‘2,000 rupee notes embedded with chips to enable tracking’ proclaimed one news channel. The other channel told its viewers that Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, had scrapped reservation in private colleges. Joyeeta began the workshop on Media Literacy by showing these news clips both from so-called reputed news channels. The first one, shown…
Headstart School recently launched History for Peace — a project under the PeaceWorks (an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts,) umbrella—in Pakistan. Teachers, historians, students, and authors gathered at the event to discuss the prevailing issue of teaching a distorted version of history to students within the subcontinent, especially in Pakistan. Four panelists,…
I remember wanting to join the circus as a young girl. It seemed like such a fantastical world. One where everything was possible. While I didn’t join the circus after all, I have had the opportunity to see the performance of a group of international artists who teach circus. Twice now! Performers Without Borders is…
A story cannot be defined. It can take on many forms and moods, it can transform from being an extension of the writer to an entity by itself. A storyteller is instrumental in forging that identity. PeaceWorks celebrated World Storytelling Day on 20 March, with the team at Kolkata Storytellers— Priyanka Chatterjee, Kavita Gupta and Arpita…
When I heard the name ‘Hamari Muskaan’ for the first time I thought that the name itself suggested that my work would be to bring smiles on the faces of children I would be working with. When I visited the Seagull office and was told that my work as a volunteer would be to narrate…
