Summer vacation has started in India, which means that our tabla classes generally have lower than usual attendance. For many, summer break means time away from the city, but for others, its means something else. Many of our students stay in Ahmedabad for the vacation, passing their days playing and enjoying the fact that they have no school, no tuitions, no homework. We often tell the students to use some of these extra hours to practice tabla. The summer break can be a great time to bring up your playing level. We hope that students take the message to heart, but don't know who will.

In our last beginner class, all of us got a pleasant surprise. One of our youngest students has increased his practice 3 fold. Six year Shaurya is spending 2 hours in the morning practicing on his own and 2 hours in the evening practicing under his mother's supervision (up from the 1.5 hr of daily practice during the school year). WOW! four hours a day. He doesn't need to be told to practice, he sits and practices out of his own initiative. What a shining example of dedication for all!