I love cats
Written by Krupa I love cats. No, that is not the title of a book, but a fact. I love cats. So when a blog writing assignment was needed, Ma’am suggested that I write a blog post on books which have cats in it. Sounds funny but I gladly accepted this task and I enjoyed […]
Ten years of cultivating the reading habit
Bookworm in Taleigao is a charitable trust managed by trustees Dr Lucio Fernandes, Dr Fernando Noronha and Dagmar Peres da Silva that supports reading and spreads the love for books. It has three major areas of focus – the Library, Libraries in Schools and the Mobile Outreach Program. The library and resource centre is stocked […]
Theatre on the Beach
The sea shore is about 3 kms from Bookworm. We drive past everyday, sometimes more than twice a day and have not explored the space for what it can do to our spirit and body. Miramar Beach from Bookworm’s perspective has been left to the bus loads of tourists who make a bee line for […]
November 2015 Events Calendar
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Another New LiS School in Margoa ( Ravindra Kelekar Dnyanmandir )
Written by Melcom It is nice to see that our Libraries in School program is growing every year. The most recent addition to the LiS school list is Ravindra Kelekar School, a Konkani Medium School in Gogol Margao managed by the Konkani Bhasha Mandal. I still remember the first day, where children were very excited […]
The Upside Down Bookworm
Perhaps, all library spaces get sectioned and organised into genres/ categories/ age groups/ quiet and active zones and what not. Bookworm has been no different, in that, through out time, given the space available we have played around with organisation and turned upside down, right side up and down again. We had another topsy turvy […]
10,000 books issued this academic year in Libraries in Schools
I have been called number crazy and I must confess; I am. Working with a team who is focussed on quality of the work, I might be the person obsessed with numbers more than anyone else. That is the reason for this post, I must confess Two weeks back, we hit a major internal milestone […]
Theatre on the Beach
Written by Alia Imagine you are standing on the beach, the sea at your back, your feet anchored in smooth sand. Imagine you are with a group of people who are not quite strangers. Easy warmth exists between you all, a camaraderie. As the sea rises, you all climb into a boat and sail away […]
4 years with Bookworm
On the 15th of October 2015, I completed my 4 years with Bookworm. Starting as a volunteer to now working full time with Bookworm has been an unpredicted journey; so yes, you can’t connect the dots looking forward. So many people have come and gone and so many things have changed over the time, but […]
New Books ! New Books !
I went book shopping in Delhi with my favourite group – Tibetan Librarians whom I mentor on a Library Empowerment Program for the Tibetan Board of Education ( Government in Exile ). My colleague and friend Usha Mukunda and I used a book shopping experience as a site for building discernment and gathering fine books […]