"Here you're sitting with your head in the gutter." "Bus has been stopped for you for 10 minutes." "Let's go." "Can't you hear the horn?" "You make us late everyday." "Let's Go." "Sheru..." "Sheru, Johnny, Hi..." "Hello, Hello." "Hey, stop, stop..." "Go, wash your hands and mouth and" "Put your bag in bedroom, in bedroom." "First go hand wash your hands." "Put it down, put it down." "What are you doing in school?" "Look at your hands, look at your face." "Ishaan, put it down, Ishaan..." "Baby, close the tab properly." "You know, today you are getting you exam papers, did teacher give it to you." "Inho, what I'm asking?" " Hi Mom." " Yohan you?" "Drama practice cancelled, Lily teacher gets viral." "Mom, I get First in all subjects." "Algebra, Geometry, Physics, Chem." "Bio, History, English, Geography." "Good and in Hindi?" "2nd in Hindi but because of only two marks." "Inho, How's about your?" "Wow!" "It's working." "Ishaan, first complete your homework, No Ishaan... uniform..." "Ishaan, Ishaan, Here this side, hurry..." "Hurry throws it." "Hey, idiot, duffer." "Why you throw it there?" "Go and bring the ball, go." "I tell you to bring the ball, why don't you understand?" "What are you looking at?" "What, don't you understand?" "What you are looking at, go and bring the ball, go." "What are you looking at?" "Told you to bring the ball." "Don't you understand?" "What you are looking at." "Told you" "To bring the ball, bring the ball." "Your child destroy my whole garden, what, don't you teach some manners?" "to your child, look he is so hurt, he is bleeding, what Mrs. Mrs." "Haven't you teach anything to your child?" "he can hurt the other's child" "Like this, aren't you little shame?" "look how badly he hurt the child." "Ishaan..." "Come here." "Come here right now." " But papa..." " Shut up Yohan." " Uncle, he torn my shirt too." " I'll get you new one." "You liar..." "Ishaan, it's too much." "Every day, your complains, complains from school," "Complains from building, when you step out the house and your complain, after today" "If anyone complain about you Ishaan, then I..." " He is smiling." " Still smiling, shameless." "One more complain and I'll put in boarding school." "You see Maya, I'm here, and you are here but he is stilling fighting." "What he did to that child." "He tore his T-shirt." "Sit and worship him." "Inho, how many times I told you." "Don't play with Ranjeet." "But mama he..." "Go, take a bath and then I'll put dettol on you." "Okay you want to play, fight, come on, come," "Come, come fight, come on, come." "Papa, where are you going?" " Papa.." " I'm leaving this house." "Will not come back." "Sorry papa." "I'm very sorry papa." "I won't do it next time papa." "I'm very sorry papa." "Papa I'll not do it next time." "Papa please, I'm sorry papa." "Why you are harassing the child?" "Inho, papa is going because of office work." "Not because of you." "He'll be back till Sunday." "Are you hurt anywhere else?" "Hey you, Boots are not polished." "Out, out." "Out." "Class, turn to page 38, chapter 4, paragraph 3." "We are going to mark adjectives today." "That goes for you as well Ishaan Awasthi." "Page 38, chapter 4, paragraph 3." "Can I have your attention Ishaan?" "Ishaan?" "I said, page 38, chapter 4, paragraph 3." "Read" "The first sentence and point out the adjectives." "Page 38 Ishaan." "Adithaya just help the boy." "Come on, the rest of you look into your books." "Read the first sentence and tell me where the adjectives are." "Okay, come on, lets all mark the adjectives together." "Just read the sentence for me." "Just read the sentence Ishaan." "They are dancing." "Silence, speak in English." "The letters are dancing." "They are dancing, are they?" "Okay, and then read the dancing letters." "Trying to be funny?" "Read the sentence loud and proper." "I said, loud and proper Ishaan." "Loud and proper." "Loud and proper." "Stop it, stop it." "Enough is enough." "Get out." "Get out of my class." "Out." "You want to leave as well?" "Who is laughing here?" "Who wants to follow him?" "I don't want to your kitten in my class, look at your books." "Shameless boy." "Open your books now." "Whose going to tell me what the adjectives are?" " I don't want a sound for this class." " Yes." "Come on." "Again punish?" "Duffer, where is punisher?" "Hey duffer, are you every time get punished?" "He is regular." "Hey Ishaan." "Do you bring the signed test paper?" "No." "Too bad, now you are gone." "Yohan, Ishaan, wash your hands n mouth, I m serving food." "Wow!" "What is this?" "Superb." "Done." "Let me see." "What hand writing." "Ishaan, what is this?" "Your all spellings are wrong." "Here Table is "tabl" and here "tabai"." "And