‘Ma’am, exactly what is a peer guide meant to do? Do we just take the guests around the exhibition?’—a slightly hesitant question from a student before we set up the exhibition. The international travelling exhibition ‘ Anne Frank—A History for Today’ was set up at the South City International School, Kolkata, having been to Bangalore,…
Who am I? What defines me? Difficult questions. Questions that require introspection and honesty. We spent a few classes discussing these questions, and more, while on the section on Identity in the PeaceWorks Human Rights Defenders module. The students first used one word that could possibly be used to define them. ‘My art’ said one.…
The Anne Frank- A History for Today exhibition just wound up at the South City International School, Kolkata today. This is what some of the peer guides had to say about their experiences. I had a really good experience. I learnt a lot. I had already read the diary of Anne Frank in Class 7…
‘Why can’t people think? Do they not have a mind of their own?’ These were questions raised by the group of students who are a part of the human rights course at South City International School in response to discussion on mindsets and bias. On the face of it, simple and straightforward questions. We started…
Azim Premji Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education, Puducherry and The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata hosted the exhibition in three venues over a period of eighteen days from 24 January to 11 February, 2016. The exhibition was held in three places: Vivekanand Government Higher Secondary School, Villianur, Government Technical School, Lawspet and…
