Looking for Room in Chimbel!!!
We walked the lanes and by lanes of Indira Nagar yesterday looking for room. With the rains upon us and a failed negotiation with a proposed room owner, Megha, Sheena and I walked with a group of about 17 children. In the tradition of narratives, I am reminded of the search of Mary and Joseph […]
Mobile Outreach Program in St. Inez
Full circle moments are often made light of. Nowadays with the pace and tempo of how fast we are driving along our life path, we soon come to full circle moments. But, going back to the old Bookworm location in St. Inez to do a mobile outreach program seems ironic. For six years we operated […]
Stitching Stories
5 days have gone by and we have stitched and talked and sang songs and discovered each other in wondrous ways, because we worked with our hearts and our hands. I am convinced that stitching brings out the best in us as people and that is coming together in the collaborative quilt. We got everyone […]
Stitching Stories
I have long imagined a group that stitches stories, collectively and independently in a caring creative environment. We made our first step towards that exact space today. I am blessed to work on this project with Eva, who has been enthusiastic and determined that we will see this project fly. Eva painstakingly worked on preparing […]
When silence has a price
It has been many moons since an early meeting with the Commissioner of the City of Panjim, a gentleman BW knows from far but one who recognises the worth of a program from its operations and intent. At this early meeting, the Commissioner suggested an intervention, like the BW Mobile Outreach work at the Reading […]
Reading and Art in the Park–Herald, 3rd May 2013
Interns at Bookworm
Over the past couple of years, Elaine and I have welcomed at best 2 interns /summer but this year, like all things within the BW umbrella we have 6 interns who are learning from us and we from them. This is an overload but also a seriously stimulating opportunity to learn more about oneself as […]
Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 6
Our writing together has come to an end or has just begun. It depends on which way one looks at it. I have been doing workshops with children for years. I supported the development of a Creative Writing course at a primary school called Shiksha Niketan for nearly 11 years, working with one grade at […]
Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 5
We have been at our Thought to Print workshop for 5 sessions now. We wrote quite extensively today, shaping our thoughts to ensure that our young writers connect with their inner voices. But we also had loads of imaginative fun. I hold the theory that all forms of language support each other very powerfully and […]
Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 4
Our writers are coming along. They really are. I was delighted to come into the Activity room and read the worm stories that our able and gifted interns nurtured to birth on Wednesday. All our interns are deeply reflective and have connected with the children so powerfully that it shows in the relationship of work. […]