7 January 2014 It was that time. A new beginning. End of holidays, end of a year. Where, by force of habit, one mentions the year bygone while writing the date. For those involved in the Share Stories Open Minds project, it also meant one more thing. Kusumika-di would be in town! For our new…
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…
A month back I had witnessed a session in Gariahat Centre and realized, for the umpteenth time, that the way children respond is unpredictable and it is this unpredictability that makes our work both challenging and interesting. Angana Mandal, who has been volunteering for our project since the time it began, has visited and been…
Measuring the impact of the storytelling sessions has been on our mind for some time now. Not just us, but even some of our most committed volunteers have expressed this concern over the past two years. And so after much brain storming, discussions and exchange of ideas we finally put together a impact assessment tool…
I had some specific objectives in mind while conducting my art workshop in Chetla Home. It’s been two months since I have been going to the centre and conducting storytelling sessions. And in my sessions I have developed a rapport and interacted with these children. I observed that they are goal oriented in that they…
