Something shifted in me over the past few years. Not because of a new job, a promotion, or any dramatic external event, but because life pushed me inward. Losing people close to me—one relationship left unresolved, and later my father—quietly rearranged how I looked at everything. The day they left, the questions became sharper. Where […]
Consciousness looks like a battle with outer chaos and inner clarity Read More »
Yesterday, in a workshop on student mental health, a teacher dropped a line that hit harder than any research paper ever has:High-rankers don’t make great teachers because they can’t imagine what it feels like… to not understand. I’ll admit, it stung a little. But research quietly nods along. What actually moves students isn’t the teacher’s
Why Genius Doesn’t Always Translate to Chalk. Read More »
Every time teachers sit together and talk about mental health, someone eventually sighs and says it — students today are too sensitive. And not sensitive like heartfelt-poem-writing sensitive. Sensitive like… one small correction and their emotional Wi-Fi disconnects. Before you picture strict teachers with thermocol rulers, let’s be fair: they’re not complaining. They’re confused.How did
When No Becomes a Breaking News: The Untold Story of Oversensitive Students Read More »
We love calling technology the magic wand of education.And with 25 crore students, who wouldn’t want a shortcut? But here’s the truth no app store wants to admit:Tech-enabled education is a business plan. Education itself is a human plan.Especially when we talk about Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), which is less of a subject and more
Why Technology Alone Can’t Teach India: The Real Path to Meaningful IKS Learning Read More »
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
Why do capable individuals find themselves trapped on the middle rung? Read More »
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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