SIR HENRY LAWRENCE

SIR HENRY LAWRENCE
Henry Lawrence wanted to establish a chain of schools with a view to provide education to the children of the deceased and serving soldiers and officers of the British army. Lawrence was himself killed in the Indian rebellion of 1857, also called India’s First War of Independence. His dream took shape and four such schools, initially known as Lawrence Military Asylum, were established in different parts of India: the first two during his lifetime in the year 1847 at Sanawar and the second at Mount Abu in 1856; the third at Lovedale, near Ootacamund on 6 September 1858, and the fourth in Ghora Gali (near Murree, now in Pakistan) in 1860.

SCHOOL CREST

SCHOOL CREST
MOTTO NEVER GIVE IN'----The motto of the school is "NEVER GIVE IN" as visible in the school emblem. The motto embodies the spirit of the Lawrencian – to pursue a task to its fullest , giving one’s best at all times. The motto is believed to instill in the pupils the spirit of excellence and the tenacity to overcome obstacles and blocks to achieve one’s goals.

SIR HENRY LAWRENCE AND THE KINGS COLOUR

SIR HENRY LAWRENCE AND THE KINGS COLOUR

Monday, September 7, 2009

ANJOLIE ELA MENON (DEV)

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Press Release – Anjolie Ela Menon in San Francisco

The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is one of the great Museums of the world. Indian artist Anjolie Ela Menon has been honoured with a six month solo at the Museum featuring her large triptych entitled Yatra – the exhibition opens on the 20th of May 2006.

This large work is inspired by the annual march of the Kavadiyas to the holy sites on the Ganga, where they gather in their millions each year during Shravan to collect water in pots to carry back to their village shrines for the worship of Shiva, sometimes walking barefoot 500 miles. A simultaneous exhibition of her work will be held at Gallery Artsindia, Palo Alto.

Menon who has been awarded the Padmashree is amongst the most important artists in the current scene in contemporary Indian art.

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Isana Murti writes in the portfolio published by Lalit Kala Akademi in 2006 ‘Anjolie Ela Menon, one of India’s best known artists’ had her first solo exhibition in 1958 where renowned critic Richard Barthlomew wrote, ‘I have no doubt that before long this gifted young woman will be joining the ranks of our very best painters’. These words have been truly prophetic and Menon’s trajectory over the last five decades is testimony to the evolution of an artist who has defied easy classification and who has broken fresh ground with confident panache.

Ranjit Hoskote writes ‘Menon has always prized what she terms the ‘aura’ of the paintings. This aura has been achieved in her finest works.’

Gayatri Sinha writes ‘Her panoply of figures, as they appear, signify non-space and non-time…Like a wanton fabulist, Menon brings accretion, division, conjunction to play upon the conventional image…. Menon insists on the location of the past in the present. Her painting argues against cultural amnesia.’

“If this exhibition brings some honour to India and creates an awareness about Indian Contemporary Art it will be an important milestone for me”-Menon.

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