Misconduct on the Old Boys Day at Pilani this year.

[S.B.Katewa]

Mr. J. S.  Mann,

President, VINOBA,

C/O Mann Public School ,

Holambi Khurd,

D E L H I – 110 082

 

Col BRS Dahiya,

Member VINOBA Governing Council,

NEW DELHI.

 

Dear Mr. Mann/Col Dahiya,

 

     I am writing this letter to thank you for the excellent support you and other senior old boys gave to the school during the annual day celebration on 04/05 Dec 2010.  But for your support the function could not have been such a great success.  Thanks a lot indeed.

      However, there have been incidents which have left a very bad taste in the school.  Once again the root cause were old boys who stayed in the Houses.  As happened during the last annual day of 2008-09 these were all old boys generally of the period 2000-2008 and few even senior OBA members.  I am mentioning the incidents briefly :-

(a)    Our Senior Mess music system was stolen by breaking the door by old boys staying in Panini House.

(b)    Old boys staying in Houses collected Rs.300/= per boy (about Rs.18,000/= per House) and the money was used to buy liquor, mutton, chicken items which were consumed at night in the Houses.  None of these boys attended any school function.

(c)    As reported by House staff and school sweepers almost 4/5 bed sheets in two Houses were spoiled with liquor and vomit with non-veg items scattered everywhere.

(d)    Mr. Parmender Singh of 1971 batch who was with family entered the House fully drunk and had to be forcefully sent off by the Housemaster and senior boys.  He also used unparliamentary language.

(e)    Few of class XI and XII boys also consumed liquor and non-veg items with them.

     You are aware that we were all extremely busy with the various functions and since these activities were all done after 1.00 AM on 04/05 night, these went unchecked. These young anti-social OBA members took advantage with the support of some of our boys and indulged in above activities.  The names of some of these boys collected from the Houses are :-

Patanjali House

(a)  Sandeep Singh (4006)        XII       2009-10

(b)  Tejasvi Singh (7937)          X         2009-10

(c)  Hitesh Kumar (7119)         XI        2009-10

(d)  Digant Mittal (6886)           XII       2007-08

(e)  Aman Gupta  (6390)          XII       2009-10

(f)Ashish Khandelwal (3679) XII          2004-05

(g)  Raunak Parmod (7749)      XII       2009-10

(h)  Amit Raj Jakhad (6995)     X         2007-08

Panini House

(a) Santosh Kumar  (4790)                   2003-04

(b)  Bharat Dhall  (4794)          XII       2004-05

(c)  Yogender Singh (5888)      XII       2004-05

(d)  Veer Vikram                                  2005-06

Kanad House

(a) Amandeep Mahlawat (3942)           2006-07

(b) Anshuman / Aman               Kota    2006-07

Vashishtha House

(a)  Rajeev Jaiswal

(b)  Nimesh Mittal (2901)                     1995-96

(c)  Ajeet Sharma (1933)                      1995-96

(d)  Neeraj Maharia (2245)                  1995-96

(e)  Vishwajeet  (2061)             1995-96

(f)  Kunal Dhillon (2259) S/O Mr.Ved Pr Dhillon (Sr Old Boy) 1998-99

(g)  Bhaskar Thakur (3405)                  1995-96

 

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Katyayan House

(a)  Parmender Singh                            1971 batch (Sr old boy)

     Vidya Niketan was established with a view to promote Indian ethos, character and discipline.  I am personally a disciplinarian and I do not tolerate any nonsense.  Earlier also I had mentioned  that old boys should not be permitted to stay in the Houses.  These incidents are a setback to all the efforts of improving the school.  Boys who joined the school in XI and  X boys are shell shocked and I have already started receiving calls from parents about these activities of old boys.  I may inform you that word has already spread in Pilani thereby sullying the image of the school and giving lot of joy to those who felt uncomfortable with our efforts to improve the school.  (Local business men, liquor vendors, dhaba owners and mobile phone shops).  I have taken these incidents extremely seriously since these have violated the basic norms on which BPS has been built.  This can not be tolerated.   Accordingly I have taken following decisions  :-

(a)     The entry of all old boys of the period 2000-2009 is banned in the school.  They will be turned away from the gate.

(b)    No old boy will be permitted to stay in the Houses normally and also during the annual day.  This will now onwards become a policy of the school.  I know there will be all out efforts to dilute it but let me warn everyone concerned with the future of BPS that such action will only damage the school.

     I have during the past 35 years of my involvement with a large number of schools seen how some old boys of Public Schools have damaged the institutions by undermining the school rules.  I also know that as a nation we abhor discipline and that is why we have such murky and disgraceful happenings in our society.  It is only with your support that we can avoid such incidents in future.   I appeal to all old boys through you to protect BPS from degenerating into an ordinary Public School.

            With all good wishes,

                                                                                    Yours sincerely,

 

                                                                                                Col ® D Choudhury

                                                                                    PRINCIPAL

 

This mail is being forwarded to all for their necessary comments since various opinions and versions of actually what happened (which seems to be exactly opposite of what the Principal has to say) was heard in the Annual Get-together of Jaipur Chapter on 15th Jan 2011. This may help in resolving the issue with the School Authorities through a proper representation. All the replies shall be compiled and forwarded to The President VINOBA for further necessary action on the issue.

