While he and Betaal are trying to save the folklore from extinction, Colors along with idiscoveri is reaching across to 10,000 children and imparting the xseed (www.xseed.in) education. “It’s an experiential learning format which takes children away from rote learning and exposes them to innovative forms of education,” speaks idiscoveri’s Shalini Jaiswal as she hands over a sponsorship certificate to Sonia Channi, principal, Sikhya – The School of Learning in Sector 46.

“Now that television channels are owned by corporate houses, such activities form part of their social responsibility programme,” says Tarun, who, by the way, has been sponsoring a girl child at Crayon for last six years. Same goes for Badrul, who took classes at Barry John’s theatre in education stationed at the National School of Drama.

Quiz why Sikhya, and the answer is evident – a modern school set up under the Guru Nanak Vidya Bhandar Trust by Dr Gurpreet Singh, it imparts education free of cost to children from the economically weaker sections of society. “Alternative education works on multiple intelligences. It sees, perceives learning differently, and makes it more interactive, meaningful, involving and evolving,” explains Channi, who’s made a shift from conventional to unconventional. Now that the country has struck a debate on education, it’s refreshing to see a school and an entertainment channel think differently.