Nabanita Deshmukh
Here is an interesting account of how the author managed to make her teaching more desi so as to connect to rural children’s unique ways of learning.

Chintan Girish Modi
How can teacher turn around a messy situation that she may find herself in? Sandeep Rai’s book Grey Sunshine stitches together real-life stories from the Teach For India (TFI) fellowship that trains and places young professionals in government schools across India. Read up this book for more inspirational stories.

Leena Satuluri
From arranging a visit to a temple to help children understand the term ’inscriptions’ to teaching conditional clauses, to explaining scientific facts in the kitchen, the author shows that examples of indigenous pedagogy can be found all around our environment, if only we care to look for them.

Anand Krishnaswamy
A teacher uses a contemporary experience to bring alive ancient cities in ruins and helps children imagine their dream city. Using local resources to create extensive learning, children learn what is needed to live in a city.

Kalyani Mekala
A parent teacher recounts how her son who had a great affinity for gadgets was able to take his mind off them and physically and mentally involve himself in selling lemonade and learn math at the same time.

Nivedita Bedadur
Teaching is not all about physical preparation of the teaching learning material or activities. It is about being engaged with the minds of the children around you, their contexts and their concerns. A teacher recounts how her learning journey began and how she began to value children’s contexts.

Sukanya Muraleedharan
Most teachers agree that a lesson plan has to be made before they go into a class. But when a carefully thought out plan falls flat, is it time to rejoice and see a miracle unfold or is it something to regret? Here is an amazing write-up of how a teacher’s experience turned out to be magical because the students were able to see the meaning of what they were doing and it was fun too.

Geetha Nadarajan
Can you learn physics from Nature? And Newton’s Law? A teacher explains how she got her students to understand a heavy subject by seeking nature’s help.

Radhika Chaturvedi
A lesson that started with an experiment on energy, current and electricity ended with a debate on the merits and demerits of nuclear energy. It also gave voice to students whose lives are not often spoken about in classrooms in public schools.

Saroj Bhasin
A moving account of how a student teacher handled a mischievous class of students and what she learnt from them.