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This fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune, one of the world's fastest growing cities. Komal is one of the most popular students in Kalmadi seni...or college. She doesn't study particularly hard and loves to socialise - to the annoyance of her authoritarian older brother, Nickil. After a recent argument she's been grounded, so she's going to have to celebrate her seventeenth birthday at home with her family rather than out on the town with her friends. Meanwhile, as the only unmarried staff member at Kalmadi High School, school counsellor Sonal is beginning to feel the pressure to opt for an arranged marriage. She's been trying to find a husband for what seems like ages. Now she resorts to marriage websites in a bid to track down "a suitable boy". However, it's less embarrassing, perhaps, than the new sex education classes she has to run at school.
This fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune, one of the world's fastest growing cities. Komal is one of the most popular students in Kalmadi seni...or college. She doesn't study particularly hard and loves to socialise - to the annoyance of her authoritarian older brother, Nickil. After a recent argument she's been grounded, so she's going to have to celebrate her seventeenth birthday at home with her family rather than out on the town with her friends. Meanwhile, as the only unmarried staff member at Kalmadi High School, school counsellor Sonal is beginning to feel the pressure to opt for an arranged marriage. She's been trying to find a husband for what seems like ages. Now she resorts to marriage websites in a bid to track down "a suitable boy". However, it's less embarrassing, perhaps, than the new sex education classes she has to run at school.
| Series: | Indian school |
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| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:03 |
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| Producer: | Emma D'eath |
| Narrator: | Nikki Bedi |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/indianschool/index.html |
| Keyword(s): | Kalmadi Shamrao High School; Rewachand Bhojwani Academy |
| Subject terms: | Education--India; Schools--India; Pune (India) |
| Production number: | JOUA451B |
| Videofinder number: | 7541 |
| Available to public: | no |
