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Dear Friends,
This was our first full week of the year. We are glad that went off without much water-logging or hectic traffic.
Some of us had been to the MS Principal's parent coffee. One of the points that Mr. Alan Phan discussed about was extrovert vs introvert children. He said how a few seconds mean a lot in a child's life, particularly elementary kids. While an extrovert kid needs to talk out immediately in order to process any information received, an introvert kid takes about 25 seconds to process and respond. Please do read the MS Principal’s notes for full details.
Everybody loves a little encouragement, even more so with athletes. That was one of the requests from the Athletics Director Mr. Ron Thomson — the community to be present as much as possible in great numbers to cheer the athletes when SAISA events are being hosted by AISC.
Do write to us or talk to us about how you find these changes in the blog.
Have a great weekend.
This was our first full week of the year. We are glad that went off without much water-logging or hectic traffic.
Some of us had been to the MS Principal's parent coffee. One of the points that Mr. Alan Phan discussed about was extrovert vs introvert children. He said how a few seconds mean a lot in a child's life, particularly elementary kids. While an extrovert kid needs to talk out immediately in order to process any information received, an introvert kid takes about 25 seconds to process and respond. Please do read the MS Principal’s notes for full details.
Everybody loves a little encouragement, even more so with athletes. That was one of the requests from the Athletics Director Mr. Ron Thomson — the community to be present as much as possible in great numbers to cheer the athletes when SAISA events are being hosted by AISC.
Do write to us or talk to us about how you find these changes in the blog.
Have a great weekend.
Theater Corner
Roopmati, is one of the two sketches created and directed by Ajit Chitturi. Roopmati, was performed at the Alliance Francaise this past Tuesday the 20th. The sketch is a narration of the last moments of Roopmati, a Duggal princess. The story is of Roopmati, whose life has been filled with bliss till date. A Duggal princess, who defied all Duggal codes of conduct to marry her beloved prince. A princess, whose beauty and playing of the veena was revered by the likes of Tansen. Her kingdom is captured by a mughal invader, who is taken by her beauty and her wishes to betroth her, as her husband has fled the kingdom. The mughal king will stop at no end to conquer, the beauty Roopmati. In a state of despair, Roopmati, takes the poison in her ring so that she may protect the Duggal line. The narration is done by her companion Malvika.
The sketch is an interesting look into the Duggal line of rulers in india. Duggal is a prominent Khatri (Kshatriya) clan from the Punjab region of Northern India.” 1 I was not thoroughly impressed with the actress who played Roopmati’s companion, Malviaka. Her voice did not carry into the crowd as clearly as it could have. The sketch was an emotional piece, as it depicted Roopmati taking her own life to preserve her purity; But the emotion in Malviaka’s voice was lackluster.
This is my second production of Ajit Chitturi that I have seen. His productions are not the “regular” productions that we are used to. Though I was not pleased with the actress who played Malviaka, the play has a relevance into Indian history. This point makes the play interesting. I had taken both kids to see the play. My youngest one, was asking, “Momma, why is she dead?” This made the play interesting from my perspective. I would recommend to all to check out the website for India Stage to see what new productions are available in the city. I highly recommend the theatrical arts to all in Chennai.
-----Viraj Thakore
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