“International Worker’s Day”

By Prerna Sharma and Fiza Gupta
Class-9B

“The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is to quit work, stretch out in the sun and scratch.”

International Labour Day or most commonly known as May Day is a day observed all over the world on May 1 to celebrate the social and economic achievements of the workers.

The students of Carmel Convent School today celebrated this day with lots of joy and fervour. The programme started with Sr. Swati, principal of the school lighting a diya and praying for the good health of the workers of our school, who selflessly help us in all the tasks. A Power point presentation was shown to all the students so as to make them familiar with the faces behind our lives of comfort in the school. On one hand where Baijnath Bhaiya has been in school for 37 years, Meena Aunty on the other hand has just joined the school 9 months ago, but all the workers unselfishly fulfill our demands in every possible way. It is because of their hardwork that our school remains spick and span all the time.

Strange is the situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however there is one thing we do know, that we are here for the sake of others, for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy and working for their well being selflessly. The workers in our school altruistically work all day in the scorching heat, so as to give us a day of relief and comfort. A student of class 9^th Nikhita Kansal said, “It was fun doing something good for our workers and it was the best to know that they liked it,” It was a great pleasure for everyone to see all the workers smiling. “Senior Girls don’t respect the workers anymore, we should be more concerned for them in the same manner as they are concerned for us.” said Keerat. One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men but a machine can’t do the work of an extra ordinary man. All the workers in our school have some extra ordinary capacities which helps our school in all aspects.

So remember always, without labour nothing prospers.