Eminent writers to conduct workshops for children

Students and teachers from across India would get an opportunity to attend workshops conducted by eminent writers and illustrators from India and abroad during the national Katha Utsav 2014 to be held in New Delhi between December 26 and 28.

The Katha Utsav 2014 would allow 400 children to attend a three-days international writers workshop and 200 teachers to join a national colloquium. Well-known writers and illustrators from Japan, Iran, Costa Rica, Canada, Greenland and Australia would join as mentors along with 12 illustrators from India. The three-day program would be held at Sanskriti School at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi.

Katha's previous initiative is 'I Love Reading', sponsored by CBSE. Katha has been undertaking this initiative to inculcate the habit of reading and to promote creative writing and translation among students. According to a press release issued by Ritu Rattan, the Deputy Director (media and communications) for Katha India, the latest 'I Love Reading' CBSE-Katha initiative received response from over 600 CBSE schools and participation from more than 8,000 students, who contributed poems and stories.