With the new academic calendar in educational institutions commencing in July, we may explore the opportunities to hold workshops and intensives to inspire the young students by our 'Gurus'.As SPIC MACAY continues to bring all that is inspiring, subtle, abstract and most importantly mystical into the lives of young people all over India and abroad, various activities like Lecture - Demonstrations, Concerts, Folk arts, Yoga, Films,Talks, Workshops and Intensives, etc. will be organized throughout the year in the VIRASAT and during the FEST series in educational institutions.During the VIRASAT 2007 and FEST 2008 series, many chapters have organized Workshops and Intensives by eminent Gurus in educational institutions. Many states are holding State Conventions like Rajasthan (Place: Kota) on 02-03 August, Uttar Pradesh (Place: Dadri), and Madhya Pradesh (Place: Bhopal) tentatively on 23-24 August or 30-31 August. Recently Nagpur (Maharashtra) organized a 3 day West Zone Convention between 11-13 July and Chandigarh will be organizing the North Zone Convention on 26-27 July.The aim of the Workshops and Intensives module is to provide the young children (special emphasis may be given to students from class 1 to 4) the opportunity of close interaction with 'gurus'(eminent personalities who have devoted an entire lifetime solely to a form of art they were born to serve) offering an experience unique and rare, emotionally enriching and spiritually elevating, resulting in the children's ability to imbibe values of being a finer person from great masters.
Ideally speaking, the focus needs to be on Intensives which may be organized for at least a duration of 7 days where the 'Guru' resides on the campus of the educational institution where the children do not only learn the particular artform but gets an opportunity to get 'Inspired' which is possible when a close interaction is made possible between the students and the 'Guru'. At the same time, Workshops can also be organized which may be of at least 3 days and the students get a chance to learn a particular artform. A focused activity in this direction in the form of a National School Intensive is taking shape.The SPIC MACAY National School Intensives (an experience of our VIRASAT through the Ashram way of life) are an attempt to bring the ashram life to the student. Children attending the Intensives will do Yoga and Meditation from 4-7 a.m.,have holistic food, do shramdaan, hear talks and attend workshops by inspiring artists of Indian Classical Music and Dance,and yoga-charyas, watch film classics and witness performances by top artistes of our country for five days. This also includes a full night of classical music by some great musicians. It will give them an experience of staying in the proximity of great masters in different areas of human endeavour, learning from them, and watching them perform. This experience may enrich the lives of many young children. Another focused activity of SPIC MACAY is our Gurukul Scholarship scheme where a young student gets an opportunity to stay with a Guru for a period of one month. The Gurukul scholarship is for those young persons who are keen about the process of learning. While it would serve best to those pupils who are already into the discipline of the Guru, e.g. a singer staying with a Dhrupad vocalist maestro or one who paints staying with an artiste, it would also serve those who have shown talent in one field but have interest in a different yet allied art-form. For example a young theater enthusiast may learn from a Pandwani singer or a master of puppetry and improve his theatrical skills. Similarly someone studying textile engineering has a greater chance of benefiting from Zardozi or Chanderi weaver than some one into medicine or law.
Still more, a student may further benefit who has already attended a workshop or intensive. (For details on the Gurukul Scholarship, you may contact the Gurukul Scholarship National Coordinator Shri Ricky Srivastava (spicmacaysch@gmail.com.)With the VIRASAT and FEST series comprising of programmes in the area of Indian Classical Music and Dance, Talks, Walks, Folk, Yoga, Films,etc. alongwith ample number of workshops and intensives which may be uniformly organized over the country (or even state), it continues to benefit those candidates who have attended our programmes. Further, if the same student can be motivated to be a part of the Gurukul Scholarship Scheme, we may possibly see a transformed Inspired human being!With the new academic calendar in educational institutions commencing in July, we may explore the opportunities to hold workshops and intensives to inspire the young students by our 'Gurus'. Please feel free to contact me for any assistance. Regards Chakshu Dutta l Coordinator --- SPIC MACAY Yamuna Nagar Chapter
Ideally speaking, the focus needs to be on Intensives which may be organized for at least a duration of 7 days where the 'Guru' resides on the campus of the educational institution where the children do not only learn the particular artform but gets an opportunity to get 'Inspired' which is possible when a close interaction is made possible between the students and the 'Guru'. At the same time, Workshops can also be organized which may be of at least 3 days and the students get a chance to learn a particular artform. A focused activity in this direction in the form of a National School Intensive is taking shape.The SPIC MACAY National School Intensives (an experience of our VIRASAT through the Ashram way of life) are an attempt to bring the ashram life to the student. Children attending the Intensives will do Yoga and Meditation from 4-7 a.m.,have holistic food, do shramdaan, hear talks and attend workshops by inspiring artists of Indian Classical Music and Dance,and yoga-charyas, watch film classics and witness performances by top artistes of our country for five days. This also includes a full night of classical music by some great musicians. It will give them an experience of staying in the proximity of great masters in different areas of human endeavour, learning from them, and watching them perform. This experience may enrich the lives of many young children. Another focused activity of SPIC MACAY is our Gurukul Scholarship scheme where a young student gets an opportunity to stay with a Guru for a period of one month. The Gurukul scholarship is for those young persons who are keen about the process of learning. While it would serve best to those pupils who are already into the discipline of the Guru, e.g. a singer staying with a Dhrupad vocalist maestro or one who paints staying with an artiste, it would also serve those who have shown talent in one field but have interest in a different yet allied art-form. For example a young theater enthusiast may learn from a Pandwani singer or a master of puppetry and improve his theatrical skills. Similarly someone studying textile engineering has a greater chance of benefiting from Zardozi or Chanderi weaver than some one into medicine or law.
Still more, a student may further benefit who has already attended a workshop or intensive. (For details on the Gurukul Scholarship, you may contact the Gurukul Scholarship National Coordinator Shri Ricky Srivastava (spicmacaysch@gmail.com.)With the VIRASAT and FEST series comprising of programmes in the area of Indian Classical Music and Dance, Talks, Walks, Folk, Yoga, Films,etc. alongwith ample number of workshops and intensives which may be uniformly organized over the country (or even state), it continues to benefit those candidates who have attended our programmes. Further, if the same student can be motivated to be a part of the Gurukul Scholarship Scheme, we may possibly see a transformed Inspired human being!With the new academic calendar in educational institutions commencing in July, we may explore the opportunities to hold workshops and intensives to inspire the young students by our 'Gurus'. Please feel free to contact me for any assistance. Regards Chakshu Dutta l Coordinator --- SPIC MACAY Yamuna Nagar Chapter
