Why take a risk? Rather why NOT?

Since I was a child I was always told that I should work diligently day and night until I succeed. I made that my motto and kept at it. However at that time I was unaware that the meaning of success changes to a person as he grows. Finding one’s home, driven by...

In defense of dialogue

We talk-but we don’t, actually Dialogue is the very essence of life. It helps unfold life’s hidden mysteries. But it is sad that while we have so many means to communicate with others today- over the phone, face to face conversations, email and social...

The need to facilitate

Ask some of these questions to a child in Middle  or Senior School: Which is your favourite subject? Why do you like it? Stretching the conversation, as you ask him  to mention something very interesting in that subject worth sharing, the discussion is more than...

Experiential Learning: Why? What? How?

Children learn from what is taught: at school by teachers, at home by parents. Or do they really? Institutionalized education system grinds us into believing that the system knows best what children need to learn. More the input, the greater is the learning....

STEAM-ing ahead

Institutional  learning has been historically delivered  in compartments.  Each subject or discipline has been dealt with separately-  textbooks, teachers, time tables, examinations and marks being assigned for each compartment of learning. Unfortunately this pattern...