The School of Chinese Language, Sunny Park, Kolkata celebrated their first anniversary with the Consulate General of China in Kolkata on July 16, 2009. Students, old and new, joined hands to usher in the 2^nd year with much joy and fanfare. The Founder of The School, Mr. Madan Saraff, welcomed all the teachers, students and Consul General, Mr. Mao Siwei as well as members of the Consulate General to the School.  

This was followed by "Xiao Hong Mao" which was ably presented by the Students of Intensive Classes with great earnestness, enthusiasm and finesse. Xiao Hong Mao is a short play based on the evergreen fable of Little Red Riding Hood. The entire dialogue was composed in Chinese and executed in authentic fashion with correct phonetics. The acting of each amateur actor was superb and much enjoyed by everyone.

The skit was followed by a Chinese calligraphy presentation by Parag Boghani, a student, who demonstrated great promise and patience in writing out Chinese characters with aplomb.

                           

After the group song in Chinese, Mr. Mao Siwei, Consul General addressed everyone, congratulating the performers for their authentic Chinese pronunciation and dramatic acting skills. Referring to the desire in Indians to learn Chinese language, he mentioned how we, the people of China and India, are now reaching out to each other and touching each other's hearts through the power of language. Mr. Mao, much to the delight of everyone, sang the entire lyrics of Kuch Na Kaho from the blockbuster Hindi movie "1942 A Love Story" demonstrating his ability and sincere affection for India and its culture.

Awards were distributed to the Intensive Class students with Rajorshi De and Charisma Saraff bagging the first prize for their respective performances in Year One in their classes.