The flavour of literature engulfs the school campus of Sanawar

Two days long The Dodransbicentennial Sanawar Lit Fest 2022 was organised by The Lawrence School, Sanawar on  in which eight top schools of the country participated.  

The theme of this seventh edition of this literary festival was “Incredible India”, a befitting ode to the 75 years of India’s Independence.

The event kickstarted with video messages from eminent personalities namely Ruskin Bond and Shashi Tharoor congratulating The Lawrence School, Sanawar for organizing the Lit Fest around such a pertinent theme. In the panel discussion that comprised of a galaxy of widely acclaimed authors of the likes of Raaja Bhasin, Manjiri Prabhu and Jasjit Mann Singh, including a budding in-school author and current student – Veer Devgan who published his debut book “What to Do If There Is a Murderer in Your Family?”. 

Moderated by the school students, the panellists dished out interesting anecdotes from their lives and literary journey of the authors so far. The panel discussion ended with the re-launch of the book authored by Veer Devgan. The school wore a festive look as the participants and the students of the school enjoyed the literary treat in the book fair organized on the side-line of the lit-fest. The book fair was inaugurated by the celebrated author Raja Bhasin. 

On the second day of the lit fest, a series of events were held in the morning which included a Calligraphy workshop, an Art Competition and a Caption Writing competition. This was followed by a Turncoat Debate later in the day. The event concluded with the keenly contested Basantar Memorial Inter-School English Declamation contest. The Chief Guest of the event was Dr Dimple Kasana, Director of Central Research Institute, Kasauli. She lauded the performances of the participants and felicitated all the winners with certificates and trophies.

 While Yatika Singh of Welham’s Girls School Dehradoon was declared the best in the Turn Coat extemporary contest, Sarah Kesar of The Lawrence School Sanawar was judged the best in the caption writing contest. Avika Mantri of Welham’s Girls School Dehradoon and Manya Bansal of The Lawrence School Sanawar jointly shared the first position in the declamation contest for their brilliant elocution on the topic, “The life begins where our comfort Zone ends.” 

The Headmaster of the school, Himmat Singh Dhillon appreciated the performances of the students and encouraged them to enrich their lives with good literature.