The Peoples' Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development

Families Learning Together/ Unschooling

Inspiring stories/learnings of Homeschoolers,unschoolers and creative families who are transforming environments with new experiments and weaving a new joint family system.

A Little Reminder about the Paradoxes of Life for My Daughter

You are super special AND you are not.

What you achieve in life is important AND it doesn’t really matter.

You will have lots of choices in your life AND you really don’t.

Why You Should Design Your own Learning

Vidhi Jain, in her eye-opening TEDx talk about unschooling, talks about how we can break from the culture of schooling and design our own education.

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.

Awakening at Sadhana Forest: Interview with Rajesh Goswami

An awakening of a simple curiosity, took newly-wed Sheela and Rajesh Goswami on a life changing journey.

Reviving Conscious Connections at Weddings: Interview with Arti Bhandari and Parth Dave

Arti Bhandari and Parth Dave are a recently married young couple who not only thrive on their individuality, but also on their togetherness.

Seekhne ka Safar: A Film on Natural Learning

A beautiful film on natural learning made during the Swapathgami Filmmaking Workshop.
unschoolers winter camp

Unschoolers Camp Playbook

Here is a little playbook on our experiences with co-designing and co-hosting the Unschoolers Winter Camp at Shikshantar, Udaipur.

On Families - Hobbies - Pastimes

I am the the youngest of three BRATS (Born Raised and Transferred) kids from the Defence background who reminds my kids that I spent the first nine years of my life in eight locations across the co

Families Learning Together Gathering Udaipur 2018

Families learning together is a four day living together and learning experience at Swaraj University, Udaipur.

The Unschoolers Winter Camp 2017

A little glimpse into the Unschoolers Winter Camp held at Shikshantar, Udaipur, from Nov 1-Dec 30, 2017. This film was shot and made by the unschoolers themselves. Special thanks to Qudrat.

Making Our Own Natural Home Products

A couple of years earlier I had many ideals and ideas of how I wanted to live, raise my children, where I should live and what the world ÔÇÿshouldÔÇÖ be like.

The Unschoolers Winter Camp

Frequently asked questions about the Winter Camp. Check out the Unschoolers Winter Camp film.

Facilitating reading, writing and math in unschooling

I am 44 years old. I live in Pune with my daughter, Gourika, and son, Ishaan, my parents and our dog, Goldy.

From Pyaar Hona (falling in love) to Pyaar Nibhana (honouring love)

Bollywood loves that particular phase when a man and a woman are falling in love. Over 80% of our film music can be mapped to this pink phase (including at least one of your favourite numbers)

Our First Family Trip to India

The decision to spend two months in India ÔÇö for a first visit ÔÇö felt exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.

Families Learning Together Magazine

Inspiring stories of South Asian homeschoolers, unschoolers, and creative families creating learning environment with new experiments.

The Power of Self Healing

Our search for natural health and other related matters started with the birth of our son. Actually, it started a little before that, when we were looking for a sympathetic gynecologist.

Re-imagining Nai Taleem: Norma Alvares on The Pedagogy of Open Houses

Some stories about families learning together from social visionaries Norma and Claude Alvares during the Swaraj University Wisdom Weekend

Re-imagining Nai Taleem: Norma Alvares on the Pedagogy of Lights out

Some stories about Families Learning Together from social visionaries Norma and Claude Alvares during the Swaraj University Wisdom Weekend.

Social Innovators of Udaipur: Interview with Vidhi Jain

Interview with Mrs. Vidhi Jain, co-founder of the ÔÇÿShikshantar Resource Centre about her vision of education

Wisdom and Salt Water

The film  is a recording of a gathering of families and individuals that met in Deer Park, Bir, Himachal Pradesh in India in April 2011, to discuss and share there learning journeys.

Families Learning Together Gathering Indore

Glimpses of the Families Learning Together meet that was held in Indore in 2010. About 12 families gathered and played together in Indore, beautifully hosted by Dinesh Kothari and friends.

Children Being in the World

A film based on the research of K B Jinan which shows the richness of learning spaces and processes in daily village life.

Join the Tika Tippani Dialogue

The Families Learning Together group has produced this animation to raise a dialogue around the issues of vaccination.  

Creating learning ecosystems instead of schooling cages:Vidhi jain at TEDxLBSIM

Vidhi Jain talks about the power of learning cities and learning eco-systems

Growing with Kudrat

You are committing a sin.
You will spoil and ruin your childÔÇÖs life.
You are mad.