Issue 2 
Contents
 

Policy and Infrastructure

Lighthouses On The Horizon
What’s Going Right with Indian Education Today

Bringing Learning Home
Math In Technicolour
Math should be colourful, hands on and fun. Here are some teaching learning material that can make it happen. At home, and in School.

City to Village 
Books of Hope
The monkeys she sees every evening are now part of Meena’s own story book. She, like her other friends, are now writing, and illustrating, their own stories. Artist and educator Rikki Asher brings you a heartwarming account of her time at the Pardada Pardadi school.

DeMystifying Science
Lenny and the Baby Robots
We are much more familiar with human babies than with robot babies. And what strikes anyone who has spent any period of time with babies is that they seem to absorb information from the environment like sponges. How do they do this? And where do they start from?

How To Look At Art
Is Buying Art The Prerogative Of Moneybags And Old Fatcats?

In this entire melee where is the small time art enthusiast who has the passion but not the deep pockets that seem to be a prerequisite in case you want to pick up any art at all? Is art out of bounds for all but wealthy patrons...

 

 

Opinion
A Case Against Reverence
Children say what they think, right or wrong, and, by doing that, open up possibilities for them to learn and for me to marvel.

Educator
Maverick in the Microbiology Class
Milind Watve has released an audio cassette of Marathi folk songs, has published an award-winning series of wildlife encyclopedias, and written scores of popular science and original research articles on topics as diverse as bird cognition and microbial diversity. Somewhere in all this, he has also found time to teach and inspire a generation of young scientists. 

Get Acquainted
How to Write and Why Bother
There is a novel in everyone – not to mention the short stories, poems, limericks, essays, haikus and a host of other genres that can emerge from anyone’s life and observations. But unfortunately, there is also a terribly critical and rigid ‘editor’ inside most of us.

Book
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini has the ability to capture sensitive, minute details of the Afghani way of life - something the rest of the world knows little about, and perhaps cares about even less...

Why The Kite Runner Matters
...the deepest stirring that occured was with the devastating loss of innocence. Of children. The crushing of a tender spirit which hasnt yet fully flowered. And the psychological burden that its going to cause. sometimes for life.

Freeze Frame
Chronicles of a Brand New Teacher


 

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