
Sapthora Shorts
Sapthora is an online learning academy dedicated to giving students the finest learning experience through its carefully created curriculum and qualified instructors. Our Vision is to impart a strong foundation to our students at an affordable cost without compromising on the quality of education. We are currently offering courses in art, carnatic singing, musical instruments, chess, programming, and many more.
Telugu Association of North America (or TANA, as it is well known) is the oldest and biggest Indo-American organization in North America. TANA was founded at a convention in New York in 1977 of Telugus from all over North America and was incorporated in 1978 as a not-for-profit organization. TANA’s mission is to identify and address social, cultural and educational needs of North American Telugu Community in particular and Telugu people in general. TANA aims to perpetuate, integrate, and assimilate the cultural heritage of the Telugu-speaking people into the mainstream of North America. Telugu and Indian ethnic organizations around the world look up to TANA as a pioneer and role model for its various innovations in promoting culture and serving the community.
We, at Sapthora, firmly believe in giving back to society, and have thus collaborated with dedicated and like-minded organizations like TANA to provide a variety of educational opportunities available to the organization’s members for FREE or at a low cost. We have successfully touched the lives of over 20 thousand students by collaborating with esteemed organizations like TANA.
As part of this collaboration, members of TANA will get
- The availability of short courses for a subsidized course fee.
- Most of the fund raised will be donated to the organization for use in charitable and community development initiatives.
- For regular classes, the first month is totally FREE.
- Exclusive discounts for TANA members on our promotion courses.
Exclusive Courses For TANA
Note:- There will be no Sumer-camp from 5th July to 11th July.
ART

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 23rd June)
MADHUBANI AND WARLI ART
Madhubani painting
- Age group: 8 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Sat - 11 AM EST (24th June, 1st July, 15th July, 22nd July, 29th July and 5th Aug)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: 2 Drawing sheet -A4 size, Pigma Micron pen (black) ; size- 05,08,12, Colour markers/ colour sketch pens set, Pencil, eraser, sharpener, ruler
What you will Learn:
After 4 sessions of madhubani art, 2 sessions will be used to teach simple warli drawing for our students.

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 20th June)
SCRIBBLE SYMPHONY USING BALL POINT PENS
Doodling using ball point pens
- Age group: 6 to 10 years
- Day & Time: Every Wed - 6 PM EST (21st June, 28th June, 12th July and 19th July, 26th July and 2nd August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: A4 sized sketchbook,basic stationery ,A dot/ball pen (blue or black)
What you will Learn:
Students will hone visual recognition skills by paying close attention to details of shape, line, and texture as they create a complete drawing using a ball pen.

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 20th June)
ANIMATING YOUR IMAGINATION: CREATING STUNNING ANIME PORTRAITS
- Age group: 10 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Wed - 11 AM EST (21st June, 28th June, 12th July, 19th July, 26th July and 2nd August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: 1 drawing sheet, 1 water colour sheet , Graphite shading pencils, Pigma micron pen -size 08, Water colour cake set (12 or more colours), Round water colour brush set ( size- 00, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10), Palette for water colour, Masking tape - 1 inche wide, pencil, sharpener, eraser, ruler, water bowl & piece of cloth
What you will Learn:
- Understanding proportions
- Face contours and shading
- Anime Portrait Drawing with watercolor 2 sessions
- Portrait Coloring 2 sessions
CRAFT

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 25th June)
TEXTURE PRINTS USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS
- Age group: 4 to 7 years
- Day & Time: Every Mon - 12 PM EST (26th June, 3rd July, 17th July, 24th July, 31st July and 7th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: A4 craft sheets, acrylic paints, brushes, face towel, earbuds, paper, sponge, comb, Origami sheet
What you will Learn:
6 Texture prints using different materials

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 19th June)
CLAY ART MASTERPIECE: CREATE A PERSONALISED WALL HANGING
- Age group: 12 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Tue - 12 PM EST (20th June, 27th June, 18th July, 25th July, 1st August and 8th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: A4 canvas board,varnish, airdry clay, glue, acrylic paints, toothpicks and straw
What you will Learn:
Wall Hanging Owl
CHESS

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 18th June)
CHESS HEROES - CHESS FOR BEGINNERS
Students will be introduced to the world of chess. They will learn techniques like castling, two-fold attack and mate/stalemate etc.
- Age group: 6 to 8 years
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Day & Time - Two batches available. You will have the option of choosing your batch as you proceed.
BATCH 1: Every Mon - 6 PM EST (19th June, 26th June, 3rd July, 17th July, 24th July and 31st July)
BATCH 2: Every Sun - 10 AM EST (25th June, 2nd July, 16th July, 23rd July, 30th July and 6th August) -
Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Chess board preferable
What you will Learn:
- Mate
- Mate in 1
- Castling
- The profitable exchange
- The two fold attack
- Mate or Stalemate

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 17th June)
MASTERING CHESS: ADVANCED STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
- Age group: 12 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Sun - 12 PM EST (18th June, 25th June, 2nd July, 16th July, 23th July and 30th July)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Chess board preferable
What you will Learn:
- Piece activity
- Mating with the queen
- Double attack with the Queen
- The pin
- Eliminating the defence
- The 3 golden rules
PROGRAMMING

