Jumble 2018
The concept of the Jumble Sale was new to me till I joined Bookworm. The idea that we could ask people to donate their junk, their discards, and that we could sell it to raise funds was very novel for me. In 2014, when I joined Bookworm, I was overwhelmed by all the work that […]
On the sidelines
We have been tweeting, texting, facebooking, instagram-ing about a new premise in Chimbel for our community library. We are excited. From a small room in a long strip of rooms, we now have a small house, with a porch, three rooms, a Champa tree out in the front and the possibility of so much more. […]
The End
As I begin to look back at 2017 , the Bookworm story is onto another chapter, the story line appears pretty linear from the outside. So this reflection could be straightforward. We have much happiness to report. A growing tribe of readers with an additional LiS school this year. A new house in Chimbel for […]
The Story of a Panther
Mickey Patel’s Rupa the Elephant is well known to educators who work with books, but I suspect The Story of a Panther is not. This very fine book published posthumously by Ravi Dayal and disturbed by Orient Longman includes the remarkable illustrative style of Mickey Patel, but for me more powerful is the ethical dilemma […]
Our new venture in Borim
It was one wonderful rainy day in June when Sujata and I had set off on a picturesque drive to Borim, a quaint place with greenery everywhere. We had gone to visit Swami Vivekananda Prasarak Mandal School. We were to start our LiS program in this school and we wanted to see the place to […]
Dialogues at Bookworm: Why do we dialogue?
Written by by Radha Gopalan The Beginning We live in extraordinary times: there is the crisis around justice , violence of human against human and human against all life systems, preoccupation with our own wants, desires, aspirations. Then there are people and communities that are trying hard to live cohesively with respect and dignity with […]
Spirals
The sign saying ” Wanted Library Assistant ” is up on the wall of our new library premises at Indira Nagar Chimbel. Every lane and every new location is almost like a bee hive transfer but with hosts of new bees coming in to nest. The room was alive when I walked in. Boys in […]
My first few weeks
“Bookworm library” – the first time that I laid eyes upon that name was many, many years ago, when I was quickly browsing through one of the newspapers where sat this article about this new library. It had grabbed my attention instantaneously, as the picture accompanying the article was of a group of people, sitting […]
Growing at Bookworm
The day I read the advertisement about a vacancy in Bookworm, I somehow felt that it would be a great place for me to work in. I spoke to a few of my friends who knew about the organisation and they all gave positive feedback. My first contact with the Bookworm team was on 15th […]
The Nightmare Factory – A Graphic Novel – Based on the stories of Thomas Ligotti
The Last Feast of Harlequin – By Stuart Moore, Illustrated by Colleen Doran Dream of a Mannikin – By Stuart Moore, Illustrated by Ben Templesmith Dr. Locrian’s Asylum – By Joe Harris, Illustrated by Ted McKeever Teatro Grottesco – By Joe Harris, Illustrated by Michael Gaydos A graphic novel is a story that is presented […]