Searching for Sparrows- a movie in the making...

Some initial thoughts-

Do you want to build bird house?

Do you want to paint birds?

Are you an illustrator and do you want to illustrate a story on this topic?

Are you a theater artist who would like to write a script for a street play,?

Are you getting inspired to work on a public art which will encourage dialogue about bird habitats?
Do you want to document via photograph or film, places where you found birds?

Did you record bird sounds on your recent hike?

Did you discover a new spot to take a hike?

You know of a public park which can be adapted to convert into a bird habitat and you want volunteers to work on it?

You want a gallery space to display your work on birds?

Do you want to create a local conservation group? You are looking for a space to meet-up like minded people?

"Thank you so much for sending this email. I really appreciate your feedback. I would love to learn more about your documentary. Recently in Coimbatore, two bus conductors helped a population of sparrows thrive by placing nest boxes at the private bus stand. Ground level conservation can play a huge role in saving sparrows. Maybe you should consider that. It could give an educative angle and help involve people to be a part of this initiative. Also. like scientific reports state that mobile phones cause the problem, it has not been validated scientifically to a large extent. There are other smaller issues, for example, in those days thatched roofs helped sparrows nest, also the rice and grains we get from a local kirana shop spills over. You will always see sparrows hover around these small shops picking grains. In the age of perfectly packed food, there is no spilling, so where do the sparrows go?

These are the smaller but more important things in my opinion. I am also looking at writing small stories for kids and do some sessions in schools to teach them about disappearance of sparrows.

Do keep me posted about your work. Would love to hear from you. Kudos!"

- A reply to early research on Searching fro Sparrows.

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Idea of Play

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/opinion/sunday/the-art-of-distraction.html An Excerpt: "An appeal to the pseudo-certainties of science might seem finally to settle any question. But this is a moral issue rather than a scientific one; values are at stake here — not facts. It is in the irritating human realm where the interesting difficulties are, and where one might have to really think about and deal with an individual’s history, circumstances and reactions. It is the attempted standardization of a human being and of a notion of achievement that is limiting, prescriptive and bullying." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STYU-iz8bUQ&feature=player_embedded Jill Vialet and play to make progress. http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=65656 on deadlines kill creativity

Civic Engagement for High Schoolers

This is a project to encourage Seniors and eligible Juniors at the High Schools to vote during election time in the Fall. The process involves the following steps that can be taken on by volunteers at the High School: 1. Bring the registration papers to their focus and help them become voters. This process involves getting in touch with the high school authorities to take permission, publicize about the sign-up program and be ready to register the students during school hours. 2. Another aspect of this process would be to create videos to explain the mechanics of voting and the importance of it on how to do it while in the voting booth. 3. An added initiative would be- if most students are going to be in college the following year, then they will need to be made aware of the process of voting by mail. All this in an effort to boost civic participation at a young age.

Some thoughts while doing the work with women facing violence in their intimate relationships.

It's a delicate line between asking a woman what she wants and telling her what's good for her. It is something I learned the hard way (and got trained) as a women's advocate while working with women who seek out help. Initially- after the first feelings of "doing-good" you get to another plane where you see a pattern of women going back to abusive relationships (with good reas ons- stigma, children, financial stability -and those are real ones). Then all you want to do is be there for them. Be there. Be there. Without judgement. Secondly, as an advocate- you take a few calls everyday and meet a few women; a lot of them desperately seeking help and sometimes asking for shelter. You need to have a better handle on your own understanding about the fact that you are not the judge of what is to be the right thing for someone else's life. Meaning you counsel as a peer and not as a "helper" or a "fixer" of problems. The training I did as a

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