Time for some Nautanki!!

As with all young students, the ones at SSMI also love doing a lot of nautanki in the classroomJ. So we said let’s do it some more!

In classrooms we tend to curb expression in the name of discipline. We wanted these kids to express themselves freely. They initially were of the kind that would get cold shivers while speaking anything in front of the whole class for 10 seconds.

We thus introduced the concept of street play or nukkad natak to them. Soon enough they caught on the concept and started working on key social issues that they think are relevant. For the next 2-3 sessions there was a lot of buzz and activity inside the classroom.

Below are some snippets from one such role play(Kindly ignore the shaky recording and poor video quality):

A lot of what we wanted to teach them through our workshops was all coming into practice with these kids showing a lot of teamwork, generating innovative ideas to deliver a social message, expressing themselves with effective body language, coming out of their shells and doing some active thinking.

It was an absolutely fun and enriching experienceJ!

And when they are eventually ready, we will take them out of their school to interact with a live audience and perform a street play. And I am sure the exposure would help them for a lifetime.