We have all heard and known that if kids are encouraged towards doing a certain thing, they will go on to learn and implement the same to the best of their abilities. And a few kids are lucky enough to even get encouraged extensively towards achieving great goals in life.
One such fortunate child is 9-year-old P.N. Nihal, whose parents are ready to go to any extent towards encouraging their multifaceted son for the little one turns to be an achiever in everything that he tried his hands on. At nine, the kid is already a karate champion, a melodious singer, dancer and a good artist as well.
The kid has already won quite a few State-level awards for different categories given away by various organisations in recognition of his talent. A few of them include awards like the Balashree award given away by the Mysore Sahitya Mattu Samskrutika Pratisthana; Kalachitra award by Bharatiya Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore; Kannadashree award given by Sirigannada Vedike, Mysore; Mysoru Ratna by Sneha Sinchana, Mysore and Ganashree given away by Gana Mandara Trust, Bangalore. He has also taken part in several drawing, colouring and handwriting competitions for which he has been awarded with the first place constantly.
What’s more, while the prodigy was selected to present a 14-minute talk on Akashavani even when he was just a LKG student. Academically too, Nihal is a bright student. He has also won gold ranking in the International Mathematics Olympiad and National Science Olympiad for the year 2014.
A student of Rainbow Public School in city, he receives good encouragement at his school as well, says his mother Rashmi. “While we encourage him towards doing things of his interest, his school staff is equally encouraging too. They encourage him to partake in various contests and events, which is of great help for us,” she says.
And having seen him show so much interest in all these extracurricular activities winning numerous prizes and awards, parents Naveen Kumar and Rashmi have made the child’s goal their own goals too.
Says the proud mother: “It feels wonderful to see him having turned out be such an achiever at such a young age. In a month or so, he will soon be getting awarded with the black belt in Karate which he is learning from trainer K.P. Johnson at the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Shori-Kan Karate-Do and Kobudo Association. He was awarded 6 belts in just 1.4 years of time which is an achievement in itself. Hence, seeing his enthusiasm, I have made his aims my goal for life. I never go anywhere and not even to family functions several times, just to stay by his side and support him in achieving whatever he wants to. As he is an achiever in many areas, he still not too sure what exactly he aims to be but whatever he wishes to do, we will be by his side. Be it academics, cultural or sports, we will let him make it big in the field he chooses.” —AN
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / Saturday , October 25th, 2014