Bookworm Trust

Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 2

We had a good day today. I felt I had a good day although Francesca our young intern felt it might be slow. This comment led me to reflect that writing  – the act, the process is not something that can be hurried. I look at the workshop as a store house of seeds, that […]

Story telling at St. Thomas Primary School Aldona

A bright April morning and together with my friend Bindu who is visiting Goa, we drive to Aldona. Aldona is a large village by Goa standards. I have come to understand that Aldona is also a village where its residents want to enrich it here and now. This kind of a sentiment brought Isa to […]

Creative Writing Workshop 2013 – Day 1

I consistently learn from the children and I know I will learn from our interns; Francesca, Karuna and Eva too. What I learnt today was that children are indeed philosophers even by accident and Anousha’s question about Who are you? was so profound. The scaffolding of Karuna for Aryan led to a beautiful piece of […]