It has been a year since we rented out mother's house to Anusia's school. She is the woman next door who runs a school for mentally retarded children. There are 17 on her rolls, with varying degrees of severity in their disability. No, Anusia hasn't seen Taare Zameen Par. Her school pre-dates the movie.
This photo, taken a year back, set our mind for us. And the Aamir khan movie, creating a buzz those days, was still fresh on our mind. Initially, we had no plans to rent my mother's house;and I told Anusia as much when she first approached us. But then after watching Anusia's students and their cramped environment,we changed our mind and chose to rent the place for the school.
Anusia who was running the school in a garage on her backyard,said she desperately needed additional space. And our house, located adjacent to the garage, provided an ideal setting; it was right next to the wall
on the left.They have since made an opening in our common compund wall to facilitate access from the garage, which is now being used for physio-therapy.
Inside view of the garage which has been done up for physio sessions. Anusia has also painted the interior of our house in bright, eye-hitting colours.
The child in the corner of what used to be our living room wasn't happy to be in school.He wanted to come away with us, if only his teacher would let him go.
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I never knew that Patty's house was being rented to a school for mentally disabled children. I am really feeling very happy about it. Was just letting Purnima know, how happy Thatha used to feel when any kid used to come to their house. I still remember how he used to put in the bed and other things for me when I visited them. I am sure he will be feeling really happy even now, knowing that his house is now being used for such noble cause.
Even i didn't know that paati thatha's house was being used for such a noble cause. Thanks for putting these photos on the blog. Good to see that the house has been done up in such a way and the kids are looking really adorable. In my next visit to south, i definitely plan to visit Pollachy and look up thatha paati's house
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