Kolkata: Adults step into children’s shoes at CRY’s event
Kolkata/IBNS: Child Rights and You (CRY), a leading Indian non-profit organization working for the rights of children, celebrated its 40th year by hosting ‘Together for Children’ event in the city recently.
In doing so, CRY invited eminent personalities like actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Rajatava Dutta.
They read out thoughts that children had expressed to the audience.
Bengali movie actress Koel Mullick inaugurated this programme and said, “My memories of CRY have always been associated with celebrations. Because CRY to me was about CRY cards and these cards always came in from some of my dearest people during New Year. I congratulate CRY for completing 40 years.”
Soumitra Chatterjeesaid, “Every child has their own story. The adults need to hear these stories for themselves.”
Elaborating the idea at the core, Trina Chakrabarti, Regional Director CRY (East) said, “As we grow up in years, the gap between the-way-we-are-now and the-child-in-us-that-we-have-left-behind gradually increases. The manifestations of it are myriad and at various levels – for example, in our families, we often feel our children do not understand us and vice versa.”
“In our fortieth year, we wished to invite adults to step into the shoes of children for a little while and re-connect with the emotions of childhood,” Trina added.
The letter-reading session followed performances by children who were ready to rock the stage under the blissful guidance of the dance maestro Tanushree Shankar and the composer cum percussionist Tanmoy Bose, who have been coaching and guiding them under the Master Class Pragramme, an initiative by CRY.
Pt.Tanmoy Bose said, “I have been an ardent follower of social activities and this is what I think is a social responsibility not just for performing artists but for everybody in this society and I will be contributing my part, doing my bit with my girls. I look forward to collaborating more with CRY and will also be teaching three deserving little ones, tabla for the next five years. I congratulate CRY and am happy to be included in this journey.”
Speaking at the event, Dr.Sashi Panja, Minister of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, Govt. of West Bengal, who has always been an inspiration and patron for such endeavours in the state.
Dr, SashiPanja said, “Today CRY is celebrating its 40th year. The uniqueness of the concept of this programme is,eminent personalities like Mr.Soumitra Chatterjee has recited the story of these underprivileged children.”
Keywords: Kolkata,CRY-SoumitraChatterjee,KoelMallick
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