I was meeting the Human Rights defenders at South City International School after a long break(thanks to final exams), and thought that some theatre would be a good way to get back into the swing of things. We started off with some warm up exercises led by one of the students who plays in the…
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights—the first line of the first Article in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Human rights—the term, is one that is very frequently used. Yet, when the simple questions ‘what are human rights’ is put forward to people, most will come up with…
The Anne Frank Exhibition at The School KFI (Chennai) began its journey when two teachers from the School – Ms. G. Devika and Ms. Akhila Seshadri – attended the Teaching History workshop held by PeaceWorks, an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts in Kolkata in July-August, 2015. A casual conversation between Ms. Devika…
Trepidation. Curiosity. ‘Whose paintings are those?’ ‘Where do we sit?’ ‘ When do we start?’ The eighth session of the Dialogue for Peace program started off with shy smiles, handshakes, whispers. Eleven students from the Kashmir valley and eleven from Lakshmipat Singhania School gathered at The Seagull Foundation for the Arts bright and (relatively) early…
It was in the winter of 2012 that Priya Machado and Loes Singels from the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam arrived in Calcutta at the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. The outcome of the visit was a teachers’ workshop and the decision to bring the project Anne Frank—A History for Today, consisting of an international travelling…
