Here is some new student work from one of our AIF schools. The class is a mix of boys and girls studying in English and Telugu.

1. On a highly relevant issue that the students are always eager to talk about: Telangana bandhs.

Discovering the Troubles of Telangana Bandhs from The Modern Story on Vimeo.

2. All about Bonal, or the Mahankali Jathara, as they normally call it. This is a re-creation of one of the big holidays that spanned August.

The Bonal Festival from The Modern Story on Vimeo.

3. As I recently found out, many of our students are in fact first generation city-dwellers. Many of them spent the early part of their lives and schooling in villages, and they still have very strong ties to their home towns. We actually noticed a while back that our students, though in the same grade, were often of different ages. This is because many of them started school over when they got to the city. Students in this class range from 13 to 16.

City vs. Village from The Modern Story on Vimeo.