The Start of the Richmond Town Diary

As the quote goes "The Best things happen unexpectedly ...."

Thanks to Sharanya (architect, Studio Verge)  our little group is now part of a program to document and bring forward the history of Richmond Town in some innovative ways through art. (Check out http://indiaifa.org/grants-projects/sharanya-iyer.html )

The team is made up of a group of 8 and 9-year-old kids and their mothers, all residents of Richmond Town and very keen to make a difference.

The start was on a bright day when the young ninjas and their enthusiastic mothers met up in February to start the project on the steps of Nishant Prime on Prime Street (https://goo.gl/maps/TxQMygEuCTv ).

5 places had been identified to be part of the project and the first one was the small remaining cluster of bungalows around Prime Street and Norris Road) - some of the last century-old buildings in Richmond town !!

The great part about this project is that the impressions about the old parts of Richmond Town are to be expressed by the children through artwork and walks. Under this process, the kids learn to create an expression of what they imbibe from the surroundings and team work in expressing it.

The by-product is that their mothers get an opportunity to do some women’s bonding !! 😊

And their neighbourhood gets to revise and revisit some facts and places which we do not access in our daily grind …

Truly a win-win situation for all of us !! 

Our Exhibit is on the 31^st of March and then on 6^th and 7^th of April . Do join us , we start in the park.

Please do reach out to Tanya ( 98451 31025) or Cauvery (99720 45903) to join us for the displays !!