Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

Sushil Rai with Diwakar Basnet It was indeed a matter of pride that eight students from eight different schools from different part of Sikkim was selected to be part of new television series “Teenovation” to be telecast on ZeeQ!, the edutainment channel of Zee TV, very soon. The eight schools included Enchey SSS, Sang SSS, Middle Camp SS, East Point SSS, Singtam, Dalapchand SS, Temi SSS, Yuksam SSS and Lingchoom SS. The highlight of the show will be the efforts put on by these innovative students in the process of recycling and reuse of waste and plastic materials. I am happy to find Sushil Rai, my student from Dalapchand SS among the list of the selected students. This little wonder kid now studying at Calss VIII was also part of the Bee Fest Top 12 Innovative finalist last year representing Dalapchand SS among the 150 plus schools from different part of Sikkim. On this joyous occasion, I would like to thank Diwakar Basnet (Chief Learning Officer, 24 Hours Inspired) and...

October 5th, Day 1:  Even a 5.30 am drive from Dalapchand was not enough for us (the Bee Fest Team from Dalapchand SS) to reach the venue at TNA, Gangtok, on time for the opening ceremony of the Bee Fest 2012. It was already 10 am when we reached there. There was excitement and anxiety mixed in the looks of our small group. I told my students we were doing our best and we would all enjoy the moment of being part of the of-its-kind Bee Fest 2012, an inter-school scholastic competition to be held in our state of Sikkim. Sushil Rai, a 13-year-old from class viii from Dalapchand SS, the same student who had been featured in my earlier article on Bee Fest, was the youngest in our group. He was one of the two students from our school participating in Bee Innovate. People looking at him wondered anxiously whether or not he was the same person whose photograph had been featured in a Bee Fest article at  Sikkim Express . The shy-looking Sushil never understood his popularity. When...