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Unlearning the Money System

"To be considered relevant and innovative for our times, every visionary education project should have a pedagogy to engage with the larger money system, in other words, interrogate and re-imagine

Ideological or Dialogical

"The modern university trains us to be ideological rather than dialogical.
Taking an absolute position to win the debate.
Judging people through black and white categories.

Diploma Disease and Collapse

"One of the main causes behind the collapse and demise of modern civilization in the meta-crisis may ultimately be the modernist practice of degrees and diplomas.

Child-led Learning

International organizations like UNICEF brought out the framing of 'child-centered' education as an attempt to bring more focus to each child's needs and diverse learning styles more than three dec

The Real Purpose of School is Self-Hate

I keep meeting many friends who are valiantly trying to fix or reform the education system with all kinds of super new curricula and shiny technologies.

Which People Live Here Story

A man entered a village and went to see the Sufi Master.

A Fakir, a donkey and a dog story

“Once upon a time there lived an old fakir in a small village near the desert in western India. He had a pet donkey and a dog for years.

The Cracked Pot Story

An elderly woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.

How to learn that which cannot be taught Story

We come to understand in the Chandogya Upanishad that SHVETAKETU learned everything that could be learned, then there was nothing else to be taught, so the master said, “You have known all that can

The Wounded Wall Story

In a story from Nigeria, an old man who knows his time is near decides to complete one last project to bless his relationship with his city-dwelling son.

Stone Soup Gift Culture Story

Once upon a time, there was a small village which was inhabited by poor people. They didn’t like sharing their things with others as they had very little.

The Mental Health Scam???

“I feel we need to look more closely into the mental health epidemic facing India.

6 Key Future Trends in Education

 

1. Student Loans - skyrocketing cost of higher education will make students question whether it is worth it to take on so much Debt

#Spiritual-materialists

“The West taught us that they are 'materialists' and we are 'spiritualists'. But this is a fragmented lie. We are spiritual materialists.

#KindnessKarma

Beautiful video by students of Creativity Adda, government school Dariya Ganj. What are your stories of random acts of kindness?

#HiddenCurriculum

"We need to understand the 'hidden curriculum' -- the design elements, rules and structures that drive factory-schooling. Sitting in lines produces linear and stagnant thinking.

Unlock Your Year - Gap Year Summit 2020 - Sakhi

Listen to Sakhi from Nashik, UK PhD student, share about why she took a gap year after class 7 and after class 12. Registrations now open for the gap year summit.

Pitaara Memoirs

When I look back at it, I feel Pitaara was like an idea that found me to help me unleash my own treasure. It gave me a deeper peek of my own abilities.

Rakhi as a Post-Human Opening

The Ultimate Rakhi Gift

The Ultimate Gym

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