8. Creative Assignments 

During the course of the creative assignment the participants came up with brilliant ideas which spoke of the multifaceted interests of the participants. 
During the distance education segment suggestions were sent to the participants to indicate their choices and they submitted their respective assignments on their arrival in Kolkata. 
The circular for the creative assignment carried the following suggestions:
1.   Suppose you are an editor of a magazine. Prepare a special issue of the magazine on issues of forced migration. 
2.   Prepare a 4-5 day course syllabus, which will include issues of Forced Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. 
3.   Prepare an investigative report of any situation of forced displacement in your region (local or national). 
4.   Prepare short commentaries on the recent reforms towards relief & rehabilitation of IDPs in your countries; these can be posted on Refugee Watch Online. 
5.   Write a short story on the situation of any refugee/IDP group. 
6.   Prepare either a photo exhibit or a poster exhibit on forced displacement. 
7.   Write few songs on the situation of the victims of forced displacement. 
8.    Collect some literary pieces (songs, poems, stories) on the theme of forced migration and prepare a compendium with them. 
9.    A ten- minute documentary on any situation of forced displacement. 
10.   A short play on a refugee situation that might be performed during the cultural evening.

Uttam Kumar Das, Ashirbani Dutta, Laxmi and Mohinder Singh Yadav prepared course syllabi to generate awareness on human rights laws and refugee rights. Walid shared with the participants a toolkit on international refugee law. Tiina Kanninen, James Khakshi and Marini de Livera displayed their literary side through their poems, short story and play. Radha, Tarangini and Barbara set up exhibits of photographs on refugee life and different displacement situations. Radha presented a series of paintings to depict a situation in Bhutan. The paintings illustrated the horrendous atrocities perpetrated by the Bhutanese Royal Army. She also had photographs to represent the cruel treatment meted out to refugees in Nepal as well as Bhutan. In a vivid black and white poster she showed what one family had undergone for 17 years. She showed the International Community and SAARC turning a blind eye. This was presented in the form of a line drawing. Apart from these, participants also presented investigative reports on the situation of displacement in Nepal and Srilanka and post Katrina situation. Anita Ghimire presented a investigative report on the IDPs in Dang in Nepal. Sri Ram presented a report about a skills training programme that was carried out for war-affected women in Jaffna. Elizabeth Snyder made a vibrant and informative presentation about internationalizing Katrina. Suranjana presented a compendium of Bengali novels and short stories on refugee life. Geetisha Dasgupta did a compilation of cartoon-critique relating to refugees issues and rights. Elizabeth Williams prepared a petition. Her petition was about the inadequacy of the current screening process employed to assess the eligibility of asylum seekers to the detained fast track system. Marini penned down a play entitled ‘Rejected’. It was about woman asylum seeker who has suffered cultural violence, domestic violence and state violence in Sri Lanka and the frustration experienced by her when she hears that the British Home Office had rejected her application.