I had visited a school today for our subject + program. We are a team of people who are part of this huge program, where we are going to schools and conducting a few sessions on values of life for 'X' std students.

I had gone as a partner with another speaker who took the session. For those of you who are like me, who haven't been to a school since long time, I would like to tell you - you should visit a school once. It's an amazing experience.

At 7.30 am as we entered the school, I saw hundreds of students emerging from the buses and walking in a queue toward their classes. There was the school band, which started playing the marching drums, and suddenly everything which was still appeared moving. The music became faster and louder. And within 5 minutes, all students were settled in their respective classes. The sound of the drum beats tantalized my senses. I felt super charged up. All my laziness disappeared. As we moved to see how many of them are playing the drums, the loudspeaker turned on and there was a prayer, and then a few sanskrit slokas, and then every student in the school, recited the pledge "India is my country, all Indians are my brothers & sisters……" and then the National Anthem. The whole atmosphere was filled with tremendous patriotism. Everything seemed so full of life. I remembered the good old days back at school. How uncomplicated life was then.

We went on to take the session. It was an interactive session, where we asked the students lot of questions about what they dream to become and how to make their dreams into reality… etc.

I was so amazed listening to their answers. Some silly, some so intelligent, some funny, some so serious.. With each answer, I could understand, what the child is going through and what he/she wants to achieve in life. We taught them to improve their Self-Belief, and to dream big. We made them take the courage to stand and share what they felt. And everybody clapped for the child who shared.

When we finally summarized the entire session, each one of the students shared with us what they learnt from the session. And I had never visualized any of the answers which they gave. What I've learnt from this experience is that "A child's mind is so pure and free from prejudices and negativities. If good thoughts, practices and lessons of life are taught to them throughout their childhood, they can become Great people in future.