[Reader-list] 80-year old art teacher runs a school in rural Maharashtra

[Chintan]

Here's a lovely blogpost about an an 80-year old art teacher who runs a
school in rural Maharashtra.

>From http://artyeast.blogspot.com/2010/03/ramchandranchi-maitree-shaala.html

Excerpt:

"Popularly and fondly known as "Inamdar Sir", he is "Ram Kaka" for me, my
granduncle and my grandfather's younger brother. Formerly an art teacher at
Bal Mohan Vidyamandir, Ram Kaka was also a student of the JJ school of Arts,
the only one in the family ever to have studied Art formally. At 80, he
continues to be be both, teacher and student, with an unfading, unflinching
enthusiasm.

What greeted me as I approached his house in the village of नीळजा (Nilja), a
few kilometers off Kalyan, was a name plate tied to an electric pole. It
read "मैत्री शाळा", with an arrow pointing to his house.

Maitree Shaala is Ram Kaka's home, workspace, studio, school , dream,
struggle and his own patch of sunshine which he strives to spread so that
children of all ages from nearby villages can come and bask in its warmth
and shine on!"