Our Headmistress, Mrs. Smita Biwalkar, garlanded the photo frame of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the staff and students paid tribute to the great leader.

This was followed by a speech by the Class Teacher of VIII A, Mrs. Radhika Dalal.

In her informative speech, teacher traced the illustrious journey of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak who dedicated his life to the service of our nation. She reminded us to uphold the values and ideals that Lokmanya Tilak stood for as we continue our journey in pursuit of excellence.

This was followed by a poem by our student, Om Bendre from Class VII A. The poem, ‘Lokmanya’, a heartfelt tribute to a leader par excellence, was penned by our teacher Mrs. Anvaya Kane.

The choir group of our school paid their tribute through a powada in praise of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. The students were trained by our Music teacher, Mrs. Vrushali Virkar.

A beautiful homage indeed!

An Essay and Story Writing Competition were held to mark the occasion of Tilak Punyatithi in the month of July 2023. The prize winners received their prizes from our Headmistress, Mrs. Smita Biwalkar. Also present to congratulate the students was our Supervisor, Mrs. Vasundhara Pandey.

This was followed by the I prize winners of classes IX and X reading out their prize-winning essays.

PTVA’s newsletter, ‘Darpan’, had organized an Essay Writing Competition for the secondary section students. The students had to submit their essays on the topic: ‘My summer vacation experience.’

The prize winners had the honour of receiving their prizes at the hands of our Honourable Secretary, Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Association, Shri Dilip Pethe Sir and the representative of PTVA’s newsletter, Juilee Ballal Madam. We express our heartfelt felt gratitude to them.

The following is the list of the prize winners from our school:

Std VI

– First Prize: Dedhia Chaitrali

– Second Prize: Salaskar Asmi

Std VII

– First Prize: Sharvari Vijay Agre (Marathi)

– Second Prize: Poojary Aditya

Std VIII

– Second Prize: Yana Date

Std IX

– First Prize: Lad Aarya

Heartiest congratulations to all the prize winners and participants.

“Life is all about a card game. Selecting the right card is not in our hands. But playing well with the cards in hand determines our success.”

Let these words of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak never fail to inspire us. Let us with determination and will power, work towards a better and brighter tomorrow…..There cannot be a greater tribute to this great leader….a great patriot