बोली, भाषा और राजनीति

बोली, भाषा और राजनीति

आलेख बोली और भाषा की पहचान और उससे जुड़े सवालों पर चर्चा करता है। यह विलुप्त होती भाषा के साथ समाज के विलुप्त होने की चिंता व्यक्त करता है।

Complexity Of Education And My Belief In Solution

Complexity Of Education And My Belief In Solution

I always believed education to be a basic right for all. I thought that it could alleviate most, if not all problems. Although I still think that education can empower and help in making people's lives better, there is a slight discomfort and apprehension with the...

De-layering Mobility

De-layering Mobility

In the last couple of months, I had been accompanying a team of mental health professionals from MPower Foundation (Mumbai) on their mental health awareness sessions in Kutch. These sessions were primarily being held with children and adolescents in schools and Akhar...

How Do We Learn And Design For Others’ Learning

How Do We Learn And Design For Others’ Learning

A facilitator in college in one of my earliest classes in my first year asked us, “How was your morning today? Draw it and show me”.  This was a morning like that. A morning when you've woken up but not quite. On a morning like this there isn’t much to look forward to...

Migration: A Journey Of Hope And Challenges

Migration: A Journey Of Hope And Challenges

Migration has emerged as a transformative lifeline for ambitious individuals in search of better livelihood opportunities, particularly in the vibrant landscapes of south Rajasthan. Amidst agricultural distress and limited local employment prospects, many young men...

Encouraging Curiosity And Imagination Through Children’s Literature

Encouraging Curiosity And Imagination Through Children’s Literature

Working and learning with children is about meeting serendipitous joys! While organizing library engagement sessions in several schools and community sites, we sometimes forget to have fun. However, the children never fail to bring us delight. At times, a single...

Cigarettes, Beedis And The In-Between

Cigarettes, Beedis And The In-Between

I grew up in Calcutta watching everyone from my father to the cobbler to the Chief Minister smoke, and how. The sight of greying old men, corporate white-collars and hair-gelled high-schoolers waiting for the bus, with cigarettes in hand (Silk Cut, Classic Milds and...

Allegory Of The Cave: In Social Work

Allegory Of The Cave: In Social Work

Plato's (an ancient Greek philosopher) Allegory of the cave is a philosophical dialogue. He presents it in his work 'The Republic' where he describes a group of people who live in a cave since childhood. They have chains around their bodies that keep them in one place...

Dying Children And Dead Living Rooms

Until a few months back, when I saw parents coming in with really sick children but not looking concerned enough, it was unbelievable. Basic Healthcare Services, where I work as a fellow, runs Amrit Clinics located in remote tribal villages of southern Rajasthan. We...

Ethical Conflicts Of A Non-Profit Working On Financial Inclusion

Ethical Conflicts Of A Non-Profit Working On Financial Inclusion

Imagine, you are standing next to train tracks and you see a train coming. There are five people tied up on the tracks, they will die if the train keeps going. But there is a lever next to you that you could pull to switch the train onto a different track. However,...