There are a ton of them in Mumbai, and thousands in other cities too. These days I see ads everywhere I go - Vidyasagar classes, Khandelwal classes, Umesh classes, Sarvodaya classes! Usually, these are 10x4 sweatshops cramped with 40 odd kids, mugging up not just the answers, but even the questions. Creativity in any form is completely not permissible. Nobody has even heard of class participation. All that the kids are ever allowed to think about is entrance exams!
Well, there is one that stands out from this crowd. This one's got hoardings too. If you ever take the harbor Line, you can even see one at Mankhurd station - Akanksha Classes.
One lucky day, I had a chance to walk into the Akanksha classes at the Nehru Science Centre at Worli. The walls were completely filled with the dreams and aspirations of the kids. They were aspiring painters, social workers, teachers, writers, and most importantly, dreamers!
P.S. The best suggestion for 'Akanksha' when you run it through the blogger spell check is 'Awakens'.
Well, there is one that stands out from this crowd. This one's got hoardings too. If you ever take the harbor Line, you can even see one at Mankhurd station - Akanksha Classes.
One lucky day, I had a chance to walk into the Akanksha classes at the Nehru Science Centre at Worli. The walls were completely filled with the dreams and aspirations of the kids. They were aspiring painters, social workers, teachers, writers, and most importantly, dreamers!
P.S. The best suggestion for 'Akanksha' when you run it through the blogger spell check is 'Awakens'.
1 comments:
May be we dont sleep anymore to dream , may be we just stop and start like machines, so mechanical that like machines we just exist and dont live anymore.
But whats a life without a dream?
As for the classes they churn out stereotypes - the normal people- but i guess with time we all find our own ways.....and slowly stumbling learn....learn to relax , to sleep and to DREAM. Peopel do take a long way around.
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