AAG Newsletter Vol#04

Alumni Association of Gulmohur | March 2014
VO L #4

2014

ISSUE #1

Alumni Association
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF GULMOHUR LAUNCHES ITS

Of Gulmohur

NEW SLETTER VOLUME #4 ISSUE #1

Dear All,
Its Spring Time.. The sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in
the shade !!
Time has come for our 4th edition Newsletter which would cover the new core structure of AAG, activities by
AAG in the year 2014 and beyond. As we move into 2014 , "The 'Wow' starts now." The AAG core team is
ready with a lot of passion and drive to achieve greater heights than the years past.

Successful
Completion of
5 Years of AAG
Alumni Association of Gulmohur
has already completed its 5 years
of establishment on 6th June
2013.
AAG has organized career counseling activities for School
Students to sharpen their career
decision making process. It was
one of the many activities conducted by AAG.

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Core Team Structure of AAG

The Alumni Assocation of
Gulmohur social account
has reached 1155 members.

From the President’s Desk

Rahul Kumar
President, AAG

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I am honored to take up the role as
the new President of AAG. This is my
first AAG Newsletter as President. I’m
honored to write to you through the
columns of the fourth volume of the
AAG Newsletter. The year 2013 was a
milestone in the history of AAG. Our
AAG team had put in a lot of hard
work in organizing all the events in
2013.
We will continue with this effort in
the year 2014 too. I hope more people
from Gulmohur School would come
and join AAG and help us reach our
objectives.

AAG helped a few students
of Gulmohur financially ,
to continue their school
education.

AAG contributed small
amount of money to
AAKASH MAITY , a
Gulmohur High school student,
to fund his cancer treatment.

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From the President’s Desk (contd..)
The first order of business I wanted to clarify to the AAG community at large is what
AAG stands for and what is our mission statement. Our mission statement drives the
focus of our work through out the year.

Mission Statement of AAG
Bringing together Alumni of Gulmohur - Students and Teachers

Serving the students of Gulmohur through career counseling and other activities.

Serving the community we live in through blood drive & other similar activities.

While we are still working on a completed list of goals for the calendar year, here are a
few that are planned. This year we wish to continue with the blood drive and student
counseling sessions as in the year past.
We will continue to sponsor students in need of financial assistance to continue their
education.
This year marks 60 years of our Alma Mater. The school has a lot of activities planned
throughout the year. We plan to support some of the school activities planned around
the diamond jubilee celebrations.
Recently one of our advisors Mr. Tanmoy Bhadra visited the school and the students
had a list of items that they wanted happen at the school. We are looking at the list and
some of the items on the list like book drive for the school library seem very doable.
One other goal we plan on is ‘Each one Teach one’ - each alumni takes up teaching an
economically disadvantaged person in his/her community, spend at least 1 hour a
week. Progress being monitored by regular feedback.
All these planned activities call for funds. We plan to have 2 fundraisers this year to
sponsor the activities which we are planning. So please donate generously when we
reach out to you.

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From the Event Management Desk

Nikhil Kumar

Event Management Head, AAG

For the cause of charity for helping people AAG has conducted a blood donation camp in
Gulmohur School campus.
On behalf of AAG , we thank all of you for making this camp a great success.
We appreciate the effort you took to make a difference in community you live in.
We have collected 38 units of blood and donated it to Jamshedpur Blood Bank

Here are 38 heroes who
donated blood.
Follow them at
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/
aag.ghs/579452862101294/

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From the Student Development Desk

Abu Nasim Ashraf

Student Development Team Head , AAG

Newspaper: Dainik Bhaskar
[http://epaper.bhaskar.com/
jamshedpur/195/30112013/
jarkhand/1/ ]

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Alumni Association of Gulmohur (AAG) has organized a Career
counseling session for Std 12 students of Gulmohur High School.
The event was held on 29th November 2013 from 9:30a.m. to
1:00p.m.
The Guest Speakers invited were from the Alumni of Gulmohur
School. The counseling was grouped into 5 sessions. The speakers
for the event were C.A. Happy Mukherjee (G.M. Finance, Tata
Cummins Ltd.) who spoke about Finance and Management,
Er. Kamaljit Bomrah (Engineer, Tata Motors Ltd.) who spoke
about engineering opportunities , a group of Counselors from Amity University who spoke on a range of diverse fields,
Adv. Sangeeta Jha (a renowned Advocate of Jamshedpur) who
conducted a session on law, Dr. Arvind Arya (Senior Medical
Officer, National Meteorological Laboratories) who encouraged the
students to pursue medicine.
AAG has been organizing Career counseling sessions on a regular
basis every year. AAG is working with Gulmohur High School to
nurture and develop the educational skills of the students .

