Onam was celebrated at our school in September, offering an opportunity to remember the days of the benevolent ruler Mahabali, and reminding us how ego or pride may lead to one’s downfall. Everyone enjoyed the Onasadya and Pookkalam. We invited ten elderly women or “Ammas” and honoured them by presenting Onappudavas. Students of class X welcomed them affectionately like their own grandmothers by touching their feet and applying kumkum and chandan on their foreheads. They were given a sumptuous meal to which each student had contributed. The guest of the day was Cine artist Ms. Malavika Menon, who inaugurated the mega-thiruvathira dance that was presented by all the staff and a group of students together.
