India’s education map is huge. We’re talking about 25 crore students, 1.01 crore teachers, 15 lakh schools, and 770 districts. With numbers like these, you don’t need binoculars—you need strategy. Yesterday, at the International Conference on Indian Knowledge Systems in School Education, jointly organised by Sri Aurobindo Society, Maharishi University (Fairfield, USA), Lal Bahadur Shastri […]
A practical guide for teachers who want real thinking, not robot homework Whenever I walk into a teachers’ CBP, the first ten minutes are always the same. Someone sighs, someone else rolls their eyes, and then the chorus begins:Students are submitting AI-made assignments… We have to evaluate this junk… Their basic reading, writing, and arithmetic
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Here’s the thing. Life after 40 comes with a strange mix of wisdom and wobbliness. One day you’re confidently managing work, family, and your aging parents; the next day you’re tired for no reason, irritated at everyone, and Googling “Is this stress or am I just old now?” That’s when mental health stops being a
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A Straight Talk for Teachers and Higher-Ed Faculty (With a Few Laughs) If you’ve ever wondered why the most sincere teacher or the sharpest assistant professor isn’t the one getting the corner room or the “Professor” title, you’re asking the right question. Career ladders in education sometimes feel like they were designed during a power
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Let’s get one thing straight — teaching in the 21st century isn’t about standing at the front of the room and performing a daily TED Talk. It’s about leading a learning revolution, one curious mind at a time. So here’s the promotion you didn’t know you’d earned — you’re not just a teacher, you’re the
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It happened during one of my recent teacher training sessions.We were discussing classroom challenges when a teacher at the back raised her hand and said something that made everyone pause: “Ma’am, sometimes it feels like we need to teach parents more than children.” A ripple of quiet laughter went around the room—but behind that laughter
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There’s a Taoist story- The Empty Boat, that changed the way I look at criticism, conflict, and even failure. Imagine rowing across a river. Another boat suddenly crashes into yours. You’re startled, but when you see it’s empty, you simply steer away. No anger. No blame. Just adjustment. Now, imagine the same boat hits you,
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When Google gave us information, teachers adapted. They started helping students connect dots, turning scattered facts into knowledge. Then came ChatGPT and Gemini, able to mimic that very process — linking, summarising, explaining. So the big question many ask is: what’s left for teachers? The answer: everything that makes learning human. Experience as Wisdom A
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I wasn’t in an off-shoulder dress, a knee-above skirt, or two-inch heels.I was in a saree — crisp, comfortable, and unapologetically mine. But apparently, that’s not what my bio made people expect. Which is fascinating, because nowhere in my LinkedIn profile have I ever typed:“Fashion icon with a fondness for runway-ready entrances.” Yet, here we
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