See http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=346293
This is a good initiative and would be good if it could be expanded to other places too!
Scholarships for Malaysians to study music & dance in India
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knandago2001
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securing a scholarship certainly helps the diligent student and provides a mechanism for monitoring progress being made.. perhaps a way out for alleviating parental anxiety.. these thoughts were prompted by the following article:
“When we mention our disappointments hesitatingly and quietly ask if some more attention cannot be given to the child, some gurus are testy — particularly the older ones — and say, ‘Well you can go and try elsewhere if you are not satisfied with my teaching’.â€
“When we mention our disappointments hesitatingly and quietly ask if some more attention cannot be given to the child, some gurus are testy — particularly the older ones — and say, ‘Well you can go and try elsewhere if you are not satisfied with my teaching’.â€
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arasi
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- Joined: 22 Jun 2006, 09:30
The difference between star pupils and the others from abroad is simple enough to understand. You pay the same amounts of money, but the other benefits a star pupil brings (by which I mean influential and enterprising parents) are not reaped by the gurus by having such students. The same kind of devotion and fees does not seem to matter. It is a pity.
One way perhaps to deal with it is to go to another guru, as one of them seems to have suggested! After all, there are many of them. A better bet seems to be to go to an illustrious guru's very capable and dedicated student who lives in your area, learn from him or her, and if possible, have final lessons from the star guru in India. Unless of course, the parents want to combine the experience of a stay in the old country with the lessons. We do have a lot of students of the great gurus (and they keep coming) without having to send our children to India. The parents are prepared to go any distance in realizing their (and perhaps their children's) dream of getting proficient in the indian arts. In which case, they would be prepared to drive long distances at week ends to go to such a guru. If you live in California or New jersey and so on, you may find a guru, not very far off.
Yes, times have changed, time is money. True, but dedicated gurus (even if they are money minded) want their students to do well. After all, their reputation is reflected in a student, however little the parents can do by way of securing them workshops and such.
My personal concern is that the child, however eager, should not be subjected to all the stress which goes with such a situation. It is hard enough for a teenager to sail through the travails of being in high school--peer pressure, keeping good grades to go to a good college and so on.
As for the parents, I would commend them for their zeal. There are cases though where keeping up with the Joneses or competing and comparing one's child with those of others comes in. Before launching a child on its cultural learning, the parents have to think objectively on this: what is the child's idea about all this? Does he or she know that it is not 'performing' which is the goal but to experience the riches of the old culture which comes first? Yes, if one is good at it and works on it, performing too can happen. Gurus will 'talk money' but they have to, but are they 'giving' in their teaching? It is good to ask around and 'shop around before getting into this time and money consuming venture.
Going by 'big name' gurus is similar to paying full price for designer labels. You pay the price but if they are worth your while in quality and durability is yet another matter...
One way perhaps to deal with it is to go to another guru, as one of them seems to have suggested! After all, there are many of them. A better bet seems to be to go to an illustrious guru's very capable and dedicated student who lives in your area, learn from him or her, and if possible, have final lessons from the star guru in India. Unless of course, the parents want to combine the experience of a stay in the old country with the lessons. We do have a lot of students of the great gurus (and they keep coming) without having to send our children to India. The parents are prepared to go any distance in realizing their (and perhaps their children's) dream of getting proficient in the indian arts. In which case, they would be prepared to drive long distances at week ends to go to such a guru. If you live in California or New jersey and so on, you may find a guru, not very far off.
Yes, times have changed, time is money. True, but dedicated gurus (even if they are money minded) want their students to do well. After all, their reputation is reflected in a student, however little the parents can do by way of securing them workshops and such.
My personal concern is that the child, however eager, should not be subjected to all the stress which goes with such a situation. It is hard enough for a teenager to sail through the travails of being in high school--peer pressure, keeping good grades to go to a good college and so on.
As for the parents, I would commend them for their zeal. There are cases though where keeping up with the Joneses or competing and comparing one's child with those of others comes in. Before launching a child on its cultural learning, the parents have to think objectively on this: what is the child's idea about all this? Does he or she know that it is not 'performing' which is the goal but to experience the riches of the old culture which comes first? Yes, if one is good at it and works on it, performing too can happen. Gurus will 'talk money' but they have to, but are they 'giving' in their teaching? It is good to ask around and 'shop around before getting into this time and money consuming venture.
Going by 'big name' gurus is similar to paying full price for designer labels. You pay the price but if they are worth your while in quality and durability is yet another matter...
Last edited by arasi on 25 Jul 2008, 20:59, edited 1 time in total.