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Editorial
Seventy years on, the Doon
School Weekly has a new team at the helm to steer it through its
seventieth year. Not much has changed over these decades, except for
probably the modernization of the Weekly’s ‘look’. I’m sure that in the
past the Editor-in-Chief, COP, Editors et. al. faced the same dilemma that
we face now- what to publish, what not to publish, how to make the Weekly
more appealing to Doscos so that everyone actually gets around to reading
the publication and participating in the making of it.
The old trio deserves credit for matching the standards set by Kunal and
Pritish and, in their own ways, bettering the Weekly, if I may say so.
Tushaar’s vocabulary, Aditi’s initiative and Parag’s prolific writing will
be sorely missed around the Weekly room but, mind you, a new year has
started and so has a new Weekly, but the work ethics that have been passed
on year after year, will prevail. It’s still going to be a race against
time every week to get the issue ready for the printers every Thursday
evening (the race is on even as I write this).
The end of last term saw a lot of unusual scoping on the board as the
so-called Eds-in-Chief were still wannabes, outdoing each other at every
step, as all of you must have noticed. Energy, initiative, creativity and
a lot of scoping (actually its only the scoping!) got the last few issues
of that term’s Weeklies to set a high standard. But nobody needs to worry,
as I’m sure our teamwork will play a major role in exceeding previous
standards (just a word of caution- don’t start expecting too much!).
There was a bit of a scare for the Weekly last term as it faced
competition for the first time from an underground publication (best not
named!) but everything’s under control now, and there’s nothing to stop us
from losing our readers.
I would also like to take this opportunity to formally welcome our ‘PubMan’,
Mr. Burrett, back on ‘ye olde Board’.
During the course of this year I hope that more students’ works will be
published and that the Weekly will also become a platform, medium and
forum for students to voice their opinions and concerns. I hope that
Doscos will take this initiative and help us with their news and views.
And now, to turn a platitude on its head, as all good things must start,
here is welcoming everyone back to Chandbagh and wishing them a happy and
productive year ahead.
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School Cap Unplugged
Saurav Sethia and
Shaurya Kuthiala interview the School Captain
DSW: Who has been your role
model as school captain?
Avyay Jhunjhunwala(AJ): The fact is that I really don’t have any
role models from among the previous school captains, but that definitely
doesn’t mean that I didn’t respect them. I had immense respect for Rajiv
and Tyagi and felt that they really did their job efficiently.
DSW: How did you feel just
before the announcement of your appointment?
AJ: All three of us (the candidates for school captaincy) sat
together. Chirag was seated to my left and Amritesh to my right. We were
very nervous, I guess for our own sakes. Our legs were shaking before the
announcement was made. I wanted the best man to win, irrespective of who
he was, but quite obviously, I also wanted to win.
DSW: Why did you restore
the earlier change-in-break pattern?
AJ: The new change-in-break pattern introduced by my predecessor
was much too complicated to handle. Getting the prefects to three
different places every day was rather difficult, due to which I felt that
the old system had to be restored.
DSW: How effective do you
think has the prefectorial administration been?
AJ: I feel the administration has been very effective in many
cases, but, of course, there’s always room for improvement.
DSW: What qualities do you
think you possess that paved the way to your election as School Captain?
AJ: I feel I am quite friendly and popular as so many people voted
for me. I am quite a talented sportsman. I feel that I am self-disciplined
and authoritative. I respect myself and my actions and I do not like to
take rash decisions
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