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BAL NATYA UTSAV : : (Children Theatre Festival)
(A Process Report) : : by Darshana Dube
---PARENTS : : CASE STUDY ---
Mrs. Patel a workingwoman in Mumbai prefers to keep his son Krishna Patel, 8, in the hostel as he has a tremendous scope to grow. “ If he just attends the school then he will miss out on the activities like art, craft and especially dramatics that will do wonders to his personality.”
Asha Gupta, who once was against her daughter’s participation in the theatrical activities due to conservative attitudes today is a proud mother of the daughter who has traveled across the seven seas for performing, a fact that she could never even dare to dream of, considering her impoverished state.
The impact of theatre in the children’s life is so remarkable that it has a reversed cardinal principal- parents now wish to be like their children. Mangal Chauhan of Gautam Nagar says, “ I wish to be more confident and strong like my children.”
Ratibai is very confident when she says, “ only books and studies would not have brought the change in my son. I feel so happy when I see him beaming with confidence and clarity.”
Mohan Patil says, “ Before I used to think that theatre was a waste of time and so I used to tell my son to concentrate more on studies. But after watching him develop his personality, today theatre is on his priority list and even I have realized that what stage can do to one’s confidence, academics can’t.”
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