Month: December 2023

How neighbourly are schools?

Usha Raman
Schools affect the lives of the young and the future of the society. Here, children learn about the world; do they also learn about their surroundings? In today’s world are schools islands of sorts – unaffected by their surroundings? Or, do they interact and mingle with their neighbourhoods?

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Making and mapping connections

Sindhu Mathai
Schools are linked to their surrounding environment and communities but the relationships can vary from school to school. Can we try to understand these relationships using spatial mapping?

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Changing neighbourhoods: one book at a time

Richa Dang
Can creating safe spaces for children (and young adults) to access – read – discuss books enable them to get lost in the world of books? Can these spaces also help them to bond with each other, to grow as individuals and to express better?

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