Thanking you all,

S. B. Katewa 

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[Sanjay Porwal]

Dear All,

As a Old Student of Vidya Niketan, I feel Ashamed of such allegations, We may say that all this is baseless, but I feel that there would surely be truth to these allegations, If not why would Principal write to us about it in such details .

It is time, we all take responsibility of our Actions, There have been many such Incidents in years gone by, and this brings only bad repute to VINOBA, I would even suggest, We take action against the Old Boys found guilty and Bar them from VINOBA, so that such deeds are not repeated again.

Would  we want our Kids to study in such a Institution , where Other kids go on Drinking spree with Old Boys helping them out !!

No Way !!

Regards,

Sanjay Porwal

Patanjali,1992
  

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Dr.R.P.Pareek <pare...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, we should clarify the things. VINIANS have been projected badly and the truth should be known to all. I suggest to contact all the old boys mentioned by name by VINOBA office bearers immediately/as soon as possible.

 

Rajendra Pareek

Patanjali 1974

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Parag Kamani <pa...@kamani.in> wrote:

- Its a nice ,fair & a brave step from VINOBA - Jaipur to share this on a forum to discuss the Subject Issue which is surely embarrassing & disconcerting.

- Unfortunately I could not participate in the Get Together on !5/1/11 so missed the discussions but "even" if half of the contents aired by the principal are "true" its painful to digest.

- Our School is what binds us together as a common thread and we learned our first lessons of discipline & decorum in our alma mater...

- Truth should be supported fully, but it would be fair for everyone at VINOBA to come out explicitly clean on what has been mentioned & reported by the principal.

- If the alleged behavior did happen ...concerned OBs & VINOBA should be brave to Apologize and ensure not to get this embarrassment ever again as it is shameful & a bad example.

- On the contrary if the mentioned OBs have a different version of facts then what is mentioned ....They should move to come out clean and uphold their honor & dignity on priority.

- Personally as an VINOBA member I would be curious for the issue to be resolved in next 4 weeks either way rather than brush this under the carpet and live with this shamefully.

 

 

Best regards   

 

Parag Kamani/India 
 
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Dr. R. P. Pareek
MD (Medicine & Therapeutics), M.Phil (Hospital and Health Systems Management)
Medical Superintendent, Medical Centre, BITS
Professor, Pharmacy & Health Sciences Group
BITS Pilani, Rajasthan - 333031
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[Kapil Dev Ranwan]

Dear Sanjay,   I partly agree with you as we always have 2 sides of stories.. I remeber discussing similar issues a year or 2 back in Old boys gathering in Delhi wherein the Principal had raised similar issues.   - One thing was pretty clear in the discussion that Principal wasn''t as appreciative of VINOBA as much as any old timer in BPS (teacher or student) would be..More of culture thing...Hope I am wrong..   - With regard to specific complaints, I would not jump to conclusions until we know the details...Also, there is always a line for acceptable conduct above the threshold which is 'acceptable' provided it doesn't go overboard...We all cherish the mischefs we did in our times..We should view the incidents from the view of current times as we are talking of batches from 2001 onwards.. the threshold from our times have changed considerably...e.g..Post Card - Inland Letter to Facebook...Not that I am saying whatever listed in Principal's mail (if true) is acceptable ...   Once we know the details, I suggest to get opinion from our ex-teachers who are in touch with VINOBA just to have different view incase we are biased and than decide on course of action...     Regards Kapil Dev Ranwan Kat - 1992 --- On Wed, 26/1/11, Sanjay Porwal <sanjay...@gmail.com> wrote:

[parag...@gmail.com]

- Times change.
- People evolve.
- Each of us matures with time....its Fine.

Again not knowing the reality & giving full chance to the named Old boys to clear their name ASAP...which has not happened till now...???( At least to our knowledge.)

Where on earth acceptable limit can stretch to getting money from students/drinking/ Gorging meat with new impressionable minds in their hostels & would find endorsements??

Many of us would find it easy to qualify that & I would give principal his share of margin of Judgment by not being appreciative of VINOBA...

If our Alumni sets up a standard in Decorum there is no fear for it to be looked down upon over a prolonged stretch.. By principal or anyone...

Let's not forget we have some very distinguished sets of old boys serving the country & society in different capacities in present as well in past.

So Let's rise to a level which at least represents our values & our brotherhood in a respectable manner...

Instead of justifying the mistakes... let's be brave enough to condemn whats not acceptable by any parent who would have sent his kids to study in the same houses where these things presumably happened..

It would not only make us more strong & responsible but would also mean that all of us who have been excelling in our fields are not an aberration or a flash in the pan but a part of a system which had ingredients of success ingrained into our thought processes.

By stretching acceptable limits we are in a way deploring the ones who are being looked down because some other OBs have some different skewed & unacceptable way of putting their hair down in houses (or accused of doing till off course the truth is not bared)

To me they should clear there names of this mess quick...alternatively they should cease to be a part of VINOBA....its painful but then let's set an example to be better from what we are & move up North rather then do nothing & head South...

Any other options if someone has...Pl put forward..


Parag/Kat/1980

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