Jana Natya Manch—Janam—a New Delhi based theatre group was in Calcutta after more than a decade with three of their new plays, each different in style and topic. The group visited Modern High School for Girls and South City International School—two schools that have actively been a part of the activities that PeaceWorks conducts—with their…
Stories. Why do we tell them? Why do they exist? Those questions can be answered by using terms like ‘oral histories’, ‘traditions’, ‘listening skills’ and ‘pedagogy’. All very valid. At Golpo Mela, the PeaceWorks Storytelling Festival, it is however, much more. Before the day of the festival, I had visited a centre to help with…
ONE BILLION RISING — A GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AND DANCING IN PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ONE BILLION RISING began as a call of action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this…
The KHOL PITARA stall was set up in the city centre forum, on the 10th of December, 2011 with the belief that narratives can bind us together opening up moments of communion in our silent lives. Peace Works put up the stall at an event organized by SWAYAM, an NGO working for the rights of…
The King and the Little Man: the workshop Anubha Fatehpuria started workshopping with a bunch of high school students, adapting K. G. Subramanyan’s children’s story ‘The King and the Little Man’ for the stage. Eventually, the most enthusiastic youth, a group of five (three from Patha Bhavan School, and two from St. Xavier’s Collegiate School),…
