Shillong, April 24 -- Assam Rifles Public Schools, along with the Shillong Empathy Project, has joined hands to stage the first instance of Empathy Art Festival in Meghalaya's Shillong.

According to an official release, students of 42 Assam Rifles Schools have been engaging in various activities at each school on April 24 and 25 during the two-day festival.

The festival is being conducted to explore and express the essence of empathy for children through diverse creative expressions such as the written word in the form of postcards and poetry, visual art in the form of individual and graffiti art and performance in the form of Nukkad Natak and poetry recitation in groups.

Delegations of seven schools from the seven sister states, each ...