Tablet Weaving
Annapurna
Duration: 120 mins
Age group: 16+
🗓 28th January 2023
⏱All Day
As our climate is changing rapidly, the next generation needs to be made aware of the looming environmental crisis by inculcating in them sustainable habits in their daily lives. Young children are likely to be the most impacted by climate change, environmental pollution, and degradation. Yet, they are often not included in mainstream environmental awareness programmes. The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness among children about waste segregation and inspire them to take small but positive steps towards a sustainable planet. They will learn about how to make the environment healthier and greener and reduce the amount of unsegregated and untreated garbage.
Erase Your Waste!
Duration: 60 mins
Age group: 8-13 years
No of participants: 20
🗓 29th January 2023
⏱11 am – 12:30 pm
As our climate is changing rapidly, the next generation needs to be made aware of the looming environmental crisis by inculcating in them sustainable habits in their daily lives. Young children are likely to be the most impacted by climate change, environmental pollution, and degradation. Yet, they are often not included in mainstream environmental awareness programmes. The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness among children about waste segregation and inspire them to take small but positive steps towards a sustainable planet. They will learn about how to make the environment healthier and greener and reduce the amount of unsegregated and untreated garbage.
“Less book, lace book: Draw the lace of your shoes; write the date when you touched it last”
Baishali Ghosh, Fatima Tuz Zohora Esha, Kaustav Chatterjee, Kunal Choudhary, Mahesh Hippalgaonkar, Rituparna Roy
Duration: 40 mins
Age group: 10-16 years
No of participants: 25
27th January 2023
3:30pm – 5:30 pm
The workshop is about making one’s own book, reading collectively, making a self-curriculum, and creating a collective syllabus that un-brackets imagination and knowledge. The workshop overrules the pagination of the book or the sequencing of the pages of a book—the book which houses children’s puzzles and thoughts. Books children want to hide; syllabi they do not like; subjects they dislike from the core; pages of notebooks they want to tear and throw away. These shared experiences of all-time children inspired us to conceptualize and curate the proposed workshop for children. The workshop is a process to revisit these experiences with children who have stories to share about the school syllabus, or a subject or a school book they wished was lost forever. We draw this workshop from the dak project, discursive creative practices that connect our lives with tangible and ephemeral objects and people.
Indian Sign Language
Duration: 60 mins
Age group: All ages
No of participants: 20
29th January 20233:00–4:00 pm
Sign language is the language of the Deaf community. It has its own rules of grammar and
syntax. Each country has its own sign language. ISL, Indian Sign language is the language of
the Deaf in India. This sign language workshop will introduce Indian sign language and it is open to people of all ages. It is more fun if you come with friends and family. Children as young as three years respond to learning sign language.
Dive into Psaligraphy
Neetu Sam
Duration: 40 mins
Age group: 16+ years
🗓 29th January 2023
⏱10 am – 10:45 am
Psaligraphy is a Japanese paper-cutting technique dating back to Buddhist Times. The
technique includes the process of drawing and cutting, which helps a person to develop
focus. Through this journey of learning to draw different line weights, one enjoys it more as a
form of meditation.
In Flow: A Freestyle Rap Workshop (for beginners)
Aishan Vali
Duration: 120 mins
Age group: 12+ years
28th January 20232:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“R.A.P = Rhythm And Poetry”
A rapper is simultaneously a poet and musician, performing pre-written or improvised poetry
to music, which is in sync both harmonically and rhythmically.
The Art of Freestyling involves rapping spontaneously to music, and improvising the lyrics
on the spot.
In this workshop, you will learn
1. Basics of rhythm
2. Basics of rhyme
3. Scatting and flow
4. Bars and music structure
5. Putting it all together
6. The historical context of rap (hip hop culture) + recommendations for further learning.
The workshop is best enjoyed in a group. The creative energy is high and the session is a
load of fun, laughter, and wonder.
By the end of the Workshop, participants will have a basic working knowledge of the aspects
of Freestyle Rapping, and discover their boundless inner creative potential.
Making Ghazal Multilingual
Riasath (Anjuman e Fannan)
Duration: 120 mins
Age group: 14+ years
29th January 20232:00–4:00 pm
A workshop to discuss the ghazal as a genre, not just in Urdu, but in other languages too.
The ghazal, as we all know, is one of the most popular genres of poetry in Urdu. But one can
trace its roots to Arabic and Persian poetry, and identify its branches as they grew in English
and other languages. In this workshop, a brief history of the ghazal as a form and its journey
in Urdu will be discussed along with some examples from classical as well as modern Urdu
poets such as Meer, Ghalib, and Faiz, and English poets will be provided to understand both
the conventions as well as prosody.
This will be followed by a writing session, where attendees will be able to write and compose
ghazals in any language of their choice, guided by their understanding of the genre and its
form.
Writing a Woman’s/My Life
Vidya Rao
Duration: 120 mins
Target Group: 20-30-year-old women
29th January 202310:00–12:00 pm
How do we women speak about our lives? Do we speak about our lives at all? Do women
understand their lives differently from men? What challenges do we face? What keeps us
from ‘breaking’ when confronted with problems? I believe that women’s lives present
interesting trajectories of courage, resilience, and balancing diverse situations. I also believe
that we need to hear how women—our sisters and ourselves – live and think about our lives,
our actions, decisions, even fears, and perceived ‘failures’. This workshop will try to begin
the process of thinking about and writing our lives in all their beauty and hardship.
Do You Want to Build Time?
Sarada Akkineni, Lakshmi Nambiar, Reema Gupta
Duration: 75 minutes
Age group: 10-14 year-olds
28th January 202310:30–11:45 am
In today’s age, where children’s calendars are more packed than adults’, and digital
distractions are the norm, it is critical for children to take ownership of their time. Time
Management skills help children manage their time effectively and achieve their goals.
In this workshop, we expose children to the grand scale of time using Carl Sagan’s cosmic
calendar. We make them aware of the preciousness of our most valuable resource, Time.
We explore the secrets of building time (yes, you can) and equip them with tools to organize
and prioritize tasks.
Making Learning FUN
Sarada Akkineni, Lakshmi Nambiar, Reema Gupta
Age group – 10-14 year-olds
Duration – 75 minutes
29th January 20232:00–3:15 pm
Learning does not have to be boring. The learning process can be enjoyable. In this
workshop, we expose children to various visualization and mental models to help them
explore a topic in breadth and depth. We will play with the transformative power of a growth
mindset to make difficult subjects easy. Let us put the FUN back into learning.
Magic of Natural Colours
Manya Cherabuddi, Siri Nallaparaju
Duration: 60 mins
Age group: 13 years and above
No of Participants: 20 max per session
28th January 202312:00–1:00 pm
Did you know that there is magic waiting to be explored in your kitchen and garden? Did you know that nature provides free art supplies? Come discover the magic of natural colours through a play session where we will get our hands dirty and explore some everyday colour sources. Get ready to play, make art and be surprised by nature’s magic!
Know your food by Vibrant Living.
An interactive session on health, mindful eating and wellness
Duration: 45 mins
Age: 16+ years
🗓 28th January 2023
⏱10:00–11:00 am
‘Live, hands-on’ workshops by Sridevi Jasti have earned their badges from men, women, and children of all ages across India and beyond. For HLF 2023, Vibrant Living has specially devised two unique interactive programmes, one each for adults and children. The workshop for adults focuses on healthy cooking to find the right balance of taste and nutrition to suit every palate in the household. She will engage the audience and answer questions about home cooking and eating out.
