Dream On…
As Saint Augustine rightly said, “the world is a book and those who do not
travel read only one page” and Deepalaya with its quality based education
exposes its students to gain a practical knowledge of their dreams. Forty
students from 6th to 10th grade of the four Deepalaya (Kalkaji Extension, Sanjay
Colony, Gole Kuan, Ramditi) Schools toured the office of Times of India (TOI)
Press at Ghaziabad on 6th April, 2010. This was part of the Schools curriculum
focusing on current events, developing reading habits and moreover to encourage
the students to dream further.
The visit turned out to be an eye-opener for many students wishing to enter the
field as journalists, writers, editors and designers etc. “I learnt a lot about
how a newspaper is made, inks used to give a perfect blend to the pictures and I
am amazed by the software available here which cuts down human effort,”
commented Seema Ahmed, a IXth grade student of Deepalaya School, Kalkaji
Extension.
Mr. Anil Singh, Manager, Times of India discussed and explained to the students
about how the newspapers are created, how editorials are submitted, which paper
they use, how the layout is printed with the help of the four inks (black, sand,
magenta and yellow) and how the software helps in producing the daily newspaper.
The children were startled by the fact that the team of 400-500 employees
produce 1, 46,000 newspapers per hour. Mr. Singh further explained that the
supplementary newspapers are prepared during the day while the hard news is
printed in the night.
It was a different exposure for the teachers accompanying the students during
the visit. “I feel that such visits should happen on a regular basis. We have
morning assembly at our School where children read the newspaper, but nowhere
down the line had we thought about its making. It was a great experience for me
and my students,” commented Ms. Geeta Joshi, Maths Teacher at Deepalaya School,
Kalkaji Extension.
Facilitating the students, Major Sanjay Dhillon, Assistant General Manager at
TOI motivated the students to develop reading habits and regularly read a
newspaper, magazine or a book.
After the visit, the students planned to take information gleaned from their
tour of the newspaper office and write articles about their visit. The visit
turned out to be fruitful and we wish that the students soon come out with their
first ever school newspaper! It was indeed a trip was informative and was an
experience, that the students would remember all their life.