A poet-labourer and many others

A very interesting meeting of minds took place at the Comics café last Saturday. We had some new members who shared their work with us – Amit, who runs a school for tribal children in Madhya Pradesh and Ajay from Delhi’s Munirka, who is a labourer during the day and writes poems in English, on spirituality, when his body is at rest. It enriched our experience, listening to Amit and Ajay, while they narrated their stories at the café.

Amit, in his school, has devised strategies to integrate education with community development. His manual of education strives at making children aware of various issues and kindles the fire of activism among them.

Ajay, on the other hand, has another inspiring story to share, of which he is the hero. Educated till third standard, Ajay is a self-taught man. Struggling against all odds, he has come up with a collection of his poems. Today, Ajay’s poems are well received across the globe, with his admirers in London and elsewhere.

A film on the journey of Community Radio was also shown in the café by our friend Madhavan. Saturdays are rocking. Rocking at the Comics café.