Are We All the Same? Exploring the A-Z of Culture
By Ananya Malde, Grade 11 Day 2 of the Neev Literature Festival 2023 witnessed an enlightening and engaging event, The A-Z of Culture, conducted by writer and publisher, Akhila Das Blah. She began by posing a fundamental question, “Are we all the same?” This interactive session managed to capture the audience’s attention, leaving both adults […]
Goshtarang Adapts Moin and the Monster For the Stage
By Vaishali Basu, Educator Vikas Kamble, Yogeshwar Bendre, Harshala Sharma, and Vardhan Deshpande from the Maharashtra-based theatre troupe Goshtarang created a magical world with their adaptation of the beloved story Moin and the Monster by Anushka Ravishankar. The performance, enhanced by basic audio effects and minimal stage props, showcased the power of imagination, leaving young […]
Changing Times, Changing Values: The Lives of Digital-Era Teenagers
By Kavya Arjun, Grade 11 Renée Watson, Ashim Ahluwalia, Jane de Suza and Dhooleka Raj broke all taboos during their panel discussion Changing Times, Changing Values held on Day 1 of the Neev Literature Festival. The session saw four powerhouses, highly acclaimed in their respective fields, offering their perspectives on the complexities of navigating teenage […]
What’s in a Wordless Book? | A Reading of My Street
By Supriya Prakash, Educator A wordless book? The name seems to say it all—it is a book without text where the story is told solely through the art. Images tell the stories and they must be read as carefully as any text. Artists are literally writing with pictures. While similar pictorial choices are made when […]
Shabnam Minwalla on Inhabiting Parallel Timelines
By Kabir Basu, Grade 10 The second half of Day 1 of the Neev Literature Festival 2023 began with a most joyous and uplifting performance by Kapil Pandey, encouraging the audience to join in, sing and dance. The mood was set for celebrated, award-winning author Shabnam Minwalla’s session Inhabiting Parallel Timelines; an eager audience waited […]
Into the World of Stories With Geeta Ramanujam
By Navin Agarwal, Educator Geeta Ramanujam, master storyteller and the author of books such as The Wise Monkey and Other Stories and Tales from the World, held an interactive storytelling session on Day 1 of the Neev Literature Festival 2023 leaving both children and parents spellbound. With her charismatic presence and ventriloquistic magic, Geeta brought […]
May The Folk Be With You: Stories from Kapil Pandey
By Jyothsana Narasimhan, Educator The world of performance art and vocal poetry is a creative and expressive realm where the artists are the conduits of innovation and engagement. Kapil Pandey is one such name that has been making waves in the contemporary art scene, and at many a Neev Literature Festival galore! His unique and […]
A Closer Look At Your Neighbourhood: An Illustration Masterclass with Habib Ali and Canato Jimo
By Diya Shetty, Grade 10 The skilled Habib Ali, illustrator of the NBA 2023 winning wordless book My Street, and Canato Jimo, Art Director of Pratham Books, kicked off the masterclasses on Day 1 of the Neev Literature Festival 2023 with their session Neighbourhood Depictions. The air was buzzing with excitement. We began by discussing […]