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 17th June)
EDUBLOCKS - PYTHON FOR BEGINNERS
- Age group: 8 to 12 years
- Day & Time: Every Sun - 8 PM EST (18th June, 25th June, 2nd July, 23rd July and 30th July)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Laptop with good internet connection
What you will Learn:
- Familiarity with Block based python interface
- Introduction to turtle and its properties.
- Input function and datatypes
- Variables and Logical Operators
- Switch cases and flow control statements
- Functions and Arguments

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 25th June)
REALITY REMIX - INTRO TO AUGMENTED REALITY
- Age group: 6 to 10 years
- Day & Time: Every Mon - 8 PM EST (26th June, 3rd July, 17th July, 24th July, 31st July and 7th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required:Laptop with smartphone(either android or IOS)
What you will Learn:
- Introduction to Augmented Reality
- Is happy-Is sad
- Create a story
- Give and take
- Coin flip
- quiz

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 19th June)
CODEBOTS - INTRO TO ARDUINO ELECTRONICS
- Age group: 10 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Tues - 11 AM EST (20th June, 27th June, 18th July, 25th July, 1st August and 8th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Laptop with good internet connection
What you will Learn:
- Introduction to Arduino and Basic Electronics
- Series and Parallel circuits
- Blink an LED
- Traffic Light System
- Light Sensor Alarm
- Mobile Weather Station
MUSIC

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 19th June)
ALL KEYED UP - KEYBOARD FOR BEGINNERS
- Age group: 7 to 12 years
- Day & Time: Every Tues - 8 PM EST (20th June, 27th June, 18th July, 25th July, 1st August, 8th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Keyboard/piano
What you will Learn:

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 23th June)
SANGEETA SIKSHANA - CARNATIC VOCAL
- Age group: 7 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Sat - 11 AM EST (24th June, 1st July,15th July, 22th July, 29th July and 5th August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
What you will Learn:
STORY TELLING

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 21st June)
YARN A STORY
- Age group: 4 to 8 years
- Day & Time: Every Thurs - 12 PM EST (22th June, 29th June, 13th July, 20th July, 27th July and 3rd August)
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Course fee:
$40/$20 (Apply coupon code in the checkout page as given by TANA.) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
What you will Learn:
- Will you be my friend
- Willow Whispers
- Angry Akku
- Granny and the zoo animals
- The Rainbow Fish
- Jiggly learns to listen
Creative Courses

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 19th June)
Rubik Cube
- Age group: 8 to 12 years
- Day & Time: Every Tues - 9 PM EST (20th June, 27th June, 5th July, 11th July, 18th July and 25th July)
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Course fee:
$30(Apply coupon code SUMMER10 for $10 off, valid till 12th June) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
What you will Learn:
- Session 1 – Introduction, Properties, Holding position, Directions and sides, Making + whote at bottom.
- Session 2 – Making whole white at bottom and first layer
- Session 3 – Second layer of the Rubik’s cubeSession
- Session 4 – Making + yellow at top
- Session 5 – Making whole yellow at top
- Session 6 – Completing all colors of rubik’s cube.

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 18th June)
Mandala
SAKURA Pigma Micron Fineliner Pens – Archival Black Ink Pens – Pens for Writing, Drawing, or Journaling – Assorted Point Sizes – 8 Pack
- Age group: 9 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Sat - 12 PM EST (1st July, 8th July, 15th July, 22th July, 29th July and 5th August)
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Course fee:
$30(Apply coupon code SUMMER10 for $10 off, valid till 12th June) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: A4 size drawing Book with 130+ gsm
- MANDATORY:- Geometry box: rounded, d shape, pencil, eraser
What you will Learn:
Mandala

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 24th June)
Calligraphy
- Age group: 9 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Mon - 12 PM EST (25th June, 2nd July, 9th July, 16th July, 23rd July and 30th July)
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Course fee:
$30(Apply coupon code SUMMER10 for $10 off, valid till 12th June) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.
- Materials Required: Normal A4 size paper is required with one line and 130+ gsm
- MANDATORY:- Tombow 62038 Fudenosuke Brush Pen, 2-Pack. Soft and Hard Tip Fudenosuke Brush Pens for Calligraphy and Art Drawings
- OPTIONAL:- Micro-Pen Fineliner Ink Pens, 12 Pack Black Micro Fine Point Drawing Pens Waterproof Archival Ink Multiliner Pens for Artist Illustration, Sketching, Technical Drawing, Anime, Manga, Scrapbooking
What you will Learn:
Calligraphy planner:
Session 1: Introduction to calligraphy and stroke with pencil
1) upstroke
2) Downstroke
3) overturn
4) underturn
5) compound curve
6) ovals
Session 2: Basic alphabet
Session 3: Decorative alphabet
Session4: Paragraphs writing
Session 5: A) Dots calligraphy
B) curvy calligraphy
Session 6: Summarisation and conclusion

June-July 2023 (Enroll on or before 25th June)
Gift Wrapping
- Age group: 10 to 15 years
- Day & Time: Every Mon - 9 PM EST (26th June, 3rd July, 10th July, 17th July, 24th July and 31st July)
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Course fee:
$30(Apply coupon code SUMMER10 for $10 off, valid till 12th June) - Pre-requisites: No prior experience required. Parental guidance where necessary.