Art Workshop at Chimbel
I conducted an Art Workshop alongside a Creative Writing Workshop at Chimbel. Getting the children to be disciplined was a bit of a challenge for me…the little children who were juniors, were sitting in a half circle around me. On the first day of the workshop, the children were a bit too jumpy and excited, […]
When Konkani saved me!
My first leading session was at Cacra…the night before the session I couldn’t sleep I was as nervous as ever and got up more than a few times during the night. Nervous because a voice in my head said I could do it. Another voice in my head said I couldn’t. So I finally woke […]
Library: A Safe Space
In Taleigao, near St. Micheal’s Church, stands a red building or a red house, call it whatever you like. Personally, I like to call it home. I love books; and a place that shelters books is home for me. I came to Bookworm library for the first time for an interview. I’ve always wanted to […]
Step by Step
It was time for the summer vacations. The children in our Cacra community library looked happy as they would now have time to do things that they like doing. Like most days, we stopped to interact with the parents and shared with them about the session of the day. While we were talking, one of the parents […]
पालवी
Written by Sanjeevani Atre गोवा म्हटले की, डोळ्यासमोर येते ती मोज मज्जा पण गेले पाच दिवस मी वेगळ्याच विश्वात फिरून आले. इथे मोज मज्जा आहे,पण ती मुलांच्या भावविश्वाची या पाच दिवसात आम्हांला एकदाही कार्यक्रमाच्या हाँल बाहेर सोडण्यात आले नाही.आमचा बाहेरच्या जगाशी संबंधच संपला. आता आतल्या जगात डोकवायला सुरूवात झाली होती.खरेतर सकाळी ९ वाजता सुरू […]
LiS Showcase 2017-18
LiS Showcase – this phrase popped into my head as we all sat down one day in March, planning for a ritualistic ending to the academic year of the Libraries in School ( LiS) program. Early in August we had Gouthami an NGO Consultant join our team. It was a matter of weeks before Gouthami […]
The Week following LEC Contact -1
As soon as I got back from the LEC contact, I tried to capture some of the highlights on that day itself. Although it did not shape up into a detailed report, with a gentle nudge from my mentor – Theju, I will attempt to share some of my learning and experiences here. Sujata was […]
When Learning is Handcrafted…
Written by Lakshmi Karunakaran – LEC English 2018 participant I saw Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s aphorism ‘God is in the detail’ come alive as I walked into the LEC 2018 classroom in the St Joseph Vaz Spiritual Centre in Goa. The classroom itself had been converted into a children’s library, with shelves neatly lined […]
Sharing the LEC experience
Written by Sanchari Ray Chowdhury Glimpses of LEC (1st Contact) It has been a week since I am back from LEC and I have thought to share a chunk of my experience I have gathered in my first contact. Before going into the course I had apprehensions in my mind regarding the course. I was […]
MOP at Sandipani Library in Sattari
Sandipani Library is a tucked away in Sattari taluka, at the edge of a village, near the river. It is a little library, neat as a pin and waiting. We met Mr Suresh Zarekar , the librarian at the Goa River Draw workshop and he welcomed us to his community library. We decided that we […]