शिमला। राजधानी के नामी अंग्रेजी स्कूल बीसीएस में आयोजित 19 वें डा0 सेम्यूल स्लेटर मेमोरियल इंटर स्कूल डिबेट के प्री क्वार्टर फाइनल मुकाबलों में बीसीएस स्कूल के यशवर्धन सिंह बेस्ट स्पीकर चुने गए। सबसे रोचक मुकाबला ला मारर्टिनीयर गर्ल्ज कॉलेज लखनऊ व ला मारर्टिनीयरब्वायज कॉलेज लखनऊ के बीच हुआ। ला मारर्टिनीयर ब्वायज कॉलेज लखनऊ के राघव कोहली बेस्ट स्पीकर बनकर उभरे। अन्य मुकाबला बीसीएस कैंब्रिज और शेरवुड कॉलेज नैनीताल के बीच हुआ और बीसीएस के शलोक गोयल को बेसट स्पीकर चुना गया।
24 अप्रैल को प्री क्वार्टर फाइनल मेंनिम्न टीमों ने शिरकत की ओर अपने –अपने मुकाबले जीते।
- · La Martiniere Girls Lucknow V/S Bishop Cotton School Shimla
Winner: Bishop Cotton School: Best Speaker: Yashvardhan Singh
- · The Doon School, Dehradun V/S Mayo Girls College
Winner: Mayo Girls College: Best Speaker-Arundhati Singh
- · St. James School, Kolkata V/S Sherwood College Nanital
Winner: St James School; Best Speaker: Ved Mehta
- · Aitchison College Lahore V/S The Lawrence School Sanawar
Winner: Aitchison College; Best Speaker: Syed Rafay Hassan
- · Sri Ram School, New Delhi V/S Loreto House, Kolkata
Winner: Loreto House, Kolkata: Best Speakers: Ipsiata Gupta & Aditya Maru
- · Assam Valley School, Assam V/S La Martinere for boys, Lucknow
Winner: La Martiniere for boys Lucknow: Best Speaker Suravi Podder
इस साल के मुकाबलों के लिए इन नामी स्कूलों को डिबेट मुकाबलों में शिरकत करने के लिए बुलाया गया था।
1. La Martiniere Girls, Lucknow
2. La Martiniere Boys College, Lucknow
3. Mayo College, Ajmer
4. Mayo College for Girls’
5. The Doon School, Dehradun
6. St. James School, Kolkata
7. Auckland House School, Shimla
8. The Sri Ram School, Gurgaon
9. Vasant Valley School, New Delhi
10. The Aitchison College, Lahore
11. Bishop Cotton, Shimla-Team B.
12. The Scindia School, Gwalior
13. Loreto School, Kolkata
14. The Assam Valley School, Assam
15. The Lawrence School, Sanawar.
16. Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
इस साल के डिबेट मुकाबलों के लिए निम्न टॉपिक्स किए गए चयनित
A regulated free press – Compromise or Contradiction?
During elections, image building makes a mockery of the Indian democracy.
- 2. The Indian Diaspora carries the flaws of the Indian society to foreign shores.
- 3. Laws against rape cannot bring about a reduction in rapes in the country.
- 4. It is time to end caste based reservations in India to bring about social equality.
- 5. BCCI’s monopoly in International Cricket: A bane or a boon?
- 6. Islam promotes peace.
- 7. Capitalism breeds egoism, not individualism.
- 8. Arvind Kejriwal – Popular or Populist?
- 9. Hypocrisy has become an accepted asset in contemporary society.
- 10. The more the laws, the lesser the justice.
- 11. Corruption is the price we pay for progress.
- 12. We have let the LGBT community down.
- 13. Creative work is of greater importance than any charitable endeavor.
- 14. All growth demands destruction.
- 15. It is time for Indian adolescents to work and earn for their higher education.
- 16. Religion is only a device of class exploitation.
- 17. Empowering village girls is a farce in India.
- 18. Indian voters face the dilemma between dishonesty and incompetence.
- 19. India has become a victim of religious and cultural intolerance.
20. Modern sport has succumbed to the dictatorship of International sporting bodies.
- 21. Family is the most justified form of selfishness.
22. Gender equality is a far-fetched notion.
23. Human exists, but humanity does not.
24. Newspapers are fighting a lost battle against the Internet.
25. GM foods – Feeding the world or destroying the planet?
26. Boarding school education is the only kind that creates change makers.
27. India should say good bye to relations with Pakistan.
28. Economic growth should prioritize over combating climate change.
29. Science refutes God.
30. State snooping is the price we pay for national security.
- 31. America should learn capitalism from China.
Technology creates more problems than it solves
फाइनल मुकाबलें में हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार में अतिरिक्त मुख्य सचिव दीपक सानन शिरकत करेंगे
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