Category: Tea Break

The magic and meaning of palindromes

Rajesh Kumar Thakur
A palindrome is a number, word, or sentence that reads the same forwards and backwards. Apart from generating interest and curiosity in readers, palindromes might serve another purpose. Thakur writes that palindromic numbers are seen as symbols of balance and duality, with significance in ancient Chinese, Hindu, and Greek beliefs.

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Read beyond the lines

Chintan Girish Modi

Summer vacation is almost round the corner and boy are we waiting for it! As the academic year draws to a close, for all the teachers who like to read, we bring you a small reading list. And because this is a list for teachers, we also mention how these books can be used to further your practice as a teacher.

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Holiday reading

Chintan Girish Modi With summer in the air and vacation on your timetable, here’s a good time to indulge in some reading. Apart from all the page-turners and classics piled on your table, do dip into the work of some of the world’s most respected educational practitioners, thinkers, activists, and philosophers. Your reading list will appear soon as you begin to look for and circle the names of the authors hidden in this word box. R S I V A N I L L I C H J S J U A A I A S R N U R A M A R Y D Y J N Y H I P L U N K S A O O C Y D R V G J O H N H O L T L H A E I I A D A S H L O K I F A D J O H N D E W E Y C H R S R I V H A S A I R A I V S A T O R A N S H P R I Y A N D O E P A U L O F R E I R E A K P I D A V I D H O R S B U R G H N O H A N A R S I A W O A I U E N H L B E L L H O O K S R L R K A I D A N A X M Z A D K E M O H A N D A S G A N D H I A G I J U B H A I B A D H E K A Answers 1. Rudolph Steiner 2. Jyoti Rao Phule 3. John Dewey 4. Paulo Freire 5. David Horsburgh 6. Bell Hooks 7. Mohandas Gandhi 8. Gijubhai Badheka 9.Ivan Illich 10. John Holt

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