what is this?" "D instead of The." "What is this?" "Ishaan, How many times?" "how many times?" "Yesterday we did this." "How you can forget so quickly?" "Now too much fun, Again you will be stay in same class." "All your friends will go to next standard." "kanti, Rohan then will you feel good?" "Son, concentrate." "Concentrate." "Shut up and correct the spelling." " No." " What?" " No, no, no." " Ishaan." "Dada, Dada..." "Inho, no." "Today, no story, I'm too tired." "Dada." "I ran away from the school today." "What?" "I crossed the wall and ran away." "When?" "After first period." "Why?" "I didn't do the homework also I didn't get sign the test paper?" "Then where did you go?" "Nowhere, just wandered around." "On road." "On road?" "Alone?" "Very Good." "Look at your guts." "You know how danger is this?" "Anything can happen." "You can get an accident or anyone can kidnapped you." "Papa is also not at home." "Idiot." "Did you tell mom?" " Should I tell her?" " No, no, no." "Then?" " Dada, you can write "Absence not"" " What?" " Absence Not." " No, no, no." "I'll not write any lie of absence not." "Now go to sleep and in morning I'll tell everything to mama." "Dada, please." "Please, Dada." "Dada, please." "Sun into the 9th planet "Pluto" of the solar system." "Three into nine." "Oh God, the hot planet of Mars will melt the starship of the Captain Ishaan." "Save it." "Now 3 is entering into 9." "Pluto is destroyed." "The planet is no more." "The great Captain Ishaan find the answer." "The answer of 3 into 9 is 3." "Time up." "Ishaan, how was the test?" "Great." "Hey Ishaan." "Inho, Papa is arrived." "When papa is arrived?" "Last night, you were sleeping." " Bye papa, bye Inho." " Bye" "What you bring for me?" " That." " Strawberry." "Yes." "And for Dada?" "Same." "For both of you." " Yes." "Wash it first." "Ishaan, Ishaan..." "Papa, Aquarium, Papa." "Papa, please today aquarium." "Papa." " Papa." " Yes." "Will go to aquarium, today." "Okay." "Maya, was Ishaan suffering from fever on Thursday?" "Not at all." "What is this?" "Absent note." "I hadn't written this note." "Ishaan, come here." "Come here." "Ishaan, come here right now." "Come here." "What is this?" "What does this note means?" "Answer Ishaan, otherwise I'll beat you that much, that." "Don't look down." "Don't look down." "Look up..." "look up in my eyes and answer me." "Where the hell were you on Thursday?" "Where?" "Let me ask, where did you go, son?" "Wasn't attend the school then where did you go?" " Tell son, where did you go?" " Answer God dammed." " What?" "What he's saying?" " Bunk" "What?" "Bunked the school, Ishaan." "Bunked and what else you did?" "What else you did?" "Where did you go?" "Where?" " Road." " Road." "What's road?" "What's road?" "With whom?" "With whom did you go?" " Alone." " Alone." "Are you out of your mind?" "Are you out of your bloody mind?" "You were wondering alone in the city." "Hadn't you bothered a bit about us?" "Idiot." "What's going on here?" "Did you listen?" "If he had been lost then how can we able to look after him?" "And who wrote this?" "Who wrote this absent note?" "You aren't able to write properly, bloody, duffer, idiot." "You could pass if you are able to write that much." "Who wrote this note, Ishaan?" "Speak, who wrote this?" "Ishaan, this is the last time I'm asking you." "Who wrote this absent note?" " Speak." "Who wrote?" " No." " Tell." " No." "Tell me." "Class work and homework, haven't any improvement in both of it." "Just like the last year." "Book is still his enemies." "Like read and write is punishment." "His English handwriting seems to be Russian sometimes." "He deliberately repeats mistakes." "His attention is always at outside of the class." "All the time asking for permission to go to the toilet." "I'm thirsty." "I want to do pee." "Thirsty, pee... thirsty, pee." "Disturbs the whole class with his silly pranks" "And have you been through with his exam papers." "He boiled the eggs in every subject." "Did you send his exam papers?" "On last Wednesday for parents signature." "Haven't returned till today." "Look this." "Math's test. 3x9=3, enough." "After that he left all the questions." "Who would accept that he's the younger brother of Yohan Awasthi?" " Mr. Awasthi." " Yes." "By the way this is the second year of your son in third standard." "If it's running such like that then I'm sorry I wouldn't able to help you out." "Maybe he's having some problem." "What do you mean?" "Maybe he..." "Some children are unlucky." "And there are special kind of schools for these kind of children." " Water, sir." " Get a side." "I told you, move form there." " 10 rupees sir... 10 rupee." " Son of 10, 10 rupee." "Thinks