I stood to one side as a young boy-a toddler, really, no more than three years old-staggered down the hall carrying a baby.
We passed a monkey chained to a wall and sleeping on a pile of cloth, and a man standing next to an upright oil barrel, working on a fire. The narrow strip of sky overhead vanished frequently as we passed through tunnels, doorways, hallways, and buildings. The path was narrow and seemed to lead through houses as often as it led around them-we crossed a small courtyard, turned down a side passage, walked through someone’s kitchen, turned onto another side street that also served as a hallway through one of the buildings, and descended a long staircase that somehow both started and ended at ground level. Ishamudin led us down a path into the slum and I became lost almost immediately. He looked more like a dad at a soccer game than a great magician. He wore a bright yellow shirt and a gray vest that looked out of place in our burned-out surroundings. “That must be him.” A man walked toward us from one of the side streets. All around, I felt the day-to-day life in Shadipur Depot stop and take note of our arrival as we stood on the corner. A woman carrying a large bundle of yellow cloth on her head crossed the road and then looked sharply up, noticing us, startled, before hurrying off. Two men broke off their conversation on the steps of a building across the road and now stared silently in our direction. The children sat and looked at us warily, having momentarily stopped their hunt through the trash. There are also provisions made for taking these courses online.I felt everyone watching us.
It has a course for people looking to adopt magic as a hobby along with having a professional one for aspiring magicians. The institute has a course to offer to everyone. The school is the brainchild of magician Sangeeta Kapoor known to have built a name as a Global Magic Entertainer. It offers a three month course followed by a nine-month performance tour to its students.
Unlike the other institutes, the Delhi School of Magic doesn’t have a physical premises.
It just stayed behind the sweeping capes as no one tried to spread the knowledge further,” Kumar explained to the Free Press Journal. That’s why magic never saw any real upliftment in India. “An art that is not shared never prospers. The idea for the school came to magician Raj Kumar when he realised that he could teach the art to people without giving any importance to their family background. The academy is known to have conducted three major magic conventions in the years 1998, 20. Its new branch Magic Academy Research Centre functions as a shelter for heritage magic where performances by traditional street magicians take place on a regular basis, which in-turn helps in their upliftment.
He aimed to dispel the image of magic as being paranormal and promote it as an art and science to the people of the country. The academy was set up by magician, Gopinath Muthukal in the year 1996, to teach the art of magic to interested individuals. The school has its branches in states of West Bengal, Assam and Punjab, and is also a facilitator of the magic shows of all scales in these regions. Today, Magic World is a society of magicians registered with the government, offering a wide range of short and advance courses for aspiring magicians, ventriloquists and illusionists. “We wanted to promote the ancient art of magic with new inventions, technologies and manufacturing,” he told the Free Press Journal. The school came into existence with the aim of magician, Abhisek Sarkar to teach magic to everyone and provide career opportunities to magicians. If you are among the Indian Potterheads who want to do away with Rowling’s sad portrayal of the Patil twins (mostly used as token representations of the Indian community) and try your hand at magic, then fret no more because Homegrown has curated for you a list of Indian magic schools from across the country that will help you bring to reality your fantasies of conquering the wizarding world.
But what if you don’t want to be a lawyer but have always dreamt of leaving rooms full of gaping mouths awestruck with your magic tricks? Not just a step away from the usually drab curriculum, this news came as a refreshing surprise for all Indian Potterheads aspiring to be lawyers.
Rowling’s Harry Potter series to help students better understand the practical application of law. The National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata, included a new module that focuses on J.K.