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Young World
Innate talent
CHITRA V. RAMANI
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She wants to go to space and that’s her only ambition.
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Photo: K. Gopinathan
Shashwatha: Multi talented.
Shashwatha G. is a fifth standard student at Kaveri Public School. There are many things that set her apart from her classmates and most kids her age. She has an excellent memory, is a karate champ and a State-level dancer. Goravale Gopalakrishna R., her father and an agriculturist, said that his family noticed her talent around three years ago.
“We did not realise her ability for a long time. We gave her a book on multiplication tables. After going through the book for a while, she started reciting the tables backwards. We were very surprised. Her mother and I don’t pressure her. She has achieved whatever she has because she wants to,” he says.
Studying smart
“It was not difficult at all. I had the book and thought of giving it a shot. I found it very easy to recite the tables backwards. My teachers and classmates are always very encouraging,” said Shashwatha. Shashwatha has won several prizes for her talent already. She has even taught a few standard X students. “A family friend noticed this and suggested that we let her take the standard X examinations,” he says. Shashwatha said that she and her father approached the officials at the Department of Education. “We were told that there was no such provision in our system. The only State that allows underage children to write the standard X examinations is Bihar,” she said.
How does she prepare for examinations? She says, “I always read the questions first and only then get down to studying. I find that that way, I am able to remember better.” Besides studies her interests and hobbies are many and varied. She said that she loves to dance. “I like western dancing. I recently joined Bharatanatyam classes. I still have a lot to learn. I have taken part in many State-level and national-level dance competitions. In my free time, I like to either dance or read something,” she said. Her role models are A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
“I want to become an astronaut and go into space, just like Sunita Williams. That is my only ambition,” she says.
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