my son is a retard." "She thinks my son isn't normal." "Err!" "They filled up the class with 60 children." "Teacher wouldn't able to pay attention on every child." "Bloody nonsense." "Idiots." "What I hadn't done?" "I did the job for the kids and left every thing." "I took the lessons by myself in morning and evening, Ishaan..." "Ishaan..." "Ishaan." "No Maya it's not your fault." "He wouldn't improve such like that." "Okay... okay, tomorrow I come early in the morning." "Thanks a lot Suresh." "Thank you very much." "Good night... good night..." "Done." "But in the middle of the term." "Suresh kapdia's uncle is the founder trusty of the school." "I'll submit the fee tomorrow by meeting with the headmaster." "No, I'll not go." "I'm not go to go." "Ishaan, shut up." "Have your food quietly." "Will not to go." "Let him finish this year, I mean..." "he never stayed without me till today." "He'll have to get used to." "And wasn't you heard the principal?" "They wouldn't allow him ...in the school next year." "They'll fail him again and expel him." "Then where will we go?" "Look..." "look how he's staring?" "No bloody regret on his face." "There at boarding school, they'll straighten him up by force." "Today he asked Yohan to write a note, don't know what he'll do tomorrow?" "Trust me Maya, I'm his father." "Fee is out of our budget but we'll manage any how." "His term will starts after the Deepawali." "Baba please Baba, don't send me." "Baba please, I'll not go to boarding school." "Mama, I don't want to go to boarding school." "Mama, tell father that I don't want to go to the boarding school." "Please I don't want to go to boarding school." "Okay quite." "Quite... quite." " Ishaan..." "Ishaan here." " Mama." "Ishaan hurry up..." "Ishaan hurry up." "Ishaan." "Ishaan hurry up." "Ishaan." "Ishaan..." "Ishaan." " Mama." " Yes son." " Mama." " Yes son, get up." " Yes son, speak." " Mama." " Mama." " Yes, I'm here." " Yes speak." " I don't want to go to boarding school." "No, you'll have to go to boarding school." " I don't want to go to hostel, Mama." " Boarding school is a good place." " Don't want to go to boarding school, Mama." "I know, I'm trying." "Really see, A, B, C, D, L, M, N, O, X, Y, Z." "Really look Mama, I know everything." "I always study ...like that." "I'll not fire any cracker on Deepawali." "But don't want to go to boarding school, Mama." "Don't want to go to boarding school." "Don't want to go to boarding school, Mama." "What Ishaan?" "Why aren't you firing the cracker?" "You are fearing to go to boarding school, aren't you?" "Yes, speak." "I'm not afraid." "You are afraid I know." " I'm not afraid." " I know you are afraid." " Look, what I'm doing?" " I'll going to be mad." "I'll not go..." "I'll not go." "Your Papa says that you are too stubborn." "Listen one thing very clearly." "Only one rule is running in this school." "Discipline." "Don't you worry Mr. Awasthi." "We tamed so many wild horses over here." "Change your cloths in dormitory for food." "Come on." "You are sitting without doing anything till now." "Haven't changed your cloths." "Go and change your cloths." "Come on." "Lets go, it's 9 o'clock." "Lights out." "You aren't ready till now." "And Isn't this the way to wear the tie?" "Hasn't mother taught you anything?" "Children, this is Ishaan Nandkishor Awasthi." "Come forward here." "Come, pickup your bag." "You place is over here from today." "Exact in front of my eyes." "Just beside the Rajan Damodhran." "Rajan Damodhran always stood first in the class." "I wish that Rajan Dhamodhran company pay good effects on you." "Do you understand?" "Sit down." "Writing a poem and its central idea is today's topic." "Page No. 28." "Rajan Damodhran you'll read the poem and Ishaan Nandkishor ...Awasthi you, you'll explain the central idea of the poem.'Nature'." "Okay." "Start Rajan." "'Nature'" "'Open sky from the top', 'Your world is filled with clouds'" "'It's blinked like a jewel till the elephant dies due to thrust'" "'Bicycle buzzer, stone or mud or blind man stick'" "'Then you seems to be filled with water, you are our sweet stream'" "Very good." "Yes Ishaan Anand kishor Awasthi explain the central idea of the poem." "What we see, we feel it exists and what we can't see we feel it isn't exists." "But sometimes what we see, isn't true." "And what isn't visible, is true." "Means." "Err!" "What are you doing visible or not visible?" "Menoo Patel you explain." "Poet says when he see the stream then he's see the sky reflection in it and he explain that reflection with different kind of ways." "And the flow of the stream rises again." "Good, very good." "Menoo Patel, sit down." "Yes children, 'Open sky from the