We have now entered that time of the year. You know what I’m talking about right? With celebration after celebration, it is indeed ‘the time of the festivals’, and India is popularly known as the ‘Land of Festivals’. With a total of about twenty-four national festivals, there has always been a unanimous portrayal of the …
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Aristotle. In the last 10 years, the world of education has seen a big shift. New challenges like Covid 19, have changed a lot of things that we have perceived for so long and have forced us …
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali convey the following message ‘Yogaschittivrtinirodhah’ which simply means that ‘Yoga is the mastery over mind’. This implies that Yoga on its whole and in its philosophy promotes mindfulness by turning restlessness into restfulness. The ‘Yoga philosophy’ has time and again proved that it indeed is a boon for people of …
This past year has been…well…unpredictable if I could say the least. If your child is of school-age you have probably felt or are feeling a lot of things with regard to what to expect from this school year. I want to assure you that it’s completely normal to be feeling this way. Things haven’t been …
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Well, there is one thing that I always tell people that before we speak it’s very essential to think that do we want to just make noise, or we want to be heard. If it’s the latter, then we must consciously choose how and what must be told. The skill of using positive language not …
On 7th August 2021, Neeraj Chopra became India’s first olympian to win gold in athletics. A proud moment for a country like India that has only seven gold medals to its name, Chopra’s win came after a nine-year streak. It must be noted that a diverse country like India, which has the second-largest population globally, …
“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, but let me do and I will understand.” This famous Chinese proverb rightly construes the importance of experiential learning. The most effective way to know how to cook is by experiencing the genuine process rather than by just reading it in a book …
“Technology will never replace great teachers, but in the hands of great teachers, it’s transformational.” – George Couros Technology has impacted almost every aspect of life today, and education is no exception. As we all know, modern kids’ life is surrounded by technology and it is omnipresent. The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a wake-up call …
No one has ever reached the pinnacle of success without experiencing failure. On reflection, we recall how many times we failed in life and yet what we are today is the outcome of not succumbing to failure. Yes, failure is a part of life and a greater teacher than success. However, why do children deal …
COVID -19 is the widely used phrase for past 1 year by all of us irrespective of age. Children who have begun to talk too, is familiar with this term. Not just with this term, but also, it’s related vocabulary, like pandemic, quarantine, virus, mask, isolation etc. When you talk to any 4- or 5-year-old …
