Monthly Archives: July 2017

The New Leam Humor A child asks his father, 'Papa, you often say that everything in the world is temporal. Everything passes... I do not...

The world today is characterised by the forces of consumerism and the ethic of the market;amidst these circumstances can childhood be redefined?

Water crisis is going to be a major concern both in urban and rural centers across the nation, amidst these circumstances can the joint efforts of the authorities and the local inhabitants prove to be an effective solution, let’s explore…

Nowadays learning is all about memorizing and certification. It has no organic significance in our lives. We have lost wonder and curiosity; and forgotten that the whole existence can unfold itself to the spirit of curiosity alone. In this article the writer engages with the ideas of the first three Milesian(the Milesian School of thought came up in the 6th century B.C. in the Asia Minor region) philosophers and thereby tries to establish the meaning of curiosity and wonder in learning.

If food nourishes the body the soul finds its nourishment through stories. Stories are at the heart of human civilization as they were both the earliest pedagogic tools and also an eternal source of entertainment for all generations. Stories hold the power to transport us to new lands and meet people we have never really known; such is their potential for creativity. The author shares an anecdote when storytelling revealed its brilliance once again.

The Indian Women’s Cricket Team recently lost the World Cup against England and it is then that we realised that apart from the Men in blue we had another group of people playing the same sport internationally for India!

They are all left/liberal intellectuals situated in leading universities and research centers of the country. Noam Chomsky lauds them; Amartya Sen encourages them; and...

Hybrid culture and fusion art are fast becoming the much experimented aesthetic canvas but are we doing enough to sustain indigenous art forms or are...

From sensitization workshops to vigilance marches and viral videos on social media I looked for gender justice all around and yet found it nowhere. Is there possibly an undiscovered corner I am yet to explore?

Technology is seductive. It is exceedingly difficult to see its discontents, and come out of the ‘needs’ it keeps manufacturing through its market strategies and emotive symbols of ‘good living’. How often we fall in love with our cars! Our middle class existence is inseparable from the dream of having fancy cars. However, its consequences are disastrous. Car manufacturers and banks (which provide loans for buying cars) and insurance agencies would never tell this story. Yet, even today, you cannot stop the wisdom of a critical voice.