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Meera Sreenarayanan

August 12, 2008 By: SREENI R Category: Children Corner-Interview



















Name : Meera Sreenarayanan
Designation : Student, Depaul HSS
Meera Sreenarayanan
10th standard student.











Meera
Sreenarayanan, a young talented all rounder hails from Guruvayur, the
most popular pilgrim centre in South India, located in Thrissur
district, Kerala. She is a 10th standard student of De Paul EMHSS,
Choondal, Guruvayur and daughter of Capt. A. O Sreenarayanan and Bindu
Sreenarayanan. Her performance at such a tender age is an indication
that Meera is cut out for a prodigious future.
She
started learning dance from a very young age under the guidance of Guru
Prakash Choondal. Now she is learning dance under Guru R.L.V Anand.
Her sincere hard work and dedication convinced her Guru that she should
start giving solo Bharatanatyam performances. She has done her first
stage show [Arangettam] at the age of 7. She started participating in
competitions from a very young age, right from Nursery classes. In the
youth festival she bagged many prizes for Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam,
Kuchipudi, Folkdance and Mono act. She has many stage performances to
her credit. She has all the potentials of a prodigy ? excellent memory,
reasoning and rhythm that a classical dancer needs.
She
also performed at 'Kalamandalam' and with cine star Kavya Madhavan. She
appears in the media as an anchor in the kids show, 'Kilikkonchal' and
also in commercial advertisements. She is learning music under the
guidance of Guru Arun Gopinath and monoact under the guidance of Mr.
Biju, Angamaly. She is always ready to perform despite all her
commitments and thanks to all the encouragement from her guru, parents
and teachers who encouraged her to go for the classical and traditional
art.

She has won the most promising kho-kho player trophy award
from Guruvayur Devaswam English Medium School, thus proving her talents
in the field of sports too. She is a member of 'Thalam Cultural Trust'.




Awards:








































Sno



Year
Institution/Level
Prize



Class

1
2007-2008





Govindadas nyasa national level competition,Bangalore



Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi



Dance overall rolling shield (junior)

2
2005-2006

Kunnamkulam
SubDistrictSchool Kalosavam




Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, Folk, MonoAct

Individual topper in VII

3
2004-2005
Sahodaya District Level

Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Folk


Individual topper
VI







Bharatanatyam









































































Sno



Year
Institution/Level
Prize




Class

1
2007-2008
48TH ALLKERALASTATESCHOOL ARTS FESTIVAL, KANNUR
A -Grade
IX



2
2007-2008
Thrissur Revenue District School Kalolsavam
1st
IX

3
2007-2008
Kunnamkulam Sub District School Kalolsavam
1st
IX

4
2007-2008
CHAVAKKAD TALUK UNION SPORTS AND ARTS FESTIVAL
1st
IX

5
2006-2007
47TH ALLKERALASTATESCHOOL ARTS FESTIVAL, KANNUR
A-grade
VIII

6
2006-2007

Thrissur Revenue District School Kalolsavam
1st
VIII

7
2006-2007

Kunnamkulam Sub District School Kalolsavam
1st
VIII






Mohiniyattam

















































Sno



Year
Institution/Level
Prize




Class

1
2007-2008



48th All Keralastate School Arts Festival, KOLLAM

1ST-A -GRADE



IX

2
2007-2008




Thrissur Revenue District Kerala School Kalotsavam

1ST-A -GRADE



IX

3

2007-2008



Kunnamkulam Sub District School Kalolsavam

1ST-A -GRADE



IX

4

2007-2008



CHAVAKKAD TALUK UNION SPORTS AND ARTS FESTIVAL

1ST



IX



Kuchipudi
















































Sno



Year
Institution/Level
Prize




Class

1
2007-2008
48th All Keralastate School Arts Festival, KOLLAM

A-Grade



IX

2

2007-2008



KalotsavamThrissur Revenue District Kerala School
1st -A-Grade



IX

3

2007-2008



Kunnamkulam Sub District School Kalolsavam

1st -A-Grade
IX

4

2006-2007



KalotsavamThrissur Revenue District Kerala School
3rd(A-grade)
VIII




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Kumari Saranya Sasidharan,a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam

July 17, 2008 By: SREENI R Category: Children Corner-Interview

By Sreeni K.R


Kumari
Saranya Sasidharan,a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam,is a wonderful
young talent from Kerala. She puts tremendous efforts to promote and
preserve this style of Indian classical dance as a living tradition.
This 16 year old Classical Mohiniyattam dancer is a Kalathilakam in
Yuvajanotsavam. She stood 1st in Mohiniyattam at the 46th Kerala School Kalolsavam -2005-06 held at Mathattur, Kodakara. She also stood 1st in Mohiniyattam at the district level and received "A" grade at the state level in 2008.