top'..." "Actually you explained the real meanings of the poem." "Rest of them gave the copied answers." "Sir Tevari is very strict." "Have to tell me as like he say." "How could you come in the middle of the term?" "." "That my Papa's..." "Lets go, now it's art class." "You stood first in the class then why your parents send you here?" " Mean?" " Mean..." "In boarding as a punishment." "I'm not living in the boarding." "My father is the state manager ...of the school." "I live in the staff quarters with my parents." "And who said to you that all the children come here for the punishment?" "Children." "Open your sketch books and takeout your pencils." "Good." "Copy without using any scale and utensil." "Lines must be straight." "If they are even a bit slant then five on right hand." "New boy, eyes over here." "On the blackboard." "See?" "Do you see where I draw the point?" "Do you see the point?" "What are you staring at like frog?" "Don't laugh." "Do you see where I draw the point?" "Do you see?" "Isn't visible." "Isn't visible?" "Point isn't visible." " Satesh Bhatgan." " Yes sir." "Come here and show him where I made the point on blackboard." "Now you able to see it." "Very good." "Come here." "Hurry up." "Five on clench hand because attention wouldn't leave the blackboard." "Hand forward." "Clench it." "Now copy this still life study." "I need the perfect shape." "Otherwise five on the other Clench." "Go." "Forward march." "Left-right-left..." "Left-right-left..." " Left-right-left..." " Ishaan, what are you doing?" " Left-right-left..." " Class halt." "Are you doing marching or wondering in the garden?" "Disturb the marching of whole class, out." "Get out from here." "Forward march." "...A noun is a naming word and a pronoun is use ...instead of a noun and adjective describes a noun and a ...verb describes the action of a noun and adverb ...describes the action of a verb and a conjunction joins" "...a sentence together, a preposition use to describe ...the relation between a noun and pronoun and a ...interjection is a word thrown in to express feelings." "...Have you got it Mr. Ishaan Nanad kishor Awasthi?" "Why?" "Why can't you?" "Idiot." "Why can't you?" "What is your problem, son?" "Ishaan, open the door." " Enoo, open the door." " Ishaan." "Ishaan, open please." "Open the door, Enoo." "Ishaan." "Ishaan." "Ishaan..." "Ishaan..." "Ishaan..." "What happen champ?" "Go, lets go." "I get the permission from housemaster." "Enoo now leave the anger." "Lets go." "Lets go son." "Yes one extra mattress." "Ishaan, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Come down." "Down." "Why did you climb up?" "Come." "What happen?" "Err!" "Don't you know, he's gone." "Holkar sir has been gone to teach drawing to the whole New Zealand." "A temporary teacher joined in his place." "I hope he's different then Holkar sir." "Lets go." "It's already late." "Lets go." "Have it, this is yours, this is yours and that's yours." "Draw, paint and do whatever you want to do." "Till now I be back by dropping this." "But what we paint sir there is nothing on the table." "This table." "This table is very too small sweetheart that it can't bare your beautiful thoughts." "Look in to your mind and draw an amazing Technicolor photo." "and drop it on the paper." "Steal, steal the joy." "Nobody is here to stop you." "Where were you been lost friend?" "Are you looking for something in thoughts?" "Nothing to worry and rush." "What happen kid?" "Don't you like painting?" "What is your name son?" "Sir his name is Ishaan Awasthi." "Thanks." "Where did you go?" "Where did you go?" "Your mother called." "Go and stand by the phone, she's going to call again." "Go." " Hello." " Hello." " Is Ishaan Awasthi around?" " Yes, Yes..." "Just a minute." " Yes." " Talk with him." " Yes." " Have it." "Hello Enoo..." "Hello Enoo..." "Say hello son." "Look Enoo, we can't come on Saturday, son." "Dada's ...interschool tennis finals is held on Sunday." "Isn't it son?" "I know you are very angry with Mama." "Mama is very bad." "Mama is very bad." "I'm very sorry Enoo but what can Mama do?" "Dada is also having the tension of finals." "Isn't it?" "Would you like to talk to Dada?" "Now talk to Dada." "And wish him all the best, one minute... one minute." "Hello Enoo." "Hello Enoo are you there?" "Enoo, I'll miss a lot in the finals." " Hello." " Hello Enoo." "Enoo." "Son talk to Mama." "Hello..." "Enoo..." "Hello." " Hello." " Hello Madam he left." " Left." " Yes Madam." "Sorry." " What happen?" " He hadn't talked?" "Don't worry we'll go next Sunday." " Err!" "Why are you putting it there?" " This is the class work of the kids." "Then what happened?" "Holkar didn't put it there." "That