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Voyager – a person who goes on a long trip especially on a ship. This is the definition given for a voyager. It looks like a tough thing to be a voyager. When kids around 8 years old might try to learn to cycle on the road, this kid ruled the sea. He was the youngest sailor from India who represented Asian games. Now, this might sound normal but sailing on the sea demands a lot of physical, mental strength, and the coordination between the both is also essential. Chitresh Thatha from Chennai is the kid who is undergoing rigorous training to get an International award for our country.

Chitresh Thatha was born in 2001 and begun sailing in 2009. His sister is the first motivation during his training with her. Chitresh realised that sailing comes naturally to him and to set the path through sailing. This took him from the school he studied in several countries including UK, Malaysia, Turkey, Ireland, France, Bahrain, the Netherlands and Malta. He truly loves being on the water and aiming high for medals.

Chitresh took part in Asian games in 2014 where he was the youngest contender from India. His passion for sailing kept him moving despite many challenges. Sailing required a lot of mental strength, necessary to deal with unexpected behaviours of the sea. Chitresh saw his sister competing in Laser Radial category and wanted to try it. The journey began at that moment and never turned back till now. He won the gold medal in India International Ragatta for under 12 categories in 2013.

Chitresh Thatha is a national champion in the Optimistic category where they use a small single-handed sailing dinghy used by children up to the age of 15. The budding champion observed the current of sailing sport in our country and wants to do his part for a bright future. He mentioned that India has never won a medal in sailing sport, not even in Asia level. He wanted to change that state and eagerly looking for a podium finish. He trains for 6 hours every day. Since he spends considerable time in training, sometime he skipped school for weeks. But his parents and teachers are very supportive which helps him to concentrate on sports.

Chitresh competed in Hong Kong Race week, a consistent event of Asian Sailing Federation Youth Cup. Forty sailors took part and Chitresh clinched silver medal in the Laser 4.7 class category. This is one of his long awaited achievement. This race consist 10 rounds where he finished first in three races (4, 7, 10) and second in race 3.

Although few awards bagged, it is worth to note that sailing is entirely different from other sports. He is a National Level sailor from India for the past 5 to 6 years in water sports. Chitresh is training extensively under the Yatching Association of India’s Chief National coach Pete Conway and assistant Umesh Naiksatam. He is aspiring to bring international acclaimed medals for India in sailing sport.

The number of medals can never measure a person’s capacity. It depends on the attitude when one is back against the war. Chitresh looks firm and looking forward to bring the great name for our nation. Let’s congratulate him for all his awesome efforts to make our nation proud.

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Heartbeat keeps humans alive but for this kid the drums beat is more than the heartbeat. Because his drums beat earned him a huge fan base and he is just 9 years old now. He has exceptional drums playing skills. Meet the youngest drummer of India, Anshuman Nandi. In social media platform he is known as the wonder kid. No wonder the public gave this name because he is an amazing drummer.

Anshuman Nandi was born in 2009 in Tripura’s east Pratapgarh area. His parents are Biswajit Nandi who is also a professional drummer and Reshmi Nandi who is a trained classical music artist. Since the family is involved in music, it is not a surprise to see the kid also to be in music. But the interesting thing is, anshuman picked up quicker than many students who learned drums from his father. Biswajit conducted drums class in his home and his son grew by watching these classes.

When he was just 10 months old, suddenly one day he picked up the drumsticks and played. His father thoroughly enjoyed it. He picked up the skills faster than his father’s students. Soon he could compete with elder students and outperformed them. Normally, one or two-year-old kids play with toys and practice walking and all other cool stuffs. Anshuman picked up drum sticks and continued to practice. His tireless performance and efforts earned him the National Award at 3, for his exceptional achievement at an event in Delhi. This is when he grabbed attention of the media and he performed in front of public.

At 4, he was all set to perform in one of the grandest stage in India, the SA RE GA MA show. As usual he stunned everyone with his awesome drums playing skills and his performance overwhelmed the judges. This talent show gave him an extra speed in progress and he got another chance to perform on one more stage. This time it is the India Got Talent show, which focused mainly on unique talents. These two key performances earned him a lot of fans base and he was all set to hit the next level in his journey.

Biswajit was all happy and proud father to see his son’s achievement. Anshuman is much more famous than his father and Biswajit couldn’t be prouder than this moment. He mentioned that a huge crowd of fans follows wherever his son performs.

