It was in the winter of 2012 that Priya Machado and Loes Singels from the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam arrived in Calcutta at the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. The outcome of the visit was a teachers’ workshop and the decision to bring the project Anne Frank—A History for Today, consisting of an international travelling…
28–29 November 2013 The Anne Frank exhibition had finally arrived in India with Calcutta hosting it for the first time—thank you Seagull. Before the exhibition opened for public viewing, 18 students from four schools—La Martinere for Boys, Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Modern High School for Girls and Calcutta International School—came together for a two-day workshop at…
Eminent artist, Arunima Choudhury conducted art workshops at the Nabadisha centers weeks before the Golpo Mela. She introduced the kids to various methods and techniques of creating art. Some made collages, some learnt how to make pictures with the use of only two or three colours, some used their fingertips to create an amazing image.…
The Boxing Ladies – David Trattles The girl boxers always trained at dusk. They’d come trickling in from slum-crowded Eckbalpore and Khidderpore. To transit, they had a few rupees and a few options. To start with, the girls face the same kinds of challenges that women would have to face as boxers in any community,…
WINDS OF CHANGE: TOWARDS EQUALITY AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS Students from various colleges in Calcutta joined Swayam’s workshop ‘Winds of Change: Towards Equality’ addressing the ideals and realities of gender equality in our society. In order to articulate their thoughts, opinions and observations on the issue, the students chose various modes of self-expression, including photography.…
