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This flow arts academy in Chennai is bagging Guinness World Records by the dozen

This flow arts academy in Chennai is bagging Guinness World Records by the dozen

The Hindu
Friday, February 12, 2021 03:40:27 AM UTC

When K Gokulnath points his finger at her, 10-year-old Andrea Varghese walks to the corner where gymnastics mattresses have been piled. She picks one out and proceeds to contort her body in ways unimaginable. A student at Gokulnath Unique Talent Academy (GUTA), a flow arts school in Chennai, Andrea is one of the few left at GUTA who doesn’t yet have a Guinness World Record to her name; her father Varghese Joseph informs us she is practising daily to change the status quo. Her target? Try to achieve the maximum number of backwards roll whilst staying contorted!
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