When Gandhi stepped out of the textbook

Updated On: 23 February, 2014 01:55 PM IST | | Phorum Dalal

<p>Swaroop Sampat uses drama in education to teach students life skills. In her camps, she also teaches topics such as the Civil Disobedience movement, emocracy and Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy. The actor-cum-educator speaks to Phorum Dalal about the process</p>

It is a hot and dry in the campus of LP Savani School in Surat, Gujarat. The entire school is near-empty, owing to the long holidays. However, in the common hall, 40 children are shouting at the top of their lungs, with their teacher, Swaroop Sampat, instigating them to let their voices out.

Students take part in a drama workshop