Wednesday, September 5, 2012

BD SOMANI at ECOLE MONDIALE BattlelaureateBD

ECOLE MONDIALE Principal Mr. Finbarr O'Regan and staff and students gave a great welcome to all visitors to the BattleLaureate.

My thanks to Anam Vadgama for help preparing this post.
IB Students from BD Somani Grades 11 and 12 recently participated in the “Battle Laureate 2012” at the Ecole Mondiale World School. Eleven Indian IB schools performed in this inter-school competition.
 The events our students participated in included debate, drama, singing and creative writing. The drama event was a three day competition which tested not only acting and directing but also quick thinking and improvisation. We had five different performances within a span of three days... Anam Vadgama, Rohan Malhotra, Pezanne Khambata (Grade 12) and Amalaya Jashnani, Kim Kaul and Arkin Isharani (Grade 11) participated in this event and secured 2nd place. Mr Boman Irani was the judge. Zara Contractor won 2nd place in the creative writing competition, which had many challenging topics. It was a great experience for everybody!
Ms Mati and Mr Callaghan (Mr C) represented BD SOMANI and enjoyed their time at the events. Congratulations to Mr. Finbarr O’Regan, Principal Ecole and our old friend, Ms Vidya, IB coordinator Ecole and the host students who organized a wonderful event and made everybody feel welcome.

BD SOMANI STUDENTS in the Drama Event.


Friday, August 31, 2012

An alternativve view to that of Richard Dawkins and "The God Delusion"

The trouble with atheists: a defence of faith

Francis Spufford has heard all the arguments against Christianity. He understands the objections of Dawkins and Hitchens and he realises it's a guess as to whether there's a God or not. But here he offers a defence of his faith


I am posting this link to The Guardian article in the interests of fairness and balance. Readers of the blog will have seen previous posts regarding Richard Dawkins and also from the opposite point of view, Karen Armstrong.
Let the debate continue! Respectful exchange of ideas is healthy and you may also enjoy the comments on THE GUARDIAN page just below the article.