WORDS AT WAR, MINDS AT PLAY

π‘‡β„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘’ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦π‘ . π‘‡β„Žπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘¦-π‘“π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘’π‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘ . πΆπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘™π‘’π‘ π‘  π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘’π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘’π‘›π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘”π‘’π‘‘π‘‘π‘Žπ‘π‘™π‘’ π‘π‘’π‘™π‘’π‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘œπ‘“ 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑑!

The Mayoor Invitational Debates and Quiz (MIDQ) 2026 drew to a triumphant close on Saturday, 1 August 2026, capping a weekend that brought together some of the sharpest young minds in the region. Eighteen Schools went head-to-head in the debate championship, turning the campus into a vibrant arena of spirited competition.

The Final placed participants at the ethical frontier of artificial intelligence, wrestling with the motion: β€˜π‘»π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘­π’Šπ’“π’”π’• π‘Ίπ’†π’π’•π’Šπ’†π’π’• 𝑨𝑰, π‘Ύπ’Šπ’π’ 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘―π’–π’Žπ’‚π’ 𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒆.’ Mayoor School, Ajmer and Jayshree Periwal High School, Jaipur delivered a gripping contest that kept the audience on edge until the final verdict. And it was Mayoor School, Ajmer emerging victorious, claiming the coveted Rolling Trophy, but staying true to MIDQ's cherished tradition, the host school passed the Rolling Trophy on to JPHS.

Adding further shine to the host school's achievement, Kritin Goyal of Mayoor School, Ajmer was crowned the Overall Best Speaker.

Welcoming the Chief Guest, Principal Shri Sanjay Khati spoke on the transformative power of language, invoking Franz Kafka's π‘΄π’†π’•π’‚π’Žπ’π’“π’‘π’‰π’π’”π’Šπ’”, a story, he noted, resonates well with Gen Z navigating burnout and quiet existential unease, to observe that Gregor Samsa's real tragedy was his inability to be heard. He also spoke of π‘±π’π’–π’”π’Œπ’‚ (the conversations we endlessly imagine but never voice) and urged the young debaters not to let their most important words go unsaid.

The Chief Guest, Shri Rakesh Singh Joon, DIG, CRPF also drew a compelling parallel between the debating floor and the battlefield. The true strength of a civilization, he observed, lies not in avoiding conflict, but in learning to resolve it through dialogue rather than force.

The event drew to a close with a thoroughly entertaining Vote of Thanks delivered in the truly Asian Parliamentary style by Smt. Karuna Tandon.