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The Children of Don Bosco’s (Odxel) Perform for Unity

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The students of Don Bosco Primary School at Odxel shone in their respective performances in the school’s Annual Day function on the 5th of February 2018. The school that began in 2011 has 187 students enrolled and has a pre-primary section too. The occasion presented the skills of the bright youngsters with themes that centred round religious tolerance and unity in diversity – concepts that are extremely pertinent in these times of communal and religious strife, taking place globally as well as at home in India.  The children enacted a skit that showed that the innocence of childhood knows no boundaries of caste, class, creed or race. A Hindu boy called Shivam makes friends with some Muslim children, but the friendship is frowned upon by his father Mr Sharma who bears prejudice against them for belonging to a different religion. In the course of the play, the Hindu boy has an accident and it is Mr Sheikh and his family that come to the rescue. Mr Sharma’s eyes are opened to the kindnes