Month: December 2019

A French soap opera is about to unfold

The world’s richest woman just died. If you didn’t know this, please stop focusing on the tweets and turn your attention to more weighty matters of the world. Liliane Bettencourt passed away four days ago at the age of 94. She was the heiress to the founder of L’Oréal, the […]

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What Do We Actually \’Celebrate\’ In Our Schools?

\’So, you\’re \’celebrating\’ again.\’ \’Yes, it\’s Independence Day tomorrow.\’ \’Oh, so another round of ritualistic speeches?\’ \’What do you mean, ritualistic speeches?\’ \’You know what I mean. The same old \’important\’ people will be called. They will be welcomed, garlanded and they will walk around, feeling even more self-important.\’ \’You\’re […]

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What Do We Actually \’Celebrate\’ In Our Schools?

\’So, you\’re \’celebrating\’ again.\’ \’Yes, it\’s Independence Day tomorrow.\’ \’Oh, so another round of ritualistic speeches?\’ \’What do you mean, ritualistic speeches?\’ \’You know what I mean. The same old \’important\’ people will be called. They will be welcomed, garlanded and they will walk around, feeling even more self-important.\’ \’You\’re […]

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What Do We Actually \’Celebrate\’ In Our Schools?

\’So, you\’re \’celebrating\’ again.\’ \’Yes, it\’s Independence Day tomorrow.\’ \’Oh, so another round of ritualistic speeches?\’ \’What do you mean, ritualistic speeches?\’ \’You know what I mean. The same old \’important\’ people will be called. They will be welcomed, garlanded and they will walk around, feeling even more self-important.\’ \’You\’re […]

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Pseudo Solutions for Real Educational Problems

Ask an intelligent question and get a ________ reply! Here\’s an experiment. It seems to work well with functionaries from educational systems in India, Bangladesh and several other countries in South Asia and beyond. Bring together a group of educational personnel such as academic supervisors, district and state / provincial […]

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In defence of TPP

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal that 12 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean are negotiating. The countries include the USA, Japan, Australia and Canada, but exclude China. The TPP is being vigorously opposed by a collection of groups – Democrats in the US, environmental groups, labour unions  and […]

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A French soap opera is about to unfold

The world\’s richest woman just died. If you didn\’t know this, please stop focusing on the tweets and turn your attention to more weighty matters of the world. Liliane Bettencourt passed away four days ago at the age of 94. She was the heiress to the founder of L\’Oréal, the […]

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Ramamritham falls in love

Who is the person I hate the most ? No; not that one, whom I frankly don’t care about . He is half the planet away and troubling other folks; not me. My visceral hate is reserved for somebody much closer home. The “dotard” called Ramamritham. Allow me an unhinged […]

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What happens when you seriously try to empower children, teachers and community through large scale education initiatives?

The pervasive notion that \’nothing has been done in education in India\’ could not be further from the truth. In fact not only has a great deal been done, but its consequences have been faced over decades. In particular, what follows applies to introducing educational designs based on local context, using the experiences […]

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