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Saturdays are the best days to be at The Bindal Project because that is when we run the art program. While the children paint and chatter continuously while they do that, we have had Indrani Lahiri from Welham Boys training our teachers to plan their lessons and schedules better. Last Saturday (i.e. on March 12) […]

The problem with introducing anything new in the program is that all kids want to be part of it, even if it is not meant for them! So when we started with the one-to-one tutorials with Doon School boys, we saw all kids wanting to study there! Apparently, they did not care that they were […]

The other day, towards the end of the class Shaila walked into Gandhi Park as we were folding the mats and gathering the crayons strewn around. With lunch happening towards the end of the class now, we can wield our power and have the kids clean up after each class, with our standard line “This […]

Here is a story: One day Street Smart was settled at Gandhi Park as usual. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and the kids were engrossed in their art, save for the occasional fights and arguments. Then a reporter descended around the happy little group and started to ask questions about what was […]

For the past few weeks now, we have had boys from the Doon School working with for an hour (almost) everyday. A few of them, headed by their yoga teacher have introduced yoga classes for the older girls. That happens twice a week- Mondays and Thursdays. For the rest of the time and with the […]