Bagful of tales
NIVEDITA N.
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A workshop that blended literature and craft?
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PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL
With the author: Aniruddha Sen Gupta:
Meeting an author is any book lover’s dream. Aniruddha Sen Gupta, author of Fundoo 4: The Mystery of the MindNet joined students of Delhi Public School, Secunderabad at their weekly reading session. And it was loads of fun for the students who sat listening to narratives from his bagful of tales.
Reviving his childhood moments, the Goa-based author shared his experiences with the students as he spoke to them about his debut sci-fi adventure novel. “The idea behind is the book is to prove that nothing is magical and one must not believe in the fake magicians,” he said.
“The book was amazing. We could connect to the characters easily,” says Malvika, a Std. VII student.
Yet another book -related event had children all agog. Reviving the fading art of storytelling, Lounge Habits, Jubilee Hills, conducted a workshop for children aged seven to 12 to take them in to the wonderful world of stories.
Fantasy and fun
With internationally acclaimed stories with morals being animated by Mithu Chawla, the storyteller, children could not help but imitate the characters involved in the story. “Stories take kids into a land of fantasy and creativity, which is much needed to excel in any field,” says Mithu.
Children got the chance to craft their favourite character from the story.
“I have made Bumble Bee the main character of the story. I have also learnt that we should not be rude to any body from the story,” says Khushi, a Std. III student of Euro School.
Perhaps, this is just the beginning of a new workshop trend that blends literature and craft.
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