Storytelling is an art that can be adapted to whichever medium the storyteller chooses. Music, art, theatre, film. And so many more. This year, for Golpo Mela—The PeaceWorks Storytelling Festival, we chose to depart from the format that we had used in the last few years and showcase film as a medium of storytelling. After some…
‘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,…
9 November 2013 Colourful streamers fluttering ten feet above the ground. Bunches of colourful balloons rising above. A bright red and yellow poster inviting one and all inside Mohur Kunj. A special brightness around the park on a perfectly normal Saturday. Except defining the day as perfectly normal is a bit of an understatement, at…
Eminent artist, Arunima Choudhury conducted art workshops at the Nabadisha centers weeks before the Golpo Mela. She introduced the kids to various methods and techniques of creating art. Some made collages, some learnt how to make pictures with the use of only two or three colours, some used their fingertips to create an amazing image.…
On 21st November 2012, children from the Nabadisha centres and six city schools came together and spent a day at Mohur Kunja—telling stories, playing games and painting, in short, having a gala time. And all this precipitated as a result of a wish— to celebrate Children’s Day with the underprivileged children who are supported by…
