It is vital for education in schools to be as diverse and inclusive as possible.
It is necessary to support equality in terms of gender and race, providing schools with the equal opportunity to learn through a gender and race inclusive curriculum.
Susmita Bhattacharya is a multidisciplinary artist who does creative projects in schools and the community.
Her debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian) was long listed at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2018. Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing) won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection and was featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Susmita Bhattacharya mentors underrepresented writers through the Middle Way Mentoring Scheme and is co-founder of the ACE funded Write Beyond Borders Mentoring Project. She co-edited Flash Fusion: An Anthology of Flash Fiction and Conversations on Craft by South Asian Writers and Bridges Beyond Borders Anthology of South Asian Writing.
She has worked on several projects and collaborations with ArtfulScribe including facilitating workshops for young writers and contributing to The Cultural Curriculum project with Southampton Cultural Education Partnership (SCEP) and curating the Women in Science through poetry and dance for the ArtfulScribe Litfest Weekend headline event.