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  • Vedic chanting: Exploring the tradition

    In the Vedic chanting session children were taught to follow the intonations and stress as given in the script. The session continued each day advancing in learning the “Narayana Sukta”

    Karthik Iyer made the sessions more enjoyable and conducive by adding a competitive spirit in them.

    By the end of the session even those who hesitated to chant in the beginning were seen chanting with confidence and devotion.

    Br. Karthik Iyer is a Micro Biologist, Asst. Professor, Amrita University.

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    Some feedback from the students:

    This is very useful in our daily lives. Now I can sing this when I visit temples. – Vaneesh V, Belgaum

    It was fantastic and our throats went dry singing. – Rohan K, Bangalore

    Vedas carry positive energy and we should chant them daily. – Sheyas J Kashyap

    This was one of my favourite sessions. I liked it a lot. Thank you Karthik sir. – Akshay S Prasad, Karwar

    This was one of the best sessions of the camp. I enjoyed it thoroughly. – Chitkala S Sharma, Mysore

    I was one of my wish to learn Narayanam suktam, but i never got the chance to. I am very happy that i got to learn it at this champ within couple of days. -Sinatra, Karwar

    We learned how to pronounce the Sanskrit words and how to chant them correctly. – Varsha H J, Mysore

    Learning Narayana Sukta with correct intonations helped me gain a feeling of perfection. – Bharani, Mysore

    He taught the difference between Vedic chanting and ordinary chanting, Niveditha N, Bangalore

  • Reflections

    Children sharing their views/understanding from different sessions on each days.

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  • Waste Management – Workshop by Mahita

    The waste management session began with an interesting introductory session by Mahita from USA where the value, cost and origin of any product is taught to assess.
    Children were made to segregate biodegradable waste from non bio degradable and stressed upon the sustainable development. Composting session from organic waste was enjoyed by the children.

    Mahita demonstrated how our Mother Earth is suffering from the irritation in her eyes.

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  • My Life, My Passion: Love for the Moon by BR Guruprasad

    BR Guruprasad, ISRO Scientist & Science Communicator narrated how his school and teachers shaped up his characters.

    He gave a beautiful power point presentation on Chandrayaan, India’s mission to the Moon. He explained the surface, conditions on the moon and the human exploration on it, how well Chandrayaan – 1 confirmed the presence of water on the moon soil. He also gave a bird’s eye view of various space programmes taken up by ISRO, how a satellite is launched through PSLV, and how it is put to the orbit.

    Guruprasad also gave the perspective of the Moon both in terms of a scientist and a poet. This was the most interactive session, where children queued up to pose questions to him.

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    Feedback from some students..

    There are many doors in life which are not open, just open the door which you like and explore. And you can achieve more than one thins in life. By all these sessions i can conclude that passion with work gives you happiness and there is no age limit for any learners. – Dhanush, Bangalore

    Brought into me a thirst for knowledge and inspired us to read whatever occurred into our mind any time, irrespective of the subject. Enlightened us about the amount of hardnwork required to achieve our goal. – Chitkala S sharma, Mysore

    I felt that he could have made it better by fascinating the children by telling  about the numerous unexplained phenomenon that exist in our universe. By doing so he could evoke the curiosity in the children about the ‘Lord’s master piece” i.e the universe.  – – Sunidhi Naik, Karwar

  • Story telling by Subba Rao

    K Subba Rao, Editor, Children’s magazine Dindima. Conceptualized Children’s monthly TINKLE. He wrote about 75 Amar Chitra Kathas and edited over 400 of them.

    Subba Raoji’s story telling was one of the most enjoyed, interesting and most entertaining session.

    When most of the children lack storytellers such as grandparents, here was a grandfather who narrated stories that carried moral values in such a way that could be picturised in the mind.The stories were graded like the steps on the stairs from simple to complex providing space for the children to expand their imagination through open ended stories.

    He related the stories to personal experiences and made more hilarious by adding animated action to them, suspense creating talent! and with a twist in the tail.

