Author Archives: PeaceWorks

Conversations for Change – Sister Cyril

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Sister Cyril Mooney – Principal Loreto Day School, Sealdah. Sr. Cyril first came to India in 1956 to teach in the elite, English language Loreto schools begun during colonial days. Over the years Sr. Cyril has transformed the lives of thousands of children across the city of Calcutta. In recognition of her work, Sr. Cyril…

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Conversations for Change – Shefali Moitra

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Shefali Moitra taught at Jadavpur University from 1979 to 2008 in the capacity of Professor of Philosophy J.U., Director School of Women’s Studies J.U. and Coordinator Centre for Counselling Services and Studies in Self-Development J.U. Shefali Moitra opened the discussion with summarizing points discussed in the previous meet and her views on the same. After…

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Conversations for Change – Kavita Panjabi

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Kavita Panjabi teaches Comparative Literature and Women’s Studies at Jadavpur University. She received her Ph.D degree in Comparative Literature from Cornell University, and has been a recipient of the Mellon Fellowship, USA; the Sephis Post-doctoral Fellowship, the Netherlands; and the South Asia Writing Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council, New York. She was part…

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Dream Rights

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Seven days with Mr. David Trattles and he changed the way I looked at the world. I never thought that this photography workshop organized by Seagull would be such an eye opening experience for me. I was getting bored at home after my H.S exams when I came to know about this workshop I decided…

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War and Forgiveness

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The Seagull Foundation for the Arts held a photography exhibition ‘War and Forgiveness’ that documented the photographer, Ryan Lobo’s journey through war-torn regions of Afghanistan, Iraq and Liberia. The exhibition opened on 22nd July at The Seagull Foundation for the Arts. As a part of the event, Seagull organized a walk-through of the exhibition which…

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