Ramayana Retold
Written by Barkha We held a special program today. Slightly unusual from our other book sessions, today’s session was about the epic of Ramayana. The session was designed to begin with a wonderful story called ‘Hanuman’s Ramayan’, a Tulika publication and a beautifully illustrated book with Mithila folk paintings written by Devdutt Pattanaik. After the […]
October 2014 events
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Writing with meaning – an incident from Mobile Outreach Programme (MOP) at Tonca
Written by Liza Cherian The red Bookworm van is greeted by a group of children who smile and run towards us. They are all eager to help us to carry the boxes of library books and bags with their activity books. These skinny little children are really strong, managing to take the boxes and run […]
Our Story Journey…Chhuk Chhuk Chhak!
Written by Krystal The Bard is back to tell a tale;That starts and ends with a long, long ‘rail’ To set the context before she starts,Let her explain these few brief parts: For KathaVana great prep was done,A lot you can imagine was on the run! For one of the sessions, the Bard did choose;a […]
Leading my first class…
Written by Analia I have been with the Bookworm team Library in School Program ( LiS) for over three months now and suddenly I was in the lead. Quite content to be a Second in Command I was worried about taking the lead role. My first class was scheduled for St. Thomas Boys Primary School […]
Chhuk-Chhuk-Chhak at St. Thomas Boys Primary School, Aldona
Written by Flavia It was the first library session after the week-long school holidays for Chathurti. The boys were all set to hear a new story. We asked them what they had done over the holidays – many had gone to their ancestral homes or visited the homes of their relatives. Unfortunately, no one went […]
Working with children…
Written by Vaishnavi I am very delighted to get this opportunity to work in a place where share my experiences and knowledge with the young kids and also the output which i get from the kids makes me happier..Learning come by giving and taking it. the most important point is though i have graduated and […]
From Aldona to Bangalore – KathaVana experience…
Written by Flavia I’ve been with Bookworm for quite a few months; I’ve helped out at Jumble Sales, I’ve attended a session of their Mobile Outreach Program, I’ve assisted and conducted their library sessions in classrooms in quite a few schools and I’ve assisted with their activities at a Fete and at a Conference. KathaVana […]
Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth
Written by Deepali Ganapati Bappa Morya, Pudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya……everybody’s beloved Ganesha has finally gone back to his home but we kept the spirit of Ganapati alive with a new, interestingly illustrated book- Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes. School opened after the Ganesh Chaturthi holidays and I ran up to Kasturba […]
There were Boys, and then there were Girls…
Written by Barkha Sharda At Kathavana, we had children across age groups throughout the Festival. However, there was something striking with difference in age and gender. The older the boys, the less calm they seemed, some were even boisterous. They would not need the teacher to show them the way to the stall; they would […]