Gap year – lost in translation

Kiran Gandhi

Taking a year off to decide on a future for oneself makes perfect sense but is there any sense in parents encouraging their children to take the year off to train to write exams to get into top engineering and medical colleges? If a student is taking time off in life let it be to find a direction for himself and not for any other reason.

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Building bridges of peace

Ajay Sharma, Jayshree Murali, Rakeem Dalwai and Swapnalee Gurav with inputs from Anam Zakaria

A Skype call, two sets of students across the border and a group of enthusiastic facilitators — together they hope to break stereotypes, unlearn biases and make conscious efforts to know “the other”.

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Will I?

Mrinal Agarwal

A touching poem about the thoughts of a new born girl upon learning that she is unwanted.

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Those unexpected turns

Sangeeta Menon
Unwanted changes in a child’s life are changes brought on by unforeseen circumstances. These could range from issues such as best friends and favourite teachers leaving school to something as traumatic as sexual abuse.

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Small steps for larger school reforms

Usha Raman
How can teachers ensure that classrooms turn into spaces where gender inequalities and biases are mitigated, how can teachers make sure that children get a feel about what it means to live in an equitable society? These are questions that every teacher must ask herself and in the process take those essential small steps to bringing in larger school reforms.

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A future without schools

Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur
Can we envisage a future without schools? A future where learning is happening on the go, all the time ? Where there is no syllabus,

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