My recent post “An open letter to my teachers” did raise a few comments where people mistook my intention and message and I felt it was important to write a clarification. It is also my feeling that many of the… Read More ›
Education
An open Letter to my teachers
With all respects to my teachers in school, I still can’t explain how bored I was going to school and sitting through the classes. Except of course a malayalam class by Mr. Waheed in my 5th grade who told us… Read More ›
Sir Ken’s Followup talk at TED
I had written about Sir Ken’s first talk in TED earlier and today I had a chance to hear him again. The last talk did change me in the way I looked at what my kids wanted and as a… Read More ›
Walking on Coal for Self Confidence – Murdering Childhoods
I am saddened at hearing the news of kids being made to walk bare footed on burning coal. An incident reported in Indian Express today that seemed to have happened in a private school in Surat, India as an effort… Read More ›
Neutral Learning
Is there something called Neutral Learning? If so is that a possible thing for us to achieve? By neutral learning I mean an ability to compose ourselves to a level of neutrality in order to learn or research impartially on… Read More ›
Amy Tan on Creativity
When ever a story is being told a new story is being weaved by each listener who in turn becomes a part of this new story. the original story is then retold by the listener to himself over and over… Read More ›