We were treated like kings yesterday on visiting King's Matriculation School. Vatsala the Principal gave us the warmest of welcomes, and on taking us into her office, pointed to the many photographs on the wall, which included photos of our last visit in 2008.
Assembly began at 9am, proceedings opened with military precision, as all sat in rows, and were brought to attention with a whistle and a command.The moment I expected.... "Pastor, would you give us a SHORT message please?", so knowing that there was to be a display of dance following my talk, gave a SHORT message on Salome's dance for Herod, with the punchline - stand up for the truth, whatever the cost. That seemed to be understood, bearing in mind that the first language of these folk is Tamil, even though English is the language of their education.
The truth can be a costly commodity in today's India - in places of power, money speaks louder than the truth.Let's hope that the upcoming generation can put an end to that. Corruption in high places (and not-so-high places) is coming out in the open, and the previously-silent disadvantaged are finding a voice.King's Matriculation is trying it's best to raise the sights of rural, backward children; some are leaving the school with qualifications their parents could not dream of achieving.
Assembly began at 9am, proceedings opened with military precision, as all sat in rows, and were brought to attention with a whistle and a command.The moment I expected.... "Pastor, would you give us a SHORT message please?", so knowing that there was to be a display of dance following my talk, gave a SHORT message on Salome's dance for Herod, with the punchline - stand up for the truth, whatever the cost. That seemed to be understood, bearing in mind that the first language of these folk is Tamil, even though English is the language of their education.
The truth can be a costly commodity in today's India - in places of power, money speaks louder than the truth.Let's hope that the upcoming generation can put an end to that. Corruption in high places (and not-so-high places) is coming out in the open, and the previously-silent disadvantaged are finding a voice.King's Matriculation is trying it's best to raise the sights of rural, backward children; some are leaving the school with qualifications their parents could not dream of achieving.
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