On
7 August 2021, Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar organised the 28th Jindal Art Festival
'Kintsugi'. It is being organised for many, many years now in the memory and honour their founder and eminent industrialist, Shri O P Jindal, on his birth anniversary. The festival has come a long way, starting with activities of drawing and painting to now becoming a mesmerizing spectacle of all kinds of artistic expression - drawing, painting, decorating, designing, digital, performing and literary. The theme for this year was 'Kintsugi' - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. What they wanted to convey was that we can be 'Broken but Beautiful' and all the following competitions were designed almost perfectly around the theme. The competitions were extremely interesting, having very specific instructions and requirements from the participants, failing which the chances of disqualification were high.
Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public School, Jodhpur participated in all the competitions. The participants were -
1. Pot Designing - Sanika Kakkar
2. Bottle Decoration - Aayushi Malani
3. Animation Movie Making - Akshata Acharya
4. Solo Singing (East Meets West) - Nikita Vijayan
5. Virtual Solo Dance Competition - Veenushree Pungalia
6. Story Writing - Anvi Mehta
7. Story Narration - Niharika Pamnani
The preparation were on for almost a month, with the teachers-in-charge and the participants trying to put their best foot forward with the specific limitations of the instructions.
The Pot Designing Competition was organised live on 3 August 2021. The Bottle Decoration Competition was organised live on 4th August 2021. All the other entries were recorded in the prescribed formats and e-mailed to the host school.
The precision and hard work paid off when the results were declared and RKKGPS managed to conquer the 3rd Position in the Festival. Out of a total of 27 schools that participated in OP Jindal Art Fest, the achievements of RKK are :
Bottle Decoration - 1st Position
Pot Designing - 3rd Position
Solo Singing - 3rd Position
Solo Dance - 6th Position
Animation Movie Making - 8th Position
Story Writing - 10th Position
Story Narration - 13th Position
The whole experience was full of learning, imagination and development. It was organised extremely well despite the pandemic situation and the technical difficulties.
