Adaptation – Retelling, Rewriting, and Renewing
By Anya Shenoy, Grade 10 The excitement hung in the air on Day 2 of NLF. Some fresh faces appeared, while others returned for a fun-filled day. Of the numerous activities available, some of the most insightful were the masterclasses. Authors from far and wide gathered to talk about their stories. One of the masterclasses […]
Nidhi Sudhan on Living in the Age of AI
By Kabir Basu, Grade 10 Artificial intelligence, social media and technology have undoubtedly become a massive part of our lives, and an interactive session by Nidhi Sudhan, a responsible media advocate and co-founder of Citizen Digital Foundation (CDF) effectively captured the combination of wonder and fear that conflicts us when thinking about what the future […]
A Masterclass in Empathy
By Devyanshi Chakraborty, Grade 10 In a masterclass led by Neev Book Award winning author Nandita da Cunha, we embarked on a journey into the heart of storytelling through the lens of empathy. This transformative session opened our minds to the power of understanding and harnessing empathy as a vital component in the writer’s toolkit. […]
Takeaways from NLF 2023
By Anaaya Kanchan, Grade 8 The Neev Literature Festival was a 2-day event packed with performances, sessions, talks, masterclasses and readings. Authors and performers from around the world and the country came together to speak and perform to a large and diverse audience, leaving all of us with a vast wealth of knowledge and experiences. […]
Growing Historical Awareness – A Masterclass with Hannah Lalhlanpuii
By Sanjana Garg, Grade 10 Participants at the Neev Literature Festival 2023 conversed with author Hannah Lalhlanpuii, whose debut novel When Blackbirds Fly was shortlisted for the Neev Book Award 2023 in the Young Adult category. This book, set in the early years of Mizoram’s two-decade quest for independence, against the backdrop of the Aizawl […]
Jyoti Rajan Gopal on Straddling Cultures
Sunayana Surana, Grade 10 The interactive sessions for children were kicked off on Day 1 of the Neev Literature Festival 2023 by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, an author of many cultures. Jyoti talked about the formative years of her life—going from one country to another and learning to adjust and thrive everywhere—she lived in Thailand, shifted […]
From Gond Art to Animation: Masterclasses at NLF
By Shashank Pai, Grade 11 The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘master’ as ‘someone having or showing great proficiency’. This proficiency was on full display during the masterclasses at the Neev Literature Festival 2023. I had the pleasure of attending three masterclasses discussing topics such as Gond art, graphic novels and animation. The first masterclass about creating […]
Tales from Kitab Ghar
By Sitara Rishikesh, Grade 10 On the first day of the Neev Literature Festival 2023, the school grounds opened up to a crowd of literature enthusiasts, both young and old, along with authors, illustrators, filmmakers, performers and other artists of our times. This festival is one of the greatest celebrations of Indian children’s literature, and […]
Bringing Out the Inner Child: Takeaways from the Neev Literature Festival 2023
By Tamara Serukur, Grade 10 The Neev Literature Festival never fails to amaze me. After having spent the weekend of the festival visiting various masterclasses, talking to the other readers at NLF, and listening to the creators behind some of the fabulous books that were featured by the NLF, I realised something rather bittersweet. I […]
The Lib-rare-ian : Ann Lazim, Katie Day, and Nadine Bailey In Conversation With Dalbir Madan
By Samarrah Sivakumar, Grade 9 Librarians read you like an open book, all while helping you craft your own life story, and ironically, helping you choose which open books you want to read. Shushes louder than noise, spectacles blurrier than sight, and top knots taller than towers. The librarian is a character of many contradictions. […]