Lady Irwin Senior Secondary School -'Dhiyo yo nah Prachodayaat', Rig Veda (10:16:3)

Many of us at Lady Irwin School learnt Rabindra Sangeet in our junior classes. Some of us learnt the songs without really knowing the meaning of what we were singing. But it was enough to raise a sustained interest in music no matter what fields we chose later in life. Here is one that most students who studied at the Primary School in the 1960s and 70s will remember: The song is Amare Paray Paray. This is a version sung by the famous Hemanta Kumar.

The Lady Irwin School for Girls was established in 1927, under the leadership of the late Shri S. R. Das, the Law Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, for the purpose of making education available under the same roof to all the children of Central Government servants. Since the Summer Capital those days was located at Simla, a branch of Lady Irwin School was first opened in Simla. A branch was later opened in New Delhi so that students did not suffer any inconvenience when the government servants moved to Delhi, which was the Winter Capital. The school building at Simla, which is considered to be a heritage building, today houses the DalZiel Hotel. Lady Irwin School building at Shi mla  today  houses the DalZiel Hotel

Irwinites! Do you remember learning this Rabindra Sangeet song at the Primary School? Do they still teach this one?? This version sung by the renowned Dr. Chitralekha Chouwdhury is of course downloaded from youtube!