INDIA TODAY
• 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
• 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.