BEYOND BORDERS JUN 17

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L I T E R A T U R E | S H O R T S T O R Y RADHA S O W M Y A R A M K U M A R , A H M E D A B A D Relocating to a European country was not the challenge for Seema; her company took care of almost everything. They even helped her to the extent of getting her daughter Radha, a very cheerful and happy 8 year old get placed at one of the best schools available in the vicinity. She had been a single parent after a road kill claimed Sanjay and had been a tough and extremely diligent one so to say. She felt sort of peace envelope herself in this less familiar surroundings, at least one gets judged far less that way. The disturbing pattern emerged when Radha a very amicable and bubbly child, started to immerse herself completely in either television shows or pattern sketching. These activities might seem to fit seamlessly in the routine of an eight year old kid, but the conversations had stopped altogether. The patterns that she drew were extremely symmetrical and perfect, an apparent sign of extreme pressure on one’s mind, her friend at work opined upon a casual coffee break discussion. Radha would not budge to straight forward questioning and would dance her way around it, for the July born cancer she was. Her grades did not fall so there were no calls from the school also. She was silently craving for help and this fact Seema could clearly make out. On that sunny afternoon when Seema went to pick Radha earlier from school for a road trip is the precise moment when all the pieces of the puzzles fell into their places and it took a lot of effort to retain her calm. Radha had been a people’s person at a very early age and was even reprimanded at times for being extremely talkative. Radha was sitting alone in the last bench away from other children enveloped in her own world and Seema was witnessing a very dull and pale child with empty eyes. Radha was not this broken even when they had lost Sanjay two years back. Then everything dawned on her like tons of dread crashed in at once, Radha was being judged by the other kids for her dusky skin tone. Discussions with the school yielded nothing more than assurances of the matter being looked into, for in a huge world with mammoth issues this seemed trivial. But for Radha her entire world had splintered into a million particles, due to one strong emotions – Rejection! Radha was extremely athletic and was identified for the running race. She ran with all might and was leading Patrick the second best by a great deal. Suddenly the crowd gasped and Radha could see Patrick meet a nasty fall from the corner of her eye. It was a great opportunity to prove herself, Seema even felt guilty for being happy on Patrick’s fall for he bullied Radha a lot. The cheering tore the skies when Radha turned back and without missing a beat helped Patrick up and completed the race hand in hand with him. Radha was made the special awardee for her Compassion and life had come a full circle for the Class monitor and now the star of the Class, the extremely confident wonder kid Radha. N O M A D I C | 2 4
Precious years. Childhood A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born. Iyanla Vanzant Photography by Shezeen Anwer Abu Dhabi
Page 1 and 2: BEYOND BORDERS A CCCI FAMILY INITIA
Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS ARTICLES Patron Council J
Page 5 and 6: Painting by Priya Dillipkumar CELEB
Page 7 and 8: CELEBRATE CHILDREN Shaji S Panicker
Page 9 and 10: Painting by Reshma Thomas
Page 11 and 12: THOUGHTS LEARN TO BEHAVE LIKE A CHI
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Page 15 and 16: NOTICE BOARD! COVER PHOTOGRAPH Suji
Page 17 and 18: LITERATURE | THOUGHTS CELEBRATE THE
Page 19 and 20: DECISION OF SHORT STORY HER LIFE By
Page 21 and 22: y Painting Chandran Ram, Australia
Page 23 and 24: L I T E R A T U R E | T H O U G H T
Page 25: L I T E R A T U R E | S H O R T S T
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