Spotlight on Culture Crossroadshttps://culturecrossroads.ca/authors/spotlight/Recent content in Spotlight on Culture CrossroadsHugo -- gohugo.ioen-caMon, 27 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0000No Pen, No Paper—Still Weaving Powerful Storieshttps://culturecrossroads.ca/posts/no-pen-no-paper-still-weaving-powerful-stories/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0000https://culturecrossroads.ca/posts/no-pen-no-paper-still-weaving-powerful-stories/Creative writing is often assumed to be inseparable from literacy—built on reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. But a recent workshop in Bansa, a village in Uttar Pradesh, is quietly challenging that belief, showing that creativity can thrive even without formal education. Organized by the Hyderabad-based Lampshade Writers in collaboration with Bansa Library, the initiative brought together rural women for a series of creative expression sessions. These were conducted remotely by Pune-based facilitator Garima Mishra, founder of KavitaKAFE and the Healing Verses initiative.