In working with children – voice, rhythm, visual arts and play/games have become an integral part of my methodology. Parents of children are co-facilitators in the sessions so this is carried to homes as well. My interactions with parents have become meaningful as I am more aware of how I hold myself and them during the conversations. This is true of my close relationships as well, although I have not been able to do it as consistently like I have at work. In our training programme, we have consciously ensured the use of multi-arts in all modules. A truly engaging learning experience with the Prajñādhara team.

-Lakshmi Satish, Director, Mirra–Chennai

Inclusion is a very large goal. Millions of people face exclusion—because they are poor, or disabled, or illiterate, or many other reasons. Because of this vast exclusion, any effort at inclusion must also be built for scale. Snehadhara has correctly identified the need for training more and more people as practitioners of inclusion; each trained graduate of the API course will be a messenger for inclusion in a new space, taking Snehadhara’s work far beyond what it can itself do. And the arts are a perfect vehicle for this. Throughout history, the arts have helped societies to expand their horizons, and see new possibilities. They speak to people in multiple ways, and the fullness of expressions they contain are a natural fit to the fullness of belonging at the heart of the inclusion agenda

-Dr. Ashwin Mahesh, Urbanist & Social Technologist