Lights, Camera...Collaboration?

  Ayra Squared Democratic Party

During our class election campaign on Friday,16 January 2026, the Ayra Squared Democratic Party, represented by candidates Ayra Ahmed and Ayra Zeeshan, attempted to address the shared challenges we all know too well and suggested a practical solution, but let's just say originality is NOT their strongest suit.

Despite initially including a disclaimer claiming neutrality, in reality, it was quite evident that the campaign was clearly criticizing our own teachers. The very same educators come to work every day to guide and support us, learners, in leading a successful life, which clearly violates MCC article 2, A and B. They probably should’ve carefully considered that before campaigning.

Secondly, the party addressed almost nothing. The campaign focused on only ONE problem, which is already well recognized, along with the solutions provided, which were simply UNORIGINAL, which undermines the whole reason campaigns and elections are held. Their only promise proposed was “collaboration, ” without any action plan. really??

Furthermore, the party suggested that every student be given a leadership role. While this idea can be admirable, it overlooks a stark reality. Not every student is capable of upholding large responsibilities and commitment. True leadership relies on accountability. How are we so sure that the students are capable of sustaining this huge role?

Although various issues were discussed, they were very briefly discussed without providing any depth. Many references to “collaboration” were made, yet no clear explanation was ever provided. The campaign was purely focused on humor and relatability rather than on upholding the main highlights outlined in the MCC. This really brings up a big question. Is this the party we are electing as class representative?

Mariam Shameer

Coyote News

The People's Eye - Ayra Squared

 AYRA SQUARED

The Democratic Party led by Ayra Zeeshan and Ayra Ahmed, known as “Ayra Squared, 

” is built around the idea of shared leadership and open discussion. Their slogan, “Double the Ayra, Double the Impact, ” represents 2 candidates who share not only a name but a commitment to upholding democratic ideals and values. They are among the very few political parties who believe that having

different opinions within the same party is healthy for democracy. Rather than always agreeing, the party sees debate as a way to reach better decisions. The party’s symbol, A2 , was chosen for easy identification, allowing voters to instantly associate the symbol with “two Ayras”. The party strongly emphasizes fairness, equality and justice. Ayra Zeeshan also stated that student welfare should come before speed or convenience in decision making and responsibility distribution.

During their election speech, Ayra Squared highlighted three main problems they wanted to address in the classroom. Firstly, students in different corners of the class were experiencing varied extreme temperatures due to air conditioning issues. Secondly, there is a concentration of responsibility among the hands of few. This creates an imbalance and places excessive pressure on them, making it difficult to manage their workload. Thirdly, teachers are assigning large amounts of work, leading to stress and lack of sleep for students. The democratic party promised to tackle these issues by holding peaceful and open discussions with both students and teachers to develop fair and efficient solutions.

However, during the interview, we started to notice gaps beginning to appear between the party’s stated values and its actions, particularly related to the Moral Code of Conduct (MCC). A significant portion of Ayra Squared’s campaign video relied heavily on scenarios that had strong resemblance to real teachers and classroom situations within The Indian High School. Despite initial claims that these portrayals were “general” and inspired by schools across the UAE, it became increasingly clear that specific subjects such as Chemistry, PE and MEP could not realistically be unrelated to the school’s existing faculty. The identification of individuals by both the students and the teacher present, further strengthened the argument that the video crossed from general commentary to personal reference. This raises legitimate concerns about MCC violations.

Another aspect we noticed is that accountability, one of the party’s proclaimed “non negotiable democratic values” was not immediately demonstrated. When confronted with the possibility of an MCC violation, Ayra Zeeshan initially avoided responsibility by emphasizing on common teaching practices and broader educational trends seen by students. It was only after persistent questioning and pointed references to the MCC that Ayra acknowledged the issue and accepted accountability. This moment tells us a lot, a party that claims transparency and accountability as its core values required persuasion to uphold those very principles when challenged.

In conclusion, Ayra Squared is a party dedicated to addressing real classroom challenges and striving continuously to find effective solutions with classmates. Like each coin having two sides, they have both advantages and disadvantages and it is up to our wonderful readers to make an informed choice when selecting their candidate in the upcoming elections.

THE PEOPLE'S EYE

Understanding the Liberal Noaborot Political Party; claims, criticisms and ongoing debates

 FIRST VOICE,   LAST WORD   

SPORTS – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS – ENTERTAINMENT

On Tuesday, 13 January, the campaigning for the 9A elections began, introducing a new political party, the Liberal Noaborot. In a short but substantive speech, party leaders Saanvi Rout and Prakruti Dhanankar outlined proposed policies and initiatives. 

According to the party, it places an emphasis on collaboration and ‘shared glory’, and its proposed initiatives include: 

1. A collectively agreed upon hand signal to quell disruptions during learning time. The party reasons that the hand signal would save much time and effort on all sides, yet concerns have been raised by critics as to how the party plans to implement this in a physically challenged environment, as visually

impaired citizens may have trouble following along with the gesture.

