Growing beyond oneself ,rekindling faith in oneself, getting away from being stereotyped are the essential ingredients for the holistic development of a child. In the present times it is very essential for each and every student to experience these, and the right platform is provided by SKPS through kalakumbh, the annual intra-school literary and cultural festival. As the name suggest, kalakumbh truly churns out inborn talents of students from its cauldron.

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well”,said John.W.Gardner.This quote surely sums up the experience of kalakumbh.Held on 15th and 16th of October, It was inaugurated by the customary lighting of the lamp by the head of Kumaran Group of Institutions, Mrs. Meenakshi Balakrishnan.The inauguration was graced by the heads of the other streams as well.

The first day of kalakumbh unfolded with the first event,the group dance.This year’s theme was the fusion of Indian classical dances. The teams participating did surely not disappoint and thus, this event became the crowd puller of the day. The other highlight of the day was ‘Mad ads’ which evoked a huge and hilarious response from the audience. Quiz was conducted by our school’s ex-students and was created up to the standards of Bangalore’s quizzing, which is quite high. The other events for the day were English reporting, kannada Mono Acting, Hand painting, Science talk, Wealth from waste, Web designing, English creative writing and Kannada creative writing.

The second day of kalakumbh was filled with excitement about the Treasure Hunt,even though it was scheduled as the last event for the day. Meanwhile, Kannada Folk Song , Hindi Debate, Cookery and Sports Commentary were held. Another event that drew interest was the street play. Participants only had two hours to get into the shoes of the characters.The theme for this event was one that needed immediate attention and one that the participants would relate to easily-child labour. Alpha Numerica tested the logical capacity of the students, While Dumb Charades tested the students’ communication ability, the ability to get the message across without speaking. Hindi Antyakshari had some unique rounds which revealed how well the students could adapt themselves to different situations with whatever knowledge they had about Bollywood songs .When the event ‘Treasure Hunt’ finally began, there was much commotion. Every non-participant was curious about the nature of competition. The participants had a whale of time and as the event ended , Kalakumbh drew to close.