NAKUL'S ABRACADABRA
- Young man takes to Magic to 'make people happy'
Udayavani Morning News
Manipal, August 31, 1998
Eyes popping out, mouths agape and with wonderment writ
large on their faces they watched with childlike enthusiasm and amazement.
"It's all sleight of hand," he said brushing off the awe.
But that is simply hard to believe when he can make a piece of bright
pink clock rolled into a Rs 100 note vanish into thin air or make a perfectly
strong sturdy pen wobble like it was made of rubber!!
Welcome to the world of abraca dabra of Nakul Shenoy of
Udupi.
Nakul was one of those kids whose life changed after he attended a magic
show of the famous Indian magician P C Sorcar when he was just five years
old. The performance fascinated the young boy so much that from that day
onwards all he wanted to be was a magician. military censorship comes
into play during the times of war, it becomes more a question of morality
and ethics rather than censorship. Let us study the media’s reaction during
the period of the Kargil conflict to understand the pros and cons of the
media’s role during the times of war.
And today at the age of 20, Nakul Shenoy is a proud professional magician.
His first performance was in 1994, when he was just 16 years.
It is to Nakul's credit that he never tutored under a professional magician
but learnt the art by himself reading books on magic and by simply watching
magicians perform. David Copperfield and Paul Daniels are his favourite
magicians, and hopes that one day he will have the opportunity to watch
them perform.
"Magic as a hobby is an expensive hobby," says Nakul. "But at the same
timeit is also a lucrative one though it has a long way to go in India
when compared to the West where magic shows have become very sophisticated,
thanks to technology," he adds.
Confident and astute, he is the founder of a magic troupe called MAGIQUE
- The Majestique Mystique World and also the co-founder of MAADRI which
imparts training on magic to young kids.
And what does Nakul see for himself 10 years from now? "I am interested
in doing Journalism and one day I hope to be a free lance columnist. That
way I can concentrate on my magic and also get to the people."
To Nakul, magic is an art, which he would like to use to create social
awareness and fight social evils. His ultimate dream would be to do something
for his Motherland and make her proud of him. Here's to you and your dreams
Nakul Shenoy.
[Reproduced from the Udayavani Morning News, dated August 31, 1998.]
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