Creative intelligence and imagination are seminal to man's progress. If we can spot them and tap them to sprout in childhood, children will not only win in life but also lead a life with a sense of fulfilment. For all this to happen, the first thing to be done is to make the children become aware that they have all these transforming traits.

With this mission in our mind, we approached the chairman of Aravinda School, Mrs Indrani. She received our idea with appreciative warmth and led us to interact with the students.

As a prelude, our team asked the students class wise from 3rd to 9th to make pictorial drawings of a story which was made common to all. The suggested story was the popular one `Thirsty crow’

With the main story intact, there was a detailed portrayal of the ambience in different colours and of the context with clarity. There was an aura of innocent beauty in all of them. With little help, the creative skill of the youngsters gained a sharp refined edge.

Parents were invited to the exhibition of pictures on a display board. The students jostled in joy in order to draw their parent's attention to their own and their friend's achievements. Looking at the beaming faces of the elders our team was satisfied with the thought that ours was not a futile academic attempt.