President’s Gallantry Medal for Alumni
October 2, 2026
The third day of the KG Fiesta on 18 September 2026 featured several memorable presentations by children belonging to Sections UKG A, E, and F. The presentation started with an invocation of the Divine, in line with the School’s emphasis on practicing the Mother’s motto of ‘Remember and Offer’ to the Divine. This was followed by a presentation introducing Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Yoga. The children spoke about the four aspects of Integral Yoga: physical education, vital education, mental education, and psychic education. Their explanation of the central tenets of Integral Yoga was highly precise and deeply educative. It is difficult to believe that the complex philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, which is usually taught by advanced scholars, could be so effortlessly made accessible to an audience by a handful of little children. But that is what Seth M. R. Jaipuria School is all about: it is a treasure trove of prodigies, constantly surprising the world with young minds, brimming with bright ideas and intellectual sophistication.
The predominant themes for the day were sustainability and mindful birthday celebrations. ‘A Birthday Skit—Memory Capsule’ was a nostalgic piece that took the audience back to a simpler time when birthdays were all about the joy of coming together and sharing memories. As the narrator set out at the start: ‘Long ago, birthdays were simple, but full of love. Let’s travel back in time and relive those memories’. The children spoke about a bygone era where birthdays were all about handmade invitations, homemade cake, paper decorations, games, and return gifts, all shared with an abundance of blessings and love. It was a time when there were no gadgets, only laughter. They concluded the skit with the message, ‘Birthdays are about togetherness, not grandeur’.
In the ‘Parent Collaboration’ section that followed, it is exactly this message that the parents thoughtfully highlighted in their anecdotes. In her interaction with the parents on this subject, the Principal, Ms. Promini Chopra had a twofold message. One, to forgo opulence and grandeur in birthday celebrations, for instance, by choosing the healthy practice of sharing fruits over sugary sweets and chocolates. She also encouraged the children to make their birthdays meaningful by sharing something with underprivileged children. Taking the idea of mindful celebration a step further, she spoke of the spiritual significance of birthdays, which resonated with the Mother’s own message on birthdays.
Other fascinating presentations included: ‘Friendship Rhyme’, which celebrated the joy of friendship; ‘Go Green and Dance’ and ‘Let’s Recycle—It’s Fantastic!’, both on sustainability; ‘Lucknow—The City of Nawabs and Its Delicious Vegetarian Delicacies’, a segment that explored the gastronomic richness of the city; and a cheeky poem on AI that explored the irony of people constantly using AI to create different versions of themselves, only to realise in the end that ‘Normal me is best of all’.
The event concluded on a joyful note, with the young presenters educating and entertaining the audience with their charisma, ingenuity, and vivacity.
