The Bangalore Mirror carried the story about Anubha’s landmark project, which created an empahsis in the camps on group sessions for added entertainment. The children, which usually range from 6-7 years old, are each asked to bring two books to the camp. The books are then read aloud for all to hear.

The reading sessions are participatory, however, as the facilitator will stop during the reading and ask questions of the children about what they think about the story, which has them thinking as they go along.

Anubha says that her own children, two and seven years of age, are avid readers, but that she noticed that many other children in her community were not as interested, with other options like television and the internet available to them. She held the first camp in October with 10 children, and since then has held camps every Wednesday evening.

She has also gotten the idea into the schools, having ran a programme in Presidency school for 120 children. Arubha went to the school with 25 colleagues and read books aloud and acted out the different characters.