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From the Public Relations Desk
Social networking sites and Blogs have been a very useful medium
for connecting people across the globe.
AAG has a group on Facebook—the most common social networking site which is moderated daily. It has all the latest information
about AAG. Join it now to stay updated. The goal here is to put
alumni in touch with each other to hangout , know the activities
that are planned by AAG, hobnob for career advice / networking for
career opportunities.

Gaurav Prasad

We have created a new forum which will help our Gulmohur School
students to answer there career related question. You can reach us
at careerquestions@gulmohurschool.org
When writing to us let us know whether you are a student or an
alumni who would like to help a student (Please mention your year
of graduation and field of expertise where you can give career advice).

Public Relation Head, AAG

Here are some views about AAG from few active members of AAG

Gazala Anjum
Deputy PR, AAG

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From the Public Relations Desk (contd..)
We have created a new forum for alumni who were leaders when in Gulmohur School. If you were a
school/house captain, vice captain, president, vice president, prefect, event organizer, etc., you can
reach us at leaders@gulmohurschool.org
When writing please mention your year of graduation and the position you held.
We would like to thank the alumni who have funded the education of some students who were in a
financial crunch and would have had to discontinue their studies.
Also we would like to thank Amit Sinha for
interviewing teachers of Gulmohur. You can
read about it on his Facebook posts.
An advisor of AAG, Tanmoy Bhadra
recently was at Gulmohur School and talked
to the students on giving back. He was
accompanied by other core members and
advisors, Ashok Nayak, Abhijit Gope and
Nikhil Kumar. An overwhelming number of
students signed up for volunteering for AAG.
Sumanto Ghosh was recently at the school
to discuss and talk with Priti Sinha on a new
program that the school is planning to
launch called “Young Leaders Program”.
Sumanto has unselfishly been there for the
school and did not bat a eyelid to be there
when the school asked for his expertise and
guidance for this program.
Aakash Maity continues his fight against
cancer. Unfortunately his treatment was
extended by another 3 months. AAG
members have contributed to fund his
treatment. We pray for his speedy recovery.

Aakash Maity
Student, Gulmohur
School

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Amit Sinha
Batch: ISC 2007

Tanmoy Bhadra
Advisor, AAG

Ashok Nayak
Advisor, AAG

Abhijit Gope
Advisor , AAG

Sumanto Ghosh
Batch: ICSE 1984

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Indradhanush : Supported by AAG
A fabulous idea struck to our Advisor’s mind, an innovative idea of a
painting exhibition. It was then
put forward to our Principal and it
was instantly approved. The
ideas improvised to a painting exhibition along with ‘Sit and draw
competition’. The first ever painting exhibition organized by Alumni Association of Gulmohur along
with the school committee was
held on
10th and 11th November 2013 and
it was named “INDRADHANUSH”.

The first day began with the lighting of the lamp ceremony followed by the sit and draw competition
whose judges were. And thus it ended. Then came
the final day of the exhibition in which all the paintings were displayed. Almost 18 schools participated
in the exhibition which also included our Principal
Mrs. Sunita Sinha.

A lot of paintings were displayed as well as sold.
Each painting had its own importance, beauty, texture which described the painter’s feelings. The art
of playing with colors depicted the whole story behind the painting.
Many of our Alumni participated in this exhibition.
One more successful event was included in the history of Alumni Association of Gulmohur and a
grand one. This event would not have been successful without the support of the entire core team
of Alumni Association of Gulmohur.

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Contributions from Alumni
That bloodshed…

Womanhood…

It doesn't matter on which side of the road
i'm walking, at least i have roads to freely walk
upon.
Think about the ladies who are not able to at
least see the roads...
It doesn't matter on which side of the bed i'm
sleeping, at least i have bed to sleep on.
Think about the people who are not able to get
at least 2 inches land to sleep upon...
It doesn't matter which kind of food i'm having, at least i have money to buy it.
Think about the children who are not able to
see at least one bite to eat...
It doesn't matter which kind of drink i'm
consuming, at least i have mouth to drink it.
Think about the people who are not able to at
least take a sip...
It doesn't matter which kind of dress i'm wearing,
at least i have something to cover myself.
Think about the people who are not able to get
at least one part of that cloth...
It doesn't matter how i am spending my life, at
least i have life to live it.

