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My First Research Proposal Presentation

Written by Shruthi When Goa Small Grant Programme (CSDS) invited proposals, Our Ma’am decided that we should present our proposal. The theme of this programme was ‘Conflicts over resources in Goa’. The title of our proposal was, ‘LITERACY: A Conflicted Resource in Content and Context of Learning amongst Young Learners in Goa’. Our team consisted […]

It Could Have Been Worse ….

Written by Flavia I had planned to read out this story by A.H. Benjamin, about a mouse, to a class of 5th Std. students at the Govt. School at Kudchire, Goa. The picturesque village of Kudchire lies 8 kms. from Bicholim city, the capital of that taluka. The city lies around 35 kms. from the […]

Things I’ve learned

Written by Flavia As part of my end-of-year reminisces, here are a few things I’ve learnt and experienced while at Bookworm. I‘ve learnt that there are many public libraries in Goa – at least one per taluka – besides the Central Library at Panjim. Thanks to Bookworm, I’ve been one of those who’ve lit the […]

International Award for preserving Goa’s heritage and culture

It’s another momentous occasion for Goa when the prestigious Instituto Felga-Gracias Arte e Cultura, Rio De Janario, Brazil, conferred its Arte e Cultura Award on Goans here for their pioneering work in preserving the heritage and culture of Goa at an august gathering at Goa Chitra at Benaulim on Sunday. It comes as no surprise […]

Bookworm in Bombay

Written by Melcom | Yes! That’s right Bookworm is in Mumbai! I always dreamt of going to Mumbai with my family, and although my parents said that they’ve taken me to Mumbai, I cannot remember. What was really good to witness was that Mumbai really is a sapno ka sheher. Life starts very early in […]

Haiku Writing

Written by Shruti I joined Bookworm expecting to learn some things, but I never thought I will learn so many things. Everyday in Bookworm is a new experience for me and a new learning for me. Haiku writing is one of such newly-learned things. Before coming to Bookworm I just heard the word ‘Haiku’ but […]

Ten years of cultivating the reading habit

Bookworm in Taleigao is a charitable trust managed by trustees Dr Lucio Fernandes, Dr Fernando Noronha and Dagmar Peres da Silva that supports reading and spreads the love for books. It has three major areas of focus – the Library, Libraries in Schools and the Mobile Outreach Program. The library and resource centre is stocked […]

Another New LiS School in Margoa ( ​Ravindra Kelekar Dnyanmandir )

Written by Melcom It is nice to see that our Libraries in School program is growing every year. The most recent addition to the LiS school list is Ravindra Kelekar School, a Konkani Medium School in Gogol Margao managed by the Konkani Bhasha Mandal. I still remember the first day, where children were very excited […]

10,000 books issued this academic year in Libraries in Schools

I have been called number crazy and I must confess; I am. Working with a team who is focussed on quality of the work, I might be the person obsessed with numbers more than anyone else. That is the reason for this post, I must confess Two weeks back, we hit a major internal milestone […]

My experience in Libraries in School

Written by Melcom It’s been almost four months, since I have joined Bookworm full time and so far up till now, it has been an enriching journey working in this organization. Being a part of Libraries in School (LiS) is one among the enriching journey I have ever come across. The reason I am saying […]