Guru.....Cool in Jayanagar
A Gurukul is a type of ancient Hindu school in India with the Kul (domain) sitting around Guru in a vacant place. It also the place where students stay together as equals, irrespective of their social standing. TREND SETTERS too had a more or less similar experience on Saturday (Jan 27). The venue was not an ashram instead a temple-Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple.
It all began with a visit to Adarsha Middle school, one of the oldest schools in Jayanagar, established in 1958. As the school premises were too narrow, we requested the headmaster Mr Manohar to provide us a wide space and he took us to the temple. Though the sixth and seventh standard students were sitting under the sun, they were still pretty cool.
The class began with an usual introduction and inspirational speech. The India-Pakistan turned into an Asia cup with addition of Sri Lanka which meant that a student had to jump every time the island nation was called. Then, the newspaper game followed by a skit. Undoubtedly, the student's performance was splendid which attracted the onlookers and temple devotees. This time, we introduced a map game where students had to identify the places.
The guest of the day was Ms Renuka Sharma, a web developer in IT Contractors. She patiently counted each team's score besides analysing the performance. Thanks Ms Sharma.
We were taken aback for a moment when Mr Manohar informed us that most of the school children were slum dwellers. Interestingly, a majority of the girls worked as domestic help before attending school while their male counterparts distributed newspapers.
RESPONSES
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- I wanna play Cricket, Kho-Kho and Volleyball-M N Shivashankar Gupta
- India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka game boosted our listening skills-Ayesha
- Teach life skills- P Balaji
- I want to tell a story-Shashikala
- We want quiz programme- V Akshay
- The class should be on weekly basis-P L Nagarjuna
- Get us some info on Science-N Mahadeva
- Next time, add dance and English speaking & writing-Syed
- You did not eat food, I am very upset-Revanna.
Get sponsorship to purchase colourful, latest Atlas maps, Kannada-English/ English-English dictionaries, Manorama yearly books, quiz and puzzle books and gift it to schools frequented by children from slums and labouring class. Many useful books for children like Amar Chitra Katha, Bharatha-Bharathi series, Chandamama, Wisdom are also available with road side vendors. These books are not only informative, but also build up the imagination of the children and help in cultivating moral values and patriotic feeling. Collect pages from newspapers which cater to the interests of children (Example 'Open Sesame' published every Friday by the Deccan Herald group). You can also distribute the inspirational talk of Swami Vivekananda in Kannada and sold by the Ramakrishna Mutt for just 50 paisa. While engaging children in your activities repeatedly tell them to make good use of the public libraries and tell them that it is only though acquiring knowledge by reading that they can come up in life. (Comment this) (Comment this)
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