Ramdas Padhye: The Master Puppeteer Ramdas Padhye the Indian ventriloquist, puppeteer, and puppet-maker is unquestionably the King of Ventriloquism in India. For over forty years, he has singularly dominated this profession. Ramdas received his formal training in the art of ventriloquism and puppetry from his...
The School Band It was a prestigious thing to be a part of the School Band. I auditioned for it twice before I got selected to be part of it. Our school was big and at any point of time there were at least 3000...
Joining Boarding School I had earned a reputation for being notorious. One day, when I was in the fifth grade, Dad decided that he had given me enough chances and told Mom that he was sending me to Boarding school. Reading all those Malory Tower...
Being Elected Head-Girl of School The head-girl was chosen from Grade X. I was one of the candidates and the anticipation was killing me as the professors counted the votes. I had dreamed about being head-girl for most of high school. I knew as early...
Mrs. Mehta’s Class Mrs. Mehta taught us History in Class VIII. She wore thick glasses that rested precariously on her nose and whenever she scolded anyone they slid further down her nose and made her look funny. Mrs. Mehta was popular for two reasons. She...
Homework I wish they would give us homework every day and keep the weekends free for us to have fun. Although everyday homework is a bit of a drudgery, it’s easy to work on the stuff that you have been taught in class the same...
Should School Be Made Compulsory? For years, kids have been going to school and being subjected to what we call, “compulsory education”. In times before compulsory education, if you were a goldsmith’s son you ended up being a goldsmith and if you were a butcher’s...
First Day At High School Dressed in my navy blue pinafore, white blouse and navy blue sweater, I looked at myself in the mirror. It was my first day at high school. I wanted to make an impression. I looked at my new navy blue...
Taking The Bus To School For ten years I traveled by bus to school. The half hour travel from home to school and back was the best part of my day. It was the only time in the day when we were not supervised by...
Stay At Home Mothers There must be a reason why nature intended for the woman to give birth to the baby. It is the woman who becomes pregnant, the woman who lactates. To care and nurture are inherent qualities of a woman and the reason...
