‘Rights are something we are born with. But not something we should take for granted.’ As a part of the introductions, we asked each of the twenty-six teachers participating in human rights workshop to share what the word ‘rights’ meant to them. Most agreed that rights come with responsibility. We then moved on to an…
Workshop at Teachers Centre, Loreto College, Calcutta. 29.11.2016. Facilitator: Meher Ali Participants: 9 A History for Peace event. ‘In our desire to be politically correct and neutral, in our desire to not step on toes, I feel that facts are being lost. How do we counter that? My tussle is that as a teacher…
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME PLAN 10,11,12 November 2016 Venue: The Harrington Streets Arts Centre ‘a nationalist discourse in a time when there is no longer a national liberation struggle against an external power, and oppression where it exists has become internal.’—Perry Anderson Day 1 (10 November) The Idea of Nationalism Keynote Address by Sadanand Menon [9.15 a.m.-10.30…
On 29 September, Meher Ali, a Fulbright scholar from Brown University conducted a session on ‘Understanding 1971’ with 17 high school students from Modern High School for Girls and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. This was the first talk for students as a part of the History for Peace project. Using various audio visual aids, including a trailer…
‘Since I have to go to my village to sell my land along with my wife, please sanction me one-week leave.’ A joke. Perhaps circulated on social media. ‘Lolz’ The reply to the joke. Language is a complicated topic. Not the study of language, but the use and the baggage that come with the use. In…
