This Children’s Day, it’s about touching lives
Music and art are known to be therapeutic. So, on Children’s Day, some engaging events are being organised in the Capital for kids.
Triveni Kala Sangam, a cultural and arts centre, is introducing children with special needs to arts through a workshop. It will include a storytelling session and a flute performance by Rishabh Brishti, a student of the institute.
26 kids from Prateek Special School, a school that caters to the needs of underprivileged special kids in Delhi, are visiting the complex today. Reeta Saxena, founderpresident of the school, says, “We have been running this school for 15 years and had been invited to many places, but this one is special. Children with special needs love colours. This visit will be fun for them. They love music, stories, and art, and the session includes all. We are also invited to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to celebrate Children’s Day.”
Saumya Baijal, who will host a story session, says, “The first 15 minutes will be a basic theatre workshop. After that, I will narrate a story from my life in Hindi. When I was a child, I used to be very fussy about food. Once, when my mother offered me food, I chose not to eat it. So, my father took me out for a ride and made me see a man who was barely surviving. That incident changed my life, and from then, I never wasted food. I hope kids would like it. I am also taking their feedback.”
Triveni Kala Sangam plans to organise such workshops for underprivileged kids on a regular basis — they have another one with cancer patients, this month.
STREET PLAY ON HARASSMENT
A group of children have written a play showcasing violence they face in their dayto-day lives. The story is about how not just outsiders, but sometimes family members, too, are the cause of harassment. The songs are self-written and it has reality, comedy, and satire. A part of Sangam Vihar Theatre Group, the kids are staging the play, on Children’s Day, in the area. It is an initiative of the NGO Breakthrough.
“The purpose is to give the kids a voice so that they can express themselves and raise issues plaguing them such as gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment. The group has been mobilising communities to take a stance on these issues and creating space for public dialogue through interactive street theatre performances,” says Sunita Menon from the NGO.