She is beauty… but why is her beauty ruined by acid attacks
She is holy…but why is she broken down on bed
She is lovely…but why is her love sold out in the market
She is divine…but why is she scared of this rotten world
She is a star…but why is her shine eclipsed by certain
superstitions
She is a sister…but why is she cut through only for the sake of
their bloody prestige
She is a mother…but why is she killed only for her love and care
She is a wife…but why is she turned into the slave of these fake
babas
She is a life…but why is she thrown on the streets
She is a child…but why is she raped over and over
She is a fetus…but why is she aborted only because her sex
She is a daughter…but why is she burnt into ashes only for few
bucks
She is a lover…but why she has to sleep with him just to prove
her love
She is a girl…but why is she forced to become a slut
She is a human…but why is she discriminated from others
She is love…but why is her internal parts torn apart by some
bloody men
She is a worshipper…but why is her heart and body is used
She is eternal…but why is her soul pushed into the mortal
society
She is an honor…but why is she treated as a servant in her own
house
She is an employee…but why she has to fulfill the illegal
desires of higher officials
She is a feeling…but why is she teased only for her private parts
She is independent…but why is she not allowed to fly in her
own dreams
She is intelligent…but why is her thoughts bounded to a certain
level
She is an angel…but why her wings are torn apart by the devils
of this world
Though she loves you a lot but never play with her heart…if she
can love you to an extreme, she can also hate you to an extreme…
Though she trusts you blindly but never break her trust…if she
can have fate in you, she can also have fate in your death…
Though she doesn’t speak but never underestimate the power
of women…if she is the reason of your construction, she can
also be the reason of your destruction…

Think about the people who are not able to at
least live a single day of their lives...
Dedicated to all the people who were killed in
Syria…
-Gazala Anjum

-Gazala Anjum

Gazala Anjum
Deputy PR, AAG

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INDIA
Where an old man sacrifices his seat for a pregnant woman.
Where a Hindu writes a story named “MY NAME IS KHAN”
Where every second man feels pity for poors.
The girls ratio are increasing every year.
Where customer satisfaction is the main aim of every company.
Where a Hindu keeps Roza and a Muslim celebrates Diwali
at his home.
Where people donates thousand to Old Age Homes.
Where divorce cases are least in the world and Love at its
peak.
We should be proud of being an INDIAN
Lets not insult our motherland for some hypocrites.
-

Ajitabh Bose, ISC 2010
Mass Comm. Delhi-NCR

Neha Sakuja
ISC 2010
GOT Member , AAG

Art Work
- Neha Sakuja

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Homecoming :)
The place is the same, the times anew,
Long time back, we had said 'adieu'.
That wasn't easy, though we had to move on......
Years rolled by, as I never knew,
That she will call me, in her own way,
Homecoming to Gulmohur, on a bright new day.
There she sat, wearing a smile,
They welcomed me, very agile.
Times had changed and I was a teacher,
Tables have turned now, life's strange feature.
They were the ones who had taught me values,
Guiding me throughout, with all the clues.
I owe you my success, o dear ones,
I owe you my success, o dear ones.
Times have changed and faces anew,
Words I have...... words very few,
You gave me chance to prove myself,
Mingling with young souls, now guiding them through.
They look upto me, once I did so,
Values never change, time rolls by though......
My message to you is loud and clear,
Never fear failure, never fear,
Make hard-work your ladder, team-work your zeal,
Wounded though, would surely heal.
Homecoming is what I truly celebrate,
Values and erudition, let them reverberate ,
Providence is all, the guiding force,
Igniting the souls, instilling force.
May we prosper, growing large and free,
O hail GULMOHUR, Hail to thee!!!

एक रोटी

गाॉव में अकाऱ परा था,

नेता जी मद-मस्त परे थे,

एक-एक रोटी की कमी थी,
ककसान मरे किर रहे थे,

किर भी नेता जी मद-मस्त परे थे।
एक गाॉव क बद्ध ने अपने एक हमउम्र से पछा,
े ृ
ू
तब बढऊ ककतना रोटी खायेगा,
ु

बरा ही मासममयत से उसने जवाब ददया ५।
ू
पहऱा बढऊ ने पछा,
ु
ू
इस उम्र में ५!!

दसरे ने जवाब ददया "हाॉ"....!!
ु
पहऱे बढऊ
ु

ने पछा,
ू

एक खाने क बाद जगह बचेगी,
े

पेट है ही ककतना बरा तम्हारा??
ु

दसरे बढऊ ने बरे ही भोऱेपन से जवाब ददया,
ु
ु
यही तो मऱाऱ है ,

एक रोटी ही कहाॉ नसीब हो रही??
सोचियेगा जरुर....!!