2. A turn-based cleaning system, in which students take turns on a scheduled basis to clean the classroom after a school day. Supporters of this initiative argue that it promotes environmentalism and responsibility, teaching citizens that 9A is a shared space that must be respected. However, some citizens ponder the potential for exploitation and unequal workloads, questioning the party’s claim that all responsibilities are shared equally.

3. Electing an assigned organizer to keep all worksheets safe and in order and remind citizens to absent students to collect worksheets. Though citizens acknowledge the proposal to be ‘enticing’, raise concerns for its practicality. One anonymous citizen commented, “Liberal Noaborot’s initiatives seem promising yet rather impractical to implement.”

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet”

Concluding the discussion of the Liberal Noaborot party’s proposed initiatives, citizens expressed mixed reactions to the party’s campaign video and speech. Supporters of the party described the

campaign as well-organized and professional. While collecting private statements from individual citizens, one citizen commented “They tried to deliver their message in a professional and formal

way, comparing it to actual government systems but with less persuasion”. Another citizen, who requested to remain anonymous, stated that she had jokingly suggested to party leader Prakruti the inclusion of content related to previously controversial files.

She says “I didn’t think they would actually do it. I said it as a joke, but I think she took

it as...not a joke.” She also mentions that she had promised her vote to the Liberal Noaborot if they

followed through with the suggestion, saying that she must now fulfil her end of the bargain and vote for them. The allegations this citizen levies against Liberal Noaborot are serious, implying a blatant violation of article 4(A) of the Moral Code of Conduct.

When pressed about these allegations in a private interview, Party Leaders Prakruti and Saanvi state that they were simply gathering information on what their citizen’s wanted to see. They state, “That was what had initially been said before the release of the MCC and what was agreed upon. So, we just went

by that logic and by that association and we had texted some other people also to, you know, like make posters, make slogans.” The party also states that after the MCC was released, they ‘directly backed out’, and ended all affiliation. Supporters say the party leader’s response was fair and

reasonable, while critics say that the party has contradicted their claims of shared glory by not crediting the citizen for her contribution.

 

The Liberal Noaborot party is a promising choice, all in all, with a few concerning weak points. Its two worthy candidates propose a start for a society where responsibility is shared and opportunities

are equally distributed. Surely, a society worth living in. By sharing classroom responsibilities between fellow students, they aim for a class that prioritises collaboration and teamwork. Spending a large majority of our day with a large number of people as classmates, cooperation and team bonding are

valuable lessons. Their vision is exercised into solutions like the ‘all-silencing’ hand gesture, the turn-wise system of student cleaners, and the class worksheet manager. It is important to note that these

ideas encourage an ideal class where inequality and discrimination are abolished. They promise us, with

confidence, a system of zero individual glory, where no one is alone.

Yet these tempting promises do little to the fact, that they did, quite seriously, violate the MCC. A violation of associating themselves to a fellow citizen of 9A, and exploiting her idea to their selfish advantage. An outright violation that left her uncredited for her contributions, all the while obliged for her vote in return for the idea. The party’s promises of zero individual glory and fairness go down the drain, really. The gold stars on the Liberal Noaborot party’s scoreboard do not outnumber the black marks, nor do the black marks outnumber the gold stars. It really is a double edged sword. In the end, it is up to us, the citizens of 9A, to truly evaluate whether the Liberal Noaborot party is the right match for us, so vote wisely. 

Good luck to the Liberal Noaborot!

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The People's Eye - Liberal Noaborot

Unveiling the past, Eye on the present

PEOPLE’S EYE

Critiques - Comparisons - Truths

 In this prolonged classroom election, one of the student political groups is known as “Liberal Naoborot”. It made its entry into the arena with its own graphic identity. The symbol of its unity and oneness is reflected in its flag with a star in the middle and a wreath around it along with a red background. Its logo includes quotes in the Russian and Latin languages, which in itself adds to the symbolic approach that shows a lot about their values and ideologies. The candidates Prakruti and Saanvi, who stands for their party, emphasizes collaboration, answerability and group oriented decisions. Its slogan, which best defines the concept of participation as "Unum Sumus Unum," can, in itself, be translated as the collective responsibility of the whole group.

 

The name of the political party itself, “Liberal Naoborot”, already threw people into confusion. Although the group proclaims communist ideologies in practice, the addition of the word “liberal” appears unnecessarily confusing. However, when asked about it, Prakruti went on to clarify that “Naoborot is ‘contrary to’ in Russian.” In the end, the name of the political party came off as confusing at best or deceptive at worst in terms of marketing of political ideologies.

Despite this vision of inclusivity, some inconsistency between ideals and actual plans have been brought to light in this interview. For example, leadership is in the control of no more than Prakruti and Saanvi, while the rest of the class is expected to work together to complete responsibilities assigned to them. When this topic was mentioned in conversation, Prakruti responded, “Well, I think we work really well together. So I think if we are in agreement with each other, then we can also communicate it and manage it between other people.” 

One crucial aspect that raises some concerns is the party’s academic support strategy. When posed with a question of whether students requiring more support would get that support, Prakruti overwhelmingly emphasized equality and support for all by replying repeatedly that “I would favour equality more because we all should be responsible together.” When prompted a question regarding equity, that is, whether they should provide support to some students more than others who have to catch up. 

