Neurodiversity and the Power of Inclusive Library Experiences
Written by: Madeeha Khan Understanding Neurodiversity Neurodiversity is a term that recognizes the wide variety in how human brains work and process the world. This concept moves away from viewing conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and sensory processing disorder as “problems” or “disorders,” and instead embraces them as natural variations in brain functioning. Each […]
Summer in the South
Written by: Sinead Vaz This May, we participated in the summer camp organised by the MLA of Benaulim. It was a week-long summer camp, with our team members travelling to seven constituencies, from Seraulim to Cavelossim in south Goa. This April we opened our first library is South Goa! Located near the railway tracks in […]
Bookworm June 2025 Calendars
A Year of Library Travel
Recently, a friend sent me a photograph of a note I had written to her over two decades ago. Overly dramatic and despondent, I complain how my education has alienated me from my immediate world. I end my note with the lines, “I only have a vague idea of who I want to be and […]
Taking a deep dive into ‘Childhood’
Author- Prema Basargekar Childhood is often imagined as a beautiful stage in one’s life which you always remember fondly, which nourishes your soul and which gives you strength to face challenges in future. This was my tentative idea about childhood before I joined the LEC course. How naïve and innocent I was! When I began […]
Bookworm Libraries April 2025 Calendar
ANOTHER Library in Goa
A geographical representation of Bookworm’s work in Goa, is imbalanced to say the least. In our Strategic Plan for 2022- 2025, our Trustees indicated that we need to permanently cross the largest Tidal river in the state – Zuari. We have been flitting across intermittently for many years but we never felt brave and strong […]
My LEC Journey From Being a Novice to a Transformative Library Educator
Author- Tsering Youdon Our life is uncertain and it’s funny how life sometimes leads you to where you’re meant to be, even when you least expect it to. Well, I used to be a teacher for many years before stepping into the track of librarianship. My journey into library education was one that happened by […]
Children’s Joyful Exploration at Saligao Bookworm Library
Author: Daisy D’Souza Gail Honeyman, the Scottish author rightly quoted, ‘In principle and reality, libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder’. Bookworm proves this quote. Bookworm is a library-focused organisation with multiple outreach programs. Libraries bring to mind the notion of only books, but at Bookworm it’s a different world, particularly for children. I joined Bookworm […]
Bookworm March 2025 Calendar