-Sujeet Kumar

-Joydeep Mukherjee

Joydeep Mukherjee
English Teacher,
Gulmohur School

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Sujeet Kumar, ISC 2012
NIFT, Bangalore

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LIFE
LIFE for sake of saying is just a four letter word but for living-it is infinite number of emotions beating
in our heart with every experience we go through.
Experience; being someone from software field I could technically define it as token of life. Something
that individually doesn’t hold any meaning until couple of them brings us success or failure. It is something that can make us or break us, take us as high as up in the sky or dump us as down as in the hell,
gives us wings to fly and explore or cut them down to bring us back to reality, give freedom to love
and gift wisdom to see that we were fooled.
I have gone through life's ups and downs and got the most precious return gift of life-TRUTH, certain
immovable truth about life. Truth, that nothing is constant in this life but change itself. You can’t hold
on to anything forever and you would realize it soon when they slip through your fingers like sand.
Truth, that life is like a see-saw. One time you are up there, the other time you are down. One moment
if you are enjoying it to its fullest, the other moment you would endure its pain with scrolling tears. I
would not say life is just about sadness or happiness but i would say it is its primary colours. Colours
that have different shades and thus can surprise you every time when it comes up with the new colour
of experience by mixing different shades.
I don’t say to fear from future if you are happy because you may never know what would be the combination of shades will make your life portray look like. It is not possible to explain any person what
value each colour holds except if that person is a painter itself. He can tell you that even a dead black
shade can give touch of life to posture of a man by being its shadow. Either you may be bleached by
pain of life and turn out to be strong shining as diamond or you may be lost in the mist of confusion
until you see the sun of your conscience rising that will guide you through. You may be dawned with
the darkness of guilt until you find your way to the end of tunnel and wash them away with brightness
of light. I have told about all positive effect of life experience because I remember someone saying me
to be always positive. I myself have dealt with them in one of the way mentioned.
I don’t say that i turned to be philosophical about life but i definitely turned to be logical about its
"change" mechanism. May be things ahead of us won’t change but we could surely change the way we
approach it. Live your life with your CHOICE.
I would end this article with one inspiring saying:
"There is not to make reply,
there is not to reason why,
there is but to do and die."
-Rashmi Joglekar

WISH
Sometimes i wish to go back on the ground,
and crawl on my knees to my beloved mom.
Go into her arms and weep aloud,
and wait for her to reason out.
Hug her tight with all my hands,
till i could hear her beats divine.
Move my fingers through her strangled hair,
and free myself from the random fears.
Look round the world and down the ground,
find my home all around.
Throw up my hands open and jump in joy,
to find I’m once more my mumma's toy.
Rashmi Joglekar
ISC 2010
NMIET, Bhubaneshwar

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-Rashmi Joglekar

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Late Breaking News
.
The treatment for Aakash Maity took a twist recently as he continues his fight against cancer.
AAG wishes the brave lad a speedy recovery and return to his beloved basketball and running events. He
is continuing his treatment at Sushrut hospital in Mumbai. Enter Sanjay Singh.
AAG asked Sanjay, since he was in Mumbai, if he could stop by and meet Aakash and wish him
well from AAG. The timing was such that at that time Aakash’s family wanted to pursue his treatment in
another hospital (Sushrut). Needless to say Sanjay was there, he really stepped up, providing emotional,
logistical and financial support to the family. He took time off work to visit the family at more than one
occasion and has been extremely humble and unassuming about the whole thing. He has advised the
family and literally has taken the family under his wings. It is people like Sanjay who make this world a
better place. Sanjay, AAG salutes you.
There have been other AAG members who have contributed by providing information for a second opinion or providing funds for his treatment . When AAG reached out, Anil Menon was quick to
provide information of another hospital in Kochi where the doctor is rated very highly. This information
has been passed on to the family in case they decide to pursue that option. Other AAG members who
have provided funds are Devdeep Kabiraj, Amandeep Singh, Ashok Nayak and Tanmoy Bhadra.
It is simply amazing what the extended family of AAG can do to help another GHS student. We ask
you to step in and step up like Sanjay Singh and many others.
-

Sanjay Singh, ICSE– 1987

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Alumni Association
Of Gulmohur

Alumni Association of Gulmohur
C/o- Gulmohur High School Outer Road,
Telco Colony Jamshedpur- 831004 Jharkhand
Phone:
9031736973, 9031988230
E-mail:
aag.info@gulmohurschool.org
(For queries& info)
aag@gulmohurschool.org
(President)

Concept by : Tanmoy Bhadra
Editing By : Gaurav Prasad
Formatting by : Rahul Kumar

aagnewsletter@gulmohurschool.org
(Contributions and feedback)

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