Trikon Khidki Wala School
Applies to: Subject: Exemplary School Practices Overview This is a school where students are active in running the school. As karyakartaas children have a Swashaasan (literally self-rule) meeting with the teachers to discuss the issues related to their departments...
A School in India which defies traditional learning
Applies to: Subject Exemplary School Practices Overview Tamarind Tree school located in the Dahanu Taluka of the state of Maharastra, believes in the idea that education should be accessible to every individual of a society. It advocates the idea of Open education...
A School for inner renewal and social change
Applies to: Subject: Exemplary School Practices Overview Walden’s Path school is one of the few democratic schools in India. Located at the Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad, Walden’s Path is inspired by the educational philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Krishnamurti is...
The Power of Vision
Applies to: Subject Exploring a topic in depth Overview In this piece, we will take you through some of the interesting aspects of one of the most amazing powers of nature - the power of vision! What would you look at if you had just three days of sight?...
R. K. Laxman – creator of the ‘Common Man’
Applies to: Subject Iconic Practitioners Overview Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famously known as R. K. Laxman, was an Indian cartoonist who created the comic strip ‘You Said It’, featuring the “Common Man”—a silent observer representing an average Indian. The comic...
Michael Faraday – Father of Electricity
Applies to: Subject: Iconic Practitioners Overview A self-taught scientist, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) excelled in chemistry and physics to become one of the most influential thinkers in history. He’s been called the "father of electricity," (Nikola Tesla and Thomas...
The Rise of the Uprising
Applies to: Subject: History Overview 10th May 1857. Meerut. It was a quiet Sunday morning. The Sun was setting unsuspectingly over the horizon. Most of the European officers of the Meerut cantonment were preparing to attend church. The European soldiers were off...
Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink
Applies to: Subject: Exploring a Topic in Depth Overview Samuel Coleridge wrote this extraordinary piece at the dawn of the eighteenth century (1798). After over two hundred years, these lines still echo. A geography teacher tells that, though 72% of the earth is...
Greta Thunberg -The David against the Goliath of Climate Change
Applies to: Subject: Iconic Practitioners Overview What was the most impactful thing you did when you were 16? Most of us were busy focusing on how much we were going to score in our upcoming exams. With such myopic vision towards our personal goals, we...
Joan of Arc – Teenager who commanded the French army
Applies to: Subject: Iconic Practitioners Overview Fear is a powerful thing. We all have our share of it at some point in our lives. Knowing fear makes us admire the courageous, those who fight inspite of fear. St. Joan of Arc, often called La Pucelle, or maid of...