INDIA TODAY. 23.8.99
BOYS WITH CLEAN SHAVEN HEADS ARE CHANTING LESSONS UNDER A HUGE TREE. DRESSED IN WHITE DHOTIS, THE HOLY THREAD ACROSS THEIR CHEST, THEIR MELODIOUS VOICES RISING AND FALLING IN UNISON.
THE INDIAN EXPRESS 8.5.99
THE CHIRPING OF BIRDS, THE WHIZ OF THE WIND, THE LIGHT GURGLE OF THE CAUVERY WHICH FLOWS BY OFFERS A PERFECT SETTING FOR A UNIQUE FORM OF SCHOOL
THE TIMES OF INDIA
IT’S AN INCREDIBLE SCENE, SO INCONGRUOUS IN THE 21ST CENTURY-YOUNG BOYS AGED BETWEEN 8-12 YEARS WITH HEADS FULLY SHAVEN, WEARING WHITE DHOTI’S AND THE SACRED THREAD FLOWING ACROSS THEIR CHESTS CHANTING VEDIC HYMNS UNDER A HUGE TAMARIND TREE, TAKING US BACK TO THE BYGONE ERA OF THE GURUKULA SYSTEM.
THE HINDU
WE MAY HAVE LOST PATENTS TO SEVERAL OF OUR ANCIENT WORDS AND PRODUCES, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTRY OR COMPANY HAS- YOUNG MINDS LEARNED IN THE TRADITION IN THE TRADITIONS OF OUR CULTURE.
OUTLOOK
IT’S LIKE TWO UNIVERSES COLLAPSED INTO ONE, A STRIKING CONFLUENCE OF THE YORE AND THE MORROW; OF PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE OF TWO KINDS; OF HOARY METHODS OF TUTORSHIP AND EDUCATION THROUGH INFOTECH; OF ANTIQUE SKILLS OF SELF DEFENCE WITH ADVICE TO COMBAT STRESS AS CORPORATE ANDROIDS.