The show is interesting as it reflects the growing importance of the visual media in our children's lives. There were a number of works of the Titanic sinking, the World Cup, and exotic wildlife of the sort we see on the Discovery Channel. Clearly, the two-dimensional mobile image has made its mark.

However, I do feel today's parents should do a little more to ensure their children see more of life and less of TV, because life is not only three-dimensional visually, it also does not go according to plan. This is something our artists must learn to cope with early on in their lives.

Indeed, some of them, like Trideep Bora (14), in the study of adiver and high rise flats at night, Mithu Chatterjee (17), in a portrait of a teacher, Kanika Saboo (12), in a painting of crocodiles on a river bank, Prasenjit Mukherjee (17), in a study of a leopard making a kill, and a delightful bird on a tree by Ajaswita (9) show us that some at least can hop between the media and life easily.

But by and large, works like that of Astha Shukla (14) in a drawing of a puppet show or Satabdi Jena (12) in a still life, remind us that modest objectives achieve the best results. Let us hope organisations like Creative Front help the young to remain close to reality and its virtual cousin does not overwhelm them.