NPS - Batch of 2004

Faces of old and faces of new,
People we know and people we knew.
Growing together then drifting apart,
always an ending and now a new start.
At graduation we all grow nearer
and all our friends seem so much dearer.
And as we say our goodbyes,
One last embrace and one more cry,
A "keep in touch" and a "promise I will"
A "remember when" but better still,
A place in my heart, you'll always stay,
That is what's said as we go our own way.


14 years of learning, associating, collaborating with the best; 14 years of friendship, happiness and a myriad of other emotions; agreeing - disagreeing and in the process learning how to agree to disagree; 14 years of my life which can safely be termed as all my life; I have been part of this outstanding institution called National Public School.

I have made the best of friends and have had the greatest of times; I have learnt to adapt to changes, to work through difficulty, to appreciate and celebrate differences, to never ever give up and to always believe in my dreams and myself. But most importantly I have grown as a person in ways more than one, here at NPS.

I have been in the safe hands of my alma mater and it is time for me to step out from this protective cocoon, as a beautiful butterfly to explore the big mysterious world outside. Just as a diamond is worthless if not cut to the right precision, a stone remains a stone without a sculptor; in the same way, a person remains as just another face in the crowd without the right kind of environment and coaching. In providing us this platform and this environment, NPS has played a very pivotal role.

We the class of 2004, are now at the threshold of a completely different, exciting and new phase of life. Each one of us has decided or is trying to decide what line of career/education we want to pursue, either ways being sure what ever we choose we have the inner strength and grit to make it happen.

Being NPSites, a lot of values have been inculcated in us and also a lot of expectations set on us. It is up to each one of us to live up to these expectations, to outshine ourselves, to prove that the sky is not the limit, to know that success is a journey and not a destination and to hold the NPS flag high.

I personally, have had a lot of fun, lot of experiences, both good and the not so good. But School life and particularly high school will be a time that I look back on fondly. It's hard to believe that in just a little while I will be graduating and moving on to the bigger things.

But now for the class of '04, the great and "marvelous" years of high school are coming to an end. I must admit I'm going to miss it. I’ll miss the familiar homely and warm environment of school, I’ll miss wearing uniform (because every morning I’ll have to decide what to wear in future), I’ll miss all the mischief and all the pranks that I was part of, I’ll miss being captain of Pegasus (and the one who is trying to tell others not to do mischief!), I’ll miss the computer lab and the basketball court, but more than anything else I will miss all of you.

In all seriousness, I am going to miss a lot of things. Events, teachers, friends... To be honest I'm a little scared of leaving. I've been going to school for almost as long as I can remember, and now...what now? The truth is, I don't really know. However, I know that what ever lies ahead, we will have the courage to face it and succeed at it.

To you my dear friends, I say the World is but a small place and we may be meeting sooner than you think and to NPS my dear alma mater I say in the words of Tennyson like the BROOK “students may come and students may go but you go on forever...!” We the class of 2004 wish and pray that our beloved school grows from strength to strength and redefines standards each year “Making Competition irrelevant!!” As for students coming and going it is the nature’s law that “Old order changeth yielding place to new” so there will be other students who will come but we know that the Class of 2004 will be remembered by NPS as a unique batch with a blend of all qualities. I’ll miss you NPS!