India, Jan. 18 -- The humdrum of morning assembly is made a challenge by the cacophony of a group of vibrant young students, in a remote block of West Singhbhum (Jharkhand). I was pleasantly surprised by witnessing a series of activities, that challenged my base assumption about school assemblies.
It was not just a ritual that I grew up experiencing in my school, in a posh Varanasi locality. What drew my attention was one group of children practising how to orate a newspaper in front of 250+ students, and another group of students leaning against the corridor wall murmuring and talking about what was painted on the wall.
As the assembly unfolded, I realised that a series of activities were lined up in addition to the lyrical melancholy. T...