Summer is peaking this May and it may not be the best time to launch a short course. But the 16 who signed up turned up on time and the launch was perfect at the Adyar Times office in Indira Nagar, Adyar.
We have school students, students who will soon be in college, a few who are in college and two young men who want to learn some new skills.
This then is a good mix.
Introductions also served to start talking about a few essential skills that we require in this profession. This done, we set the agenda for the course and the first assignment was to get every participant to map his/her immediate neighbourhood. List the landmarks and public spaces, the main road and streets and anything else that is key in the area.
The exercise would also allow the participants to get a close look at the area where they reside and perhaps help to source news stories and features.
The first exercise may also provide a starting list of possible stories which will find a place on this blog and if they are really good, be considered for publication in the 'Adyar Times'.
There was some lively banter about grandmoms making vadams on terraces and mango pickles on the weekend, summer being the season for such activity - and it seems as if we have some light story leads on our hands!
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