely happens. The judges invited at the exhibition were so deeply impressed by the students' artistic abilities that they found it difficult to choose just one among the exhibits as the best one out of the whole lot!
At the end, all were winners!