CHILDREN'S DAY EDITION

THE PRIDORACHILDREN'S DAY EDITION • Children's day celebration: Read page 9 • Project Chuwan - Photography contest: Read page 14

THE PRIDORA | NOVEMBER EDITION CONTENTS Page no BOARDS (2022-23) 03 VOICE OF BOARDS 04 HANDS IN MAKING 05 CLUB EVENTS 06 EDITORIAL 9 10 ARTICLES 12 POEMS 14 REMINISCING MOMENTS 16 EDITORIAL 17 CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 MEMELAND HAPPY B'DAY

B O A R D S2022-2023 Rtr. Mehal Chauhan Rtr. Mrinalini Shahdeo Rtr. Ananya President Secretary Sergeant at Arms Rtr. Jai Gaba Rtr. Rishita Mahak Rtr. Aashay Bhatia Vice President Joint Secretary Joint Treasurer Rtr. Tanisha Rtr. Harsh Vardhan Rtr. Snigdha Dey Club Service Director Community Service Director International Service Director Rtr. Sarang Raj Rtr. Nidhi Singh Rtr. Purbita Bose Professional Service Director Cultural Coordinator Club Editor

BOARDS VVVOOOIIICCCEEE OOOFFF TTTHHHEEE BBBOOOAAARRRDDDSSS Greetings to all the Rotaractors! \"The only way that we can live is if we grow; the only way that we can grow is if we change; the only way that we can change is if we learn; the only way that we can learn is if we are exposed; and the only way that we can become exposed is to throw ourselves out into the open”. Throw yourself out in the open and show the world who you are. Many a time we fail to grow because we restrict ourselves to familiar things. Rotaract helped me realize that in order to grow it is important to allow yourself to be open to new things because a step outside your comfort zone might prove to be a step into your miracle zone. The relationship that you have with yourself is the most important relationship that you will have in your lifetime. Don't think that being someone else or being somewhere gives your life more worth because where you are within yourself is much more important than where you are on the map. Consider yourself more, and strive for the stuff you really want rather than what you feel like you should be doing. As a Rotaractor it's my message to all the Rotaractors that open your heart to all the beginnings coming on your way. Take little steps because big changes come from thousand tiny steps and they all matter. So starting today, dive into it and keep swimming until you reach the shore. Keep learning and keep Rotaracting! Regards, Rtr. Rishita Mahak Secretary Elect 2022-2023 04 | THE PRIDORA | November 2022

HANDS IN MAKING \"Individual commitment to a group effort that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.\" ~Vince Lombardi Our club has been fortunate enough to be Rtr. Tanu Singh Rtr. Shrestha Shreya surrounded by a plethora of supremely talented members who have always given Assistant PR Executive Head of Media their best to the club. Each and every member has contributed with their Rtr. Rahul Kar Rtr. Shahnaz Perween creativity and skills consistently in making our monthly newsletter 'THE PRIDORA' a Social Media Head Editor (Newsletter head) huge success. Michael Jordan once said, 'Talent wins games, but teamwork and Rtr. Kajal Kumari Rtr. Ritika Singh intelligence win championships. This newsletter indeed, is an honest effort of PR Member PR Member our team members to showcase not just the talents of our budding authors, poets and artists but also to give them a platform to launch themselves and touch the sky. The outstanding articles, poems and artwork of our gifted and innovative minds are sure to captivate the imagination of the readers. With complete faith in their hard work, we are sure that their original ideas will certainly excite and elate your thought. It is our privilege to propose a vote of thanks to our Board members and PR Team and to acknowledge the contribution of each and every member without whom the vision of the monthly newsletter couldn't have been achieved. We hope that you enjoy reading our club newsletter. It will be a proven reward to us. Regards Rtr. Rishita Mahak Rtr. Anadi Sharma Public Relation Team PR Member PR Member 2022 - 23 05| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

CLUB NOVEMBER On the occasion of Dev Deepavali, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College in collaboration with other Rotaract Clubs of zone 3, lighted 2000 Diyas at Pahari mandir, Ranchi. On 13th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College under Project Tript, organized a food distribution drive for stray animals by feeding Rotis and biscuits to the dogs and cows. On 14th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College on the occasion of Children’s day, organized a drawing competition for the students of Rajkiyakrit Prathmik Vidyalaya. 06| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