Biswajit focused on his son’s performance on the stage but mother had concerns about son’s academic performance. She took utmost care of the fundamental education, which is essential for the future. Anshuman got good marks and also involved in sports activities. Even the movie makers were quick to approach this little wonder and committed him for a role in a Bollywood movie named as ‘Hindi Medium’. He played as a drummer in that movie which paved way for the increase of his fan base.

Today he enjoys the celebrity status and as always there is a strong foundation behind these milestone achievements. Let’s bless him to perform many more wonderful beats and steal more hearts of the fans.

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Martial Arts is only for self-protection, it can never be used to hurt others. Wonderful message conveyed clearly by this movie. Self-discipline is the secret for any success. The down to earth character played by Jackie Chan is a refreshing change for him. Pain and failures are here to remind us how big is the world. The kid character was played by Jade Smith, son of the famous Will Smith. All characters in this movie executed well. How one should face the failures, humiliation and other negative elements is something that is invaluable for the growing kids.

This movie can be added in a must watch list for all kids. Kids don’t follow your words, they follow your actions. So parents and teachers should pay attention to what they do in front of kids. Overall this is a very good movie with eye-catching graphics and nail biting scenes. The Karate Kid is a good entertainer with many precious messages.

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Humans invented the calculator but full potential of the human brain is still unexplored. Well, maybe this kid did something by breaking and making the records in mental calculation. Unlike the normal human calculation, mental calculation requires the complete involvement of the brain to compute with accuracy. She doesn’t calculate with the mind but achieved many milestones with this amazing skill. She is the only contender in the world who has done mind calculation with 100% accuracy in all the five world mental calculation championship events. Meet the next Shakuntala Devi in the making, Priyanshi Somani, fondly called as The Human Calculator.

Priyanshi was born on 16th November 1998, in Patna. Her parents Satyen and Anju Somani might not have expected this amazing hidden skill in her. She used to solve numbers with her siblings, she loved it. Her parents noticed this and nurtured her unique talent. So they joined her in the Abaqus class at 6. She is no normal kid to just have fun by learning Abacus. Priyanshi became the National Champion in Abacus and Mental Arithmetic competition. She kept the same title for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008. Meanwhile, she competed and became the International Champion in Abaqus in 2007. While it looks enough already, but she was just getting started.

Priyanshi set her target at Mental Calculation World Cup. She competed and entered finals in 2010. She was the youngest finalist in that competition,  held at the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Her determination and accurate mental calculation earned her the Mental Calculation world champion title. She did this by competing with 37 competitors from 16 different countries.

At the World Cup competition, she stood 1st in extracting square roots from 6 digit numbers up to 8 digits. She became second in addition and multiplication. She had this instant liking towards square roots which made her fight to be the toughest one for other competitors. Her World Cup achievement survived the test of the time. She is the only competitor in the world who has 100% accuracy in all the five mental calculation World Cup till date.

World Cup achievement alone could not quench her thirst and she set her next aim at Memoriad Cup and won. She got selected to compete in Memoriad World Mental Olympics competition in 2012. On 3rd January 2013, this talented kid made another record in Mental Calculation of Square roots. She finished 10 tasks of 6 digit numbers.

Indian government honoured her by making as the Indian Ambassador for the World Math day event in 2011. Meanwhile she earned a place in Guinness book of world records in the mind and memory page in 2014. In addition, they inducted her in the Limca book of records. Her unique talent intrigued United Nations and awarded the Outstanding Delegate Award at Conference of Cheongshim International Academy in 2012 in North Korea. They nominated her as the Pogo Amazing kids during her early days.

When we look at the story of Priyanshi, it is just filled with many achievements both at national and international levels. Apart from the amazing calculating skills, she loves to read, play chess and table tennis. She is crystal clear in her dreams and eager to continue to take part in the competition and face the challenges. We wish this one of its kind talented kid to achieve much more success in her life.

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When you do what you love, the journey of life will be memorable. A valuable lesson we could learn from a kid holding the world record as the youngest Tabla Master ever at 6. The child prodigy in playing the Tabla, Trupturaj Pandya, the youngest Tabla Master of the World.