place is for the books." "Then where do I put them." "Return them to the kids." "By the way are they for any use?" "What the wreckage they are making in your class Nikumbh?" "They are the kids, the have to make noise." "And if the kids wouldn't show there emotions in ...the art class then where else they would show them." "That's alright." "Just that Headmaster wants discipline in the school." "Discipline." "I heard that you were singing the class yesterday." "And playing the flute." "Yes I was singing and playing the flute." "Kids happy so I'm happy." "But the children of this school isn't like the children of that school." "What kind of children?" "You are teaching in tulips school." "Mentally retorted abnormal kids." "Teach the way you like in that kind of school, it doesn't ...makes any difference." "No future wouldn't be made of that kids." "No serious teaching." "This is a formal school, your ...singing, dancing style wouldn't be appreciated over here." "We prepare kids for the race of life." "They must compete, succeed." "Make a future." "Three rules of our school." "Unity, faith and discipline." "Three rules of success, the way of complete education." "Hail Hitler." "Tevari-ji now you have to learn German." "What happen Ishaan?" "Okay..." "Okay..." "Okay..." "Okay..." "It's okay." "Err!" "Listen, where is your friend?" "Sir, don't know sir." "He was here by now, suddenly he ran off." "He saw his new boring art teacher." "No..." "No sir, he went to the dinning hall for the lunch." "What is your name friend?" "Rajan Dhamodhran sir." "Rajan tell me one thing, what is the matter of Ishaan?" " Sir." " Is he having some problem?" "He's afraid all the time." " He wants to go home." " Why?" " He's a new boy sir." " In the middle of the year." "He's having a problem." "As much he can try but he ...can't read and write." "He has been punished all the time." "Red marks all over the book." "What to do?" "You play here, I'll be right back." "Ok?" "Are you coming from somewhere after cutting onions?" "The human is..." " worse then animals." "I know that." "And blind too." "Away from the inner beauty." "Who you're confronting these days?" "Myself." "After so long, I'm seeing myself in the mirror." "So is there someone to show you the mirror?" "That's what I always ask you to." "You have a nice face." "Jabeen, he's in danger." "Who?" "Who?" "There's a boy in the school" "He's 8-9 years old." "He doesn't do or speak anything, always seems scared." "His eyes are like..." "screaming for help." "I'm afraid he'll fall." "Let's go, it's time for the lesson." "Ok, lets go." "Hey, Sail, come." "Do you know what's the time of the show?" "After two days." "Yes." "Excellent, let's go." "Yes?" "Hello." "My name's Ram Shankar Nikum." "I teach at New Era School." "Come in." "Are these his 3rd standard books?" " Yes." "Who made this?" "Ishaan did." "Ishaan did?" "Does he paint?" "Yes, he loves to paint." "Can I have some water please?" "Why did you send him?" "Why?" "There was no choice." "Last year he failed in 3rd standard." "Can you believe?" "In 3rd standard." "And there's no sign of improvement." "This, my elder son, he comes 1st in every class every subject." "And that other one..." "What do you think, what his problem is?" "Problem?" "His attitude." "What else?" "Towards studies, towards everything." "Always stubborn, always attitude." "He never listens to anyone." "I'm asking about his problem, but you're telling me the symptoms." "You're telling me he has the fever, that's I know already." "I'm asking why is he having fever." "What's the reason of the fever?" "Then you tell me." "Tell me." "Have you noticed any pattern in his mistakes in his lessons?" "Pattern." "What pattern?" "They all are mistakes." "Then you couldn't notice the patterns." "Look here." "Here "b" is in place of "d" and "d" in place of "b"" "Confusion among similar looking alphabets." "Here, he wrote "s" and "r" in reverse." "Even more..." "Look here." "This small "h" and small "t"" "Mirror imaging." "Animal, animal, animal." "Three different spellings on the same page." "It means, it's not the case that he remembers one wrong spelling." "He mixes similar looking words." "This "t-o-p" becomes "p-o-t"" "This "s-o-I-i-d" become "s-o-i-I-d"." "Why does he do that?" "Is he stupid, or lazy?" "No" "I think, he's having difficulty in recognizing words." "When you read "a-p-p-I-e" apple, you imagine a red apple in your head." "Maybe he can't read "apple"" "That's why he can't get the meaning as well." "To learn, one has to know the sounds, visual and meanings of words." "Ishaan is lacking this very important need." "There's nothing like that." "He only makes excuses." "To skip the