Summary:
Amritsar March 12Japan Foundation in collaboration with Bookaroo Trust New Delhi organised an online story reading event 'Stories of Courage' in Hindi for the students of Senior Study II. The session was for students above seven and 10 respectively. The event was held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the devastating Tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. Swati Roy the festival director of Bookaroo was the mediator for this event where the students of various schools pan-India including Senior Study II got the opportunity to listen to the inspiring tales of valour strength and resilience of Japanese in the aftermath of the quake. The translator from the Japanese Foundation Dr Kikuchi Tomoko PhD in Hindi addressed the students and Priyanka Pathak an alumnus of NSD and Kapil Pandey president of Kutumb Foundation both storytellers narrated short stories which were a perfect blend of fantasy and reality..