The history set to be created, when he was born on October 23, 2006. He grew up by listening to his grandmother’s devotional songs. That music was one of the essential ingredients in his daily routine. It happened on one night when he played with the Dholki that he received from neighbour aunt and it was so rhythmic. His parents woke up with surprise and the cute rhythm brought tears of joy in her mother, Veena Panda’s eyes. It kick-started the journey of the youngest Tabla Master at that moment. His parents believed that he was born with a rhythm and supported him by all means.

Trupturaj Pandya had the natural attraction towards percussion instruments. He used to play with small utensils while his grandmother sings devotional songs. He made his first public performance at 2 years at Somaiya college – Vidyavihar, Mumbai on January 18, 2009. His crucial public performance happened at 3 in All India Radio on November 15, 2009. They awarded him the Baal Kala Ratna award for his exceptional performance. Folks and devotional songs are his area of interest.

Trupturaj Pandya continued to perform in various locations. He performed in Doordarshan at 4, they had to arrange two cushions for him to reach his instrument. Once again it was a wonderful performance. His father Atul Pandya applied for Limca book of records but got rejected due to his son’s age restrictions. Atul Pandya realised his sons true potential after a series of public performances and prepared him for the world record attempt. So he didn’t give up and forwarded the application to Guinness book of world records.

Trupturaj kept performing without any time break and mastered his skills. By 2013, he already completed 50 public performances. His father remembered the application process of his only son’s worlds record attempt in 2013. He began the application process during the previous years Ganesh Chaturthi and got the confirmation during that year’s Ram Navami. Atul Pandya was closely watching his son’s growth as a Tabla Master.

The most remarkable achievement in Tripturaj’s life happened when he was 6 years old. Tripturaj attempted the world record for being the youngest Tabla Master of the World. In this awesome attempt, he broke the record of Rajat Kumar Mishra, who made this record at 7. Tripturaj is well known in the musician’s world and already a favourite. Legends like Ustad Zakhar Hussain, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan congratulated him and helping the champ to excel in his area of interest.

The champ is currently being trained under professionals; we think this is just a beginning and wishing to achieve many more like this.

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Jackson Pollock is one of the Pioneers in abstract arts. He was known for his exceptional skills with acrylics. Shorya Mahanot might not have expected that he would achieve something outstanding in abstract art. Yes! He is the youngest abstract artist in the world and he works on acrylic painting. He is a child Prodigy in abstract art and found inspiration from the great Pollock’s work. Shorya has many appreciations and achievements in his journey. He set to make a big impact in the world of Fine Arts.

A child prodigy

Shorya’s journey in fine arts started at the age of 4. Initially, he was involved in painting with his sister but she was into figurative art whereas Shorya loved abstract art. He is like any other kid but indulged in abstract art, a skillful activity that is shaping him very well. He is from a well-off family and residing at Neemuch, a town in Madhya Pradesh. His father Aditya Singh was also once interested in exploring the fine arts but never found time for it. He was excited to see his son’s interest and posted some of his sample works on Facebook. It gained a lot of applause from the audience which drove him to take his son’s talent seriously.

Aditya decided to make a path for his Little Champ to walk. He managed to book Taj hotel to showcase Shorya’s work. The exhibition was a great success and Little Champs journey kick-started just like that.

International recognition

Shorya’s artwork had been displayed and well received in many locations all around the world. At Bougain Villaea Gallery, Udaipur, more than 20 of his arts were displayed and surprisingly each of them was sold out of for thousands of dollars.

In 2013 he was debuted at ArtExpo, New York and since then he grabbed the attention of the World. His artwork was displayed at SPECTRUM, Miami in the same year and he was awarded the ‘Rising Star’ for his exceptional artwork at SPECTRUM. He also received the ‘Amazing Kid’ award from POGO television in 2012. Three years later he was invited as a featured artist in the salts man gallery it is the world’s largest fine art gallery his latest creations was sold for $5000 at some at the same place.

The style

As mentioned earlier he works with acrylics. it is similar to the interest of the famous Pollock. Shorya plays with the colours and mastering each and every stroke. So every artwork takes 4 to 5 days to complete.

Apart from artwork, he is also involved in Philanthropy where he sells some of his paintings to provide financial support for the children charity.

‘Every child is an artist’ – Picasso.

Let us wish this child Prodigy to rule the abstract art kingdom for coming years.It is such an inspiring story, finding your talent is like meeting your soul that reveals your true potential. Let us know if your kid’s talent to be shown to this world. We cover stories of kids with talent between the age ranges of 6 – 18. We would be excited to hear from you, let’s meet soon.