studies." "Read this please." "How can I read it?" "It's in Chinese." "Try it." "Come on." "Concentrate." "What's this rubbish?" "You're not behaving." "You're being rascal." "That's how Ishaan must be feeling." "He couldn't understand the words." "This problem in studies is called as "Dyslexia"." "Sometimes child has some more problems other then Dyslexia." "Like difficulty in understanding multiple instructions." "Turn to page 65, chapter 9, Para 4, line 2" "Oonfusion..." "Or Poor Final Gross Motus Skills." "Does Ishaan feel problems in buttoning his shirt or tying his shoelace?" "Yes" "Can he catch the ball when you throw it to him?" "He can never judge the ball." "Because he can't understand the size, distance and speed all together." "A ball, how big, from how far and at what speed coming towards him." "Until he analyze all this..." "It's too late." "Think about it." "A child Just 8-9 years old." "Can't read, can't write." "Can't do day to day normal things." "Can't do what other children can do very easily." "What could he go through then?" "His self-confidence must have been shattered." "He must have been fighting by hiding his inabilities under stubbornness." "He must have been making a hell out here." "Thinking, that why should he tell the world that he can't do things." "Why shouldn't he get all that ignored by just saying that he doesn't want to do." "That's what children learn from the elders." "And now he can't even continue to fight that." "I'm sorry to say that he has stopped painting." "It's very sad." "Why only Ishaan?" "There's no answer to that." "It's a Neurological Disorder." "It can happen to anyone." "Sometimes it can be genetic." "To make it simple, there's just some wiring problems in his brain." "So you're saying that my son isn't normal, he's mentally retarded." "What kind of a person you are?" "Look this, Mr. Awasti?" "This fast brain is playing with thousands of thoughts with colors." "Way more then yours and mine abilities." "But what's the use of that?" "What are you looking into it?" "Then what should I look?" "What will he become when he'll grow up?" "How will he compete with the world?" "Will I keep on feeding him for whole of his life?" "I know this." "There's a cold world out there." "Everyone wants to grow toppers and rankers in their homes." "Everyone wants No. 1" "Doctor, engineer, management, less then that is unacceptable." "95.5%, 95.6%, 95.7% less then that is uncountable." "Isn't it?" "Think about this." "Every child has his own quality, own expertise, own desire." "But no," "Everyone is busy stretching the finger to make it long." "Keep on doing that." "No matter you break the very finger." "What's are the options?" " No options." "There's no way." "If you like horse to race, then breed race horses, damn it." "Why do you give birth to children?" "Putting the weight of your ambitions on your child, is worse then child labor." "And when the child can't" "what if he can't carry the weight?" "When they will understand?" "That every child has his own capacity to lift the weight." "He learns eventually." "Every child has own pace." "Five fingers make a fist." "Why are we dreaming to settle these little ones in to the mainstream?" "Friends, I'm going to tell a story today." "A story about a boy." "There was a boy, don't ask where." "He couldn't read and write." "Even after so many tries." "He couldn't remember that "y" comes after "x"." "Words were his enemies, used to dance in front of his eyes." "They used to tease him by dancing and moving around." "Studies used to make him tired." "Who he could have told his problem to?" "His mind was full, he was a starter bull, and the alphabets were disco to him." "He failed in the exams." "He was a victim of the burden of the studies." "People called him an ass and stupid." "Boy took everything bravely." "And one day, he did something genius." "Everyone was shocked when heard his theory." "Tell me, who's that boy?" "Elbert Einstein." "Correct Rajan, Albert Einstein." "Genius and great scientist." "Who shocked the world with his theory of relativity." "Now tell me what's this?" "No, no." "It's not an ordinary helicopter." "The great artist inventor, Leonardo DaVinci" "Who?" " Leonardo DaVinci" "Yes, he made this picture." "A working sketch of a helicopter." "But when?" "In the 15th century." "400 years before the first airplane could fly." "Do you know, Leonardo DaVinci used to have difficulties to read and write." "He used to write like this." "Can you make anything out of it?" "Now read it." "My name is Ram Shankar Nikum." "Ishaan, turn on the light please." "Who was the great person, who lit the world with electricity?" "Edison." "Thomas Edison." "Correct