Every year, Golpo Mela—the PeaceWorks Storytelling Festival is celebrated in a way that is slightly different from the previous one. This year turned out to be a landmark one, because Golpo Mela was celebrated twice and in completely different ways. We began the year with showcasing storytelling through films and we ended the year with…
Storytelling is an art that can be adapted to whichever medium the storyteller chooses. Music, art, theatre, film. And so many more. This year, for Golpo Mela—The PeaceWorks Storytelling Festival, we chose to depart from the format that we had used in the last few years and showcase film as a medium of storytelling. After some…
Stories. Why do we tell them? Why do they exist? Those questions can be answered by using terms like ‘oral histories’, ‘traditions’, ‘listening skills’ and ‘pedagogy’. All very valid. At Golpo Mela, the PeaceWorks Storytelling Festival, it is however, much more. Before the day of the festival, I had visited a centre to help with…
‘Didi, didi, are you taking us for a picnic? Are we going to perform on stage? Will people be there to see us?’ Questions, laughter and palpable excitement marked the days right before Golpo Mela. The Share Stories Open Minds project, entirely volunteer based, in its fourth year now, aims to develop and nurture creativity,…
9 November 2013 Colourful streamers fluttering ten feet above the ground. Bunches of colourful balloons rising above. A bright red and yellow poster inviting one and all inside Mohur Kunj. A special brightness around the park on a perfectly normal Saturday. Except defining the day as perfectly normal is a bit of an understatement, at…
