As The River Flows

Last evening I narrated a story to a heterogeneous gathering of members from a plethora of Rotary Clubs. We had elderly members, youth and children as well. Lovely! A nice mix of viewers for the session titled 'Stories of Respect: Going Beyond Gender' for which I was invited to share a story and interact. This happened over zoom on March 26 th , 2021, being organized by Rotary Club of Secunderabad Icons, 7:30 PM, IST. It was Philip Joshua who connected me with Pearl Ganta Ji, the organizer of the event. I chose to share a story, ‘Sunshine Susan’ that I had written as a commissioned project. It is a short story written for Class 11 & 12, English Language Text Book (supplementary reader) for the Nagaland state board. http://over2deepakiran.blogspot.com/2013/08/short-story-sunshine-susan.html As a storyteller, educationalist and parent I trusted this story carried scope for reflection and consequently opening the space for interaction. And it did. The enthusiasm and engagement

  ENJOY ENJAAMI………… A song going viral, that inspired me to write a post about it ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ is a song in ‘Tamil’, one of the oldest living languages, spoken by around 80 million people across the world. Tamil is the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu in south-eastern India and one of the 22 scheduled languages in the Indian constitution. It is one of the official languages in 2 sovereign nations: Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is recognized officially as a minority language in South Africa, Mauritius and Malayasia. UNESCO has recognized and listed Tamil, as a classical language, based on facts such as being over 2000 years old, having a rich literary tradition with a plethora of ancient texts across an exhaustive spectrum of genres. More about the song now: ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ is NOT a film song from Indian cinema. This is an independent music artist’s work composed by Santosh Naryanan, sung by Dhee & Arivu, with lyrics by Arivu. It is backed by the production label MAAJJA