Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan: A Clown's cry for the Moon

Update: The painting submitted by Ahana didnt win the prize, but was shortlisted :-). Take a look here: http://www.indianstage.in/events/tfc_paintings.html

Ahana looks on as other kids enact the play on the stage

Kids with The Clown

Ahana singing Gudiya chalti chaand chalta gudiya rukti chaand rukta

Had booked for 3 plays but ended going up only for one as Ahana was not keeping well. That one play was also worth it, to see her laughing, smiling & singing with the characters after 2 day long of illness.

The story is of a lonely little girl who does not have a sibling and is alone at home, the only friend she has is the Moon. One night when she is out for a walk she hears a Clown cry who is so hungry that he is ready to eat up her best friend thinking it to be a chappati. The girl requests the clown not to eat the moon and promises to get him nana vyanjan..which means Varieties of delicious food from her grandmother. This story is about the girl bringing him the food and the people she meets on her way back. Songs in this drama are to be sung by the audience. The play was done first by the actors and then children who attended this play were invited to do this play again.

Ahana loved it, coz she got the chance to go up the stage and sing for Gudiya (the lonely girl). The good part about this was the audience participation and parent encouragement.

Thorough entertainment from children....from those who knew Hindi and from those who didnt :-)

thats her entry for the drawing contest

Appa & Amma are proud of you

Date: July 17, 2010 Venue: Chennai Convention Centre, Nandambakam, Chennai

Event : UCMAS 10th National Level Abacus Competition

Reporting Time: 8:45A.M Time given: 5 mins

Achievement: 4th Rank Karnataka State level, 28th Rank National level

What is this all about….Ahana was to participate in the 10^th National level Abacus competition. Time given is 5 mins. She was to take up the KG2 exam..to be done with Abacus(not mental maths). There were guest speakers who took the first 45 mins, getting the kids impatient. In total 4000+ children had participated at various levels that day.

1 ½ months of preparation for this competition, with the summer vacation in between to spoil the rhythm. The seriousness was not known to her until she saw the number of kids there. The 5 minute competition ended, Ahana had done 35 sums. Most probably she would have done all 35 correct. She’s a slow baby, but accuracy is something that maintains. What more to expect from a 6yr old.

Next day we logged into the net hoping to see something good…No prize as expected…but something surprising, Ahana was ranked 28^th at National Level.

We immediately called up her Satish Sir and gave him the news…if this girl had put in little more effort she would have definitely won a prize, is what he said.

Well, first experience…its got her charged completely…she saw the other kids doing it at a faster pace…now she knows she has to work harder to be on TOP. I don’t have to push. Good experience, enhanced confidence, fight in a competition, speed….all of it gained, nothing lost.

All in all, we are proud of her for securing 28^th rank at National level.

Updated August 9, 2010: Ahana also stands 4th at Karnataka state level. She has won the 3rd Runner-up position at Karnataka level.


>> UC MAS 10th National Competition Results
>> UC MAS Results site

Collecting her Prize

With her Trophy

No no no to Go Karting

Thats how she started. Dad was ready to take her to experience Go-Karting, but she refused...scared...of what she had seen in TV in car racing :-)
Her baby bro was all ready to experience driving, but refused to put on his safety helmet, so the authorities did not allow him. Dad wanted to go, so somehow managed to coax her into this. Helmets on, heartbeat racing, no smile..thats how she sat there :-) But by the time they completed 3 rounds, she was all smiles :-)