Post Card Town Journey
Azhar sent me a series of postcards written by his school students. A wonderful initiative to let students express their thoughts through this wonderful medium. I reflected on how my postcard journey has flowed through. I remember writing letters to my friends and loved ones whenever I miss them. I wrote one for family as well. Wrote a couple for Dad and posted them. I was well versed with hand written letters on white pages and send them through post or mail. In 2019, when I was in Rajasthan teaching in a school, I came across a lesson from grade-8 where I have to teach a poem to children. I thought of creating an activity with postcards and poetry and thus began my post card journey. I picked up a poem written by Anjali and shared it with my students. I encouraged them to write their thoughts to Anjali on postcards. I saw students picking postcards and colours and decorated them in the most creative way. I never allowed myself to even think of colouring the postcards. The kids w...