EVENTS 2022 On the occasion of International Men’s Day, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College under Project Chuwan, organized a Photography contest with the theme sacrifice and responsibility towards family, friends, and society. The winners of the competition were: 1st Position: Rtr. Bhavya Manik 2nd Position: Rtr. Hitesh Kumar 3rd Position: Rtr. Harsh Anand On 20th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College under Project Ace, conducted an Informal event and also played interesting games like taboo, filer words, tongue twister, and Chinese whisper. On 22nd November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College organized Telenova, where participants enacted their favorite characters, characters from famous cartoon shows such as shin chan and ninja Hattori were played accurately. The Winners of the competition were: 1st Position: Rtr. Akansha 2nd Position: Rtr. Mansi & Yumna 3rd Position: Rtr. Diksha 07| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

CLUB EVENTS NOVEMBER 2022 On 24th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College, organized “The Gratitude Clip” an online event where members had to share things they are grateful for in life, it was later compiled into a beautiful video and posted across all the social media handles of the club. On 30th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College, organized its flagship event, “Kadam Jugad” a cloth donation drive in collaboration with B factory, Ranchi. Various winter and summer clothes were donated near the Kadru slum area. On 30th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College on the occasion of International Day for the elimination of Violence against Women, conducted “Talent Affair” an art contest under the Art team. The Winners of the Competition were: 1st Position: Rtr. Taniya Dey 2nd Position: Rtr. Piyush Dutta 3rd Position: Rtr. Kriti Bakshi & Rishita Ritu On 30th November 2022, the Rotaract Club of St. Xavier’s College announced it's member of the month, Rtr. Ruchit Agarwal. 08| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

ARTICLE OUR CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATION There will be a drawing competition at 10:30hrs for the kids, we were told the day before. It was fun to watch everyone whose classes began early finish as quickly as possible, just to see the kids think, sketch, and even chatter as they tried to complete the drawing in the limited time. It is always nostalgic to be in the classroom with these kids but this day was special. Perhaps it was Children's Day. The majority of the kids were given the topic \"My superhero\". The topic attracted many drawings of superman, superwoman, Krish, ironman, spiderman, etc. The kids worked together to finish their drawing. I remember a pair of girls working on their respective pieces of Superwoman's drawing. One person proposed coloring the drawing, while another offered to do the borders. This resulted in prizes for both of them. This was a shining example of \"together we achieve more\". Later, a cake was cut to celebrate today's event. Rotaractors enjoyed the presence of children and had fun playing with them during a short amount of break. After the break, the coordinators pitched the idea of playing the game called \"passing the parcel\". One of the balloons we used to decorate the classroom became our parcel. It was fun to observe children interacting with the balloon whenever it reached their hands. To continue the game we had to give them another balloon to play with. Their eyes shone with every bounce of the balloon. It was certain that each of their pristine orbs contained a multiverse. The Rotaractors, as well as the children, received a variety of tasks as time progressed. The dares ranged from doing a monkey dance to touching every object of a certain color. It wasn't easy to find a partner to do the monkey dance with. Even the kids were shy about doing it. Though, it was a fun activity to watch Rotaractors spin the wheels of time and laugh freely. Certainly, it was a day to cherish, as well as a memorable bonding time among the members. Everyone returned home smiling a little more than usual. Rtr. Shahnaz Perween @naaazz.zz 09| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

POEM GRATITUDE TO THE TEACHER The sorrows deep within my heart In search of some peace of mind You mirrored me the path crystal clear Then no more was I blind Though I'm very bad at expressing gratitude But your presence in my life prospers my soul The light of consciousness you showed me within my heart I hold Do you Remember those events that troubled me somehow I understand there was nothing to be afraid of Instead, I should be proud Traced my uniqueness You discovered those loop-holes Those tiny aspects of life No one ever told Indeed teachers are the best Creation Created by the nature In every phase of a student's life They leave their mighty signature If ever there be the talk around The best teachers till date To you, I'm confessing today This poetry shall end the debate Name Nikhil Jalan nikhil_jalan_ 10 | THE PRIDORA | November 2022