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    Some feedback from students

    This session was very funny. We just went on laughing. – Rohan K, Bangalore

    He is a very inspiring person – Sourath S Hosalkar, Karwar

    I should say it was more like visualising a 3d movie. It was an amazing experience. – Sunidhi Naik, Karwar

    When he told stories, he reminded me of my grandparents. – Vidhathri, Bangalore

    He made the story very lively as if it is happening in front of our eyes. He improvised our thinking and imagining capacity. -Sanjay M R, Mysore

    I will never forget these stories in my life – Sinatra, Karwar

    This was the best session in this champ – T Shashank Yadar

    He did tell and act many interesting stories. The most interesting story was Basavanna’s story. – Vaneesh V, Belgaum

  • My Life, My Passion: Love for the Desi cows – KEN Raghavan

    [KEN Raghavan, National Joint General Secretary, Ekal Vidhyalaya Abhiyan
    Expert in Training: Gram Vikas (Low cost, Micro Model) – Bio Gas, Organic Manure, Bio Pesticide, organic farming Cow based small cottage industry.]

    KEN Raghavan shared his knowledge on the historical documentation of Megasthenese, Fahian, Albarooni, Marco Polo, Columbus, McCauley, etc. Explained well how McCauley was successful in destroying self sufficient India in terms of CPC laws, Education system and administration systems. But he gave the hope of self sufficient India called Bharat by restoring the village structure. He explained the 5Js Jan-Jameen-Jal-Jeev-Jungle ( man, land, water, animals, and forest) needed for gramaswaraj.

    He demonstrated the importance of indigenous cow, its milk and products with scientific support on these studies.

     

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    Some feedback from the students

    I now understand the difference between A1 milk and A2 milk which most people do not know. – Akshay S Prasad, Karwar

    From this session I got to know more about our country India, it’s richness and and also where it is lacking. And most importantly about our mother cow, importance of milk and many other things that I was not aware of. – Sinatra, Karwar

    This session enabled me to understand the importance of cow and also the rich heritage of our own country which we Indians were not aware of. I learned India is not inferior to any other country and will try to follow the steps showed by him in creating self sufficiency in our own country rather than depending on some other country. Megha, Karwar

    It was a wonderful session. We came to know the importance of cow milk, gomutra etc. – Shobha, Belgaum

    From this session I got to know the importance of cow , cow milk, the difference of A1 and A2 milk and the qualities of these milk. – Divya Dayanand, Mysore

  • Photography workshop: Shoot what you Love – by Br. Dhyanamrita

    Br. Dhyanamrita took a workshop on photography where children were taught about the basics of photography. He believed that if we master the basics, a good photo will happen automatically. His pictures inspired the children. They realised that the photography is an art and they need concentration, presence of mind, dedication and grace to get a good photo. The session was well received by waves of thunderous applauses.

    Below are the pics shot by the children. Most of them are using camera for the first time. The pic are original, not altered or cropped even… as it is shot by them.

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    Some feedback from the workshop

    This photography has given me some idea and courage to click beautiful pictures by focusing on certain things. – Sinatra, Karwar

    I enjoyed this session and realised photography is not easy. – T Shashank Yadar

    He taught us how to click photos and made us realise me must have patience to take photos. – Vaneesh V, Belgaum

    His photos are amazing – Sourath S Hosalkar, Karwar

    Earlier I knew only to click, now I feel like a photographer. – Vishwom S Revankar, Karwar

    He made us realise the relevance of “focus” as mentioned in Gita. – Sunidhi Naik, Karwar

  • Gopuja, worship of the cow

    The children did a gopuja, worship of the cow. In Sanatana Dharma, every thing is the form of the Lord. Creator himself has become the creation.

     

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  • Knitting workshop by Hemavathy & Indrani

    Knitting session by Hemavathy & Indrani was useful and interesting.Children learnt the basic knitting skills.Each child could take home a simple material like a mobile pouch made by him/her.

    Lot of patience in teaching the knitting session and it helped the children to increase their concentration and attention span.

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    Feed back of the students

    I thought knitting was only for girls , so I never learned when my mother told me to. But I learned knitting from this champ. -Sahil, Karwar

    I was interested to learn knitting but never found a good teacher. And I finally found a good teacher at this champ. – Krishna, Karwar

  • Counseling workshop by Sowndaram

    CS Sowndaram, Counsellor, Amrita University had a workshop with children on the subject how to deal with parents and teachers. She also had a session with teachers on how to deal with students.

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