Bookworm Trust

Our tree is coming to life from the roots up.

Written by Eva We started thinking of this project by wanting to do a collaborative patchwork so Sujata suggested us doing a tree, knowing that  would be a meaningful theme. Trees have the quality of creating small universes, they bring earth and sky together. She was also the one who suggested a banyan tree, having […]

Teacher Training

Reading  is a basic skill. Learning to read and reading to learn is how we understand more about our selves and our world. The process of reading is a complex one, the methods are varied and the quest to support all children in this process is an upper most vision of everyone engaged in education.  […]

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 […]

Bindi Su & Friends….read their way across India

…and they’re off! The little ones who hopped aboard for the Read Your Way Across India week at Bookworm put their first footprint on the map! Where have you been this holiday? Lots of answers spanning across the state. Some, the globe. Where are you going now? And so… starting in our own state; Goa, […]

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 […]

A Stitch in Time…

Tuesday morning. The little stitchers have been at it and already have works to show, in just a day. Today’s a special day….we’re meeting Eleanor at her home, aptly named- Peace Cottage. Admittedly, we spent a little longer getting to Peace Cottage….we got thoroughly lost getting there. (Thank God for GPS which finally helped us […]

Ease @ the Easel- Visiting Gallery Gitanjali & Vamona Navelcar (Day 3)

Its day 3 of the Easel @ the Easel workshop happening. We’re stepping out of the library space and visiting Gallery Gitanjali. The kids are all in the van and we’re making our way through traffic, discussing artists they knew. Leonardo da Vinci is the first response we heard. With some amount of prompting, they […]

Ease @ the Easel with Harshada Kerkar (Day 1 & 2)

Colours of summer…enthusiastic budding artists….and paper just waiting to be filled. This was the situation on Monday morning, the first day of the Ease at the Easel workshop. For the first 2 days, the kids would be working with Harshada Kerkar facilitating and guiding them. The session starts quietly…contemplatively. Their talking about nature. The table […]