Let’s Talk About Sex
Written by Parkhee Rattan
High rates of sexual abuse, teenage pregnancies, and HIV-AIDS are some troubling realities of the Indian subcontinent; 53.3% of children in our...
Straggling towards an Education for All: The Haryana Story
Written by Nishant Kauntia
“In school, my son is called by the name 134a sometimes,” said Rustom, an unemployed pharmacist sitting on his bed, calmly...
Monitoring the Right to Education: Who Does What?
On 1st April 2010, The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) was passed by the UPA government, making primary education a fundamental...
Changemaking as a Justice Jagrik: Stories of Youth-Led Transformations from Harda, MP
The Justice Jagrik model enables grassroots movements to take collective action towards justice by inspiring local communities in a language that they identify with.
Let’s Be Honest about Public Education: Busting Some Myths
In an opinion article titled “Busting myths and the double-speak on education” published in the Hindustan Times on July 07th, 2020, Mr Gurcharan Das...
What Ed-Tech Looks Like in Rural Maharashtra’s Schools
In a small school in Nashik, Maharashtra, most of the students are drawn towards their coming annual day practice, running around for speakers and...
Colourful Walls, Learning All-Round: This Village is Bringing Education Closer to Every Home
“My son started reading small words only because of these paintings on the wall—he learned them unconsciously as a part of the play...
The Africanization of Education: South Africa’s Attempt to Turn Colonial Tables
Colonialism was largely spurred by a monarchic race for resources, labour and territory. In hindsight, the brutal colonial exploitation of resource-rich Africa seemed inevitable....
We Need To Start Talking About Teachers’ Mental Health
You must have heard the famous quote: “He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.” Popularised by George Bernard Shaw in Maxims for Revolutionists, the...
The Bastion Dialogues: Vicky Roy
When Vicky Roy (VR) was a young boy, he ran away from his home in West Bengal all the way to the capital, New...
