Clik here to view.
This Family Did Not Send Their Children to School, but Taught Them by...
Thirty-six years ago, Gopalakrishnan and Vijayalekshmi decided that their yet-to-be-born son will not go to school. As government school teachers, they were themselves disillusioned with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Freedom From Poverty: Here’s How You Can Get the Right Skills to the...
As India completes 70 years of independence there is much to be proud of. After 200 years of colonial rule, starting with limited means and resources in 1947, India has steadily built a nation which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belly Dancing to Film Making: This Project Is Letting Women Crush Barriers...
Bengaluru-based Project DEFY is currently raising funds to finance a Fellowship that will provide six young women stipends, mentorship and resources to realise their dreams. A small group of young...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning New Lessons! A Retired School Principal Talks About Teaching...
I started my journey as an academic administrator almost 25 years ago in a private school in Jaipur as a Principal. I thought I had seen all until the day of my retirement. I had gathered ample...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Journey to Uncover the Source of Kargil’s Communal Harmony
“The highest result of education is tolerance.” This quote by Helen Keller randomly wandered through my mind as I landed in Kargil, a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Tolerance is one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Wayward Kids to Young Adults: How Volunteers Helped 3 Underprivileged...
Volunteers have been earnestly working to cultivate the lower social strata into a garden of high esteem; a garden of knowledge, confidence and self-sustenance. In this regard, one significant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a Visually Impaired Man Helped Employ Over 7,000 Persons With Disabilities
In 2004, Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, a dentist, was robbed of his vision due to macular degeneration. After losing his sight, he came to realise the hardships differently abled people struggle with,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Guide to Teaching English – Part 4: Simple Ways of Introducing Students to...
The last lesson plan was all about introducing adjectives. This lesson plan is going to be all about describing the location of objects. We are going to create words that describe the location of an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a Fashion Major-Turned Teacher Is Transforming the Education Landscape...
In 2014, a classroom in Vidyaniketan School, Chennai, transformed into a fashion show. Nathaniel Seelan divided his students into groups of choreographers, models and designers, and took them through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Village Girl Who Battled Poverty & Child Marriage Is Now a Crusader for...
It is a sad fact that even after 70 years of Independence, it remains a challenge for children like Ramya to live their dream as they fall victim to poverty, deep-rooted practise of child marriage in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Family Did Not Send Their Children to School, but Taught Them by...
Thirty-six years ago, Gopalakrishnan and Vijayalekshmi decided that their yet-to-be-born child will not go to school. As government school teachers, they were themselves disillusioned with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Freedom From Poverty: Here’s How You Can Get the Right Skills to the...
As India completes 70 years of independence there is much to be proud of. After 200 years of colonial rule, starting with limited means and resources in 1947, India has steadily built a nation which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belly Dancing to Film Making: This Project Is Letting Women Crush Barriers...
Bengaluru-based Project DEFY is currently raising funds to finance a Fellowship that will provide six young women stipends, mentorship and resources to realise their dreams. A small group of young...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Learning New Lessons! A Retired School Principal Talks About Teaching...
I started my journey as an academic administrator almost 25 years ago in a private school in Jaipur as a Principal. I thought I had seen all until the day of my retirement. I had gathered ample...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Journey to Uncover the Source of Kargil’s Communal Harmony
“The highest result of education is tolerance.” This quote by Helen Keller randomly wandered through my mind as I landed in Kargil, a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Tolerance is one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Wayward Kids to Young Adults: How Volunteers Helped 3 Underprivileged...
Volunteers have been earnestly working to cultivate the lower social strata into a garden of high esteem; a garden of knowledge, confidence and self-sustenance. In this regard, one significant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For 3 Years, These School Kids Have Sat Outdoors – and No It’s Not for Fun
In April 2014, with the issuance of a notification, the government of Himachal Pradesh approved a primary school in Niharki, a district in Kangra. It has been three years since that announcement, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thousands of Crores Spent on Education; So Why Aren’t We Learning Anything?
Numbers related to India’s education sector are mind-boggling to say the least. With more than 1.5 million schools (1.1 million of them run by the government) and more than 250 million students...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Girls Across Karnataka to Get Free Education From Class 1 to Graduation!
In a grand move ahead of the state elections next year, to promote education for the girl child, the Karnataka government has decided to make education free for all girls across the state. From Class 1...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This 99 year Old School May Have Less Than a 100 Students, but Has a Rich and...
On September 5th, we celebrate our teachers – the individuals who played a large role in our education. To the men and women we love, respect and sometimes even feared as kids – a significant portion...
View Article