Propaganda. The word stood out to us as Samya and I were going through the PeaceWorks Human Rights Defenders Programme module to prepare for our session at Chowringhee High School. Blatant right-wing propaganda has made its presence known widely in the political and cultural climes of India, particularly so in recent times. TV shows, films,…
Report prepared by Deeptha Vivekanand. The Anne Frank Project was launched in Chandigarh on 11th October, 2018, at St. Kabir Public School. The project involved the display of the international traveling exhibition ‘Anne Frank – A History for Today’, the screening of the documentary A Short Life of Anne Frank and related educational activities such…
I was a little apprehensive walking into the Chowringhee High School premises on 26th October. There had been a long hiatus in classes because of the puja vacations and I had met the students but once before, in the presence of two of my colleagues. I wasn’t sure they would recognize me, let alone remember…
Proiti Seal Acharya and Samyabrata Das are running The Peaceworks Human Rights Module: Learning to Live with Difference, at Chowringhee High School, Kolkata, as a part of our Anne Frank project. Here’s the report on the very first class as written by Proiti. On the 3rd of October, Samyabrata and I began the Peaceworks…
We have developed a Human Rights module, the PeaceWorks Human Rights Defenders Programme: Learning to Live with Difference, as a part of our Anne Frank project. This module is currently being run at Vidyanjali High School by Sunandini Mukherjee and Sahana Mukherjee. The following is a report on their experiences in the classroom. Day 1 Not a…