When
she was a school student,her first passion was for Mono act followed by
Bharathanatyam. But while studying in the Vth standard,she developed a
keen interest in Mohiniyattam.
Her first teacher was Babu of Sree Kala Institute of Dance and Music,
Meloor, Chalakudy, who noticed her interest and developed it. Then she
studied under guru Anand of Yedukulam Natiya Gramam, VR Puram,
Chalakudy.

She is a very promising dancer.If supported properly, she can become one of the best Mohiniyattam dancers in the country.




Her achievements are listed below:























































S No

Standard



Dance Form
District/State
Position/Grade

1

3rd



Bharathanatyam



District



3rd

2

5th to 8th



Mohiniyattam



District
1st

3

5th to 9th



All



State
Kalathilakam

4
HSS
Mohiniyattam

District



1st

5

HSS



Mohiniyattam
State

A Grade



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Queens of Tomorrow-Meghna C.H

July 17, 2008 By: SREENI R Category: Children Corner-Interview

Queens of Tomorrow-Meghna C.H



By Sreeni K.R
Meghna C.H who grew up playing chess when other children of her age
were doing Masthi, is a wonderful young talent from Kerala. She was
born on 20st January in the year 1999 . This 9 year old Indian chess
prodigy is a winner of the young World School Chess Championship for
Girls U- 9 2007 in Individual Performance.



She
is a very promising player. Unlike most players of her age, she knows
how to move the right pieces on the black and white chess board. She
already possesses a good positional understanding.

Studying at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kadavanthra , Ernakulam, Kerala,she is the all-time-first youngest
FIDE rated international player from India. As per the available Fide records, she is also the
all-time-first youngest FIDE rated player among girls in the world. She got her FIDE rating
in October 2006 when she was only 7 years and 9 months old.

If supported properly, she can become one of the best medal prospects from our country.


Her achievements during the period 2003 ' 2008 are listed below



















































































































































































































































































































































































































DISTRICT LEVEL PERFORMANCE

SNo

Name of the Championship



Under Age Group
Year
Position

1

Kerala State "B" Chess Championship



U-7 Girls



2003
III

2

Kerala State "B" Chess Championship



U-7 Girls



2004
I

3



Kerala State"B" Chess Championship



F U-9 girls



22004
II

4

K.C.Sebastian Memorial All Kerala Chess Championship



1 U-12-
22004
XII

5

YMCA All Kerala chess Tournament Open-



2004

Best Girl

6

YMCA All Kerala chess Tournament-



LP-Girls

2004



II

7

YMCA All Kerala chess



LP-Girls



2005
I

8

VARUNA Inter school Chess Championship-



2005



LP-OPEN



III

9

MALAYALA MANORAMA Chess Tournament-
2005-

U-12



VI-

10

DISTRICT OPEN Chess Tournament CUSAT-

2006



LP-OPEN
IV

11

DISTRICT OPEN Chess Tournament C.P.A .Aluva



2006



U-12



X11





















STATE LEVEL PERFORMANCE



1

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2004
U-7
I

2

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2005
U-7
I

3

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006

U-7



I

4

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2005
U-9
I

5

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006
U-9
III

6

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2005
U-11
IV

7

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006
U-11
IV-

8

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2007
U-11
I

9

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006



U-13



VI

10

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2007



U-13
V

11

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006




U-16



PARTICIPATED

12

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2007



U-17
PARTICIPATED

13

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2006



XV

14

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2007





PARTICIPATED

15

Kerala State Chess Championship for Girls



2008



U- 9
I-

REGIONAL LEVEL PERFORMANCE











1

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Chennai Region Chess Championship


GIRLS-



2005



U-14
IV

2

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Chennai Region Chess Championship



2006 '



U-14



I



NATIONAL LEVEL PERFORMANCE



1

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan National Meet



2006



U-14



IV

2

National Chess Championship For Girls




2004



U-7
46th

3

National Chess Championship For Girls




2005



U-7
15th

4

National Chess Championship For Girls




2006



U-7

Ist



5

National Chess Championship For Girls




2005



U-9

45th



6

National Chess Championship For Girls




2007



U-9
VII-

7

National Chess Championship For Girls




2007



U-17
21

8

National Chess Championship For Girls




2007



U-11
PARTICIPATED

9

National Chess Championship For Girls




2008



U-9

1st



INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE




1

Asian Youth Chess Championship for Girls ( INDIA)



2005
U-8
14th

2

World School Chess Championship for Girls Individual (GREECE)



2007

U- 9



Team Gold 7th



3

Asian Youth Chess Championship for Girls (U.A.E)



2007

U-8



5th

4

CommonWealth Nations Chess Championship for Open(INDIA)



2007



U-8



GOLD



5

World Youth Chess Girls ( TURKEY) Championship



2007
U-8

10th













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Interview with Meera Guruyoor

February 26, 2008 By: SREENI R Category: Children Corner-Interview

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Interview with Meera Guruvayoor, Bharathamnatyam Dancer

February 26, 2008 By: SREENI R Category: Children Corner-Interview

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