Animal School in India
A little Indianized adaptation of The Animal School: A Fable by George Reavis, a school superintendent, from the 1940s
Elections Make a Mockery of Democracy
Day-to-day decisions, including crucial ones that impact a large number of people, are predominantly taken by elected politicians and the bureaucracy serving them.
इमली महुआ – स्वातंत्र्याची शाळा (शिक्षण, शिकणं आणि शाळा याविषयी चिंतन) (in Marathi)
प्रत्येक विद्यार्थी दररोज आपण काय करायचं ते ठरवत आलेला आहे. मुलं आपण निवडलेल्या गोष्टीत दिवसभर मग्न राहतात एवढं खरं!
Musings on Education, Learning and Schooling in the context of Imlee Mahuaa School
Every child has determined what he/she will do at School that day. Every child is busy throughout the day, engrossed in whatever he/she has chosen to do.
‘பொதுவெளிகள் எங்கே?’ (in Tamil)
நிலத்திலிருந்து படைப்புவெளிகள் வரை, நமது பொதுவெளிகள் ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர்களாலும், அரசாங்கத்தாலும்கூட வேலிகளுக்குள் அடைக்கப்படுகின்றன
Kaas – Maharashtra’s Very Own ‘Valley Of Flowers’
The real heroes of Kaas are the 20-odd members of the Joint Forest Management Committee from the four adjoining villages.
Why our bias against oral cultures insults India’s rich linguistic heritage
As a nation, we must focus more on language diversity rather than obsessing over language divides.
PM sees in Chhattisgarh’s Radio Bultoo an example worth emulating for farmers
"Radio Bultoo", Chhattisgarh's version of disseminating information through bluetooth-enabled mobile phones in local languages, fascinated the PM
Where are the Commons?
She obviously had a strong ethical core and possessed the wisdom to understand that some spaces must be common to all and unfenced.