1. Description of our team:
The team comprised of five eleventh grade Psychology
students along with their teacher. The team members are as different as chalk
and cheese, but we think it has benefited the project, as it is a combination
of many views.
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Vibhuti
Joshi, 16years, is a quite and efficient worker. The project
interested her instantly as she is a budding social worker and takes interest
in any matter related to social upliftment.
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Mukti Rani, 16years, is not only academically brilliant but participates in
debate, quizzes and has represented our school for many competitions.
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Tanvi Vijay, 16 years, is the dancing star of the school. She is
intelligent, enthusiastic and full of energy.
She enjoys creativity and doing
original piece of work.
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Rajat
Setia, 16 years, is a bright and focused girl. She does not
hesitate in voicing her opinion even if it is against the stream and this
quality has benefited the project during our brainstorming sessions.
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Chetana
Lakhotia, 16 years, has joined our school this year only but her
friendly nature has already won her a loyal and large army of
friends. She is bright, enthusiastic and has good command over language.
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Mrs. Rajshree
Tewari, our Psychology teacher is a great source of
inspiration for us. She has excelled in Psychology from the
Mumbai
University and has specialized in
the field of counseling. Apart from being an excellent teacher, she is also an
enlightening human being. She is extremely hardworking and very soft spoken.
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2.
Summary of
the project:
Since
time immemorial, human race has been fortunate enough to have many excellent
leaders. Civilization has reached its zenith today, thanks to them. But today if
we ask anyone to name 10 effective leaders of our times, after Nelson Mandela, Su Ki…and probably a few more...we
will have to think hard.
When we
narrowed down our horizon and concentrated only on our country the situation
was still grim. Many could not count beyond leaders like our current President
and Prime minister! ours is a country with leaders of many hues, cults and
ideologies. But still there hardly are any leaders who have emerged as
undisputed role models. This is a sad state of affairs for a country like India
which has given excellent leaders like Gandhi to the entire world.
In
general, the impression of people about politics and leaders has changed
drastically in India.
From yesterdays high level of veneration and devotion it has come down to
distrust, disgust and distance. Hardly any leader is trusted or accepted
nationally and what is worse is that
the young generation shows no interest in joining politics either. This we felt
is not good for a healthy, prosperous India
that we want to see. Unless a democratic country like ours understands the
intricacies of leadership, future is all but rosy.
So this
project is a small attempt in this direction. It is a wake up call not only for
India but also
for every citizen anywhere in the world who cares… and dares to dream with his
eyes wide open!
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3.
Our
computer and internet access:
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50% of students having internet access at home.
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In school
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It is available but only in computer lab.
it is mainly used for computer students and for school work. Although
it was
technically available, practically the access was difficult with our fixed
timetable.
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Students could have stayed back and done the work but
it could not be done regularly as they had their tuitions for the other
subjects as well… each having a different schedule!
4. Problems we had to overcome:
Our first problem was our unfamiliarity with the idea
of making a web project. None of us are very proficient with the software and
our knowledge was restricted to E-mails and web surfing. So preparing a web
project ourselves seemed very challenging in the beginning. Our internet access was also limited and having so many print outs was not
a cakewalk
either.
The academic pressure in India
is very high and students were pulled in all directions.
Contacting people, leaders and media was very hard to
achieve. But as the challenges became bigger ,our zeal to conquer them became
more and more strong.
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5. Our Project Sound Bite:
Making this project was an extremely enriching
experience for all
of us. We were politically naive, socially passive before we embarked on this journey
of understanding the concept of leadership. We feel our understanding about
Indian leaders has increased by leaps and bounds! It taught us a lot about
ourselves too. It convinced us that if we really strive hard then sky is also
not the limit. Even with our meager internet access, financial hassels and
academic pressures we can join hands with our friends across
countries. It was very fulfilling indeed. We will also
like to state that this project is in no way a political statement.
