About Giftival
“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.
An elderly woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.
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.
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.
Welcome To Homo Giftus
This anthology explores many aspects of the gift culture - trust, care, hospitality, sharing economy, copyleft, forgiveness, vulnerability, etc. - from around the world.
The second Giftival - a Celebration of the Gift Culture - was co-hosted by Swapathgami Network in Rome, Italy in April, 2015.
What if... money could speak? What would it tell us? What if... you had $1 million dollars? What would you do with it?
Since meanings in life are contextual and experiential, I will write about my understanding of mujaawarah basing it mainly on my experiences and making sense of them.
We have interacted with thousands of youth and have found the most common and important question asked by young people in their education today has nothing to do with the syllabus or with what is h
Around the world, in puddles of silent reclamation, young people, communities and inspired collectives are co-enacting a radically different narrative about education and development
Is the Right to Education a blessing or a curse? This pamphlet seeks to open a debate on the Right to Education Campaign.
Learning Parks was one of the first experiments co-created by Shikshantar in Udaipur in the year 2000
What lies have you been taught by your school? How have you been trying to unlearn them?
Factory-schooling is guilty of its own deadly sins. It is important for those working in the field of education to understand the serious damage that factory-schooling does to our children and to our wider species.