Ishaan." "He too was a victim of "abcd"." "Sit down Ishaan." "No leave the light on." "Let Edison's light come on us." "Everyone must know him." " Abhishek Bachchan." "He too used to have difficulties in studies during childhood." "Now see, he is a blast." "There are more examples." "Pablo Picasso, famous painter." "He never understood the number "7"" "He used to say, "It looks like my uncle's nose in reverse."" "Who's the father of Mickey Mouse?" " Walt Disney." "Correct." "Walt Disney." "He was too confused about words, so he put his art into cartoons." "Neil Diamond, popular singer." "He used to write songs out of the shame about his red report card." "Agatha Christy, famous mystery book writer." "Can you believe a writer, who was unable to read in her childhood." "But, why am I telling you all this suddenly today?" "To show you that, there were gems in the world who changed it." "They were able to see the world from their eyes." "Their minds were a bit different." "People came in their ways." "But still they won." "And they won like that the whole world saw it in an awe." "Out today's art class will be dedicated to all those geniuses." "We will step out remembering them." "And we'll make something different." "Anything." "Pick anything you like, rock, wood, junk, anything." "Come on, move towards the door." "Ishaan, one minute." "Rajan, you can go." "Do you know there was another name among all those I mentioned?" "Because that name is not that great." "But he too had the same problem." "That name is Ram Shankar Nikum." "I too had difficulties in reading and writing." "My father never understood me." "He thought I was being naughty, and wasn't paying attention." "He thought I would not succeed in my future." "What a duffer and idiot could become?" "Whatever I am today, I'm in front of you Ishaan." "Shall we go?" "Did you go to my home?" "Hey, it's moving." "Can it fly?" "Will it?" "Who made it?" "Is Principal present?" "Yes sir." " Ok, stay seated." "I wanted to talk about a student." "Ishaan Awasti, 3rd "D"" "He's a new student." "Some other teachers are also complaining about him." "I don't think he could even complete a year." "No sir, he's a smart boy." "He has just come problem in reading and writing." "You know about "Dyslexia"." "You've made our job easy." "I was confused what to tell his father." "He came through our trustees." "Good, good." "Then Special School is perfect for him." "Isn't it?" "No sir," "He's a child with above average intelligence." "He has full right to study in a normal school." "He just needs a little help from us." "All children around the world having any problem study in normal school." "And these children have right to study in any normal school." "I'm sorry sir, it's not me who say this." "It's the law of our country." "Under the law of rights of education, every child gets this right." "It's another thing that there are less schools who don't follow this law." "Nikum, tell me one thing." "How will this boy manage here?" "There's math, history, geography, science, language..." "He will." "Only if teachers help him a bit." "Where's the time that teachers have?" "To attend one child among 40 children?" "Impossible." "Sir, it won't take as much time as you think." "2-3 hours a week." "I will show you." "And he has to just pass all these subjects, his real destination is something else." "So, all the subjects that we teach are useless but yours isn't." "No, sir, I didn't mean that." "every child has his art." "Please sir, look at his painting." "It's a battlefield, soldier digs a mine and turned the page and escaped while digging." "What an idea?" "Confident brush strokes, such bold use of colors." "Very bold." "Look at this sir, a flip book, story about getting away from home." "What an idea?" "From just an 8 years old boy." "Sir, there are a few who could think out of the way." "Sir, just one chance." "He needs this chance." "Or he'll loose his faith." "What do you want from me?" "For some time, his spellings and writing should be ignored." "We should take his tests orally." "Education is real be it oral or written." "By the time, I'll also work on his reading and writing." "That will be improved gradually." "I don't know, if I'm doing a permanent damage by following a temporary teacher." "Now add 3" "Very good, now add 5" "What did you get?" "Very good, now subtract 1 1" "There's a question." "Have you ever painted after you finished your school." "What?" "What is this sir?" "Painting competition." "For students, teachers, everyone." "Seriously, what's the meaning of art." "It's meant to release your emotions." "If you're happy, your hand will reach all bright colors." "Lunch was