POEM मुस्किल है बचपन भुलाना Rtr. Samriddh Sinha 11 | THE PRIDORA | November 2022

Reminiscing Moments Greetings to all the Rotaractors! I just wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for your support and friendship over the year. Being a member of the club has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I am grateful to be a part of such an amazing community and I am proud of it. I want to thank the leader for their vision and commitment towards making it such a special place, especially the boards and my seniors. Now I would like to take you all back to memory lane with me where we went on a trip to Goa Searic summit, Goa 2022. It was the month of September and on 12th September we bordered the train for Vasco da Gama the time of departure was 9:05 p.m. Rotaractors of our club and all the seniors assembled at the railway station at the decided time and the train arrived at the station. The departure time of the train was 9:15 p.m. It was 9:15 p.m. the train honked and started arriving slowly but the interesting fact was one of my fellow Rotaractors Rtr. Jai Gaba was late as usual he boarded the running train, we all thought that he had missed his train but I was really happy to see my friend at the last moment. The train journey was of two nights and 2 days and the date of arrival was 14th September between 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. onward but that horrible train was delayed by almost 12 hours and we reach the station (Vasco da Gama) at 12:54 a.m. exactly. On the advice of my senior, we booked our ticket for sleeper class which was the worst decision and also a good decision due to which we enjoyed it a lot. All the people whose tickets were wait listed, RAC, and not confirmed also boarded the train we were very uncomfortable because of them as we didn't have the habit of traveling like this. During the journey, I enjoyed a lot with my seniors and my fellow Rotaractors on the second day I had to handover some items to one of my relatives who stays at Gondia junction which was a part of our route, and also I had to collect some refreshment items from them for us. The scheduled time to reach Gondia was early morning 9:30 a.m. but the Train was delayed by 7 hours and I felt very bad for how long my Relative had to wait. 12 | THE PRIDORA |November 2022

Reminiscing Moments The journey continued we all enjoyed ourselves a lot on the train. When we reached Goa I was the first to step down from the train. We had already booked our hotel when we reached the hotel we found that the rooms we had booked were already allotted to someone else now I started looking for some other hotel with my seniors and my fellow Rotaractors Rtr. Shashank at approx 4:00 a.m. in the morning. At last, we found a hotel which suited our requirements and we all shifted there. I was so tired that in the morning when all my friends had gone to Baga beach I was sleeping in the room. Then in the evening, we enjoyed ourselves in our room by singing and dancing with each other. At night, we, boys, went to the most unnoticed place of Goa and enjoyed ourselves a lot till 4 in the morning, in between I met many district officials of our DISTRICT RID 3250 and made a good connection with them. The next morning, that is 16th we had to leave for the Marina Dourada Resort when we all reach the resort we found that the resort was overcrowded by Rotaractors not only from all over India but also from other countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, etc. Now it was time for the allotment of the room everyone in my club was allotted a room in the same building but I was the only one who was allotted a room away from my friends. I thought my experience of this searic had been ruined but here comes the twist the room was allotted solely to Me And there I enjoyed it a lot and had fun with my Friends. I was out of my room throughout, attending the events. On the first day of searic, we had to represent our DISTRICT 3250 Bihar and Jharkhand through a cultural dance performance my whole team was ready but unfortunately our performance got postponed to the next day. That night we visited Romeo lane a very famous nightclub in Goa and there I had a great time with all Rotaractors and made new friends. On the 17th i.e Second day we represented our district through our dance performance and attended a special seminar that was arranged for us. At night I and my buddy Rtr. Shashank enjoyed with the Rotaractors of the other district by dancing and singing with them, the whole night. On 18, i.e., the last day we clicked group photos with Rotaractors of our district and as well as of other districts as a token of memory, and that day I realized that one cannot bring Ideas just by sitting in a room but by connecting with people it can be achieved. With this, I would like to conclude this episode of my life which was so memorable and I think I will never ever forget it. Thank you, readers. Rtr. Sahil kr Soni sahilsoni___ 13 | THE PRIDORA |November 2022

Editorial : \"PROJECT CHUWAN\" 14| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

Editorial : \"PROJECT CHUWAN\" 15| THE PRIDORA | November 2022

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MEME LAND P.R. team after getting back to back work: Other Rotaractors after watching the Rotaractors click pictures in hay: After receiving Refreshment, Rotaractors' thoughts: Credits: Rtr. Shahnaz Perween 17 | THE PRIDORA |November 2022

Happy Rtr. Bhumi Tirkey B'DAY Rtr. Khushboo Kumari Rtr. Snigdha Dey Rtr. Anisha Rtr. Mrinalini Shahdeo Rtr. Sarang Raj 18| THE PRIDORA |November 2022

Happy B'DAY Rtr. Nidhi Singh Rtr. Shinu Rtr. Nikhil Raj Rtr. Tanushree Rtr. Maha Fatima Rtr. Sakshi Agarwal 19| THE PRIDORA |November 2022

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