organic learning
The language link

A young tribal teacher of Odisha uses the children's mother tongue to link their world to that of mainstream education in Odia and English.

लड़ाई पढ़ाई साथ साथ (in Hindi)

"हम बच्चों को खेती के तौर-तरीके, आदिवासी मूर्ति कला, स्थानीय जड़ी-बूटी से इलाज और परंपरागत ज्ञान व स्थानीय इतिहास के बारे में पढ़ाते हैं।"

The Creativity Adda

Where government school-going children are free to pursue and develop their interests everyday without textbooks, exams, or marks.

The language of diversity

Adivasi Academy, a learning institute, is a must visit place for one to learn the importance of language and cultural diversity of our country.

The Garden of My Childhood

We can and must conserve our natural legacies, and become the guardians of so many values, so many little sovereignties and stolen afternoons ...

Debating rice in the forest of learning

A brilliant school in Tamil Nadu, free for Adivasis and Dalits, but denied state recognition

On observation and What Prevents Observation

What we do with our children is to make bonsai out of them and not to let them grow to their potential as we think bonsai is their potential.

All the way to Timbaktu

We sensed that there is perhaps some urgency in affirming that we are not alone. That we not only share ideas with like-minded individuals across the globe. That we are intimately connected to many different kinds of people through our day-to-day lives.

School Without Walls, Syamantak, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra

Syamantak’s "School without walls" is a center for experiential learning at Dhamapur village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, India. Inspired by Dr.Srinath Kalbag, a scientist turned educationist, we formulated a residential commune of students. A process of organic learning run by the students for the students.