bad, you'll end up filling with all dark and dull colors." "I'll be back in two minutes, friends." "Sorry, there's a little space." "How come you're here?" "I was passing by." "Have you met Ishaan?" " No, not yet, I will meet him." "First I needed to talk to you." "Go ahead." "My wife has been surfing internet for a few days." "She has read all the information about "Dyslexia"" "We just wanted to you tell you that." "Why did you want to tell me?" "So you don't mistake us as parents who don't care about their children." "To care." "It necessary Mr. Awasti." "It has the power to cure." "It's a medicine that relieves pain." "It's a security that child thinks someone cares about him." "One hug, or one lovely kiss." "To show that you care." "To tell him, "Son I love you"." ""If you have any worries, you can come to me"." ""It's ok if you made a mistake, I'm there for you."" "To care." "Isn't it what's called "to care"?" "I'm happy to hear that you think you care." "I'll leave now." "Mr. Awasti," "Has your wife read about Solomon Islands on internet?" "I don't know." "In Solomon Island, when people wanted to clean a part of woods for farming, they don't cut the trees." "Instead, they stand around the tree and start shouting at him, cursing at him." "In some days, the tree gets weak." "And dies by itself." "There has been great gems in the world who changed it." "because.." "They were able to see the world from their eyes." "Their minds were a bit different." "People didn't like that and they came in their ways." "But still they won." "And they won like that the whole world saw it in an awe." "What a fair they have arranged?" "Look, I have arrived." "Where's your Ishaan?" "I've been dying to meet him." "I don't know, I can't see him." "Rajan, where's Ishaan?" "I don't know sir, he left hostel before everyone." "Really?" "Hey Nikum, you've pulled me into this too." "You should try this, it's fun." "No way, I can't do this painting thing." "I will put so many alphabets and fill it will alphabets." "I've come here only for headmaster to see my presence." "I will be here for 5-10 minutes only." "I will not make my Sunday waste" "It's an honor for us that you've come." "Where I have to sit?" "Children will show your sitting place." "Children, come here." "Show to sir his sitting place." "My special guest Madam Lalita" "Teacher, painter, my guru." "Hello" " Hello" "Have you seen Ishaan?" "No sir, he must be with Rajan." "Where's he?" "I don't know sir, as I said earlier he left before everyone." "Where had you been?" "Come here, sit." "Do you have colors?" "Sir, haven't you left yet?" "You were leaving in 5 minutes." "What are you painting?" "It's a frog, duck and a banana." "Is it a frog?" "How's my painting?" "Look at it." "Absolutely beautiful sir." "First prize sir." "Amazing!" "What a wonderful morning." "Going through the colored glasses of windows we reached our childhood." "Praise to be God's." "I saw other's childhoods too." "We made Joy sir to promise" "He will take compulsory lessons from Nikum Sir." "Isn't it Joy Sir?" "But not only me, Sen and Tiwari Sir will too, these two had bad paintings as well." "All right." "By Nikum, I just remember." "That we won't have to look for a new art teacher." "Nikum sir, along with Tulip School, will also teach in our school." "Now, what you have been waiting for..." "I'm going to announce that." "Let me come to the results of the Art Fair." "Our special guest Madam Lalita was in a fix." "She was in a confusion. she was confused between two paintings" "It was a tie." "She wanted to award both paintings to be the best." "That wasn't possible." "Because the winner painting" "I thought that painting will become the front cover of the school's yearbook." "Now, there can't be two front covers." "So what to do now?" "Madam was in deep confusion." "After thinking a lot she came to a conclusion." "She selected the student leaving the teacher." "Yes children." "Your Nikum sir has been defeated." "And the student who defeated him" "Little, 9 years old, Ishaan Nandkishore Awasti." "Applause." "Here's your Ishaan and here's his painting." "Just look at it, what a masterpiece." "He's a very talented boy." "I'm really happy to have him." "Have you met his teachers?" "No sir." "Please go ahead and meet them, they'll give the progress report." "First we thought something was wrong, he won't be staying here." "But what improvement he made." "What a pace to pick-up he has." "Wonderful." "Here's his progress report." "Your Son is very talented." "I can't believe all this." "Thank you." "What?" "What happened?" "I can't find words to thank you." "He's lovely boy." "Just look after him." "Come back early after holidays."