A Grassroots Comics workshop was organized by the members of New Ways group in association with Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Guwahati. The trainers were Minakshi Gogoi, Sushmita Lahkar and Usha Dewani. 35 inmates of State home for Women participated in the workshop including 1 volunteer from Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti. The participants were minor girls, who are homeless, trauma struck or rescued victims of social vices like trafficking, prostitution, child labour etc.
The objective of the workshop was to help the participants express their suppressed feelings through the medium of comics. Majority of the participants could not read or write and the workshop was meant to bring a breakthrough in their usual way of communicating their concerns.
Hei freinds,very nicely done, sincerely executed effort. Hope that all of you get the ample spirited motivation to continue.....
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ReplyDeleteActually the above comment is written by me,shivajyoti.but it was a technical mistake that the msg is posted in minakshi's identity.thanks
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ReplyDeleteIt was quite an un uphill task to undertake this workshop but the success was more than expected....thanks to Usha & Minakshi the workshop was pulled off well.....
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ReplyDeleteMinakshi Gogoi, Sushmita Lahkar and Usha Dewani.
ReplyDeleteDear New Ways Activists,
It was heartwarming to read about your workshop. I tried to access the full report document, but it was not available behind the link. It would have been interesting to know how many comics you were able to finish during the workshop and how many days you were running it. If you could upload one or two of the stories from the workshop, that would be great!
Many thanks for taking the grassroots comics method further, all the best,
Leif Packalen
World Comics Finland
Cheers to Sushmita Lahkar, Usha. D and Minakshi G, for your effort in bringing respite to those distressed females. Though there are efforts made by orgaisaitons as well as Govt,still there a cases of injustice and distress.. Hope your efforts bring some colors to their life, specially the minors who havent yet started their life and to those who have the life but are not living..Good work. Keep it up..I would I like see some of your works..Upload them too..keep it up.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's an excellent job u people r doing! Heart warming, creative and one of the best ways to express oneself... m sure these people were relieved just by the fact that they could express themselves and that there's someone out there who's listening! I would love to be a part of this..please let me know how i can help! Keep up the good work...that's a revolution in the making!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone...
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