‘We don’t know Harry Potter’, was the first reaction I got from the girls at the Child Care Centre in Chingrighata (North Kolkata), when first asked about their views on the boy wizard. This would not do, this would not do at all. So how to introduce these little fertile minds to the world of…
On 28th of July 2015, PeaceWorks hosted two storytellers from Ever After, Bangalore—Deeptha Vivekanand and Nisha Abdulla. Deeptha and Nisha conducted a story-telling workshop with the volunteers of the Peaceworks “Share Stories Open Minds” Project; the main purpose of the workshop being the exploration of new techniques to reiterate old stories. At the onset of…
‘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,…
The simple activity of meeting new people, knowing them and exchanging different stories fascinates me. Some of us think of ways to make a difference in the lives of other people, I feel the best way to start is through talking, through interacting. Every little act done in life counts. What is important is the…
When we talk about the joy of giving, we tend to forget the real purpose behind it. It’s ironical how we talk about helping others; try being selfless, with the final motive of being happy ourselves. But we are learning something at every step we take in life, from every person we meet. Even as…
