‘We share the same air and the same soil’, writes one of the students participating in the Exchange for Change program, words that resonate powerfully.In the wake of one of the most heinous crimes in recent history, an exchange program between the youth, and the future of two countries currently caught in a spiral of…
In a day and age where the practise of writing letters on paper has become restricted to the English language paper in the board examinations, an activity that relies heavily on this tool of communication comes as a breath of fresh air. Added to this is the fact that these letters will be written by…
PeaceWorks—An initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and the Nerve Centre in Northern Ireland conducted the Teaching Divided Histories Teacher Training Workshop from the 18th to the 21st of June at Calcutta International School. It consisted of two workshops of two days each, in which instructors Emma McDermott and Matthew McAleer worked with…
Continuing PeaceWorks’ ‘Cross-border Initiative’, students from India and Pakistan were invited to submit original short stories which explore the theme of peace. A board of judges, comprising writers, academics and litterateurs selected the 20 best entries which have just been published in the Stories for Peace anthology by Seagull Books, Calcutta. On the occasion of…
Stories for Peace To mark the 60th year of Partition, PeaceWorks sent out a call for entries to schoolchildren all over the subcontinent. Students between the age of 14 and 18 were to write a short story exploring the theme of peace. Fliers inviting students to submit a story for peace were distributed widely to…
