BY: THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
THE 1ST INTER-SCHOOL DECLAMATION CONTEST WAS HELD ON 17TH JANUARY, 2019 AT BVS PARSI HIGH SCHOOL. TEN PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS OF KARACHI PARTICIPATED WITH 4 STUDENTS REPRESENTING THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES FROM THE HOST SCHOOL.
THE TOPIC AT HAND WAS “I SEE HUMANS, BUT NO HUMANITY”. THE ORATORS FOR THE TOPIC EMPHASIZED ON THE ACTS OF HUMANS RIGHT VIOLATION COMMITTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AN EMOTIVE APPROACH WAS FELT AS THEY ARTICULATED. SPEAKING OF ZAINAB OF KASUR, KHADIJA SIDDIQUI, MALALA YOUSAF ZAI AND OTHER VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY. THEY MADE THE LISTENERS REALIZE THAT BEING HUMAN IS A CHOICE IN THIS WORLD OF TODAY WHICH IS DEVOID OF COMPASSION AND SYMPATHY. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED BY TWO PARTICIPANTS. ONE FOR THE MOTION AND ONE AGAINST IT MOTION. BVS PARSI HIGH SCHOOL WAS REPRESENTED BY MIRZA TAHA HASSAN HOUSE AND WASI MOHSIN NAQVI FROM QUAID-E-AZAM AAND LANCELOT HOUSE TO SPEAK FOR THE MOTION.
“HUMANITY IS AN OCEAN, IF FEW DROPS OF THE OCEAN ARE DIRTY, THE WHOLE OCEAN DOESN’T BECOME DIRTY”
AGAINST THE TOPIC, PARTICIPANTS SPOKE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD CAST A LARGE SHADOW ON THE FATE OF HUMANITY. FIGURES LIKE EDHI, MANDELA, GANDHI AND JINNAH TO NAME A FEW. AHSAN KAMAL AND MUSTAFA AQEEL OF REZASHAH AND SOPARIVALA HOUSE REPRESENTED THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES.
AT THE END OF THE CONTEST THE PRINCIPAL MISS. KERMIN PARAKH ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS AND GAVE A WORD OF ADVICE. THEN THE JUDGE MR. FAHIM ZAMAN WAS CALLED BY THE PRINCIPAL TO SAY A FEW WORDS OF INSPIRATION. IN THE END PRINCIPAL THANKED THE ENGLISH LITERAY SOCIETY.
THE RESULTS OF THE EVENT WERE ANNOUNCED AS FOLOWS:
FOR THE MOTION:
1ST IQRA FURQAN AHMED FROM HABIB GIRLS SCHOOL
RUNNER UP: HUZAIFA FAROOQ FROM ST. MICHEALS CONVENT SCHOOL
AGAINST THE MOTION:
1ST PRERNA BAJJAJ FROM MAMA PARSI GIRLS SCHOOL
RUNNER UP: ELSA QAZI FROM HABIB GIRLS SCHOOL
INTER-HOUSE:
1ST MIRZA TAHA HASSAN OF QUAID-E-AZAM HOUSE
RUNNER UP: SYED WASI MOHSIN OF LANCELOT HOUSE