Musical treat

The students of Shuvatara Int’l School received a surprise musical treat on August 6. The Saayas band performed songs, mostly cover versions like Sweet child o’ mine and Born to be wild for the students, including their hit song Pahilo maya. Even the school’s band P.O.9 performed with them. This was the first show of its kind to have been held in the school. The Saayas band even played a friendly football match with the school team. — Shirish R Tuladhar, Class X, Shuvatara Int’l School, Lamatar, Lalitpur

Elocution contest held

Tripura High School held its inter-house elocution contest — Nepali and English — on August 4 for the junior and senior levels. The winners and runners up were as follows: Nepali section, Swastika Sapkota (Lincoln) and Mandip Khadka (Wilson) — juniors; Subash Mandal and Sandeep Chaudhary (seniors): English section — Rabina Adhikari and Alisha Khatri (juniors), Preeti Singh and Dawa Lama (seniors).