My first guest session of the season – Poetry in Collaboration – was such a success! With sixteen enthusiastic participants and one lively, energetic facilitator, the hour flew by before […]
Writing Poetry
I’ve been conducting writing workshops for a long time, and if there’s one thing I love working with, it’s poetry. Nearly every writing programme I conduct begins with a poetry […]
Building Dramatic Characters
What fun we had at ‘Building Dramatic Characters’ – a guest session conducted by Neha Singh for my creative writing programme! To quote Neha, anything can be a character. Maybe […]
Help, My Aai Wants to Eat Me!
Yes, Help, My Aai Wants to Eat Me! is as mad and fun as it sounds. I know LOTS of people who express affection by saying they want to eat people up. […]
The Great River Magic
The Great River Magic by Nandini Nayar is one of those books with a message, not usually an obvious choice for me to read at my book club. Yet, as I […]
Petu Pumpkin – Tiffin Thief
We’ve read Bookasura and Koobandhee; we’re all set for yet another book by Arundhati Venkatesh – Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief. Petu Pumpkin. Isn’t it a fun name? And doesn’t it seem apt that he […]
Names and Words
Peanut vs the Piano We’re reading Peanut vs the Piano at two of my book clubs. Peanut, Papad and Pickle. What funny names those are! “I hope their parents named […]
Adventure on Wheels
Adventure on Wheels is such a rollicking read! The book opens with two thieves stealing a van that belongs to an orphanage. The theft itself is simple enough, but when they […]
My Year in Workshops: 2021
The year 2021 was such an affirming year for me in terms of work! Since 2014, I’ve been freelancing. I’ve done workshops for children with the British Council, teacher training […]
Online Reading Programme (Ages 9 and 10) – February 2022
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS READING PROGRAMME. New batches begin every alternate month. Watch this page for updates!
My regular reading programme for ages nine and ten is back! This programme combines the concept of a book club with an introduction to creative writing. During the 12 online interactions, we read excerpts from three books and do activities of all kinds. Every two weeks, one class is devoted to creative writing.
This time’s books are – Paati Goes Viral, About Average and Flyaway Boy.
Art, Music and Movement with Veda Aggarwal
Yes. Each time I invite a guest to speak to my creative writing programme, I realise that the session is as much for me as it is for the children. […]
Art, Music and Movement – A Creative Writing Workshop
This creative writing workshop on art, music and movement takes a unique look at the ways in which different disciplines and inspirations come together when we write.
What do you think? Does the way we move our bodies affect our creative process? Does the art we look at and the music we listen to impact the way we think?
Although this workshop is free for those who are part of my current creative writing programmes, it is also open to non-participants on payment of a fee.
It will be conducted by Veda Aggarwal, a performance art curator and yoga practitioner.
A Very Naughty Dragon
I love Paro Anand’s books, and when I learned that she had collaborated with a nine-year-old girl to write a book, I was intrigued. As a teacher and creative writing […]
Staging a Script with Lav Kanoi
What an enriching scriptwriting session we had with Lav Kanoi on Saturday! Ah, there’s nothing like a guest session to bring a fresh spurt of energy to our creative writing […]
The Butterfly Lion
I love Michael Morpurgo. And The Butterfly Lion? I’ve had it on my shelf for ever so long, hoping to share it with more readers someday. That day is nearly here! […]
Staging a Script
The next writing workshop is here! It will be conducted by Lav Kanoi – actor and musician, writer and translator, anthropologist and academic. Lav is currently doing his PhD at Yale. He is an experienced translator and has published translations from Latin to English, and from Bengali and English to Hindi.
Why do we tell stories out loud? How does one read a script? And how does one script a story? These are some of the questions Lav will address.
‘Staging a Script’ is a guest session at my writing programme, and those who are part of my current batches will join it at no additional cost. However, this session is also open to non-participants on payment of a fee.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 7 and 8) – Weekday Batch December 21
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS READING PROGRAMME. New batches begin every alternate month. Watch this page for updates!
Join the December edition of my online reading programme for ages seven and eight! At this programme, we have twelve online interactions, during which we read excerpts from four books. We also do activities based on reading, creative writing, and linking books to life skills. Do note that classes are held on Zoom and that there are only nine seats per batch!
This time, we will read Mira the Detective, The Adventures of Mooli and the Sticker Trickster, Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom and A Very Naughty Dragon.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 7 and 8) – Weekend Batch December 21
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS READING PROGRAMME. New batches begin every alternate month. Watch this page for updates!
Join the December edition of my weekend book club for ages seven and eight! At this programme, we have eight online interactions, during which we read excerpts from four books. We also do activities based on reading, creative writing, and linking books to life skills. Do note that classes are held on Zoom and that there are only nine seats per batch!
This time, we will read Mira the Detective, The Adventures of Mooli and the Sticker Trickster, Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom and A Very Naughty Dragon.
Online Reading Programme (Ages 9 and 10) – December 21
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS READING PROGRAMME. New batches begin every alternate month. Watch this page for updates!
My regular reading programme for ages nine and ten is back! This programme combines the concept of a book club with an introduction to creative writing. During the 12 online interactions, we read excerpts from three books and do activities of all kinds. Every two weeks, one class is devoted to creative writing.
This time’s books are – Manolita, The Butterfly Lion and The Golden Eagle.
All About Research with Dr Shayani Bhattacharya
What an enjoyable writing workshop we had yesterday with Dr Shayani Bhattacharya! Every guest session is fun, and I keep realising that when a teacher plans a session, it is […]