6/3/2023 0 Comments Kevin mathlete![]() The Elephants in My Backyard is not a journey of goals and victories, but a story of process and determination. Rajiv Surendra captures the uncertainty, heartache, and joy of finding ones place in the world with sly humor and refreshing honesty. ![]() ![]() All the while he is really learning how to dream big, to fail, to survive, to love, and to become who he truly is. He learns how to swim, to spin wool, to keep bees, and to look a tiger in the eye. He befriends Yann Martel, a priest, a castaway, an eccentric old woman, and a pack of Tamil schoolboys. Kevin Chen, MATHCOUNTS National Champion, Wins Best Junior Achiever Relly Award from Live with Regis and Kelly: Mathlete Wins Popular Vote By. In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was acting in Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman on set gave him a copy of Life of Pi. He visits the sacred stone temples of Pondicherry, he travels to the frigid waters off the coast of rural Maine, and explores the cobbled streets of Munich. He quits university and buys a one-way ticket from Toronto to South India. ![]() In a great leap of faith Rajiv embarks on a quest to embody the sixteen-year-old Tamil schoolboy. Mesmerized by all the similarities between Pi and himself-both are five-foot-five with coffee-colored complexions, both share a South Indian culture, both lived by a zoo-when Rajiv learns that Life of Pi will be made into a major motion picture he is convinced that playing the title role is his destiny. In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was filming Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman insisted he read Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. ![]()
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