Weaving stories with facts
This piece finds place in the February 2015 issue of Teacher Plus. Walk in a village – a story During a visit to Rishi Valley School ( Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh ) the teachers there asked me if I was interested in addressing the junior school assembly. When I happily agreed, they warned me that the students were the most difficult bunch in the school and would not stop asking questions! I then asked the teachers what I could talk about that would be of interest to them. They suggested that I talk about life in the villages of Mizoram ( as I had spent time there ) and illustrate my talk with images, as this would be interesting to them. I pondered a bit and thought of talking about my experiences in Nagaland, where I had during trips in the past couple of years enjoyed many a happy moment. Also I had good photographs of the place to support my talk. As I began preparing for the talk, sorting images, and jotting points I realized that the structure of my talk was...