Creativity Adda Delhi — November 2019 Newsletter
Highlight of the month
Dhinak Dhin Dhaa 4.0!!! Around 200 participants from 11 organizations participated in Dhinak Dhin Dha 4.0. It was a full day of dance, where everyone shared their skills through different dance workshops like Dance Movement Therapy, Kathak, Hip-Hop, Urban, Bollywood, etc. Thanks to Shubham Srivastava, Shilpa, Deepak, Prakash and Duniya for hosting workshops. All the groups rocked the stage with their mindblowing performances at the end. We would like to thank each organization — Karm Marg, My Perch, Manzil, Adhyayan, Samarpan, Connecting Lives, Choti si khushi, TCTF, Siddharth Memorial Trust — for participating in the event with full energy and keeping the concerns aside.
Community Media Hub
Niveda Foundation Documentary
Our community media lab team created a production house called “Community Media Films, CMF”. Under this production house, they made a documentary film on Niveda Foundation. Niveda Foundation project is supported by DS GROUP in Noida. Niveda Foundation provides kids from local slums with free text books, school bags, school uniforms. They motivate dropout students to continue their education. Jatin Sahu (12th class) and Ritesh Khanna (12th class), along with other young filmmaker friends, went for the shoot. Since this was their first time, they were nervous and worried about the shoot. But in the end, with the positive support of the team, they completed their first outdoor real-life project.
Shoot For Haq Foundation
Our community media team covered a three-day event organized by Haq Foundation. There were students from different states participating. Through talks and workshops, they were given information about child trafficking, harassment and their general rights. Initially, our team was invited to cover the first two days of the event. But the organizers liked the work and dedication of the team so they asked them to cover the release of the next Status Report on India’s Children and provide a platform to children to share their concerns and views at a Public Hearing organized by Haq Foundation, along with CACL, CACT, and CEC on the 20th of November 2019. While covering the event our students learned about their rights as well. The team took interviews of different people and had an enriching experience.
Motivational Talk
We shot a talk video of Sahiba Singh Dhupar. She is an Etiquette & Lifestyle Coach, Communication & Soft Skills Trainer, Image Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Personal Stylist. We covered her workshop and made some promotional clips for her business profile. Jatin (12th class) was more confident this time and had a positive attitude about his work. He managed all the things without any problems.
SLOW FOOD JUNIOR CHEF’S ACADEMY
Our junior chefs explored various dishes like Chilli Paneer, Potato Cubes (a Goan dish), Pahari Paneer Tikka, Bread Pizza Sandwich, etc.
During special Cutlet week, the chefs learnt various types of cutlets — veg cutlet, paneer veg cutlet, beetroot cutlet, poha cutlet. Aman (8th class) showed his leadership skills by teaching others how to cook kurkure bhindi and beetroot cutlets.
Salman (10th class) shared the skills of making veg momos with the other junior chefs. He experimented with red chilli sauce and used fresh basil leaves (from our urban farm) to add another flavour into it.
Urban Farm
We are happy to see the harvest from our urban farm. We have harvested radish, spinach, basil, and brinjal and used these in cooking this month.
DESIGN STUDIO AND MAKER SPACE
Our designers were busy with exploring different new ideas and developing projects like beer bottle cutting, fancy light lamps, woodcutting, new electrical board checking phase, neutral resistance capacitor, Convert transformer, temperature setting, Mandir, Woodcutting.
Deepak, (6th Class) made a DC 6V to 12V transformer. Deepak, when he came to Adda, he was not able to do the basic soldering but within a few months we saw a drastic change in him. He is now coming with new ideas and shared his skills with others too.
Repair Cafe!!!
Repair Cafe students repaired the Bluetooth speaker for the Dance Hub and Oven for the Slow Food kitchen. We invite you to bring your old electronics to the Repair Cafe for repairing.
DANCE HUB
Our Dance group was busy in the preparation of Dhinak Dhin Dhaa 4.0. Raj (9th Class) and Faizan (10th class) took the lead and helped to organize the event and conducted a workshop during the event. We are proud that Faizan got a 3 month scholarship from the Artists League for learning advanced dance. He previously received a scholarship with Dance Kabila based in Kotla, Mubarakpur. Faizan is committed to sharing his new learnings with the Adda dance students.
Music Hub
Music Hub was busy practicing a variety of new songs across different genres and performances. Yaara Teri Yaari, Ganpati, Teri Mitti me mil java, Kholo kholo Darwaze, Sochahai, Dholna, Sawanbetojaye. Bhajan me Kyakhoya Kya Paya tune, Sufi song Bollywood song, classical song and Bandish ki.
Recycled Drum Sets!!!
Our musician Ishant (11th class ) made a recycled drumset at the Adda. Our new duet band The Second Fret is doing jamming on it.
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Our new music band named Two Frets performed at “Chai Kafi and Music” organized by Manzil Mystics.
Sports and Fitness Hub !!
Our junior skaters participated in the Indian Sports Festival 2019, organized by Kridha Sports Foundation Skate Tournament. In the under 6 category, Sachin stood 1st; in the under 8 category, Ankit stood 2nd; and in the under 10 category, Anand stood 2nd. Kamran, our facilitator received the Guest of Honor Award.
Our skaters rocked the stage in Dhinak Dhin Dhaa 4.0 with their skate dance performance. They were appreciated by all.
