Month: June 2016

Treading a tad lighter

Nagini Prasad

Is sustainable economics a contradiction? Is this something that only authorities at the top should worry about? Can you as an individual reduce costs and yet live a good life? A teacher narrates how both teachers and students in her school have taken measures to lead more sustainable lives.

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Framing an old debate: Capitalism vs Socialism

Pranjal

Socialism was brought into existence to counter the idea of capitalism that had engulfed the world. While socialism is no longer the force that it once was it is still important to understand these two very different yet in some ways similar ideas.

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The gendering of a discipline

Padmini Swaminathan

Economics is understood from several different perspectives, but feminist economics is yet to become popular. Understanding economics from the feminist’s point of view will only add to the knowledge of the subject for then you look into and ask questions about the so far ignored role of women and their contribution to the economy of a country.

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Experiments with giftivism

Dhanesh Sharma

We are told of the barter system in our classrooms, but can we imagine a world without money today? Is there room for removing money from the equation to lead perhaps more meaningful lives? The author in this article discusses how he experimented with the concept of the gift economy.

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The law and economics merger

Satish Jain

What is law and economics all about? Well, there is a lot that connects the two subjects. Using simple examples the author tells you the relationship between these two subjects and why it is important to know one to understand the other better.

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Learning about a world in crisis

Pierre Smith Khanna

There is one gaping hole in the economics curriculum of today. Not one thinks it important to learn about financial crises even though they are very much a part of our lives today. The author makes a case for including economic crises in the curriculum.

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Ecology, environment, economics

Lawrence Surendra

What is ecological economics? How different or not is it from what we call environmental economics? How necessary is it today for students to understand what ecological economics is?

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Celebrating the people that make us

Ardra Balachandran The greatest learning during her early years of education was that it is not what degrees we achieve or the things we possess but how we live, love, and behave with others that determines the quality of our lives. That’s the reason why Sheel is passionate about helping children learn to learn, and about making learning an enjoyable and exploratory activity that both teachers and children can look forward to. She is also enthusiastic about helping people of all ages and backgrounds to get rid of stress as a committed volunteer and teacher of the Art of Living. It doesn’t come as a surprise at all that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which never fails to call up the spirit of sharing and caring for one another, is one of her most favourite pieces of literature. After having undertaken multifaceted roles in organizations like Orient Longman, Globarena, and Spark-India, Sheel now focuses on her PhD from the Dept. of Indian and World Literatures at EFLU, Hyderabad. She authored India’s first Big Book, A Pot of Light, and she hopes to publish her own book of stories soon. – Sheel Parekh Arun considers himself an expert on children – his three children – and also an expert at not working from inside tube-lit offices. He does better things like working on a picture book for children (The Launghing Onion by Eklavya, Bhopal). He is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur who currently works with Wipro Applying Thought In Schools. He is a polyglot with a strong grip on five languages. His grip on the decision to home school Aditi, Srikanth, and Dinkar, his children, is as strong too. Arun firmly believes that the mainstream schooling system, which ruthlessly disallows to focus on specific interests of children, isn’t the best route for education. Arun, his wife Kanti and the children comprise a close knit family which lives in Kuttippuram, a serene town in the Malappuram district of Kerala. There is no pressure of examinations and homework in this household. Learning is a process of self-discovery for all five of them and they have time to spend on things they love to do. – Arun Elassery With early childhood spent in London, most part of education done in Kolkata, and current residence set up in Mumbai, she has indeed come a long way. Bubla is an English language teacher who chose to quit after a quarter century of teaching in schools across India including Rishi Valley. It’s

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