Speaking Archaeologically™

Shriya, the Recruitment Team and the New Volunteers   Finally the post you've all been waiting for!  The Orientation Event of the Speaking Archeologically Volunteer Wing, the fruit of the efforts of our talented recruiters,  was held on August 13 at the Chandigarh Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10-C, Chandigarh.Panel member, Shriya Gautam joined in the team at 11 am at the Museum Entrance, with an ethnoarchaeological dress discussion drill for the new hands and a good news for the old one: she won't be alone on the next recruitment drive (but more on that later!) It was tine to show those who had joined the beautiful world of archaeology at the base source itself. Uma Maheshwari Sculpture from the Stone Sculpture Section, Chandigarh Museum As soon as a quick headcount was done, the tickets were  bought and the participants were advised to fasten their seatbelts for a tour in the world of antiquity. The twenty new history enthusiast, along with five...

Looking for Volunteers  Day 2 of Recruitment:  Our team  sent forward Athira Jamwal for Day 2, who held an interactive session with the First Year students during the class of History and Culture of Punjab of Mrs. Baljeet Tiwana, to introduce them to  Speaking Archaeologically. Athira deftly captured their minds with a light start, promising to wrap up the entire session in just  5 minutes. As soon as the murmuring died out, twenty five faces then stared at her with one question in their eyes, ‘What do you have to offer that nobody else does?’ Athira then addressed the whole basic concept of the organisation, giving examples from the daily life of the students, just to familiarise them to the idea itself. She,then, introduced the panel members and the three possible ways they can get themselves enrolled with SA. When the session ended, Athira waited for the students to pose any questions they had. Though there weren’t any question, it was evident tha...

Recruitments for SA is the hype in this season, A team of our very talented Volunteers-Anubhavpreet Kaur Nirankari, Athira Jamwal, Rakshanda Thakur, Tarannum Caur, Vidushi Chandel and Vedant Chandel-took up the responsibility of recruiting new hands from Chandigarh's premier institutions. As a part of this, they have been constantly meeting,  talking and organising events for the Recruitment and our Orientation Event Scheduled 11 am on August 13, 2016. They are also addressing students in various colleges in town and as a part of our first day of recruitment,  Rakshanda Thakur addressed History students of Bachelor of Arts, First Year in MCM DAV College for Women. Here's what she did today,  to set the ball rolling:  I met Athira and Tarannum today. We discussed about the classes we had to address and what all was to be said. I went to the 1st year History class of Mrs Mini Grewal , and acquainted the freshers with Speaking Archaeologically and the dif...