A Book I Wrote 2023 - Story and Poem Writing Competition - Announcement

 

Nehru Centre Library and MomSays are delighted to announce the winning entries for annual Children’s Day Contest: 'A Book I Wrote-2023' contest. Congratulations to all!

3 best stories and 3 best poems will be collated into a beautifully designed and illustrated book.

On 28^th November, 2023 the names of the prize winners will be announced with a reading of their stories / poems.

Where: Hall of Harmony, Ground Floor, Discovery of India Building, Nehru Centre, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400018.

When: Tuesday, 28^th November 2023

Time   : 3:30 p.m.

Millets for Children: Rhymes, recipes and resources for all ages - Saturday, 4th November 2023

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization has designated 2023 as The International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) to increase awareness about the nutritional benefits of millets.

Published by the Indian Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA), Millets for Children: Rhymes, recipes and resources for all ages is a fun book that is replete with information about ‘superfood millets’.

Join us on a Saturday morning with facilitators Vijaya Chakravarthy, Medha Rajadhyaksha, Sweedle Cerejo - Shivkar and Katie Bagli as they recite poetry, share millet facts, do a puppetry show and conduct a quiz. We will also serve millet cookies before the programme. Please see the e-invite.

Where: Who Are We Hall, 1st Floor, Discovery of India Building, Nehru Centre, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai - 400018.

When: Saturday, 4th November 2023

Time   : 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Do register yourself and your friends on nehrucentrelibrary@gmail.com    

So happy to host the writers of 'Millets for Children' at the Nehru Centre Library. Great to have 50+ participants enjoyed the monster millet cookies too.

Library Visit - Transformation Fellowship Programme (TFP) second batch - students Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

 

On Friday, 20^th October 2023 at 11.30 am to 12.30 pm as part of a field visit program 13 students of the Transformation Fellowship Programme (TFP) second batch + 1 faculty member from TISS, Mumbai campus visited Nehru Centre Library the aim of the field visit was to alert transgender youth about pursuing a career in the Library and Information Science (LIS) profession.

The one-year Advance Programme in Management and Entrepreneurship is supported by Pernod Ricard India Foundation, in partnership with Collective Good Foundation and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Transformation Fellowship Programme (TFP) is designed for the transgender community in India to aims to support transgender youth to craft their career goals.

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Poetry Evening - Celebrate Festivals

 

In the 3^rd of the series of Poetry Evenings, we are happy to invite you to an evening of poetry recitals on the theme ‘Festivals’. The earlier two themes were International Women’s and Poetry Day (March) and World Environment Day (June).

On 8^th September 2023 eight multilingual poets will recite their poems heralding the coming of the festive season.

Do join and register.

 

What’s Up at the @NehruCentreLibrary

The month of August has been to promote the love for literature and library spaces. The library with its plethora of activities was buzzing with life.

The Poetry Evening on 5^th August was a big hit where we had the young poet, Puranjay Khanna in conversation with Ms. Urna Bose.

On 19^th August  “World Photography Day”, young learners got an opportunity to attend the interactive session with Nandita Da Cunha, wherein she spoke about her love for reading, writing as she discussed her book “Who Clicked That Pic?” on the life of ace photographer Homai Vyarawala. The insightful and engaging session inspired many to take up writing.

A library visit was a great opportunity to provide a window to the students’ minds and open the doors of their hearts! We were happy to host students library science students of ‘SHPT Department of Library Science’ and ‘Akkamahadevi Women’s University of Vijayapur, Karnataka’ as also school students of the ‘The Somaiya School’.