Tallulah D’Silva and Fr George Nandiyala facilitating one of the sessions for the participants of Seeds of Sadbhav
‘Seeds of Sadbhav’, a unique two-day inter-faith programme for teenagers was conducted on August 29 and 30 by Society of Pilar at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre, Pilar.
Around 60 girls from Std 12 at the Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School participated in the programme.
‘Seeds of Sadbhav’ is an inter-faith programme for teenagers focusing on building their strengths and enabling them to flourish in life. The sessions were designed to enable the youngsters to know and foster their character strengths. Strengthening interfaith harmony, appreciating diversity, building interfaith relationships were the underlying themes of the sessions.
‘Seeds of Sadbhav’ is an activity of Sadbhav, an initiative of the Society of Pilar to foster inter-faith relations and communal harmony.
Tallulah D’Silva, Elaine Coelho, Rehanabanu Bankapur, Fr Peter D’Souza, Fr George Nandiyala and Fr Elvis Fernandes, convenor of Sadbhav, facilitated the sessions.
Fernandes led the participants to identify their top strengths through an activity called ‘You at your best’, where participants had to write a story about a time when they functioned at their best and share these stories with their members of the group.
D’Silva, award-winning architect, environmentalist and writer, spoke on women’s rights and empowerment. She helped the participants foster their character strengths of bravery, teamwork and creativity through an origami activity.
Nandiyala infused energy into the participants through his ice-breaking and sing-song activities, while D’Souza led the students in fostering their strengths of spirituality and appreciation of beauty and excellence. He introduced a few basic methods of growing in awareness and meditation.
