Sunday, March 19, 2006
An obedient bunch of 50 from ZPHS Beerumguda and another 50 from Bibi Ka Cheshma landed in ISB today morning for their sports day celebrations plus other events. They played many games including Kho-Kho, Dog & the Bone, Penalty Shootouts, Four Corners etc. Enthusiasm levels peaked during dances to popular numbers and the
The first school is a telugu medium one and the second one is an urdu medium one… My telugu speaking skills were better than many of today’s volunteers and my hindi speaking skills are much worse than my telugu!... That left me interacting all the while with the Beerumguda school children… these were one bubbly lot – got them out of their shells by playing games with them, taking them on a big tour of ISB and conducting music performances in front of their own friends :-) danced for the same song thrice with all the kids – amazing how each one of them want to dance with you at least for 10 seconds and what difference it makes to their smile!
I organized the Drawing & Painting competition for the kids… earlier in the day we were discussing if we need to give them some pictures to draw from… we decided to let them have fun their own way… but these kids who don’t have any kinda painting material in their schools, used the sketch pens, water colors and color pencils to create some of the best portraits and flowers I have seen! Every kid who painted today got a painting material as a gift to take home.
From making sure no kid is left standing in a corner and getting everyone involved in all activities to teaching the kids how to use the WC, it was a different experience all together… I know I made a difference to the smiles of many a kid today but they wouldn’t realize what difference they made to my day! May be I would never again meet Renuka in my life, but she is one quiet damsel I would never forget.
Interesting blog here!
-Parameshwaran
Congrats Raghini, u r going gr8...all the best...
Nice gesture
Great activity inspite of your busy schedules!!!!
*Simply Wonderful*
Meet Renuka again!
Awesome work, keep meeting Renuka
and be her Godsister if not Godmother, this is the challenge you can take on , try to stay in touch(write letters to her) and make her like you (encourage), you
will be glorious in your heart, if not in somebody's eyes, you can see and meet Renuka again if you want to, it is you who has the choice, don't stop here with just giving the painting pens/colors to take back, give your shining streak for their life, kudos once gain, great doing indeed!
That brings to my memory jhanvi, who is such a sweet kid whom i met in train from thirupathi to chennai few years ago. She was accompanied by her grandfather, or rather i shud say she was accompanying her grandfather. With so much maturity that one cant expect from a 2nd grade kid yet with that childish tinge that u cant see in a matured kid, she was an awesome kid and a pleasure to watch, whom i could enjoy only 3hrs of my train journey. She will forever hold a special place in my heart. Dont know where she is now, but wish to see her sometime again.
Todays gen x, i guess i can see more such renukas and jhanvis. They are indeed great. Dont know how they get nurtured that way...
-Prasan.
wonderful gesture ...I sure ul carry these sentiments when in the corporate life :)
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@Parameshwaran, Thanks!
@Sree, Indian Blogger, Kishore, Thanks :-)
@Kapil, I will try my best.
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