Bee Season

Didactic,inconspicuous and presbytery were only some of the words that the contestants tripped over at the preliminary round of the Spelling Bee at the Capital. Organised by the American Center along with Mirriam-Webster,the Bee saw students from all over the NCR twisting their tongues at St Columba’s School on Tuesday morning. Twenty-nine students from Delhi will proceed to the next round. Nikita Sahay of Carmel Convent scored the highest,getting 18 of 20 words right. “Last-minute preparation will not work for the Bee,” says Sahay. “I used to read a lot. And there was a lot of help from my friends and teachers.” The final at the American Center on January 2010 will see the Delhi winners battling the finalists from Kolkata,Chandigarh-Mohali and Gurgaon.