Two Months in a Library: Learning on Both Sides of the Tracks
“How come you’re not wearing a sari?” “There’s a new box of Non-Fiction books in the library!” “Today is the sketch walk, no?” “Which car did you bring?” “I have 23 rupees for the library party!” “Didi is not giving me the key—Didi!!!” This was my welcome one morning. Not your typical “Good morning, […]
Exploring Belonging: Children’s responses to The Lost Thing
Belonging is something we all as humans experience. Exploring this theme with children led me to surprising and insightful revelations. Recently, I facilitated sessions at Vinay & Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre, Saligao and Aldona Institute Library & Alban and Aurora Couto Community Library, Aldona. The session was titled ‘Story Exploration: The Lost Thing’, and together […]
Pop Up Library: Taking the Library to the People
Written by Diksha Chodankar A pop-up library is a collection of resources and books taken outside the physical library space to the public. The objective of doing a pop library in a public area is to spread the joy of reading to children. Additionally we also hope to engage and interact with the children and […]
When the library screened ‘Chaityabhumi’
Somnath Waghmare’s film, Chaityabhumi, had been popping up on my social media feed for some months. I often paused and eyed the blue-tinged poster with curiosity. I had been piecing together bits of information from a dozen tweets – the documentary film was screened at Columbia University; Somnath was a research scholar at TISS, Mumbai; […]
Summer Dream Camp
Written by Priya Naik and Milika Toppo Summer Dream Camp was held at Vinay & Jean Kalgutkar Community Centre (Bookworm), Saligao from 6th to 11th May, from 10.30 am. to 12.30 pm. Thank you so much to all those who showed interest in the Summer Dream Camp. Children dream of summer vacation to unwind after […]