She also emphasized that “we will try our best like what we can do to get the student that extra support without it being an overburden on students.” Focusing on equality at the expense of equity runs counter to the practical principles of communism, as it reflects a superficial idea of ‘sharing’ where everyone gets the same thing without regard for justice or individual needs.

The party also emphasized efficiency rather than fairness as a value. When asked a question regarding group projects for classroom activities, she stated, “But I think efficiency would be better. But like, people who do more work get rewarded for their work and like people who do less work will, you know, be punished.” Although intended to maintain productivity, this approach creates a meritocratic system that conflicts with a party emphasizing collective responsibility.

The party’s “pen distribution” clip in their campaign video demonstrates the contradictions in their methods as well. Prakruti first deemed it as “bait,” although later, under pressure, she tried to correct herself and stated that they just did the “bit” and that it’s all in jest as a means of injecting humor into their skit performance. However, she also mentioned that “each person is…entitled to their own things. But it will…share.” The plan contradicts the core principles of communism as it relies on unstructured sharing rather than fair and collective distribution

"Liberal Naoborot" comes up in words as the emblem of unity and cooperation but from its policy expression, so many contradictions and ambiguities can be seen. At the same time as the party appeals for a feeling of collective responsibility, what has been emphasized in this interview is equality, not particularly targeted support, efficiency, not fairness and the leadership of the centre, not democratic participation.

Mahila Communist Party Outlines Its Vison Of Unity And Shared Progress

 

THE PEOPLE'S EYE

In a classroom where every voice matters, a party built entirely on collectivism is questioning whether unity can outshine competition and challenges us to imagine what our class could achieve together. The Mahila Communist Party (MCP) promises collective trust and faith, support structures and a greater good. As the election approaches, their message centers on the idea that a class thrives when everyone feels included, valued, and supported. 

The MCP'S platform focuses on building systems that help students rely on one another rather than struggle alone. They propose peer‑support groups for academic challenges, shared responsibility for classroom tasks, and open discussion circles where students can express concerns or ideas. Their vision is rooted in the belief that collaboration can reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and create a more positive environment for learning.

 A major theme in their campaign is the importance of trust. They say that trust is not something that appears overnight, but something that grows over time though cooperation, communication, and a willingness to understand one another. By encouraging students to build trust intentionally, the party hopes to create a classroom atmosphere where misunderstandings are resolved more easily and everyone feels safe to participate.

 Another key element of their message is the idea of the “greater good.” Instead of focusing on individual achievements, the MCP asks classmates to think about everyone as a whole. They emphasize that when students support one another, whether through sharing notes, helping with assignments, or stepping in when someone needs it, the entire class benefits.

 Their campaign frames leadership not as a position of authority but as a shared responsibility. 

The party also highlights the value of collective decision‑making. They envision a class where major choices are discussed openly and shaped by input from everyone, not just a few voices. This approach, they argue, ensures fairness and helps students feel more connected to the outcomes of their shared efforts. 

As election day draws near, the Mahila Communist Party continues to encourage classmates to imagine what a more unified classroom could look like. Their campaign invites students to picture a space where cooperation replaces competition, where support is freely offered, and where the success of one person contributes to the success of all. 

Whether or not their vision becomes the guiding force of the class, the party has introduced ideas that push students to think differently about leadership and community. Their message serves as a reminder that even in a small classroom election, the values chosen today can shape the way everyone learns and works together tomorrow.

19 January 2026 

Bhavanika Mallikarjua

🎵Can We Get Back to Politics? 🎵9A — Remastered

An enthusiastic class of Grade 9A in The Indian High School, is holding class elections, starting Tuesday the 13th , preferably finishing it of by the end of this week on Thursday the 22nd with highly awaited election voting procedures, featuring dual-candidacy, active journalism, heated interviews and creative poster making.

Most of the election-related activities revolve around the three main parties; Liberal Noaborot (run by Saanvi Rout and Prakruti Dhanankar), Ayra Squared Democratic Party (run by Ayra Ahmed and Ayra Zeeshan) and Mahila Communist Party (run by Sandana Nandeep and Ness Tijo); who have been running left and right with their vibrant party logos, humorous campaign videos, persuasive slogans and speeches etc.

The first party to campaign was Liberal Noaborot, convincing the students of shared responsibilities and collaboration. On a lighter note, they also left the students with the promise of retrieving 3000 out of 30,000 of the notorious Epstein files.

 

Ayra Squared Democratic Party adopted a more relatable approach, appealing to the students’ academic struggles with teachers and homework, leaving the whole classroom in giggles. 

 

The last and final party, Mahila Communist Party, has yet to give their campaign speech in class, but the campaign video that was shared gave the students the outlook that MCP wishes to achieve, bringing about awareness to global issues like war in the big ’26, climate change, dangers of large corporations, Artificial Intelligence etc.

 

All in all, 9A’s beloved social studies teacher has been a pillar of support to these innovative and passionate children. The journalists have been noted to present their opinions on Tuesday the 20th , which will stem debates and healthy discussions.

May the odds be ever in your favour, candidates.

Mydhily Retheesh

Coyote News

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