What a great day!! This wasn’t the great one per se but it proved to be one when all the students of Layashala got an opportunity to welcome not only one or two guests but three of ‘em! Of course, all the credit of this event goes to our beloved Guru Astha Tai Karlekar for inviting such nice personalities for a meet. Let us see about them one by one:

Vrushali Varjrinkar Ma’am – She is a beautiful poetess ‘हाडाची कवयत्री ’ is the only marathi phrase I could find to describe her as she hasn’t taken any lessons of poetry. She also inspired many students in our class as she started doing her journalism in her 40’s. Wow! This is what we call as ‘balance of life’. Looking after the house, learning a total new thing and maintaining a hobby is really a hard task for an Indian Woman to do. The students came to know about the meaning of friendship when she mentioned the ‘ककस्सा’s ’ of her and Astha Tai. ‘Simplicity personified’ can be a perfect phrase to define Vrushali Ma’am.

Leena Juvekar Ma’am –  Many of us think that when a person reaches at the top of their career, they develop certain attitude. We understand that this is so not true when we meet Leena Ma’am. She interacted with the students so friendly and taught the importance of ‘selflessness’. ‘Life can always surprise you’ was the main point of her interaction. She has a B.A. degree wise but works in aviation industry. She has served her duty for Hon. APJ Abdul Kalam and many Bollywood actors for events ad TV shows. The experiences she shared were informative as well as funny. We, the students of Layashala, mostly in teenage are confused about our careers but learnt a lesson that ‘Talent is not described by degrees’.

Girish Murudkar Sir –  Girish Sir proves to be an exception to the well-known proverb – ‘Jack of all, master of none’ as he is the ‘Jack of all, master of ONE’. He proves to be a “Jack” in sculptural art, drawing, writing, short film directions and many more, and ‘master’ in designing in
‘पगडी’s’ and ‘फेटा’. Head being the most important part of human body is made even beautiful when it is honoured by a पगडी. This prideful creation is done by him! He has also added his own creativity of designs to the traditional पुणेरी पगडी which taught the learning artists like us to make efforts and some additions by oneself in the art we learn to make it even beautiful & presentable. He has designed पगडी for Hon. Prime Minister and many Bollywood films too.

Meeting them all together proved to be ‘An excellent treat for the students!’