Paying Tribute

The world has lost two great artists.

Michael Jackson & Habib Tanvir, were much loved and well acclaimed entertainers in their respective fields. You will be greatly missed.

Habib Tanvir was an actor, a theatre director, poet and a well known Hindi playwright, his plays like Charandas Chor, Agra Bazaar, Shantraj ke Mohre, Ponga Pandit etc are well acclaimed and much performed all over the world. As someone who has read his work & acting in plays written by him and is passionate about theatre, I can say without doubt that India has lost a gem, his loss is truly irreplaceable.

Leaving all the personal and legal hassles aside, Michael Jackson was and will truly remain a legend in the arena of music. He gave 40 years to music and has creating some of the best songs in the world. He was a true artist who was always ready to better his last performance.

Through your songs you will live forever.

May god bless your souls. Your work makes you immortal

R.I.P

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There comes a time

When we heed a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

And it's time to lend a hand to life

The greatest gift of all

We can't go on

Pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of God's great big family

And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]

We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

Send them your heart

So they'll know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stone to bread

So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus]

When you're down and out

There seems no hope at all

But if you just believe

There's no way we can fall

Well, well, well, well, let us realize

That a change will only come

When we stand together as one

[Chorus]

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT part II

DESI GIRL CONTINUES.....

That is our audience, now I know they were enjoying the show!!!
SONG NO 3 AYE PAPPI

SONG NO 2 MOVE YOUR BODY

Now there is a little story behind this song, the girls wanted to do steps that were similar to what they call'boy steps' because they wanted to do a guy dance, unhe dikhane ke liye...and the girls were awesome..GO GIRL POWER

SONG NO 1 YEH DOORIYAN

These boys- Ajay, Dilip & Sandeep are a talented bunch...head spins, break dancing and all those stunts are a piece of cake for them!!!

infact, We currently sent them to Smilin Souls Summer Camp & they are getting trained by Bollywood Choreographer Umesh.

Performance: Sunday, 12th June at Tussat Function Institute

will update soon

Well this brings me to the end of this performance. But wait there will be more...LOTS MORE.... not just about Latika Vihar but anything and everythin

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT!!!

This is how we do it at Latika Vihar....

This is Ajay... No I didn't teach him this but I am trying to learn it from him!

This is us practicing for our dance performance! I have stars who know when to smile for the camera! The one with the red cap is me!

Taking a break - MUSICAL CHAIRS!

Learning from Nanaji!

This is what the kids made in pottery, bamboo making etc!!! nice na?

The Bat-Hat made during Art & Craft!

The audience waiting for the play!

Anukta, an absolutely wonderful volunteer and an equally brilliant anchor for

LATIKA VIHAR KE BOLLYWOOD TOP FIVE

Song No 5 Pappu cant Dance

Our next performer, Prachi needed a little help

Song No 4 Desi Girl

BAKI EK CHOTE SE BREAK KE BAAD.......

Catching Up

The only reason I have not written for a while is that I was in Delhi for a week as mom had an operation. Man I was a nervous wreck, not like I showed to anyone but it’s easy to figure out if you know me well enough. I am cranky, snappy and all the more weird, so that means tons of arguments about absolutely nothing with people around me and guess who was around me that time? MY MOM!!! So well we both had a bad time but once the operation was done and over with and ma's crazy, almost toothless smile came back things were back to normal.

She is in Delhi with sis and bro and bro in law and I’m here alone in Dun. I have never been alone in dun, so it’s a little weird. I am not entirely alone, I am staying with a Pri but being in Dun and no mom is weird, I think I had become used to her constant chatter and complaints!!

Back at work, I work with the Latika Roy Foundation, a resource place for people with disabilities; they have several projects that cater to ages 0 to 21. I am with the resource centre, writing articles for the blog and the site, or let’s say trying to write articles! Besides that I also work in the Latika Vihar fun centre, yeah baby fun centre!!! I have a blast! I know I am meant to be working there, I am meant to be teaching but it’s not called a fun centre without reason.
I love my time there, being with kids and teaching theatre and dancing with them just gives me a major high. Maybe it’s in my blood, after all my parents were both teachers and refused to be anything but teachers!

There is so much to learn from kids, there is this misbelieve that we teach them but I think somewhere down the line they teach us. The whole concept of real innocent laughter that I had lost somewhere, they gave it back to me. Having fun with whatever is available, the joy of running around, playing hide seek everything, and they make you forget all your issues and problems because they give me new ones!! Everyday! The moment I enter I hear a hi didi from kids, the best bit is that they are truly accepting as long as I am ready to dance and make them scream!

I have worked as an anchor, a part time govt. employee, an HR executive, an event manager and I have loved all my roles, all my jobs and all my workplaces. I loved the glamour and fame (whatever little), the intellectual conversations, the buzz and madness of events....

I love and hate things easily and equally.

This blog sounds like random chatter and that's exactly what it is, a note to catch up on what has happened since and tid bits I missed out... I mean this is about me so it will be random and sometimes extremely senseless, that’s the whole point. It’s a reflection of who I am. Ok so that means we have an addition to my first blog -

I am a talkative 20 something Indian girl who is stubborn and aggressive, who is also extremely considerate, amiable, loves children, her family, theatre, politics, books and her small beautiful town in the foothills of the Himalaya. Who is also random and senseless but the one thing remains unchanged I am in a twisted sense extremely satisfied with life. Twisted because everyday I want more, more to love, more to read, more to do, more to live. Satisfied because I usually end up getting more and if I don’t I still smile. This and more is me. Confused? So am I!!!!