For 13-18 years | Growing Historical Awareness
(For 13-18 years | Room No. 105) Growing Historical Awareness – The events of the past help put into perspective the resultant effects on the next generation. Hannah Lahlanpuii examines the impact of the 1960s insurgency in Aizawl on the lives of her characters, demonstrating how writers weave first-hand accounts into their writing, as with […]
For 13-18 years | Beyond the Single Story
(For 13-18 years | Room No. 104) Beyond the Single Story: History teaches us to view famous individuals, such as the Rani of Jhansi, in a particular light. How do we learn to look beyond the single story? Discover more with Devika Rangachari, author of Queen of Fire. (45m)
For 9-12 years | Breaking Biases
(For 9-12 years | Room No. 103) Breaking Biases: Interact with the author Divya Anand to discover how she dismantles stereotypes through her books such as Misfit Madhu. Try your hand at creating a character similar to Madhu, but of your very own. (45m)
For 9-12 years | Behind the Scenes of Brilliance
(For 9-12 years | Room No. 101) Behind the Scenes of Brilliance: Did you know that the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was very fond of puns, and laughed at his own jokes? Find out more about the craft of writing a biography for children, with writer Arundhati Venkatesh, author of the book Ramanujan: From Zero to […]
For 9-12 years | Illustrating Nature
(For 9-12 years | Room No. 112) Illustrating Nature: Learn the art of capturing whimsical and yet true-to-life nature illustrations with Sucharita Sengupta Suri, the illustrator of Ruskin Bond’s The Enchanted Cottage (45m)
For 16+ years | No Holds Barred
(For 16+ years | Room No. 111) No Holds Barred: What is it like to create a show that sets out to be a tell-all of life in an elite private school in India today? Join the conversation with film-maker Ashim Ahluwalia, who created the series, and Sneha Iype Varma, co-founder, NLF and Nirvana Films, […]
For 13-18 years | Story Symbols
(For 13-18 years | Room No. 106) Story Symbols: Eminent artist Venkat Shyam delves into the significance of particular motifs in Gond art. Try your hand at some of these. (45m)
For 13-18 years | India in 25 Lives
(For 13-18 years | Room No. 105) India in 25 Lives: Find out from award-winning author Devika Cariapa how she distilled 25 lives into a few pages each for her book India through People: 25 Game-Changers. What would you process for this be like? (45m)
For 9-12 years | Familial Bonds
(For 9-12 years | Room No. 104) Familial Bonds: Give a thought to your truth, of how you would like to represent your family in a picture book, with author and publisher Richa Jha, who does this so well with books such as Giggi and Daddy, and Aai and I (45m)
For 9-12 years | Neighbourhood Depictions
(For 9-12 years | Room No. 103) Neighbourhood Depictions: What are the details that one may include in a composition to draw one’s neighbourhood and the aspects that stand out? Find out with Habib Ali, illustrator of the wordless book My Street, and Canato Jimo, Art Director, Pratham Books, the publisher of the book. (45m)