Fabindians

Keynote Speaker Alumni Yogendra Singh Mertiya's Speech on 25th Annual Day

Good Evening to all of you, honourable Chief Guest, Members of the Bhadrajun Artisans work, my respected teachers, parents, many good friends and fellow Fabindians. It's a very emotional moment for me. 25 Years for any institution for any thought are not more, but today I want to refuse to acknowledge that Fabindia school is an institution because it is not an institution. It is a movement because the institution doesn't bring any change institution only make the change good. Works that had been done in the world are done because of thoughts. 25 years from now, 80% of ladies and girls were illiterate; there to make this as the school's central focus in any education to make ladies and girls literate was because they are the country's future. No other good revolutionary thought was there.

25 years before, due to climatic and economic condition, migration took place. People were migrating in search of work and because they were not getting opportunities here. At that time, a person came here to give us an opportunity. I really thank Mr William and the family for thinking like that. People had gone outside to make their future, and you had come here to make our future. And we welcome you here for all the love and affection. The places that I visit are only because of your blessings and support; I got many opportunities in my life because of you. And many times, I feel that I have not done anything for that. The love that I got from here, I always say to God that whatever is given to me is not mine; the Fabindia School gives it.

Some days back, I had gone to California, I had gone to Canada, and there is no country where Fabindians are not there. I was so fortunate that one girl from this school, Ritu, met me; she is working in the Uber Company, the world’s largest company. She invited me to her house in California. I  left the school12 years back, but the school is still inviting me. I am very fortunate to be a part of this function and be an ex-student of the school. A few days back, I met two Ex-Students in Delhi, and they told me that they never thought they would be in Jawaharlal University and Miranda House. They said that they never felt inferior there; instead, they were confident because their experiences were very enriching, and this was all because they studied in The Fabindia School.

I will end by saying that when I took admission to St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India’s best college, I never felt ashamed to say that I was from a village; this was because I was not missing any quality that the others had. I felt very confident, and this confidence helped me a lot. To the students, I would like to say that I have seen many places in my life, you have the best kind of education that you can imagine of, make the best of it; there is no road that we cannot take. From IIT to NMU, to Delhi University, to the University of Pennsylvania, I have taken the entire road. If I could do it, then you too can do it. Never feel bad, never feel less than anybody, you can do anything that anybody in the world can do, and we are all there for you. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to speak here, and I wish all the best to everyone and thank you so much.

Episode #6: Punita Chouhan shares with us the story of Sarojini Naidu, an Indian political leader best known as the first female President of the Indian National Congress. She was one of India's passionate freedom fighters, a great poetess too; through her poems, she awakened the spirit of freedom struggle of India. She was known as the ‘Nightingale of India’. Sarojini Naidu was very brilliant since her childhood; she started writing poems from a very young age.

Episode #9; Shivani Rao shares the divisibility rule for 6 and 9. These rules help us quickly determine if a number can be divided by 6 and 9 without doing a long division.

Episode #8; Manisha Deora shares an easy trick to learn the 11 times multiplication table. If you do this many times and practice it, you will eventually start seeing the pattern within the numbers, this will help you learn the 11 times multiplication table very easily.

Episode #8: Richa Solanki shares the use of the words This/ That and These/ Those. This and That are used before the singular noun and used to identify a person or object like word, and 'That ' is used for person or object which is far from us like the example, if the object like the table is near to us, we can say a 'This is a table'. 'That '  is used to identify an object which is far from us like an aeroplane we can say -That is an aeroplane. 'These' and 'Those 'words are used before the plural noun and used to identify more objects or persons like them to identify an object near us. 'Those' word is to identify a more object which is far from us.

Episode #7: Nikita Rajpurohit shares her views on Verbs and their types. Verbs are action words. There are many verbs- action verb, helping verb, linking verb, transitive and intransitive verb. A transitive verb requires an object to complete an action, whereas an intransitive verb does not require an object to complete an action. An object is either a noun or a pronoun. An object can be direct or indirect. A thing is called the direct object, whereas the person's name is called the indirect object.

Episode #7: Shivani Rao shares divisibility rule for 4 and 5. These rules help us to quickly determine if a number can be divided by 4 and 5 without doing long division.

Episode #6: Bharti Rao shares how we can make thinking visible in life as a teacher. It begins when we realize that we are learners. Learning is a lifelong process which continues until the end. Transition in Kids from ‘I can’t do it!’ to be proactive that ‘I can do !’ is necessary. For this, students must think about why they are stuck, and what should they do to get out of this? For this, they need to learn to think about their own thinking. Teaching reading to students will help to make thinking visible. This can be made visible by reflecting on our thoughts. Reflecting and thinking are a powerful tool that helps students overcome obstacles and be more resilient and successful.

Episode #6:Suresh Singh Negi shares a trick by using this trick you know about your family members. Follow the seven steps and do the calculations.

Episode #2: Urvish Singh Chauhan helps us understand the Solar system: The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets. Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; and Outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.